Jim Patterson 🇨🇦
@sheamuspatt.bsky.social
Old folkie from Ontario. Mostly politics (lefty), heterodox economics, genealogy
Canadians overwhelmingly demand wealth tax after Kevin O’Leary says it will make him move away
Canadians overwhelmingly demand wealth tax after Kevin O’Leary says it will make him move away
OTTAWA - Pollsters report a split among Canadians over the idea of higher tax on the assets of wealthy individuals, though support skyrockets after noting that Kevin O'Leary has vowed that he will res...
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Phil Collins shares health update after seven months in intensive care: ‘People came to say goodbye’
Phil Collins shares health update after intensive care stint: ‘People said goodbye’
‘My organs were just seizing up,’ Genesis frontman, 75, said
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Libraries pay millions to rent ebooks they never own. So maybe it's no surprise Penguin Random House is sponsoring arguments against stronger library ebook rights. www.libraryjournal.com/story/news/m...
Moving Beyond the Publisher Playbook: Why State-Level Contract Law is Essential to the Future of Digital Library Rights
The era of mere “firefighting” and polite, incremental negotiation is over. The library sector is asking for relief from ebook pricing schemes that consume tremendous amounts of public dollars while p...
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Gianni Infantino is now transitioning from President of FIFA to Chairman of FAFO. Latest Dr. Steve via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Please Advise! Can the Soul of Sports Be Saved? | The Tyee
Money bends the rules. But as the FIFA fiasco shows, fans can blow the whistle.
thetyee.ca
Nobody should have to work for free! Today I met with the WestJet Flight Attendants at the Vancouver strike centre to show my solidarity and let them know they are not alone. If a strike happens I will be there standing shoulder to shoulder! #UnpaidWorkWontFly #WestJey #FlightAttendants
The campaign against the Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ Nakba exhibition shows why arm’s-length cultural institutions must be protected. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Museum independence cannot be conditional in Canada | CCPA
The campaign against the Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ Nakba exhibition shows why arm’s-length cultural institutions must be protected.
policyalternatives.ca
My latest! Free to read for today only “The concern here is not necessarily about views expressed by people like Tobias Lütke, but rather how much power they have to turn those views into public policy” I wrote abt Shopify’s access to and influence on govt policies www.hilltimes.com/2026/07/29/w...
When tech execs bend the ear, do the feds bend the knee? - The Hill Times
The concern here is not necessarily about views expressed by people like Tobias Lütke, but rather how much power they have to turn those views into public policy.
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Seven building development proposed at auto dealership lot in Ottawa’s west end
Seven building development proposed at auto dealership lot in Ottawa’s west end
An auto dealership lot in Ottawa’s Fisher Heights neighbourhood could one day be replaced by a residential development with seven buildings, a pedestrian first internal street network and a public park.
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If there was ever any doubt, the Gordie Howe Bridge fiasco proves it: You can't trust Trump's America, or any deal within this administration's orbit. thewalrus.ca/the-gordie-h...
The Gordie Howe Bridge Is What American Betrayal Looks Like | The Walrus
Canada spent billions on the crossing. Trump turned it into a shakedown
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more accurate to blame eisenhower. he was pres when the u.s. and the u.k. overthrew the democratically-elected mossadegh govt because... oil...
Anyone drive past the old Science Centre site lately? Heard DeGasperis has heavy equipment on site behind the building, just south of his own development. Also heard comings and goings on site are under a lot of security. He is almost finished developing the parcel in red now.
Mexico is solving its housing crisis. Why aren’t we? Claudia Sheinbaum’s reversal of decades of market-driven housing policy offers an important lesson for Canada canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Mexico is solving its housing crisis. Why aren’t we?
The parallel housing journeys Mexico and Canada have been on since the 1990s are now diverging. Claudia Sheinbaum’s government has shown that another path is possible. Canada’s misguided strategies, b...
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Scott Gilmore, a known Conservative Party member, has reportedly been tapped for a high level advisory role by Mark Carney. It's not sitting well with commentators who recall his 2016 Macleans article on a mass shooting in an Indigenous community in Saskatchewan. www.aptnnews.ca?p=292105
Carney’s pick for advisor, Scott Gilmore raising eyebrows
Earlier this month, a number of media sources reported Scott Gilmore would soon be moved into the role of Carneys' principal advisor.
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Canada arguably has a Red Tory party — it just so happens to still be called “the Liberal Party of Canada.” Rachel Gilmore writes. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Mark Carney, Red Tory | The Tyee
The prime minister is causing a major realignment in Canadian politics. More proof came Wednesday.
thetyee.ca
7/7 Canada built public health care on a foundational value: equality. The coalitions are united. Medicare is worth defending and can be fixed through investment, not privatization. Carney, enforce the Canada Health Act! Alyssa Pretty Friends of Medicare www.friendsofmedicare.org/health_coali...
Health coalitions call on premiers to protect public health care in the face of two-tier threat
Health coalitions from across the country are at the Council of Federation in Charlottetown to call on premiers to protect public health care in the face of the two-tier threat
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Australia, for instance, seems to be taking a much more intelligent approach than Canada (so far).
Australia to legally require large-scale data centers to secure new clean energy supplies - pv magazine Global
Legally binding large-scale data centres to supply their own new clean energy sources of power is one of the Australian government’s official approaches to artificial intelligence, which is expected t...
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This is a great way to understand why private medicine is atrociously bad for almost everyone and simply doesn’t belong in Canada. #canpoli #abpoli youtu.be/m3wf6ThHG4g?...
Why does private health care lengthen public wait times? (HD)
YouTube video by HealthCoalition
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If Mark Carney wants Canada to walk the same energy and climate path as Norway, he has to do a better job of equipping us for the journey. First and foremost: give clean energy the same financial and political support as fossil fuels are getting. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/21/o...
Mark Carney wants to make Canada more like Norway. He has some work to do
The now-annual bouts of wildfire smoke are yet another reminder of the importance of reducing our use of fossil fuels and replacing them wherever possible with electrification. It's time for the prime...
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Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
The apocalyptic skies over our cities should be a wake up call. American politicians are blaming arson. Canadian politicians assure us that by massively expanding oil infrastructure we can deal with emissions down the road. We have run out of road. My latest. substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Pipeline Fever Dream
Meidas Canada speaks with Markham Hislop of Energi Media.
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We had a community burn to the ground in Northern Ontario. Where the hell is Doug Ford? Leaders are supposed to be on the ground to reassure people. Can someone get a message to him at the cottage? I appreciate @maritstilesndp.bsky.social speaking up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltwv...
Northern Ontario is burning
YouTube video by Marit Stiles
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Fast-moving fires destroy homes in northern Ontario as crews battle flames Waiting to hear from big oil supporters: Doug Ford and Mark Carney and Danielle Smith. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/16/n...
Fast-moving fires destroy homes in northern Ontario as crews battle flames
Winds out of the northwest could fan the flames of dozens of forest fires that have already devastated communities in northern Ontario.
nationalobserver.com
“Doug Ford needs to get serious about the future” Are we expecting a little much from a former drug dealer? www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/15/o...
Doug Ford needs to get serious about the future
The Ontario premier's latest multi-billion dollar infrastructure proposal might be his dumbest idea yet. It's also a sign of how unprepared he is for the future his province is facing.
nationalobserver.com
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘Federal & BC officials should have known better than to drop this half-baked trial balloon.’ @policyalternatives.ca @marclee.bsky.social
The Vancouver condo bailout props up a failed housing model | CCPA
How much should the government pay for an unsold, empty condo for it to be “affordable”?
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