Jim Patterson 🇨🇦

Well.
It's official.
Bring on the Christmas hype.

Ahem...
1. Mark Carney had nothing to do with that advertisement
2. Every second of it is real
3. Ronald Reagan hated tariffs
4. Mark Carney did not apologise for it.

Impressive, four lies in just short of twenty seconds.

YouTube video by Catherine McKenney Catherine on Bill 56 and banning speed cameras

“What would you think if I told you that in Ottawa, between 2017 and 2020, 95 people died in elevators? What would we be doing here in the Legislature?” @cmckenney.bsky.social on banning automated speed enforcement.

Don’t ghost nature this season! Tell the feds Canada’s budget must protect nature – not cut it out. 👉 dsfdn.org/DontGhostNat...

'Obamacare' hits record enrollment but an uncertain future awaits under Trump WASHINGTON (AP) — A record 24 million people have signed up for insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act, former President Barack Obama’s landmark health legislation, as the program awaits a...

... but you're not seeing the upside. Danielle will get to commandeer APS vehicles to toodle around the province, like her good friemd #DougFOrd.
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/01/08/o...
#abpoli #onpoli

Canadian Medical Association president Dr. Margot Burnell "told Canada Healthwatch that cutting health spending undermines the economic stability the prime minister wants to achieve. “A strong economy requires healthy Canadians,” she said. Economists have long echoed that link..."

#CdnPoli

opinion Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s transformative playoff run gives him superstar status Cathal Kelly Cathal Kelly Published Yesterday Updated 2 hours ago

Vladdy Guerrero Jr. made the front page of The Globe and Mail this morning.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/47e1498...
#GiftLink #BlueJays #Canada

Stop The Cuts: austerity threatens livelihoods and communities STOP THE CUTS austerity threatens livelihoods and communities To the Minister of Finance: In a crisis, we must protect and invest in the essentials: healthcare, education and climate action. This g…

There is no way to painlessly cut $25 billion per year from the federal budget.

Critical public services are at risk: from #pharmacare to #freshwater protection, from #climateaction to #genderequity programs.

Learn more, stand up to the austerity agenda:

canadians.org/stopthecuts/

#cdnpoli

Mark Carney needs to negotiate with the NDP, as Trudeau did with Jagmeet Singh. A few obvious things might bring the NDP onside.
- back off with the austerity
- nix any plans for new pipelines or anything propping up fossil fuels. He's supposed to be smart - doesn't he believe the science?
#cdnpoli

An interesting #DougFord quote: "Ford said he believes his mandate from voters means that debate is unnecessary". So, he won, so he can do whatever he wants. Never mind that speed cameras never came up during the election.
#onpoli

Ford government passes bill banning municipal speed cameras in Ontario The Ford government has passed a controversial omnibus bill banning municipalities from installing speed cameras.

“The Ford Govt in Ontario has passed a controversial omnibus bill banning municipalities from installing speed cameras.

Ford says it will make the province more efficient & reduce red tape.

It won’t do either, and he knows it.

It might get him “speeder votes” though.

This will kill more people.

Ottawa to be drenched by up to 70 mm of rain by Halloween A rainfall warning is in effect for Ottawa calling for up to 70 millimetres of rain in the capital between now and Friday night.

Ottawa to be drenched by up to 70 mm of rain by Halloween #Ottawa #October31

www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Amnesty International Canada condemns Alberta government’s use of notwithstanding clause in Bill 2 Alberta's use of the notwithstanding clause in Bill 2 means that courts won’t be able to strike down the law even if it violates the Charter.

Yup. That’s how bad things have become here because of the UCP government. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
amnesty.ca/press-releas...

HOME - NAEV Cyber Hummer Discover the Cyber Hummer: fully electric, powerful performance, advanced features, and a seamless driving experience.

In my opinion it should be scrapped - it seems to be a concession to a North American automakers who still view EVs as some luxury add-on. Reasonably priced EVs are not in their marketing plans.

Eg the new Cyber Hummer.
northamericanev.com

With another round of “tariff tantrums,” governments need to take action against corporate price gouging and profiteering that drive up costs for everyone during an economic crisis.

@rooseveltinstitute.org's @toddntucker.com explains how to fight Trump’s trade war: youtu.be/MvjtkoRqhI0?...

💥BREAKING💥 Four young Canadians just launched a lawsuit against the Canada Pension Plan investment manager, #CPP Investments, for alleged mismanagement of climate risks.

Read more about the case brought by @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social and @gpllp.bsky.social

👉 bit.ly/4okNn1i

Carney’s attacks will unleash major struggles As Mark Carney’s government prepares a sweeping austerity agenda—gutting public services, fuelling militarism, and expanding fossil fuel projects—John Clarke argues that a new wave of resistance is em...

We should never underestimate the explosive potential of Indigenous resistance in Canada. The Carney government will find that its drive to unleash polluting oil and gas projects—steamrolling over Indigenous rights in the process—is a risky proposition, writes @johncke.bsky.social.

Bezos’s Washington Post jumps to the defense of Trump’s new ballroom The newspaper’s editorial board argued in an op-ed that other presidents have also left their mark on the White House

Not so surprising when you consider who owns the @washingtonpost.com these days. No doubt expecting to party there when it's done. Says the @the-independent.com :
"Bezos’s Washington Post jumps to the defense of Trump’s new ballroom"
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Ontario bill would look at ‘alternative options’ for ending residential leases, scrap Toronto green roof bylaw. Here are the highlights The Ford government has tabled an omnibus bill that would make changes to a whole suite of laws and regulations, from green roofs to tenant evictions and driver’s licences.

I am not done being angry at the Ford government for cancelling supervised consumption sites, bike lanes and speed cameras. And now I have to muster the energy to fight this new attack on everyone who rents their home in Ontario.

I hate it here.

www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

Trumpism:

The trickle-down economy of Reagan
The protectionist policies of McKinley
The fear mongering of McCarthy
The corruption of 19th Century Robber Barrons
The tactics of 20th Century Mobsters
The culture of the Antebellum
The Narcissism of 21st Century media
The God complex of kings of old

Newsom and Ontario premier make wager, pan Trump’s tariffs in World Series video Donald Trump is stewing over an Ontario ad campaign that invoked former President Ronald Reagan to argue against his tariffs.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and California Gov. Gavin Newsom are raising the stakes of this year’s World Series.

A statement from the Red Scarf Union ( #Ottawa #Charge of the #PWHL) fan group on the Landsdowne 2 redevelopment proposal:

www.facebook.com/share/p/16Vh...

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe said he was surprised to hear the PWHL's concerns. Really? Plan is to remove over 1/3 of the existing seating, which is fully sold out for big games, and you call their concerns a "negotiating tactic"?
Sorry, not buying it.
#Ottawa #Lansdowne #PWHL

Hot of the presses!!

I’m very proud of this piece, I hope you find it thought provoking 🥰

Thank you as always to @thetyee.ca and @jenstden.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to write this!

'I know the secrets': Author reveals lawsuit against Melania might blow up in Trump's face Journalist Michael Wolff, who has written four books about President Donald Trump, revealed in an interview on Thursday that the lawsuit he filed against the First Lady could blow up in Trump's face. ...

Wolff says Trump and Epstein were inseparable for nearly 15 years with Epstein describing a friendship that entangled them in every aspect of each other’s lives—social, sexual, and business. The claim paints a picture of a dangerously intimate, all-consuming alliance
www.rawstory.com/michael-wolf...

Going to post this every day the Israeli terror state violates the ceasefire.

Canada’s comedy #ThisHourHas22Minutes does a spoof of
#US #ICEagents but in #Canada, we say

“NICE AGENTS”

#cdnpoli #UKPOLI #USPOLI #AUSPOLI

YouTube video by Toronto Sun Ontario launches $75 million ad campaign using the words of Ronald Reagan to argue against tariffs.

The ad:

youtu.be/hN_CVvzExpM?...

Donald Trump just threw a late-night tantrum over an advertisement created by the Canadian province of Ontario, which featured Ronald Reagan’s REAL words expressing his dislike of tariffs. Trump says that, as a result, all trade negotiations with Canada are “HEREBY TERMINATED.”

Carney speech offers little to 1.5 million Canadians unemployed today From his heights in the stratosphere, Carney is not seeing the 1.5 million Canadians without a paycheque today.

After 10 months of Trump the PM still has no Buy Canadian plan and he talks about “generational” projects that won’t get shovels into dirt for years

Where is urgency for the 1.5 million Canadians unemployed today?

open.substack.com/pub/tparkin/...