maybe poilievre doesn't like trains because their shape reminds him of very long ballots

The fascinating thing about the modern fascist movement is that basically everything they want was already being enabled by neoliberalism, but they're straight up too politically incompetent to understand how these systems work, and so they're just going around smashing up their own tools

Those who can, do. Those who can't, use AI.

(b) ignores Gorsuch saying that comversion therapy might work, and (c) ignores that even as just talk, conversion therapy LITERALLY KILLS PEOPLE. People will DIE from this decision. That's not hyperbole. It's a fact.

I've been through conversion therapy. People will try to downplay today's SCOTUS opinion or defend Kagan and Sotomayor signing onto it by saying it only protects talk therapy, not physical abuse. But that (a) ignores Gorsuch's dictum comparing conduct and speech,

objectively the funniest critique an american could level at another country

It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you. If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can. Everyone give this a share after.

Food inflation remains terrible in Canada thanks to our greedy oligarchs and subservient government. And its about to get so much worse.

That's not what j pilled means, NYT. It's a deeply antisemitic term that means someone is awakened to antisemitic beliefs that Jews secretly run the government and they must be removed from the United States. The NYT is laundering white supremacist terms.

Golden retriever runs 15 feet after owner mimes throwing tennis ball

If NDP is serious about reining in big tech, they should be making more use of decentralized platforms. I’d wager a non-trivial amount of their voters are on Bluesky exclusively. 🙋‍♀️

Under first-past-the-post, Western NDP parties have to represent the entire centre-to-left spectrum to stay competitive. That pressure fuels internal conflicts. Proportional representation creates room for different voices to campaign separately and collaborate in the open.

The pundit and columnist class meltdown from folks who have never supported the NDP honestly suggests to me that the NDP is doing something significant that’s worth paying attention to. Those who defend power tend to screech the loudest when power is genuinely threatened.

Like maybe this is true. But it's also true of heroin

I feel like in moments like these it’s essential context that there’s no real Liberal Party equivalent in Alberta. The federal NDP has to define itself as a different but better option than the federal Liberals to win. The provincial NDP can benefit from appearing similar to the federal Liberals.

Note the most popular premier in all of Canada, Wab Kinew, stood proudly on stage with Lewis.

If there's one good thing about having Mark Carney as Prime Minister, it's that now that the mainstream media's favourite is PM, the long standing issue of what to do with 24 Sussex will finally be addressed. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art... 1/2

I feel like the surrender of the global electric vehicle market to China is one of those things that will, with a couple of decades of hindsight, be vastly consequential. Scaling benefits, technology development, supply chains... A lot of incumbents that depend on export markets will be screwed.

Universities beat and jailed students who dared protest, to the approval of many people at your fucking magazine, and now you want to see them out making noise again? No. You do it.

The Jetsons lied to us

Really seems not great when the Israeli government is just taking one of the most famous antisemitic propaganda images in the book, making it about Muslims, and redeploying it.

The RCMP’s "Native extremism program" is a jaw-dropping betrayal. Wiretaps & secret dossiers were used to target leaders fighting for their rights—not security threats. I’m calling on the Public Safety Minister to release all files & hold public hearings. Accountability now. ⬇️

On the plus side, Hodgson's basically confirming what I've been arguing since Carney became Prime Minister: He's putting Canada on a course toward deeper integration with the United States.

All new homes in England, not a geography known for its sunny clime. Wouldst the same idea overcame Canada.

Imagine if "big tent" meant accepting trans people instead of transphobes.

we're supposed to believe the Trump administration has spent more than a year doing a mass deportation of the worst of the worst criminals, but also there are sleeper cells of undocumented Iranians in the country that constitute a grave national security threat. the math ain't mathing.

All to free up money for unprecedented public spending on weapons and the military. In other words: Austerity for programs and services Canadians rely on. Bottomless money pit for war. This is not what we voted for. This is why Canada needs the NDP.

For many years, the US government persuaded most of its own citizens - and many others - that its intentions and behaviour were benign, despite the perpetual wars, coups, murders, resource grabs, the ecocide and neocolonialism. If Trump has done one thing for us, it is to rip the mask away.

No Canadian should be put in harm's way to participate in Trump's illegal, immoral and unwarranted war of aggression in the Middle East. Canadians should hit the streets in protest if Mr. Carney sends ANY military resources to the region. It's Trump's war, not NATO's. 🇨🇦 www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...

I don't know how Carney fans can stand constantly being proved wrong by Carney.

No doubt many will pass this off as Ford's usual, ignorance-based rage baity stuff; and that's certainly part of it, but there's a deeper issue at play. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/loca... CC: @maritstilesndp.bsky.social , @avilewis.ca 1/8

This is what first-past-the-post does. 48% support becomes 81% of seats, opposition voices vanish, and whole regions are represented by just one party. Proportional representation means every vote counts everywhere.

And we want servers to be paid a living wage. Right? Right??

NDP’s Avi Lewis Hit With Absurd Bernie-Style Media Attacks As Leadership Vote Nears End youtu.be/EdovJNLm_JM?...

NOT-SO-FUN-FACT: According to gasbuddy.com/charts, the Canadian avg price of gasoline has risen 35c/litre since Trump & Bibi started war with Iran. That's twice as much, in 2 weeks, as the former federal carbon price ultimately added after its entire 6 years of existence. /2

This is real foreign interference: “Israel is pursuing a sweeping diplomatic and public relations campaign to convince Canada to change the way it tackles acts of antisemitism […] the country’s ambassador is suggesting Ottawa should limit certain ‘freedoms.’” toronto.citynews.ca/2026/03/17/i...

Hey @gordjohns.bsky.social this is a pretty important issue. Not only is this health-related service being allowed to fail, the reason why really does not look good for the government. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... 1/4

Everyone is trolling Israel.

"Save us, Obi-Wan Poilievre, you're our only hope." - Princess No One www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/13/n... Also need to point out that this is a complete failure to understand the problem.

True both both Poilievre's Regressive Conservatives and Carney's Liberal Conservatives. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/16/o...

Happy March 15. Here is my favorite Ides of March meme:

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

I've worked for publicly traded companies in the financial services sector before & Mark Carney is giving pure CEO-at-the-annual-general-meeting-for-shareholders vibe here. He needs much more theory of mind about ordinary Canadians than he's demonstrated. Poilievre comes across as more empathetic.

Medicare for All - "That's socialism!" Social Security - "That's socialism!" Debt free education - "That's socialism!" Universal childcare - "That's socialism!" $1 billion per day on a war in the Middle East that no one wants, while millions of people at home struggle. "That's just how it is."

Canada must call for an immediate ceasefire as the US and Israel continue their illegal and reckless war.  We should be demanding justice for violations of international law and war crimes, not tap-dancing around whether or not we support this disastrous Trump-led military adventure.

Difficult day for privacy in Canada on the way: government set to reject Senate amendment to Bill C-4 on political party privacy and will introduce a new lawful access bill that is likely to revive constitutionally dubious warrantless access provisions.

This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast. They’ll play this in museums in future. (🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)

Class project: Media should flood IRCC with requests and compare notes on who gets answers.