Interest rate hikes

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Published on Wednesday, 12 October 2022 14:43

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PAOV — “I got my first home and now my entire pay (less 42 dollars) is going towards my mortgage payment.” Many homeowners in Canada are struggling to keep up with ever-increasing mortgage payments. In an attempt to curb inflation, the Bank of Canada has raised interest rates five consecutive times since March 2022 — one of the bank’s most aggressive hiking cycles ever conducted. The bank’s interest rate impacts the rates that Canadian consumers get from their banks on things like lines of credit and mortgages. With experts predicting that interest rate hikes will continue, homeowners are urging the government to provide relief from rising rates. You can help by adding your signature.

Meta: Let Palestine Speak

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Published on Wednesday, 12 October 2022 13:38

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Meta continues to silence Palestinian voices and disproportionately censor Palestinian content.

Click below to tell Meta executives: Let Palestine Speak.

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A new independent report proves that Meta is systematically censoring Palestinians and their allies through its deeply flawed and biased content moderation system.

Now groups from around the world are emailing Meta executives demanding accountability, and the more people join in on this email campaign, the greater our call will be.

Click below to send a quick message to Meta executives - it will only take a couple of minutes and could have tremendous impact!

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This new report proves Meta’s bias against Palestinians through over-enforcing Palestinian Arabic content and under-enforcing the Israeli Hebrew content. It largely confirmed what Palestinians have been saying for years now: Palestinians have been systematically silenced and censored on Meta platforms.

Meanwhile, hate speech and incitement of violence against Palestinians in Hebrew have proliferated across the same platforms.

Out of the 21 recommendations made in the report, Meta has only fully implemented 10 of them....

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voting day this Saturday, Oct 15

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Published on Tuesday, 11 October 2022 17:17

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