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Classic Blues, R&B, funk,soul, Motown and raised as a Mennonite-go figure! Also NatureLover, ArtLover, BookLover, Social Justice Lover
…it cannot be true, because it must not be true, because “we are a democracy.” But at some point the facts become unanswerable. - quote from Vivian Unger
November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
…it cannot be true, because it must not be true, because “we are a democracy.” But at some point the facts become unanswerable. - quote from Vivian Unger
…Because we preserve the forms and rituals, people find it hard to accept how far the substance has been eaten away. We are so heavily invested in our self image as one of the world's great democracies that evidence to the contrary tends not to penetrate:
November 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
…Because we preserve the forms and rituals, people find it hard to accept how far the substance has been eaten away. We are so heavily invested in our self image as one of the world's great democracies that evidence to the contrary tends not to penetrate:
Checkout Andrew Coyne’s book “ The Crisis of Canadian Democracy “
“ Put simply, we do not live in the system we think we do. We have the form of a democracy, but not the substance; the rituals, but not the reality.
“ Put simply, we do not live in the system we think we do. We have the form of a democracy, but not the substance; the rituals, but not the reality.
November 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Checkout Andrew Coyne’s book “ The Crisis of Canadian Democracy “
“ Put simply, we do not live in the system we think we do. We have the form of a democracy, but not the substance; the rituals, but not the reality.
“ Put simply, we do not live in the system we think we do. We have the form of a democracy, but not the substance; the rituals, but not the reality.
Overcrowded classrooms mean children don’t get the support they need. Smaller classes mean better results for every child.
Add your voice today—push for #SmallerClasses and make a big difference for public education.
#onted #ontedu #ETFO app.sosha.ai/s/68iaaRKq
Add your voice today—push for #SmallerClasses and make a big difference for public education.
#onted #ontedu #ETFO app.sosha.ai/s/68iaaRKq
Smaller classes. Big difference.
app.sosha.ai
October 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Overcrowded classrooms mean children don’t get the support they need. Smaller classes mean better results for every child.
Add your voice today—push for #SmallerClasses and make a big difference for public education.
#onted #ontedu #ETFO app.sosha.ai/s/68iaaRKq
Add your voice today—push for #SmallerClasses and make a big difference for public education.
#onted #ontedu #ETFO app.sosha.ai/s/68iaaRKq
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/te...
Fund Ontario's Public Colleges
Doug Ford is defunding colleges at a time we need it the most.
Ontario’s college system is on life support. The culprit? Chronic underfunding and the Ford governments' plans to privatize educat...
you.leadnow.ca
September 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/te...
I just joined the global call to #DrawTheLine — for peace, climate justice, and a world beyond fossil fuels. Be part of the actions this September: drawtheline.world?utm_source=b...
Home | Draw The Line - For life, for people, for the planet.
Join us this September to draw the line against injustice, pollution, and violence; for a future of peace, clean energy, and fairness.
drawtheline.world
August 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I just joined the global call to #DrawTheLine — for peace, climate justice, and a world beyond fossil fuels. Be part of the actions this September: drawtheline.world?utm_source=b...
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Tell #FordNation: now is the time to get to work on fast to deploy, low cost solar and wind and join the rest of the world in going renewable, not nuclear.
#buycanadian #energy #gorenewable #climate
www.cleanairalliance.org/no-nuclear-y...
#buycanadian #energy #gorenewable #climate
www.cleanairalliance.org/no-nuclear-y...
Yes to solar and wind, not another giant nuclear station
Let's get to work on low-cost solar and wind power, not another giant nuclear station. Send your message here.
www.cleanairalliance.org
June 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Tell #FordNation: now is the time to get to work on fast to deploy, low cost solar and wind and join the rest of the world in going renewable, not nuclear.
#buycanadian #energy #gorenewable #climate
www.cleanairalliance.org/no-nuclear-y...
#buycanadian #energy #gorenewable #climate
www.cleanairalliance.org/no-nuclear-y...
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Hey @themetalsco.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social, the ocean is not for sale. Don't open the floodgates to extraction in the deep sea. The world is watching: Say NO to deep sea mining.
#StopDeepSeaMining
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#StopDeepSeaMining
act.gp/3TrfjmB
Petition: Tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.
Sign the Greenpeace petition to tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.
act.gp
July 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Hey @themetalsco.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social, the ocean is not for sale. Don't open the floodgates to extraction in the deep sea. The world is watching: Say NO to deep sea mining.
#StopDeepSeaMining
act.gp/3TrfjmB
#StopDeepSeaMining
act.gp/3TrfjmB
Tell Prime Minister Carney to block Donald Trump’s billionaire donors from owning or building pipelines in Canada! #cdnpoli #PRGT www.dogwoodbc.ca/petitions/ca...
Prime Minister Carney: stop the American pipeline takeover
Tell Prime Minister Carney to block Donald Trump’s billionaire donors from owning or building pipelines in Canada! #cdnpoli #PRGT
www.dogwoodbc.ca
June 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Tell Prime Minister Carney to block Donald Trump’s billionaire donors from owning or building pipelines in Canada! #cdnpoli #PRGT www.dogwoodbc.ca/petitions/ca...
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The Ford government is fast-tracking its "Housing Bill" RIGHT NOW to avoid debate, amendments, and public input 🤨
This is an attack on Ontario's cities and democracy.
This is an attack on Ontario's cities and democracy.
June 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Ford government is fast-tracking its "Housing Bill" RIGHT NOW to avoid debate, amendments, and public input 🤨
This is an attack on Ontario's cities and democracy.
This is an attack on Ontario's cities and democracy.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/do...
Don’t let the Canada Pension Plan abandon its net-zero commitment
The Canada Pension Plan safeguards the futures of 22 million hardworking Canadians – from teachers and nurses to tradespeople and tech workers – and retirees who’ve paid in over a lifetime. With over ...
you.leadnow.ca
May 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ho...
Hold the Government of Ontario accountable to a livable climate future
If you live in Ontario, this may be one of the most important petitions you sign this year...
Only massive urgent transformational change can solve the climate emergency we are in. This will not ha...
you.leadnow.ca
May 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pr...
Make Canada's voting system fair and proportional!
Canadians are tired of our broken voting system.
After Trudeau broke his promise of reforming our electoral system in 2015, apathy and cynicism towards our democracy has grown. If Canada is to weath...
you.leadnow.ca
May 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pr...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pr...
Make Canada's voting system fair and proportional!
Canadians are tired of our broken voting system.
After Trudeau broke his promise of reforming our electoral system in 2015, apathy and cynicism towards our democracy has grown. If Canada is to weath...
you.leadnow.ca
May 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pr...
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Absolutely agree. FPTP doesn’t reflect who we really are. It exaggerates divides and leaves too many voices unheard. Proportional representation would give all regions and viewpoints a fair say, it’s time we made the switch.
The sooner we realise FPTP fuels Western alienation—by making the West look more solidly blue than it is while also underrepresenting the right in our largest cities—the sooner we can implement proportional representation and elect a truly representative Parliament.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
May 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Absolutely agree. FPTP doesn’t reflect who we really are. It exaggerates divides and leaves too many voices unheard. Proportional representation would give all regions and viewpoints a fair say, it’s time we made the switch.
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Ontario has cleaner, cheaper options than a $2.2B gas plant that’ll run just 3% of the time. Battery storage, demand response & Quebec imports cost up to 92% less. Why choose pollution over progress?
#CleanEnergy #StopTheGasPlant #cdnpoli #Onpoli #Renewables
www.cleanairalliance.org/simple-choice/
#CleanEnergy #StopTheGasPlant #cdnpoli #Onpoli #Renewables
www.cleanairalliance.org/simple-choice/
May 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Ontario has cleaner, cheaper options than a $2.2B gas plant that’ll run just 3% of the time. Battery storage, demand response & Quebec imports cost up to 92% less. Why choose pollution over progress?
#CleanEnergy #StopTheGasPlant #cdnpoli #Onpoli #Renewables
www.cleanairalliance.org/simple-choice/
#CleanEnergy #StopTheGasPlant #cdnpoli #Onpoli #Renewables
www.cleanairalliance.org/simple-choice/
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To maximize the economic & energy security benefits of importing low-cost, #renewable, #CDN power from our provincial neighbours, Manitoba & Quebec, #On MUST enact a plan to expand our east-west electricity grid.
ADD YOUR VOICE: www.cleanairalliance.org/end-electric...
#BuyCanadian #🇨🇦 #onpoli
ADD YOUR VOICE: www.cleanairalliance.org/end-electric...
#BuyCanadian #🇨🇦 #onpoli
May 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
To maximize the economic & energy security benefits of importing low-cost, #renewable, #CDN power from our provincial neighbours, Manitoba & Quebec, #On MUST enact a plan to expand our east-west electricity grid.
ADD YOUR VOICE: www.cleanairalliance.org/end-electric...
#BuyCanadian #🇨🇦 #onpoli
ADD YOUR VOICE: www.cleanairalliance.org/end-electric...
#BuyCanadian #🇨🇦 #onpoli
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Hitler used tariffs to “liberate” Germany from a globalized world order—careening the economy backwards, Timothy W. Ryback writes. https://theatln.tc/z72gGnpl
May 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Hitler used tariffs to “liberate” Germany from a globalized world order—careening the economy backwards, Timothy W. Ryback writes. https://theatln.tc/z72gGnpl
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Reduce clothing waste by buying less, but better | Letters
Reduce clothing waste by buying less, but better | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to an article on consumer frustrations with recycling used clothing
www.theguardian.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Reduce clothing waste by buying less, but better | Letters
