The Conservative platform is like the longest ad for contacts you've ever seen. It has 17 photos of Pierre.

They appear on 13 of its 30 pages, adding up to 9 pages of space, about 1/3 of the 'plan'. This vanity project may be the most embarrassing election platform in Canadian history.
#cdnpoli

Just to be clear...
You can't wave these around, or post them, and say that you uphold family values, or that you respect Canada's flag, or that you respect the office of the Prime Minister.

I pledge to stand up for Canada.

I remember the wonderful days when such displays of unity were led by the United States, not aimed at it.

See list of 25 Ways Canada is Better than the United States in Substack link.

It's past time for Canadian
Politicians, Businesses & Media
to cut their ties
with Musk's X/Twitter.

Musk is a fascist who's backing Trump's threats to our country.
X is spewing misinformation that jeopardizes our elections and good governance

Move to Bluesky.
Invite all of your followers.

His excuse for the 25% tariff on Canada is to stop drugs and migrants.

Fentanyl seized at Canadian border last year: 19 kg
Fentanyl seized at Mexican border last year: 9,600 kg

Migrants arrested at Canadian border last Dec: 510
Migrants arrested at Mexican border last Dec: 47,000

#tariffs

Like Canada's Conservative party, the IDU courts the far right when it may be to their advantage.

Embracing the far right is, as we see, is very risky. Harper & Poilievre should know better, and disavow such movements, and the lies and anger that fuel them.

bit.ly/40R0T3E
bit.ly/4gnnmcW

#cdnpoli

The assholes on Team Trump.

Here's a running list of the prominent people who support the would-be tyrant planning to use the economic might of the US to bend Canada to his will.
I suggest we not support them.

#canada #cdnpoli

Mark Lemley, one of the 10 most-cited legal scholars of all time, recently stopped working for Zuckerberg because of his and Meta's “descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness.”

wired.com/story/lawmaker-meta-copyright-cases/

#Lemley #Zuckerberg #Neo-Nazi #toxicmasculinity

I like this as much as when I cut it out and put in my journal, 40 years ago.
We all need to take time to just be still, and reflect.

Axe the (BS about) the Tax

Part 1 of an excellent 3 part documentary by the BBC on how, starting in the 80s, the fossil fuel industry spread misinformation to create doubt about climate change and delay action to address it.

Big Oil v The World 1 - Denial

Part 2 of an excellent 3 part documentary by the BBC on how, starting in the 80s, the fossil fuel industry spread misinformation to create doubt about climate change and delay action to address it.

Big Oil v The World 2 - Doubt

Part 3 of an excellent 3 part documentary by the BBC on how, starting in the 80s, the fossil fuel industry spread misinformation to create doubt about climate change and delay action to address it.

Big Oil v The World 3 - Delay

A short from the Climate Reality Project highlighting the immoral activities of Dr. Frederick Seitz and the Marshall Institute to create doubt and delay public action on a series of serious threats to the public, starting with tobacco.

Don't get fooled again.
Some good examples of fake photos in circulation.

www.pastchronicles.com/fake-viral-p...

Disinformation can be lethal. The number of in people in Canada being convinced that getting vaccinated is more dangerous than not being vaccinated is rising.

www.cbc.ca/news/health/canada-poll-vaccination-angus-reid-measles-1.7128145