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Jason Kenney learned this the hard way. Danielle Smith might be about to as well. When you keep feeding your base nothing but rage-bait and anger fuel, you risk putting your own face on the menu. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/29/o...

It's great to see so many proportional representative volunteers making their voices heard. If we don't talk about it, it won't happen.

For #MuppetMonday, let's have some Coen brothers flashbacks! #3: Miss Piggy, Denise and Lew Zealand in a Muppet version of HAIL, CAESAR! Hand-drawn with mixed media on 9 X 12" watercolor paper.

With @robcerjanec.bsky.social and @navdeepbains.bsky.social entering the Ontario Liberal leadership race, we urge them to back proportional representation. We must fix a broken system where the party came second in popular vote but a distant third in seats, while Ford won a majority on 43%.

Distinguished scientist #DavidSuzuki has a beautiful call to action as he celebrates his 90th birthday, pointing forward to future generations and our shared responsibility to leave them more than smouldering ruins. The motivation for #DemandForChange must not be fear, but love 🩵 🌎 💦 🌳 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦

Must have been over 1000 people out at today's #FightFord protest! Several passionate speakers were featured discussing everything from a planned FOI court challenge to #NoJetsTO, climate change, electoral reform, and #BikeTO lanes. #ONpoli

If you think the court are destroying. Not protecting our democracy, you have been LibCon'ed. #cdnpoli

If you think the best way to get the truth is from a political party, not the press, you have been LibCon'ed. #cdnpoli

Great energy from all the groups at Queen's Park today, standing up for democracy! @fairvote.ca volunteer Adrian speaking in this photo, calling for Proportional Representation ! #onpoli

One in ten workers in Canada are gig workers. They deserve to make enough money to afford groceries and rent, and to care for their families. 1/3

It’s not just the US struggling; Canada is sliding too, warns Andrew Coyne. We must face the crisis of first-past-the-post and our unrepresentative system, which fails to offer true proportionate representation. Real democratic reform is urgent now. www.pictongazette.ca/post/saving-...

See you at the Winspear Center at 11 tomorrow! We're supporting the day of action.

Let's prioritize installing solar panels on structures like car parks and building rooftops instead of agricultural land, as this approach embodies sustainable development.

Hope to meet lots of folks at the day of protest. Our democratic system lets fringe groups have an oversized impact. afl.org/press-releas...

For most of my life I've had to fight people on the science behind climate change. Now, as the economics of the energy transition kick into higher gear, we don't have to do that any more. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/20/o...

First-past-the-post means most of Alberta has been in near-constant opposition to Ottawa for over a century, a dynamic bound to cause resentment. Proportional representation would break this cycle by ensuring a diverse range of Alberta voices are always at the table.

Sigh. Why is Doug Ford’s reaction to a court ruling the lede, rather than the actual court decision?

In this No Jargon episode, Ali Groves (Drexel University) argues that pregnancy is a broader social issue. She explains how guaranteed income programs can reduce financial stress and improve birth outcomes for expectant parents. 🎧 Listen to the ep: scholars.org/podcast/can-...

I am ok at art! Fun paint night at the @dvsa.ca #HamOnt

Proportional representation means moderation is built right into the system because it is not just about how many votes you win, but where. It means governments need to represent a broad majority to stay in power, and no region can be ignored in favour of a few swing ridings.

New commission: a Muppet version of PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE! Hand-drawn with mixed media on 11 X 14" watercolor paper. #MuppetMonday

To trigger lightning, researchers fire a small rocket with a thin, grounded metal wire into a charged thundercloud. The wire initiates a lightning strike on command. www.quantamagazine.org/what-causes-...

We urge @lfairclough.bsky.social make proportional representation a central part of her campaign so the Ontario Liberals no longer finish a distant third despite earning a strong second place in vote share.

U.S. to slap tariffs on Canadian mushrooms as growers warn of broader risks for agriculture. You know what to do fellow Canadians. For all of your food needs keep on checking ‘country of origin’ carefully and DO NOT buy American. Don’t reward the beast. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Pissing away oil booms is practically a shared pastime in Alberta. But the cost of pissing this latest -- and last-- one away will be higher than all the other ones combined. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/12/o...

Ottawa has one job in any Alberta separatist referendum: defend our “cognitive sovereignty.” It won’t be easy. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/08/o...

This highlights the flaw of two-party systems: small factions can infiltrate a major party to exert outsized power with minority support. Proportional representation fixes this by requiring broad consensus for decisions, ensuring no single group wields disproportionate influence.

For #InternationalWorkersDay, here's a short article that I wrote for the Fair Vote Toronto newsletter about worker's rights. My fellow volunteers made the graphics and helped publish it. www.fairvotetoronto.ca/canadas-demo... #ProportionalRepresentation

It’s official: I am registered to run for Toronto City Council in Ward 11 University–Rosedale. Thank you to all of my friends, family and — most importantly — Ward 11 constituents who came out to celebrate with me! I’ll see you in the neighbourhood. Pledge to donate at gabrielblanc.ca/donate 🚀

I’m all for more housing in Toronto but why do we have to amputate beautiful historical and heritage designated buildings to do it? And it’s not even going to be affordable housing, I’m sure.

Bob Rae reflects on the inherent flaws of first-past-the-post at Democracy XChange 2026 and says he believes a move toward proportional representation would benefit the whole country at both provincial and federal levels.

Join @cuym-alberta.bsky.social & the @removenicolaides.bsky.social communities in Calgary-Bow: 📆Tuesday, May 12 🕖 7-8:30 pm 📍Bowness Seniors’ Centre ℹ️ Learn how to fight your Alberta Government from raming the “Mature Asset Strategy (MAS) through—dumping O&G clean up onto taxpayers. ❌🛑 #abpoli #yyc

After reading this newest essay of mine, one of my readers said via email, "This is probably the best article I've ever read advocating for UBI. And one of the best you've ever written." If you haven't read it yet, please do. Maybe you will feel the same way. 🎲 www.scottsantens.com/the-angine-d...

No shit. We just live in a fantasy that we are the greatest.

I'm grateful for a truly animated conversation on #Canadian identity with the @briancrombie.bsky.social Hour on CKNT 960 Mississauga. Full podcast below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBNj...

Demonstration in support of Czech public TV and radio, organized by students. ✊

www.producer.com/news/alberta... #StopCoal #abpoli

To sum up: Doug Ford used a majority won with a minority of the vote to ram through a law hiding his cellphone records after a court ordered him to hand them over. We need proportional representation so politicians cannot use artificial majorities to conceal corruption.

Canada has the longest coast lines in the entire world, bar none. Where's the #MajorProject, PM @mark-carney.bsky.social? @avilewis.ca #MarkCarney #EnergyTransition #ClimateChange #ClimateSky

My latest newsletter: Canada's energy industry is either a hyper-competitive profit machine or a vulnerable protectorate forever at risk of collapse -- and sometimes both at the same time. It's bullshit. Also: my take on an excess profits tax. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/newsletters/...

Still boggles my mind how unserious Canada is about disinformation, considering the deleterious effect it is having on almost every aspect of our society. I’ve had serious conversations with serious people about it, and their eyes glaze over.

First-past-the-post lets politicians with 40% of the vote use public money for vanity projects and donors with little scrutiny. Proportional representation ensures genuine consensus and accountability for how taxpayer dollars are spent.

“a series of new rules, including the consolidation of its two largest river basins, the allowance of "lower-risk" interbasin diversions,“ #NoInterbasinWaterTransfer is safe, these waters are unique chemistry from unique ecosystems & shouldn’t be mixed or drained for #Oil, #Gas, or #AI. #StopSmith

UBI is worth doing REGARDLESS of the degree of unemployment that AI may cause. Productivity growth stopped being widely shared via wages in the 1970s. For 50 years, the fruits of our collective labor have concentrated at the top. Only UBI can directly distribute those fruits equally to ALL.

Fact check: Ford presides over the largest and most expensive Premier's Office in Ontario or Canadian history. www.ontario.ca/page/expendi...

VERY BIG NEWS out of France a week ago: "French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Friday, April 10, a ban on installing gas heating systems "by year's end" in new buildings, including multi-unit housing, to curb France's dependence on fossil fuels." www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...

Why is the Pope going to #Angola? Because there have been Catholics in Angola since the 1480s! This and other wonders may be fathomed in my new book *Fissured Ground: National History in Angolan Fiction, Origins to independence* (MQUP).

Can Canada navigate the current historical moment? How should it strengthen democracy and build a progressive international order? Excited to host @bobbyrae48.bsky.social for a live recording, our first, On the Frontlines of Democracy podcast at #DXC26 on April 18. Tickets at: lnkd.in/eFxFy43T