Tootfinder

Great message from Tod Maffin - @… - about what ordinary Canadians can do in response to U.S. threats to our sovereignty. He's a great cheerleader for Canada and this message deserves to be boosted and shared.
#CanPoli #ElbowsUp
https://youtu.be/BdY2diZqKj0?si=j8LA0-i26V-hARug

It would be a tragic, horrible irony if the way we got to a renewable energy future is by oil soaked countries and their genocidal, idiotic leaders and hangers on destroying themselves in a final desperate act to secure the entire thing for themselves.
But that would also be entirely human.
We need to have a long and honest talk with our Albertan and other Canadian oil friends and convince them that we need to get out of this sphere as fast as possible for our own safety.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #oil #renewables #energy #solar

From the IMF
"the Canadian economy remains much less integrated than its global footprint would suggest. Goods, services, and workers face significant barriers when moving across provincial and territorial lines—a fragmentation that affects productivity, competitiveness, and overall resilience"
Most of the benefits would flow to the smaller provinces
#Canpoli

Canada Can Grow Faster by Unlocking Its Own Market
Knocking down internal trade barriers could boost output in Canada by 7 perc

More Poillievre 🤮
#canpoli

I don’t regret my vote, based on my options during the election, but I am extremely disappointed in his policies. Likely killed my future Liberal votes.
Sure would love a strong NDP.
#CanPoli
https://mstdn.ca/@A…

Alison Creekside (@AlisonCreekside@mstdn.ca)
Attached: 1 image 13 Ways Carney has weakened Canada's climate policy #climate

The Impact of Canada's Working Income Tax Benefit on the Labor Supply of Low‐Income Workers - Koebel - Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society
tl;dr? "boosted it" 😊🇨🇦
#canpoli
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/irel.70015

So... #TheAmericanFascist is
1) suppressing speech (citizens and visitors)
2) launching trade wars with other nations
3) rounding up immigrants and citizens
4) launching military missions for economic gain
5) threatening other countries, near and far, ally or not,
and now….
6) increasing military spending by half from $1 Trillion to $1.5 Trillion.
This is the most dangerous man to world peace, stability, and human life since Adolf Hitler, period.
#Canada #USA #NATO #EU #CanPoli #CdnPoli

RE: #CanPoli

For a more comprehensive view of the candidates, the CBC did an article today here:
#NDP #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-leadership-race-membership-deadline-9.7063896

The Avi Lewis AMA on Reddit this afternoon was interesting. He didn't answer my question, and I'll eventually get over it, but he was swinging for the fences with his ideas. His responses would resonate I think with MastoCanucks as they pretty much call for the government to get more involved in providing real solutions. Including building 1M public homes, tackling U.S. ownership of our media, getting rid of FPTP with electoral reform, guaranteed income programs, publicly owned options for major business categories (banks, grocery, phones, etc). Those big ideas could wake up and excite voters while at the same time facing huge opposition from big businesses and wealthy Canadians who would face a new wealth tax.
I hope he wins the leadership. At the very least he'll push the Liberals to be bolder, and maybe even lead a minority government that could bring some of his ideas to fruition.
#CanPoli #NDP
https://www.reddit.com/r/onguardforthee/s/fwKRmDPSvd

Here is a future I never considered until this moment.
There is a timeline where Canadians are defending against an invading force in part to prevent that force, or anyone including Canada itself, from extracting its fossil fuel resources.
We would be defenders of not just Canada, but a stable climate.
This is the future Putin, Trump, and others are pushing us toward.
Where is Mark Carney on that?
#canpoli #cdnpoli #oil #EndFossilFuels
#climateChange
@…
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/oil-wars-vs-energy-transition-feat-markham-hislop/id1636062630?i=1000746980583

From Press Progress
A Year of Government Interference in Collective Bargaining
More often than not, governments across Canada sided with corporations instead of workers.
#canpoli #cdnpoli

A Year of Government Interference in Collective Bargaining
More often than not, governments across Canada sided with corporations instead of workers.

Those new SK submarines need to get here in a hurry, and in numbers.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #russia #ukraine #arctic #greenland #denmark

So the Canada - China trade deal just announced is interesting, particularly regarding Electric Vehicles. It was primarily about restoring our agricultural trade with China by allowing their EVs to access our market. But it will likely, despite the limited amount that will hit our shores, jumpstart the EV market in Canada. Cars that are feature rich and cost less, like the one reviewed in the YT video linked below, will push current manufacturers in Canada to up their game.
Doug Ford abandoned his Captain Canada persona and selfishly attacked the deal because of potential impact on Ontario's auto industry. Part of his statement demanded that the Federal government cancel their Electric Vehicle mandates because it was too costly for manufacturers to build them. I think Toyota and Honda, long time Canadian partners, may be concerned about the deal, but U.S. manufacturers are abandoning EVs and Canada. Hey Doug, I thought we were Open for Business?
#CanPoli #GlobalTrade
https://youtu.be/Mb6H7trzMfI

note: links to post of #ice shooting video.
As horrid, tragic, and fascist as this day's news has been... the one bright spot around here is that people are learning about why federated, peer distributed, and non-corporate platforms are essential for our democracy.
We used to all* believe that this was what made the corporate platforms special, but that was just a fake, a feint, and ultimately, a fascism.
sharing this video is democracy, freedom,
resistance.
Spread the word! The #SocialWeb will fight this tyranny!
*tbf: some folks saw the writing on the wall better and a lot earlier than the rest of us. Respect to them.
#peertube #usa #cdnpoli #canpoli #theAmericanFascist #ice #minnessota #fascism #ediverse #socialweb
cc: to some pioneer politicians on Fedi. @… @… @robbotteril@socialbc.ca @… @… https://social.chinwag.org/@FediThing/115856612394163845

If the USA “acquires” Greenland, then Canada can be effectively surrounded, and blockaded by the USA.
Just putting that out there.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #russia #ukraine #arctic #greenland #denmark
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-advisers-discussing-options-acquiring-greenland-us-military-is-always-an-2026-01-06/

The Globe and Mail:
“Mr. Carney’s new statement on Iran read like a leader having an argument with himself.”
Carney is lost on Iran and needs to find himself and connect with the Canadian people right quick.
free link: #canada #cdnpoli #canpoli #iranUSAIsraelwar

Here is the Eurasia Group summery on risks faced by Canada.
#CanPoli #Trump

A Saskatchewan premier using a nautical reference always makes me giggle.
It's too bad that's the only funny thing about Scott Moe and his government's long and destructive grip on power in that province.
#SaskPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/scott-moe-sask-2025-choppy-waters-year-end-9.7019581

again. Carney did not hesitate.....
#canpoli

My initial thoughts as I read through the Canadian summary:
- While it mentions a political revolution in the U.S., with Trump removing or ignoring controls on his powers, it doesn't talk about how critical their midterms are.
- If the Democrats fail to take control of the House and Senate, then 2027 and beyond will be worse. Trump, senile and aging badly, will be a puppet for the worst elements in the U.S government.
- There's a real possibility that midterms could get canceled outright as Trump seeks absolute power.
- Smaller risks, in terms of impact, are food and health safety.
- The U.S. is removing all restrictions on profit in their food chain. Inspection agencies are being dismantled and legislation eliminated. Yet we continue to import goods from them.
- The anti-vaccine strategy at the very top is leading to surges in COVID, flu, measles and more. How long until that spills over our border.
#CanPoli

note to anyone listening:
If you're a Carney supporter but can't handle legitimate criticism of his policies or his actions (or inactions) then please consider what it means to be in a democracy.
The Liberal Party of Canada is not the only choice in Canada now, and never has been.
That's OK!
#canpoli #cdnpoli #canada

Oh and it gets worse.
#CanPoli #GlobalTV #Palantir #JohnOliver #BariWeiss #CBSnews
https://youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?si=fnTzL1e0PNlBpqR3

So Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, affectionately known as #PeePee, is giving a speech this afternoon at a think tank in London, England. Then he's off continuing his official trip as Opposition leader with a stop in Germany.
I assume this trip will attempt to make him appear more PMish and perhaps strengthen his image as a world leader. I can hardly wait until he tries to play word games with the European press who are not as friendly as his preferred media in Canada.
#CanPoli
https://www.timescolonist.com/national-news/pierre-poilievre-set-to-give-speech-in-london-during-first-official-trip-overseas-11950764

Good read (gift link)
“What liberal democracies need now, more than ever, is the sheer will to go on, without nostalgia for what once was.
The West is feeling its betrayal turn into rage. The world is waking up to both its vulnerability and its value. But better late than never: We’re all Canadian now.”
#CanPoli #USA #Europe #NATO #CdnPoli #TheAmericanFascist #Greenland #51stState

A bad day for Russia is a good day for the rest of the free world!
"Starmer added that after the ceasefire, “The UK and France will establish “military hubs” across Ukraine And build protected facilities for weapons and military equipment to support Ukraine’s defensive needs.”
Still waiting to hear what Canada's contribution will be. I would speculate it may be to increase focus and assets in the Baltics and re-establish a permanent base somewhere in Western Europe for a rapid reaction type force.
With financial, materiel, and economic support going to Ukraine itself.
#RussiaUkraineWar #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Ukraine #Russia #UK #France

So this is percolating and the results so far are not surprising.
I'd vote NO, for the following reasons:
- oil demand continues to decline and risk is high we'll end up with an expensive underutilized pipeline. Therefore high risk we'll end up subsidizing any private entity that builds this thing.
- why would we invest public dollars to support infrastructure for a product where 75% of the profit leaves Canada? There has to be a net benefit, beyond steel sales and jobs, for this project to be considered.
- Indigenous land rights must be respected. They will be left with the rusting pipeline decades in the future, and it's impact on the land.
- the B.C. government must also have a final vote as they have to give up land and provide support.
- we don't need additional oil tankers on our west coast.
- and most importantly, with this MOU, Canada pretty much declared we aren't serious about protecting the environment or fighting climate change. We're oil whores. Harsh but....
#CanPoli #ClimateAction

He speaks!
Bordering on milketoast, but it’s an ok statement.
#carney #canpoli #cdnpoli #uspoli

Canadian useful idiot @… is offering his full throated support for Trump’s illegal action… “down with Socialism” he says.
Predictable and disgusting.
NDP interim leader Davies condemns the action.
Stunned silence from the Prime Minister so far. I expect the mealy mouthed fence sitting to reach extreme levels.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #uspoli #venezuela

Tom Mulcair: "Trump doesn't get the joke about the ‘Donroe Doctrine’”
.... but does Tom get the joke about his relevance to anything at all?
#canPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/tom-mulcair-trump-doesnt-get-the-joke-about-the-donroe-doctrine/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Currently side-by-side on the CBC.ca news website listings are these two articles titled:
"More Oil Production in Venezuela could hurt Canada's oilpatch”
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Oil #EndFossilFuels #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #Venezuela #Canada #USA #Alberta #ABPoli #Pipelines

Poillievre's shrinking caucus made it to the BBC. It might be an interesting leadership review in January, but I honestly don’t see anyone else ready to step into his position if he was forced into a leadership race.
"Polling shows Poilievre remains popular with the majority of Conservatives, though that margin is shrinking. An Angus Reid poll released on Thursday revealed 58% of recent Conservative voters back Poilievre, down from 68% in August.”
#CanPoli #CPC #CdnPoli

in case you believe Leavitt that Spain is now allowing US forces to use Spanish bases.... the Foreign Minister of Spain disabuses her of that belief.
#IranUSAIsraelWar #España #Spain #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli

“Canada's incentive program for zero-emissions vehicles, known as iZEV, was suspended more than a year ago after it ran out of money due to high demand.”
Canadian consumers: we want EVs!
Government of Canada: Hello, we're from 2005. Let's do Fuel Efficiency!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #EV #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #Driving #Affordability
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-auto-strategy-announcement-evs-9.7073975

It's wild that Norway is effectively at 100% *today* and Canada/Carney is trying to tell us 70% in 10 years is good enough.
It's a failure for affordability and climate.
It's a huge win for oil companies and American automakers.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #EV #Canada #USA #Automotive #Affordability #CostofLiving #ClimateChange #EndFossilFuels
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/livestory/canada-national-auto-strategy-9.7075235

extremely relevant to the upcoming "Auto Strategy" being released by the Liberal Carney government.
make no mistake. Decades of Canadian, Ontarian, and Alberta governments are complicit in the Oil companies efforts to avoid the transition
#endfossilfuels #canpoli #cdnpoli #onpoli #ev #cars #jobs https://jacobin.com/2026/02/fossil-fuels-michigan-trump-lawsuit

Speak up! If Greenland is Ukraine – Canada is Poland
I sent this letter to my Courtenay-Alberni Member of Parliament, Gord Johns, this morning and copied it to Minister Anand (Anita.Anand@parl.gc.ca) and Prime Minister Carney (pm@pm.gc.ca). I encourage any Canadian reading this to consider sending something to your own MP and the Minister and Prime Minister. This is the very least we can do in these very dangerous and volatile times.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Greenland #USA #TheAmericanFascist #Trump #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #Canada #51stState
https://chrisalemany.ca/b/Ae_

and to think there are still people all-in on trying to convince us that somehow big hydro, big nuclear and fanciful “SMR”nuclear will deliver the same kind of cheap, clean, reliable power.
It's not.
Just get on with building solar and wind and tidal and batteries banks and all the rest!
Australia is now far ahead of Canada. Why…?
"Australia’s long, complicated and difficult energy transition is finally working. As our recent research suggests, if these trends continue – and nothing new goes wrong – we should begin to see lower retail electricity bills by mid-2026. As more coal plants close and new transmission and storage infrastructure is delivered, electricity prices could rise again. But overall, shifting demand from gas and coal for power and petrol for cars is likely to deliver significantly lower energy bills for households.”
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Energy #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #EndFossilFuels
https://theconversation.com/renewables-over-50-wholesale-prices-down-is-the-energy-transition-succeeding-274616

of course... it's actually much worse than just policy dredged up from the days of Paul Martin and Stephen Harper… it's a gigantic step backward at the behest of fossil fuel interests in order to keep people burning fossil fuels.
EV mandates should be 'sold’ as an affordability measure! Because they are!
No, I don't mean grants, I mean everyday use. Real impacts on your pocket book. How much money would you save if you *never* went to a gas station. Just think about that for second.
Then we can do the math.
My 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric just passed 251152km (palindrome!) yesterday and gets around 6km/kWh on average.
I pay about $0.13/kWh at home to charge so that's $0.02/km. That is $5,023.04 in total energy expenses so far.
Our 2012 Toyota Prius C is at 270,000km and gets about 5.5L/100km or 0.055L/km. At (a discounted) $1.25/L that’s $0.04/km or $10,800 in total energy expenses so far.
Per kilometre the EV is half the cost to 'fuel' than one of the most fuel efficient gas cars out there.
In general, why would *anyone* choose something that costs double to run!?
And yet, the government doesn't sell this as ‘affordability’ it sells it as 'environmental responsibility'.
Let's be honest, they do that because they *know* the environmental message is *less* motivating than money.
Now I said at the beginning, "imagine" never going to the gas station. Obviously that doesn't mean you're fueling for free... but there is another overlooked aspect to this.
Fueling your car is a day to day thing. It's one of the biggest pulls on people's bank accounts precisely because it is such a frequent cost.
Now imagine if that 'bill' was just rolled into your home electricity bill. Which you could do other things to reduce cost overall?
EVs are not just an environmental game changer, they are a financial one for the average person.
That is why oil companies are throwing absolutely everything they have at government (and also fomenting fascism) to keep their good times going, at our expense.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #EV #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #Driving #Affordability

I 100% support NDP Leadership candidate @…’s full statement. This is what progressive leadership should be saying in Canada. And it starts with:
“The US and Israel have launched an illegal act of war….”
#canada #canpoli #cdnpoli #ndp

i can't say that a conservative MP being JD Vance's best buddy at Yale fills me with confidence that he would somehow make a substantive positive difference for Canada.
More likely that he is infected with the same deep desire for power and influence.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #usa #theAmericanFascist
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-31/canada-opposition-mp-wants-to-open-channel-with-yale-buddy-vance?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2OTgyOTA2MSwiZXhwIjoxNzcwNDMzODYxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUOVBEU0dUOU5KTFQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI5MDQxQkExRUE2ODg0MDFDOUJGRDEzMDczNkRFRUZGMCJ9.x3eTasw9_un9RYj-5CscSUaVSlozw9O9gFmnbQ9c0Z8&leadSource=uverify wall

on a more positive journalism note.... surely there were multiple journalists-of-a-certain age biting their collective tongues to avoid making a Pierre Trudeau "the state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation" reference after Kinew, Ford and Carney's Heated Rivalry remarks. 😆
#heatedrivalvry #canpoli #carney #cdnpoli
https://www.cbc.ca/archives/no-place-for-the-state-in-the-bedrooms-of-the-nation-1.4681298

Good Morning #Canada
Supreme Court Justice Sheilah Martin announced her retirement effective May 30th, opening up a vacancy on bench. It's a good time to review the process on how a Canadian #SupremeCourt Justice is chosen, and why we mostly avoid controversy and politicalization of the process. Mostly...
Supreme Court judges are shortlisted by an independent advisory board process, emphasizing candidates who are highly skilled, functionally bilingual, a judge of 10 years on their regional court system, and specific regional representation (3 from Quebec, 3 from Ontario, 2 from West and North, 1 from Atlantic). The PM then recommends 1 of the candidates to the Governor-in-Council for formal appointment.
The new process and legislation was introduced by PM Martin in 2004 and PM Harper attempted to ignore it (surprise). PM Trudeau strengthened the process in 2016 but also tried to alter it for Quebec. But mostly little controversy.
#CanadaIsAwesome #CanPoli
https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/general/scc-justice-sheilah-martin-to-retire-opening-up-vacancy-for-new-western-or-northern-canada-appointee/393573

really good video from @… Energi Media that picks apart how the "Free Alberta Strategy", which is Danielle Smith's playbook, is trying to break up Canada based on the false notion that Ottawa is not being "fair" to Alberta... when it was the Alberta oilsands companies themselves that lobbied for the Industrial Carbon Tax.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #AbPoli #Energy #Oil #Canada #Sovereignty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H1NlAM26xM

we should definitely be focusing on Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS, not CCS like the PM calls it) and new oil pipelines and not utility scale battery systems on our electrical grids.
#canPoli #cdnpoli #EndFossilFuels #battery #climateEmergency https://universeodon.com/@digyoursoul/115811671666496542

“We will replace the fragility of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism”
I wonder if PM Carney and the Liberal Party of Canada will invite the architects of Mamdani’s plan to their next Cabinet meeting like they did for Trump’s Project 2025.
#probablyNot
#canpoli #cdnpoli #usa #mamdani #carney #rightwing #democraticSocialism
PS: If the NDP isn’t making plans to copy Mamdani, they’re fools.
https://mastodon.social/@cemedia/115825822199562333

Good Morning #Canada
Yesterday @… posted an article from CTV that reported on the political risks faced by Canada in 2026. I hope Canadians read it and share it because IMO it's important.
The article is based on a report by the Eurasia Group, a consultancy that advises companies and countries about potential risks. They tie together known facts to form opinion on potential risks that could require deft navigation in the year ahead. Canada definitely faces more tariffs and trade challenges, we should expect U.S. interference in an Alberta referendum, it's likely we may have to come to the defence of Greenland, and if we resist too strongly we become a target.
The CTVNews article is attached via Snowy's post, and I'll link the original Eurasia Group summaries in the next post. It's not surprising yet incredible that so much global turmoil has resulted from arguably the worst person to be elected by a flawed American democracy.
#CanadaIsAwesome #RiskManagement #CanPoli
https://social.vivaldi.net/@SnowyCA/115871023586628322

“Full report” (700 pg PDF): “5.6 Cascadia Megathrust M9.0 Earthquake during wildfire season”
The scenario:
"On a morning in August, during wildfire season and a heatwave, megathrust (subduction interface) a magnitude
9.0 (M9.0) earthquake occurs offshore of Vancouver Island. Minutes of strong shaking are felt across the region—on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland—and as far south as northern California.”
Light reading! :)
#BCPoli #Earthquake #CanPoli #ClimateRisk #ClimateEmergency

Oh look... LNG doesn't make Earthquake disaster response easier either!
page 82:
“Energy”
The initial earthquake and ongoing aftershocks cause extensive damage to power plants, transmission lines and
substations, leading to prolonged power outages across the region. Damage is also likely to impact major fuel processing and storage locations and LNG refining sites, which are coastal based. These include two Indigenous-led LNG projects (Ksi Lisims and Cedar— Nisga’a and Haisla).”
#BCPoli #Earthquake #CanPoli #ClimateRisk #ClimateEmergency

pet peeve.
when articles mention a report or study and don't link the report or study!
"A 9.0 magnitude earthquake could eclipse all past B.C. disasters combined: provincial report”
#BCPoli #Earthquake #CanPoli #ClimateRisk #ClimateEmergency

Nice to see Zelenskyy in Halifax. And nice to see Canada continuing its financial and military commitment.
Good luck President Z on your upcoming meet with #theAmericanFascist. Let’s hope for something that Russia hates.
#russiaukraine #canada #canpoli
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/115792827877134757

LESS REGULATING THE PLASTIC IS GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY - MERRY OILMAS
#MarkCarney #canada #canpoli #endfossilfuels https://canada.masto.host/@Bentley/115781998112202202

B.C. Billionaire Jimmy Pattison and a connection to ICE?
ya! really!
#bcpoli #canpoli #cdnpoli #fascism

The GDP bump isn't really the story in this story…. this is the story:
"That would-be tariff is even higher in service-oriented sectors like health care and educational services — more than 40 per cent — where professional mobility between provinces is highly regulated. "
Teachers and Nurses and Doctors (and anyone else in any industry) should be able to work anywhere in Canada!
What a no-brainer move to make to make our country work better!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Canada #Trade #internalbarriers
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canadian-economy-report-imf-interprovincial-trade-9.7062567

Out of an extreme sense of charity, I am not going to name the NDP leadership candidate I just received an email from with the Subject Line:
“Final Payment is Due / Le paiement final est Š rendre”.
But… not a good look for a union man… 👎
#canpoli #cdnpoli #ndp #ndpLeader #workingpeople #affordability #advertisement

“Trump rescinds Carney’s invitation to be on Peace Board.”
🖕 🖕
#canpoli #cdnpoli #gaza #peaceboard #theAmericanFascist

How many times do these situations have to happen before government stops hanging out at the the lobbyist's cocktail party and actually does its job regulating companies and protecting citizens?
“If the airline is unable to re-book a passenger on its own or partner airlines departing within 48 hours of the original departure time, they have to buy the passenger’s seat ticket on the next available flight of any carrier. And that means including competitors. That’s what the law says, that’s what WestJet has to do. The problem is that WestJet is flouting the law. WestJet treats the law as if it was just friendly recommendations.”
#Canada #CanPoli #WestJet #Airlines #PassengerRights #CdnPoli #Liberal #Mexico #PuertoVallarta
https://globalnews.ca/news/11708764/ghosted-canadians-stranded-puerto-vallarta-abandoned-westjet/

"I'd love President Trump to come and see me," she says.
"I'd soon tell him how it is being an Army wife and an Army mother, and what it is to lose a child in those circumstances, something that he knows nothing about."
I'd love for him to go meet her too. He could meet a mother from every NATO country that he has insulted and betrayed with his idiotic, ignorant and disgustingly narcissistic remarks.
This is how century-long friendships and alliances are destroyed.
Americans: don't say sorry. Say, "I'm going to change this”.
#CanPoli #NATO #Afghanistan #UK #Scotland
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cdxjjwjvkkzt

“Canada supports the United States…..”
these are the only words that matter and I’m sorry what? This is “our” position? No. I reject this!!
Canada has stood for humanitarian law and international peace and security for nearly a century.
We should be a “Middle Power” with values. Right? Wasn’t that the Davos speech?!
But here we are clapping meekly from the sidelines as the country that would love to annex us, now ruled by a Christo-Fascist Regime, and in partnership with a Judeo-Fascist Regime blows up people in a country ruled by a Islamo-Fascist regime.
We are basically back to the Middle Ages but with nukes in our back pocket.
These are the three most dangerous countries in the world all fighting amongst themselves. We should not be taking sides, except for the side of peaceful civilians of all religions in all countries.
This is not the way.
I am shocked at the shallowness, the naïveté and the cowardice of Carney’s foreign policy.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #canada #iran #usa #israel #palestine #war #genocide #fascism

Before the final debate in the #NDP leadership race, Avi Lewis and the other candidates are making their pitches.
Canada needs a strong NDP now more than ever. We're only a month away from the vote!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Canada #politics

Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney speech at Davos. It was a good one. This is how he ended it, but it is worth watching in full, including the Q&A afterward.
“We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy, but we believe that from the fracture we can build something bigger, better, stronger, more just. This is the task of the middle powers, the countries that have the most to lose from a world of fortresses and the most to gain from genuine cooperation.
The powerful have their power. But we have something too: the capacity to stop pretending, to name realities, to build our strength at home, and to act together.
That is Canada’s path. We choose it openly and confidently, and it is a path wide open to any country willing to take it with us.”
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Canada #USA

Our laws and our employment ‘systems' continue to be discriminatory and treat employees as suspicious first and foremost. This has to stop.
And the best way to stop it would be #UBI

#CanPoli #CdnPoli #GLBI #Employment

Read this thread from @…
#AI #Capital #Economy #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Labour #LLM #scarcity

Housing policy in BC finally starting to bear fruit:
"Rental prices seem to be taking a dip in B.C. as the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released its 2025 Rental Market Report, which showed that Greater Victoria’s vacancy rate rose to 3.3 per cent, the highest it’s been since 1999…. The report noted that the steepest rent declines are focused in B.C. and Ontario, with B.C. being host to seven of of the top 15 cities recording the largest annual rent declines for apartments.”
A largest-ever national population decline helps a lot too!
#CanPoli #BCPoli #YYJ #Victoria

This is Doug Ford’s moment of truth… do you side with the fascist to protect auto manufacturers that have abandoned us already or, are you on Team Canada for good and looking to the future where we do business with all?
I think he knows you don’t bend down to a bully… he’ll do the right thing.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #usa #tariffs #onpoli #cars

Sponsor a Separatist today!
#LetMeHelpYou #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #USA #TheAmericanFascist #JustLeave #Alberta #ABPoli

I like this line a lot.
NDP: “Not running to babysit the Liberal Government”.
We really need to get the NDP and especially the media out of this notion that the NDP can only ever prop up the Liberals or… in a perfect world… be opposition.
No. The NDP can, and should, form government to give Canadians a real progressive alternative to the Conservatives and Con-Light-Liberals.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #canada #ndp #cpc #lpc

Canadians.
Is it time for Canada to ramp up its own defense industry?
We may not be capable of building the really large stuff. But I am thinking a focus on the essentials, mainly defensive or dual use.
Drones. (Land, sea and air)
Air Defense systems.
Armoured Personnel Carriers (we already do)
Ammunition
Artillery.
Small Arms.
We already produce some of this. We could produce more. Do we produce Air Defense systems currently?
Unfortunately the world is in need of more, not less, arms.
#ukraine #russiaukrainewar #canada #canpoli #cdnpoli
https://mastodon.social/@MAKS23/115752916537770053

The Carney Climate Capitulation is Crossing the Pond.
#canpoli #CdnPoli #ClimateChange #climateEmergency
https://masto.ai/@euractiv/115702468243503534

Whoa! Didn't see this coming.
Quebec politics about to get interesting?
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #QCPoli #CAQ

If anyone comes into my mentions with anything along the lines of “the shooter was trans, therefore”…
expect a public excoriation and immediate block.
This is not the place for your gd culture war.
We don't even know the full motivation yet, all we know is this was a deeply troubled young person who did not get what they needed to survive and be a productive member of society.
That is a failure on all of us. This event is our collective failure.
First we support the community and the people directly affected... then we figure out how we could have supported this family in a way that would have prevented this outcome.
#canPoli #TumblerRidge #CdnPoli #LGBTQ

Just because it isn’t on the news doesn’t mean the protests aren’t continuing. RCMP have their goons there apparently pulling anyone over who tries to go to the camp even though that is perfectly legal. #oldgrowth #bcpoli #rcmp #canpoli
https://socialbc.ca/@chris/115714240065710097

Even if we can't be part of the the EU as a whole, we could be part of the monetary union, and the customs union as well.
#canada #canpoli #cdnpoli #usa #eu #euro #geopolitics

“Scathing Polling Reveals What Key U.S. Allies Really Think of America Under Trump”
The world has changed in its stance to the USA and I am glad Canadians are leading the way.
““When asked whether the United States supports or challenges its allies, Canada again stood out as the most critical. Sixty percent of Canadians said the United States challenges its allies.”
#canpoli #cdnpoli #uspoli #usa #world #eu #nato #canada

Uhoh… another NDP future leader on the #Fediverse!?
Welcome to @…!!
Let’s make an #opensocialweb for Canadians! Time to get off American corporate social media!
More NDP peeps on the Fedi!
Tanille
@…
And Tony!
@…
#ndp #avilewis #canpoli #cdnpoli #workers #digitalsovereignty

“Recalls are meant to address breaches of trust, serious misconduct, or a sustained failure to represent constituents, not political disagreements”
I mean... sure she's right. You really shouldn't use a recall petition just because you don't like the result of a vote.
But when there are *20 recall petitions* for government MLAs, perhaps it is time, as a government to look into ways you might be going wrong?
#CanPoli #ABPoli #CdnPoli #Democracy
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-recall-petition-approved-9.7001541

No Doug. It's the 21st century.
Keep up.
edit: also, why are you covering for American auto companies?
#Canada #EV #Cars #Auto #EndFossilFuels #canPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-chinese-electric-vehicles-carney-9.7054922

In the immediate term, I am most happy with Mexico's reaction to Carney's speech. We need to be much closer to them. It matters that we are on each side of the bully.
We've had a poor relationship in the past compared to that of the USA. Time for our friendship to get much closer.
Edit: Oh! Our GG was there this week!
“A very interesting woman” President Sheinbaum says.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Canada #Mexico #CUSMA #Carney #DavosSpeech #CarneyDoctrine
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mexico-reaction-carney-davos-speech-9.7055585

It is time that Canada and Finland cancel this ice breaker contract. (Seaspan is partnering with the Finnish company on the design and build)
If all Trump understands are "deals" then he needs to understand that threatening allies is a "deal breaker”
#canPoli #CdnPoli #Canada #USA #Greenland #Imperialism #Arctic
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0q48d71ke8o

It's the last day to sign up as an NDP member and be able to participate in the Leadership contest.
I want to take this moment to make a pitch for Tanille Johnston.
@…
It's not just because she's on #SocialBC 😊, and understands #DigitalSovereignty. 💪
It's not just because she's a Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ woman, boots-on-the-ground social worker, #health worker, and City Councillor.
It's not just because she wants #UBI for all Canadians.
It's because she's the future of the #NDP, and of #Canada.
She is a bright light in a dark time. She gets it, all of it. She's smart and tenacious and she works really really hard.
There are a number of great candidates for Leader of the NDP, but I think Tanille is one of the best. She's the 'dark horse' to use one of those outdated terms that pundits love.
Join up and participate in what will be one of the most important leadership races in NDP history... at probably the most consequential moment for Canada since WWII.
Click the link, check out her bio, then hit Donate to sign up for a membership tonight.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #NDP #VoteTanille #Leadership

Carney would never do this because Canada = 3 Property Investors in a Trenchcoat and that’s exactly the way the Liberal and Conservative Parties like it.
#laissezyfaire
#canpoli #cdnpoli #trumpdidagoodthing #stoppedClockSyndrome
https://infosec.exchange/@darkuncle/115860810184307644

This is absolutely on brand for Ellis Ross. He was a known ____ when he was a BC Liberal MLA for the same area.
The BC Liberals were also well known for their boosting of the trophy hunting industry, so OF COURSE he's going to go to the local Rod and Gun club before he calls the Nation that was devastated by the Grizzly attack.
A good reminder that not all First Nation "leaders" are environmentally, or socially, conscious.
What an ass.
#CanPoli #BC #Grizzly #FirstNation #CdnPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/grizzlies-bella-coola-ellis-ross-9.7012997

Addendum: and the first thing we need to do to shore up our own borders, is have a long talk with Alberta about ending this separation talk and coming together as Canadians. #canpoli #cdnpoli #usa #nato #norad #russiaUkraineWar #theAmericanFascist

this.
my dad's dad was in Spain under Franco, imprisoned.
my wife's mom's dad landed on the second day in Normandy.
They'd both no doubt be disgusted with what is happening in our country and especially in the USA.
#fascism #wwii #canada #canpoli #cdnpoli

Arctic Solidarity. 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰
For those not familiar, Nunavut is a Canadian territory encompassing most of the Canadian Arctic including Baffin Island where its capital, Iqaluit, is located.
There are deep historic and ancestral ties, but also very current familial ties between Greenlander and Canadian Inuit peoples. There are international flights between Iqaluit and Nuuk.
#Greenland #Nunavut #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Solidarity #TheAmericanFascist #Iqaluit
https://albernivalleynews.com/2026/01/21/greenlandic-flag-raised-at-nunavut-legislative-assembly/

Our current Governor General Mary Simon -- Titular Commander of our Armed Forces in the King's adsence -- is Inuk, and grew up in traditional life. (yes, dog sleds, Donald!)
Her Inuk name is: Ningiukudluk
It means: “bossy little old lady”.
I am absolutely sure #TheAmericanFascist would hate her. 👍
She has a long career in Arctic/Inuk/Circumpolar politics. She will be in Nuuk next month to open Canada's new consulate.
#Greenland #Nunavut #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Solidarity #Iqaluit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Simon

Full disclosure for Canadian folks.
Yes I am an #NDP member.
I have also been a Green Party (Federal) member. #gpc
I have always been on the orange/green fence. This post explains my history and current thinking about parties and this moment in Canada.
I had never been a member of any party, then I voted in the GPC leadership race with Annamie Paul and Dimitri Lascarsis because I wanted to make a difference more than just talking online…
When that party disintegrated, I left, but had got the taste… so then I joined the BCNDP to participate in their leadership campaign after Horgan. I supported the upstart Appadurai who got disqualified… but she made a splash and a very very important point!
So I stuck around… and now I am going to vote in the Federal NDP leadership because I see a couple really good candidates that could push Canada in a #democraticSocialist direction.
I encourage others to do the same. Canada and Canadians need real options right now. Liberal, NDP, and others. Be involved. Become a member even if you don’t think you’ll stick. Be involved.
After the leadership vote I will likely let my membership lapse and go back to being a free agent… towing a party line is not my style…
But it is important in this moment in the world to fight for what you believe in, so that’s why I am voting in the NDP leadership.
I know I will be voting for one or more of these depending how the voting works.
@…
@…
@…
#canpoli #cdnpoli #canada #liberalparty #democracy #beinvolved

I've been a bit of a broken record on this... but the fact that Greenland's only North American neighbour, Canada, is not participating in this is concerning.
All we had to do was send literally one military attaché or something.
We are isolating ourselves. Trump doesn't give a *ck what we do, and the Europeans are being shown that our “pragmatic" leader is actually utterly spineless.
#Denmark #Greenland #NATO #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0ydjvxpejo

Trump is now implying that Canada is dependent on the USA acquiring Greenland in order for it to gain “protection” under the “golden dome”.
It is time for Canada to end its participation in the Golden Dome and NORAD until the USA once again becomes a trustworthy global nation.
We cannot be dragged into complicity with international crimes.
It is time for Canadians to have a very very deep discussion about our military, our own expectations, and our neighbour. The days of “the longest unguarded border” are gone.
We need to consider a much more European stance. A much more Ukrainian stance.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #usa #nato #norad #russiaUkraineWar #theAmericanFascist
https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/34583

follow up from a Canadian perspective.
Denmark sets a military tripwire. (Canada says… its considering…)
by CBC's Defense Correspondent Murray Brewster. (who, given his decades of experience following conflict and tensions around the world must be completely flabbergasted at the turn of events in the past year)
#Denmark #Greenland #NATO #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli

Question: Given the trade war, and other pressures from our "North American” partner... is it time to re-nationalize CN Rail (and potentially CPKC?) so that we can be sure that these critical Canadian transportation and economic assets are fully in Canadian control and serve Canadians first?
(It was the 30 year anniversary of the privatization of CNRail back in November 2025)
#Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Economy #TradeWar #Rail
https://www.cn.ca/en/stories/le-20251117-30-years-company-privatization/
Yes - Nationalize
Not Yet - But possibly.
No

Big thanks to @… for having me on his podcast. While I never actually went to Ottawa (though I have visited!), it has been quite a journey since landing on the Fedi in 2022.
The struggle continues to try to get our Canadian politicians to understand that *they* will drive viewers no matter what platform they're on.
Also, I am just one person. There are, thankfully, a whole bunch of people trying to accomplish the same goal!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Fediverse #DigitalSovereignty #Activism #Ottawa #Parliament

Governments don't care about experts. They care about elections. And that's why we're cynical, dying, and desperate.
"B.C.'s former chief coroner says the provincial government didn't seem influenced by evidence or expert advice on how to prevent overdoses, saying it ignored multiple recommendations from experts to create a safer drug supply that did not require a prescription.”
#BCPoli #CanPoli #ToxicDrugs #IllegalDrugs #Drugs #Safety #SafeSupply
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-chief-coroner-lisa-lapointe-dulf-trial-9.7012421

Why is Carney in China and Canadian automakers (ie. USA automakers) are freaking out?
👇👇
#Canada #CUSMA #TheAmericanFascist #FreeTrade #China #CanPoli #CdnPoli

Carney is a carbon industry plant.
nothing says environmental “blank cheque” to industry like: “voluntary certification program”.
"But operators have another compliance option, which some may find controversial because it could give industry players some more leeway. Operators can design their own approaches, providing a facility meets "methane intensity thresholds" that are on par with standards from "leading international voluntary certification programs.””
That's what private forest companies (Mosaic) on Vancouver Island use to claim they are following ‘best practices' as they clear cut whole sides of mountains and leave a 10m ‘riparian zone' around streams while falling trees right over them.
It's a license to make up their own rules and do whatever they want, wider impacts be damned.
#ClimateEmergency #CdnPoli #CanPoli #Carbon #Methane #Emissions #Oil #Gas

Our national railway is a global embarrassment. Canada is a transportation backwater.
#Transportation #Railway #Rail #VIARail #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/via-rail-toronto-ottawa-brockville-9.7011570

Coastal First Nations group (comprising multiple First Nations on the North Coast of BC) tell the Prime Minister to shove it...
“We also made our positions very clear and reiterated those positions around our stance regarding the oil pipeline, and that has not changed.”
OK, not exactly that undiplomatic, but I'm sure the feeling is the same in Alberta. Thank you to these First Nations for having the decency and good sense to stick to their guns.
There will be no more pipelines. None. Ever, in BC. That is the way it must be.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #ClimateAction #EndFossilFuels #NorthernGateway #FirstNations #BCPoli #ABPoli
https://albernivalleynews.com/2026/01/13/coastal-nations-double-down-on-pipeline-opposition-in-meeting-with-prime-minister/

So there are lots of Conservative Albertans that are Big Mad about the Coastal First Nations acting as though they have "a veto”.
(That's not what FPIC means by the way: #ABPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Pipeline #Separatism #Canada #Oil #EndFossilFuels

Carney has completely lost First Nations. (Smith never had them of course)
"…they had no choice but to come to Ottawa to make their appeal, and potentially take legal action. “And one thing with First Nations and the courts? We have a very good track record of winning,” Mike Mercredi said.”
I increasingly think the Carney government will fall before July 1st. Making the MOU potentially moot.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #ClimateEmergency #Oil #Bitumen #ABPoli #EndFossilFuels #FirstNations
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-treaty-8-chiefs-demand-pause-on-pipeline-agreement-threaten-legal-action-9.7011963

In positive democratic news (for once!) the results of the BC Electoral Reform Committee and a recent EKOS poll of BC residents about Proportional Representation is very encouraging!
The question, as always, is whether we can convince the government in power, this time the BCNDP, to advocate for what the people clearly want and feel they deserve!
#BCPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #ElectoralReform #Democracy #ProportionalRepresentation #Polarization