Tootfinder

wow. Looks like my MP has played a not small role in ensuring that the budget passed by abstaining with one of his colleagues.
That said two Conservative MPs also abstained and it sounds like both Sheer and another CPC MP were also prepared to abstain if needed using a weird procedural thing with online vs in person voting.
#canPoli #CdnPoli #ndp

"What's Fuelling White Nationalism in Canada?"
A new episode of the Rundown from TVO.
#cdnpoli

Sorry, guys. We're gonna have to wait a while longer for an election.
#cdnpoli

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.

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

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

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

On the “Frat house” stuff
PP: “CBC has had to correct the falsehoods…”
... then he asks the (CBC) reporter a question…
(classic trump moves)
eventually he seems to say "no" not a frat house... but then he goes back to trying to discredit the media by asking the reporter questions.
Avoiding the question is an admission... yes... of course it is a frat house in the Conservative Party of Canada leadership.
#CBC #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-press-conference-caucus-defection-9.6976025

Congratulations to Japan on electing your first female leader!
I find this incredibly ironic… because Japan is often portrayed, with reason, as a place with deep misogynistic traditions/a highly patriarchal society that carries on to this day…
But here they are, finally breaking the government’s glass ceiling… and Canada? The USA? Many European countries?
A reminder not to throw stones in glass houses!
#feminism #patriarchy #government #cdnpoli #japan #canpoli #uspoli
https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/asia-c2h6qh4lz/-/a-VcyAhaNnSPuydKxiAXf-AA:a:3199720-/0

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

Just to emphasize the point... Do I think, based on his most recent utterances, that Trump and his handlers believe Carney is weak and Canada's protests are irrelevant.
Yes. Yes I do.
Wake up Canada. We have a clear and present danger to our South and our Government and *all* politicians need to start acting like it right NOW.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Canada #USA #TheAmericanFascist #Trump #invasion #51stState

Canadians should notice, in addition obviously to our country being part of the USA with Greenland (but not Mexico):
Our Prime Minister is literally not in the picture.
That is what he thinks of Canada, and Mark Carney. He thinks we are weak because our Prime Minister is weak.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #canada #usa #theAmericanFascist #trump #greenland #invasion #fascism

According to this MP, Greenland doesn't have private land ownership. The land is owned by the public in perpetuity. "It's for everyone.”
Houses and buildings are on an allotment on top of the land.
So that's an interesting block to Trump's naked greed.
Also... "We don't really value cash, Kardashian lips, or fake boobs very highly”.
So there's that. I hope #TheAmericanFascist sees this video.
#Greenland #NATO #Europe #Denmark #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2026/01/tillie-martinussen-explains-why

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

Flying sucks.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #transportation
https://chrisalemany.ca/2025/11/07/140-years-ago-we-were-connected/

Canada is just three Telecommunications companies in a trench coat.
#telus #rogers #bell #oligopoly #canada #canpoli #cdnpoli

CBC now reporting (same link as quoted below) that Don Davies - Interim NDP Leader says he will have a press conference *after* the vote, but the NDP caucus will not be announcing how they will vote ahead of time.
The plot thickens!
#canPoli #CdnPoli #ndp #liberals #cpc #bloc https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/115566966015324285

between oil pipelines and laws controlling "religious acts”... Canada is really hitting it out of the park on progressivism on the BBC today.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #BBC

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

Dear Canada Liberals and BC NDP
#canpoli #cdnpoli #climateEmergency
https://mstdn.social/@Nigel_Purchase/115601699541128354

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

Trump big mad again cuz Ford used Reagan’s words.
Hilarious.
The weirdest thing about all this is this is all fighting amongst varying shades of right wing capitalists…
My question is… where are the social democrat alternatives to all this? I hear it amongst real people… but it is basically absent from mainstream politics.
Maybe the people need to change that.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #theAmericanFascist

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

Egypt is building three lines of high speed railways over 2000km. Meanwhile, in Canada, we are still ‘thinking' about building our first 1000km line. Maybe. If we talk nice to the rail tycoons.
#Rail #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.cnn.com/travel/egypt-high-speed-rail-siemens-velaro-desiro-trains-spc

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

CBC reporting that Elizabeth May has said she will be voting for the budget tonight. Which means the Liberals only need one more vote for it to pass, or for two MPs to abstain.
Seems unlikely we will have an election from this budget vote... but you never know!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Liberals #GreenParty #GPC #NDP #Bloc #CPC
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/livestory/federal-budget-vote-2025-9.6981042#content

Hearing from NDP leaders in Ontario and Manitoba.
Premier Kinew says the way to respond to Trump’s America First agenda isn’t Canada First, it’s Humanity First. Drawing big applause.
I honestly forgot that the NDP was actually the official opposition in Ontario!
#bcpoli #bcndp #onndp #mbndp #canpoli #cdnpoli

Oh this should be…. entertaining*
*meaning infuriating and painful.
#canpoli #CdnPoli #politics #CPC
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-press-conference-caucus-defection-9.6976025

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

"delivered papers for Calgary Sun”
“raised by a couple school teachers” (what the hell happened there?)
#canpoli #CdnPoli #politics #CPC

Lester B. Pearson is spinning in his grave as his prime ministerial descendant participates in an effort to delegitimize and destroy the UN.
“a person briefed with the proposal told FT that the Trump administration views the concept "as a potential substitute for the UN... a kind of parallel unofficial body to deal with other conflicts beyond Gaza."”
#Canada #CdnPoli #Carney #Liberals #canPoli #UN #world #diplomacy #genocide #gaza #ethniccleansing

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

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

It is time for a Digital Sovereignty Act in Canada. @…
#cdnpoli #canpoli #digitalrights #digitalsovereingty https://mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud/115530726173549468

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

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

Great job right-wing/anti-vax fools. Great job.
#CanPoli #Health #Measles #CdnPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/livestory/canada-measles-elimination-status-9.6973195

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

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

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

“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

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

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

Would love to hear someone in the media ask a Conservative MP.
"Some MPs in your party are self-described as "anti-vax” or “vaccine sceptics”... is the Conservative Party of Canada concerned by today's news that Canada is no longer considered “measles-free”? What health measures are Conservatives proposing to return Canada to measles-free status?”
#CdnPoli #CanPoli #Health #Measles #AntiVax

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/

The NDP Leadership race is heating up now that the deadline for membership signups is only two weeks away (Jan 28).
Leah Gazan, MP for Winnipeg Centre, and Anjali Appadurai, former BC NDP Leadership candidate who scared the #BCNDP so bad they had to disqualify her from the race, have both today announced their support for Avi Lewis as NDP Leadership candidate. I believe Appadurai has been working in Lewis’ campaign since the beginning.
Both of these women are strong NDP leaders with deeply progressive followers, young and old.
Here is the message from Ghazan endorsing Lewis.
Ghazan has been a strong advocate for:
#ClimateJustice #UBI #GLBI #JustTransition #Reconciliation and #WorkersRights
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #NDP #NDPLeader #AviLewis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2Dl-1dhQbU

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

Dear all… if you're into #union issues and care about the #workingclass... or you're working for someone who says they do, then using AI to 'draft’ responses to common political questions is not the best idea!
#workers #NDP #CanPoli #CdnPoli #NDPLeadership #politics #AI #DonTBeLazy
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rob-ashton-artificial-intelligence-ndp-ama-9.7043887

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

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

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

In the history of our slightly incestuous democracy, I wonder if more Conservatives have crossed to the Liberals or Liberals to Conservatives.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #LPC #CPC #democracy #pickaside #bigtent #RedTory #BlueLiberal #FPTP #PropRep

Looks like May won't be voting for another Carney budget!
Prediction: This government will fall before Canada Day 2026.
Carney will become one of the shortest-term Prime Ministers in Canadian history.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Oil #Carney
https://globalnews.ca/news/11554632/elizabeth-may-carney-budget-vote-mistake-climate-alberta-deal/

I would like to see the BC Liquor Distribution Branch do the same with any US inventory left here!
Send the proceeds to charities and food banks that are overflowing with need this year, some of it because of Trump's insanity!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Booze #TradeWar #TheAmericanFascist
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/premier-lifts-american-alcohol-ban-revenue-manitoba-holiday-charities-9.7002935

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

I watched the latest video from @… where he spoke with a German analyst and author ostensibly about the author’s new book… but it really was about how NATO may be on the verge of collapse right now and what the new reality might look like. Highly recommend Canadians watch this.
My only complaint and comment completely selfishly, is the absence of Canada 🇨🇦 in the discussion. I have to say I am feeling more than a little apprehensive, even isolated. I know Canada is not exactly pulling its weight and won’t be a major player in whatever Europe needs to do to secure itself in a post-NATO reality.
But I am definitely left wondering and more than a little worried…. What the heck is Canada going to do?
We border Greenland. We are deeply connected to Ukraine socially. We have a force in Latvia.
Anders, if you have thoughts on this, I would be interested, as would others.
Is a transatlantic alliance impossible without the USA?
#russiaukrainewar #nato #eu #europe #canada #canpoli #cdnpoli #war #alliances
https://youtu.be/A8ZvKXjhHYM?si=RGEiJYEf7zXg05t4

"Severe drought across Western and Midwestern Canada has wiped out pasturelands, leaving ranchers unable to maintain their herds."
severe drought. weird. I'm
sure that's fine. let's build another global warming pipeline so Premier Smith doesn't threaten to leave Canada.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #abpoli #bcpoli #climatechange #endfossilfuels
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/canadian-butchers-feeling-pressure-as-beef-prices-stay-high-amid-historically-low-cattle-herds/

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

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/

This article is absolute insanity. The only way I can describe it is being from a Rabidly anti-Canadian American.
And in an overall tone of disrespect for the rule of law, autonomy, democracy, or progressive thought.
"In a strategy of the retrenchment, the dismemberment of Canada becomes a wise decision. Rather than allowing it to continue down a path of anti-American antagonism, the United States could support the Alberta and Quebec separatist movements. A successful secession by Alberta alone would cripple the federal fisc, and drive separatism in other regions due to the resultant decline in their equalization payments which comprises such a substantial part of their provincial budgets. In the end, British Columbia and a unified Maritime province would be admitted to the Union as Democratic states while Alberta and Saskatchewan would be admitted as Republican states; ensuring continued balance in the US Senate.
The rump of Canada, left with only one or two provinces, would finally be able to revise its constitution with ease. Under US pressure, the rump could become a freely associated state similar to Palau, with a new constitution reordering society along American lines. In time, perhaps it too could be annexed.”
#Canada #USA #CanPoli #CdnPoli #51stState #Separatism #Alberta #Quebec
https://defenseanalyses.org/work/our-canadian-problem/
(edit: sorry, wrong link previously)

Weird.... it seems people in the UK do indeed want to buy EVs, especially if they are not made by Tesla!
#bullshit
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Tariffs #China #Canada #Cars #EV

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

Beaverton is hitting it out of the park today.
"Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself Premier of BC”
"“This is a matter for the courts, probably,” Carney said. “It’s not my place to get involved in interprovincial issues. Unless the extraction industry asks me to. Wait, have they asked? No? Not yet? Okay, then let the courts handle it until then.””
lol
(and the Eby "quote" about First Past the Post lol!)
#ABPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #BCPoli
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/11/danielle-smith-uses-notwithstanding-clause-to-declare-herself-premier-of-b-c/

Trudeau was criticized by some who thought his policies somehow acquiesced to every demand by any First Nation. But really what his Ministry did first was show that there was a way of communication of respect and dialogue.
Clearly the new Federal Minister of Energy has some learning to do if he wants the Federal government to have any chance at a relationship that results in them achieving any of the government's goals.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #FirstNations #Respect #FPIC
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/energy-minister-hodgson-apologizes-zoom-comment-coastal-first-nations-9.6997207

the more I hear Liberal MPs and others justifying the MOU, it is just.... infuriating. The oil and gas and nuclear focused messaging and greenwashing is at extreme levels.
This Liberal Canadian government is the worst environmental government since Harper.
And the paternalistic approach to First Nations consultation is a massive step back.
Canada, just days after COP30 closed, has screamed from the rooftops its willingness to burn the planet down.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #climate #environment

There were actually a lot of good recommendations from that Committee report, the one on PR was just the final one! Here's a few more.. including some that local #Fediverse proponents could dig into! @… was on the Committee.
—>FEDI ADVANTAGE<— “The Committee heard about a number of issues related to
the electoral information environment. Members recommend
that the provincial government collaborate with Elections
BC and the federal government to review existing legislative
and regulatory measures related to misinformation,
disinformation, and hate speech during elections, including
**mechanisms to ensure the timely removal of harmful content** (**emphasis added)”
—> FEDI ADVANTAGE<— “To better address challenges associated with social media and emergent technologies such as artificial intelligence, Members recommend establishing a working group to propose amendments to BC’s privacy and election legislation. To better protect all users, the Committee recommends requiring digital platforms to act with a duty of care and establish clear safety-related requirements such as data privacy, platform design, and content policy. The Committee also heard about concerns regarding foreign interference, and recommends that these be considered by the Electoral Integrity Working Group.”
—The Committee heard about the critical importance of
civic education to ensure the public’s understanding of
democratic institutions, processes, and participation. The
Committee recommends strengthening civic education
in the K-12 school system with input from experts and a
greater emphasis on applied learning.
— the Committee suggests enhancing data collection by requiring proactive enumeration on an annual basis and ensuring that registered parties and candidates can access poll-by-poll results. Elections BC should review and improve
voter registration practices and communication, as well as
access to and public awareness of voting opportunities. With respect to expanding voter eligibility, the Committee supports further examination of extending voting rights to 16- and 17-year-olds as well as permanent residents in BC.
— Committee Members recommend modernizing the candidate nominator verification process, requiring Elections BC to collect and share voters’ contact information with registered political parties and candidates, and strengthening measures related to access to multi-unit buildings for candidates and their campaigns.
Full report to the Legislature: #BCPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #ElectoralReform #Democracy #ProportionalRepresentation #Polarization

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

Steven Guilbeault lays out the truth. Canada will not reach its climate targets.
““[Carney] thinks we’ll be able to do this with the market, with private investment. Of course, we have to do that, but I also think we need to have regulations in place to ensure that we achieve the goals we have set for ourselves. And by abandoning many of these measures, that becomes impossible.
“I mean, if we are honest with Canadians, we can no longer achieve our targets for 2030 with the announcements that have been made recently. It’s not possible.””
... he goes on to say Danielle Smith is (effectively) Donald Trump.
"“In my opinion, she is not a reliable partner in this negotiation.””
It is now abundantly clear that the Liberal Party and all Canadians really did lose something when Mark Carney became Prime Minister.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #ABPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/climate-change-guilbeault-carney-9.6998944

In other news, the Federal NDP leadership debate is starting at 4PM PST! Get the link by rsvp here. There is one Fediverse connected candidate @…
Tangle Johnston from Vancouver Island!
#ndp #fediverse #canpoli #cdnpoli

If you are into Canadian politics, even a little.. and/or into "Press Gallery" type political jokes. This 9 minutes flies by with Interim NDP Leader Don Davies. No holding back, self-deprecating, hilarious, slightly vulgar and absolutely brutal.
#canPoli #CdnPoli #abpoli #BQ #NDP #LPC #CPC #CBC #PopeLeo #TheAmericanFascist #ElbowsUp #Hockey #Carney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVfwyHooL8I

Respect. (Updated with statement)
Guilbeault isn't perfect and had to go along with a lot of things, like TMX under Trudeau. But it is clear there were tradeoffs... I am willing to bet a northern pipeline and tanker ban was one of those tradeoffs for agreeing to buy TMX.
He should join the NDP or Greens.
edit: Montreal Gazette has more:
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Liberals #CPC

"Nine members of Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party caucus are facing recall petitions — enough to potentially tip the balance of power in the legislature.”
Imagine... IMAGINE... if the a majority-government in Canada lost their majority through recalls. Epic.
#canPoli #CdnPoli #ABPoli #Democracy
https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/six-more-alberta-government-mlas-face-recall-petitions/

When Doug Ford... DOUG FORD... comes across as the conciliatory, nice guy…?
"“What do they expect me to do? Sit back and roll over like every other person in the world?” he said, adding the video was “successful” with over 11.4 billion impressions.
“So why doesn't the president start being nice? Play nice in the sandbox to his biggest customer in the entire world and everything's hunky dory," Ford said.”
Let's face it Canadian friends, the USA is not a nice trading partner. This is a full on abusive relationship and the quicker we can extract ourselves from it, the better.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #USA #Trade #TheAmericanFascist
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-us-ambassador-apology-ad-9.6958531

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 I see that now that Blue Canada has its conservative Prime Minister, Poillievre is on the chopping block.
Simultaneous stories yesterday in the Globe and Mail, CBC, questions on Parliament Hill, CPC Caucus “sources".
The Powers That Be are done with Pierre. I'll be happy to see him go... but those same 'powers’ are not laying the groundwork for someone less or even as extremist as Pierre.
Which means we'll continue marching rightward like the USA, and be vulnerable to the same kind of Nazi-glorifying autocrat taking power.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #CPC #Rightwing
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-pierre-poilievre-okay-conservative-leader-image/
(Free archive link: https://archive.ph/pJqyK)

The most beautiful democratic act happening right now in Canada is in Alberta, yes Alberta, where constituents are using the new - easier to reach - petitioning and recall rules enacted by the current UCP government to launch recall campaigns on UCP Members of the Legislature.
This is the 3rd one to be approved to move on to the signature-gathering stage!
*chefskiss*
#ABPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Democracy
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/nolan-dyck-recall-petition-9.6988293?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

“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

The new pro-Pipeline Minister is working out very well, I see. Tres bien, bien sûre.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #french #carney #tictoc #climate #oil #endfossilfuels

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_

"Oléoduc" is the best word I have ever seen for oil pipeline!
Also... oily Canada reputation spreading far and wide.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #bitumen #oil #climatechange #abpoli #france
https://mastodon.social/@lemonde/115625149716863385

This is so damning. The top of the CBC story (JP Tasker reporting)
“Smith said she got Carney to back down on most of the Trudeau-era "nine bad laws," as she calls them, that restricted oil and gas development in Alberta.
Carney, meanwhile, says he got Alberta to buy into the Pathways carbon capture project to try and decarbonize the oil pumped out of the province.”
It would be like Putin saying he got Zelenskyy to back down on Donbas and Crimea, but Zelenskyy says Putin agreed to security guarantees from Russia and the USA.
Carney = Capitulator
Also... YOU CAN'T DECARBONIZE OIL.
ffs. what a stupid statement.
Maybe Putin will De-TNT his Ballistic Missiles.
#baitandswitch #climateEmergency #ABPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #RussiaUkraineWar
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/livestory/alberta-ottawa-memorandum-of-understanding-energy-deal-pipeline-bc-9.6993431

I have believed for a long time now that humanity has proven incapable of a 'gradual decline' of anything that it is truly dependent on even if alternatives are available.
We seem pre-programmed to use something to the max... hit rock bottom in terms of impacts on our own health and general well being… and then go pretty much cold turkey. (either through replacement or outright abstinence).
I believe it will be the same with fossil fuels.
We are possibly seeing a slight reduction now globally in overall use of oil. But it is still far and away too too much.
Maybe we’ll cut this by 10% or 20% in the next 10 or 20 years... but zero by 2050? Not a chance.
I believe we will go and go and go, until one day we can go no more, the pressure is too great, the casualties too high, the effects too devastating, and the impact of complete shutdown of the fossil fuel industry in less than 5 years will seem less bad than the damage we have already done and are sure to suffer in future.
I hope I live to see that day, not out of morbidity, but out of hope. I want to die knowing we finally did it. I don't know if that's going to happen.
Not an uplifting prediction, I know, but seriously, tell me I'm wrong.
#CanPoli #Cdnpoli #ClimateCatastrophe #Oil #Gas #EndFossilFuels
chart from the 2025 IEA report: https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/018c3361-bc01-4482-a386-a5b2747ae82a/Oil2025.pdf

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

You are going to hear alot about a multi billion dollar greenwash--- err "carbon capture" project that oilsands companies will be "required"
to use/invest in as a quid pro quo for a NWBC oil pipeline.
Ya no. FN in Cold Lake says no thanks.
Take your fake-capture grift somewhere else.
#endfossilfuels #climatechange #climateEmergency #greenwash #canpoli #CdnPoli
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/chief-in-alberta-teams-up-with-environmental-groups-to-try-and-stop-carbon-capture-project/

More big cuts to Universities and Colleges in Canada/BC.
This time it's smaller colleges in the Interior of BC. Coast Mountain College in Prince Rupert/Northwest, and Selkirk College in the SE/Nelson.
The Hazelton campus of CMC is being closed as is the Fine Arts campus of Selkirk.
All because successive Provincial and Federal governments in Canada thought the gravy-train of International students would last forever, allowing them to redirect funding for Post Secondary to other parts of the budget.
I don't think the system has found the bottom yet, and at the end, it will be Domestic students who suffer most from hugely diminished services at their local, and regional, and national colleges and Universities.
#Education #CanPoli #CdnPoli #PostSecondary #Investment
edit: the article is by @…

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/coast-mountain-college-hazelton-closing-campus-cuts-9.6946111

Hard not to see the wisdom, in the long term, of diversifying Canada’s manufacturing and defence processes. In the short term though, imagine the hissy fit #TheAmericanFascist will have if Carney signs up with Saab instead of more Lockheed.
It would be an act of sovereignty.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #defense #military #f35 #saab #gripen
https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/choose-your-friends-wisely-there-are-13-000-good-reasons-why-canada-should-buy-swedens/article_de9fcb7d-3950-4569-8bbd-c78a5e9112a2.html

Hey Generous Folks -- I wanted to put a message up for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. #16DaysAgainstGBV #16Days
Rather than an ask for donations, I want to encourage you to find your local spaces in your own community that help women and people of all genders who are fleeing gender based violence or intimate partner violence.
Maybe *you* can raise a few dollars, volunteer at a local space, or help out in other ways. Maybe you've never done that. It might seem scary! I guarantee you, you'll love it. Whether you raise $50 or $500, or nothing at all, by becoming part of it, you'll make a difference
I'm signing up, as I have for a few years now, for another year at Coldest Night of the Year (#IntimatePartnerViolence #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli

“At press time Loblaws has drawn crowds with their Black Friday sales, in which groceries are marked down to “the low low price of what groceries cost in 2019!””😂😂🤬
#CanPoli #Canada #CdnPoli #BlackFriday #Beaverton #FoodBank #Jobs #Satire
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/11/huge-black-friday-lineup-turns-out-to-just-be-for-food-bank/

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

Thank God for the good and sane people defending their traditional territories in BC's north coast.
“As the Rights and Title Holders of the Central and North Coast and Haida Gwaii, we are here to remind the Alberta government, the federal government, and any potential private proponent that we will never allow oil tankers on our coast, and that this pipeline project will never happen,” Slett said."
#FirstNations #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Pipeline #ABPoli #BCPoli #CanPoli
https://globalnews.ca/news/11544657/bc-first-nations-dismiss-pipeline-mou/

Leader of the BC Greens @… has some choice words.
"This pipeline will never happen, and we'll make f*ing sure of it”
👍👍
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #BCPoli #Greens #GPC #EndFossilFuels #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
https://mastodon.social/@emilylowan/115623697970750137

I'll reserve full judgement for when the actual agreement is public... but here's the hot-take on the 75% reduction in methane emissions in 10 years.
Which emissions?
And show me a target Canada has ever hit.
Details. I want details, plans, concrete actions to make it happen.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #LNG #Oil #BCPoli #ABPoli
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/pipeline-agreement-includes-new-target-of-75-per-cent-cut-in-methane-emissions/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

May this haunt Mark Carney for his entire tenure as Prime Minister as #TMX did for Trudeau.
Our federal Liberal and Conservative revolving door governments are simply incapable of extricating themselves from oil…
Canada will continue to literally burn because of it.
#EndFossilFuels #ClimateSellout #ClimateEmergency #CdnPoli #CanPoli #BCPoli #ABPoli

CBC: Canada government caught off guard by Trump’s reaction.
Really? Every single person I talk to is not surprised at all.
What kind of reality distortion field is our government/PMO in exactly that they didn’t at least see this as a possibility?
Do better!
#theAmericanFascist #canpoli #cdnpoli #tradewar #ford #canada #usa

Details of the MOU as reported by CBC. Hot Take:
It's a sh_t show of oil soaked hopeium and climate defeatism.
- Shovels in Ground by 2029 *(may this be forever extended)
- Tanker Ban will be lifted if the project is approved by MPO *(Coastal First Nations setting rhetorical fire to MPO in 3-2-1)
- July 1, 2026 deadline for submission to MPO *(OIL CANADA DAY)
- 75% methane emissions cut on 2014 levels from methane by 2035 *(*shaking head* We are VERY GOOD at hitting 10 year targets *shaking head*)
- "both sides commited to net-zero by 2050” (implied via CCS) *(carbon capture and storage? should be Carney Can't Stop -- Emissions)
- industrial carbon price of $130 -- down from $170
*(Oil Industry - Very Poor)
- Alberta exempt from fed O&G emissions cap and clean electricity regulation *(Woop Coal! Let's Mine the Rockies!)
- No private proponents have been announced. *(Hear No Evil)
- No pipeline path/route has been announced. *(See No Evil)
#TMX #EndFossilFuels #ClimateSellout #ClimateEmergency #CdnPoli #CanPoli #BCPoli #ABPoli
Since multiple Ottawa CBC reporters seem utterly incapable of understanding what First Nations groups are what in BC here are some facts about the Coastal First Nations. It has existed since 2003.
https://coastalfirstnations.ca/about/
"The Great Bear Initiative Society (a non-profit society under the BC Societies Act), also known as Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative (CFN), is an alliance of First Nations on the North Pacific Coast that includes the Gitga’at, Gitxaała, Haida, Heiltsuk, Kitasoo Xai’xais, Metlakatla, Nuxalk and Wuikinuxv First Nations. " Their territories span on the mainland coast of BC from the top of Vancouver Island to the Alaska Border including Haida Gwaii.

“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

If you want to see what is possibly the most dangerous “maritime cross roads” in Canada in terms of weather, geography, traffic, environmental impact, and all the rest:
I have annotated a map near Gill Island.
We don’t know the pipe route. If it’s Kitimat rather than Rupert because a route exists, this is where tankers would go.
#canpoli #northcoast #BC #BCPoli #cdnpoli #climatechange #hecatestrait #haidagwaii #coastalFirstNation #abpoli #MOU #carney #daniellesmith
https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/115625289502543789

Oh look, the #BCNDP Government finally noticed the Post-Secondary system is collapsing. *slowclap*
Can hardly wait for that report next spring... maybe I will still have a job by then...
PS: I have a crazy idea: perhaps post-secondary should be majority-funded by government, not by exploitative international tuitions that can just *disappear*)
PPS: Domestic enrolment is not declining in any significant kind of way in the sector. From the “State of Post Secondary Education in Canada 2025” by Alex Usher:
"This decline in per-student funding is therefore not primarily a result of a significant decline in total funding; rather, it is a result of expenditures remaining more or less
constant while enrollments increased.”
WHICH IS WHAT EDUCATORS HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR DECADES
#layoffs #education #educationIsaRight #PostSecondary #VIU #BCPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #University #College
https://albernivalleynews.com/2025/11/25/b-c-launches-independent-review-of-post-secondary-education-system/