Stacy Chappel

The Canadian Company Staffing ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ | The Tyee Carney’s government awarded GardaWorld millions in contracts and isn’t ruling out more.

#cdnPoli #usPoli

Dictator chic

What the ever-living fuck is this??

“Canadian officials told their American counterparts that roadblocks to joining the initiative had been lifted”

Starmer. You never think he can disappoint even more, but then he does.

Oh ffs

EXCLUSIVE: B.C. paid private nursing agencies $508 million in just two years British Columbia’s health authorities have cut cheques to private staffing agencies totalling a little more than half a billion dollars in just the last two years, in order to have enough nurses to ke...

Patients aren’t paying for anything, but we’re increasingly seeing private companies involved in the delivery of public healthcare in BC

The biggest example is the increasing reliance on temp nurses from for-profit staffing agencies
My latest:
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

This piece is such a freest example of why public service should stay public goods. Running them like a business devalues their effectiveness

This is appalling.

You can’t call yourself a cycling community without fat Black women And who gets to call themselves a cyclist, anyway?

How much do I love this!!
"While others cruised at 14–18 mph, I averaged 9–11mph. Doubt crept in. Was this too much for me? But then Yasmin Boakye, my mentor, rode beside me and said something I’ll never forget: “This is your ride. Your journey.”"

##yyjbikes
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Communists launch cross-Canada campaign against Carney's massive militarization and deep federal cuts - People's Voice By Drew Garvie   This August, the Communist Party of Canada launches a major cross-Canada campaign against militarism and austerity, mobilizing for Labour Day and the International Day for Peace on […...

Carney’s plan – to hike military spending to 2% of GDP by 2026 and 5% by 2035 – squanders public wealth on fighter jets, warships and the US “Golden Dome." Simultaneously, his government imposes the deepest austerity cuts in modern history. #cdnpoli
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#Canadian #digiitaltransformation has happened on US infrastructure
#cdnpoli

BC regional data here
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Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
- A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
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@infinitescream.bsky.social

@anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social

● Expell Israel's Ambassador to Canada and the consulate staff home for consultation.

● Demand a full ceasefire without any conditions.

● Boycott, divest and sanction the Israelis economy.

#ICC #ICJ #BDS

#genocide
#Ableg #Cdnpoli
#Gaza #Palestine

So Long Mom (Tom Lehrer Cover), by False Flag Attack from the album Nuclear Winter EP

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #DriveTime

Tom Lehrer:
🎵 So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III)

#TomLehrer

▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify

▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:

RIP #TomLehrer

My favourite among so many great songs of his:

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Food is a right, not a weapon: Canada must act for Gaza There must be immediate action. For Canada, that starts with a full arms embargo, cancelling our free trade deal with Israel, and imposing biting sanctions.

Opinion: Carney must follow through with his promise on May 19 to take "concrete actions in response" to Israel not lifting its restrictions on humanitarian aid, write Alex Neve and Dorotea Gucciardo.

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

And stroller friendly

Shelbourne upgrade also widened the sidewalks and added benches, making it much more age friendly

British police arrest a disabled protester during an event in London for expressing support for Palestine Action.

And just up island, Ryan Rd in Courtenay BC, is a bike path up a long steep hill l to the college and hospital.

Federal funding to house asylum seekers in hotels will end in September, IRCC says | CBC News Asylum seekers staying in federally-funded hotels will soon have to check out as Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says that funding will end on Sept. 30. The department says it will help p...

Spending 30% of our budget (2% gdp) on expanding the military for NATO has to come from somewhere...
Predictably, yet still disappointingly, supporting asylum seekers is one place.
#cdmpoli

Federal government to stop fun...
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@anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social
Please listen to the doctors who go to Gaza

It's just not enough to say these things. We are watching an entire nation be starved to death and even shot when they come to collect the food aid. Sanctions! Sanctions! Sanctions!

I dispute the discription if Columbua as " le prestigieux établissement." as it loses its prestige by capitulating in this manner.

Booooooooooo

Yup. Stop the arms trade.

Active transportation on Saanich streets Re: “Municipal salaries need to be reined in,” editorial, July 11. The editorial about municipal salary levels included a barb about the “ridiculous plan to block two of the four lanes on McKenzie Avenue,” referring to the proposed establishment of Rapidbus service along McKenzie with dedicated bus lanes. Between 2011 and 2022 vehicle mode share in Saanich fell 11% while active transportation increased 53%. All residents, including drivers, benefit from the resulting reduction in traffic and parking congestion, improved public health and safety, emissions reductions, and cost savings. Current ridership data for McKenzie Avenue shows about 50% of peak period road users are on a bus, a surprising statistic to most of us who count vehicles rather than people. The introduction of Rapidbus service will increase transit ridership significantly, reducing congestion for those who prefer to drive. We have made progress on our regional transportation goals and can continue to improve conditions for everyone, with improved transit being a critical component. While I am no expert on municipal compensation levels, I do hope civic salaries are enough to attract those who understand the basics of urban transportation. Rob Bernhardt Saanich

Great letter by @robbernhardt.bsky.social in the TC! www.timescolonist.com/opinion/lett... #Saanich #yyj #bcpoli

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