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  1. Carney Government Slashes Consumer Protection Funding

    Office of Consumer Affairs and the projects it funds are being wound down by March, stretching already marginalized advocacy groups

    donotpassgo.ca/p/carney-govern

  2. If you are concerned about weather and climate in Canada please sign this e-petition!

    ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Pet

    The Carney Government has decimated many ECCC services at a time when extreme weather and climate change are hitting Canadians harder than ever.

    Boost, Like and write a post of your own and share the petition!

    If you are on FB or other platforms please share there too!

    thank you! 🙏 ❤️ 🇨🇦

    Full text below the hashtags.

    #carneyrestoreeccc #e7465
    #canpoli #cdnpoli #weather #bcstorm #climateChange #ClimateEmergency #science #pleaseBoost #austerity #Canada

    Petition to the Government of Canada

    Whereas:
    Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) plays a critical role in protecting Canadians through weather forecasting, severe weather warnings, climate monitoring and scientific research;

    Canada is experiencing increasingly frequent and severe weather and climate related events, including wildfires, floods, atmospheric rivers, hurricanes, heat waves, winter storms and derechos;
    Weather radar research, observation stations, Weatheradio services and frontline meteorological staff are essential public safety tools, particularly for rural, remote and Indigenous communities;

    Recent and proposed reductions to ECCC staffing, research capacity, and public weather services risk weakening Canada’s ability to predict, monitor, and respond to dangerous weather events;

    Reliable weather forecasting and climate science are vital to emergency preparedness, transportation safety, agriculture, marine operations and public confidence; and

    Canadians deserve a strong, modern and fully supported public weather service.

    We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to

    1. Reverse cuts to Environment and Climate Change Canada that impact weather forecasting, meteorological research and climate science;

    2. Restore and maintain Weatheradio and other accessible public alert systems;

    3. Protect and expand weather observation and climate monitoring stations across Canada;

    4. Ensure adequate staffing and long-term funding for ECCC programs, scientists, meteorologists and technical experts; and

    5. Recognize weather forecasting and climate monitoring as essential public safety infrastructure.

  3. "Of all the zombie ideas that have been reanimated in the wake of the global financial crisis, austerity is the most dangerous. Mark Blyth shows how austerity created the disasters of the 1930s, and contributed to the descent of the world into global war. He shows how European austerity policies have prevented any recovery from the crisis of 2009, while rescuing and protecting the banks and financial institutions that created the crisis."

    --John Quiggin

    #books
    #austerity
    #economics

  4. "Of all the zombie ideas that have been reanimated in the wake of the global financial crisis, austerity is the most dangerous. Mark Blyth shows how austerity created the disasters of the 1930s, and contributed to the descent of the world into global war. He shows how European austerity policies have prevented any recovery from the crisis of 2009, while rescuing and protecting the banks and financial institutions that created the crisis."

    --John Quiggin

    #books
    #austerity
    #economics

  5. "Of all the zombie ideas that have been reanimated in the wake of the global financial crisis, austerity is the most dangerous. Mark Blyth shows how austerity created the disasters of the 1930s, and contributed to the descent of the world into global war. He shows how European austerity policies have prevented any recovery from the crisis of 2009, while rescuing and protecting the banks and financial institutions that created the crisis."

    --John Quiggin

    #books
    #austerity
    #economics

  6. "Of all the zombie ideas that have been reanimated in the wake of the global financial crisis, austerity is the most dangerous. Mark Blyth shows how austerity created the disasters of the 1930s, and contributed to the descent of the world into global war. He shows how European austerity policies have prevented any recovery from the crisis of 2009, while rescuing and protecting the banks and financial institutions that created the crisis."

    --John Quiggin

    #books
    #austerity
    #economics

  7. "Of all the zombie ideas that have been reanimated in the wake of the global financial crisis, austerity is the most dangerous. Mark Blyth shows how austerity created the disasters of the 1930s, and contributed to the descent of the world into global war. He shows how European austerity policies have prevented any recovery from the crisis of 2009, while rescuing and protecting the banks and financial institutions that created the crisis."

    --John Quiggin

    #books
    #austerity
    #economics

  8. RE: framapiaf.org/@Monolecte/11662

    Here Comes the Plague
    "The CDC has experienced significant layoffs, including the permanent firing of around 600 employees in August 2025, amid a chaotic restructuring under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr." -BBC
    I doubt they have the leadership to stop this like they did in the 90s before several waves of attrition by our Nazi Party since the year 2000.
    #USA #PublicHealth #Nazi #Austerity #Plague

  9. Burnham Pivots on EU, Focuses on Austerity Reversal

    Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says he won't try to rejoin the EU. He will focus on reversing austerity and privatization.

    #AndyBurnham, #Austerity, #GreaterManchester, #UKPolitics, #LabourParty

    newsletter.tf/andy-burnham-no-

  10. Burnham Pivots on EU, Focuses on Austerity Reversal

    Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says he won't try to rejoin the EU. He will focus on reversing austerity and privatization.

    #AndyBurnham, #Austerity, #GreaterManchester, #UKPolitics, #LabourParty

    newsletter.tf/andy-burnham-no-

  11. Burnham Pivots on EU, Focuses on Austerity Reversal

    Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says he won't try to rejoin the EU. He will focus on reversing austerity and privatization.

    #AndyBurnham, #Austerity, #GreaterManchester, #UKPolitics, #LabourParty

    newsletter.tf/andy-burnham-no-

  12. Burnham Pivots on EU, Focuses on Austerity Reversal

    Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says he won't try to rejoin the EU. He will focus on reversing austerity and privatization.

    #AndyBurnham, #Austerity, #GreaterManchester, #UKPolitics, #LabourParty

    newsletter.tf/andy-burnham-no-

  13. Burnham Pivots on EU, Focuses on Austerity Reversal

    Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says he won't try to rejoin the EU. He will focus on reversing austerity and privatization.

    #AndyBurnham, #Austerity, #GreaterManchester, #UKPolitics, #LabourParty

    newsletter.tf/andy-burnham-no-

  14. Aotearoa really has some insane rules around workers #striking. My understanding is this. Unions gave away a lot of worker power at some point in time. I blew in here so don’t know all the history. It just feels like most unions do the minimum for workers, but as a worker, your only rights are via the union. A general strike by all public service workers feels necessary right now, and yet my understanding is you can’t strike unless it is a collective action with a union. #NZPol #austerity #MassPublicServiceRedundancies

  15. Aotearoa really has some insane rules around workers #striking. My understanding is this. Unions gave away a lot of worker power at some point in time. I blew in here so don’t know all the history. It just feels like most unions do the minimum for workers, but as a worker, your only rights are via the union. A general strike by all public service workers feels necessary right now, and yet my understanding is you can’t strike unless it is a collective action with a union. #NZPol #austerity #MassPublicServiceRedundancies

  16. Aotearoa really has some insane rules around workers #striking. My understanding is this. Unions gave away a lot of worker power at some point in time. I blew in here so don’t know all the history. It just feels like most unions do the minimum for workers, but as a worker, your only rights are via the union. A general strike by all public service workers feels necessary right now, and yet my understanding is you can’t strike unless it is a collective action with a union. #NZPol #austerity #MassPublicServiceRedundancies

  17. Aotearoa really has some insane rules around workers #striking. My understanding is this. Unions gave away a lot of worker power at some point in time. I blew in here so don’t know all the history. It just feels like most unions do the minimum for workers, but as a worker, your only rights are via the union. A general strike by all public service workers feels necessary right now, and yet my understanding is you can’t strike unless it is a collective action with a union. #NZPol #austerity #MassPublicServiceRedundancies

  18. Aotearoa really has some insane rules around workers #striking. My understanding is this. Unions gave away a lot of worker power at some point in time. I blew in here so don’t know all the history. It just feels like most unions do the minimum for workers, but as a worker, your only rights are via the union. A general strike by all public service workers feels necessary right now, and yet my understanding is you can’t strike unless it is a collective action with a union. #NZPol #austerity #MassPublicServiceRedundancies

  19. "All this talk about ‘difficult’ cuts, yet the largest part of Britain’s welfare bill is never mentioned. Why?"

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    "Pensioners vote and young people don’t, so the truism goes. That’s no longer any reason to avoid dealing with the triple lock"

  20. "All this talk about ‘difficult’ cuts, yet the largest part of Britain’s welfare bill is never mentioned. Why?"

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    "Pensioners vote and young people don’t, so the truism goes. That’s no longer any reason to avoid dealing with the triple lock"

    #UK #ukpol #politics #pension #pensions #welfare #benefits #Austerity

  21. "All this talk about ‘difficult’ cuts, yet the largest part of Britain’s welfare bill is never mentioned. Why?"

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    "Pensioners vote and young people don’t, so the truism goes. That’s no longer any reason to avoid dealing with the triple lock"

    #UK #ukpol #politics #pension #pensions #welfare #benefits #Austerity

  22. "All this talk about ‘difficult’ cuts, yet the largest part of Britain’s welfare bill is never mentioned. Why?"

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    "Pensioners vote and young people don’t, so the truism goes. That’s no longer any reason to avoid dealing with the triple lock"

    #UK #ukpol #politics #pension #pensions #welfare #benefits #Austerity

  23. "All this talk about ‘difficult’ cuts, yet the largest part of Britain’s welfare bill is never mentioned. Why?"

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    "Pensioners vote and young people don’t, so the truism goes. That’s no longer any reason to avoid dealing with the triple lock"

    #UK #ukpol #politics #pension #pensions #welfare #benefits #Austerity

  24. That small NDP beach head on pharmacare in the last government? Carney plans to drown it.

    Pharmacare on the ropes
    The battle over universal drug coverage is really a battle to preserve what’s left of our withering social safety net

    Ken Collier / May 19, 2026
    Canadian Dimension

    #Canada #cdnpoli #healthcare #pharmacare #MarkCarney #neolilberalism #austerity

    canadiandimension.com/articles

  25. That small NDP beach head on pharmacare in the last government? Carney plans to drown it.

    Pharmacare on the ropes
    The battle over universal drug coverage is really a battle to preserve what’s left of our withering social safety net

    Ken Collier / May 19, 2026
    Canadian Dimension

    canadiandimension.com/articles

  26. That small NDP beach head on pharmacare in the last government? Carney plans to drown it.

    Pharmacare on the ropes
    The battle over universal drug coverage is really a battle to preserve what’s left of our withering social safety net

    Ken Collier / May 19, 2026
    Canadian Dimension

    #Canada #cdnpoli #healthcare #pharmacare #MarkCarney #neolilberalism #austerity

    canadiandimension.com/articles

  27. That small NDP beach head on pharmacare in the last government? Carney plans to drown it.

    Pharmacare on the ropes
    The battle over universal drug coverage is really a battle to preserve what’s left of our withering social safety net

    Ken Collier / May 19, 2026
    Canadian Dimension

    #Canada #cdnpoli #healthcare #pharmacare #MarkCarney #neolilberalism #austerity

    canadiandimension.com/articles

  28. That small NDP beach head on pharmacare in the last government? Carney plans to drown it.

    Pharmacare on the ropes
    The battle over universal drug coverage is really a battle to preserve what’s left of our withering social safety net

    Ken Collier / May 19, 2026
    Canadian Dimension

    #Canada #cdnpoli #healthcare #pharmacare #MarkCarney #neolilberalism #austerity

    canadiandimension.com/articles

  29. It’s another #Austerity bonus AIUI - roads policing needs specialist officers, so is expensive and easy to cut. But people who have a relaxed attitude to driving laws also tend to have relaxed attitudes to other laws so its massively counterproductive not policing these.

  30. It's mega private spas, tunnels under Highway 401 and jets at Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto....but healthcare????

    Unifor health care workers protest hospital layoffs at Quinte Health

    #UNIFOR #Belleville $Quinte #healthcare #austerity #DougFord #Ontario #onpoli #unions #solidarity

    unifor.org/news/all-news/unifo

  31. It's mega private spas, tunnels under Highway 401 and jets at Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto....but healthcare????

    Unifor health care workers protest hospital layoffs at Quinte Health

    $Quinte

    unifor.org/news/all-news/unifo

  32. It's mega private spas, tunnels under Highway 401 and jets at Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto....but healthcare????

    Unifor health care workers protest hospital layoffs at Quinte Health

    #UNIFOR #Belleville $Quinte #healthcare #austerity #DougFord #Ontario #onpoli #unions #solidarity

    unifor.org/news/all-news/unifo

  33. It's mega private spas, tunnels under Highway 401 and jets at Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto....but healthcare????

    Unifor health care workers protest hospital layoffs at Quinte Health

    #UNIFOR #Belleville $Quinte #healthcare #austerity #DougFord #Ontario #onpoli #unions #solidarity

    unifor.org/news/all-news/unifo

  34. It's mega private spas, tunnels under Highway 401 and jets at Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto....but healthcare????

    Unifor health care workers protest hospital layoffs at Quinte Health

    #UNIFOR #Belleville $Quinte #healthcare #austerity #DougFord #Ontario #onpoli #unions #solidarity

    unifor.org/news/all-news/unifo

  35. Governor Shrinks Convoy Amid Austerity Signals

    Chennai Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar reduced his security convoy from 10 to 4 vehicles. This follows PM Modi's call for fuel saving.

    #Chennai #Governor #FuelSaving #Austerity #Modi

    newsletter.tf/chennai-governor

  36. Governor Shrinks Convoy Amid Austerity Signals

    Chennai Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar reduced his security convoy from 10 to 4 vehicles. This follows PM Modi's call for fuel saving.

    #Chennai #Governor #FuelSaving #Austerity #Modi

    newsletter.tf/chennai-governor

  37. Governor Shrinks Convoy Amid Austerity Signals

    Chennai Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar reduced his security convoy from 10 to 4 vehicles. This follows PM Modi's call for fuel saving.

    #Chennai #Governor #FuelSaving #Austerity #Modi

    newsletter.tf/chennai-governor

  38. Governor Shrinks Convoy Amid Austerity Signals

    Chennai Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar reduced his security convoy from 10 to 4 vehicles. This follows PM Modi's call for fuel saving.

    #Chennai #Governor #FuelSaving #Austerity #Modi

    newsletter.tf/chennai-governor

  39. Governor Shrinks Convoy Amid Austerity Signals

    Chennai Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar reduced his security convoy from 10 to 4 vehicles. This follows PM Modi's call for fuel saving.

    #Chennai #Governor #FuelSaving #Austerity #Modi

    newsletter.tf/chennai-governor