The results of the public consultation by BC’s Democratic and Electoral Reform Committee are in, and the feedback the committee received was overwhelmingly for proportional representation. Time for action! www.fairvote.ca/07/10/2025/9...

Kind people want a just world. Nice people want a calm world. These are fundamentally incompatible positions in an unjust system, and results in the latter trying to stomp down any fuss over getting to the former.

I can't really bring myself to use LinkedIn beyond the bare minimum. I can wear a professional hat with my colleagues without hesitation, but the platform feels like a whole different corporate arena. Everything from meetings to symposia and workshops in my network feels comparatively human.

Have been told point blank PM Carney’s only agenda for rural Canada is resource extraction/development - but even progressive circles have gotten pretty disembodied and disconnected from material realities beyond Blood Street - place-based dynamics are (at best) theoretical or beside the point.

Perfect to measure your children's height year after year ! "You can have a cellphone when you reach John Dale, and not a candidate before!"

Speaking of “doing something”, I’ll be delivering the opening keynote at the CRRF Conference in Brandon, MB on Tuesday on the subject “Countryside at the Crossroads: Understanding Place, Power, and Policy for the Future of Rural Canada” crrf2025.org/wp-content/u...

Decision-makers being asleep at the wheel and letting the situation we now find ourselves in happen has so many implications, too. There are a lot of intelligent professionals out there that don't understand how LLMs are trained... 🧵

I am not at all confident our decision making systems understand (or even want to understand) the relationship between capital, power, and technology even remotely enough to be dealing with even the rhetoric of “digital sovereignty” … so… 🤷🏻‍♀️🫥

Today: “The Commission finds that Israel is responsible for the commission of genocide in Gaza,” said Navi Pillay, Chair of the UN Commission. “It is clear that there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.”

“The mayor is a co-ordinator, a coach, a quarterback, a teammate, and responsible for being the liaison between the council and senior staff.” He clearly hasn’t met the mayor of Halifax… very glad to see other municipalities against strong mayor powers!

Possibly the most impressive housing development project I've seen in my lifetime. Bravo! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Flashbacks to Mount Allison in 2020. Things are gonna be alright if this trend continues.

A very loud huzzah to my forlorn LBC sibling @johndalerural.bsky.social. You've humbled us all. The East coast did prevail, kinda ! #longestballot #cdnpoli

Op-ed from an Albertan running as part of the @longestballot.bsky.social campaign in the Battle River-Crowfoot by-election (Globe and Mail)

CUPE flight attendants defied a Section 107 back-to-work order, forced #AirCanada back to the bargaining table, and successfully bargained a tentative agreement. A new page of Canadian labour history has been written today. cbc.ca/player/play/... #cndpoli #canlab

Tentative agreement reached. The union said in a statement provided to CBC News that "unpaid work is over." The agreement now goes to a vote. Operations have resumed. Congratulations to these workers for standing up. The right to strike has been trampled for too long. Great solidarity #canlab

A big thank you to the three folks who decided to write my very generic name in on the write-in ballot last night. I would have represented you to the best of my ability. Rest assured, the fight for a citizen's assembly on proportional representation continues.

More municipalities provide drinking water, free showers for residents with dry wells: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"If your candidate is a John, there are three others". This is just like those Glace Bay-Dominion provincial election candidates back in2021 but more underwhelming because its in a pool of over 200 names: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Is expropriation not on the table? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Irony alert: "In a scrum with reporters, Fillmore said he was pleased council rescinded its decision, saying that the needs of one group of roadway users shouldn’t come before those of other people on the roads." Unless it's the needs of road users in cars I guess? #CarBrain #ZeroVisionHFX

"The party in power, it's never in their interest of course to change the FPTP, because that's how they got into power, is there not an issue around that? How do we have change when it's not in the party in power's interest" - CBC's Amanda Pfeffer at 16:40 www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

This is about democracy. All available evidence suggests that Halifax residents want safe cycling infrastructure. We have affirmed this over and over in public consultation, in the annual Resident Survey, and in the continuing election of outspoken, pro-bike lane councillors.

"[A long ballot] is not impinging on democracy on the contrary it is an expression of democracy" -Julie Simmons, associate professor at the University of Guelph’s political science department www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpJs...

Oh wow, the ONLY report with the reasonable power to make transit outside of urban Halifax even remotely survivable and its being held back in favour of installing strange over-reaching legislation first. This is something to follow closely.

If you haven’t emailed the premier yet to tell him to stop meddling in Halifax municipal affairs, back away from strong mayor powers, and release the JRTA report, now is still a really good time to do that. [email protected]

We desperately need a citizen's assembly on electoral reform at the federal level. How can we trust that everyone's vote 'counts', whether urban, suburban or rural? How can we expect meaningful, collaborative policy to enter through the HoC when we have a system that concentrates power?

205❤️We did it friends 😀 A huge thank you to all involved! We hope MPs hear our message and do the right thing: recuse themselves and pass decisions on election law to a permanent, non-partisan, and independent body, such as a citizens' assembly to decide👍 #cdnpoli www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/...

Our statement❤️ #cdnpoli

Truly, a Happy Day! 💪🏆 @longestballot.bsky.social and @thefamoussandhogs.bsky.social and our Official Agent and the nominating signatory residents of Battle River-Crowfoot 🇨🇦❤️ Bless ye all and vote 1️⃣ of the “Johns” in!

This is very funny. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

'More than a store': What this 135-year-old shop in Bass River means to the community (a zine format article on CBC!) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

We’ve been working hard to get greater transparency from the Residential Tenancies Program globalnews.ca/video/112504...

“The National Farmers Union has officially supported Proportional Representation since 1997 as a way to ensure our governments better reflect the political views of all voters,” said Will Robbins, NFU Board member from Saskatchewan. www.nfu.ca/address-west...

Halifax mayor's motion to pause bike lane contracts fails 🚲 A win for inclusive and sustainable transportation, but also a frustrating waste of time from someone who ought to know better. Thank you to everyone who spent the weekend speaking out, and to council for making the right call. #BikeHfx

Andy Fillmore’s ridiculous bike lane motion was voted down

A beautiful showing in Halifax over said bike affairs: www.reddit.com/r/halifax/co...

Found a great response video to local noise around bike transportation infrastructure in Halifax: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogD1...

Masked ICE thugs terrorized Chicago yesterday. They lied to immigrants waiting for their court hearing by summoning them for “surprise check-ins” and then assaulted protesters and elected officials. THIS IS WHAT FASCISM LOOKS LIKE.

🚨 Pedal poll is live! 🚲💥 We need your eyes on the street! 🕒 Choose a 2-hour slot at the location of your choosing 📱 Count riders with your phone 📊 Help shape the future of cycling in our city

Oh The Urbanity: "Show me a city with a legally protected mansion district near downtown and I'll show you a city that hasn't really taken the housing crisis seriously." Halifax:

Putting pen to paper after sorting through data is the best feeling in the world 🎉

NOPE. Just a Secretary of State on Labour. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...

Net-Agreement With: Require Candidates To Attend One Public Debate: +50% Implementing Proportional Representation: +41% Mandatory Federal Voting: +32% Declare Election Day A Public Holiday: +30% Research Co / Apr 29, 2025 / n=1201 / Online

As a protest against politicians being in charge of election rules, the Longest Ballot folks are organizing to run 200 candidates in the by-election in which Poilievre will be running. They recently ran 91 candidates in Poilievre's previous riding.

If we get 200+ interested candidates we'll give it another shot😀 Email your first and last name and phone number to [email protected] by May 12, 2025 if you want to join Canada's longest ballot ever!

the elongated ticket politburo is ready to strike alberta

if 200 people email me saying they'll be a candidate then sure. currently at 32.

The longest ballot campaign will continue until politicians recuse themselves from deciding election rules. Our course is set, we shall see it through ❤️ #citizensassembly #electoralreform #recordbreaking