Jamie Flynn

Houston unbalanced the books with unwise tax and toll rollbacks, then used massive deficit to rationalize slashing crucial programs and public services - Halifax Examiner As it cuts crucial programs, the premier's budget still contains some generous funding for billionaires, corporations and extractive industries, and seems to be ignoring revenue streams from valuing a...

Houston unbalanced the books with unwise tax and toll rollbacks, then used massive deficit to rationalize slashing crucial programs and public services
By @joanbaxter.bsky.social

It’s okay to admit you were wrong to make better decisions for the province. I want services for the taxes I pay and am willing to pay taxes to get them.

Maybe cutting what helps make the province a decent place to live is not ideal?

Thank you 🙏 to the many who were protesting so that we can live in a better province

Would that be because the bridges are Mac Donald and Mac Kay ? Cool idea 💡. I wonder if we collected this money, that might discourage some people from using cars and lessen congestion. What could the government do with this money? (infrastructure, housing, basic income, arts?)

I agree completely

I assume one way that could be implemented would be like a payment on 2 of the access points, such as the bridges? We could call it a toll? Maybe have a pass system where you can pay less and go through more quickly if you pay ahead of time?

Incredible turnout at the rally in support of arts, culture, and community funding in front of the provincial legislature in Halifax, Nova Scotia

YouTube video by Not Just Bikes Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math [ST07]

WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown and all the urban parts of your city, watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes with #Urban3 & @strongtowns.bsky.social. And PLEASE SHARE it as much as possible.

I’ve sent it to a LOT of politicians.

Don’t cut funding for the arts! Great to see this!

Me too! Thanks to those who took the time to share their thoughts and perspectives.

2025/26 student transit pass Halifax

The student bus passes offer GR 7-12 kids independence and shapes their lifelong transportation habits. ❤️🚍

NS gov plans to withdraw financial support ($1.2M) for this program in the next fiscal year. You can contact the education minister & premier with your thoughts.

It could have been any one of his staff of 50?

Nancy Hunter's remarks today at Halifax's Budget Committee, 1/2

I only got what Terri posted, but it sounded great from that

Thank you Ben

Thanks for your presentation today

And thank you, Terri, for posting about it

I am very grateful to all those who have been making excellent presentations to council 👏

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature

Trump’s propaganda czar Brendan Carr and Trump-controlled CBS refused to let Colbert air his interview with James Talarico. You can watch the interview here, and it already has 1.4M views. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

A couple of my favourites from the Hip are:
"I had my hands in the river, my feet back up on the banks
Looked up to the Lord above and said, "Hey, man thanks"
Sometimes I feel so good, I gotta scream
She said, "Gordie baby, I know exactly what you mean"
and
"No dress rehearsal, this is our life"

This this this.

Reasonable infrastructure + transit = secret sauce that allows my family to live in the suburbs with one car instead of two.

Unless the tax hike is several hundred dollars a month, this isn't even worth discussing.

The quoted average increase (~$20) is a RIDICULOUS deal.

Tax me!

This is what kills me about all of this: property taxes aren't that big an expense for me at the end of the day and TBH I wouldn't even mind paying more if it meant we could live in a better city. But louder voices are happy to burn it all down just to save a buck

I started listening to CBC because of The Vinyl Cafe in the early 2000s. Saw two of his shows. His promotional of music and artists and his curiosity about the places he visited are two things I will remember about him.

Oh shoot, I’ve still been paying taxes. 🤦🏽‍♂️ I forgot to add that to the tax discount form.

a blue background with snowflakes and a no parking sign in the middle. The text reads: Parking ban enforced. The Halifax logo is at the bottom.

The overnight winter parking ban will be enforced from 1 to 6 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 2 (in both Zone 1 – Central and Zone 2 – Non-Central), to allow crews to properly clear streets and sidewalks. More: www.halifax.ca/home/news/mu...

Did I see you biking on Connolly? I was going to drive by and honk in support but didn’t want to be thought of as being that angry driver

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over.

In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.

Trump-administration officials and MAGA influencers have repeatedly called these activists “violent” and said they are involved in “riots.” But the resistance in Minnesota is largely characterized by a conscious, strategic absence of physical confrontation. Activists have made the decision to emphasize protection, aid, and observation. When matters escalate, it is usually the choice of the federal agents. Of the three homicides in Minneapolis this year, two were committed by federal agents. “There’s been an incredible, incredible response from the community. I’ve seen our neighbors go straight from allies to family—more than family—checking in on each other, offering food and rides for kids and all kinds of support, alerting each other if there’s ICE or any kind of danger,” Malika Dahir, a local activist of Somali descent, told me. If the Minnesota resistance has an overarching ideology, you could call it “neighborism”—a commitment to protecting the people around you, no matter who they are or where they came from. The contrast with the philosophy guiding the Trump administration couldn’t be more extreme. Vice President Vance has said that “it is totally reasonable and acceptable for American citizens to look at their next-door neighbors and say, ‘I want to live next to people who I have something in common with. I don’t want to live next to four families of strangers.’” Minnesotans are insisting that their neighbors are their neighbors whether they were born in Minneapolis or Mogadishu. That is, arguably, a deeply Christian philosophy, one apparently loathed by some of the most powerful Christians in America.

One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...