The Govt want Canada Post to remove home delivery and switch to (communal) boxes around the corner.
I lived in suburbia eons ago where this was the norm. I can tell that many time mail wasn't delivered in the winter because the boxes were not accessible (snowed in), Given the recent record of the city in clearing the street, I can tell you this would be worse.
Canada Post is a service, not a consumer product. The idea that it operates at a "loss" is stupid. It's like saying schools operate at a loss; hospitals operate at a loss; roads operate at a loss; sewers operates at a loss.
We pay for public services collectively, because they are simply needed for our society for function and for everyone to have (relatively) equal access to participate in culture/society/democracy.
Stop reducing necessary services to an income statement!
#cdnpoli #canadapost
WTAF DID YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN?!? Joël Lightbound is a f*cking failure right out of the gate.
"In response to the government’s attack on our postal service and workers, effective immediately, all #CUPW members at Canada Post are on a nationwide strike." cbc.ca/news/politics/livestory… #cdnpoli #cdnecon #polcan
More than 250 elected officials across Canada have signed onto a campaign calling on the federal government to prioritize major infrastructure projects that help in the fight against climate change.Pamela Pagano (CityNews Montreal)
La COVID n’est pas terminé !
Situation au Québec :
Les plus récentes données sur l’évolution de la COVID‑19, pour la semaine du 14 au 20 septembre 2025, au Québec, font état de : 1 057 nouveaux cas.
Nombre total d’hospitalisations : 519
quebec.ca/sante/problemes-de-s…
#COVID19 #portezunmasque #polQC #QCpoli #cdnpoli #polcan
Situation au Québec en lien avec la COVID-19 : le nombre de cas, d'hospitalisations, etc. ainsi que les scénarios de l’évolution de la COVID-19.Gouvernement du Québec
Just thinking about how the money Canada spent on just one pipeline (TMX) could have bought every single Canadian an e-bike AND had billions left over.
Just let that sink in
Every adult and child, a free e-bike, and billions left over.
Instead we bought a pipeline.
Next we're gonna generationally invest in what? Solar? Micro-electric mobility? Battery tech? Agriculture? Health care? Kickstarting green industry?
Probably not. We're probably going to bankrupt the country for fossil fuel interests.
No NDP MP took part in the standing ovation for Charlie Kirk.
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South Surrey MP Ernie Klassen said he and other colleagues abstained from the gesture. Here’s why.Jen St. Denis (The Tyee)
Who mows a swastika into their front lawn? A Nazi, that's who!
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do. That's why it's important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are."
cbc.ca/news/canada/london/swas… #racism #antisemitism #nazisinontario #nazisincanada #cdnpoli #polcan #onpoli #onleg
I've played this game before, eh. It will never happen... *sad panda face*
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CANADA: The Alto high speed rail project is to benefit from a Major Projects Office which the government has established to identify projects that are in the national interest and streamline their assessment and approval to accelerate development.Railway Gazette International
"carbon capture project." <- and they are getting scammed on this. The only carbon capture is by keeping that shit in the ground. In solid or liquid form.
Carney recommending 5 'nation-building projects' for approval, including LNG expansion: sources
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Everything to subsidise private profit, nothing to benefit the average canadian. No transit, no high-speed rail. Nothing.
All about destroying the planet so the oligrarch can make more bucks.
I really don't think Carney knows what the words "nation building" means. "Nation building" is making big ambitious investments that make people proud of being part of the nation and unite the nation.
Public healthcare was a nation building project. The railroad was a nation building project. The Canadarm did some nation building. Weed could have been if Trudeau didn't fuck it up and put the provinces in charge. Dental care could have been if it wasn't just Obamacare for teeth.
Examples of nation building projects would be:
- High speed rail
- Free universal child care
- Massive investment in public transit across all cities (not PPP)
- A UBI
- A nationalized ISP with a mandate to provide high speed internet to all
No one is going to be like "I am so fucking proud we have invested in a copper mine!" or "Wooo! Upgrades to existing nuclear power plant!!" or "phase 2 of an LNG pipeline? Awesome! Phase 2, baby!!"
Those are not nation building. Those are just industry investment.
A French kindergarten teacher is facing deportation back to France after her immigration application was denied.Kelly Greig (CTVNews)
The Carney government's suspension of the EV mandate has nothing to do with “pragmatism” or “moderation” as I heard an interviewee say on the CBC this morning.
It's about the Ontario car industry realizing they don't make EVs or even Hybrids that can compete with Korea, Japan, or Europe (let alone China).
People want them. BC is at 20% new (the mandated level), Quebec is at 30%. Those are the #2 and #3 most populous provinces in Canada btw.
It's politics, and... specifically with Carney, cowardice, nothing else. BC’s Energy Minister Adrian Dix called it out
“I want to say this: Their target for this year, we achieved four years ago,” Dix said of the existing federal electric vehicle mandates. “The issue here in Canada -- and I think the federal government needs to engage in this a little bit -- is first and foremost with Ontario.”
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #EV #Carney #ClimateAction
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British Columbia’s energy minister says the federal decision to delay its electric vehicle sales mandate largely reflects circumstances in Ontario, and Ottawa should follow through on a more Canada-wide policy after its review.The Canadian Press (CTVNews)
Carney knows this. So why does he want more wealth inequality?
Austerity has *never* worked.
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As the past four years and countless historical examples from the last 100 years show, while it makes sense for any one state to try and cut its way to growth, it simply cannot work when all states try it simultaneously: all we do is shrink the economy.
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As Blyth amply demonstrates, the arguments for austerity are tenuous and the evidence thin. Rather than expanding growth and opportunity, the repeated revival of this dead economic idea has almost always led to low growth along with increases in wealth and income inequality.
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Selected as a Financial Times Best Book of 2013Political Science | Brown University
How does walking back the mandate spur more demand, exactly?
"The mandate requires the number of new ZEVs (zero-emission vehicles) sold in Canada to hit 20% by next year, 60% by 2030 and 100% by 2035 in order to help the country hit its emission-reduction targets.
A government release explains that the EV pause and other measures in the strategy will... spur more domestic demand."
There is #noplanetb. 20% was already such a small number...
PM Carney to delay EV mandate, blaming Trump's tariffs.
PS There are OTHER countries that make EVs, eh. WHY AREN'T WE NEGOTIATING W/ THEM, or letting them expand into Canada?
independent.co.uk/news/donald-… #cdnpoli #polcan
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is delaying a requirement for automakers that sell in Canada to begin hitting minimum sales levels for electric vehicles next yearRob Gillies (The Independent)
This probably wasn't the day I wanted to read about Carney's efforts to protect the auto sector from EV rules : firesmoke.ca/
Bloomberg: Canada to Stall Electric Vehicle Rules as Carney Seeks to Boost Auto Sector
(and as Trump exhorts countries to dump any non-fossil fuel plans) #cdnpoli
Canada delaying plan to force automakers to hit sales targets for EVs next year: sources
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Let me get this. Those that don't want the EV mandate would be the one that would never vote for the PM party. (they got a pipeline with the previous PM)
Those that did? They can go fuck themselves.
> The PMO added it would be beneficial for cabinet to hear Roberts's perspective and understand the White House's priorities as the government prepares for the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) review next year.
Riiiiight. Because they have no idea. Are they stupid or what?
Project 2025 mastermind invited to speak at Carney's cabinet meeting
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WTAF?????
#NDP Leadership Race officials need to explain to Canadians who is verifying gender identity and how gender identity is being verified, etc.
Go ahead, I'll wait.
FYI the TFWP that the Harper government expanded to bring in more than 500,000 LOW-SKILLED workers btwn 2006 and 2014 to be exploited by employers in the restaurant and retail industries, in addition to the agriculture industry, etc.?
Remember the Harper government that Pierre Poilievre propped up for a decade?
Pierre Poilievre calls for TFWP to be scrapped: cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre… #cdnpoli #polcan
An update to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine that targets the newest variants and is made entirely within Canada's borders was just approved by Health Canada.Ari Rabinovitch (Global News)
Maybe if we stop behaving like we're POST-COVID-19, eh.
PS Sick days could be rising again due to people’s increase in exposure...
Number of sick days taken by public servants growing post-COVID: globalnews.ca/news/11357829/si… #COVIDISNOTOVER #KEEPVACCINATING #WEARAMASK #cdnpoli #polcan #polQC #QCpoli #polMTL #MTLpoli
Federal public servants took fewer sick days during peak pandemic remote work, but sick leave has now risen to pre-COVID levels, with 9.2 days on average in 2023–24.globalnewsdigital (Global News)
So embarrassing
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Canada has taken the rare step of not signing onto a multi-country statement that demands Israel stop banning foreign journalists from entering Gaza and that local journalists be protected in the Palestinian territories.
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OTTAWA - Canada has taken the rare step of not signing onto a multi-country statement that demands Israel stop banning foreign journalists from entering Gaza and that local journalists bethecanadianpressnews.ca
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
Amid his push to strengthen energy and economic ties with Europe, Prime Minister Mark Carney revealed Tuesday that the federal government will imminently be unveiling major new investments in port infrastructure.Rachel Aiello (CTVNews)
This is a mistake. The pissant isn't removing ANY tariffs on Canadian #CUSMA goods... or, did I miss the memo?
WHY ARE WE BACKING DOWN? FFS #elbowsup
Canada will remove many of its retaliatory tariffs on US goods. cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-re… #cdnpoli #polcan
Consultations?!?
Shouldn't it be a Crown inquiry into the #wagetheft and #exploitation of Canadians in the industry?
If the government is truly aware of the allegations, then they know the allegations go back AT LEAST as far as the Harper government... that means it spans decades... let's hear from every single one of them.
canada.ca/en/employment-social… #cdnpoli #polcan #unpaidwork #unpaidlabour #aircanada
Flight attendants play a critical role in keeping Canadian passengers and airline crew safe as they travel.Employment and Social Development Canada (Government of Canada)
Didn't the Canadian public just give Air Canada $5.9B in a covid bailout the year before their execs got these salaries in 2022?
From Ben Thomson on X:
"Air Canada Executive salaries:
CEO M.Rousseau: $12.38 Million
CFO A.Kazzaz: $3.1 Million
COO C.Landry: $2.93 Million
CCO L.Guillemette: $2.74 Million
Exec VP A.Meloul-Wechsler: $2.0 Million
Full-time entry-level AC flight attendant earns LESS than minimum wage (27k/year before tax)
CEO makes 458x more than entry-level flight attendant
Time for AC executives to take a large pay cut"
#cdnpoli #AirCanada
By Anthony Housefather's standards, Irwin Cotler may be an Anti-Semite...
Irwin Cotler calls on Israel to end war, starvation in Gaza: cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ir…
Montréal records 2nd heat-related death since Sunday, plus three confirmed heat strokes recorded in hospitals.
But, this is fine.
#climatechange #heatwave #polMTL #MTLpoli #polQC #QCpoli #cdnpoli #polcan #heatstroke #deathbyheat
ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/mo…
Public health officials in Montreal confirmed a second person has died as a result of the extreme heat that has gripped the city over the past several days.Joe Lofaro (CTVNews)
