An insightful op-ed on the closure to public of the N.S. Legislature.

The right to use Swiss franc banknotes and coins will be enshrined in Switzerland’s constitution after voters today backed a measure designed to safeguard the use of cash in society.

Houston unbalanced the books with unwise tax and toll rollbacks, then used massive deficit to rationalize slashing crucial programs and public services By @joanbaxter.bsky.social

Please read if you are Nova Scotian or interested in democracy www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/...

NEW RELEASE: Who Really Benefits from Nova Scotia’s Tax Cuts? Our analysis reveals who will actually benefit from tax cuts in NS. Families in the highest income group benefit 11 times more than families in the lowest income group. These tax cuts also result in a $465 million loss of revenue.

The legislature’s committee on public bills will meet Monday to discuss the following pieces of legislation that have cleared second reading. This is the public’s chance to address MLAs on the committee. People can appear by contacting the office of legislative counsel. #nspoli

An Open Letter to Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and Hants East MLA John A MacDonald By Sherri Borden Colley

Exactly this: "We need to understand this deeply: the debt crisis is entirely the creation of the Houston government...for the ideological project of making the rich richer, the poor poorer, and working people more uncertain and thus less likely to object to deep political restructuring."

Yes, there is a wrong way to celebrate Rosa Parks. @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social takes on The Met Gala

Seeing more posts and discussions about the prof lawsuit against UBC being "political", so am re-upping my newsletter post on the topic: emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/misguided-...

We can beat Pierre Poilievre here in Carleton. Go vote in Advance Polls this weekend. #FanjoyVsPoilievre #TogetherWeCan #CanadaStrong #WheresPierre

And that, as they say, is the Tweet, “The charter of rights and freedoms exists to protect Canadians from people like us on stage, politicians who may use their power to override fundamental rights. The issue is not where you start, but where you stop". - @mark-carney.bsky.social

Yet another fact-checked lie by Poilievre (he also lied about 200,000 affordable homes built under his govt; it was 4,000). The percentage of people’s income that are taxes has remained unchanged since 2016:

If Carney wins the election, Conservatives will flip out, but ultimately their lives won't be negatively affected one bit. None of their rights are on the line in this election. If Poilievre wins, different story. Please vote to defend vulnerable Canadians from bigotry and fascism. 10 days to go.

Poilievre lying about being "gagged" if he gets his security clearance. He would merely need to be responsible in his commentary, which he refuses to do. #debate

"I haven't followed Canadian politics closely, but when a politician talks of limiting free press, activities at universities & defying the courts, it's the canary in a coal mine for autocracy" - Harvard University Professor when asked his opinion on Pierre Poilievre. #Canada #cdnpoli #elxn45

'If Your Church Won't Speak Out About a Deported Father (and Thousands More Like Him)—It May as Well Cancel Easter' johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/if-your-ch... #KilmarAbregoGarcia

Imagine using the word Genocide to describe a genocide, then getting cancelled.

The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again. This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.

I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the two health systems stack up. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/03/25/i... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

What in the world are they thinking?!

Go Bruce Fanjoy - you hav worked so incredibly hard. thetyee.ca/News/2024/03...

She didn’t ask them to pause the tariffs for the benefit of Canada. Or for Alberta. She specifically asked them to pause the tariffs to help her preferred political party win an election. She can deny it all she wants, but we all heard the call. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Quebecker tells it like it is. In English. Because that's the only language his intended audience can understand.

I was impressed with the commitment of citizens bringing perspective to the public bills committee yesterday. So many wise women, in particular, rearranging their lives to be able to participate in democracy to protect our collective health and wellbeing. halifax.citynews.ca/2025/03/17/n...

The silence of DNR: trying in vain to get answers about fracking from the N.S. Department of Natural Resources www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-... by @joanbaxter.bsky.social

“I would consider it a privilege to be taken over by the United States of America. That's what everybody else in the world wants, American citizenship,” the anchor says, becoming indignant. “For some reason that's repellant to you Canadians, and I find that personally offensive.”

I think we’re already there.

Uranium exploration and mining in Nova Scotia – the radioactive issue that Houston’s government reactivated By @joanbaxter.bsky.social

US added to the global human rights watchlist due to declining civil liberties.

Look, folks, this is it. The entire ballgame. Either we're a Republic of laws & the Constitution, or we have a dictator. This is fascism, & the impeachment vote should be happening today. Every single university president in the country should be out, in front of microphones, condemning this.

📣 X isn’t the Twitter it once was. Under Elon Musk, a non-elected member of a foreign government that just put crippling tariffs on Canada, the hate, conspiracy theories, and disinformation have increased. Help us tell Canadian Members of Parliament: Stop Using X! 👇

Mi’kmaw Chiefs send stinging rebuke to N.S. Premier Tim Houston By @joanbaxter.bsky.social

What’s YOUR “special interest”? Clean water? Freedom of information? Proper democratic process? A government that is accountable to its people? Come make your voice heard! Wednesday, March 5 at noon Province House, 1726 Hollis St, Kjipuktuk/Halifax 📢 facebook.com/share/1ACZvk...

May all oppressed people benefit from this moment of fevered fist-pumping about sovereignty. Including the people of Palestine. 🍉🇵🇸

Here’s the thing, Wayne. (Or Janet, I guess, if she’s speaking for you now.) You can either have Canadians love you, or you can pal around with the guy who wants to annex our country. You can’t have it both ways. www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...

‘What’s there to hide?’ Nova Scotia proposes sweeping reforms designed to enhance dysfunction and keep citizens in the dark caj.ca/whats-there-...

Interesting, I just learned that today is Tricia Ralph's last day on the job before her term ends Friday. She made this statement while going out the door to protect her successor and the public.

Commentary: The BlackRock Boy Makes Good open.substack.com/pub/lindapan...

Huge appreciation to all of you who are writing letters, making phone calls, researching things that bored you in grade 8. You don’t have to know all the answers! It’s enough to ask plainly for good democratic processes to be upheld. Keep going! ❤️

Early estimates from German election officials suggest turnout is up this year compared with 2021. As of 2 p.m. local time, 52 percent of eligible voters had already turned out to vote. In 2021, that figure was 36.5 percent. Get more updates through the night on our live blog 👉 ow.ly/sTfX50V4VUg

Solid gold right here. Ask Tim why he’s forgotten the importance of ‘open, honest, respectful consultation’

Ontario: please make good choices.