Andrew Stevens
@astevens81.bsky.social
Associate Professor at the University of Regina. Runner. Cyclist. Committer of sociology.
Typical pattern. In #YQR years of mill rate freezes were accompanied by fee increases (water & sewer rates, "alley maintenance") that were even more regressive. Lower income residents shoulder even more of a financial burden.
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The ‘People’s Filibuster’ Comes to Vancouver City Hall | The Tyee
Over 600 people signed up to speak to Mayor Ken Sim’s tax-freeze budget. Most were opposed.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Typical pattern. In #YQR years of mill rate freezes were accompanied by fee increases (water & sewer rates, "alley maintenance") that were even more regressive. Lower income residents shoulder even more of a financial burden.
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WHITE City. There's a strong case to make that explicitly banning rental units is a human rights violation. That there are self-proclaimed law enforcement officers residing in White City demeaning the lower-income residents they serve in public is even worse.
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Sign the Petition
Say NO to Multi Unit High Density and Rental Developments
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November 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
WHITE City. There's a strong case to make that explicitly banning rental units is a human rights violation. That there are self-proclaimed law enforcement officers residing in White City demeaning the lower-income residents they serve in public is even worse.
www.change.org/p/say-no-to-...
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Oil rig poisoning your land and your herd? Fuck off.
Windmill blocking your view of the sky? UCP has your back.
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Windmill blocking your view of the sky? UCP has your back.
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Alberta government proposing additional restrictions on wind and solar energy
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — The Alberta government is proposing additional restrictions on wind and solar farms that conservationists think are more about limiting renewable energy than protecting the...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Oil rig poisoning your land and your herd? Fuck off.
Windmill blocking your view of the sky? UCP has your back.
www.timescolonist.com/alberta-news...
Windmill blocking your view of the sky? UCP has your back.
www.timescolonist.com/alberta-news...
Looking forward to joining the CUPE 3912 picket lines later this week in Halifax.
CUPE 3912 members are an essential part of student education at Saint Mary’s University (SMU) and Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU).
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CUPE 3912 members are an essential part of student education at Saint Mary’s University (SMU) and Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU).
cupe3912.ca/2025/11/07/o...
Open letter to students - CUPE 3912
Dear MSVU and SMU Students, We are your teachers, committed to your learning and inspired by your growth. We are the ones in the classroom with you—guiding your learning, managing lectures and assignm...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Looking forward to joining the CUPE 3912 picket lines later this week in Halifax.
CUPE 3912 members are an essential part of student education at Saint Mary’s University (SMU) and Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU).
cupe3912.ca/2025/11/07/o...
CUPE 3912 members are an essential part of student education at Saint Mary’s University (SMU) and Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU).
cupe3912.ca/2025/11/07/o...
Katz's book, "Gangsters of Capitalism", is a good Remembrance Day read. It's a biography of the decorated American officer, Smedley Butler, who famously wrote "War is a racket". You won't be disappointed.
jonathanmkatz.com/gangsters
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Gangsters of Capitalism — Jonathan Myerson Katz
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November 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Katz's book, "Gangsters of Capitalism", is a good Remembrance Day read. It's a biography of the decorated American officer, Smedley Butler, who famously wrote "War is a racket". You won't be disappointed.
jonathanmkatz.com/gangsters
jonathanmkatz.com/gangsters
On this Remembrance Day we should think about the fact that fascism didn't really die. It just went dormant. The fight continues.
On the left is a pic my grandfather shared with me of German POWs. On the right, him and his buddies in Italy.
On the left is a pic my grandfather shared with me of German POWs. On the right, him and his buddies in Italy.
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
On this Remembrance Day we should think about the fact that fascism didn't really die. It just went dormant. The fight continues.
On the left is a pic my grandfather shared with me of German POWs. On the right, him and his buddies in Italy.
On the left is a pic my grandfather shared with me of German POWs. On the right, him and his buddies in Italy.
Andrew Scheer is an awful person and an awful representative. He needs to resign.
.... Andrew Scheer and party whip Chris Warkentin "barged" into [d'Entremont's] office, pushed open the door ... and yelled at him about "how much of a snake" he was.
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.... Andrew Scheer and party whip Chris Warkentin "barged" into [d'Entremont's] office, pushed open the door ... and yelled at him about "how much of a snake" he was.
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Barging into office, yelling from Conservative leadership 'sealed the deal' on defection: d'Entremont | CBC News
Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont says the barging into his office and yelling from Conservative Party leadership 'sealed the deal' on his choice to cross the floor to the Liberals earlier this week.
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Andrew Scheer is an awful person and an awful representative. He needs to resign.
.... Andrew Scheer and party whip Chris Warkentin "barged" into [d'Entremont's] office, pushed open the door ... and yelled at him about "how much of a snake" he was.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
.... Andrew Scheer and party whip Chris Warkentin "barged" into [d'Entremont's] office, pushed open the door ... and yelled at him about "how much of a snake" he was.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
New post on Canada's corporate welfare strategy for the auto sector.
Doug and I are breathing new life into a labour news project that we started in 2011.
@unifor.org @saskfedlabour.bsky.social
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Doug and I are breathing new life into a labour news project that we started in 2011.
@unifor.org @saskfedlabour.bsky.social
www.rankandfile.ca/canadas-fail...
Canada’s failed EV strategy is corporate welfare run amok
$50 billion in subsidies has failed to secure jobs, investment and a future
By Doug Nesbitt
On October 16 2023 it was all smiles for the cameras in Loyalist Township when politicians and corpora...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
New post on Canada's corporate welfare strategy for the auto sector.
Doug and I are breathing new life into a labour news project that we started in 2011.
@unifor.org @saskfedlabour.bsky.social
www.rankandfile.ca/canadas-fail...
Doug and I are breathing new life into a labour news project that we started in 2011.
@unifor.org @saskfedlabour.bsky.social
www.rankandfile.ca/canadas-fail...
Sabbaticals are a privilege, but sometimes being locked up at work/home 24 hours a day comes with a price.
November 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Sabbaticals are a privilege, but sometimes being locked up at work/home 24 hours a day comes with a price.
Textbook case of how wealthy elite in Saskatchewan exercise their influence.
Council voted against his stadium proposal several times. Residents even said no to a mayoral candidates who ran on building this stadium. @pdcityhall.bsky.social
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Council voted against his stadium proposal several times. Residents even said no to a mayoral candidates who ran on building this stadium. @pdcityhall.bsky.social
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What to know about Shaun Semple's pursuit of new baseball stadium for Regina Red Sox
Brandt CEO Shaun Semple, who owns the Regina Red Sox, wants to see movement on a new baseball stadium in Regina — possibly as soon as 2026.
leaderpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Textbook case of how wealthy elite in Saskatchewan exercise their influence.
Council voted against his stadium proposal several times. Residents even said no to a mayoral candidates who ran on building this stadium. @pdcityhall.bsky.social
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Council voted against his stadium proposal several times. Residents even said no to a mayoral candidates who ran on building this stadium. @pdcityhall.bsky.social
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I've encountered a growing number of anti-immigrant comments all over social media in the last 12 months. I'm told we can blame newcomers for crime, yet here we go again with the most white, Regina-born Canadian murderer you can imagine.
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Regina man charged with manslaughter in highway shooting death near Weyburn | CBC News
Chris Fahlman, 42, has been arrested and charged in the death of Tanya Myers, a passenger in an SUV who was shot and killed on a highway near Weyburn, Sask., this fall.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I've encountered a growing number of anti-immigrant comments all over social media in the last 12 months. I'm told we can blame newcomers for crime, yet here we go again with the most white, Regina-born Canadian murderer you can imagine.
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Just another normal day around campus.
October 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just another normal day around campus.
On the surface this is a fun story about what it means to sell the naming rights to a Sask village.
But it's really about the death of small town Saskatchewan, and the growing infrastructure deficit facing our communities. Desperate times.
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But it's really about the death of small town Saskatchewan, and the growing infrastructure deficit facing our communities. Desperate times.
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Duck Lake, Sask., residents launch campaign to protect town’s historic name | CBC News
"Duck Lake Forever" is the name of a new campaign rallying residents to protect the name of their historic town. The movement began after the mayor announced plans last week to sell Duck Lake’s naming...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
On the surface this is a fun story about what it means to sell the naming rights to a Sask village.
But it's really about the death of small town Saskatchewan, and the growing infrastructure deficit facing our communities. Desperate times.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
But it's really about the death of small town Saskatchewan, and the growing infrastructure deficit facing our communities. Desperate times.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“It takes all three orders of government to [address encampments]"
The province's tone has finally changed. A former Minister of Social Service once said that he didn't believe homelessness was a real thing in SK. We're now at least 15 years behind.
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The province's tone has finally changed. A former Minister of Social Service once said that he didn't believe homelessness was a real thing in SK. We're now at least 15 years behind.
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Spike in Saskatoon homeless encampments ‘heartbreaking,’ NDP says | CBC News
Saskatoon's fire department counted 1,248 homeless encampments through the first eight months of this year, which is just shy of the 1,255 counted in all of last year.
www.cbc.ca
October 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“It takes all three orders of government to [address encampments]"
The province's tone has finally changed. A former Minister of Social Service once said that he didn't believe homelessness was a real thing in SK. We're now at least 15 years behind.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The province's tone has finally changed. A former Minister of Social Service once said that he didn't believe homelessness was a real thing in SK. We're now at least 15 years behind.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A dated, yet important, statement from my union (University of Regina Faculty Association).
More unions need to be voicing their support for Palestinian human rights.
@saskfedlabour.bsky.social @unifor.org @uswmetallos.bsky.social @cupescfp.bsky.social
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More unions need to be voicing their support for Palestinian human rights.
@saskfedlabour.bsky.social @unifor.org @uswmetallos.bsky.social @cupescfp.bsky.social
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Statement in Solidarity with Palestine
As a union concerned with upholding human rights and academic freedom, URFA affirms our solidarity with the Palestinian people — scholars, workers, students, and all those enduring the violent suppres...
www.urfa.ca
October 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A dated, yet important, statement from my union (University of Regina Faculty Association).
More unions need to be voicing their support for Palestinian human rights.
@saskfedlabour.bsky.social @unifor.org @uswmetallos.bsky.social @cupescfp.bsky.social
www.urfa.ca/news/stateme...
More unions need to be voicing their support for Palestinian human rights.
@saskfedlabour.bsky.social @unifor.org @uswmetallos.bsky.social @cupescfp.bsky.social
www.urfa.ca/news/stateme...
Imagine being a municipal leader and your job is to literally rebuild you city after it was destroyed in the wake of Israel's genocide.
In #YQR, parking is the big issue.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BTM...
In #YQR, parking is the big issue.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BTM...
Gaza municipality, 55 years older than Israel, vows to rebuild the city, with Asem Alnabih
YouTube video by The Electronic Intifada
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October 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Imagine being a municipal leader and your job is to literally rebuild you city after it was destroyed in the wake of Israel's genocide.
In #YQR, parking is the big issue.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BTM...
In #YQR, parking is the big issue.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BTM...
“That (coal) is going to be the bridge by which we get to that nuclear future".
Hilarious and rich. So coal, which has been used as a source of energy for a couple of centuries, is now a "bridging" fuel?
Got it. We're cooked.
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Hilarious and rich. So coal, which has been used as a source of energy for a couple of centuries, is now a "bridging" fuel?
Got it. We're cooked.
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SaskPower minister defends decision to keep coal plants running
Jeremy Harrison reiterated the provincial government's plan to continue running SaskPower's coal generation stations past 2030.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“That (coal) is going to be the bridge by which we get to that nuclear future".
Hilarious and rich. So coal, which has been used as a source of energy for a couple of centuries, is now a "bridging" fuel?
Got it. We're cooked.
leaderpost.com/news/local-n...
Hilarious and rich. So coal, which has been used as a source of energy for a couple of centuries, is now a "bridging" fuel?
Got it. We're cooked.
leaderpost.com/news/local-n...
What's fun about this read is how the Riders act as though they own the stadium and the stadium grounds. They are mere tenants who usually pay rent.
This is Saskatchewan politics.
#YQR
@pdcityhall.bsky.social
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This is Saskatchewan politics.
#YQR
@pdcityhall.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Roughriders president says team will look to Buffalo Bills for tailgating inspiration | CBC News
The Saskatchewan Roughriders CEO applauds planned tailgating legislation, and says he'll look beyond Calgary and Edmonton, which prohibit alcohol, to find a model that works for Rider fans.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
What's fun about this read is how the Riders act as though they own the stadium and the stadium grounds. They are mere tenants who usually pay rent.
This is Saskatchewan politics.
#YQR
@pdcityhall.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is Saskatchewan politics.
#YQR
@pdcityhall.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"Keeping taxes low" was the mantra for a better part of the last quarter century. It just means under-funding core services and necessary infrastructure projects.
No one wins, no one comes away happy.
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No one wins, no one comes away happy.
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UPDATED: Five things to know about the City of Regina's 'refreshed vision for the future'
A new set of strategic priorities for the City of Regina outlines a “refreshed vision for the future" over the next four years.
leaderpost.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"Keeping taxes low" was the mantra for a better part of the last quarter century. It just means under-funding core services and necessary infrastructure projects.
No one wins, no one comes away happy.
leaderpost.com/news/local-n...
No one wins, no one comes away happy.
leaderpost.com/news/local-n...
Canada should have partially nationalized or demanded a controlling share of auto companies that begged for bail-outs in 2008 onward. Same with corporations demanding EV handouts. There's no way public $ should go into the pockets of companies planning to move operations south.
October 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Canada should have partially nationalized or demanded a controlling share of auto companies that begged for bail-outs in 2008 onward. Same with corporations demanding EV handouts. There's no way public $ should go into the pockets of companies planning to move operations south.
I love municipal politics.
Holy shit. Good stuff.
In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government.
She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.
So I confronted him.
She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.
So I confronted him.
October 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I love municipal politics.
@alexanderquon.bsky.social Well played with this headline, sir.
Drive your truck to the game. Get drunk. Drive home. Blow a stop sign. Hit a car. No problem.
Addicted to meth? It's the camps for you.
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Drive your truck to the game. Get drunk. Drive home. Blow a stop sign. Hit a car. No problem.
Addicted to meth? It's the camps for you.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Saskatchewan plans to introduce involuntary treatment, allow tailgating | CBC News
The province plans to address homelessness and addictions in the newest session of the legislature, which kicked off Wednesday with the speech from the throne. It also plans to allow tailgating at Sas...
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October 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
@alexanderquon.bsky.social Well played with this headline, sir.
Drive your truck to the game. Get drunk. Drive home. Blow a stop sign. Hit a car. No problem.
Addicted to meth? It's the camps for you.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Drive your truck to the game. Get drunk. Drive home. Blow a stop sign. Hit a car. No problem.
Addicted to meth? It's the camps for you.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...