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Hobbes
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Manitoba, the backwater hinterland.
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• Twitter exodus
• Social Democrat (of unspecified flavour)
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• 2% Neanderthal DNA
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Early fundraising numbers from the #NDP race.

#cdnpoli

www.thewrit.ca/p/weekly-wri...
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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For the federal #NDP to return to their roots is a threat to the two-party system because it can fill a void that #LPC and #CPC cannot touch without destabilizing their own political foundations.

LPC and CPC may prefer the NDP to remain close to the middle of the political spectrum.

#cdnpoli
The Co-operative Commonwealth Youth Movement is dedicated to the building of a new and better world order. Our part of this great task is twofold: we want to encourage all young people to educate themselves in the outstanding political ideas of our time; and we want to spread widely that sense of exciting comradeship which the builders of a new world need. As comrades we share the pleasures of happy hours together, and none more happy than when music inspires us and the C.C.Y.M. sings. DORIS FRENCH Saskatchewan President C.C.Y.M. C.C.F. SONG A call goes out to Canada; It comes from out the soil Come and join the ranks through all the land To fight for those who toil. Come on farmer, soldier, laborer, From the mine and factory: And side by side help swell the tide— C.C.F. to Victory. From the waves of the Atlantic To the shores of old B.C. We fight the people's battles And we'll bring security: First to fight for right and freedom And to keep our country free; For champions of the people's cause Is what we'll always be. There'll be health and work for all who toil, And a home where they'll be free To share the joy of decent life With all their family. We will drive out greed and privilege Where found the whole world o'er From a world of might to a world of right, Where war shall be no more. Come on farmer, soldier, laborer, From the mine and factory, And side by side help swell the tide-C.C.F. to Victory.
September 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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From the days of yore when the CCF were unabashedly vocal.

#NDP #cdnpoli

@donvdavies.bsky.social @heathermcpherson.bsky.social @avilewis.bsky.social
Who Owns Canada? LIBERALS AND TORIES HELP FINANCIAL OCTUPUS TO GRAB ALL CANADA One hundred companies own 90 per cent. of Canada's corporate wealth. And 50 men control those 100 companies! Almost everything you buy is sold to you through companies controlled by these fifty men. . Sixty per cent. of the high Federal taxes you pay are at once handed on the financial houses controlled by the same fifty they call it interest. They enjoy a profitable investment while you pay the shot! They do not suffer in hard times. increased from 1929 to 1982. Their dividends and bonuses Wages and farm incomes went down and down, but they grew richer as they grabbed more and more Canadian property, aided by their friends, Mackenzie King and R. B. Bennett. Liberal and Tory laws make it easy for the rich to get richer while the rest get poorer! WHY ARE YOU POOR? Canada is a wealthy country. But Canadians are poor. Canadians are not as wealthy as Canada because a handful of men con- trol the country. Their profits come first—you come last. They enjoy enoromus incomes. They restrict production-they even destroy goods you could use-because scarcity gives them bigger profits. That is why you are poor! You will always be either unemployed or underpaid under capitalisnt. It is untrue to say that depression is caused by the "breakdown of international trade" or "foolish spending by the workers." Poverty and unemployment are caused by preed and stupilip of the concentration of wealth, by the hidden dictatorship millionaires. FIGHT THE OCTOPUS! You can smash the octupus that is grabbing all Canada! You can restore Canada to the Canadian people! You can guarantee yourself and your children a decent job, fair prices, security and freedom! Elect a C.C.F. Government! Disregard the capitalist newspapers and their excuses! Smash the Liberal and Tory office-boys of capitalism! There is only one party fighting for you — the C.C.F.! (Descriptive text reached character limits)
September 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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The #NDP needs to forge their own path forward - without fretting how they may be perceived by other parities.

#cdnpoli
July 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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April 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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#Canada #elxn45 #cdnpoli
April 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Apparently, Wikipedia needs a source for the idea that stay-at-home orders caused people to stay home.
April 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Friendly reminder:

#elxn45 #cdnpoli #Canada
April 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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April 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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An oldie but goodie

#cdnpoli
March 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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March 3, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Does anyone remember this photo?

#cdnpoli #uspoli #Ukraine #Europe
March 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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March 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini Heroyam Slava 🇺🇦

🇨🇦 True North Strong and Free 🇨🇦

#canada #ukraine #cdnpoli
February 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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#cdnpoli #uspoli
February 17, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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#cdnpoli #canada
December 17, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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Reminds me of this.

www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
December 17, 2024 at 4:20 AM
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#cdnpoli #canada #ndp #lpc #cpc
December 17, 2024 at 1:44 AM