Kinda telling that Trudeau wants to take credit for most of the things the NDP and Jagmeet Singh fought for (dental care, child care etc) and the Liberals fought against
06.01.2025 17:23 β π 277 π 37 π¬ 18 π 4@davidcoaker.bsky.social
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Kinda telling that Trudeau wants to take credit for most of the things the NDP and Jagmeet Singh fought for (dental care, child care etc) and the Liberals fought against
06.01.2025 17:23 β π 277 π 37 π¬ 18 π 4Graphic that reads: "Justin Trudeau has let you down, over and over. He let you down on the cost of housing and groceries. He let you down on fixing health care. It doesnβt matter who leads the Liberals. They donβt deserve another chance. Conservatives are jumping at the opportunity to take from you and give more to CEOs. You will pay the price of Poilievre's cuts. If you oppose callous Conservative cuts; if you oppose the rich getting richer while everyone else falls further behind β stand with the NDP this time. You can have a government that works for you for a change."
Below is my statement on Justin Trudeauβs resignation.
If you oppose callous Conservative cuts.
If you oppose the rich getting richer while everyone else falls further behind.
Stand with the NDP this time: ndp.ca/fightback
Facebook is a social cancer. Our governments should be targeting it with much stricter regulation to make it abide by our norms and values β or have it leave our markets entirely.
The days of Mark Zuckerberg shaping discourse and controlling communication must end.
Iβd argue this is because Poilievre is cosplaying as caring about the working class with all his talk about affordability and housing.
The problem is that if you actually listen to him, the solution he offers is trickle down economics.
But the Liberals are like βnah the economy is fineβ
Grifters going to grift.
But treason is treason.
We should be launching an investigation under the foreign interference act over this attempt to sell out our nation.
Alberta wants tech companies to build massive AI data centers in the province β and power them with natural gas instead of renewables so its oil and gas industry has a new market for its product.
08.12.2024 14:59 β π 192 π 87 π¬ 14 π 19Lunch time has ended, dinner time is struggling to be born. This is the time of monsters.
08.12.2024 19:09 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The 300 Whole Foods workers forming a historic union in Philly know what they're up against.
They called out "the companyβs thirst for profits" and said management talks about the store bringing in $1.6 million in a matter of days while workers struggle.
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Nova Scotia - The New Democratic Party will form the Official Opposition π
27.11.2024 01:37 β π 64 π 11 π¬ 0 π 1Congratulations to Catherine McKenney on becoming the next Ontario NDP candidate for Ottawa Centre.
Catherine will be a strong and progressive champion for our community in Queens Park - fighting for better schools, homes you can afford and reliable transit. ππͺ #onpoli
People are like "there are no right wingers on blue sky" and i don't get it there are plenty of liberals on here
24.11.2024 02:20 β π 14504 π 2011 π¬ 344 π 127whoever thought running the 7 once every thirty minutes was a good idea should never be let near public service again
21.11.2024 21:58 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0everyone on this list π
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Dear Mayor Sutcliffe, We are writing to express our deep concern regarding the proposed 2025 transit budget. This budget risks driving Ottawaβs transit system into a "transit death spiral," where rising costs and declining service reliability will lead to lower ridership, creating a vicious cycle that is hard to break. More people will choose to drive, worsening traffic congestion, while manyβespecially seniors, children, and those with lower incomesβwill be forced to stay home. The resulting decline in transit usage will only deepen the financial challenges of our system. Specifically, we are concerned about the following issues: Fare increases and cancellation of free transit days for seniors: A 120% increase in the cost of transit passes for seniors is both unfair and economically short-sighted. For seniors, many of whom live on fixed incomes, this drastic price hike will likely force them to abandon public transit altogether. This will not only leave seniors isolated, but also contribute to further declines in ridership, making the system more expensive to maintain, while also driving more cars onto our already congested roads. Cuts to youth fare programs: Ending free transit for 11 and 12-year-olds, along with cancelling the youth transit pass, sends the wrong message to the next generation of transit riders. We should be encouraging young people to adopt transit as a way of life, not pushing them toward car dependence. This decision will result in more busy parents driving their children across town, exacerbating traffic congestion and undermining our cityβs environmental goals. The $36 million funding gap: A $36 million hole in the transit budget is a serious concern. Without adequate funding from higher levels of government, the result will be even more service reductions, poorer reliability, and higher costs for those who depend on transit. This will only drive more people into cars, further congesting our streets and undermining years of investment inβ¦
in public transit, these cuts threaten to unravel all the progress weβve made toward a more sustainable, efficient, and affordable transportation network. Our requests are simple: Reverse the fare increases for seniors and reinstate free travel days for seniors to ensure that transit remains affordable for those who rely on it the most. Reinstate free transit for 11 and 12-year-olds and bring back the youth transit pass to help build the next generation of transit users. Ensure that the transit budget is adequately funded and balanced, without a $36 million funding gap, to maintain and improve service reliability and avoid future cuts. Ottawaβs transit system is at a crossroads. If we do not act now to reverse these cuts and increase funding, we risk undermining a system that so many depend on. We will only make traffic worse, alienate the most vulnerable, and undo billions of dollars in investment. We urge you to prioritize the long-term sustainability of our transit system and ensure that it remains a reliable, affordable, and efficient option for everyone in our community. Sincerely, Derrick Simpson Transportation Chair Centretown Community Association
The Centretown Community Association has sent a letter to Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe opposing Ottawa's transit budget.
This budget will make traffic worse, force children and seniors to stay home, and is financially reckless to the billions already invested in the O-Train system.
the left cannot team up with liberals against the incoming wave of neo-fascism. they got us into this mess. they suck up all the oxygen in our spaces while they worsen material conditions. they enable fascism when we need a bold vision to fight it.
20.11.2024 14:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0nodding my head at the human rights monument so people know I support it
19.11.2024 19:04 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0i go out of my way to walk on sparks street to pretend i live in a walkable city
19.11.2024 17:49 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Thereβs one thing I know for sure after 33 years working in cities all over the world β thereβs nothing inevitable or unchangeable about the way your city is. Your city is the result of decisions & choices. Like every city. Different decisions or choices could have been made, and STILL can be made.
19.11.2024 06:41 β π 337 π 86 π¬ 5 π 6We should ban panels on affordable housing until thereβs something new to discuss.
Every panel is titled, "AN END TO THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS???"
And the consensus is "build more housing at a lower cost"
and then no one does that, no policy changes to enable that, and all we get is more panels
Mayors calling on the Government of Ontario to use the notwithstanding clause to dismantle homeless peoples encampments is despicable. We need to build more publicly owned, social housing, not violently clear encampments.
Homes, not hate, are the solution to the homelessness crisis
a future denied to us
18.11.2024 20:41 β π 121 π 7 π¬ 5 π 0Justin Trudeau promoting his personal YouTube channel "we're making a big change to immigration in Canada" where the full video includes reasons being 'corporations taking advantage of our system' and the housing crisis
Really sad this guy is glazing his YouTube channel off the back of immigrants. The housing crisis was caused from years of not building social housing, co-operative housing, or housing first solutions (it's how Canada fixed the problem in the 70's).
It wasn't immigrants
In my opinion "Twitter" is whichever place most embodies the poster's spirit, and that's here now
17.11.2024 02:35 β π 18191 π 1771 π¬ 208 π 130The catastrophic 2024 election has clearly demonstrated a need for democrats to abandon the woke platitudes of Liz Cheney and useless identity politics pandering to groups like New York Times Opinion writers and instead speak to issues that run of the mill Americans care about like Medicare for All
16.11.2024 01:29 β π 727 π 145 π¬ 24 π 2Pic of a car-jammed freeway
A lot of people have a really strange definition of βfreedom.β #CarDependency
15.11.2024 17:48 β π 492 π 69 π¬ 3 π 2ever since reading βSeeking Social Democracyβ a little over a year ago, every new thing I learn about Ed Broadbent reaffirms how much of a singular force he was intellectually & politically for Canadian socialism. Thereβs no one doing it like him.
16.11.2024 14:23 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0A lot of people responsible for poor decisions are on a press tour right now because if they didnβt, people would rightfully be questioning THEIR leadership and they know it.
Itβs weak even by normal left-punching standards. Zero evidence more Liz Cheney would have won this. The opposite, actually.