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Live in rural Alberta w/ many Progressive Conservative friends quietly sharing they are voting Liberal today. Reform friends who also hear this tell me “those PCs weren’t REAL conservatives anyways.” If you want to win elections, that’s probably the wrong answer.

Who’s ready for a spring election?

I wonder what a post-US having any goodwill world looks like because that’s where we’re headed.

A schoolyard bully can pick on a handful of kids at any one time, but they can’t take on the whole playground at once That’s where Trump is headed

Pass around this list of Canadian products.

Trudeau’s just gave the most inspiring speech I’ve heard from a Canadian politician in a very long time. #TrumpTarriffs

My anti-socialism friends define socialism as collecting wealth from citizens and redistributing it among all citizens. Fair. Isn’t Trump collecting tariffs from Americans and redistributing it in place of income taxes socialism then? Honest confusion.

FYI: Legislatively and Constitutionally, it’s easier for a state to join Canada than for a Province or Territory to join the USA.

This is a great thread for Canadians to read. When we remove government as the guarantor of debt, this is the kind of system you get. One of many reasons for core services in Canadian healthcare to remain publicly funded.

With all the influence Elon Musk is exerting in American politics right now, wonder at what point does he get blamed if America’s problems get worse

I haven’t been this interested in Canadian Politics for months.

My own reading of @cafreeland’s resignation letter is a criticism of character more than competence of the Prime Minister (though that’s sprinkled in too). If Canadians share that view, politicians can recover from one but not the other. Guess which. t.co/GIrBHJV9VV

Wow, wasn’t on my December Bingo card

In the end, politics are about going where your message is heard More practical to ask, "Is my message being heard in the way I'm trying to communicate it?" and "Is it moving folks to behave differently (ie - vote, donate, etc)?" There's little point to stay in a place you're message isn't heard.

The next four years of domestic and foreign policy are going to be great for content creators. Not so clear if they will be as great for citizens. This weeks Plausible Futures post, Can we force our way into a Desired Future? bit.ly/3ZmaOMO

The Most Important Conversation to Have Before You Die. Talking about your advance care directive with your loved ones will make life -- and death -- easier later on, by @smithdanag.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/w... via @nytimes.com

Another example of deregulation not being a good thing www.cbc.ca/radio/whitec...

President-elect Trumps foreign and domestic policy looks more and more like micromanaging public and private life So much for limited government

I had a great conversation about pan-Canadian licensure with MP Mike Lake earlier this week. When doctors have the ability to move and work freely within Canada, our entire health system becomes stronger and more flexible.

Saw “sane-wash” on my feed today and it’s my new favourite word Explains how folks explain extreme behaviour much better than gaslight or brainwash

I remain surprised at the number of Canadian business leaders pandering to Trump to the detriment of their own country. What happens to Canada happens to them. This is the CEO of Shopify.

My X timeline is seems to get worse every time I check it

Guess politicians can follow through on what they say they’re going to do We’re in for rough four years www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

So…is no one affected by the #CanadaPost strike? Don’t see impacts popping up on social feeds anywhere. 🤔

Hey folks, importing old tweets from that other platform

Would you pay to see a family doctor faster? Quebecers are, and critics say the situation should act as a warning for the rest of Canada. www.cbc.ca/radio/whitec... via @casinoshiftmd.bsky.social #PrimaryCare

Cutting staff following a superficial assessment of impact is one of the luxuries of running a private enterprise Govt provides core service millions of people depend on to survive and live well If tech bro does what he did at Twitter, lots of average people will suffer

Anyone else using BlueArk.app?

@albertadoctors.bsky.social first follower!

Happy Monday! Reading a book right now called “How Democracies Die” It contains a helpful litmus test for when you know things are shifting toward autocracies #MondayBookClub 1/2

Happy Monday! Reading a book right now called “How Democracies Die” It contains a helpful litmus test for when you know things are shifting toward autocracies #MondayBookClub 1/2

It’s not here yet, but I do believe in the mid to near future initial work up of patients will be done with AI Humans will then get handed off to help walk patients and their families through options and to pick up on stuff you can’t gather through a chatbot

Five ex surgeons-general warn Trump: Diseases transcend borders and can spread rapidly through travel and trade. America's safety and economy intricately tied to the health of populations worldwide. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio... via @usatoday.com #GlobalHealth

Another day, another million new people have joined Bluesky! 18M users? 🙂‍↔️ 18M friends 🙂‍↕️

Can’t get an appt with a GP? Yet there are 1000s of GPs out of work or struggling to find work NHS England have cut the equivalent of 2 full-time GPs in funding from an average practice, whilst funding ‘additional’ roles via ARRS £2bn cut in real term Not additional then🤷🏻‍♂️ youtu.be/tI69wqP1_3g?...

Putting on my HC systems hat Health Ministers can arbitrarily eliminate regulators, fund experimental treatments and change collective bargaining agreements Provinces have no legal foundation for enforcing regulatory jurisdiction on First Nations land, but can choose whether they’ll fund programs

There are so many layers of wrong with this

It’s nice to see variety on my feed again On X it was Elon posts and rage farming with the occasional bot thrown in

We should really start believing folks will do what they say they’re going to do, especially politicians

At some point folks in govt bureaucracy are going to look up their employment rights and legal obligations and choose not to listen to folks appointed to leadership positions Bullies can only get so far before people start to push back

Nice to see this is still a thing on some platforms 😬

A handful of billionaires now have unprecedented control over banking, the food we eat, the health care we can access and, now, the information we receive. This is what oligarchy looks like.

After being on #Bluesky for a few days and seeing the same people there that used to be here, decided to cancel my blue checkmark next month So much less trolling there And if there is, it’s more entertaining lol

Reflecting on how ironic it would be to pay 44 Billion for a social platform, make a bunch of changes to it, then have a ton of your users jump ship for another platform that was closer to how the platform you bought was before you made the changes

Have to agree with this

I was wondering why my follower count was dropping and I think what's actually happening is folks are leaving X. Same handle on other platforms if you'd like to connect elsewhere folks. I'll remain here for a while, but I'll go to where the people are. Not just the memes.

I'm often asked about the future of medicine, tech, culture and reconciliation so decided to make a Substack about it. Check it out: ourplausiblefutures.substack.com/p/an-introdu...

I just realized that my follower count is dropping because people are giving up on X. 😜 #bluesky

Happy Friday! This weeks Substack, "What's the future of primary care in Canada?" https://open.substack.com/pub/ourplausiblefutures/p/whats-the-future-of-primary-care?r=4033bf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true