Susie O’Brien

The dust is still settling in the Canadian election, but one phenomenon seems to be the nationalization of the campaign. Even more than usual, people were voting for who they want to be PM rather than who they want represent their riding. (I think this was a factor in #Hamont Centre, where I live.)

Another trend is that the collapse of the NDP vote didn’t just redound to the Liberals but actually bifurcated between both the Liberals and Conservatives.

This trend has been accelerating and progressives need to reckon with it.

Doubling down on critical minerals without mentioning mitigating, or even simply being aware, of the human and environmental cost of Canadian mining is really bleak to be honest.

Matthew Green (NDP) is favoured to win Hamilton Centre. He has a strong track record in supporting his constituents and getting things done in Ottawa (plus he actually lives in the riding). To curb the rightward slide of the Liberals, in ridings like Hamilton Centre, voting NDP makes sense.

Danielle Moodie on Substack Bernie Sanders is out here doing the work—putting the entire country on his 83 year old back while lifting up the next generation of leaders. He is the blueprint for how we fight back. I was never a B...

Bernie Sanders is putting the entire country on his 83-year old back abs lifting the next generation of leaders as he goes. Schumer should be embarrassed! substack.com/@dmoodie/not...

We are Canadian youth and we demand an end to fracking on Indigenous land This Canadian federal election, all of our collective futures are at stake

Canadian youth have a message to the leaders this federal #election:

"There will be no 'drill, baby drill' on #Indigenous land. We will not watch as our hard-earned money is used to finance the destruction of our futures."

New op-ed from Aishwarya Puttur:

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Episode 67 -- Project 1933, Part I: January to March 15 Podcast Episode · In Bed With The Right · 04/01/2025 · 1h 30m

In Bed With the Right is one of the best in the biz, and the new episode arc tracing the unfolding of 1933 in Germany is…let’s just say you’ll feel uncanny shivers as you listen, and not in a good way. Bravo @moiradonegan.bsky.social and @adriandaub.bsky.social!

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‘Woke ideology’: Quebec professors denounce Poilievre’s pledge to end certain university research funding Campaign promise is an “intrusion on university autonomy and academic freedom.”

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What Really Happened in Hamilton-Centre with the NDP and MPP Sarah Jama When the NDP removed Sarah Jama from caucus, she was silent in her defense, leaving people in Hamilton Centre in the dark about NDP machinations behind her removal. It’s time for the story to come out

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Democracy Is Under Siege Globally. Canada Is Being Tested | The Tyee How the well-honed playbook for whipping up authoritarian populism is being employed here and around the world.

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Doug is functionally illiterate. And it shows.

Oh, I always thought my students had a hard time finding a job after graduation due to economic reasons. I will have to let them know to stop watching cartoons and everything will be solved.

Many complain about the loss of ‘the middle.’ But which middle? Whether we’re talking about climate change, inequality, broken treaties or other dynamics of harm against targeted groups, none of us is neutral; we are all caught up in the mess.

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Text my son sent @peterjmountford. I’ve been indefinitely suspended from lunch packing duty. 🥲

The absence of equity in the new formula is telling.

How Private Israeli Security Firms Are Killing Free Speech on College Campuses Amid unprecedented anti-war protests, universities like CUNY and Concordia are turning to private security firms with Israeli military backgrounds to monitor and suppress dissent., anti-Israel protest...

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Dogs in snow

First snow for big puppy on the right. He’s having a time.

Hunter Biden pardoned. Okay, President Biden:

There are now 40 men on federal death row. You promised to end the death penalty but haven’t even issued a single clemency.

60 members of Congress are calling for it. When are their clemencies coming?

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Canada Post strike threatens to derail critical holiday season for retailers The strike is most likely to affect smaller retailers, many of which say they cannot afford other options to get their goods to customers for the holiday season

Why do these stories treat workers as an afterthought? Business always gets pushed to the top while workers and the issues they are struggling for get pushed to the side. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

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Biden should commute all federal death sentences. He claims to oppose the death penalty now, the risk of a political backlash is now moot, and it would be a historic, legacy-making move.

Montreal’s hijab decision shows how institutions fail to protect Muslim women Mayor Valérie Plante said a sign welcoming people to city hall depicting a woman in hijab would be removed

Opinion - Montreal’s hijab decision shows how institutions fail to protect Muslim women: Mayor Valérie Plante said a sign welcoming people to city hall depicting a woman in hijab would be removed

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