The City of Victoria might slash grants and programs across the board to make up for one single line item that's roughly equivalent to everything being cut. Can anyone guess what that single budget item is, which apparently isn't even up for debate? One guess.

My hot take is politicians leaving their parties after getting elected is good for democracy. I don’t care if they go indie, cross the floor, or start a new party. Anything to drive home the fact we elect individuals, not parties, even if we don’t act like it

Here’s today’s live coverage of the decision to cull ostriches on a farm in Edgewood, B.C., due to avian flu concerns as protesters honk and hurl expletives at CFIA agents tasked with the job www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Good morning. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.

Don't snitch tag, not even to dunk on or drag people. Especially not when there's a power differential. Trust that if people wanted someone involved in a thing, they'd've tagged them already.

I think this is an important Jason Proctor @cbcnews.ca piece to read #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre "'Cloud' of tension between Aboriginal title and private property ownership lands in B.C." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez

“I am worried that we’re being led by a guy who doesn’t seem to totally believe his own campaign rhetoric. Someone who doesn’t quite buy into the notion that our pride is just as important as our wealth.” www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson...

"Japan sends in the military to deal with surge in bear attacks" www.cbc.ca/news/world/j...

Billie Eilish, giving away money to charity in a room full of billionaires: “Love you all, but there’s a few people in here that have a lot more money than me.” “If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?No hate, but yeah, give your money away, shorties.” www.cnn.com/2025/10/31/e...

“There are too many similarities between the iPhone and Meta’s glasses to name them all here, just as one could strain to name infinite similarities between a table and an elephant if we chose to ignore the context that actually matters to a human being.”

Bieber’s back www.cbc.ca/sports/baseb...

This is the top comment in a Facebook post from the city urging people to call RCMP or bylaw to report crimes, bylaw infractions or fires

i closed out my column this week with this preemptive jab at basically every commentator currently looking for ways to say that last night didn’t count

Moose news www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A leaked contract reveals LNG Canada offered to pay at least one Kitimat resident to temporarily “relocate” if they agreed not to raise concerns or to sue if operations damaged their property: thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-k...

a gross parliamentary overreach — article by @picardonhealth.bsky.social in the globe and mail; #academicsky #neuroskyence #psychscisky www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/91587b9...

Cuts to public service: “The reductions to the civil service include cutting the equivalent of 16,000 full-time positions — about 4.5 per cent of the workforce — with a goal of shrinking the public service by 40,000 jobs from its 2024 peak by 2028-29.” www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

much is made of mamdani's digital strategy, but all of that Posting went to proving that he lived in the real world, appealing to real people about real issues. this dynamic is something to watch as GOP (and center libs tbh) drift into the Posting ether of the X filter bubble

good @thedextriarchy.bsky.social take www.theverge.com/policy/81406...

Did you know that Canada is home to the world’s only perogy drive-through? Can you guess which city it's in?

A simplified US take on the Canadian budget: Carney has decided to be the FDR kind of left-wing (creating economic revival and employing many people through big public-funded works) but opposed to the LBJ kind of left-wing (Carney is paring back fed offices with redistributive functions)

When someone crosses the floor in parliament the gaining party should have to line up on their side of the house, hand in hand, singing "Red rover red rover, send Chris d'Entremont over" #cdnpoli

No results for a key term

Wait, Mamdani's mom directed Monsoon Wedding??? WHAT?

Big news relevant for Alberta and the oil and gas sector: the emissions cap will be scrapped. Emissions to decline using other tools. There's merit to this decision. The policy had considerable drawbacks, even from a narrow climate policy perspective: thehub.ca/2023/04/20/...

A Conservative MP crossed the floor to become a Liberal today www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The federal budget will force banks to provide more notice when they close branches, and make it less easy for them to charge you if you switch or close accounts during this period www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Fewer bureaucrats, fewer temporary foreign workers, fewer trees planted, but more spending elsewhere www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Was not expecting a funding boost for CBC/Radio-Canada in an austerity budget, and was really not expecting Eurovision to be a key part of that (the $150M is a one-time thing according to the tables, not ongoing)

I often think about how my city could essentially add a tenth of the population with a handful of high rises and instead we keep sprawling with more single family homes that are basically backing onto each other anyways

i think it’s very funny when racist canucks say “we’re full” lmao the population of tokyo is about the same as the population of canada we could double the population of the country and put all the new people in toronto and it would still be smaller than guangzhou we got room buds

For years, but especially for the past year, Democrats have been in thrall to the idea that they need to chase an imagined median voter, and adopt that voter’s positions. Mamdani’s victory shows another way: hold principles, and persuade people to share them.

Watching Mamdani's victory speech, I'm struck by his—and his campaign's—unabashed vision of the US as an immigrant society, a culture built from the ground up from diversity. It is a complete rejection and reversal of the search for a white-washed homogeneity that the political right projects.

Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.

If you missed Zohran’s speech live, this is the link to the whole thing from PBS Newshour on YT: www.youtube.com/live/NnM_RgL... #zohranmamdani #nyc

BLUESKY ELDER ELECTED NYC MAYOR

Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.

As the cold reality of Cuomo’s defeat sets in, this is a moment for centrists to ask themselves: Have we lost touch with the common voter? Get out and spend time in the tattoo parlors and dispensaries. The drag shows, community gardens and outsider art galleries where Real New Yorkers congregate

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.

Savor this moment, friends. They couldn’t buy their way to a win. They couldn’t racist their way to a win. There are more of us than them, and we fucking beat them. And we can keep beating them.

I will say again, I’ve never even been aware of a U.S. mayoral election before. Mamdani’s policies have been on my radar for months through his continued outreach and appearances all across social media, etc. He was clearly reaching people

It’s a hell of a town www.cbc.ca/news/world/n...

Holy crap we came so close www.ipolitics.ca/2025/11/04/b...