Our national railway is a global embarrassment. Canada is a transportation backwater.

#Transportation #Railway #Rail #VIARail #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli
cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/via-…

1/n Yesterday on @chris I commented (mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/1…) about the #PostSecondary review announced by the #BCNDP.

Today, on #socialBC I want to do a summary thread on this 145 page “State of Post Secondary in Canada 2025”.

higheredstrategy.com/wp-conten…

I am grossed out by its AI fanboying -- a statement on the "state" of education in itself -- but the data is good... so... onward.

cc: @josie_osborne @mlabotterell @votetanille @emilylowan
#BCPoli #CanPoli #Education #University

Meta pitching app store age verification law to Canadian government

Me: No, no and especially not in the hands of a foreign entity

toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/25…
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Meta promouvoit une loi sur la vérification des âges par les App Store au gouvernement canadien

Moi: non, non et surtout pas entre les mains d’une entité étrangère

lactualite.com/actualites/meta…

#Meta #Canada #CANpoli #CDNpoli #Facebook #Instagram #WhatsApp

Meta pitching app store age verification law to Liberal government

OTTAWA — Meta has been lobbying the federal government for new rules to implement age verification at the app store level — which would put the burden on companies like Apple and Google, not individual platforms like Meta’s Facebook and Instagram.

^{News Staff (CityNews Toronto)}

My son is in Ontario on Remembrance Day (our name for Armistice Day in Canada) for the first time and he was shocked it wasn’t a public holiday like it is in B.C.

He was disappointed to be in Ottawa, just a few minutes away from the National War Memorial by metro, but couldn’t attend because he has classes today.

I agree with him. It is very strange that this day, of all days, is not a national day.

So instead he rushed through his class so he could at least get to the small ceremony held on campus.

How sad that there is so little time and space made for it in our largest and most populous province.

Even in our nation’s capital.

#ontario #canada #remembranceDay #armisticeday #nov11 #lestweforget #canpoli #onpoli

Chat Control is one of the most important issue for human rights and democracy in the West right now.

There is little time left to fight back!🚨

❓If you don't know what it is: read this article

🇪🇺 If you are in the EU: Contact your MEPs NOW

🇪🇺 If you already contacted your MEPs: Contact your local media TODAY to ask them to report and inform on the dangers of Chat Control.

🌎 If you are not European: Spread the word! Talk about it on social media. Contact your local media. Contact your representatives to share your concerns about similar proposals and the loss of privacy rights. This would affect you too!

This is an urgent matter. We cannot let the West slip in this authoritarian dystopia.
We must stop Chat Control ✊🛑

#ChatControl #Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy #DigitalRights #EUpol #UKpol #USpol #CanPoli

Chat Control Must Be Stopped, Act Now!

Chat Control is back to undermine everyone's privacy. There's an important deadline this Friday on September 12th. We must act now to stop it!

^{Privacy Guides}

Dear Liberal Government:

I understand that your Chicago Schooled brains may find this difficult to understand, as your whole worlds revolve around capitalist economics, but here's a little tip for you, a word in your shell-like ears.

The purpose of the post office is to deliver mail.

It's not supposed to make money! Charges and fees are meant to defray the costs of running it, most of which are gathered through taxes and apportioned through Parliament. This is not rocket science! Not everything has to be financially solvent! The returns from the delivery of mail, especially to rural Canadians, far and away outweigh the cost of service!

I swear to fuck, fiscal conservatives will throw away a $100 to save a dime.

#canpoli #mail #canadapost #economics

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
ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/o…

Ontario drove Carney’s decision to suspend EV mandate: B.C. Energy Minister Dix

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)}

🇨🇦 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…

Encampment sweeps won’t solve Canada’s homeless crisis | CCPA

Devin’s headlamp cut through the darkness. At the base of the pine trees lining the narrow green strip beside Notre Dame East Boulevard, he was bent, writing on the white backside of a plastic sheet.

^{Changiz M. Varzi (CCPA)}

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
cbc.ca/news/science/zev-mandat…

Steven Bonk: “When Canadians provide their personal information to political parties, whether signing up for a newsletter, attending a town hall or simply expressing support, they are placing trust in us. They expect that information to be treated with care, confidentiality and respect. When that expectation is not met, the harm is not just legal or administrative. It is democratic.”
#canpoli #privacy

michaelgeist.ca/2025/06/govern…

Government Remains Silent as it Eviscerates Political Party Privacy in Canada By Fast Tracking Bill C-4 - Michael Geist

The government is moving to eviscerate political party privacy in Canada as it fast tracks Bill C-4, proposed legislation framed as implementing affordability measures, but which also exempts political parties from the application of privacy protecti…

^{Michael Geist}

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Thank you, Teresa Heffernan.at the Halifax Examiner. It's worth reading the whole article.
#AI #CanPoli

halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/…

An open letter to Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence

Above all, I hope you will fight for a democratic and sustainable future, now under threaten by the authoritarian technocrats that own the AI infrastructure.

^{Teresa Heffernan (Halifax Examiner)}

I’ve lost count of how many times I was dismissed with very serious issues because I was ‘too young’ and/or a woman.

My Dysautonomia was missed for years because ‘you’re too young for heart problems’

My EDS wasn’t diagnosed until my late thirties because ‘you’re young and otherwise healthy so the pain is in your head’

After my hysterectomy, I bled into my belly for two weeks while the ER repeatedly sent me home saying I was ‘too young’ to be having a serious post operative complication.

Misogyny, discrimination and bias in medicine kills. It disables. It traumatizes.

I was lucky to survive my experiences, but I don’t want any of us to survive based on luck.

We deserve the same level of care as men, and I will keep fighting until we get it.

ctvnews.ca/health/article/mont…

#canpoli #misogyny #healthcare #publichealth #cancer #medicalmisogyny #ableism #bias

Montreal woman dies at 32 after being told she was ‘too young for breast cancer’

A Montreal woman who was told by health-care professionals that she was too young for breast cancer but later diagnosed with it, has died from the disease. Valerie Buchanan was 32 when she died at the end of February.

^{Robin Della Corte (CTVNews)}

A #CPC candidate finally talks to the CBC and this guy is an absolute ass. 😂 Just going OFF on Doug Ford 😆 for being an “opportunist”. This guy apparently knows JD Vance.

Checks out.
#canPoli #cdnpoli #elxn45

Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security

thebeaverton.com/2025/04/poili…

#canpoli #canada #satire

Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security - The Beaverton

CALGARY - During an outdoor campaign rally, security rushed a shaken Pierre Poilievre to safety after he was tragically struck by a lone question from a journalist.

^{Ian MacIntyre (The Beaverton)}

Fellow Canadians: if you've moved or would like to vote by mail for the April 28th federal election you can do so at Elections Canada's website. Its pretty easy!

elections.ca/content2.aspx?sec…

#canpol #canpoli

Registration – Elections Canada

All you need to know to register to vote in the Canadian federal election, 2025.

^{www.elections.ca}

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

I had to learn a lot about parliamentary government when studying for Canadian citizenship so I have all the passion of the recently-converted but I think we're all getting a lesson on which is the superior* approach right now.

*Not perfect, of course. And I'm still holding my breath for the Canadian election.

#USpol #government #canpoli

Canadian Labour Congress calls for massive retaliation against US tarrifs, including full cutoff of electricity, critical minerals, and O&G. Also demanded are matching tariffs, worker support programs, and diversification away from US economy.

If this is what's being demanded in the open, I'm curious the extent union labour in strategic sectors might put on their wooden shoes. Dumping of American goods in Canadian ports seems very plausible.

canadianlabour.ca/cut-off-u-s-…

#labour #canpoli #cdnpoli

Cut Off U.S. Energy and Resources Now: No Electricity, No Critical Minerals, No Oil and Gas  | Canadian Labour Congress

WINNIPEG – Bea Bruske, President of the Canadian Labour Congress, issued the following statement today:  Donald Trump’s reckless tariffs are an attack on Canadian workers and our economy. With 2.

^{cstdenis (Canadian Labour Congress)}

Current Mood!!

#Canada #Canpoli #Trump

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…

Hey friends! ottawa.place is now open for signups 🎉🇨🇦❤️

@andrew and I built it as a hosted-in-Canada, capital-region-focused (but open to all Canadians) instance.

Please boost so folks can find us! 👀

#fediverse #twittermigration #canada #ontario #ottawa #canpoli

ottawa.place

Mastodon instance for residents of Ottawa, Gatineau, and surrounding regions. Instance de Mastodon pour les résidents d'Ottawa, de Gatineau et des régions avoisinantes.

^{Hometown hosted on ottawa.place}