#canpol — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #canpol, aggregated by home.social.
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With cities like Whitecourt, Alberta, already getting evacuated due to climate change related wildfires, Prime Minister Mark Carney chooses now to abandon climate change commitments and go all "drill baby drill"
"The new strategy looks to double Canada’s electricity grid by 2050 and would adjust the clean electricity regulations to provide more flexibility to allow natural gas to play a larger role in building the grid."
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This is just an excellent video, back-to-back clips of PM #MarkCarney saying opposite things about co-operation with the US: https://youtube.com/shorts/nT3pckfmQeU?si=VeUIu4GbSODZBXWF
"Which is it, Prime Minister?"
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#PaulWells "Have we reached Peak Carney? Probably not, but I wanted to be the first to ask"
"I'm trying to figure out what Mark Carney thought he was doing at this year’s Global Progress Action Summit."
https://paulwells.substack.com/p/dignified-efficient-and-whatever
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(C-5 was the bill giving Cabinet the right to waive many existing laws for projects of national interest.)
This was from https://nitter.net/Smileyyeg/status/2053914504355070294#m
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"[Conestoga College] increased foreign enrolment by almost 150 per cent from 2021 to 2023, nearly tripling its total revenue over a three-year period. You can see why the purse strings might have been a little loose."
Ontario takes over Conestoga College, cites 'egregious' overspending
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/scott-stinson-spending-scandal-at-conestoga-college-is-a-reminder-of-canadas-shameful-international-student-boomHard to believe Canada outsourced immigration policy to organisations that directly made money off it. And Sean Fraser is still a minister!
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That's from the #TorontoStar, as reported by #AlthiaRaj https://archive.is/tJh7H#selection-4355.0-4381.195
I'm not convinced it will be so bad, personally. It should be entirely possible to speed up environmental reviews of projects in Canada.
That said, if #StevenGuilbeault objects to current government policies, he could always leave caucus.
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With the advent of a new Governor General, it's time to revive one of my longstanding policy proposals: the King should make the GG a dame, and she should offer to make all Companions and Officers of the #OrderOfCanada knights and dames.
It's good to have a system for the government to recognise Canadians who've dedicated themselves to the service of their country and community, but it would be better if the honour were more explicit than a pin and a post-nominal.
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Privacy Commissioner Investigating Centurion Project. Strongly Worded Letter Could Follow
The lack of any real privacy laws could play a role in the Centurion Project scandal that exposed millions of Alberta voters.
#News #Privacy #Security #Alberta #Canada #CanPol #CenturionProject #DataLeak #JasonKenney #politics #PrivacyCommissioner #PrivacyReform
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Apparently the renovations of the House of Commons propose desks to remain for the front benches, and benches with foldout trays for those in behind.
Not sure how I feel about this. I note that the Mother of Parliaments has benches only, no desks. But Canada's #Parliament has always had desks.
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"The court had the genuinely tricky choice between interfering with Parliament’s re-definition of its own privileges, and thus stepping on parliamentary supremacy, or allowing Parliament to surrender privileges that were axiomatic to Confederation, that were reasserted at the time of constitutional patriation and that have always been said to be at the heart of the Constitution."
Supreme Court upholds Liberals’ right to protect embarrassing secrets
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Answer: "No."
Most #CriticalMinerals are on #IndigenousLands. Will miners respect #TribalSovereignty?
by Taylar Dawn Stagner, March 26, 2025
"#Mining — whether for #FossilFuels or, increasingly, the critical minerals in high demand today — has a long history of perpetuating violence against #IndigenousPeople. Forcibly removing tribal communities to get to natural resources tied to their homelands has been the rule, not the exception, for centuries.
"Today, more than half of the mineral deposits needed for a global energy transition — including #lithium, #cobalt, #copper, and #nickel to make things like #batteries and #SolarPanels — are found near or beneath Indigenous lands.
"In 2007, the United Nations adopted a resolution called the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [#UNDRIP] that included the right to free, prior, and informed consent to the use of their lands, a concept known as #FPIC. This principle protects #IndigenousPeoples from being forcibly relocated, provides suitable avenues for redress of past injustices, and gives tribes and communities the right to consent to — and the right to refuse — #extractive industry projects like #mining.
"There’s a lot at stake: When followed, FPIC promises a process that gives Indigenous peoples a voice in how their homelands are used, as well as the right to say no to development altogether. And when it’s not, which is the vast majority of the time, #TribalCommunities are further #disenfranchised, facing #violence and #ForcedRelocation as their #sovereignty and rights are ignored.
"There are an estimated 5,000 tribal communities around the world, encompassing roughly 476 million people across 90 countries, according to the U.N. Different tribes have different opinions on mining, but rarely is their legal right to refuse extraction projects recognized, even under the 2007 declaration.
"Grist talked with five experts to better understand what free, prior, and informed consent should look like in this new era of mineral extraction. Their responses have been edited for length and clarity."
#CanPol #CanadaPol #BigOilAndGas #LandBack #IndigenousSovereignty #TribalSovereignty #LithiumMining #RecycleLithium #LithiumAlternatives #RecycleCopper
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Answer: "No."
Most #CriticalMinerals are on #IndigenousLands. Will miners respect #TribalSovereignty?
by Taylar Dawn Stagner, March 26, 2025
"#Mining — whether for #FossilFuels or, increasingly, the critical minerals in high demand today — has a long history of perpetuating violence against #IndigenousPeople. Forcibly removing tribal communities to get to natural resources tied to their homelands has been the rule, not the exception, for centuries.
"Today, more than half of the mineral deposits needed for a global energy transition — including #lithium, #cobalt, #copper, and #nickel to make things like #batteries and #SolarPanels — are found near or beneath Indigenous lands.
"In 2007, the United Nations adopted a resolution called the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [#UNDRIP] that included the right to free, prior, and informed consent to the use of their lands, a concept known as #FPIC. This principle protects #IndigenousPeoples from being forcibly relocated, provides suitable avenues for redress of past injustices, and gives tribes and communities the right to consent to — and the right to refuse — #extractive industry projects like #mining.
"There’s a lot at stake: When followed, FPIC promises a process that gives Indigenous peoples a voice in how their homelands are used, as well as the right to say no to development altogether. And when it’s not, which is the vast majority of the time, #TribalCommunities are further #disenfranchised, facing #violence and #ForcedRelocation as their #sovereignty and rights are ignored.
"There are an estimated 5,000 tribal communities around the world, encompassing roughly 476 million people across 90 countries, according to the U.N. Different tribes have different opinions on mining, but rarely is their legal right to refuse extraction projects recognized, even under the 2007 declaration.
"Grist talked with five experts to better understand what free, prior, and informed consent should look like in this new era of mineral extraction. Their responses have been edited for length and clarity."
#CanPol #CanadaPol #BigOilAndGas #LandBack #IndigenousSovereignty #TribalSovereignty #LithiumMining #RecycleLithium #LithiumAlternatives #RecycleCopper
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Answer: "No."
Most #CriticalMinerals are on #IndigenousLands. Will miners respect #TribalSovereignty?
by Taylar Dawn Stagner, March 26, 2025
"#Mining — whether for #FossilFuels or, increasingly, the critical minerals in high demand today — has a long history of perpetuating violence against #IndigenousPeople. Forcibly removing tribal communities to get to natural resources tied to their homelands has been the rule, not the exception, for centuries.
"Today, more than half of the mineral deposits needed for a global energy transition — including #lithium, #cobalt, #copper, and #nickel to make things like #batteries and #SolarPanels — are found near or beneath Indigenous lands.
"In 2007, the United Nations adopted a resolution called the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [#UNDRIP] that included the right to free, prior, and informed consent to the use of their lands, a concept known as #FPIC. This principle protects #IndigenousPeoples from being forcibly relocated, provides suitable avenues for redress of past injustices, and gives tribes and communities the right to consent to — and the right to refuse — #extractive industry projects like #mining.
"There’s a lot at stake: When followed, FPIC promises a process that gives Indigenous peoples a voice in how their homelands are used, as well as the right to say no to development altogether. And when it’s not, which is the vast majority of the time, #TribalCommunities are further #disenfranchised, facing #violence and #ForcedRelocation as their #sovereignty and rights are ignored.
"There are an estimated 5,000 tribal communities around the world, encompassing roughly 476 million people across 90 countries, according to the U.N. Different tribes have different opinions on mining, but rarely is their legal right to refuse extraction projects recognized, even under the 2007 declaration.
"Grist talked with five experts to better understand what free, prior, and informed consent should look like in this new era of mineral extraction. Their responses have been edited for length and clarity."
#CanPol #CanadaPol #BigOilAndGas #LandBack #IndigenousSovereignty #TribalSovereignty #LithiumMining #RecycleLithium #LithiumAlternatives #RecycleCopper
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Answer: "No."
Most #CriticalMinerals are on #IndigenousLands. Will miners respect #TribalSovereignty?
by Taylar Dawn Stagner, March 26, 2025
"#Mining — whether for #FossilFuels or, increasingly, the critical minerals in high demand today — has a long history of perpetuating violence against #IndigenousPeople. Forcibly removing tribal communities to get to natural resources tied to their homelands has been the rule, not the exception, for centuries.
"Today, more than half of the mineral deposits needed for a global energy transition — including #lithium, #cobalt, #copper, and #nickel to make things like #batteries and #SolarPanels — are found near or beneath Indigenous lands.
"In 2007, the United Nations adopted a resolution called the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [#UNDRIP] that included the right to free, prior, and informed consent to the use of their lands, a concept known as #FPIC. This principle protects #IndigenousPeoples from being forcibly relocated, provides suitable avenues for redress of past injustices, and gives tribes and communities the right to consent to — and the right to refuse — #extractive industry projects like #mining.
"There’s a lot at stake: When followed, FPIC promises a process that gives Indigenous peoples a voice in how their homelands are used, as well as the right to say no to development altogether. And when it’s not, which is the vast majority of the time, #TribalCommunities are further #disenfranchised, facing #violence and #ForcedRelocation as their #sovereignty and rights are ignored.
"There are an estimated 5,000 tribal communities around the world, encompassing roughly 476 million people across 90 countries, according to the U.N. Different tribes have different opinions on mining, but rarely is their legal right to refuse extraction projects recognized, even under the 2007 declaration.
"Grist talked with five experts to better understand what free, prior, and informed consent should look like in this new era of mineral extraction. Their responses have been edited for length and clarity."
#CanPol #CanadaPol #BigOilAndGas #LandBack #IndigenousSovereignty #TribalSovereignty #LithiumMining #RecycleLithium #LithiumAlternatives #RecycleCopper
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Answer: "No."
Most #CriticalMinerals are on #IndigenousLands. Will miners respect #TribalSovereignty?
by Taylar Dawn Stagner, March 26, 2025
"#Mining — whether for #FossilFuels or, increasingly, the critical minerals in high demand today — has a long history of perpetuating violence against #IndigenousPeople. Forcibly removing tribal communities to get to natural resources tied to their homelands has been the rule, not the exception, for centuries.
"Today, more than half of the mineral deposits needed for a global energy transition — including #lithium, #cobalt, #copper, and #nickel to make things like #batteries and #SolarPanels — are found near or beneath Indigenous lands.
"In 2007, the United Nations adopted a resolution called the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [#UNDRIP] that included the right to free, prior, and informed consent to the use of their lands, a concept known as #FPIC. This principle protects #IndigenousPeoples from being forcibly relocated, provides suitable avenues for redress of past injustices, and gives tribes and communities the right to consent to — and the right to refuse — #extractive industry projects like #mining.
"There’s a lot at stake: When followed, FPIC promises a process that gives Indigenous peoples a voice in how their homelands are used, as well as the right to say no to development altogether. And when it’s not, which is the vast majority of the time, #TribalCommunities are further #disenfranchised, facing #violence and #ForcedRelocation as their #sovereignty and rights are ignored.
"There are an estimated 5,000 tribal communities around the world, encompassing roughly 476 million people across 90 countries, according to the U.N. Different tribes have different opinions on mining, but rarely is their legal right to refuse extraction projects recognized, even under the 2007 declaration.
"Grist talked with five experts to better understand what free, prior, and informed consent should look like in this new era of mineral extraction. Their responses have been edited for length and clarity."
#CanPol #CanadaPol #BigOilAndGas #LandBack #IndigenousSovereignty #TribalSovereignty #LithiumMining #RecycleLithium #LithiumAlternatives #RecycleCopper
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For #Indigenous communities in ‘#Alberta,’ the #OilIndustry has left an ugly stain
Facing #OilSpills, evacuations and #illness — nations downstream of the #OilSands grieve their way of life, as the #corporations polluting their water get richer
By Brandi Morin, December 7, 2023
Excerpt: "The rush of the wind and sprays of water add to the thrill as Jason Castor guides his riverboat through a stretch of #LakeAthabasca near #FortChipewyan, in #Treaty8 territories. If he slows down, his boat could get stuck in the mud or even flip over because the water levels in this spot are remarkably low. He steers around buoys, dodges logs and other debris while accelerating to the mouth of the channel, which he knows should be deep enough to navigate at an average speed.
"While trawling his boat further down the river, Castor points to odd-looking clusters resembling dirty foam floating by.
" 'There’s just a slurry of a foam that looks like #oil or some kind of #chemical in there,' says Castor, a 42-year-old father, construction business owner and member of the #AthabascaChipewyan #FirstNation (#ACFN).
"He’s been a traditional hunter, trapper and fisherman for nearly 20 years and has documented strange changes in the water, the land and animals.
"Something’s going on in the river, he says.
" 'They say that it’s natural, well, I know that that’s not natural because I’ve been on the river my whole life,' he explains as he points to brown and #WhiteFoam, #OilSheens and other discoloured formations floating on the river.
"Nowadays, it’s risky to navigate these waterways because of industrial intakes like the #WACBennettDam to the west in B.C.; the #AlbertaOilSands just up the river and impacts from #ClimateChange.
"The #PeaceAthabascaDelta is the second-largest #freshwater delta in the world.
"The #AthabascaRiver, and the larger delta, also sit atop the world’s largest known reservoir of #CrudeBitumen.
"The industry that has sprung up around it drives Alberta’s and Canada’s economy, employing about 138,000 people. In 2021, crude bitumen production totaled approximately 3.3 million barrels per day. The oil sands energy sector including oil sands, conventional #OilAndGas, mining and quarrying is valued at about $18 billion.
"But while Canada prospers off the oil sands industry, #Indigenous communities downstream are dealing with its #toxic impacts.
"Not only are the water levels fluctuating, but the health of the water flowing through the Athabasca River is jeopardized."
#CanPol #CanadaPol #Alberta #TarSands #BigOilAndGas #OilSands #WaterIsLife #Pollution #Environment #Oiligarchy
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From last year...
#OnionLake #CreeNation to proceed with its legal challenge of #Alberta sovereignty act
By Lisa Johnson The Canadian Press, May 15, 2025
EDMONTON - "Alberta’s bill lowering the bar for a separation referendum has spurred a #FirstNation to push ahead with a legal challenge against the premier’s flagship sovereignty act.
"Danielle Smith has said her Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act is needed to push back on what the province believes is unconstitutional federal encroachment into provincial jurisdiction.
"But Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief #HenryLewis said that law has always been about undermining federal authority and asserting provincial control, which goes against his community’s #Treaty6 relationship with the Crown." 'I want to respectfully remind the premier that this land that we stand on today is #Treaty land and is not yours to take or make sweeping decisions about,” he said at a news conference in Edmonton on Thursday.
"He announced the legal challenge is moving forward a day after Smith’s government passed a bill significantly lowering the threshold for citizens to prompt a referendum, including one on seceding from Canada."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/qPDjh#CanPol #CanadaPol #RespectTheTreaties #LandBack #Alberta #FirstNations #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #Albertans #Mining #CorporateColonialism
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From last year...
#OnionLake #CreeNation to proceed with its legal challenge of #Alberta sovereignty act
By Lisa Johnson The Canadian Press, May 15, 2025
EDMONTON - "Alberta’s bill lowering the bar for a separation referendum has spurred a #FirstNation to push ahead with a legal challenge against the premier’s flagship sovereignty act.
"Danielle Smith has said her Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act is needed to push back on what the province believes is unconstitutional federal encroachment into provincial jurisdiction.
"But Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief #HenryLewis said that law has always been about undermining federal authority and asserting provincial control, which goes against his community’s #Treaty6 relationship with the Crown." 'I want to respectfully remind the premier that this land that we stand on today is #Treaty land and is not yours to take or make sweeping decisions about,” he said at a news conference in Edmonton on Thursday.
"He announced the legal challenge is moving forward a day after Smith’s government passed a bill significantly lowering the threshold for citizens to prompt a referendum, including one on seceding from Canada."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/qPDjh#CanPol #CanadaPol #RespectTheTreaties #LandBack #Alberta #FirstNations #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #Albertans #Mining #CorporateColonialism
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From last year...
#OnionLake #CreeNation to proceed with its legal challenge of #Alberta sovereignty act
By Lisa Johnson The Canadian Press, May 15, 2025
EDMONTON - "Alberta’s bill lowering the bar for a separation referendum has spurred a #FirstNation to push ahead with a legal challenge against the premier’s flagship sovereignty act.
"Danielle Smith has said her Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act is needed to push back on what the province believes is unconstitutional federal encroachment into provincial jurisdiction.
"But Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief #HenryLewis said that law has always been about undermining federal authority and asserting provincial control, which goes against his community’s #Treaty6 relationship with the Crown." 'I want to respectfully remind the premier that this land that we stand on today is #Treaty land and is not yours to take or make sweeping decisions about,” he said at a news conference in Edmonton on Thursday.
"He announced the legal challenge is moving forward a day after Smith’s government passed a bill significantly lowering the threshold for citizens to prompt a referendum, including one on seceding from Canada."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/qPDjh#CanPol #CanadaPol #RespectTheTreaties #LandBack #Alberta #FirstNations #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #Albertans #Mining #CorporateColonialism
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From last year...
#OnionLake #CreeNation to proceed with its legal challenge of #Alberta sovereignty act
By Lisa Johnson The Canadian Press, May 15, 2025
EDMONTON - "Alberta’s bill lowering the bar for a separation referendum has spurred a #FirstNation to push ahead with a legal challenge against the premier’s flagship sovereignty act.
"Danielle Smith has said her Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act is needed to push back on what the province believes is unconstitutional federal encroachment into provincial jurisdiction.
"But Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief #HenryLewis said that law has always been about undermining federal authority and asserting provincial control, which goes against his community’s #Treaty6 relationship with the Crown." 'I want to respectfully remind the premier that this land that we stand on today is #Treaty land and is not yours to take or make sweeping decisions about,” he said at a news conference in Edmonton on Thursday.
"He announced the legal challenge is moving forward a day after Smith’s government passed a bill significantly lowering the threshold for citizens to prompt a referendum, including one on seceding from Canada."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/qPDjh#CanPol #CanadaPol #RespectTheTreaties #LandBack #Alberta #FirstNations #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #Albertans #Mining #CorporateColonialism
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From last year...
#OnionLake #CreeNation to proceed with its legal challenge of #Alberta sovereignty act
By Lisa Johnson The Canadian Press, May 15, 2025
EDMONTON - "Alberta’s bill lowering the bar for a separation referendum has spurred a #FirstNation to push ahead with a legal challenge against the premier’s flagship sovereignty act.
"Danielle Smith has said her Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act is needed to push back on what the province believes is unconstitutional federal encroachment into provincial jurisdiction.
"But Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief #HenryLewis said that law has always been about undermining federal authority and asserting provincial control, which goes against his community’s #Treaty6 relationship with the Crown." 'I want to respectfully remind the premier that this land that we stand on today is #Treaty land and is not yours to take or make sweeping decisions about,” he said at a news conference in Edmonton on Thursday.
"He announced the legal challenge is moving forward a day after Smith’s government passed a bill significantly lowering the threshold for citizens to prompt a referendum, including one on seceding from Canada."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/qPDjh#CanPol #CanadaPol #RespectTheTreaties #LandBack #Alberta #FirstNations #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #Albertans #Mining #CorporateColonialism
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Seems like #Oiligarchy has won the hearts of #Albertan #MAGA-types. If anything, there should be #LandBack to #Alberta's #FirstNations, and colonizer descendants will just have to deal with it!!!
Albertans Could Soon Vote on Whether to Separate From Canada. Here’s What to Know
by Chantelle Lee, May 5, 2026
"Many Albertans have slammed the federal Liberal government for blocking #pipeline projects and canceling oil and gas projects. The province’s economy is largely driven by its #OilAndGas extraction, as well as #mining and #quarrying."
Read more:
https://time.com/article/2026/05/05/alberta-canada-separatist-movement-referendum/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/KxxFz#Colonialism #CorporateColonialism #CanPol #CanadaPol #NoMining #ExtractiveIndustries #BigOilAndGas #FuckColonialism
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"The critics who cry nationalization are not really arguing about economics. They are arguing about whether there is still a place in our political imagination for the idea that some spaces belong to everyone and cannot be allowed to become the exclusive property of whoever can extract the most profit from them."
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/05/opinion/canada-avi-lewis-public-options-nationalization
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"Blakeney and Lougheed came from opposite ends of the political spectrum. They agreed on this: the people who make the laws, and who answer to voters, must retain the final word on the great policy questions, at least provisionally, at least subject to the democratic check of the next election."
Cody Mallette: Courts must not rewrite notwithstanding clause
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/cody-mallette-notwithstanding-clause-was-the-price-of-the-charter-courts-must-not-rewrite-it -
Stop calling Canada's latest big idea a sovereign wealth fund | About That
https://youtube.com/watch?v=OZ1YhRKHSJA&si=IKLlehrFZnRmQbvC -
"So to recap the Liberals’ spring economic update: there is a sovereign wealth fund that is not a sovereign wealth fund, a capital budget that is not a capital budget, a balanced operating budget that is not balanced, a commitment to spend less while actually spending more, and a plan to invest more in things that are not really investments."
Matthew Lau: Carney accelerates Canada's fiscal collapse
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#PaulWells interviews @avilewis :
https://paulwells.substack.com/p/the-avi-lewis-interviewSelf-recommending.
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Conservative MP speaks out about how the Liberals tried to poach her
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/terry-newman-conservative-mp-speaks-out-about-how-the-liberals-tried-to-poach-herMy own view is that MPs ought to have the power to cross the floor, but they should rarely exercise it. Really what Canadian Parliament needs is more MPs acting independently of their party leaderships.
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This serious issue shouldn't be used as an excuse for other causes. For example, addressing the antisemitism present in the CBC should not immediately or exclusively lead to calls for defunding the CBC, nor should the antisemitism shown in unions be used exclusively as a call to weaken collective bargaining or worker's rights.
Political moves like the above reduce Jews to political pawns and reduce Jewish suffering to a political issue, one that can be leveraged or traded.
Many Jews such as myself as politically homeless. While many of us (including myself) identify as liberal or left leaning, the events in the last 10 (and especially 3) years have taught us a painful lesson.about who we can trust.
If you want us on your side, you need to show you care about us as people.
#Canada #Canpol #Conservatives #Antisemitism #AntiHate #BillC9 #Unions
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The Conservatives say that Bill C-9 is unnecessary at best and harmful at worst as it could empower hate groups to misuse the justice system to harm Jewish Canadians.
I accept the premise of concern, but where I push back is the idea of "So we should do nothing."
Canadian Conservatives have publicly spoken up against antisemitism in Canada and been vocal in their criticism of the situation of rising hate during the Liberal governments.
If the Conservatives wish to take up the cudgel of addressing antisemitism in Canada, that needs to come with concrete plans that address the real concerns presented by Jewish leaders and local law enforcement and politicians who have expressed being limited by current laws.
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#Canada #Canpol #Conservatives #Antisemitism #AntiHate #BillC9
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Wab Kinew says Manitoba will ban social media and AI for youth
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/manitoba-social-media-ai-ban-youthPutting aside for a moment whether this is good policy, does a provincial government in Canada have the power to ban certain modes of communication? Does the federal government?
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#PaulWells has published an argument that Canada's failure to build more #LNG terminals over the last ten years has been because of economics, rather than government policy.
Max Fawcett's beef with Poilievre (and me)
https://paulwells.substack.com/p/mac-fawcetts-beef-with-poilievreI see that ten LNG terminals opened in the US in that time frame, so I tend to think regulation is part of the story.
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The 13 charts that prove the lost Liberal decade
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In his recent #ForwardGuidance video, PM #MarkCarney shows us a figurine of Sir Isaac Brock, which he says was given to him by Mike Myers. Do you really think Mike Myers gave him that figurine?
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I finally watched the first episode of #ForwardGuidance, PM #MarkCarney's new podcast.
I was quite pleased overall: it's good to hear the government focusing on infrastructure, housing construction, military spending and tax cuts. And it's a delight to be reminded of Canada's history and some of the lessons it can teach us.
I have three major criticisms, which I'll make in my next posts.
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#JenGerson: "The next six weeks are going to be rife with propaganda intended to weaken Canadian resolve. Carney is not above critique -- Canada hasn't handled everything perfectly or well. But the US doesn't mean us well, here. Maybe not "elbows up" but let's keep "eyes open."" | nitter
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#JenGerson: "The next six weeks are going to be rife with propaganda intended to weaken Canadian resolve. Carney is not above critique -- Canada hasn't handled everything perfectly or well. But the US doesn't mean us well, here. Maybe not "elbows up" but let's keep "eyes open."" | nitter
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#JenGerson: "The next six weeks are going to be rife with propaganda intended to weaken Canadian resolve. Carney is not above critique -- Canada hasn't handled everything perfectly or well. But the US doesn't mean us well, here. Maybe not "elbows up" but let's keep "eyes open."" | nitter
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#JenGerson: "The next six weeks are going to be rife with propaganda intended to weaken Canadian resolve. Carney is not above critique -- Canada hasn't handled everything perfectly or well. But the US doesn't mean us well, here. Maybe not "elbows up" but let's keep "eyes open."" | nitter
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#JenGerson: "The next six weeks are going to be rife with propaganda intended to weaken Canadian resolve. Carney is not above critique -- Canada hasn't handled everything perfectly or well. But the US doesn't mean us well, here. Maybe not "elbows up" but let's keep "eyes open."" | nitter
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Federal policies have been game changers for community newspapers
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/supportive-federal-policies-have-been-game-changers-for-community-newspapersI'm pleased to hear some good news about Canada's newspaper business. We should however rethink policies that make #newspapers into clients of the federal government.
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#TashaKheiriddin has a theory of the first episode of the #ForwardGuidance podcast: PM #MarkCarney is preparing Canadians for the failure of #CUSMA negotiations
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/tasha-kheiriddin-carney-preparing-to-fail-in-trump-negotiationsCould be; it would be a wise thing to do. Failure would be bad for us, but it's certainly possible.
"When asked last week whether the U.S. may extend CUSMA, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick responded only that “Trump thinks it’s a bad deal.”"
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« J’ai été rassurée par le fait qu’il n’y a pas de volonté de sa part, de M. Carney, de modifier ou d’encadrer la clause dérogatoire [disposition de dérogation] », a affirmé la nouvelle première ministre du Québec en mêlée de presse après cette rencontre. « Il y a eu des excuses qui ont été exprimées par le fédéral, donc pour moi ça m’a rassurée. »
#NotwithstandingClause
#ChristineFréchette #MarkCarney
#CanPol #cdnpoli #polqc
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An RBC report released Tuesday confirmed that new investment in Canada has completely collapsed during the Liberals’ tenure in power. “Between 2015 and 2024, more than $1 trillion of investment exited Canada — the largest capital exodus in Canadian history,” the report says. “For every dollar of inward FDI, two dollars exited.”
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/carson-jerema-how-justin-trudeau-cost-canada-1-trillion
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#AlthiaRaj gives the positive side of the by-election results for the #CPC : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7IE-x4ANokQ&t=603s
#PierrePoilievre has time now, she says. No general election in 2025, no imminent risk of Conservative MPs losing their jobs, a new opportunity to speak to Canadians.
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I'd prefer for the Liberals not to hold a majority in the House of Commons, but the truth is it won't make much difference. The policy differences between the #LPC and the #CPC have been relatively small since #MarkCarney became PM [0], and none of the opposition parties really want an election in the foreseeable future.
[0] Major differences are that the #CPC favours tougher anti-crime policy, lower deficits, more focus on cost-of-living and more shovels in the ground.
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Tasha Kheiriddin: Avi Lewis could spoil the Liberals' chances next election
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/tasha-kheiriddin-avi-lewis-could-spoil-the-liberals-chances-next-election#AviLewis "was a nice guy, hardworking, charismatic and dedicated to his craft. He was as left-wing as it gets, but respected those with different views. He was a natural politician, even then. It’s not hard to see why he managed to win 56 per cent of the vote on the first ballot"
#CanPol needs a healthy #NDP ; the many Canadians with left-wing views deserve a voice.
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CW: killing
41% of Canadians support doctors refusing MAID for religious reasons
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/41-of-canadians-say-doctors-should-be-allowed-to-refuse-maid-for-religious-reasons"Gabrielle Peters, a disabled writer and policy analyst, said in an interview with National Post: “The idea of intentionally killing somebody is something that many people object to, and so I think this is a pretty fundamental right that we should be preserving in our society".
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Fire any Supreme Court judge that tries to put limits on Section 33
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/yuan-yi-zhu-fire-any-supreme-court-judge-that-tries-to-put-limits-on-section-33From @yuanyiz.bsky.social , in the #NationalPost .
The courts "have been racking up decisions that are not only outrageous to large segments of the public, but have done so in spite of the text, history and original public meaning of the law: [...]"
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