Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
What good is a country of laws if the government puts itself and its business buddies above the law? #cdnpoli
Althia Raj: Mark Carney’s Building Canada Act is a threat to the rule of law, and here’s a good example
The "national interest" legislation should be revoked rather than utilized, Althia Raj writes.
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He's for it - he's against it - he's for it - he's against it - Carney is a human game of pong #cdnpoli
Ottawa won’t rule out jets at Billy Bishop airport despite rejecting Ford’s expansion pitch
Public opposition led to denial of Ontario plan, but ‘forever is a long time,’ Carney says in Toronto
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Canadians are fed up with lying Pete Hoesktra. He puts the ass in ambassador. There is a national campaign to make him persona non grata. Here is my call out to get Canadians to sign the parliamentary e-petition to give him the bum's rush. @meidascanada.ca @meidastouch.com youtu.be/dw5JtXUuJZs?...
THROW THE BUM OUT - CANADIANS TAKE THE FIGHT TO HOEKSTRA
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"How many wildfires, heat waves, droughts, burnt down communities, ruined livelihoods and lost lives will it take for PM Carney to stop his reckless pursuit of expanded fossil fuel production?" Julia Levin said in an emailed statement to CBC News. The short answer is - he doesn't care #cdnpoli
Carney government moves toward listing West Coast pipeline as national interest project | CBC News
Canada’s federal government is advancing the process to designate the Alberta government’s proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast as a project of national interest. A notice published in the Canada G...
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"In 2025 millions of Canadians rallied behind what they took to be a promise of renewed economic sovereignty and progressive nation-building. Over the past year, the government they elected has effectively delivered the exact opposite." #cdnpoli
Mark Carney promised to take on Donald Trump. He’s done anything but
While Prime Minister Mark Carney said he be “Elbows up” to Trump, his policy choices have essentially aligned Canada with America.
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If the feds were really committed to benefiting consumers they would invest in efficient, economical and reliable rail and bus transport to connect large and small communities. That they refuse to do so speaks volumes about whose interests they serve #cdnpoli
Billy Bishop expansion would benefit consumers, Competition Bureau told Carney government
Days before Ottawa halted the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport expansion, the Competition Bureau recommended the revamp to help consumers.
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One way to ensure the No Jets decision survives is to defeat the Liberal candidate in Beaches East York #cdnpoli #topoli
Shawn Micallef: The Billy Bishop expansion pause was a real win for the people. But don’t put away those No Jets signs just yet
The federal government’s decision to pause the Billy Bishop expansion means that people who often win lost for once — are taking it badly.
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If Carney and his Toronto MPs aren’t just pulling yet another cynical fast one on voters they need to get Ford to return the islands to the city #cdnpoli
‘About time:’ Toronto city council weighs in on federal government halting Billy Bishop expansion
Billy Bishop airport expansion may once again be dead, but city council says their fight isn't over
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he’s gutting the public sector, he’s holding back on pharmacare deals, he tried to pull money out of daycare, he’s letting two-tier healthcare gain a foothold in alberta, and now he’s coming for public healthcare funding too
Planned changes to Ottawa’s Canada Health Transfer could slash more than $50B from public health care over a decade, David J. Climenhaga reports. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
I almost popped the champagne until I read "at this stage". Is old crafty Carney pulling another one of his fast ones? Why don't the Feds just enshrine the right for Toronto to have a veto on any future plans? #cdnpoli
Federal government declines to allow jets at Billy Bishop airport ‘at this stage’
Ottawa’s rejection delivers a major blow to Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s agenda
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The trouble is that Carney can’t be trusted. He says one thing to Canadians then agrees to the opposite with Americans #cdnpoli
Carney says he and Trump agreed to ramp up trade talks after latest tariff threat
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump Tuesday morning and they agreed to intensify negotiations on the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade in the
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Starting to suspect Carney isn’t the genius banker he claimed he was.
The new revenue-sharing model over the Gordie Howe International Bridge will see Canada repay its debt, but only after net revenue is split with the United States over the first 15 years, a senior government source confirmed to the Star. Read this story for free:
It's because she's a democratic socialist and Carney is a neoliberal banker. He doesn't want home prices to drop or more people to be housed. There has to be a permanent and growing underclass of poverty to keep the ultra wealthy as rich as possible
Claudia Sheinbaum's government is using public power to build homes, operate affordable rentals, and renegotiate unpayable mortgages. Canada continues to subsidize developers and hope the market fixes a crisis it created. Mexico is showing that another path is possible.
Carney’s vision of the future - toxic air and poisoned water all in the name of enriching billionaires #cdnpoli
Opposition brewing as data centre capacity is set to explode across Canada
OTTAWA - Across Canada, plans are underway for a massive boom in construction of the huge new data centres needed for artificial intelligence technology.
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Carney betrays Canadians so a few rich oil dicks can get a little richer. The real betrayal is he knows what he is doing is wrong has said so in the past but he’s doing it anyway #cdnpoli
Look up prime minister: Toronto is choking and you’re fuelling the fire
As Toronto chokes on the hot smoke giving us the worst air quality in the world, Mark Carney speaks about the economic and sovereignty threats emanating from the U.S. and
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Ahead of an apocalyptic wildfire season, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government made CUTS to the very teams who help prevent the worst outcomes: experts who map wildfires and issue warnings and risk assessments that communities rely on. The union representing these workers sent me the details:
Doug Ford insists he was asleep at the wheel while driving the Tory gravy train #onpoli
Doug Ford blasts his own Tory ministers and MPPs for ‘totally unacceptable’ expensing of Toronto hotel rooms
The premier said he wants to move a motion at the all-party committee overseeing the legislature that would soon eliminate the “special circumstances” expense.
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"Emergency visits for respiratory illnesses saw an 80 per cent jump amid wildfire smoke Wednesday, UHN says" - The Carney Liberal government is quite literally killing us #cdnpoli
Toronto air quality live: City among worst in world today because of Ontario wildfire smoke; Doug Ford defends actions; will rain help?
Toronto is currently ranked second for most polluted air in the world on IQAir.
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It's astounding that we live in a society that would produce someone who would want to undermine the capacity to contain #wildfires. What's truly horrible, however, is that such a person could have the power to make that happen. #DougFord
The fact that Carney is posting this today shows that he genuinely doesn't give a single solitary shit about the climate crisis that is BURNING SWATHS OF CANADA AS WE SPEAK
The world wants to do more with Canada. Our MOU with Alberta will unlock those opportunities in energy — and create lasting benefits for Canadians.
When the Trump administration sanctioned Canadian ICC judge Kimberly Prost, Ottawa stood aside. Now Marco Rubio is openly threatening to dismantle the very court Canada helped build, and the Carney government is once again watching in silence as Washington attacks international law.
Oh Canada, where art thou?
Canada once stood apart by challenging apartheid and asserting an independent foreign policy, even against US pressure. Now, as Washington sanctions Canadian ICC judge Kimberly Prost for pursuing Isra...
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If we needed anymore proof that Carney is a patsy of the Trump White House - Canada is putting the wrong end up #cdnpoli
Canada attends Trump summit targeting left-wing extremism
Canada is one of more than 60 countries attending the high-level counterterrorism meeting.
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“Northern Ontario is burning, and we’re not hearing anything from the Prime Minister; we’re not hearing anything from the Premier” - no doubt if some billionaire developer or oil tycoon was in need Carney and Ford would be at the ready #values #cdnpoli
Northern Ontario wildfires devastate First Nation communities and prompt evacuations
Almost 150 active wildland fires in northwest region as of Tuesday evening, forest fire officials say
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Mark Carney’s nation building legacy #cdnpoli
Why is the sky orange? Toronto turns ‘hellish’ hue as Ontario wildfire smoke smothers region
Yellow-orange haze has blanketed Toronto since early Wednesday morning, as the impacts of raging wildfires in other parts of the province drift over with the wind.
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I invite Mark Carney to go jogging today in Toronto #cdnpoli
Carney says Trudeau-era climate plan was 'too expensive' and 'divisive' | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney echoed critics of the previous Liberal government's climate plan in a video posted on Tuesday, saying the plan he inherited was too expensive and divisive.
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“Pierce is an expert level greenwasher, and it’s a tactic she uses to distract from her plans to continue expanding #oilandgas and extract every ounce of revenue for Shell.” www.readthemaple.com/email/5c9a7a...
Mark Carney Appoints Former Oil Executive As U.S. Diplomat
An advocacy group accused Susannah Pierce of being a “climate villain painting Big Oil green.”
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"In a May speech in Toronto, Carney said Canada remains open to deeper integration, including options for Fortress North America" The double speak from Carney and Ford is head spinning, one minute elbows up, the next, complete submission. #cdnpoli
What is Fortress North America?
Canadians have spent a year fighting the idea of becoming the 51st state. Fortress North America would make it a reality.
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