Dave
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New from @policyalternatives.ca: Canada Post is not a logistics company like any other—it's a fundamental building block for Canada as a country. A roadmap for a 21st century post office. By @whosestreets.bsky.social
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Canada Post is a vital Canadian institution—why doesn’t the government act that way? - CCPA
On May 23, Canada Post workers once again entered a legal strike position. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) had previously been on strike less than six months ago, during the holiday season...
www.policyalternatives.ca
June 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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This is absolutely scandalous and should be a major story in Canadian media today. ⬇️

In Nunavik, ‘confusion’ and closed polling offices, led to voters getting left out.

“They are literally throwing our votes away,” said one Puvirnituq voter.

nunatsiaq.com/stories/arti...
Bérubé, Gull-Masty in see-saw battle for Nunavik where ‘confusion’ led to some voters getting left out
Election day in Nunavik has turned into “a whole bunch of confusion,” says one regional councillor.
nunatsiaq.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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The Trudeau government quietly announced an $8B deal with Irving Shipbuilding last week.

Jacalyn den Haan writes about the corporate handout—in the midst of a climate and cost of living crisis—to one of the wealthiest families in Canada. breachmedia.ca/the-irving-e...
The Irving empire just landed an $8B payday—for warships no one asked for ⋆ The Breach
The deal was quietly announced on Trudeau’s last weekend in office
breachmedia.ca
March 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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The government just announced high-speed rail in Canada—but through a public-private partnership.

Revisit our video which imagines a just future of train travel, one that’s accessible, green, and most importantly, publicly-owned. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MhQ...
February 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Kind of sad that it took economic and territorial threats for most Canadians to speak out against Americans.

Very glad it is happening though, I have been critical of them for years.
February 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Since Trump’s tariffs, Canada’s so-called ‘internal trade barriers’ have been all over the news.

One problem? The crisis is fake—it’s a right-wing ploy to gut key regulations.

Stuart Trew of the @policyalternatives.ca exposes the con. breachmedia.ca/freakout-abo...
The freakout about Canada’s ‘internal trade barriers’ is a corporate scam ⋆ The Breach
Business lobbyists and right-wing think tanks are exploiting Trump’s threats to push their deregulation agenda
breachmedia.ca
February 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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New from @policyalternatives.bsky.social: Amazon's illegal union busting in Quebec demands a forceful response. Governments have tools to make Amazon pay—here are a few options. By @whosestreets.bsky.social #canlab
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
How Quebec and Canada can make Amazon pay for union-busting | CCPA
Outside the DXT4 Amazon warehouse in Laval, Quebec, hundreds of workers and their allies held a picket line on Feb. 5. At Canada’s first unionized Amazon warehouse, they demanded that the company imme...
www.policyalternatives.ca
February 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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The tech broligarchs are getting organized and political.

No, I’m not talking about what’s happening in the United States.

This is right here in Canada.

A group of CEOs, founders and other executives have decided they’re tired of their voices going unheard (lmfao)

Here's what's going on:
Canada's tech broligarchs are getting organized too
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
youtu.be
February 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Counterpoint: Canada is in decline and no amount of what is happening right now in the face of Trump is going to change that. It'll just mask it for a few more months.

What we need are market confrontations that build back our sovereignty.

Learn more here! www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...
February 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Whether the tariffs stay or go - can we PLEASE continue the ‘Support Canadian Companies’?!

Don’t know why it took the orange man in order to have these sentiments!
February 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
For Canada By Canada

Tariffs will be a chance to do what’s best for our economy! Short-term pain, long-term planning
February 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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"We keep the script very brief. Then we stop and ask people what they think."

Canvassing and ground game have been at the heart of progressives' biggest electoral victories.

Read Bruce McKenna and Jill O'Reilly's ground game dispatch at perspectivesjournal.ca/movement-building-party-politics/
From Marketing to Movement-Building: Ground Game and Community Organizing in Party Politics | Perspectives Journal
It's been said that “the ground game can only take you so far”. But what if the right kind of ground game can count for more than we realize?
perspectivesjournal.ca
January 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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The Far Left Sees The Government As The Solution To Every Problem.

These guys all sing from the same song sheet eh.
Very cool that Mark Carney took time out of his campaign launch speech to slander the “far left,” an option that doesn’t even exist in the Canadian political landscape.

This guy is trying to bring Starmerism to Canada, isn’t he?
January 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Have you been curious as I have about the manifesto written by Luigi Mangione? Here ya go:

www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-man...
Exclusive: Luigi's Manifesto
Read the manifesto the media refused to publish
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:23 AM
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Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.

We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
November 29, 2024 at 11:50 AM