Diane Blais 🇨🇦

@dianeblais.bsky.social

Mom, wife, foodie, wannabe artist, politics watcher. Proud to live in the best country in the world.

If you have the kind of wealth that your money could solve most of the world’s problems, it isn’t about you being smart or talented. It’s more about you being selfish, greedy and exploitative. I’m sorry but this is how I feel about people like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others of their ilk.

NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford has called three byelections for Sept. 3, 2026. They are for two ridings where PC MPPs stepped down to retire and one where NDP MPP stood aside to run federally for the Liberals: 🟧 Scarborough Southwest 🟦York—Simcoe 🟦 Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

Every other time the Liberals let the company and the union work it out at the bargaining table, the Conservatives had a meltdown and demanded back-to-work legislation. Every. Single. Fucking. Time. Now they're cheering that the Liberal government "got out of the way." Just absolute hypocrites.

Kyle Seeback:
Good news: a tentative agreement has been reached at WestJet.

This is exactly what happens when the Liberal government gets out of the way and allows collective bargaining to work. 

Workers and employers are capable of reaching agreements when they're given the space to negotiate.

#unpaidworkwontfly

Quoting:
WestJet Component

As of 4:15am on August 3, we are no longer on strike as we have reached a tentative agreement with the Company. All picketing activities must cease effective immediately. Members should refer to their email for more details. Thank you to our members, the public, and supporting unions for your support. 

Depuis 4 h 15 du matin, le 3 août, nous ne sommes plus en grève, car nous sommes parvenus à une entente de principe avec l'entreprise. Toutes les activités de piquetage doivent cesser avec effet immédiat. Les membres sont invités à consulter leur couriel pour plus de détails. Merci à nos membres, au public et aux syndicats qui nous ont apporté leur
soutien.

WE HAVE REACHED A TENTATNE
AGREEMENT 

NOUS AVONS
CONCLU UNE ENTENTE DE
PRINCIPE

Jeanne Gibson, beloved “Rosie the Riveter,” passed away on July 29, 2026 at 100. Gibson became a welder at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle, helping build destroyers for the Allied war effort during WWII. Gibson helped pave the way for millions of women who stepped into critical wartime roles.

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FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"

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