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it's weird seeing Gregor Robertson (former Vancouver Mayor) sitting in the front bench! #CanPoli #CdnPoli

Which is why the conservatives supported it, they were thinking ahead for when they’re in power.
#CdnPoli
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app

Elizabeth May is up soon after, presenting a petition on Elector Reform and urging a Citizen's Assembly.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli

Genocidal Israeli supporter MP Anthony Housefather in the backbench... but also in a prime ‘TV' spot. Barf. Glad he's at least not in Cabinet (he is Parl Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board Shafqat Ali). #CanPoli #CdnPoli

I missed most of it... Don Davies - Temporary NDP Leader in the House was the last to ask a Question, which at least is a good sign that they will be allowed to have questions. Elizabeth May did not speak, not sure if she was there, but I'd be shocked if she wasnt #CanPoli #CdnPoli

Carney getting shit done.
#CdnPoli
https://lemmy.ca/post/46779003

Canada signs defense pact with EU - Lemmy.ca

Watching the first Question Period of the 45th Parliament of Canada!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli

HEY! My MP Gord Johns up with the first Petition of the new Parliament!
Presenting a petition to
"Develop enforceable federal standards to reduce the negative environmental and social impacts of ship recycling that meet or exceed those set out in the Hong Kong and EU Conventions for the safe recycling of ships; and
2. End shipbreaking in Baynes Sound.”
Johns: ”THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR I HAVE TABLED THIS PETITION AND NO ACTION”
#CanPoli #CdnPoli

The NDP put pharmacare on the map. The Liberals took it away.
If you want good policies for people, stop voting for neo-Liberals!
#canpoli #cdnpoli #Liberals #NDP https://cosocial.ca/@johnefrancis/114942443122801307

I’m very disappointed in Carney, he’s actually a Conservative. I don’t think Poilievre would have been better, but at least I wouldn’t have been lied to.
#CdnPoli
https://mstdn.ca/@AlisonCreekside/1148

Alison Creekside (@AlisonCreekside@mstdn.ca)
Attached: 2 images What a difference winning an election makes ... April 4 : Carney pledges $150M boost to 'underfunded' CBC July 16: Suggest your own 15% spending cuts, Carney government tells CBC #cdnpoli

At some point I expect Canada’s Liberal Party to regress like Labour is doing in the UK. Our political class still look to both the UK and USA for direction, like meek children.
#canada #canpoli #cdnpoli #transrights #lgbtq2s
https://tech.lgbt/@grayface_ghost/114772720087665845

Canadians: Replace Ardern with Trudeau and use other Canadian touchstones in place of #nzpol and you have an accurate article for Canada.
Which should speak to what Progressives actually need to do here, and everywhere.
"Ardern’s leadership has often been described as emotionally intelligent, compassionate, and people-centred. But compassion is not liberation. Empathy alone does not redistribute wealth, dismantle police power, or decommodify housing. What Ardern perfected was a mode of governance that couched neoliberalism in progressive language. A style of leadership that appeared anti-fascist, anti-racist, and feminist, while presiding over deepening inequality, mass incarceration of Māori, ongoing colonisation, environmental destruction, and a housing system that serves landlords and property speculators.
Ardern’s “politics of kindness” masked a status quo commitment to capitalism and state power. Her government’s housing policies floundered under the weight of market logic. Despite the crisis of homelessness and unaffordability, the Labour government never seriously considered nationalising housing, implementing rent controls, or seizing vacant properties from land-bankers. Instead, they protected the interests of property investors, many of whom were MPs themselves."
#canpoli #cdnpoli #trudeau #Liberal #Ardern
https://www.anarchistfederation.net/the-cult-of-kindness-the-reality-of-jacinda-arderns-leadership/

Oh look, the lawyer for the actual Nazi protesters just got “debanked” by RBC for one too many (presumably not $5) cryptocurrency transactions using definitely-not-shady “ShakePay”.
#protestConvoy #OttawaConvoy #Nazis #CPC #cryptocurrency #canpoli #cdnpoli
https://financialpost.com/fp-finance/banking/lawyer-freedom-convoy-protesters-cut-off-bank-customer

it's all carbon tax carbon tax carbon tax... god these guys couldn’t have an original idea if one smacked them over the head.
#canPoli #CdnPoli #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #CanPoli #CdnPoli

Andrew Sheer is currently spinning a conspiracy theory that “ties” Carney while in the UK to lobbying for “rules" to "force" aviation companies to use "non-conventional" fuel and then “he invests in that company and makes millions”.
And that, folks, is how the Conservatives are going to tie "New World Order" conspiracies to any kind of climate action, even very weak action like Sustainable Airline Fuel.
God I hate this guy's gross smile.
#canPoli #CdnPoli #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency
#CanPoli #CdnPoli

You know how in Canadian federal politicians like to sometimes say the hard things in French during a press conference, rather than in English?
Well... this feels like that, except it's the Israeli Government telling Israelis in Hebrew about their plans for genocide and war crimes while they claim in English that everyone is anti-semitic for criticizing the actions of their government.
#Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Israel #Hebrew #France #Genocide #Palestine #Hamas #Gaza #IsraelApartheid

Trump has stopped talking to us.
🇨🇦 HAPPY CANADA DAY WEEKEND 🇨🇦
😂
#canpoli #cdnpoli #trade #TheAmericanFascist #never51

A big shout out to another Canadian Senator from Alberta joining the Fediverse!!
Big welcome to Senator Wells! @…
One at a time, we'll get them here!
I am sure @… had something to do with this! :)
#CanPoli #cdnPoli #Fediverse #welcome #canada #mastodon
https://mastodon.social/@KristopherWells/114926567311584683

I don't usually advocate for an outcome like this... but this time I am because really the question isn't about the CBC. It's about Canadian sovereignty. Trump should have no part of any decision in Canada, period. So whether you love the CBC or not, the only correct answer here is No because we should never allow a foreign dictator to make decisions for us.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #ElbowsUp
https://mastodon.online/@ZebKing/114829919091275075

#TheAmericanFascist made a post threatening annexation approximately 1hr 40min after the King of Canada left Ottawa. (Possibly within minutes of the King leaving Canadian airspace)
So that worked well.
#canpoli #usa #canada #cdnpoli #never51

UPDATE: Now that the threat of half of the page politically absorbing the other seems to have waned, the BBC is back to forgetting about Canada on it's “US & Canada" page/section.
🤣😒🤦‍♀️🤷
(and like.. it's not like there wasn't news this week...)
#BBC #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #USA
https://www.bbc.com/news/us-canada

"I don’t believe anyone was thinking about [the] 51st state idea. Truthfully, the intent was to not get political, but to focus on social, cultural, and economic ties."
I hate this nonsense. With great respect and in kindness: Mr. City Councillor in Bellngham needs to put on his big boy pants and admit that yes it is political and yes it is about the 51st state rhetoric and all the scary border stuff from his federal government.
His choice not to admit that and speak against that, and worse, to act like it doesn’t exist, is a further insult and will not help to get BC/Canadians to resume visits.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #51stState #NoFascism #TheAmericanFascist #Economy #Tourism
https://www.albernivalleynews.com/home2/video-bellingham-letter-of-support-sent-to-bc-communities-8034581

Related: The doctor @… interviewed has a podcast and Youtube channel called "Interesting MD”. He interviewed Minister Josie Osborne a few weeks ago about the doctor shortage and what BC is doing to help fix it.
#BCPoli #CdnPoli #CanPoli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qEcE9lK17w

"says Carney is bootlicking Trump”
Lloyd Axworthy with the first Truth to Power statement from a former Foreign Minister.
YUP
#CanPoli #CdnPoli

The CBC included a clip from the South Park episode this week that features a scene with Trump, Canada, Satan and… small body parts.
Viewer Discretion is advised... i guess. lol 😂😈
#TheAmericanFascist #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Trump
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/south-park-trump-1.7593849

“An assessment of updated National Climate and Energy Plans (NECPs) shows the EU is on course to achieve a 54 per cent emissions reduction by 2030 - just one per cent shy of its legally binding 55 per cent target.”
Fun fact, if Canada joined the EU it would probably hurt it from an emissions reduction perspective because Oil and Gas.
“It attributed the progress towards the 2030 goal to action in the energy sector, with renewables covering 24 per cent of energy consumption in the EU in 2023. Most member states are now aligned with the target of reaching a share of 42.5 per cent by 2030, according to the Commission.”
Weird how they don’t mention LNG as being a reason why Europe has been able to meet its goals. Almost like renewables are essentially the only way to decarbonize the industry, just like the scientists say it is.
“States have a legal obligation to deliver climate action, and the Commission has a clear responsibility to uphold and enforce EU law in response.”
Imagine Danielle Smith whining about unfair laws…
Wonder how much #bclmg Europe will be asking for…
#bcpoli #abpoli #climateAction #ClimateChange #climateEmergency #canpoli #cdnpoli
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/05/28/eu-on-track-to-meet-2030-emissions-goal-thanks-to-strong-progress-on-renewables?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

As Canada Day approaches, this story of a Mom finding her Canadian identity through helping Syrian refugees settle here after 2015 is poignant.
"In 2025, being a Canadian woman to me means looking out for our neighbours, leaning into differences in culture, religious practices and learning how to help others in need. Because we are not different at all. We are all just looking for safety and peace. It's our Canadian values of equality, respect and freedom in action.
It is the singular privilege of my life to walk alongside these families from Cape Breton and those who are newcomers to Canada. It's changed how I live, and I intend to do this work as long as I am able. I learn from them grace, service, faith and hope. They taught me how to be a Canadian.”
#Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Refugees #Immigration #Syria #AlanKurdi
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/first-person-cape-breton-welcomes-syrian-refugees-1.7559341

The #NDP pushed this. 👍
right before they were decimated because:
"only two choices"
derp.
Multi-party systems are good.
#cdnpoli #canpoli #elxn45 https://mastodon.social/@rabbleca/114718755172804445

The average undergrad tuition fee in the 1974/75 academic year in Canada, across all disciplines, was $547 ($3445 adjusted to 2025)
Fees 50 years later in 2024/25 were $7360 ($7496 adjusted)
That is more than double. 117%.
And I *know* from personal experience this is a low ball average. If I could find a breakdown by discipline or by length of study for today, some would be even more obscene.
What has changed? Any occupation outside a minimum wage paying job demands a 2-4yr undergraduate diploma or degree, if not more.
Think about the 1970s and how common it was for people to get good paying jobs, leading to careers, without even high school education. Our free education stops with high school.
My family is a good example.
Mom and Step Dad: teacher college/degree. One got a Masters mid career.
Dad: didn’t complete HS
Father in law: didn’t complete HS
Mother in law: completed HS mid-career
Leadership positions and full careers demand a Masters or PhD requiring 5-10 years of study after HS!
Add in the cost of food and housing and the massive cuts happening at all colleges and universities because of the loss of international student tuition and I am going to go out on a limb and say our students today are going to pay double the price for a far worse experience than possibly any time since the Second World War.
Public education should be free.
Food and Housing should be controlled.
If the only thing government cares about is the economy, then they are setting us up for failure, and have been for decades.
(Don’t get me started on the kinds of “values” Canadian governments demonstrate when International student tuitions are 5x more than domestic students, let alone the inherent revenue risk in that funding strategy that has now come home to roost)
#canpoli #cdnpoli #education #university #college #canada
(
74/75 Source Stats Can: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3710015001&pickMembers[0]=1.1&cubeTimeFrame.startYear=1972 / 1973&cubeTimeFrame.endYear=2006 / 2007&referencePeriods=19720101,20060101
24/25 source stats can: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3710004501
cc: @… @…

confirming once again that there is absolutely no way I am going to be able cross the border into the USA, if that was a thing I ever wanted to do.
#ThoughtPolice #AmericanFascism #FreeSpeech
#canPoli #CdnPoli #USPoli #USA
https://mastodon.social/@MEActNOW/114739146099376846

Hey all! This is short notice so please boost! Calling all local Canadian Journalists!
Sign ups are open until Friday at 5PM PDT!
"Independent publishing can be lonely, but it doesn’t have to be. LION Publishers wants to help news entrepreneurs across Canada connect and build new relationships.
Each group will be led by a LION community ambassador and will meet monthly from August to October to discuss the highs and lows of local publishing"
#canpoli #cdnpoli #journalism #local #BC #news

Just a Thought:
Did Trump *actually* leave the G7 early because he told his counterparts his intentions and they tried to talk him out of it and so he essentially flipped them off and avoided having to explain himself to the likes of India, Ukraine, and others that arrived after he left.
#g7 #canpoli #cdnpoli #usa #israeliran

Carney: Iran's retaliation was deescalatory. Opening for ceasefire with Israel, and possibly in Gaza.
#CNN #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #NATO #Iran #Israel #Gaza #Genocide
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/Tv/video/amanpour-mark-carney-trump-sot

All the talk from the G7 about India and Canada working together to use AI for government "efficiency" sounds a lot like outsourcing our education and public services to a call centre.
This Liberal government seems hellbent on destroying the public service and public programs.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #AI #G7

Eyes open my kind, Canadian, anti-fascist friends. The forces of hate are organizing and training in plain sight because they have been emboldened by opportunistic and ignorant conservative politicians who see power as the only goal.
“a months-long CBC visual investigation, in collaboration with The Fifth Estate, reveals exactly where some of these groups are training.
“It's f–king unacceptable,” said Kevin Mans, the owner of Niagara BJJ in Welland, one of the martial arts studios CBC identified. “I have built a team that is pluralistic… these guys are scum.”
Active clubs are part of a decentralized white supremacist and neo-Nazi network that has grown globally in recent years, increasingly moving from online forums to real-world training groups and anti-immigration protests.”
#canpoli #cdnpoli #nazi #rightwing
https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/fascist-fight-club

Interesting. Reporting from AlJazeera in Tehran says Iran’s Foreign Minister has spoken to their counterparts in the UK and Canada since the US strikes and will now be going to Moscow for meetings with Putin/Lavrov on Monday.
#israelIran #canada #canpoli #cdnpoli #moscow #russia #war #diplomacy

According to news reports the first LNG tanker to receive a commercial LNG shipment from the LNG Canada faciility in Kitimat will be the “Gaslog Glasgow”
It's currently well offshore of Haida Gwaii on its way to the BC Central Coast.
A sad sad day for the climate.
#EndFossilFuels #RenewablesNotGas #RenewableEnergy #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #BCPoli #Canada #CdnPoli #CanPoli
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:4101114/zoom:7
News item: https://www.albernivalleynews.com/news/lng-canada-produces-first-commercial-ready-liquefied-natural-gas-8089444

1/ Canadian Diplomacy according to Mark Carney's facial expressions. #CanPoli #CdnPoli #G7 #Trump #TradeWar
A reporter asks Trump: “What is holding up a deal with Canada?”
😏

3/ “Mark has a more complex idea”
Carney Externally: 😏 😏
Carney Internally: 😆
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #G7 #Trump #TradeWar

2/ Trump: “I have a tariff concept. Mark has a different concept which is something that some people like”
😐
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #G7 #Trump #TradeWar

“I can stick with the [Canadian Pension Plan], which is one of the most effective things in the world, or I can gamble with you idiots."
#canPoli #CdnPoli #ABPoli #CPP #pension #AlbertaNext
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alta-next-panel-1.7587269

Trump, Modi, MBS
G7 is an Every Fascist Welcome Hangout now?
Gross
#G7 #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mohammed-bin-salman-g7-1.7556077

IMO: It just goes to show how needed this was and how many people were putting off or simply not getting dental work done because of the cost.
Dental Care should be included in our Public Healthcare system. No separate system.. just part of healthcare.
Period.
#CanPoli #Healthcare #BCPoli #CdnPoli #Dentalcare
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/dental-care-expansion-growing-pains-1.7583230

TIL the last time Canada spent 2% of GDP on defence spending (no date was given) we had Aircraft Carriers in our Navy.
The Bonaventure was the last Canadian aircraft carrier. And no, it wasn't a hand-me-down, though it began construction for the Royal Navy at the end of WWII but was stopped in 1945 then bought and completed by the RCN.
It was decommissioned and scrapped in 1970. It flew a squadron of F2H Banshee jets for the first few years of its life, then converted to a helicopter carrier for the final years.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #RCN #CAF
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Bonaventure

Trump leaving Canada's G7 meeting early to go do war things is pretty on brand for a fascist, but also for pretty much every USA President.
#canpoli #g7 #cdnpoli #israelIranWar #gaza #genocide #usa

Spousal conflit of interest issues aside for a moment... I may actually vomit if Danielle Smith's Alberta government introduces a “15-year master plan for introducing passenger trains across the province.“ when I have been advocating for this in BC for decades to absolute crickets (if not active denial) from all political parties in power.
#BCpoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Rail #Transportation #Sustainability
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-premier-s-husband-invited-to-passenger-rail-meetings-as-province-mulls-expansion-plan-1.7583358

Here is the BC Federation of Labour's 10 year plan released before the election last year which includes a provincial rail strategy.
#BCpoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Rail #Transportation #Sustainability

2 years later, my Freedom of Information Request shows a snapshot of Government ignoring Vancouver Islanders for 20 years.
On June 28, 2023 I submitted a Request for Information to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure of British Columbia for documents related to the Island Railway on Vancouver Island. It took two years to receive the response.
#VancouverIsland #BC #BCPoli #transportation #FOiA #Canada #CdnPoli
https://chrisalemany.ca/b/2tp

If humanity doesn't kill most life on Earth with CO2 it will definitely do it with irony.
"Operations ramping up for oilsands companies after wildfires disrupt production
Cenovus Energy Inc. and MEG Energy Corp. curtailed production due to wildfire threat”
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Oilsands #ClimateEmergency #Wildfires #ABPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/operations-ramping-up-for-oilsands-companies-after-wildfires-disrupt-production-1.7559552

THIS IS A LIE
"Brian Kingston, president and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association, told CBC News on the way to the meeting that "the targets that have been established cannot be met" given current market forces.”
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #EV #Cars

I am sure Trump had no desire to see Zelensky and risk a repeat of his embarrassing performance while surrounded with people who also think he is a dangerous fool.
He's an ambusher... not ambushee.
aka. coward
The good news is, now the adults on the Good Guys side can have a proper discussion on how to keep Putin (and Iran and Israel) from making things even worse.
#theAmericanFascist #g7 #canada #carney #cdnpoli #canpoli #russiaukrainewar #israelIranWar

omg the amount of duplication in this FOI is craaazy..
I bet 50% of the 1600 pages is duplicates, at least.
#FOI #BCPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli

Make no mistake. This is a USA automaker and oil company hit job on the independence and sovereignty of the Canadian economy.
They are trying to reverse the inevitable so they can continue their own businesses as usual for as long as possible.
It can't be allowed to happen. Canada is already lagging far behind other nations. Our Economy and our Society and our burning forests, will suffer if our government gives in to this pressure.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #EV #Cars
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/zev-mandate-climate-1.7576456

As always... truth-in-comedy from the #Beaverton
Who's looking forward to mass layoffs for efficiency and AI!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Liberals #Austerity #Conservatives

And I thought it was radical little me and my trouble maker lefty friends that thought Trump mighy turn out very very badly.
What happens to Canada when the US President is completely unbound by the constitution?
😬 🔫 🇺🇸
#uspoli #canpoli #cdnpoli #never51 #americanfascism #TheAmericanFascist
https://journa.host/@w7voa/114662211197379834

OOOHH!!!! 🚨
Just got an email from the BC Government! My FOI request that I submitted almost exactly two years ago in 2023 has finally completed!
Looks like there is ALOT of redacted/partial disclosures
I'm going to keep a lid on what this is all about other than to say, it's about trains and climate change! lol (which is convenient, given my earlier post this morning)
Time for some light reading!
(edit: Holy.... it's 1600 pages!!!)
#FOI #BCPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli

#TheAmericanFascist wants to Tariff everything from Canada again. Time to implement the Digital Services Tax, and no take backs this time.
(edit: and here's an idea, match it to whatever cumulative number of percentage Trump has on Canada? 50% steel plus 50% copper plus 35% everything else. Sounds like 135% DST to me by his math!)
#CanPoli #cdnpoli #tradewar #theAmericanFascist #Trump

Jagmeet Singh deserved a lot better than he got from Canada considering what he endured.
"Singh told reporters in April that police had advised him in the winter of 2023 that his life could be in danger. They did not tell him who was behind the threat but he said the implication was that it was a foreign government.
He said he stayed in his basement, avoided windows and considered quitting politics over fears about his family’s safety. He decided to carry on but was forced to lead the NDP for a period under police protection.”
I hope Carney brings this up with Modi next week, but now with the tragedy of the air crash…
#canPoli #CdnPoli #elxn45 #NDP #India #Modi #G7
https://globalnews.ca/news/11229198/jagmeet-singh-indian-agent-surveillance/

wow 50-50!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #CAF #RCAF #PleaseBoost #Poll

omg this is just too tragic. :(
I realize I’m yelling into the void here but for the love of god people, GET VACCINATED. All of them. Always.
You don't know who you'd be saving... including potentially this newborn who got it from their mother, who was unvaccinated for reasons unknown and got it from ?
If Ontario, and Canada, had a fully vaccinated (for all who can take the vaccine) population, this newborn would not have had measles *the day it was born*.
#Health #Vaccines #GetVaxed #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/05/infant-born-premature-and-infected-with-measles-dies-in-ontario/

““In response to the question of why they were fishing there then, the accused, Jack, answered, ‘because it’s my river’,” recounts court records from the case… the court supported Jack’s Aboriginal right to access fish”
The Hashilthsa newspaper from Nuuchanulth territory has produced a fantastic article detailing the history and current status of the relationship between DFO and First Nations.
It's still not great.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #DFO #FirstNations #IndigenousRights
https://www.hashilthsa.com/news/2025-06-27/relations-federal-department-indicate-clash-worldviews

Remember the people who said AI wouldn’t take away jobs? The current LLM/AI space is absolute shit at actually doing real work… but they are cutting and taking jobs anyway.
Oh, and we went from a Liberal Canadian government that at least had a Universal Basic Income on their radar… to one that is going to cut 1000s of federal jobs and, you guessed it, get AI to do stuff instead.
Liberal Government acting like Conservative government 😢
#ndp #canada #cdnpoli #canpoli #ubi #glbi #austerity #AI
https://mstdn.moimeme.ca/@EdwinG/114846392795126120

Canada should be at the forefront here holding up our own TRC report that called us out for cultural genocide. We must atone for that act (and the many ways it continues today). That is what happens when you abduct and try to brainwash children into your way of society. Russia must be held accountable as well.
#canada #cdnpoli #residentialschools #RussiaUkraineWar #genocide
https://mastodon.online/@SocraticEthics/114787572318748317

Hey Canadians.
Would you support the Government/CAF spending the $1-1.5 Billion needed to replace the Snowbirds program with new jets?
(the familiar aircraft we know were built in the 1950s/60s and were supposed to retire 15 years ago... now slated for 2030.)
CBC Video report: #CanPoli #CdnPoli #CAF #RCAF #PleaseBoost #Poll
Yes, we should replace them when they retire.
No, they should not be replaced when they retire.

I am willing to be pleasantly surprised, but... when all I see from these "major projects" is oil and gas and other 20th century backwards nonsense, I can't help but be pessimistic.
Ironically, a real "nation building" project that would be a huge benefit to Canadians would be more akin to something from the 19th century: Standing up a true public railway corporation and rebuilding a high speed electrified rail network from sea to sea to sea that could reduce transportation costs and increase flexibility and convenience for millions of Canadians and businesses including in remote communities.
But our current leadership is too beholden to existing capitalist interests and status quo business to be that bold. And they're positively allergic to anything done purely in the public interest. How dare we not include some profiteering private corporation… /sarc
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #NaitonBuilding #Transportation #rail
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/premiers-meeting-prime-minister-carney-major-projects-1.7549577

You're damn right it is madness. We need to scrap these terrible systems.
"Suzuki says that, despite his understanding of the climate crisis, Carney — like all of us — is trapped by the economic and political systems we've created. And for Suzuki, our only hope for survival is to scrap those systems entirely.
David Suzuki joins Jayme Poisson on the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion from what a world of irreversible climate change looks like to what he describes as the "madness" of continued investment in fossil fuels to the lessons environmentalists of the future can take from the past.”
#ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #EndFossilFuels #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Canada #Energy #EndGrowth #LateStageCapitalism #Capitalism #Racism
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/david-suzuki-warns-carney-of-pipeline-and-growth-madness-1.7586960

#EndFossilFuels #ClimateAction
Fact: Taking a BC Ferry from Metro Vancouver to Vancouver Island is a High CO2 experience, though if it's a full ferry, it's not terrible (~5kgCO2/passenger)
By 2031, BC Ferries will have replaced 18 ferries (big and small!) in 15 years, and nearly all will be 100% electric-ready.
They just announced they're doing the big ships next.
"Built with diesel-battery hybrid propulsion systems and designed with the capability to operate on full electric power in future, the NMVs are expected to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve fuel efficiency, and lower underwater radiated noise to better protect marine life. With greater capacity than the vessels they replace, the NMVs will offer more space for vehicles and passengers and upgraded amenities, supporting a more reliable and comfortable travel experience.”
The age of fossil fuels is ending. Any politician or lobbyist who says otherwise is either not paying attention, or bought.
#BCPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #ClimateEmergency #SalishSea #BCFerries
https://www.bcferries.com/news-releases/bc-ferries-selects-shipyard-to-construct-four-new-major-vessels

Toronto Star: “New numbers reveal 10,000-plus Ontario college layoffs, 600 programs cancelled or suspended over past year”
The bloodbath in our higher education system in Canada has gotten NO press even though provincial governments and likely federal KNOW. This is the first in depth article I have seen. ALL governments micro-manage university and college policy/finances, no matter what they might say to the contrary.
Here are some truths you need to know:
Yes, I am biased as a 25 year employee of a University.
Yes, my University has also had completely unprecedented cuts in the past 12-24 months, with more coming.
Yes, it is because of the loss of International Students and their tuition revenue. Without that loss, many domestic enrollment numbers have actually been growing, but the money per student is orders of magnitude less. (ie. International was a cash cow)
Yes, faculty and even many admin, have been warning about the government downloading funding onto International tuitions for decades.
Yes, government will claim they are “investing more than ever”, but this is usually about Capital expenses (buildings, residences, infrastructure) or meeting contractual increases for staff salaries, *not* operating expenses.
Yes, in BC in the 1980s 80-90% of a University or College operating budget was covered by “base funding” from the province. Now, it is often below 50%. (If this makes you ask… is it still a “public University system”, please do!!)
And finally, yes, if we want to consider ourselves a modern country, we cannot possibly think this kind of contraction in educational opportunity (while domestic tuitions continue to increase!) is at all healthy for our society as a whole.
Toronto Star: #canpoli #cdnpoli #education #internationalEd #immigration #postsecondary #educationShouldBeFree

Terry Glavin is the biggest anti-indigenous racist, residential school genocide denier-journalist in all of Canada. (he's also a big Yellow Peril kind of guy which I got into it with him once on Twitter before he blocked me)
Imagine calling lowering flags to half mast for six months due to the nation coming to grips with the DEATH OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN "a national psychotic episode"
What an asshole.
#genocide #canpoli #cdnpoli #indigenous #everychildMatters #canada #residentialschools
https://therealstory.substack.com/p/will-the-damage-ever-be-undone?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=748248&post_id=164981259&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=3995q&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Super informative video from @… for health care professionals in the USA considering moving to Canada (specifically British Columbia).
The process has been sped up from 4-5 months to 3 weeks using the "HealthMatch" system in BC.
Lots of detail here for doctors specifically looking to make the move and probably informative for other healthcare folks too.
#BCHealth #HealthCare #Canada #Immigration #USA #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryTdNBC9mn8

Today in the Capitalist Climate Catastrophe, Scott Moe, chief apologist of Saskatchewan (and Premier) for the Fossil Fuel criminals, wants a "National Firefighting Force”.
(note: I would not be opposed to this... but the fact this asshole is suggesting it while he demands more help getting his world-burning fossil fuels out of the ground is just too much.)
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #SKPoli #EndFossilFuels #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #Wildfires
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/no-relief-in-sight-from-wildfires-as-20-sask-communities-under-evacuation-orders-1.7549403

And yes... of course he ...
"It should come as no surprise that after the massacres of October 7, 2023, all the loudest voices from the residential-schools “activism” immediately merged with the loudest voices in the ‘From Turtle Island to Palestine’ histrionics."
It's a wonder he sleeps at night with the spirits of innocent victims of genocidal governments swirling around him.
#palestine #israel #gaza
#genocide #canpoli #cdnpoli #indigenous #everychildMatters #canada #residentialschools