Alex Wideman

Which government is responsible: municipal, provincial or federal? - Open Council ​​​The Constitution Act, 1867​, outlines the division of responsibilities between the federal Parliament and the provincial legislatures. Responsibilities Federal Aboriginal Lands & Rights Citizenship...

There can be a lot of confusion in Canada about which level of government does what, but it's especially important to understand that during a provincial election. Open Council has a handy breakdown for Ontario by @awideman.bsky.social :

opencouncil.ca/level-of-gov...

#OnPoli #Ontario

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#UnmaskingMusk

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Making housing more affordable for families | City of Vaughan Making life affordable for Vaughan residents – both now and in the future – is a priority for the City of Vaughan. That includes taking steps to get shovels in the ground to build new, attainable homes to support our growing population. 

Shout-out to Vaughan, ON, which had the highest development charges in the province. Today they cut them by:

- $44,273 for single/semi-detached
- $36,318 for multiples
- $28,092 for larger apt units
- $20,243 for smaller apt units

This is leadership!

www.vaughan.ca/news/...

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Matt Gaetz Withdraws from Consideration as Attorney General The former Florida lawmaker has been facing sexual misconduct allegations.

Breaking: Matt Gaetz has withdrawn as Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, after it became clear Republicans were prepared to reject his nomination amid swirling sexual misconduct and drug allegations on.wsj.com/4fSztQ9

21.11.2024 17:44 — 👍 259    🔁 47    💬 21    📌 20

Hey everyone, I've started a Canadian politicians starter pack! The only drawback is that I'm included in it for some reason, and I'm not a politician.

If there's anyone you think I should add, please let me know!

#CdnPoli

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Alleged 'potato cartel' accused of conspiring to raise price of frozen fries, tater tots across U.S. | CBC News Two proposed class actions filed this week in U.S. District Court claim that four leading potato companies — including two Canadian ones — have privately swapped intel to inflate the price of frozen potato goods like fries, hash browns and tater tots over the last several years.

'potato cartel' including Irving family's Cavendish Farms and McCain family's McCain Foods accused of price fixing frozen fries and tater tots in proposed US class action lawsuits as they made "matching, simultaneous or near-simultaneous price increases" in 2021-22.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/p...

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A collection of Canadian news sources that are on Blue Sky: go.bsky.app/LRWmehN

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There's this idea out there that the housing crisis is particularly bad in Ontario solely because we grew so fast. Except:

- Other provinces grew much faster than we did
- Other provinces also built more housing than we did

17.11.2024 15:05 — 👍 91    🔁 24    💬 4    📌 1

The Beaverton salutes The Onion for buying InfoWars.
And we're pleased to announce that if enough of you join our Patreon, we'll buy Postmedia.

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FBI raids Polymarket CEO's home, seizing phone, electronics, NY Post reports Federal law enforcement agents raided the downtown New York home of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan on Wednesday, seizing his phone and electronics, according to a story in the New York Post.

The FBI raided the home of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, seizing phone, electronics

Polymarket recently hired Nate Silver and raised $45 million led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and other funding from Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...

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The Guardian announces they're leaving Twitter (X)

“This is something we have been considering for a while given the often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism"

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