Regrettable weed-related news, was looking forward to seeing him & band play again next week in Toronto... "Charley Crockett Cancels Canadian Tour Following Being Denied Entry over Felony" exclaim.ca/music/articl...

Saturday's Globe & Mail editorial: "The law should not enable people to end their lives when they could otherwise go on to live happily and fruitfully. That should be the fulcrum on which any changes to Canada’s medical assistance in dying laws are balanced." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

Trump, July 19: "All three nuclear sites in Iran were completely destroyed and/or OBLITERATED. It would take years to bring them back into service." Witkoff, Sunday: "They're probably a week away from having industrial-grade bomb-making material."

There was a pretty solid O Canada here in Sherbrooke before the puck dropped at the Val-d'Or vs Sherbrooke QMJHL game last night. (Val-d'Or won 4-1)

Quote attributed to Groucho Marx: "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others" share.google/tGXnvOn3owMg...

Another new beaut from Joe Pernice. youtu.be/cp2Uenox4TM?...

NDPers tend to like strong public services, expansive social programs, and less income equality. You know, stuff like the Nordic countries tend to have. But the NDP's leadership candidates aren't proposing to shift Canada's tax system toward a more Nordic model that would support those outcomes.

Excellent Québec signage at the outdoor rink I was on this morning

When BC's consumer carbon tax was first introduced, it was accompanied by tax cuts to both personal and corporate taxes to make it revenue-neutral. But when it was eliminated last spring, these tax cuts were not reversed. The result is a $2 billion hole in BC's finances. #BCBudget

Ending the yacht/jet tax break will drop federal revenue by ~ $135 million over 5 years. The recent income tax cut, unanimously backed by the NDP, will drop revenue by ~ $27 billion over 5 years, an amount 200 times larger. Also, it delivers the biggest bucks to high and high-middle income earners.

"For now, his allies seem to be giving him a pass." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/n...

Strong contender for most buried lede of 2026 cupe.on.ca/letter-to-me...

Added bonus: it's a physical thing that you buy and then listen to via a machine like maybe a CD player or a turntable, no streaming

I blame the curlers

I will buy this simply on the strength of the November 2024 show that he and the band put here in Toronto at Massey Hall. Almost 3 hours long with no breaks. Or brakes, either. share.google/X4a9V0C55jM3...

Among the ten endorsements for Avi Lewis from people who are billed as current or former union leaders/reps, I see just one who is from a private sector union.

Good to see the labour council promote an example of people getting good results from collective bargaining. It's something that central labour bodies (regional councils, prov'l federations, and our national labour congress) should be doing much more frequently and consistently.

RULE VOTE FAILS, 217-214. Three Republicans- Thomas Massie, Kevin Kiley, and Don Bacon - buck the party to allow floor consideration of measures to end Trump's tariffs. The first such measure, likely on Canada tariffs, could come up as soon as tomorrow

"At the time, supporters of legalization predicted that it would bring few downsides ... It is now clear that many of these predictions were wrong." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...

Not only did the CLC and CUPE forums not ask NDP leadership candidates about organizing / membership growth, they didn't ask about collective bargaining either. Odd for these prominent labour groups to not prioritize how federal policy could better support these two foundational union activities.

Well done Unifor. "Unifor says it has not asked for tax relief for laid off CAMI employees amid calls from federal Conservatives" share.google/UQA8xPN1lMay...

This sentiment doesn't square easily with the NDP's unanimous support in June of 2025 for the government's latest income tax cut. It reduces federal revenue by about $27 billion over 5 years (and benefits high and high-middle income earners the most).

Private sector union coverage in Canada is ~15%, lower than it was in the early 1940s when there were no laws enabling union formation. During NDP leadership forums set up by the CLC and CUPE, candidates were asked no questions about this. www.youtube.com/live/6cIuOUt... youtu.be/nyeNNBq7ISg?...

A farewell to the unsung sideman.

Heather McPherson decries these public sector layoffs. But, like other NDP leadership candidates, she doesn't oppose the Liberals' latest income tax cut which drops federal government revenue by $27 billion over 5 years and sends most of that savings to high & high-middle earners.

Brian really knows how to win. And he knows that working together and winning is how we get results for people. It's great to have his support.

Rob Ashton decries the Liberals' cut of $5 billion over 10 years to public transit. But he doesn't oppose the Liberals' latest income tax cut which drops federal revenue by $27 billion over 5 years and sends almost all of that money straight to high & high-middle income earners.

Avi Lewis's tax plan leaves intact the Liberals' latest income tax cut. It drops federal revenue by $27 billion over 5 years and sends almost all of those savings straight to into the wallets of high and high-middle income earners, while providing scant benefits to poor people.

Oh no share.google/EeBPdbr7mFMT...

Haven't seen this angle mentioned, but it's an extraordinary national security risk to have an anonymous "staffer" impersonating the president of the United States, posting racist memes, from his personal accounts, at 10 PM.

I have no surprise left to summon that Donald Trump felt no moral restraint when posting vile, juvenile and hideously racist imagery of President Obama and his wife. I am, however, astonished that it remains up to this moment and the White House is even attempting to defend itself.

Proposal for an inheritance tax is a good contribution to the policy debate. In 2004, Jack Layton pitched a *much more* assertive inheritance tax than Lewis's plan. Then, he dropped the idea. Jagmeet Singh proposed one when he sought the NDP leadership. After he won, he dropped it too.

Seen in Magog, Québec coffee shop yesterday. "Fling-flang"!

Grim new video from Canadian Labour Congress says everything's lousy, workers are getting ripped off, corporations are making out like bandits. No example of unions winning anything. No info on how to join a union. Yeesh. share.google/remD66WhZpJR...

From a survey conducted not last week, but in the fall of 2025. www.ipsos.com/en-ca/canada...

A thing that'd be faster/easier to do than the bigger suggestions in this article would be to reverse the Liberals' recent income tax cut. It delivers its biggest benefits to high & high-middle income earners and drops federal revenue by about $27 billion over 5 years. (It was supported by the NDP.)

Danielle Martin, now nominated as the federal Liberal candidate in University-Rosedale, in her 2014 testimony before the US Senate (from Bernie Sanders' YouTube channel): share.google/HazhB66yPCbR...

Good to see the Toronto Labour Council boosting good news about collective bargaining. This should be a much more frequent feature of the Council's communications.

What's this? A book about the labour movement that's got both a rational slice of optimism *and* a sense of humour? This book from @dskamper.bsky.social gives Homer Simpson's union some proper recognition.

No candidate for the leadership of the NDP has promoted this now two-week old story about historically solid wage gains for union members. But the moment there's some bad news for labour, they're pretty much all over that stuff. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

New York: "Gov. Kathy Hochul and state officials have staunchly defended congestion pricing as both legal and effective." Ontario: provincial Conservatives, NDP, and Liberals oppose any such reform for Toronto www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/n...

These job cuts are part of a plan to reduce spending by ~ $12B per year over 5 years. The recent income tax cut reduces revenue by close to half of that, ~ $5.4B per year. The NDP supported that tax cut. Would be good to know which NDP leadership candidates think that was the right move.

Rev. Al Green is 79 years old and just dropped this good cover of a song written by the Gibb brothers. youtu.be/ICkjwNpWg28?...

In support of an entirely reasonable political goal (supporting the incumbent mayor), the Toronto & York Region Labour Council pretzel-logics itself into celebrating Toronto's shift to a lower tax increase on wealth in the form of property.

hello Mr Vice President this is your economist speaking I am advising you to keep using this metaphor

This thread is interesting and informative. Starts out positive on Mr. Carney's Davos speech, and then shifts into a frame that's more questioning.

Cannot be simply coincidental that this power move by Shatner comes hot on the heels of PM Carney's speech in Davos.

When people decide to join unions, it deserves more promotion like this usw.ca/usw-organizi...