March vs. October

The federal government’s plan to gut the post office would wreck Canada Post's greatest strengths. By @simonenoch.bsky.social and @whosestreets.bsky.social #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

“Too often when public services are cut, the burden is shifted onto the individual or the community. Cuts to Canada Post will be borne by those least able to carry them and by rural communities that have been all but abandoned.” www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Some Canadians are expressing great concern about the federal deficit. But it has been relatively low since the pandemic surge, other than a one-time jump in early 2024 due mainly to Indigenous claim settlements. The concern should be the coming two years or so, not the present.

For public infrastructure and services, can we start talking about how to design them to do what we need, what they can enable, how they can save households and the private sector money and create a level playing field ... instead of treating them like businesses (which they are not!)

Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year? How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.

New from @policyalternatives.ca Local and democratic control of school boards is a major positive force. Experiments with eliminating school boards have hurt students across Canada. By Molly Hurd #caned www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

When the usual suspects started talking about eliminating interprovincial trade barriers in the wake of Trump's tariffs, I said the smart thing to do would be to take advantage of Canada Post's logistical infrastructure - Carney's government is doing the opposite: www.cupw.ca/en/public-po...

Today right in front of Canada’s Parliament and as part of global day of action, activists are literally drawing the line for People, Planet and Peace - not Profit! 🦋🍉🌎 #DrawTheLine #JustTransitionRising #cdnpoli @canclimateaction.bsky.social

If you cannot join #drawtheline today, donate to your local and federal climate/social justice orgs please! (if you can) Thank you. https://drawtheline.world/

Watched @ottawapolice.bsky.social brutalize climate youth activists for the horrible crime of (gasp) painting on the road today. Terrific waste of my tax dollars as an Ottawa resident and a clear indication that the police don’t protect the people

As part of today’s action, protestors were painting a mural in front of the PMO and the cops were the most aggressive I’ve seen them. A human chain formed to protect the painters as they painted “people, peace, planet, or profits”. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

There will be a global action tomorrow, #DrawTheLine — for peace, climate justice, and a world beyond fossil fuels. Find a gathering happening near you! drawtheline.world/canada?r=CA&...

Today's violation of Estonia's airspace by Russian military aircraft is an extremely dangerous provocation. This marks the third such violation of EU airspace in days and further escalates tensions in the region. The EU stands in full solidarity with Estonia (1/2)

More on the Skills Development Fund from me.

The right is dismantling free speech. That's a threat to all of us. Here's why, and here's what we need to do about it. www.davidmoscrop.com/p/the-right-...

With the Bank of Canada's rate cut yesterday, people might be expecting mortgage rates to go down, but fixed-rate mortgages don't always immediately follow rate cuts - they're based more on what the bond market is doing - www.rbcroyalbank.com/en-ca/my-mon...

Canadian and US central banks both cut interest rates today, citing economic weakness from tariffs: www.bankofcanada.ca/2025/09/fad-...

"An independent, democratic digital ecosystem [will] safeguard privacy, protect freedom of expression, and ensure that technology is developed to benefit the many, [not] a handful of people in Washington and Silicon Valley." Read more at perspectivesjournal.ca/canada-europe-tech-sovereignty/

Budget day is set! Looking forward to some clarity around what counts as operational spending.

Chrystia Freeland leaving Carney's cabinet, LeBlanc takes internal trade, MacKinnon transport - Freeland will become a special representative in Ukraine: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Charlie Kirk's death was a tragedy. But he built his name on provocation and white supremacy. He said that gun deaths of innocents was "worth it." On Mark Carney's first day as PM in Parliament Liberals gave Kirk a standing ovation. Ceding ground to extremism won't make them nicer.

This is going to go *so badly* and cost *so much money*...

Shiiiiiit

Before he became prime minister, Mark Carney was writing a book on so-called "hinge points". We're at one now when it comes to climate policy — and getting it right is crucial for Canada's future. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/10/o...

“This was not an accident, obviously, given the number of drones,” said Hodges. “This was a rehearsal. To probe, and find out how good are our early warning systems, what are our reaction times.”

I will have to miss this talk since it's the same time as the CUPE Nat convention in Toronto, but if you're in Ottawa you should go (there's also a virtual option): group78.org/join-us-for-...

@jimbostanford.bsky.social shares some ideas about what should be guiding Canada's industrial policy in the current moment: policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/targ...

Canadians can benefit from tumbling prices on weight-loss drugs. Canada is in a unique position as the only G7 country where patent protection on semaglutide is about to lapse, by @petersinger.bsky.social @natashaloder.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

A new report details how right-wing forces are weaponizing the concept of “parental rights” to push culture-war narratives aimed at undermining public education in Alberta. @readtheorchard.org writes. #abpoli

Some call for austerity measures for the fiscal challenges before us. Take a data-driven look with senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social‬ at BC’s fiscal health to challenge these austerity narratives with more sustainable policy solutions. Sept. 17, noon PT. bcpolicy.ca/events/

This is hilarious to me. A former friend who lives near Swift Current was furious and insisted I was lying when I posted on FB that Romana was calling herself Queen of Canada and trying to burn the Canadian flag on Parliament Hill. Good times.

My Zero capitulation shirt is raising a lot of questions answered by the shirt

Something about the two stories about ChatGPT's involvement in suicides/murder that came out this week that really stuck out to me: OpenAI basically has a boilerplate response when their product gets people killed. "Deeply saddened" www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chat... www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...

Crown Royal used to be my poison of choice. Solidarity with the unionized workers losing their jobs bottling it in Ontario, and the ones who still work distilling it in Manitoba: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Corporate bank economists were pretty far off in their forecasts, but the Bank of Canada got it right, predicting 1.5% contraction in the Canada's GDP for Q2: www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

AI Minister Evan Solomon says he used an AI tool to get briefed up on the Liberals’ last AI bill. We tried it and, well … if a human briefer briefed a minister like this, I don’t think they’d get a second call up. https://thelogic.co/news/evan-solomon-ai-podcast

"Framing defence spending as a path to prosperity ignores its poor economic returns, limited job creation, and the opportunity costs of not making alternative public investments." www.rusi.org/explore-our-...

Absolutely! "The Green New Deal movement was right to advocate for a far more ambitious political economy of comprehensive decarbonisation and the guarantee of fundamental economic rights through public provisioning of universal healthcare, housing, education and dignity for all workers."

“Her findings showed that #economies will be less #innovative and less #productive when #governments don’t ensure their citizens’ #safety.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/b... #LisaCook #Trump #Fed

A woman in Canada waited 11 years for a gynaecological diagnosis!! Women’s health is under funded and under researched. In Sept, I’ll be hosting a podcast on women’s health and how we got here. I hope you can listen to (MIS)Treated on TVO. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Evan Solomon, Canada's AI minister. The Library of Parliament prepares legislative summaries precisely to inform parliamentarians. Here's the C-27 LS. That Solomon is relying on an LLM to do his job is unsettling. Canada needs serious, capable officials, not cheerleaders. lop.parl.ca/sites/Public...

This is big, because it brings NATO front and centre. It’s also an act of solidarity with Europeans freaked out about fascism in Russia.

Labour groups walked up to the front of the Pride parade to march in solidarity with Queers for Palestine after the parade was officially shut down: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Bingo. Carney's actions are more directed at domestic corporate lobbyists than they are at Trump. He knows Trump's an idiot you can't negotiate with. It's just a convenient excuse to do what he wants to do anyway.

Oh, look, home insurance in SK is tracking price increases in AB, but auto insurance isn't ... Wonder why? Public provision makes life more affordable. SK, MB, BC all have some kind of public auto insurance and that's why those costs have been contained!

The system breaks down if the compromise breaks down - I feel like that's true of many of our current systems ...

I'm confused. Killing the carbon tax was supposed to resolve this problem.

Flight attendants at Air Canada have a tentative agreement that ends unpaid work - workers still have to vote on the deal, but are back at work today - solidarity with everyone who helped win this historic victory: globalnews.ca/news/1134044...

If you want to support flight attendants standing up for their rights, here's information about solidarity actions across Canada: cupe.ca/rallies