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"This is one campaign promise the Liberals should break. Cuts of this size...are clearly not feasible. It...would be the most extreme budget-slashing in Canadian history." @davidmaccdn.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/08/o...
Feds should rethink campaign promise of $13 billion in “savings”
In Mark Carney's election platform, the Liberals needed an easy way to pay for their pricey tax cuts and defence spending. They settled on vague operational cuts with no plan for meeting their target ...
www.nationalobserver.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"This is one campaign promise the Liberals should break. Cuts of this size...are clearly not feasible. It...would be the most extreme budget-slashing in Canadian history." @davidmaccdn.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/08/o...
Poverty
Eyeballing the map, looks like more rats and rodents on west side of city than east side. They probably like the nightlife.
July 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Poverty
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A cowardly move by Mark Carney that shows Donald Trump his government can be pushed around and pressured into concessions in ongoing trade talks.
Elbows down seems to be Carney’s new slogan.
Elbows down seems to be Carney’s new slogan.
Canada rescinds digital services tax in a bid to advance trade talks with U.S.
Canada has rescinded its digital services tax targeting U.S. technology firms in a bid to advance trade negotiations with the U.S., Canada’s finance ministry said in a statement on Sunday, days after ...
www.ctvnews.ca
June 30, 2025 at 3:29 AM
A cowardly move by Mark Carney that shows Donald Trump his government can be pushed around and pressured into concessions in ongoing trade talks.
Elbows down seems to be Carney’s new slogan.
Elbows down seems to be Carney’s new slogan.
Too many US dems on this site, they speak embarrassingly with no brain cells
June 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Too many US dems on this site, they speak embarrassingly with no brain cells
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Among Jewish-Canadians - Support for sending more humanitarian aid to Gaza:
🔴 Oppose: 40%
🔵 Support: 39%
🟡 Neutral: 17%
> open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
🔴 Oppose: 40%
🔵 Support: 39%
🟡 Neutral: 17%
> open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
Nearly Half Of Jewish-Canadians Support A Two-State Solution
The survey suggests Jewish-Canadians were evenly split between Liberals and Conservatives during the 2025 federal election
open.substack.com
June 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Among Jewish-Canadians - Support for sending more humanitarian aid to Gaza:
🔴 Oppose: 40%
🔵 Support: 39%
🟡 Neutral: 17%
> open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
🔴 Oppose: 40%
🔵 Support: 39%
🟡 Neutral: 17%
> open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
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Toronto Council meets today! They’re set to talk protest bubble zones, access to Toronto Islands, a new High Park shuttle, crisis support workers on the TTC, and more.
It’ll start at 9:30 a.m. You can watch the stream here. I’ll post what transpires. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLkD...
It’ll start at 9:30 a.m. You can watch the stream here. I’ll post what transpires. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLkD...
City Council - May 21, 2025
YouTube video by Toronto City Council
www.youtube.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Toronto Council meets today! They’re set to talk protest bubble zones, access to Toronto Islands, a new High Park shuttle, crisis support workers on the TTC, and more.
It’ll start at 9:30 a.m. You can watch the stream here. I’ll post what transpires. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLkD...
It’ll start at 9:30 a.m. You can watch the stream here. I’ll post what transpires. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLkD...
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On some issues, the Liberals and the Conservatives are aligned, and there is a “political consensus” to expand energy infrastructure to reduce dependence on the United States, said @hadrianmk.bsky.social. #cnpoli #climatecrisis gasoutlook.com/analysis/mar...
Mark Carney: the climate and energy implications of Canada’s new PM - Gas Outlook
New PM Mark Carney has vowed to protect Canadian sovereignty, but there’s a risk that climate progress will stall.
gasoutlook.com
May 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
On some issues, the Liberals and the Conservatives are aligned, and there is a “political consensus” to expand energy infrastructure to reduce dependence on the United States, said @hadrianmk.bsky.social. #cnpoli #climatecrisis gasoutlook.com/analysis/mar...
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Oh you know, just some regular before midnight thoughts
May 16, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Oh you know, just some regular before midnight thoughts
Who is this steakholder you’re talking about?
May 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Who is this steakholder you’re talking about?
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Tax and cash transfer promises are flying fast and furious in this federal #election. I’ve been modelling them all and here are the average impacts for NDP, CPC and Liberals by deciles of pre-tax income. @policyalternatives.ca 🧵👇👇👇 for by program and poverty amounts.
March 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Tax and cash transfer promises are flying fast and furious in this federal #election. I’ve been modelling them all and here are the average impacts for NDP, CPC and Liberals by deciles of pre-tax income. @policyalternatives.ca 🧵👇👇👇 for by program and poverty amounts.
Gtfo of here
March 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Gtfo of here
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“REITs are just merging and acquiring,” said @policyalternatives.bsky.social political economist @ricardotranjan.bsky.social. Even when financial firms build new rental properties, they fail to add to the supply of affordable housing, because starting rents are set high. thewalrus.ca/real-estate-...
When Your Landlord Is a Billion-Dollar Corporation | The Walrus
Real estate trusts are sending rents soaring and reshaping Canada’s cities
thewalrus.ca
December 6, 2024 at 2:48 PM
“REITs are just merging and acquiring,” said @policyalternatives.bsky.social political economist @ricardotranjan.bsky.social. Even when financial firms build new rental properties, they fail to add to the supply of affordable housing, because starting rents are set high. thewalrus.ca/real-estate-...
What is intrinsic about power that makes the material man susceptible to an understanding of the world through power? Is sex the answer?
December 2, 2024 at 9:04 AM
What is intrinsic about power that makes the material man susceptible to an understanding of the world through power? Is sex the answer?
Most men understand what revolution is, “burn it to the ground”, but when it comes to the-day-after question, their understanding is “me and the boys can rape you”, a purely Oedipal will of power.
December 2, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Most men understand what revolution is, “burn it to the ground”, but when it comes to the-day-after question, their understanding is “me and the boys can rape you”, a purely Oedipal will of power.
The sad thing about politics majors is that politics are everywhere if you aim to *talk* about them. But you can only act on one spot among all.
December 2, 2024 at 8:41 AM
The sad thing about politics majors is that politics are everywhere if you aim to *talk* about them. But you can only act on one spot among all.
Marxism is not just a production theory of power but inevitably a power theory of power. It wouldn’t have been the way it has been since 19th cen should it dropped the Nietzschean bit. Maybe it’s intrinsic so that it led to ML.
December 2, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Marxism is not just a production theory of power but inevitably a power theory of power. It wouldn’t have been the way it has been since 19th cen should it dropped the Nietzschean bit. Maybe it’s intrinsic so that it led to ML.
So many libs here wth you can’t possibly fight back in your echo chamber
November 28, 2024 at 9:20 PM
So many libs here wth you can’t possibly fight back in your echo chamber
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same metric but different processing, showing total instead of added
November 21, 2024 at 11:35 PM
same metric but different processing, showing total instead of added
Good evening say it back
November 20, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Good evening say it back
Bluesky looks like nonprofit happy hour? You haven’t seen mastodon
November 17, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Bluesky looks like nonprofit happy hour? You haven’t seen mastodon
I need more internet brain rot on here
November 15, 2024 at 7:26 PM
I need more internet brain rot on here
Food fetish.
November 15, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Food fetish.