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Good Morning #Canada
A few weeks ago our local #CBCradio host was interviewing an debt counselor, likely due to the arrival of Christmas credit card bills. The segment reinforced the data that Canadians carry high levels of debt, unfortunately among the highest percentage of income worldwide. Mortgage debt, according to ##StatsCan, is flat to slightly declining, likely because new home purchases by younger Canadians is down, but car loans, personal lines of credit, and credit card debt are all up in 2025.
Our government continues to try and respond by offering tax credits and supplemental payments which invariably get sucked up by corporations. They have to change the game - build public housing or invest in leasehold or cooperative homes, build public options for utilities, internet, food or other necessities. Invest heavily in public transit and subsidize it so that it's low cost or free. Remove corporate profits from necessities.#CanadaIsAwesome #Finance
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Good Morning #Canada
My morning routine includes #CBCRadio with my coffee and this morning they had an interesting segment on Canadian youth returning to church. According #StatsCan 2022 data, 22% of Canadians ages 15-24 attended religious services at least once a month. That's a significant increase compared to ages 25 to 64. Angus Reid found that positive views of religion by #GenZ adults grew from 35 to 40% between 2023 to 2025, while views from every other generation significantly decreased.
This led me to read several news articles from late last year that reported on these studies, one of which is linked below. It appears the trend became noticeable during and after COVID lockdowns. The words of multiple interviewees tells me that young people's were looking for community and human interaction with something grounded with a sense of morality. That's positive even if you don't believe in her holiness above.#CanadaIsAwesome #Hallelujah
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/return-to-faith-church-attendance-increasing-for-first-time-in-decades/ -
Huh after the news break #CBCNews #JustAsking is doing a call in on data brokers, #privacy, and #security. Let's see how they do @Em0nM4stodon #CBCRadio #CorporateSurveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #NowPlaying #CDNPoli
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I listened to #TheHouse on #CBCradio Saturday morning. John Manley was on, discussing the #DigitalServicesTax. He said that it was the sort of thing that one might give up in trade negotiations, which sounded reasonable. Even so, I'm rather surprised that the Liberals are giving up on it so quickly, just to get negotiations to resume.
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A car was dropped from a plane for an ad—but the parachute failed
"Then everyone went silent. The car's chute wasn't opening. The car started falling a lot faster than the skydiver. Everyone just stared as the MGB smashed to the ground.
The skydiver landed beside the brand-new MGB, which was now a completely flattened pancake."
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#CanadaPolitics #CBCNews #CBCRadio #CPC #defunding
Is Canada Ready for Life Without the CBC? Pierre Poilievre Thinks So | The Walrus https://thewalrus.ca/is-canada-ready-for-life-without-the-cbc-pierre-poilievre-thinks-so/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
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#StaffordBeer states the case for a new science of #systemstheory and #cybernetics. Designing Freedom ponders the possibilities of liberty in a cybernetic world.
The 1973 CBC Massey Lectures, "Designing Freedom"
#CBCRadio #radioteledyn #nowplaying
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/the-1973-cbc-massey-lectures-designing-freedom-1.2946819 -
Forgot to post this earlier, but we went to a live taping of CBC's The Debaters at the Arden Theatre last night!
They recorded six debates, for a total of twelve comedians plus Steve Patterson, who is every bit as funny in person and then some.
Such a good time, I haven't laughed that much in a long time. Looking forward to hearing the episodes air, though no all of the material will make the cut for sure.
#yeg #Edmonton #StAlbert #CBC #CBCRadio #TheDebaters #StevePatterson
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The #Indigenous peoples of #Yukon are leading the charge to protect the chinook salmon. A podcast episode from “What on Earth” for #CBCRadio’s #Overheated feature.
CBC Listen: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-429-what-on-earth/clip/16092863-ghosts-fishing-nets-an-overheated-story
Overcast: https://overcast.fm/+AAdwJt7OQ94 -
The Tyee: This Is Not a Drill: Meta’s Ban on Canadian News Ramps Up https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/03/Meta-Ban-Canadian-News-Ramps-Up/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #CanadianHeritageMinisterPabloRodriguez #PrimeMinisterJustinTrudeau #FacebookCEOMarkZuckerberg #BillC-18OnlineNewsAct #CanadianJournalism #MetaCanadiannews #GoogleBillC-18 #JeanetteAgeson #PascaleSt-Onge #Canadiannews #MetaBillC-18 #Canadaland #TheNarwhal #TheBreach #CBCRadio
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May in Canada is Jewish Heritage Month...AND...Asian Heritage Month. So it seems like the perfect excuse for me to share a fun documentary I made for CBC Radio's IDEAS program, back in my pre-Senate day, about the unlikely story of Moishe Two-Gun Cohen, Jewish gunslinger of the Canadian West AND hero of the Chinese Revolution. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/the-intermittently-true-adventures-of-moishe-two-gun-cohen-1.2913745 #CBC #IDEAS #CBCRadio #JewishHistory #ChineseHistory #jewishhistory #Canada #Edmonton #yeg #SunYatSen #yegheritage #ChineseRevolution #jewish
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As it approaches 11am I prepare my second coffee of the day. #MugOfTheDay #CBCradio #CBC
