John Campey
@johncampey.bsky.social
“I’m just a boy, standing in front of an oligarchy, asking it to restore democracy, promote equity, respect diversity, and stop killing the planet.” 🇨🇦🏳️🌈🦩Retired non-profit ED, lapsed runner, gay, socialist.
So much for ‘the huddled masses, yearning to be free …’
December 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
So much for ‘the huddled masses, yearning to be free …’
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Every time you see that the government is trying to raise our military spending to 5% of GDP, think about the fact that our total elementary and secondary school spending is 3.9% of GDP.
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Every time you see that the government is trying to raise our military spending to 5% of GDP, think about the fact that our total elementary and secondary school spending is 3.9% of GDP.
Debate confirming that there are only two credible candidates - Lewis and MacPherson. The “French language“ debate took me back to the Grade Nine core French class I substitute taught last May. Excruciating!
NDP leadership candidates pitch ideas for party rebuild, touch on pipeline accord in first debate
NDP leadership candidates pitch ideas for party rebuild, touch on pipeline accord in first debate
Held just hours after Mark Carney signed a groundbreaking accord endorsing Alberta’s pipeline proposal, the first debate mostly ignored the polarizing issue and instead focused on big-picture ideas fo...
www.thestar.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Debate confirming that there are only two credible candidates - Lewis and MacPherson. The “French language“ debate took me back to the Grade Nine core French class I substitute taught last May. Excruciating!
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GUARDIAN: “Per head, 🇺🇸 output is six times China’s, and yet, inexplicably, there seem to be more abjectly poor Americans than Chinese. 🇺🇸 inequality is breathtaking… keeps getting worse…”
Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
GUARDIAN: “Per head, 🇺🇸 output is six times China’s, and yet, inexplicably, there seem to be more abjectly poor Americans than Chinese. 🇺🇸 inequality is breathtaking… keeps getting worse…”
Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
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guys...
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
The company’s CEO also worked closely with the wife of the minister in charge of the grant program at the time
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
guys...
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There is no political, economic or environmental case for even pretending to consider Northern Gateway pipeline.
Mark Carney has given a huge with to Danielle Smith while reviving the environmental conflicts of Stephen Harper.
This is a huge mistake.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Mark Carney has given a huge with to Danielle Smith while reviving the environmental conflicts of Stephen Harper.
This is a huge mistake.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Pipeline to Nowhere
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s success in his first year has been to successfully convey an image of being the “smartest guy in the room.”
substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
There is no political, economic or environmental case for even pretending to consider Northern Gateway pipeline.
Mark Carney has given a huge with to Danielle Smith while reviving the environmental conflicts of Stephen Harper.
This is a huge mistake.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Mark Carney has given a huge with to Danielle Smith while reviving the environmental conflicts of Stephen Harper.
This is a huge mistake.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Trump essentially said loyalty to the Constitution is punishable by death. Those are dangerous words coming from the President of the United States, but I’m not going to be intimidated.
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Trump essentially said loyalty to the Constitution is punishable by death. Those are dangerous words coming from the President of the United States, but I’m not going to be intimidated.
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Governments should indeed be using their procurement powers to encourage local contracts. The new Buy Ontario Act falls short in important ways. By @noahfry.bsky.social #onpoli
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
The Buy Ontario Act is a rebrand with little new to offer - CCPA
On November 20, the government of Ontario announced the Buy Ontario Act. This is a follow up to a 2022 policy—the Building Ontario Businesses Initiative Act—that favoured Ontarian suppliers within pu...
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Governments should indeed be using their procurement powers to encourage local contracts. The new Buy Ontario Act falls short in important ways. By @noahfry.bsky.social #onpoli
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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The Globe and Mail
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The Globe and Mail
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The world is amidst a misogynist, racist backlash and the violent results of rage-bait laden social media.
Of all the times to say Canada is "meh" about 1/2 the world and gender-based violence...
Then adding Canada seeks returns on investment Africa can't deliver...whilst being a guest.
Unbelievable
Of all the times to say Canada is "meh" about 1/2 the world and gender-based violence...
Then adding Canada seeks returns on investment Africa can't deliver...whilst being a guest.
Unbelievable
The women that brought him to power might be raising their collective eyebrows.
Canada's view on Africa also bears reporting.
Important coverage from the G20 @geoffreyyork.bsky.social
Canada's view on Africa also bears reporting.
Important coverage from the G20 @geoffreyyork.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The world is amidst a misogynist, racist backlash and the violent results of rage-bait laden social media.
Of all the times to say Canada is "meh" about 1/2 the world and gender-based violence...
Then adding Canada seeks returns on investment Africa can't deliver...whilst being a guest.
Unbelievable
Of all the times to say Canada is "meh" about 1/2 the world and gender-based violence...
Then adding Canada seeks returns on investment Africa can't deliver...whilst being a guest.
Unbelievable
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More and more people want encampments evicted. Neighbourhood groups are suing shelter providers. Now, they're attempting to stop supportive housing in Parkdale. You can't have all three!
Please sign and share in support of PARC and supportive housing! tinyurl.com/parcpetition
Please sign and share in support of PARC and supportive housing! tinyurl.com/parcpetition
Build Supportive Affordable Housing at 1499 and 1501 Queen West
The City of Toronto, and Canada as a whole, is in an unprecedented affordable housing crisis. Many struggle to find safe and stable housing in Toronto and Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre (PARC) wa...
tinyurl.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
More and more people want encampments evicted. Neighbourhood groups are suing shelter providers. Now, they're attempting to stop supportive housing in Parkdale. You can't have all three!
Please sign and share in support of PARC and supportive housing! tinyurl.com/parcpetition
Please sign and share in support of PARC and supportive housing! tinyurl.com/parcpetition
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Here is Trump when he owned the Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA pageants bragging about how he “was able to get away with” going backstage when contestants were naked since he was the boss and he had to do “inspections.”
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Here is Trump when he owned the Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA pageants bragging about how he “was able to get away with” going backstage when contestants were naked since he was the boss and he had to do “inspections.”
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READ THIS!
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
$200K to litigate a case against a social assistance recipient who *may* have received $10K in CERB overpayments is not an "inefficiency", but collecting unpaid taxes on luxury yachts or planes *is* a waste of bureaucratic time?
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
$200K to litigate a case against a social assistance recipient who *may* have received $10K in CERB overpayments is not an "inefficiency", but collecting unpaid taxes on luxury yachts or planes *is* a waste of bureaucratic time?
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
Op-Ed: Ottawa's costly pursuit of the poor
The government cites inefficiency as a reason to end taxes on vacant homes and yachts — yet keeps pouring money into futile litigation over pandemic-era benefits
www.canadianaffairs.news
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
READ THIS!
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
$200K to litigate a case against a social assistance recipient who *may* have received $10K in CERB overpayments is not an "inefficiency", but collecting unpaid taxes on luxury yachts or planes *is* a waste of bureaucratic time?
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
$200K to litigate a case against a social assistance recipient who *may* have received $10K in CERB overpayments is not an "inefficiency", but collecting unpaid taxes on luxury yachts or planes *is* a waste of bureaucratic time?
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
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Three missed opportunities in Canada’s federal budget.
Solid analysis from @bcpolicy.bsky.social senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social bcpolicy.ca/2025/11/07/c...
Solid analysis from @bcpolicy.bsky.social senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social bcpolicy.ca/2025/11/07/c...
Three missed opportunities in Canada’s federal budget
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget comes at an important moment for Canada as we face an increasingly hostile United States and the need to chart our own path.
The choices this gover...
bcpolicy.ca
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Three missed opportunities in Canada’s federal budget.
Solid analysis from @bcpolicy.bsky.social senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social bcpolicy.ca/2025/11/07/c...
Solid analysis from @bcpolicy.bsky.social senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social bcpolicy.ca/2025/11/07/c...
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The extremist right turned online forums into toxic zones of hate. Bannon shifted the hate playbook to schools.
And now MAGA MAPLE is using the playbook.
This isn't free speech. It is causing real time harm in our schools.
Please watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?si=Oxe...
And now MAGA MAPLE is using the playbook.
This isn't free speech. It is causing real time harm in our schools.
Please watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?si=Oxe...
MAPLE MAGA BRINGS THE HATE TO SCHOOLS HD 1080p
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The extremist right turned online forums into toxic zones of hate. Bannon shifted the hate playbook to schools.
And now MAGA MAPLE is using the playbook.
This isn't free speech. It is causing real time harm in our schools.
Please watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?si=Oxe...
And now MAGA MAPLE is using the playbook.
This isn't free speech. It is causing real time harm in our schools.
Please watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?si=Oxe...
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
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Public money going for a strip club?
Welcome to public interest Doug Ford style.
He should at least tell us which members of his cabinet checked out the joint prior to handing over millions that could have been spent on dealing with the small town hospital crisis.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
Welcome to public interest Doug Ford style.
He should at least tell us which members of his cabinet checked out the joint prior to handing over millions that could have been spent on dealing with the small town hospital crisis.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
‘Can’t make this up!’: Ford government faces questions over nearly $10M going to company with ties to ‘adult entertainment’
Ontario’s opposition parties are questioning the province’s labour minister about the possibility money from the $2.5 billion Skills Development Fund ended up at a company tied to an “adult entertainm...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Public money going for a strip club?
Welcome to public interest Doug Ford style.
He should at least tell us which members of his cabinet checked out the joint prior to handing over millions that could have been spent on dealing with the small town hospital crisis.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
Welcome to public interest Doug Ford style.
He should at least tell us which members of his cabinet checked out the joint prior to handing over millions that could have been spent on dealing with the small town hospital crisis.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
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So the Ford appointed supervisors will make more than all School Board Trustees combined, and that money will come out of the education budget that’s supposed to go to student needs. Shame! globalnews.ca/news/1151063... #topoli #onpoli #onted
Ford government supervisors can charge $350K per year to school boards | Globalnews.ca
Several school boards in Ontario, including Toronto public, Toronto Catholic and Ottawa-Carleton, have been under the management of supervisors for months.
globalnews.ca
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
So the Ford appointed supervisors will make more than all School Board Trustees combined, and that money will come out of the education budget that’s supposed to go to student needs. Shame! globalnews.ca/news/1151063... #topoli #onpoli #onted
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“Major cuts in gov't services are coming on Nov. 4,” says @policyalternatives.ca. “...Canadians deserve to know what they are being forced to give up in order to pay for massive increases in military spending + an incredibly expensive middle- + upper-income tax cut.” www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Mark Carney could cut billions by letting Trudeau-era programs expire, report says
Economists identified funding for disaster responses, fighting climate change, and improving access to health care as potential "sacrifices."
www.thestar.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“Major cuts in gov't services are coming on Nov. 4,” says @policyalternatives.ca. “...Canadians deserve to know what they are being forced to give up in order to pay for massive increases in military spending + an incredibly expensive middle- + upper-income tax cut.” www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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The feds will likely quietly “sunset” programs as part of their cost-cutting in the Nov 4 budget.
@davidmaccdn.bsky.social examines 84 federal departments that may rely on saving money by letting hundreds of programs disappear when their funding runs out
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
@davidmaccdn.bsky.social examines 84 federal departments that may rely on saving money by letting hundreds of programs disappear when their funding runs out
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Budget cuts by stealth: Letting programs “sunset” to cut costs won’t be painless - CCPA
The feds will quietly “sunset” programs as part of their cost-cutting in the November 4, 2025 budget. Quiet cuts can still hurt.
www.policyalternatives.ca
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The feds will likely quietly “sunset” programs as part of their cost-cutting in the Nov 4 budget.
@davidmaccdn.bsky.social examines 84 federal departments that may rely on saving money by letting hundreds of programs disappear when their funding runs out
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
@davidmaccdn.bsky.social examines 84 federal departments that may rely on saving money by letting hundreds of programs disappear when their funding runs out
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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The economy is built not just on roads and ports, but on paid and unpaid care for each other. AFB 2026 makes the investments necessary to strengthen Canada’s physical and social infrastructure. Gender equality is key to this goal. Demand better. Read our rec's for #budget2025: bit.ly/48RGuzY
Alternative federal budget 2026: Gender equality - CCPA
What the Canadian government should do on gender equality. Because true independence needs a new economic model.
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The economy is built not just on roads and ports, but on paid and unpaid care for each other. AFB 2026 makes the investments necessary to strengthen Canada’s physical and social infrastructure. Gender equality is key to this goal. Demand better. Read our rec's for #budget2025: bit.ly/48RGuzY
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"CUSMA is going down the pipes," said @policyalternatives.ca trade policy researcher Stuart Trew grimly. Hear his interview from today: #CanadaUSTradeWar #cdnpoli #cdnecon @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...
U.S. trade talks ‘going nowhere fast’: Trew on additional tariffs on Canadian products
International Trade Policy Researcher Stuart Trew on Trump announcing additional tariffs on Canadian products and why he thinks ‘CUSMA is going down the pipes.’
www.ctvnews.ca
October 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"CUSMA is going down the pipes," said @policyalternatives.ca trade policy researcher Stuart Trew grimly. Hear his interview from today: #CanadaUSTradeWar #cdnpoli #cdnecon @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...