Any country that fails to address wealth and income inequality in a timely manner creates the conditions for authoritarianism, totalitarianism, and fascism. America is living through that lesson today; it’s up to us in Canada to ensure we won’t soon have to follow suit.

I just submitted a comment to Toronto City Council for consideration this Wednesday, demanding they pass a Moratorium on AI Data Centres NOW! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/mora...

FLOOD CITY COUNCIL'S MOTION COMMENTS — AI DATA CENTRE MORATORIUM NOW!

On Wednesday, July 29th, Toronto City Council is considering two motions on AI Data Centres in the GTA: The Hyperscale Stack Data Centre in Scarborough and the Microsoft Data Centre in Etobicoke. Bi...

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We’re literally dragging western capitalism’s dead carcass around, hoping for a resurrection.

Canada has a simple choice to make: allow Big Oil’s excess war-driven profits to go directly into the pockets of US/foreign investors and Canada’s richest, or tax those unearned gains and invest back into Canadians and a transition to a future-ready green economy. #cdnpoli

I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come.

These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · last mo.

These photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...

Going to bed early so I don’t read the news again.

The objections to Bernie Sanders’s proposal for an AI sovereign wealth fund simply don't hold up to scrutiny.

The Criticisms of Bernie’s AI Wealth Fund Idea Don’t Hold Up

Bernie Sanders has proposed making artificial intelligence providers hand over 50% of their stock to a US sovereign wealth fund. Criticisms of the idea, ranging from AI skepticism to arguments against public ownership, have not been compelling.

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"A Canadian wealth tax could constrain the growth of billionaire wealth and raise $40 billion a year." A strong PM, sincerely concerned about nation building, would do just that instead of offering billionaires tax free status and the rest of us austerity #cdnpoli

Linda McQuaig: A wealth tax could transform our world

Although scorned today, America’s robust taxation of the rich in the middle of the last century amounted to an astonishing achievement of popular democracy, with huge public benefits.

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Canada's natural resources are our common wealth being plundered by Big Oil. It's time to capture some of it to pay us common wealth dividends, like Alaska. 2 in 3 Canadians (all parties) support a windfall tax that can raise more in its first year than Canada’s entire ‘sovereign wealth fund’.

U.S./Iran peace deal has broken down... again. Go read this and share with your friends and family. Canada needs a windfall tax to rein in war profiteering now!

Broadbent Institute@broadbent.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Broadbent Institute board members @peggynash.bsky.social (@policyalternatives.ca) & Jared Walker (@c4tf.bsky.social) argue for a windfall tax on the oil and gas industry to fight Iran-war inflation — an idea supported by a majority of Canadians. 📰 www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

“CUSMA is particularly valuable to the Canadian economy because it exempts nearly 90 per cent of Canada's exports to the U.S. from the tariffs Trump has imposed since his return to the White House.” Not really. The CUSMA exemption is arbitrary. www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...

U.S. declines to extend CUSMA trade deal with Canada, Mexico | CBC News

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration officially announced that it's opting not to extend its trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, triggering what are expected to be tough negotiations on am...

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Shocker. www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...

U.S. rejects CUSMA renewal, triggers annual review process, cites deal’s ‘shortcomings’

The trilateral trade deal between Canada, the United States and Mexico, known as CUSMA, will enter an annual review process, as U.S. officials opt not to extend the agreement.

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The web pushed me out into reality. Reality pulled me back into the web.

The whole concept of the rule of law becomes meaningless when members of Cabinet can choose corporations, organizations or individuals to enjoy an exemption from almost any law. 2/ www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Bill C-15 would allow corporations to be exempt from most Canadian laws | CCPA

About the authors Sophie Elias-Pinsonnault Silas Xuereb

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Mark Carney is undermining the rule of law is with various pieces of legislation that let politicians unilaterally declare exceptions to various laws. So Canada is becoming a place where the current government picks and chooses where, when, & to whom our laws will or won't apply. 🧵1/

Taxes aren't a "cost," they're an investment in our society and in a better future for everyone. Being anti-tax is just being anti-government but dressing it up in a different hat.

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The first thing we did this year, and the first thing we did as a majority government, was lower your costs.

I can’t put it into words and I can’t explain why, but Toy Story 5 is the perfect movie for right now. And I feel like it was made just for me + my generation) Well done #Pixar

Ms. Rachel – who has become an advocate for children’s rights in Palestine and immigrant jails in the U.S. – spoke of the over 58,000 children in Gaza who have lost one or both parents during the genocide.

Ms. Rachel Hosts Press Briefing on Israel’s Targeting of Palestinian Children

Ms. Rachel spoke with a UN specialist who found Israeli snipers and quadcopters intentionally targeted Palestinian kids.

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This needs far more attention than it is currently getting. I'm really happy to see that @policyalternatives.ca have created a dedicated health policy desk under @alonghurst.bsky.social to fight back and protect Medicare.

This is an outrageous state of affairs. This kind of degradation of our healthcare services paves the way for what Alberta is doing - undermining Medicare and allowing privatization under the pretense of allowing people the choice to pay to skip wait times. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

Canada’s emergency departments are in worse shape than before the pandemic. This is how bad it’s gotten

An analysis by CIHI found that one in 10 patients who required admission to hospital last year were forced to wait more than two days in Emergency.

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“Technofeudalism is cyberpunk without the punk.” - @ypsahbaz.bsky.social

A new report has found that Ontario has the most high-net-worth families in Canada, with 44 per cent of the country’s billionaire families living in the province. www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...

New data reveals which province has the most billionaire families

A new report has found that Ontario has the most high-net-worth families in Canada, with 44 per cent of the country’s billionaire families living in the province.

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After our report on wealth inequality at the national level a few months ago, @obsqcinegalites.bsky.social approached me to ask whether we could produce similar estimates for the provincial level. A few months later, here's the result!

Canadians for Tax Fairness@c4tf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New report: Extreme wealth inequality is soaring all across Canada — good thing we've got a wealth tax for that! 🎩🥂 See how your province stacks up here: bit.ly/C4TFProvWealth

New report: Extreme wealth inequality is soaring all across Canada — good thing we've got a wealth tax for that! 🎩🥂 See how your province stacks up here: bit.ly/C4TFProvWealth

Show me the money: A provincial overview of extreme wealth in Canada

A provincial overview of extreme wealth in Canada New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is part of a new wave of global political leaders at the subnational level advocating for and implementing measures...

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“The government is once again leaving money on the table at a time when it is crying poor repeatedly” @c4tf.bsky.social ED Jared A. Walker A luxury tax on cars, planes and boats yielded more than $900 million before it was cancelled in the fed budget last fall. www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...

Luxury tax scaled back: ‘We really underestimate the wealth that exists in the Canadian economy’

A luxury tax on cars, planes and boats yielded more than $900 million before it was scaled back amid concerns about the negative effect on manufacturers.

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Opinion: Big oil makes billions as Canadians face Iran-war inflation. We need a windfall tax @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Opinion: Big oil makes billions as Canadians face Iran-war inflation. We need a windfall tax

The charge could generate up to $46-billion over the next year, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says

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Two in three Canadians support a windfall profits tax on the oil and gas industry, a solution tailor-made for this exact crisis. By @policyalternatives.ca executive director, @peggynash.bsky.social and @c4tf.bsky.social executive director, Jared A. Walker. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Opinion: Big oil makes billions as Canadians face Iran-war inflation. We need a windfall tax

The charge could generate up to $46-billion over the next year, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says

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Discontent.