#elxn44 — Public Fediverse posts

Strategic voting isn’t strategy — it’s survival under a broken system.
This piece nails the undemocratic cost of FPTP & why we *must* push for proportional representation in Canada.
Go read it, then let’s finally fix this mess.
📌 https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/the-strategic-voting-election-and-its-undemocratic-consequences
#Elxn44 #cdnpoli #ProRep #FairVote

@ZebKing

And I'll be working as a Deputy Returning Officer for Elections Ontario on election day...

#ONpoli #OntarioElection #Elxn44 #WaterlooRegion

@ZebKing

Oh, and there's my regular candidate contact info page, the better to see what they post and how they behave on social media, especially on their non-campaign accounts.

https://poliblog.jonkman.ca/Poliblog-Elections/2025-02-27-Provincial-Election/

#ONpoli #OntarioElection #Elxn44 #WaterlooRegion

@ZebKing

I've been putting local #WaterlooRegion candidates on #CommunityRadio. I thought that parties that get ignored by mainstream media would jump at some free airtime, but only about half responded.

https://radiowaterloo.ca/mtc

#ONpoli #OntarioElection #Elxn44

Cutting Through Elections Noise, Friday 21 February 2025 at SDCWR

What: SDC Pre-Election Event To Focus On Community Power
When: 7:00pm to 9:00pm on Friday 21 February 2025
Where: Social Development Centre Waterloo Region (enter from Duke Street)
Location: 23 Water Street North, Kitchener, Ontario Map
Online: https://waterlooregion.org/sdc-pre-election-event-to-focus-on-community-power
Register: on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cutting-through-elections-noise-a-forum-for-building-community-power-tickets-1248691492869
Contact: Phone: +1‑519‑579‑3800, E-mail: [email protected]

The last-minute announcement of a provincial election has left many of us reeling. And there’s a growing sense that our governments and political processes don’t work for us.

But what if we can turn our collective anxiety into something productive? That is our hope with “Cutting Through the Noise: A Forum for Building Community Power.” Happening Friday 21 February 2025 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm, the event will create a space for us all to catch our breath, acknowledge our worries, and practise building local collective power in the face of systems that fail us.

Only together can we create the futures we want. Grassroots organizers, community groups, and residents from across Waterloo Region are welcome. Please RSVP today and share widely.

Things are not okay, and we can all feel it.

Mass layoffs seem imminent in the face of a looming tariff war. Housing costs are eating up an ever-increasing share of our incomes. Our schools are under-funded. Our hospitals are inundated. And homeless encampments have become entrenched, as more people are pushed into poverty. All of this against a backdrop of dizzying political announcements – new legislation, new funding, new election timelines – and yet, no improvement in the realities we see around us.

But history has shown us that social change is possible.

The rejection of encampment evictions at 100 Victoria St. in Kitchener. The overturning of land swaps at the heart of Ontario’s Greenbelt scandal. The change in a 13-year stance when Canada condemned Israeli settlements in occupied-Palestine. Time and again, we’ve seen deep-seated political forces fall apart in the face of sustained community action.

Let’s turn our collective anxiety into something productive.

Join us on Feb. 21 and together, we can combat the feeling that we’re on our own. We can listen and care for one another, even as our systems fail us. And in the midst of so much noise, we can practise building local, collective power to create the future we want.

Some Resources Your May Find Helpful in The Lead Up to Election Day

With the provincial election announced a mere 28 days before Election Day, we understand many voters don’t feel like they have enough time to get to know their candidates or the platforms of their respective parties. Here are some of the resources we’ve come across that you might find helpful:

1. A primer of questions about decent work and cost of living (Justice for Workers)
2. Candidate responses to questions compiled locally by One Millions Neighbours Waterloo Region
3. Resources for voters who care about Good Food for All (Sustain Ontario)
4. Search for your candidate’s campaign page (Elections Ontario)
5. Promises made by each of the 4 parties (Global News)
6. How to cast your vote on or before Election Day (Elections Ontario)

#DavidAlton #ElectionOntario #Elxn44 #ONpoli #SDCWR #SocialDevelopmentCentreWaterlooRegion #WaterlooRegion

Thursday was the last day for registering as a candidate in Ontario provincial election, so the list of candidates is now complete. Waterloo Region got two more Ontario Party candidates, a Libertarian candidate in Waterloo, and an independent in Kitchener Centre.

The list of candidates is still missing plenty of contact and social media info, so let me know if you have updates.

https://poliblog.jonkman.ca/Poliblog-Elections/2025-02-27-Provincial-Election/

#OntarioElection #ONpoli #WRpoli #Elxn44 #WaterlooRegion

> SDC Pre-Election Event To Focus On Community Power | Social Development Centre Waterloo Region

A re-post with all the text on the poster in #AltText.

#SDCWR #SocialDevelopmentCentre #WaterlooRegion #ElectionOntario #Elxn44 #ONpoli

@flyingsquirrel
@WaterlooEvents

Today at 9:35am on Meet The Candidate we have Rob Deutschmann, Liberal Party candidate for Cambridge. Listen to @radiowaterloo.ca at CKMS-FM 102.7, online at https://radiowaterloo.ca/listen, or YouTube Live https://youtu.be/1fxxzF7LW88

Meet The Candidate airs every weekday until 25 February at 9:00am and 9:35am. More info at https://radiowaterloo.ca/meet-the-candidate-2025-provincial-election/

#CommunityRadio #RadioWaterloo #OntarioElection #ONpoli #Elxn44 #ONElxn44 #Election

PM Trudeau sets by-elxn in the riding of Toronto-St Paul's - June 24. #LPC has won every election there since 1993. Progressive Conservative Barbara McDougall won in 1988. In #elxn44 it was LPC 49%, CPC 26%. My model right now: Toss-up. LPC by 3 pts maybe? #cdnpoli

Already thinking about #elxn45 and metrics and narratives to measure and watch. Like this one: There will be about 4.6m eligible Generation Z voters. Will they vote? In #elxn44, for every 15 voters aged 18-24 there were 25 voters aged 65-74. Data source: Elections Canada

🆕 from the Library of Parliament: Historical trends on youth voting in Canada #cdnpoli #elxn44 #elxn45 https://bdp.parl.ca/sites/PublicWebsite/default/en_CA/ResearchPublications/2016104E

@davidakin
#cdnpoli #elxn44

When you accuse others of that which you are and your own party calls you out .

Catherine Agar and Brian Kaufman, the Conservative Party's Oxford riding association president and vice-president respectively, resigned after Khanna's nomination.

the nomination was "full of problems" and the party's rules were "repeatedly ignored."

nomination was hijacked by people from Ottawa and Brampton who crafted a win for Mr. Khanna

Conservatives claim Liberal campaign in Oxford byelection was 'racist'
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-byelection-oxford-racist-conservatives-say-1.6884133 #cdnpoli #elxn44

Monday’s byelection vote share Versus the #elxn44 general election:
#LPC: +10 points
#CPC: -4.1
#NDP: -6.1
#GPC: -0.05
##cdnpoli

Vote share versus the 2021 #elxn44 general election:
#CPC : + 12.4 points
#PPC: -4.4
#LPC: -2.5 (up to 3rd place from 4th)
#NDP: -6.3 (down to 4th from 3rd)

Vote share versus 2021 #elxn44 general election:
#CPC -4 points
#LPC: +15.7
#NDP: -7.8
#CHP: +3.6
#cdnpoli

Vote share vs 2021 #elxn44 general election:
#LPC: -3 points
#NDP: -5.4
#CPC: -0.6
#GPC: +9.3
#cdnpoli

▶︎ Byelection Hot Take ▶︎ Ontario’s billions ▶︎ Logo rankings.
Your Tuesday morning 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli clippings roundup https://david-akins-roundup.ongoodbits.com/byelection-hot-take-ontario-s-billions-logo-rankings #elxn44

[Press release] Government of Canada announces measures to protect Calgary Heritage by-election from foreign interference https://www.canada.ca/en/democratic-institutions/news/2023/06/government-of-canada-announces-measures-to-protect-calgary-heritage-by-election-from-foreign-interference.html #cdnpoli #elxn44

#elxn44 by-elections just announced for June 19 in:
▶︎ Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount, Quebec
▶︎ Oxford, Ontario
▶︎ Portage–Lisgar, Manitoba
▶︎Winnipeg South Centre, Manitoba
#cdnpoli

Here's #LPC fundraising chart, by quarter, since 2007. [Note: Different Y scale than CPC chart I just posted!] Unlike #CPC, donors to #LPC seem less enthusiastic since #elxn44. #cdnpoli

Last three federal elections were in 2015, 2019 and 2021. Everyone just calm TF down.
#Cdnpol #elxn42 #elxn43. #elxn44

🆕 from colleague Sam Cooper: Two high-level memos allege Beijing covertly funded Canadian election candidates https://globalnews.ca/news/9534893/high-level-memos-beijing-2019-election-candidates/ #cdnpoli #elxn44 #elxn43

Report on the assessment of the 2021 Critical Election Incident Public Protocol https://www.canada.ca/en/democratic-institutions/services/reports/report-assessment-2021-critical-election-incident-public-protocol.html #elxn44 #cdnpoli

It's #Introduction time.

I've been a teacher, programmer, marketer, manager, & a broker.
I've ran in a federal election. #elxn44
I'm a newlywed spouse to an artist & #mom of a newborn.
I'm #HAM operator VE3OGG.
I'm a university grad.
I'm a #gamer.
I look great in a suit and I look better in a dress :v_trans:
I love #culinary, wine, & mixed drinks experiences.
I love #cats have 0, & have settled for 2 lop #rabbits with my spouse.
I'm an #art collector & former benefactor.

And I am #Canadian.

Second day in a row that that the daily e-mail blast from the National Firearms Association pushes its members to the @CPC_HQ candidate running in the #elxn44 by-election in Miss-Lakeshore . "Send Trudeau A Message"

Since 2015 - the Liberal Party of Canada has done the following for Canadians: #elxn44 #cdnpoli (thread)

1. Introduced the new Canada Child Benefit, which gives more money to the families who need it most — lifting nearly 435,000 kids out of poverty.
2. Accelerating Canada’s shift to net-zero emissions by 2050, and setting mandatory targets for new vehicles to be zero-emissions by 2035.
3. Taking real action to fight climate change, including putting a price on pollution.

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@hs0ucy @Snoro Si Laure Waridel le dit! Steven Guilbault a passé, on a un gouvernement vert! :-P

#elxn44 #polcan

This fucking cuck-ass nation! I am disappointed in you my fellow Candinavians. Not only does Castro Jr stay in power, but he actually gained a seat in Commons. Still a minority government but seeing how he treated the last one as if he had a majority, it's only going to get worse.

This is fucking horseshit. We didn't even beat the BQ in votes.

#canpol #cdnpoli #elxn44 #votePPC