The CAQ: We must protect the French language!

Also, the CAQ: We will make it as difficult as possible for non-Francophones to learn the French language.

montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-lib… #CAQASTROPHE #FRANCISATIONFAILURE #polQC #QCpoli #polMTL #MTLpoli #cdnpoli #polcan

not sure how Marc Garneau was as an astronaut, but as Minister of Transport, he failed. And it's not rocket science.

And the current one, we know how incompetent he is (to not say corrupt)

#cdnpoli

Parents outraged after girl, 14, forced off Porter Airlines flight

cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/por…

Yep, the passenger bill of rights is why people a angry at your Govt Justin Trudeau. It was shit before, it is still shit now. And no Jagmeet Singh, you did nothing for it either. (nor with the fascist on the other side)

#cdnpoli

Blocking comments... as in refusing to engage the people who elected her.

We're not talking about blocking trolls, we're talking about blocking Montrealers... VOTERS. montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-m…

#polMTL #MTLpoli #polQC #QCpoli #assnat #polcan #cdnpoli

What they didn't tell you when you joined the federal public service:

Your job is really to shore up the failed business models of downtown companies and their landlords ... and to keep generating more greenhouse gasses in the process.

cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/otta…

#CdnPoli #capitalism

The CPC will undo everything... pharmacare, dentacare, medicare... and the NDP cannot stop them.

The NDP seems to consistently get CPC elected.

Didn't we suffer enough from 2006 to 2015?!? ARE YOUR MEMORIES SO SHORT?!? #cdnpoli #polcan

FYI there is a bill that includes a range of electoral reform initiatives still working through the House of Commons... but the NDP wants an election, so it'll die?

Seriously, I don't get it at all. #cdnpoli #polcan

NDP partisans are now talking some shite about electoral reform.

REPEAT AFTER ME: THERE WAS A S&C AGREEMENT IN PLACE... NDP got the pharmacare and the dentacare but, I guess, electoral form wasn't included? Seems like a leadership failure to me. But, you do you, eh. #cdnpoli #polcan

The NDP will never form government, not w/ Jagmeet Singh's record as its leader.

The NDP has never been able to properly cost its platforms since I first voted federally in the 1990s... 30+ years and we're still waiting.

The NDP is delusional.

Jagmeet Singh should resign.

#cdnpoli #polcan

Good job on the NDP on announcing they want PP forming government. Because we really need racist and lunatics pillaging this country

#cdnpoli

Fuck. We were supposed to have another year without having to worry too much about a Conservative government.

#cdnpoli

Remember when Montréal was a cosmopolitan city? Yeah, not anymore.

Remember when anglophones believed they had nothing to fear from the CAQ? Yeah, not anymore.

There is something fundamentally wrong with a city that will erase Bonjour-Hi, Bonjour-Woof, Bonjour-Meow, etc. before it deals with OTHER graffiti... OR OTHER THINGS LIKE TRANSPORTATION, TRAFFIC, HOUSING, ETC.

thesuburban.com/news/city_news… #polMTL #MTLpoli #cdnpoli #polcan #polQC #QCpoli

NDG residents put “Bonjour-Hi” in hot demand

The Bonjour-Hi artwork that blanketed much of NDG last month, to the delight of many residents but the chagrin of the city and borough, is becoming a hot commodity.

^{The Suburban Newspaper}

FYI Informed consent is an essential component of health care.

If you do NOT speak French and/or are NOT otherwise fluent in French, you cannot give informed consent in French. FULL STOP.

PS FUCK THE CAQ.

montrealgazette.com/news/local…

#assnat #polQC #languagepolice #caqastrophe #fuckthecaq #polcan #cdnpoli #healthcanada #informedconsent

Montreal Gazette

The visits are raising the ire of some hospital staff, who are upset that they are being taken away from their pressing medical duties to be grilled by the OQLF.

^{Aaron Derfel, Montreal Gazette (Montreal Gazette)}

It’s official, my employer, a public university has filed a suit in BC Supreme Court against a student who is the “leader” of the PSE protest encampment on campus. She is an international student, a visible minority… and now the target of an expensive lawsuit by a broke University against its students.

(Edit: *students)

What an incredibly sad day.

justice.gov.bc.ca/cso/newCaseR…

@chly1017fm @CBCNews
@akurjata @davidakin @Jade
#bcpoli #cdnpoli #UniversityProtests #canpoli #israel #gaza

"Macron just made history. A president with more love for democracy combined with a fearless approach to it. With all chips stacked against him by a world media bought and paid for by bullshit propaganda, he prevailed.

PM Trudeau - Looking at you sir. Time to be bold."

#poilievre #singh #cdnpoli #canada #france via @rodkahx

I see you Valérie Plante...

Montréal gets a Fête Nationale parade w/ no red tape politics. montreal.ctvnews.ca/thousands-…

Canada Day parade cancelled b/c of red tape politics: cp24.com/news/organizer-cancel… #polMTL #MTLpoli #cdnpoli #polcan #valerieknowsbest #BS

Organizer cancels Montreal Canada Day parade, citing red tape, politics

The organizer of Montreal's Canada Day parade has cancelled this year's event and says red tape and politics are to blame.

^{Morgan Lowrie (CP24)}

This Canadian Member of Parliament asked ChatGPT for a list of capital gains tax rates by country, got a nonsense answer, screenshotted it, and then tweeted the incorrect information.

(He later deleted the tweet.)

#canada #cdnpoli #twitter #x #ai #chatgpt #misinformation

Did you know? In Canada, Capital gains are taxed far lower than other types of income.

But watch for confusion! The recent increase from 50% to 67% is NOT the tax rate, it's just the amount of the gain that qualifies to be considered for taxation. Nothing is *taxed* at 67%.

You can have an opinion about whether or not $ in an investment should be treated the same or differently from $ from working a job. But that's a different topic.

Try the calculator: turbotax.intuit.ca/tax-resourc…

#CDNPoli

You boosted my protest sign where I called Canada Action LIARS for their cross-Canada “LNG will reduce global emissions” ad campaign. Now please boost this!

It turns out after immediate questions were raised last year, the Canada ad regulating agency agreed in January the campaign was misleading. But all decisions are CONFIDENTIAL and there is NO enforcement! The decision was finally leaked.
Spread the word!
#climateAction #disinformation #climateChange #canPoli #cdnpoli
nationalobserver.com/2024/05/2…

Here is a transcript of the new greeting message on 311. "In accordance with the Charter of the French Language we will be pleased to provide service in English if you attest in good faith that you are covered by one of the following exceptions... please press 2..."

You just know they're keeping a list, right? montreal.ctvnews.ca/calling-31… #CAQ #stasiBS #assnat #polQC #QCpoli #polcan #cdnpoli

Calling 311? Bill 96 now requires Montrealers to 'attest' they can get English services

Residents who wish to speak with the City of Montreal by calling 311 now have to attest they can receive services in English because of Bill 96. New provisions of the language law came into effect Thursday.

^{Joe Lofaro (CTV News)}

Hey, Canadians, potentially good news: cbc.ca/news/business/tax-filin…

(I just helped my 16-year-old with their first tax return, what a PITA, since there were only 4 relevant numbers, all displayed on their T4 from their summer job.)

#CdnPoli

CBC is pausing their Twitter use. Now would be a good time to email their PR team or your local shows and suggest they try Mastodon.

The CBC PR team can be emailed at cbcpr@cbc.ca.

cbc.ca/mediacentre/contact

#cbc #mastodon #Canada #twitterMigration #cdnpoli

If ultra-wealthy industry front groups begging money from governments like #PathwaysNetZero want a shred of credibility they need to answer whether they agree with #Scotiabank (no innocents themselves on all this) or not. Every Albertan deserves an answer.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #OILigarchy

thestar.com/business/2023/02/0…

Scotiabank says royalty credits for well cleanup would damage industry’s reputation

CALGARY - Scotiabank is warning that the Alberta government’s plan to give oil companies a royalty credit for cleaning up their old wells could damage the reputation of Canada’s oil and gas industry.

^{Toronto Star}

Here's the prime #OrphanOilwell problem as I understand it: #BigOil (which has all the $ in the world) "sells off" spent oilwells to small companies going bankrupt & who could *never* afford cleanup in the first place. This from an industry claiming to produce #EthicalOil.

It's the same bunch of crooks that'd like us to trust them on #CCS and think Canada should give them billions. Just ask the enormous liars at
#PathwaysNetZero.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #OILigarchy

cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alb…

Obviously it should go without saying that any #BigOil company that sold their #OrphanWells to companies all knew couldn't pay for the cleanup should not only not get one cent of this 20 billion but no federal #CCS $ either. Same with oil companies that took #CERB then turned around and offered #ShareBuyBacks to investors. Fool me once...

#abpoli #ableg #DanielleSmith #NDP #cdnpoli #OILigarchy macleans.ca/news/canada/bankru…

Bankrupt oil companies are saddling Alberta landowners with 'orphan wells' - Macleans.ca

The Orphan Well Association is tasked with cleaning up the environmental messes left behind, but it’s having trouble keeping up as oil companies collapse

^Macleans.ca

Only one *MAKING* money is Galen Weston... not the farmers that raise the animals, plant/grow/harvest the crops, not the people transporting the animals, or the crops... just Galen Weston.

But, please, continue to try to justify gouging Canadians. thestar.com/business/2023/02/0… #cdnpoli

Loblaws fights back on Twitter as social media storm erupts over soaring Canadian food prices

Public relations experts wonder if company’s sometimes ‘defensive tone’ responding to angry consumers is a good idea

^{Ghada Alsharif (Toronto Star)}

The CAQ would want a woman removed for talking about issues pertaining to, you know, women?

Or, BIPOC removed for talking about issues pertaining to BIPOC?!

And on and on it goes...

montrealgazette.com/news/local… #CAQASTROPHE #CAQISM #racism #misogyny #xenophobia #cdnpoli #polQC #assnat

Unanimous approval at second reading for another digital lock copyright exception, this time on interoperability. I wrote about the move to add exceptions via legislation in Canada here:
michaelgeist.ca/2022/10/canadi…
twitter.com/HoCChamber/status/…

RT @HoCChamber@twitter.com

Vote result: Bill #C294 was adopted at 2nd reading and referred to the #INDU committee. #cdnpoli

Yeas: 318 ✅
Nays: 0❌

🐦🔗: twitter.com/HoCChamber/status/…