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So this "buy Canadian" policy announced by Carney - any more details on it?

We have the previous eye-popping increase of military spending to 5% of GDP, dozens of billions...is that going to be spent in #canada

Dozens of billions spent on US cloud services, SAAS, social media, ad purchasing, and consulting? Is that going to become "buy Canadian" too?

Is the Canadian govt going to drop Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Oracle, Deloitte, IBM, Accenture out of their procurements?

#canpoli #cdnpoli


Florida is ending vaccine mandates. What do Canadian travellers need to know?
Before you get to the linked article, where CBC News gives you their ideas on what Canadian travellers should know, here's what I say they should know and do, or rather not do.
If you value your health, and have an ounce of intelligence, just don't. Travel to Florida, that is.
cbc.ca/news/health/florida-vac… #cbc #topstories #news #canada



He 💩 dipped.

And just so we're clear:
What happened was that the fascist architect of Project 2025 opted out, not that our government wouldn't have taken the meeting had he been available.

They're still looking for "further engagement and discussions with him and other leading U.S. policy figures soon."

I keep telling people:

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Shitlibs are just fascists who are afraid they won't get any more dinner party invites if they say the words out loud.
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#FuckFascism #FuckShitlibs #Canada #CanPoli #MarkCarney



Best and funniest thing I've seen today on the interwebs. #Canada #Jaws


It's 2025, and Canada is literally on fire. 1 in 4 Canadians can't afford enough food to eat. Housing starts are down, and are projected to continue falling.

What are Carney's priorities? Subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, of course. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

ctvnews.ca/business/article/to…

#Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #GlobalBoiling #CostOfLivingCrisis


The Air Canada strike situation is an unmitigated disgrace.

First of all, getting no pay for mandatory work while the plane is on the ground is fucking insane, and it apparently being industry standard practice (which I had no idea of before today) makes it so much worse. Unions explicitly agreeing to it in the past doesn't make that any less true; I dearly hope those unions had damn good reasons at the time, because any union worth its salt would know that this is textbook wage theft, and sends the message that this type of labour is not valuable. A message that is, of course, a lie, because if it wasn't valuable it wouldn't be mandatory!

The other prong of this hellscape is that forcing people back to work should never be allowed, in any industry, in any context. Causing economic damage is precisely the purpose of strikes; that's what motivates the company to give the workers what they want. If the company is so big and central to the economy that a strike will significantly damage the entire economy, then that's not a reason to force people back to work; it's a reason to break up the company!

#airCanada #airCanadaStrike #airlines #antiTrust #business #canada #canPol #canPoli #CUPE #strike #union #unions #workers #workersRights


Other arrangements could be made for Air Canada customers, this was an unnecessary move by the federal government.

"The Liberals are violating our Charter rights to take job action and give Air Canada exactly what they want -- hours and hours of unpaid labour from underpaid flight attendants, while the company pulls in sky-high profits and extraordinary executive compensation,” said CUPE Air Canada Component president Wesley Lesosky in the release."

#Women #AirCanada #Union
#Canada

ctvnews.ca/business/article/ai…


5 months since Mark Carney has become Canada's PM. Anyone know how much effort he's put in so far to stop relying on USA tech giants' products for the federal government IT infrastructure? How much money spent to move to alternatives not under US control? Vague plans to invest in Canadian companies isn't enough, the government should already be moving away from USA tech whenever possible.

Because I haven't seen anything concrete about it. I hope I missed something.

#cdnpoli #canada #carney



🇨🇦 Canadians prefer the disabled and poverty stricken pushed out of sight-- invisible

Punishing unhoused people for existing doesn’t make them go away

#Canpoli #Canada #Poverty #Housing #MentalHealth #Disability #invisible

policyalternatives.ca/news-res…


'Mark Carney, who knows more about the climate change than any other prime minister we've ever had, still is talking pipelines and has never stopped talking pipelines. This is moral and economic madness.'

#ClimateCrisis #CDNPoli #Canada #NoPipelines



Happy #CanadaDay. I figured, it might be fun to share this #CanadaLand episode where one of the McKenzie brothers explains the role #CanCon played in helping #Canada get a reputation of saying "eh?" David Thomas does a great job explaining the history of #SCTV — funny how culture comes into being. Welcome to the Great White North!

canadaland.com/podcast/1164-da…


I just cancelled my #Netflix account. It certainly has increased in price lately. My main concern is frankly over Canada’s right to tax digital products and once again Trump killing trade talks.

The internet is a disruptor, but these entertainment oligarchies do not help our democracy. #Canada


a canadian was murdered while in custity and all a few people from this country do is think about a bloody google tax that they should be paying anyway??? "Canadian who died in ICE custody lived a 'simple life,' his lawyer says cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-… #cbc #topstories #news #canada


Canadians, pay attention: Bill C-2 is a quiet threat to your privacy and civil liberties.

With so much happening around the world, it’s easy to miss what’s going on in our own backyard. But Bill C-2, now in the House of Commons, deserves your attention.

It lowers the threshold for law enforcement to access your private data—without a warrant. All it takes is "reasonable suspicion."

What kind of data?

* Internet and cellphone metadata

* Your location and activity logs

* Information shared across borders with foreign agencies

All accessed more easily under vague “exigent circumstances”

As a person who’s been accosted based on “reasonable suspicion” due to…. existing, I’m concerned that this bill expands surveillance powers and erodes due process protections that Canadians have long relied on.

I keep seeing arguments like, “If you’re not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about.”

Let me be clear: that’s not how rights work.

Free societies are built on the principle that the law protects the innocent—not that we must prove we have nothing to hide.

If you're concerned (and you should be), reach out to your Member of Parliament. Let them know you oppose C-2 and support real protections for Canadian privacy and civil rights.

You can read the full bill here:

parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/45-1…

Let’s not sleepwalk into surveillance. We deserve better.

PS The Citizen Lab has an excellent write up citizenlab.ca/2025/06/a-prelim…

PPS If you're a Canadian resident, find your Member of Parliament here: ourcommons.ca/members/en

#PrivacyMatters #BillC2 #Canada


Wow. Solid majorities in the Liberals (60%), NDP (69%) & the Bloc (78%) all oppose Mark Carney using #BillC5 to override environmental regulations for fast-tracked projects.

angusreid.org/bill-c5-carney-i…

#CDNPoli #Canada


Call your MP and tell them you want them to push for open debate on all bills, no more sneaking things in under the radar, and wrt C-5, to ensure that there are independent impact assessments that are taken seriously on new developments, so that we aren't inhaling forest fire fumes year round. Ensure that risky or precious land is off limits, as well as native rights #Canada





We didn't avoid falling into the same trap as America, we took a step towards it.
Next election you'll also "have" to vote liberal to keep out the conservatives.
They'll be told they "have" to vote conservative to end 15 years of liberal rule.
This is how FPTP destabilizes democracy, it's now coming straight for #Canada
We have to stop treating #ProportionalRepresentation like some back burner issue or we will lose our country.


⚠️ URGENT! please help a #disabled, #queer woman cover groceries, her electric bill, & a bank overdraft. the government refused to pay her usual disability benefits because of her outstanding debts. only $125 CAD now needed!

paypal.com/paypalme/ourinsatia…

@mutualaid

#disability #mutualAid #MutualAidRequest #BlackMutualAid #DisabilityCrowdfund #actuallyAutistic #neuroDivergent #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #poverty #DisabilityMutualAid #HelpRequest #HelpFolksLive2025 #canada #queerMutualAid #queerCrowdfund



As we're voting across the country, remember that the previous Harper CPC gov, and specifically #Poilievre as the relevant Minister, installed a bunch of steps to discourage voting, and remove Elections Canada's impartiality.

That mess was quickly removed with Bill C76 after the #CPC was booted out.

Let's not let them back in again!

#cdnpoli #Elxn45 #Canada #PP



“The ‘Freedom Convoy’ was — without question — one of the low points for conservatism in Canada; one of the most divisive & disturbing events in recent Canadian political history. Its goal was to overthrow a legally elected government & Poilievre championed their cause.”

"It backfired on Mr #Poilievre when the convoy squatters, squatted for too long & the rest of #Canada watched in horror as they tormented the innocent citizens of #Ottawa & trashed the city for weeks"

cultmtl.com/2025/04/observatio…


Elbows Up 🇨🇦
This morning, there are no fewer than four ANTI-Carney articles on the front page of the American-owned National Post.
As expected, media is working hard to install a Trumpian hellscape in #Canada. Don't let them.

#elxn45 #VOTE #cdnpoli #canada #mapleMAGA



And so, here we are #canada #cdnpoli

A version of this @ #globeandmail

“What’s the probability of this kind of scenario? Ten per cent, 5 per cent, or 1 per cent? No one can say for sure. But it’s certainly not zero. And given the existential cost to Canada, we’d be stupid not to take it seriously. In game-theory terms, we need to pursue a strategy of “minimax regret” – to minimize, as best we can, the possibility of worst-case outcomes.”

cascadeinstitute.org/prepare-f…

#ElbowsUp #trump #usa #uspol


on the broadcast I was listening to, this news was quickly followed up with Poillievre talking about creating jobs for working people and how he was going for the union vote.

Both of these parties are corporate apologists.

Yet Ontario, the land of the manufacturer, refuses to vote for the left leaning, worker party in the NDP.

It’s frustrating.
#cdnelxn #elxn45 #canpoli #canada #ndp


Fascism defined - Tommy Douglas

"Let me remind you what fascism is. It need not wear a brown shirt or a green shirt - it may even wear a dress shirt. Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy political democracy in order to retain its power of exploitation and special privilege."
#fascism #USA #Canada #cdnpoli