On March 3, 2026, digital human rights group Fight for the Future issued a safety advisory urging family-friendly businesses to ban Meta’s facial recognition glasses, manufactured in partnership with Ray-Ban. As awareness grows following high profile instances of deepfake child pornography and child predation, glasses that both film children without the knowledge of their parents and that can be used to search the Internet for a child’s face and personal information are a clear and present danger. Women’s rights groups have also warned that these glasses pose “real threat to women’s everyday lives”, hospitals are also contemplating bans, and employees are also facing “exploitative” impacts —and that was before Meta announced that it would be adding facial recognition to its Ray-Bans. Put bluntly: the primary use case for this technology is creeps preying on women and children. Most recently, judges are having to ban Meta Ray-Bans from filming their courtrooms and privacy experts have called on officials to block Meta from adding facial recognition to its Ray-Bans. Their letter urges lawmakers to “act now to prevent this planned feature from being deployed in every bathroom, clinic, classroom, house of worship, and protest in the country. The introduction of commercially available, easily disguised, facial recognition-enabled surveillance devices threatens to cause immense and unavoidable harm to the public.” In an age of easily generated deepfakes and virtual harassment, Ontario families need the government to step in. Join Tell Premier Ford it's time for Ontario to ban "Creeptech" goggles like Meta's facial recognition Ray-Bans from public spaces, particularly those frequented by families with children.

Metro Vancouver is finally updating is solid waste management plan. These plans are meant to be updated every ten years so this update to the 2011 plan is long overdue.  Zero Waste BC members sit on the Public Technical Advisory Committee and have been providing input since 2022 but we are very concerned that this draft plan is missing key elements like zero waste, strong targets, a timeline and budget for actions and phasing out the old and polluting incinerator.  A Zero Waste approach means less garbage, less pollution, and a system that is healthier and more affordable for everyone.  Feedback can be provided to the plan until February 20th.  

Hundreds of people use it everyday, it’s an integral source of green space, especially for the new townhouse developments without any yards. And the informal paths are a key connector between neighbourhoods. 

There is clear evidence that climate change is the single biggest threat to public health as declared by the World Health Organization (WHO). The biggest contributor to climate change is greenhouse gases which come primarily from burning fossil fuels. This leads to massive adverse effects on public health, huge expenses in terms of increased energy costs, insurance costs due to increasing numbers of climate change related disasters, and at an incalculable cost to the economy in wasted costs. As our planet is rapidly warming, we cannot waste any more time in saying no to any more subsidization of the fossil fuel industry nor can we afford to contemplate expanding either LNG terminals or the TMX pipeline as this will hasten and worsen climate change at the expense of our good health and our economy. Let Marc Carney know how you feel before the budget is released. You need to join this action and join the tens of thousands of Canadians who marched globally in " Draw the line" marches across Canada and globally to protest any further support of fossil fuels. We must ensure that everyone we love will have a better future. Will you sign today to tell your elected representatives that you want cleaner energy and a better future for you and generations to follow?

Canada can act now to stop the carnage in Gaza. It can trigger the process of sending UN peacekeepers to Gaza. Members of the UN Security Council such as the United States will not be able to veto this process. 

Andrew Lawton collaborated with the Convoy organizers.  https://pressprogress.ca/conservative-candidate-used-a-secret-signal-group-chat-with-freedom-convoy-leaders-right-wing-media-and-far-right-influencers/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=NEWS%20ALERT%3A%20Secret%20chat%20tied%20Conservative%20Candidate%20to%20Freedom%20Convoy%2C%20Far-Right%20Figures&utm_campaign=PP%20News%20Alert%3A%20BC%20%26%20Politics%20Oct%207%20%28Copy%29

Canada’s democracy is precious. When our political leaders prioritize foreign interests over Canadian sovereignty, everyone’s rights are at risk. Premier Danielle Smith’s actions—asking the U.S. government to intervene in our election—represent a dangerous threat to our democratic independence. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s refusal to accept critical national security briefings shows he is unwilling to face these threats seriously. This is not just political maneuvering—it’s about protecting the fundamental integrity of Canada’s democracy. If we don’t demand accountability from our leaders now, we risk losing the democratic freedoms we hold dear.

WCB is a legal righted entitlement in Canada's social security system to protect workers not exploit them to death. WCBs have Billion of dollars in the bank refunding employers while injured workers are crying and dying for justice and receive zero compensatin for workplace injuries. WBCs deny benefits leqaving workers medically abused, burden on the public health care system, pyschological and financial abuse, causing mental havoc, economic decline and leaving a country vulnerable to disease and borders open to hostile attacks. Injured workers are tortured battling the legal system when the authritaian rule dominates aletring and changing laws for self serving bias and personal gain. 

Natural health products (NHPs) play an essential role in the wellbeing of Canadians. They are an important piece of empowering citizens to care for themselves at home, and as a way to prevent illness.  Natural health products include items such as supplements (Zinc, Magnesium, Omega 3, etc.), natural body care products, homeopathic medicines, and traditional medicines (herbal medicines, traditional chinese medicines, etc.). Many Canadians turn to these products to be proactive with their health.  Canadians know our health system is strained. Why would we want to impose more barriers for people to access proactive health?  1/5 NHP companies said they are considering leaving Canada altogether. Over 70% of companies said they would have to limit their product line to prioritize what was most profitable. These new regulations will crush small NHP businesses, and drive up costs for the products that remain in the market. These new regulations will make natural health products difficult to access. 

This action to convince the Liberal Party of Canada to change its leadership now, is important because it’s progressive policies on Climate Change, reconciliation; health Care, Women’s Rights, and the rights of the LGBTQ peoples will be defeated in the next federal election.  Change the leadership now so that the ability of the Conservative Party to win based on the unpopularity of Justin Trudeau, will be made more difficult.   If you believe in the science behind the politics to deal with Climate Change for example, this is only one reason why the change in leadership is important. 

The forced return to office will increase pollution, worsen traffic, and undermine Canada’s climate goals. At the same time, it erodes the labor rights of public servants by ignoring their voices and disrupting the work-life balance that has benefited so many during the pandemic. This decision affects us all—by harming our environment, straining public infrastructure, and setting a harmful precedent for workers' rights across the country. Canadians deserve sustainable, fair policies that protect both our planet and our people.

50% of people world wide suffer from TMJ. Most doctors and dentists don’t recognize the symptoms. Treatment for TMJD is a medical issue that is treated by dental professionals. What works and what doesn’t is not well studied. The treatments are not covered by private or provincial insurance. People are often given inappropriate treatments that cause more harm, or they are given treatment that only partially or temporarily reduces the pain. TMJ is linked to teeth, jaw, face, neck, head and back pain. It can affect digestion and the heart. This can be very debilitating. Treatment options need to be studied and covered by health plans.