Mike Belmore
@happy-belmore.bsky.social
"The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear."
Antonio Gramsci
Realist. Interested in making change, not endlessly debating it.
#HamOnt #Canada
Antonio Gramsci
Realist. Interested in making change, not endlessly debating it.
#HamOnt #Canada
Pinned
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David Cross folks.
September 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
David Cross folks.
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A 90% rejection. This is a unified membership determined to ensure that public education is protected.
Alberta teacher strike likely as ATA members vote down tentative agreement | CBC News
Alberta Teachers' Association members started voting on the tentative deal on Saturday.
www.cbc.ca
September 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
A 90% rejection. This is a unified membership determined to ensure that public education is protected.
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The ONDP has recognized the importance of clean energy, unionized labour, and support for Canadian supply chains in meeting Ontario's electricity needs with the adoption of a pro-nuclear policy resolution at its convention. Read our full press release here: www.thesociety.ca/society_welc...
Society welcomes Ontario NDP passage of pro-nuclear resolution
www.thesociety.ca
September 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The ONDP has recognized the importance of clean energy, unionized labour, and support for Canadian supply chains in meeting Ontario's electricity needs with the adoption of a pro-nuclear policy resolution at its convention. Read our full press release here: www.thesociety.ca/society_welc...
Sincere thanks to @jamiewestndp.bsky.social, @heathermcpherson.bsky.social, @jameshasaface.bsky.social, Raymond Bhushan, Taras Natyshak and all of our guests for taking some time to learn about the important work Society members do everyday to reduce CO2 emissions and power our economic growth.
I want to thank Society of United Professionals Union President Rebecca Caron for arranging a NDP Tour of Bruce Nuclear Power.
I was joined by MP Heather McPherson, former Ontario NDP MPP Taras Natyshak, and James & Raymond from ONDY.
I was joined by MP Heather McPherson, former Ontario NDP MPP Taras Natyshak, and James & Raymond from ONDY.
September 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Sincere thanks to @jamiewestndp.bsky.social, @heathermcpherson.bsky.social, @jameshasaface.bsky.social, Raymond Bhushan, Taras Natyshak and all of our guests for taking some time to learn about the important work Society members do everyday to reduce CO2 emissions and power our economic growth.
There's been a real generational shift in the debate on nuclear energy among progressives. Young progressives didn't grow up in the shadow of the Cold War, but in the shadow of catastrophic climate change we need nuclear to address. Massive electrification + great jobs = a brighter future for youth.
New in Perspectives: The Ontario NDP Must Invest in Public Nuclear Power
"The Ontario NDP needs to be bold in its vision for an electricity grid that powers economic growth and delivers affordable hydro to all Ontarians."
From @jameshasaface.bsky.social : perspectivesjournal.ca/ondp-invest-...
"The Ontario NDP needs to be bold in its vision for an electricity grid that powers economic growth and delivers affordable hydro to all Ontarians."
From @jameshasaface.bsky.social : perspectivesjournal.ca/ondp-invest-...
September 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
There's been a real generational shift in the debate on nuclear energy among progressives. Young progressives didn't grow up in the shadow of the Cold War, but in the shadow of catastrophic climate change we need nuclear to address. Massive electrification + great jobs = a brighter future for youth.
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August 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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There is a staggering level of blasé naivety in Canada's media coverage of MAGA's attempt to destroy our country.
National Post and subsidiaries are American owned and totally onside.
CBC/ CTV are bending over backwards to be "fair" to Vichy Canada.
Wake up folks.
pressprogress.ca/the-albertan...
National Post and subsidiaries are American owned and totally onside.
CBC/ CTV are bending over backwards to be "fair" to Vichy Canada.
Wake up folks.
pressprogress.ca/the-albertan...
The Albertans Counting on America to Help Break Apart Canada
Fed up with finding a constitutional path to separation, the leaders of the Alberta Prosperity Project are looking for other means
pressprogress.ca
July 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
There is a staggering level of blasé naivety in Canada's media coverage of MAGA's attempt to destroy our country.
National Post and subsidiaries are American owned and totally onside.
CBC/ CTV are bending over backwards to be "fair" to Vichy Canada.
Wake up folks.
pressprogress.ca/the-albertan...
National Post and subsidiaries are American owned and totally onside.
CBC/ CTV are bending over backwards to be "fair" to Vichy Canada.
Wake up folks.
pressprogress.ca/the-albertan...
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At this point, has Mark Carney made any decisions that Pierre Poilievre wouldn't? So far he's playing nice with Trump, promising massive cuts to federal programs so he can spike military spending, and passing multiple bills of dubious constitutionality.
An absolutely deplorable record so far.
An absolutely deplorable record so far.
Health advocates shocked as Carney Liberals back away from pharmacare program
Health advocates shocked as Carney Liberals back away from pharmacare program
Health advocates say they’re shocked to hear the federal government may not sign more pharmacare funding deals, which would leave coverage uneven across the country.
www.cp24.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
At this point, has Mark Carney made any decisions that Pierre Poilievre wouldn't? So far he's playing nice with Trump, promising massive cuts to federal programs so he can spike military spending, and passing multiple bills of dubious constitutionality.
An absolutely deplorable record so far.
An absolutely deplorable record so far.
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Retired IFPTE President, Brother Paul Shearon, joined a protest last week at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, in support of Union organizer, Lelo Juarez, where he and other immigrants are being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
SOLIDARITY ALERT: Retired IFPTE President, Paul Shearon, Joins Rally in Support of Union Organizer, Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino — IFPTE
Retired IFPTE President, Brother Paul Shearon, joined a protest last week at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, in support of Union organizer, Lelo Juarez, where he and other immigr...
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July 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Retired IFPTE President, Brother Paul Shearon, joined a protest last week at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, in support of Union organizer, Lelo Juarez, where he and other immigrants are being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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President Matt Biggs adds his voice to the calls for Carnegie Endow to move past Andrew Carnegie's legacy of union busting and voluntarily recognize @carnegieworkers.bsky.social!
#RecognizeOurUnionNow #DemocracyAtCarnegie
@nonprofitunion.bsky.social
#RecognizeOurUnionNow #DemocracyAtCarnegie
@nonprofitunion.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
President Matt Biggs adds his voice to the calls for Carnegie Endow to move past Andrew Carnegie's legacy of union busting and voluntarily recognize @carnegieworkers.bsky.social!
#RecognizeOurUnionNow #DemocracyAtCarnegie
@nonprofitunion.bsky.social
#RecognizeOurUnionNow #DemocracyAtCarnegie
@nonprofitunion.bsky.social
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Get out your drivers! The Society is excited to announce that we're hosting a charity golf tournament to raise funds for the @cancersociety.bsky.social. If you're a Society member - keep an eye out for registration information in the upcoming weeks. Until then, save the date!
July 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Get out your drivers! The Society is excited to announce that we're hosting a charity golf tournament to raise funds for the @cancersociety.bsky.social. If you're a Society member - keep an eye out for registration information in the upcoming weeks. Until then, save the date!
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Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew had strong words for U.S. lawmakers who had the audacity to send a letter complaining about the wildfires raging in Canada.. 🇨🇦
July 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew had strong words for U.S. lawmakers who had the audacity to send a letter complaining about the wildfires raging in Canada.. 🇨🇦
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If you were a member you would give BCAA your route and they would make you a Triptik, a custom flip book of the maps you needed. The real trick was when you drove off the maps and you didn’t pack a big road atlas, which we did in Chicago, leading to toll highway guessing hell
I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time
June 4, 2025 at 3:43 AM
If you were a member you would give BCAA your route and they would make you a Triptik, a custom flip book of the maps you needed. The real trick was when you drove off the maps and you didn’t pack a big road atlas, which we did in Chicago, leading to toll highway guessing hell
I'm not an expert in education funding like @ricardotranjan.bsky.social, but with 2 kids in high school & one heading to university next year, I've got a PhD in the lived experience of how our school system fails our kids. Dismally depressing to know post-secondary is shaping up to be worse.
#OnPoli
#OnPoli
to.university
May 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I'm not an expert in education funding like @ricardotranjan.bsky.social, but with 2 kids in high school & one heading to university next year, I've got a PhD in the lived experience of how our school system fails our kids. Dismally depressing to know post-secondary is shaping up to be worse.
#OnPoli
#OnPoli
Clearly team Poilievre was casting about for someone who had zero chance of building an internal following and displacing PP. They found him.
#CdnPoli
#CdnPoli
May 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Clearly team Poilievre was casting about for someone who had zero chance of building an internal following and displacing PP. They found him.
#CdnPoli
#CdnPoli
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Globe & Mail is against online voting:
"There are practical arguments in favour of the system used for federal elections. Paper ballots cannot be hacked. A hand-count allows for maximum transparency. A paper ballot gives physical form to democracy."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
#HamOnt
"There are practical arguments in favour of the system used for federal elections. Paper ballots cannot be hacked. A hand-count allows for maximum transparency. A paper ballot gives physical form to democracy."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
#HamOnt
Globe editorial: In praise of a democracy on paper
The use of paper ballots and hand counts for federal elections may be inefficient. But it does display a proper reverence
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Globe & Mail is against online voting:
"There are practical arguments in favour of the system used for federal elections. Paper ballots cannot be hacked. A hand-count allows for maximum transparency. A paper ballot gives physical form to democracy."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
#HamOnt
"There are practical arguments in favour of the system used for federal elections. Paper ballots cannot be hacked. A hand-count allows for maximum transparency. A paper ballot gives physical form to democracy."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
#HamOnt
Seems clear Poilievre has given up on attracting new votes. A crackdown on universities that are too "woke" mimics Trump & clearly red meat for the base to gin up turnout. Never seen polling to suggest attacks on academic freedom will win undecideds.
#CdnPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#CdnPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Conservatives update platform to include omitted 'anti-woke' promise | CBC News
The Conservative Party has republished the English-language version of its platform after what it says was a "publishing oversight" resulted in the omission of a previous commitment to crack down on "...
www.cbc.ca
April 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Seems clear Poilievre has given up on attracting new votes. A crackdown on universities that are too "woke" mimics Trump & clearly red meat for the base to gin up turnout. Never seen polling to suggest attacks on academic freedom will win undecideds.
#CdnPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#CdnPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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It figures that the one and only time I've ever heard from the #LPC MP for #hamont Mountain is the time she's calling me to ask for my vote later this month. It lines up with the one and only e-mail I've ever received in reply to mine to tell me that her office was closed for the holidays.
April 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Pierre Poilievre is trying to distance himself from Donald Trump
Except American right-wing MAGA media personalities keep rooting for Pierre Poilievre to win
Except American right-wing MAGA media personalities keep rooting for Pierre Poilievre to win
Pierre Poilievre is Trying to Distance Himself From Donald Trump. American Right-Wing Media Keeps Praising Poilievre.
American right-wing MAGA personalities are rooting for Pierre Poilievre
pressprogress.ca
March 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Pierre Poilievre is trying to distance himself from Donald Trump
Except American right-wing MAGA media personalities keep rooting for Pierre Poilievre to win
Except American right-wing MAGA media personalities keep rooting for Pierre Poilievre to win
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Americans, look and learn.
NEW: Erdogan has banned protests in Turkey. He has threatened to arrest anyone attending one.
This is the people’s response.
Fighting for their democracy with another vast gathering in Istanbul tonight. #Turkey 🇹🇷
(🎥 Credit: Özgür Özel - Chairman, Republican People’s Party)
This is the people’s response.
Fighting for their democracy with another vast gathering in Istanbul tonight. #Turkey 🇹🇷
(🎥 Credit: Özgür Özel - Chairman, Republican People’s Party)
March 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Americans, look and learn.
Every day you have to spend on the campaign trail denying you only have your job as party leader because of foreign interference is a real bad day on the campaign trail. Although maybe it injects a little novelty into days of news about your pal Danielle Smith inviting foreign interference?
#CdnPoli
#CdnPoli
March 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Every day you have to spend on the campaign trail denying you only have your job as party leader because of foreign interference is a real bad day on the campaign trail. Although maybe it injects a little novelty into days of news about your pal Danielle Smith inviting foreign interference?
#CdnPoli
#CdnPoli
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