Anti-immigrant sentiment in Alberta has hit a majority, and that province is hardly an outlier. That's what happens when we fail to blame a lack of planning and instead blame people who are just trying to find a place to live securely. My latest ... noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-invent...

The invented immigration problem

How Canada’s failure to plan has mainstreamed far right sentiment

noraloreto.substack.com

All I can say is I truly hope the next BC NDP leader is willing to go all in with the Greens to get proportional representation. Handing unchecked power to fringe lunatics with just 40ish% of the vote is no way to run a democracy. And scolding us to vote out of fear is not democracy either. #bcpoli

Castanet.net@castanet.net · 5h ago

BC Conservatives lead NDP 44% to 39% in latest Leger poll (BC)

Climate "Bill C-39 countermands the environmental protections currently in place in Canadian law, laws written to avoid irreparable harms, we call upon the House and Senate to uphold these laws and to consider our recommendations for the benefit of nature, Canadians" + 🌏 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

56 top Canadian scientists push for changes to Carney's new major projects bill | CBC News

More than 50 of Canada's leading scholars and scientists are urging Parliament to make major changes to a signature bill from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government in an effort to avoid irreversible...

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I'm amazed Mark Carney didn't give a chatbot a seat on his AI council. What a mess. "The reality is that all 12 appointees [to Carney's AI council] except for one are connected to private companies as either board members, founders or executives, often benefiting from public subsidies." #CdnPoli

The Breach@breachmedia.ca · 10h ago

Mark Carney just formed an AI Council meant to provide independent advice on Canada’s AI strategy—but nearly every appointee is entangled with private interests that want to use public money for a dangerous AI buildout. Marcus Werner breaks it down. youtube.com/shorts/vqaw5...

Jesus fucking christ I am *so over* this clowncar govt

Avi Lewis@avilewis.ca · 7h ago

Canadians can’t afford rent. Food bank use is at a record high. Wages are stagnant while the rich are getting richer than ever before. Of all the people who could use this kind of federal support right now, venture capitalists are at the bottom of that list. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Reminder. No quarter given to IP defenders.

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons for more walkable streets.

50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets

From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.

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Nora Loreto@nolore.bsky.social · 2w ago

New episode of Sandy and Nora is out! We talk about riots! Young people are rising up in France over the state of their education system, and in Spain over the high cost of living. Canada would prefer if you didn't know about this. sandyandnora.com/episode-395-...

Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system at it again: Québec’s incumbent CAQ party is on track to be wiped off the map despite getting 14% of the vote Québec Solidaire on track to win 11 seats with 11% of the vote

The REAL story is that our archaic FPTP electoral system could cost us our democracy. People trying to convince us to oppose electoral reform often warn that electoral reform could elect extremists. NOPE: FPTP can hand 100% of the power to a party that MOST voters voted against. Follow FairVote.ca.

Fair Vote Canada

Fair Vote Canada is a national citizens' campaign for proportional representation. 30% of the vote should equal 30% of the seats. Make Every Vote Count!

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Fuck the climate. 💔

Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE****@bigclimate.bsky.social · 2w ago

Soon enough #ClimateChange will again be at the very forefront of Canadian hearts & minds. When that INEVITABLY happens, NEVER FORGET the actions of these legions of little amoral cowards like @coreyhogan.ca when they say they were always champions for what's right #cdnpoli #MarkCarney #yyc #abpoli

only good news in quebec is that pspp doesn’t have an absolutely majority. but getting that close on 28% of the vote is insanity. first-past-the-post is not fit for purpose.

Allowing myself, for a second, to enjoy the CAQ currently being projected to win no seats Then I see they have 15% of the vote and remember how awful first past the post is, even when it uses its evil “vote efficiency” powers for good

We so need #ProportionalRepresentation @fairvote.ca

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 2w ago

Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system at it again: Québec’s incumbent CAQ party is on track to be wiped off the map despite getting 14% of the vote Québec Solidaire on track to win 11 seats with 11% of the vote

#MarkCarney is lying to you. Stop cheerleading being lied to. Stop cheerleading being taken advantage of while under threat from his fellow #BigOil world burner #DonaldTrump #cdnpoli #ClimateChange

Courtney Theriault@ctheriault.bsky.social · 3w ago

“Those numbers aren’t realistic.” @markhamhislop.bsky.social says the Pacific Link pipeline won’t deliver the billions in economic benefits pledged by PM Carney. He says Asian oil demand will decline as China rapidly electrifies its transportation sector. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...

The Cult of Carney eats up all of his toxic BS, so this wouldn't surprise me. #CdnPoli #PRNow

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 3w ago

I regret to inform you that if you genuinely believe Mark “Zionist Palestine” Carney deserves the Nobel peace prize, you have molasses for brains ❤️

The price of "nation building" but a sacrifice he's willing to make, along with the Liberal MPs.

Nelson Snow@nelsonsnow.bsky.social · 3w ago

Burn it all Mark. As long as we can create some shareholder value.

This one is doing the rounds

For this reason alone, anyone who still supports the Regressive Conservatives should be shunned for life.

Beatrice Werner@beatsie1.bsky.social · 3w ago

Ontario Basic Income Pilot project 2017 under Wynne's Liberals an experiment to see how things would work under a basic income. Ford cancelled it but Universities still looked at the outcomes & it was ALL positive. significant health outcomes,better employment & job quality housing stability, etc.

The cult of Carney is truly mind-boggling. Did "strategic voters" really want a conservative banker ghoul as PM? #CdnPoli #PRNow

Deathcat@deathcats.bsky.social · 3w ago

And the cult would praise it as a bold and necessary move to protect Canada I will never forgive boomers for thinking investment banker villains are a thirst trap

Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policy

Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policy

Vancouver, BC – Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced more than one billion dollars in federal funding to keep the ocean safe from the consequences of his own actions.

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Carney fans not only get to stop pretending that they care about climate change, they even get to act like they're being patriotic because of it.

National interest and such

Have I mentioned I'm incredibly frustrated with Carney and the Liberals? :/ We could make 140,000+ jobs and build a stronger economy by focusing on green energy/technologies. But no, fossil fuels take priority. 😡 #ClimateCrisis #capitalism #cdnpoli

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · 3w ago

140,000 jobs. Opening new markets for Canadian energy. Building a stronger, more independent Canadian economy for all.

Mark Carney wants us to believe expanding planet killing fossil fuel extraction is somehow noble

The irony of Terry Fox is brutal. 🇨🇦 He showed what one person had to do when the system wasn't enough: run across a continent on one leg to raise money for cancer research. Then Canada wrapped itself in his flag.

"Sam Altman continues to evade consequences for felonies committed with resources he directly controls" FTFY

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 4w ago

Incident highlights growing concerns about AI's impact on cybersecurity and AI disclosure procedures, say experts.

The only difference between the Liberals and Conservatives now is that the Conservatives are more open about their socially regressive policies. If you are supporting this government you are supporting an extreme right wing economic agenda. #cdnpoli

Thomas Seal@twseal.bsky.social · 3w ago

Mark Carney is now speaking in Fort McMurray, the hub of oil sands development in Alberta He's designating a new west-coast crude oil pipeline as a "project of national interest"

"We are going to spend billions to build an oil pipeline that will contribute significantly to global warming which is causing wildfires across Canada and will primarily enrich mostly foreign owned oil companies that will use it because we are Canada Strong." < Prime Minister Mark Carney >

Jimmy Thomson@jameswsthomson.com · 3w ago

Carney begins his announcement of a new oil pipeline by acknowledging the climate-linked wildfire that came close to levelling the town where he's announcing the new oil pipeline. A flat circle.

Carney said his government “was elected to change things, to build Canada Strong, and we’re doing just that.” I definitely don’t remember him campaigning on a new oil pipeline!! “Investors should know that when Canadians want something built, Canada will get it built.” And when we don’t?