Just to follow-up, @jessicafancymp.bsky.social voted against Bill C-233 to close loopholes for arms exports to Israel in Second Reading. The Bill was defeated, 22 yeas to 295 nays. #CDNpoli #BillC233 #Gaza #Palestine #SouthShoreStMargarets

Dear @jessicafancymp.bsky.social, will you follow the courage of several other of your Liberal colleagues and support Bill C-233 to make sure Canadian weapons companies respect international obligations to stop exporting arms to Israel via the United States? #CDNpoli #BillC233 #Gaza #Palestine

We could really use a scientific poll on the Houston Government right now. Annecdotally, I am hearing support bottom-out in a strong PC riding over the recent budget bill. #NSpoli #NovaScotia #CDNpoli @ipsoscanada.bsky.social @mainstresearch.bsky.social @davidcoletto.bsky.social

Unravelling the Quilt of Nova Scotia ✂️ With every cut to our communities, we are unravelling the quilt of Nova Scotia, one snip at a time. (1/7)

«Les activités culturelles qui se déroulent aux quatre coins du territoire constituent des attraits touristiques majeurs et sont au cœur de l’identité de nos citoyennes et citoyens, y compris les Acadiennes et les Acadiens» - Denise Comeau-Desautels, Présidente de la FANE #Mikmaki #Acadie #NSpoli

Don't attack the arts in Mi'kma'ki-Acadie-Nova Scotia unless you want a beautiful, heartwarming kitchen party protest that will make your regime look like a fairytale villain. #Mikmaki #NSpoli #NovaScotia

"I've got to stick around here to be certain that the RCMP don’t try any of their violations on our constitutionally protected rights. It’s unfortunate that these government bodies refuse to recognize and affirm our rights," - Millbrook First Nation Coun. Chris Googoo #Mikmaki #NSpoli #NovaScotia

The view from inside Province House looking out on the Granville Street side.

NS-NDP introduces bill to curb abuse of monopoly power by grocery giants: "This Bill prohibits the creation of restrictive covenants that prevent the use of land for certain purposes and voids any restrictive covenants in existence that already do so." #NSpoli #FoodSecurity #RestrictiveCovenants

"Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the Nova Scotia legislature in Halifax to oppose the provincial government’s resource extraction policies and cuts to cultural programs." #Mikmaki #NovaScotia #NSpoli #TimHouston #Fracking #Uranium #Austerity

Brilliant article summarizing the global political moment and cautioning that we are very much in uncharted territory.

California produced a report proposing policies that would foster more equitable access to farmland. The Trump USDA freaked out and threatened legal action. Adam Calo and I wrote an op-ed on why these policies are EXACTLY what the state needs to make our food system stronger and more sustainable.

"Lim Li Ching, co-chair of IPES-Food, said 'farming by algorithm' is not something farmers want and there should be more focus on a bottom-up approach that prioritises the knowledge and needs of farmers" #FoodSovereignty #FoodSystems #AI

“Public opinion polls in Canada show that over 80 per cent of Canadians simply want to know where genetically engineered foods are,” Sharratt said. “It’s been 25 years now that genetically engineered foods have been on the market somewhere, and yet people still want labelling.” #CDNpoli #CDNag #GMO

So much for "elbows up" So much for "middle powers unite" #CDNpoli

"The Finance Department said the province is cutting $260,000 from the $1.3-million Mi'kmaw language revitalization strategy and all provincial funding from Mi'kmaw Health and Wellness, a health authority." #Mikmaki #NSpoli #NovaScotia

"There can be no independent publishing in Canada without public funding. Nova Scotia is the only province to forfeit its support of cultural expression." #NSpoli #NovaScotia

Media Release of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs.

Cela me donne des flashbacks de SOS Montfort, à l'époque de Mike Harris en Ontario. «CONFIRMÉ: suppression d’un programme de santé explicitement destiné aux francophones et acadiens Francophone/Acadian Health — Dalhousie University» #Acadie #NouvelleÉcosse #NSpoli #FRon

Austerity is not about efficiency or fiscal responsibility. The books can just as easily be balanced by taxing the rich. Austerity is a power grab for private sector elites. It is a move to increase the profits of oligarchs at the expese of workers and communities. Its both immoral & bad economics.

Truly depressing #NSpoli

"Two Nova Scotia politicians, including a Liberal MP, are among those calling on Ottawa to reverse a decision to close seven federal agriculture research farms that include a more than century-old site in the Maritimes." #CDNpoli #CDNag

Stelia produces parts that go into U.S. company Lockheed Martin's F35 fighters. These fighter jets are used by Israel to commit attrocities in Gaza. Canada imposed a ban on weapons exports to Israel, but they are still reaching Israel via the US. #CDNpoli #NSpoli #Gaza

"Building a mass party is not a problem solved by one leadership race; it would require years-long intentional reshaping of the NDP, the left in Canada, and the NDP’s allied organizations." #NDP #CDNpoli

Nova Scota NDP introduced Bill-188 to, "Initiate a Regulatory and Ownership Review of Nova Scotia Power Incorporated" #Mikmaki #NSpoli #TakeBackNSPower

Always remember that goverments always have the choice to increase taxes on corporations and high-income earners. Cuts like these are a decision to put the financial burden on workers instead of the rich. #Mikmaki #NSpoli

"Sources also tell the Examiner that managers who were focussed on actual forest health – managers of biodiversity, of ecosystems and habitats, and the head of the wildlife division – were sacked." #Mikmaki #NSpoli

Carney Government giving $600,000 to company that produced parts for planes used by Israel in Gaza genocide. Supported by local MP who is opposing Bill C-233 to close export permit loopholes on arms exports to Israel. #CDNpoli #Gaza @jessicafancymp.bsky.social

The Houston Government is hell-bent on detroying this province to turn a quick buck for Nova Scotian oligarchs. This will not bring jobs, just more profits for the rich. Anyone who values dwelling here in a liveable environment should be outraged by this ecocidal regime. #Mikmaki #NSpoli #NovaScotia

"This tired trope is used to discredit degrowth economics instead of seriously engaging with its arguments about ecological limits and social justice." #NDP #CDNpoli

"I just want everybody to know he wasn't armed and he didn't deserve this,” [Jessica Paul, Bronson Paul's partner] said. “I would know. I’m the one that was here. I saw everything.” #Wolastoqiyik #NBpoli #CDNpoli #RCMP #DefundThePolice

Sorry, politicians, just like Alberta with those cowboy hats, if you want our Nova Scotian votes next election, you're going to have to dress up like this now.

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The cuts have finally come to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Recently, more than 665 employees have lost their jobs, and we now know that seven research facilities across the country are slated for closure. www.nfu.ca/canadian-gov...

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Another amazing endorsement from a Canadian intellectual heavyweight. #CDNpoli

No more mismanagement by incompetent oligarchs, make our public infrastructure public again. #TakeBackNSPower #NSpoli #Emera #NSpower

"The Liberal government’s attack on Canadian agricultural research follows decades of sustained underfunding at the AAFC. ... a decline that corresponds to the imposition of an earlier austerity agenda under Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney." #CDNpoli #CDNag

Time for a Panamerican Spring! Two continents united against fascism!

Here is a better headline for the story: A cop tried to pull the reverse-racism card on Mi'kmaw business owner to justify illegal raid on treaty-protected cannabis dispensery #Mikmaki #NSpoli #Cannabis #RCMP

Its a step in the right direction, but it puts a heavy debt-load on new farmers at a time where it is impossible to compete in the market. I anticipate it will force new entrants to scale at an unsustainable rate and burn them out. I have mixed feelings about this. #Mikmaki #NSpoli #CDNag #Farmland

Over the course of the leadership race the establishment NDP position has gone from "no purity tests" to threats of "you are not allowed to oppose pipelines of conservatives are going it win". #CDNpoli #NDP

“it’s really about finding a way to get fracking on the ground and get it started here without really giving people a chance to publicly voice their concerns” Jonathan Langdon (Nova Scotia Fracking Resource and Action Coalition) #Mikmaki #NSpoli #Fracking

"To function as a full-spectrum force, the party must embed itself wherever people live, work, and struggle. Why shouldn’t the NDP have its own newspaper, or even eventually its own TV channel? Why should it not operate party halls as community centres across the country? ... " #CDNpoli #NDP

These are some solid National Farmers Union leadership endorsements. Great people. #CDNag #CDNpoli #NDP

From the CCPA earlier this month: "It would cost approximately $350 million for initial infrastructure to open 50 stores (40 in urban centers, 10 in remote regions), six distribution hubs, and run associated logistics." www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #CDNpoli #PublicGrocery

«Après le vieux slogan nationaliste " Maîtres chez nous! ", voilà celui pour le prochain camp du OUI : " Boss des bécosses! " »

"Most private sector farm research is funded by companies ... Their support focuses on research that could help them sell more products. Because organic farming eschews most of these products, agriculture's wealthiest research patrons tend to avoid subsidizing it." #CDNag #CDNppoli #agroecology

Whoever the new leader is, the NDP needs to radically change its internal process of candidate vetting. "Without fixing the mundane, bureaucratic machinery, the party will never be able to fight dynamically and strategically for the progressive policies its leadership candidates espouse."