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“what really matters is making sure that #foreign #capital grows new #productive #capacity in the #Canadianeconomy, as opposed to just buying up what #Canadians have already built.”
app.cyberimpact.com/newsletter-v... #FDI #foreigndirectinvestment #cdnecon #CanadaSky

“what really matters is making sure that #foreign #capital grows new #productive #capacity in the #Canadianeconomy, as opposed to just buying up what #Canadians have already built.”
app.cyberimpact.com/newsletter-v... #FDI #foreigndirectinvestment #cdnecon #CanadaSky

“what really matters is making sure that #foreign #capital grows new #productive #capacity in the #Canadianeconomy, as opposed to just buying up what #Canadians have already built.”
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“what really matters is making sure that #foreign #capital grows new #productive #capacity in the #Canadianeconomy, as opposed to just buying up what #Canadians have already built.”
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“This relationship has flourished for over a hundred years and it will flourish in the century ahead, long after this war ends. #Ukrainians helped build #Canada, and #Canadians will help rebuild #Ukraine,” Mr. Carney said on Thursday. apple.news/AAREx89woQ_q...

Canada, Ukraine sign 100-year ...

“This relationship has flourished for over a hundred years and it will flourish in the century ahead, long after this war ends. #Ukrainians helped build #Canada, and #Canadians will help rebuild #Ukraine,” Mr. Carney said on Thursday. apple.news/AAREx89woQ_q...

Canada, Ukraine sign 100-year ...

“This relationship has flourished for over a hundred years and it will flourish in the century ahead, long after this war ends. #Ukrainians helped build #Canada, and #Canadians will help rebuild #Ukraine,” Mr. Carney said on Thursday. apple.news/AAREx89woQ_q...

Canada, Ukraine sign 100-year ...

“This relationship has flourished for over a hundred years and it will flourish in the century ahead, long after this war ends. #Ukrainians helped build #Canada, and #Canadians will help rebuild #Ukraine,” Mr. Carney said on Thursday. apple.news/AAREx89woQ_q...

Canada, Ukraine sign 100-year ...

“This relationship has flourished for over a hundred years and it will flourish in the century ahead, long after this war ends. #Ukrainians helped build #Canada, and #Canadians will help rebuild #Ukraine,” Mr. Carney said on Thursday. apple.news/AAREx89woQ_q...

Canada, Ukraine sign 100-year ...

"Time is on our side," the former New Brunswick premier said. "It's not good for #investors. It's not good for #consumerconfidence. But the wait is just as painful for the #UnitedStates as it is for #Canada. And #Canadians have a high level of resolve." financialpost.com/news/economy... #tradewar

Canada can afford to wait out ...

"Time is on our side," the former New Brunswick premier said. "It's not good for #investors. It's not good for #consumerconfidence. But the wait is just as painful for the #UnitedStates as it is for #Canada. And #Canadians have a high level of resolve." financialpost.com/news/economy... #tradewar

Canada can afford to wait out ...

"Time is on our side," the former New Brunswick premier said. "It's not good for #investors. It's not good for #consumerconfidence. But the wait is just as painful for the #UnitedStates as it is for #Canada. And #Canadians have a high level of resolve." financialpost.com/news/economy... #tradewar

Canada can afford to wait out ...

"Time is on our side," the former New Brunswick premier said. "It's not good for #investors. It's not good for #consumerconfidence. But the wait is just as painful for the #UnitedStates as it is for #Canada. And #Canadians have a high level of resolve." financialpost.com/news/economy... #tradewar

Canada can afford to wait out ...

$27.6B in Canada-U.S. retaliatory tariffs now in effect — what it means for prices, mortgages and your budget

Jamieson Greer U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says it’s “a little unhinged” for Canadian leaders to call the…
#Canada #Canadianhouseholds #Canadianleaders #Canadians #DaveRamsey #householdappliances #tariff #U.S.Treasury
https://www.europesays.com/canada/203831/

WARMINGTON: Mark Carney says Canada can ‘pivot’ from U.S., but at what cost?

Prime Minister Mark Carney warns there will be a “cost” and tough times ahead to chart a new…
#Canada #MarkCarney #Canadians #donaldtrump #primeminister
https://www.europesays.com/canada/203501/

How Canada decided to hurt its own economy, raise its inflation—and most Canadians approved because they’re so angry at Trump

Economists are warning that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s “dollar-for-dollar” tariff strategy could mean some economic pain for…
#Canada #CanadianPrimeMinister #Canadians #MarkCarney #retaliatorytariffs #tariff #TradeWar
https://www.europesays.com/canada/203059/

Air Canada launches 7 new routes to Europe and Asia as U.S. travel stays 25% below 2024 levels

An Air Canada plane flying in the air Air Canada is adding seven new international routes for summer…
#NewsBeep #News #Canada #2024 #2025 #AirCanada #AirCanada’s #CA #Canadian #Canadians #Europe #June #summer2026 #summer2027 #u.s.
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/888038/

There is a problem with the "But not us, we're the *good* USAnians" [1] that #Canadians have been hearing frequently since Trump assumed his would-be throne for his second administration.

Most of the people referring to themselves this way define it as "We didn't vote for #Trump". But that isn't enough to make you "good". From the day he took power, he has been #threatening, #insulting, #bullying, and denigrating Canada, in addition to threatening #NATO, cozying up to Putin, starting wars, murdering fishermen, trying to destroy the International Criminal Court, making brown people illegal, suppressing women and Democrats, and a thousand other things.

The "We didn't #vote for him" people, for the most part, aren't doing anything about any of that. The truly good #USAnians are in the streets fighting ICE, suing the administration over his #trade wars, protesting *all the time*. Waiting until November to cast a #ballot is insufficient.

To be "good", you need to be stopping him, or at least attempting to do so. When there are a million people #protesting in the streets around the White House and the Capitol *every day until the midterms*, those people will be the "good USAnians".

#Silence is #consent / #agreement with his #Nazi agenda.

[1] They call themselves " #Americans" for some reason, despite the #USA being only 24.5% of the area of the Americas, or 45.1% of North America (less than #Canada).

#CanPol #USPol #MangoMussolini #ICC #WarCriminal #GoodAmerican #protest

BYD inquires about Stellantis’s shuttered 2.95M-sq-ft Brampton plant as 3,000 displaced workers wait for answers

Stellantis Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD Co. has inquired about acquiring Stellantis NV’s shuttered assembly plant in Brampton,…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #Stellantis #Bloomberg #Brampton #Brown #BYD #BYDCo. #Canadian #Canadians #Chinese #On #StellantisNV’s #Unifor
https://www.europesays.com/france/75194/

BYD inquires about Stellantis’s shuttered 2.95M-sq-ft Brampton plant as 3,000 displaced workers wait for answers

Stellantis Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD Co. has inquired about acquiring Stellantis NV’s shuttered assembly plant in Brampton,…
#Netherlands #Nederland #NL #Europe #Europa #EU #Stellantis #Bloomberg #Brampton #brown #BYD #BYDCo. #Canadian #Canadians #Chinese #on #StellantisNV’s #Unifor
https://www.europesays.com/netherlands/43509/

Philippines 2026 Foreign Tourist Arrivals Reach 4.11 Million as of August, U.S. and South Korea Remain Top Markets

With the Peso performing terribly in the global currency market, weakening economic growth, high inflation and fears of an economic recession growing, 2026 has not been good for the Philippines. There is a bright spot in tourism, however, as the Philippines saw its 2026 foreign tourist arrivals reach 4.11 million in the January-August period and the United States and South Korea combined for more than 1.5 million tourist arrivals, according to a news article by the Philippine News Agency (PNA).

To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from the news report of BusinessWorld. Some parts in boldface…

The Philippines has recorded 4.11 million foreign arrivals from January to August, higher by 3.7 percent compared to the same period last year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said on Tuesday.

The United States posted the highest number of share at 818,318, followed by South Korea at 727,379, Japan at 350,191, China at 310,088, and Australia at 234,156.

Also making it in the top 10 source markets are Canada with 231,972, Taiwan with 154,957, the United Kingdom with 132,370, Singapore with 126,812, and India with 77,883.

Tourism Secretary Dita Angara-Mathay said the Philippines targets to surpass its 2025 arrival figures to reach between 6.4 million and 6.8 million, or at least 7 million, by the end of 2026.

To achieve this, she said the DOT is intensifying its branding and promotions to reach more tourists in its key source markets.

The DOT is also in active talks with airlines to open up and establish more chartered flights between the Philippines and secondary cities of Korea and China.

DOT Assistant Secretary Ren Sapitan said the agency is also set to sign a contract with a creative agency in November to broaden the country’s marketing efforts and make the Philippines more visible worldwide.

Let me end this post by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this recent development? Do you think the Philippines will be able to exceed the 2025 foreign tourist arrivals number by the end of this year? Do you think the DOT is doing a good job to strengthen the Philippines’ attraction of foreign tourists? Considering the Top 10 markets of foreign tourists the Philippines attracted so far, are you convinced that the nation’s hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit did not create any positive tourism results?

You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.

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Philippines 2026 Foreign Tourist Arrivals Reach 4.11 Million as of August, U.S. and South Korea Remain Top Markets

With the Peso performing terribly in the global currency market, weakening economic growth, high inflation and fears of an economic recession growing, 2026 has not been good for the Philippines. There is a bright spot in tourism, however, as the Philippines saw its 2026 foreign tourist arrivals reach 4.11 million in the January-August period and the United States and South Korea combined for more than 1.5 million tourist arrivals, according to a news article by the Philippine News Agency (PNA).

To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from the news report of BusinessWorld. Some parts in boldface…

The Philippines has recorded 4.11 million foreign arrivals from January to August, higher by 3.7 percent compared to the same period last year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said on Tuesday.

The United States posted the highest number of share at 818,318, followed by South Korea at 727,379, Japan at 350,191, China at 310,088, and Australia at 234,156.

Also making it in the top 10 source markets are Canada with 231,972, Taiwan with 154,957, the United Kingdom with 132,370, Singapore with 126,812, and India with 77,883.

Tourism Secretary Dita Angara-Mathay said the Philippines targets to surpass its 2025 arrival figures to reach between 6.4 million and 6.8 million, or at least 7 million, by the end of 2026.

To achieve this, she said the DOT is intensifying its branding and promotions to reach more tourists in its key source markets.

The DOT is also in active talks with airlines to open up and establish more chartered flights between the Philippines and secondary cities of Korea and China.

DOT Assistant Secretary Ren Sapitan said the agency is also set to sign a contract with a creative agency in November to broaden the country’s marketing efforts and make the Philippines more visible worldwide.

Let me end this post by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this recent development? Do you think the Philippines will be able to exceed the 2025 foreign tourist arrivals number by the end of this year? Do you think the DOT is doing a good job to strengthen the Philippines’ attraction of foreign tourists? Considering the Top 10 markets of foreign tourists the Philippines attracted so far, are you convinced that the nation’s hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit did not create any positive tourism results?

You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.

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Philippines 2026 Foreign Tourist Arrivals Reach 4.11 Million as of August, U.S. and South Korea Remain Top Markets

With the Peso performing terribly in the global currency market, weakening economic growth, high inflation and fears of an economic recession growing, 2026 has not been good for the Philippines. There is a bright spot in tourism, however, as the Philippines saw its 2026 foreign tourist arrivals reach 4.11 million in the January-August period and the United States and South Korea combined for more than 1.5 million tourist arrivals, according to a news article by the Philippine News Agency (PNA).

To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from the news report of BusinessWorld. Some parts in boldface…

The Philippines has recorded 4.11 million foreign arrivals from January to August, higher by 3.7 percent compared to the same period last year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said on Tuesday.

The United States posted the highest number of share at 818,318, followed by South Korea at 727,379, Japan at 350,191, China at 310,088, and Australia at 234,156.

Also making it in the top 10 source markets are Canada with 231,972, Taiwan with 154,957, the United Kingdom with 132,370, Singapore with 126,812, and India with 77,883.

Tourism Secretary Dita Angara-Mathay said the Philippines targets to surpass its 2025 arrival figures to reach between 6.4 million and 6.8 million, or at least 7 million, by the end of 2026.

To achieve this, she said the DOT is intensifying its branding and promotions to reach more tourists in its key source markets.

The DOT is also in active talks with airlines to open up and establish more chartered flights between the Philippines and secondary cities of Korea and China.

DOT Assistant Secretary Ren Sapitan said the agency is also set to sign a contract with a creative agency in November to broaden the country’s marketing efforts and make the Philippines more visible worldwide.

Let me end this post by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this recent development? Do you think the Philippines will be able to exceed the 2025 foreign tourist arrivals number by the end of this year? Do you think the DOT is doing a good job to strengthen the Philippines’ attraction of foreign tourists? Considering the Top 10 markets of foreign tourists the Philippines attracted so far, are you convinced that the nation’s hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit did not create any positive tourism results?

You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.

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Government of Canada to match donations to the Red Cross’ 2026 British Columbia Wildfires Appeal

OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 28, 2026 /CNW/ — Today, the Honourable Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience…
#Canada #2026 #britishcolumbia #Canadian #CanadianRedCross #Canadians #emergencyresponse #GovernmentandPolitics #PrairiesEconomicDevelopmentCanada #PublicSafetyCanada #theCanadianRedCross #TheGovernmentofCanada
https://www.europesays.com/canada/187023/

Never has diplomatic failure been so personified by one man. As US Ambassador to #Canada #PeteHoekstra CONTINUES to bully G7 allies, DEMAND control of #CANADIAN infrastructure, and threaten #NORAD over fighter jets, #Canadians across all 10 provinces are fighting BACK. 🇨🇦 🇺🇸
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It’s Over: Canada Is Officiall...

Never has diplomatic failure been so personified by one man. As US Ambassador to #Canada #PeteHoekstra CONTINUES to bully G7 allies, DEMAND control of #CANADIAN infrastructure, and threaten #NORAD over fighter jets, #Canadians across all 10 provinces are fighting BACK. 🇨🇦 🇺🇸
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It’s Over: Canada Is Officiall...

Never has diplomatic failure been so personified by one man. As US Ambassador to #Canada #PeteHoekstra CONTINUES to bully G7 allies, DEMAND control of #CANADIAN infrastructure, and threaten #NORAD over fighter jets, #Canadians across all 10 provinces are fighting BACK. 🇨🇦 🇺🇸
youtu.be/1y237d8MZUw?...

It’s Over: Canada Is Officiall...

Never has diplomatic failure been so personified by one man. As US Ambassador to #Canada #PeteHoekstra CONTINUES to bully G7 allies, DEMAND control of #CANADIAN infrastructure, and threaten #NORAD over fighter jets, #Canadians across all 10 provinces are fighting BACK. 🇨🇦 🇺🇸
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It’s Over: Canada Is Officiall...

#MarkCarney is attempting to force #Canadians into a “let the motherfucker burn” moment in regards to #climatechange and our country’s response.

Turncoat #Liberals and their supporting #Corporations are tripling down on #climatedestruction with new #pipelines, #aidatacenters, and #LNG, despite the majority of Canadians opposing abandoning our climate goals.

After all our work fighting Climate Change, Corporate propaganda now tells us “It’s inevitable, get used to it”.

What’s made clear is that the #economy means more to corporate owned politicians than our communities or our votes.

Ultimately, #Corporatism will rule over the people’s interest, no matter how much our communities will pay.

These #neocon #CarneyLiberals gave strategic voters in #cdnpoli exactly what we voted against, a conservative agenda.

This is political fraud, yet few seem to notice due to Carney’s #ShockDoctrine threat of a racist, fascist old fart who will be dead in a year or two.

Carney’s #Liberals are #traitors to our country and this #earth, every single one of them. Vote them all out.

#canpoli #sellouts #liars #profiteers #electionreform #ndp #avilewiis

Who is served by this stupid #CarneyCon road across the #tundra through #caribou habitat? Not local people. Not Northern people? Maybe not even #Canadians. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/new-film-on-nunavut-megaproject-raises-concerns-about-caribou-and-the-people-who-hunt-them-9.7265941

#cdnpoli #corporateCapture #mining

@cbcnews @calgary-cbcnews For context - for 20 years Tim Hodgson worked in New York, London, Silicon Valley and Toronto with Goldman Sachs and served as CEO of Goldman Sachs Canada from 2005 to 2010. He worked with Mark Carney at Goldman Sachs and joined the Bank of Canada as special adviser to him in 2010, when Carney was governor. He was board member for Calgary-based #oilsands producer MEG Energy from 2016 to 2019. He doesn't work for #Canadians.
#cdnpoli #corporateCapture

What To Watch On YouTube Right Now – Part 134

Welcome back my readers, YouTube viewers and all others who followed this series of articles focused on YouTube videos worth watching.

Have you been searching for something fun or interesting to watch on YouTube? Do you feel bored right now and you crave for something to see on the world’s most popular online video destination?

I recommend you check out the following videos I found.

#1 Resident Evil: Apocalypse Reviews, Retrospective And Reaction Videos – After watching the 2002 live-action Resident Evil movie, I left the cinema feeling unsatisfied as it did not have much related to the popular video game series. That film succeeded enough to justify the production of the sequel Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and the first reveal of Sienna Guillory as Jill Valentine (based on her appearance in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis) caught my attention. The reveal of Raccoon City getting hit by the zombie apocalypse and the casting of Oded Fehr as Carlos Oliviera (another RE3 character) interested me. In September 2004, I saw Resident Evil: Apocalypse on opening day in the local cinema and I was entertained for the most part. The Milla Jovovich-led film was indeed flawed, but it was an enjoyable improvement over its 2002 predecessor. How Resident Evil: Apocalypse fares with the YouTubers is something you must see.

https://youtu.be/CzSD8eJ7Mlc?si=lrPmw9pub5IA5cNO

https://youtu.be/OeHvcblDzes?si=ayO3PrfqT9B-zKRg

https://youtu.be/6EKCWfSUees?si=46qrEIRQNq6MDtCB

https://youtu.be/p2y1vteQKwI?si=UOcK6JzqPwC8rEy0

https://youtu.be/IXrl4wBx9ps?si=1YkCe2QmgR1DiZ94

https://youtu.be/wtfs2QuEi2M?si=3A2onq0KqA6tq7R9

https://youtu.be/xLlA73QXU5s?si=ml97HL9LM8E_Efi7

#2 The Planned California City That Failed – Have you ever heard of Salton City? It was a planned city in the state of California located along the Salton Sea. It was designed as a resort community capable of supporting forty thousand residents, and it was to have the complete systems of water, roads, sewer and energy. Salton City is a ghost town and the in-depth YouTube video I found will help you realize its history and why development failed.

https://youtu.be/42kzy9PxHXc?si=86ytUBsr-XXcNx5P

#3 Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire Game Revisited – Back in the mid-1990s, George Lucas’ entertainment group launched the Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire multi-media project which told what happened between the movies The Empire Strike Back and Return of the Jedi. The said project was huge even though there was no live action Star Wars movie involved. A Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire novel was released which became the foundation of a comic book adaptation (read my retro reviews here and here), a video game, toys, action figures and merchandise. The video game of Shadows of the Empire was a joint project between LucasArts and Nintendo and its release on Nintendo 64 drew a lot of attention back then. The game itself made gamers – both Star Wars fans and casual gamers – want to get an N64 to play the game. I recently found two in-depth retrospective videos about Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire on N64 and I encourage you all to watch them.

https://youtu.be/mznc8dhijTo?si=OQNHly8LIU-ncB5b

https://youtu.be/kNPAThuhtks?si=7pFdpdhV0-x71kQS

#4 The Embarrassing Woke NDP Of Canada – Have you ever heard about the New Democratic Party? Referred to as NDP for short, New Democratic Party is a very leftist and woke political party in Canada and it had a really bad result in the 2025 federal election. Recently, the NDP had its leadership election and what happened in late March saw a series of awkward and embarrassing moments during their big event. In the videos below, you will see why political correctness, identity politics and wokeness are bad to have, and they made the internal processes of the NDP hard to pull off. In fact, diversity and inclusion zealotry have caused divisions within the NDP’s convention. What happened was funny to watch and it was not a comedy at all.

https://youtu.be/0RpyFyX4xFg?si=DmABkgVHDWT-Kftj

https://youtu.be/kuMVLWnwRrk?si=eCf2Vrack90tkjh-

#5 Elderly Japanese Women And Their Beloved Restaurants – In Japan, many Japanese people live really long lives. Among them are elderly people who are active and managed to make an impact on others. That said, there are two elderly Japanese women who excelled in cooking meals and managing restaurants, and what they offer will impress you. I urge you all to watch the Nippon TV feature below.

https://youtu.be/oOzG-3LfLUE?si=f-oIvaDcxY3IF-X3

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Of interest to #Canadians. With the Fedi skew to tech-knowledgeable people, this probably isn't news to many.

But if you're looking to buy #electrical stuff - power bars, extension cords, multi-outlet wall taps that convert 1 #socket into 3 or 2 into 6, all this sort of stuff - be careful where you buy it.

The big hardware stores / home centres sell this stuff, but at stupidly-high #prices. There's no reason a 10-foot extension cord should cost $25, or a power bar $40. So many people reasonably look for #cheaper alternatives.

A lot of #stores and sellers operating in the ... less-well-regulated portions of the market bring this stuff in cheap directly from sellers/manufacturers in China or other countries. Independent stores, mall kiosks, people selling out of their home - their products may not be approved for sale in Canada, because they don't have the necessary #safety #certification. And many of *those* products are actually downright dangerous. I've taken a lot of them apart and seen the many, many ways they can kill you or burn your house down.

Instead, get this stuff at #Dollarama. Their stuff is actually safety-certified by one of the required labs - #CSA, #UL, or most likely #ETL. It's approved for sale in #Canada. And it's still cheap. It might be a little more than guy-with-a-sales-counter-in-a-dilapidated-strip-mall, but not by enough to matter.

Other big chains might be okay - but I haven't personally verified those.

#PowerBar #ExtensionCord

🍁🇨🇦 #Canadians finally discover their true passion: munching on bugs at the local #insectarium. Apparently, this is "science," but it's really just an elaborate way to justify eating #crickets like it's going out of style. 🦗👌 Let's all hope their next great study involves why maple syrup doesn't pair well with cockroach salad. 🤢
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-35288-w #BugEating #Science #MapleSyrup #HackerNews #ngated

#LNG : Not in Our National Interest National Campaign Launch

📅 Tuesday, March 31, 2026

🕓 4:00 PM PT/ 7:00 PM ET

📍 Zoom Webinar

https://act.stand.earth/s/4775242/6bS5o8MM

[ We’re in pretty wild times right now. In the midst of global turmoil and another oil war, our Prime Minister Mark Carney is pushing hard to fast-track new fossil fuel megaprojects.

Foreign investors are pitching LNG exports as an economic cure-all for Canada. But if LNG is such an economic engine, why do they need billions of our public dollars?

That’s why we’re starting a new national campaign to pressure Prime Minister Carney and his key ministers to stop the government from giving billions more of our taxpayer money to dirty energy megaprojects that mostly benefit foreign billionaires. We want the government to start to fund the clean, renewable economy instead

You’ll hear from movement leaders and experts to learn why these foreign-owned, high-cost projects will raise energy prices at home and harm Indigenous reconciliation. Showcasing how much better the clean, renewable economy is on every measure.

We’ll also share details of exciting in-person actions happening across the country for the Week of Action in mid-April. This is our chance to tell the Carney government that Canadians say NO to more free money for big polluters, and YES to funding the clean energy economy.]

#CDNPoli #BCpoli #EndFossilFuels #CleanEnergyNow #ClimateAction #StopCorporateWelfare #NoSubsidiesForLNG #StandEarth #OneEarth #Canada #MarkCarney #Environmental #StopEcocide #AbolishLobbyists #RealBadDeal #UNDRIP #Landback #CapitalismKills #DirtyDeals #FuckCarney #MakePollutersPay #EcoJustice #Canadians #Climate

#Canada ‘punched above its weight’ in #WorldWar2. But when #Nixon wanted #Canadians to fight in #Vietnam , Pierre #Trudeau was a ‘hard no’. In fact, he welcomed #DraftDodgers to Canada! https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.3628009

After #September11th , Canadians fought and died alongside #Americans in #Afghanistan. But when George W. Bush asked Jean Crétien to send troops to #Iraq , Crétien smelled the #WMD hoax and was a ‘hard no’.

#MarkCarney is a ‘hard no’ on the #FelonsCrusade too!
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7132436

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/tuesday-march-17-2026/

I'm going to do a full context video report tomorrow because it's important for other #Canadians to know how the #GovernmentOfCanada has tried to bully my Mom since even before #BCNDP #BCgovernment #FailuresToProtect citizens with #covid.

This is now the 3rd time that federal government has severely fucked up & demanded my Mom - who has been fucking retired early since Summer of 2020 - to pay them back funds she's eligible for. First time they fucked up was in 2022 & it took 9 months for feds to admit they fucked up & they had to send Mom retroactive payments while we were planning Dad's funeral. 2nd time they fucked up was 1 year after & they stopped her OAS payments & also threatened her with stopping all federal benefits that she earned from working her entire life after coming to Canada as a war refugee in November 1980.
It took over 11 months for feds to stop threatening my family for yet another one of their admin fuck ups. Their big fuck ups end up putting more traumas on our backs. Yes - we are fucking ANGRY.

#KKKanada #WarRefugees #NotFreeloaders #AntiRacism #RefugeesAsylum #CdnPoli #BCpoli #RacistCanada #GovernmentFailures #SystematicRacism #Bigotry #CanadaFails #Racism

Today, many #Canadians are very pissed off(rightfully so) over the news that our sellout PM #MarkCarney is welcoming a #Project2025 #USNazi / a literal fucking #fascist into #Canada.
The Liberals are #Conservative #neoliberals & totally fascist friendly 💩🤬🤮

#CDNpoli #Politics #CapitalismKills #FascismKills #GreedKills #GreasyPoliticians #FuckThisShit

Hey fellow #Canadians!
There was a small hiccup with the paperback preorder price of Gas Giant Gambit on Canadian Amazon, but it has been resolved!

https://esraye.com/pre-order-books/

#sciencefiction #scifi #sff #spacewestwrn #gasgiantgambit #books #readingcommunity #scifibooks

Hey #Canadians & non-Canadians, can't afford to travel for March Break? Let's F'g Go on #Twitch March 18th at #maerchen1313's #RETRO Beach Party. BYO bikini and tiny drink umbrellas. #80s TV themed! See you there! --> https://twitch.tv/maerchen1313

#springbreak #rockabilly #psychobilly #Miami #Mexico #VR #travel #VTuber #ENVTuber #vshojo #nijisanji #DJ #goth #easter #vacation #summer #party #beach #florida #springtime #fashion #miamibeach #music #southbeach #VTuber #ENVtuber #anime #music #games

Just read an article in the Los Angeles Times about hospital #ER wait times...

> Loma Linda University Medical Center ranked third in the country for how long
> its patients typically spent at the emergency department, with a median time of
> nearly seven hours, based on federal data.

#Canadians are now picking themselves up off the floor, #laughing.

Here in #Saskatchewan, the literal birthplace of #medicare, we would be absolutely THRILLED if ER wait times averaged "nearly seven hours". Twelve hours is more typical. And that less-than-seven-hours counts as third-worst in the #USA?

#EmergencyRoom #urgent #UrgentCare #hospital #WaitTime #WaitTimes #wait #canada #SinglePayer #HealthCare #health #medicine #Canadian

#RecommendedReading for #Decolonial #Education. #Free #OpenAccess report.

About Murder by Decree

Murder by Decree is an #uncensored #record of the planned #extermination of #IndigenousChildren in #Canada’s murderous Indian #ResidentialSchools. It is issued as a corrective #CounterReport to the miscarriage of #justice by Church and State known as the “Truth and Reconciliation Commission” #TRC. Based on eyewitness #testimonies and #archival #documentation deliberately suppressed or ignored by the TRC, Murder by Decree proves that the #genocide of #IndigenousPeople began as a religion-led campaign and continues to be a deliberate governmental policy in Canada. This Counter Report reveals these startling facts: – Over half of Indian residential school children began dying the very first year these church-run facilities were opened – This huge mortality rate continued unabated for over a half century because of deliberate practices of germ warfare according to a prescribed monthly “death quota” – Evidence of these crimes and their intentional nature has been continually destroyed by the RCMP and the #Catholic, #Anglican and #UnitedChurch since at least 1960 – The same genocide continues today, is aimed at indigenous women and children, and is driven by foreign corporate interests hungry for #NativeLands and resources Murder by Decree is issued by The International Tribunal for the Disappeared of Canada (ITDC), an international #coalition of #jurists and #HumanRights groups. The ITDC was formed in December, 2015 to investigate the disappearance of people in Canada, prosecute those responsible and prevent a further #whitewash by Canada of its #CrimesAgainstHumanity. This report is an answer to these #crimes and an urgent summons to the world and to all #Canadians to live no longer under #genocidal #regimes.

Published by the #ITDC Central Offices in #Brussels and #Toronto. For more information write to [email protected] .

http://murderbydecree.com/

#CDNpoli #IndigenousRights #ColonialViolence #CoverUp #KKKanada #FirstNations #NativeCanada #IndigenousCanada #Decolonization #DecolonizeYourMind #NativeRights #UNDRIP #Injustices #ColonialCrimes #TruthBeforeReconciliation

From my email:

Imagine having to spend 100% of your income on #rent. This is the shocking reality for some #Canadians.

Private investors are exploiting market conditions to increase rents and drive up land costs, leading to skyrocketing #housing prices that none of us can afford. Everyone deserves a good place to call home — that’s safe, affordable, and fits their needs, but we are far from that reality right now.

As a first step to that reality, #Leadnow is building a community-led housing platform – a way for us to come together to find the solutions we'll fight for together as part of Leadnow's national housing campaign.

Here's how we'll do it: Leadnow supporters will attend #CommunityConversations across the country. We'll gather with our neighbours, share our housing experiences, and crucially – shape Leadnow's housing platform and look for solutions to the #HousingCrisis we all collectively face.

We already have events all across the country — will you join us at a local conversation to help shape housing solutions that put people, not profit, first?

https://you.leadnow.ca/calendars/community-conversations

#CDNpoli

Growing up with a #disability and now working as an #accessibility consultant, I notice these types of barriers all the time. For me, and for the estimated 27% of #Canadians who also have
a disability that affects their day-to-day activities (a number that #StatisticsCanada expects to increase as the baby boomers age), automatic door openers are just the tip of the iceberg.

In 2019, the federal government passed the #AccessibleCanadaAct (ACA), which aims to make #Canada fully #accessible by 2040. Despite this perception that the proverbial needle of accessibility is moving forward, Canada isn’t as accessible as it thinks it is. Many bars and restaurants still lack accessible washrooms; Braille menus and signage are still uncommon; obstacles make it hard for wheelchair users to navigate public spaces.

New findings from #AccessibilityTechnology company #AccessNow corroborated this reality as part of its #research project, Mapping Our Cities for All. Considered Canada’s largest accessibility #ResearchInitiative to date, the project evaluated the state of accessibility at more than 14,000 sites in #Vancouver, #Calgary and #Ottawa. Released last November, the research found that almost 60% of public businesses were only partially accessible or not accessible. Much like my Toronto café, many of these spaces had some accessibility features, like a ramp, but also barriers, such as a bathroom only reachable by stairs.

https://broadview.org/canada-isnt-as-accessible-as-it-claims-to-be/

#PeopleWithDisabilities #DisabledCanadians #CDNpoli #BCpoli #YYJpoli #Inclusiveness #CommunityDiversity #AccessabilityForAll