Paul Austin-Menear 🇨🇦 / Six Catalysts

I get what you're saying, but I suspect at least four provinces would launch charter challenges.

It's a fundamental part of the separation of powers laid out on the constitution. So, what role can (and should) the Federal government play in the evolution of education in Canada? How does Ottawa dictate positive change, and should it? /fin

Completely agree, and I believe there should be more investment and innovation in public education ("public" being the most important word there). But the elephant in the room is that provinces are responsible for budgeting and delivering education. And, that's not just convention /1

Or rather, the provinces control the budgets for PSE. The feds provide some funding, particularly for research and grants, sure.

I'm curious, what does the federal government have to do with budgets of post-secondary institutions, which are provincially funded? What's your point?

Biological Geiger counter.

Radar the cat

We just walked into an animal shelter because we drove by and saw they were having an adoption drive. Then the volunteers there told us that this sweetheart has been in the shelter for over a year. But they’re waiving the adoption fee for folks who come in to adopt Radar or another cat today.

Always show the WIP, but do it for yourself. It has a funny way of keeping you honest and accountable while driving you forward.

More equal distribution of wealth strengthens demand in consumer markets. More demand, more innovation. More innovation, more choice, more small businesses. More small businesses, healthier labour markets, and... more wealth. Trickle down doesn't do this.

Seems a good reason to preserve our multiparty system. Oh, and perhaps also do the proportional representation thing. Diffusion of power aligned with how the electorate votes systemically preserves rights and entitlements. #cdnpoli

Outside of LinkedIn, here are some other job boards I've been using that I think would be useful to those who need it:

Remote Jobs - www.workingnomads.com/jobs
4 Day Work Week - 4dayweek.io
Jobs in Tech - app.welcometothejungle.com
Wellfound - wellfound.com/jobs/home
Remote 🌎 - www.careerhound.io

I just showed this to my wife, and she giggled.

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@charterchallenge.bsky.social @fairvote.ca Monday morning will be a heck of a nailbiter. Fingers crossed, thanks for your advocacy in front of the courts on this critical matter.

Let's hope they rule in favour of a fairer, more resilient electoral system. #cdnpoli

Best to pitter patter up on that eh?

Brilliant. One less toxic campaign manager driving a wedge between Canadians and making their client look like <bad word censored>. #cdnpoli

Seriously. Gripens, maybe (hopefully). Saab offered to open source the code and transfer IP for the Gripen E and build locally. Better for us than the F35 with closed source and built in the USA, given the current crazy juice in Washington's water supply.

Yeah, GPT5 is a serious regression for most of my workflows (not all). I'd happily switch back to 4.5, which was flawless, for the ones where it's dodgy. But... not an option. Yerrgh. Makes me want to scrap my subscription and just rebuild everything around DeepSeek R1-0 running locally.

Hangonhangonhangon. Didn't Kramp-Neuman just go on record saying that negotiation with the US on the "illegal tariffs" would be policy for a CPC government? That seems like some real stinky bullshit to me. You don't fight illegal acts with capitulation.

Perhaps one of the most valuable, positive things to emerge from this crap is the knowledge that the rest of us can, and will, move on. And prosper. Painful? Yes, in the short term, for some. But not the apocalypse that the WH counts on in its zero sum tomfoolery. A dying empire creates opportunity.

Well, I mean, tech bros.

Well, if they want to rake, send up some work crews I guess. There will be a lot more unemployed Americans due to the current administration's policies. Those big fat tariff revenues are more than enough to fund the wages of the crews. And the tents. Good economic policy, right?

As someone who plays PC games, what I hate about 'em is that they assume the user will be within arm's length of the screen. This is how I play PC games. Good UI scaling and font sizes often determine if I return a game or not. Let's learn from consoles, even if that business model is lame. #gamedev

Mike Harris is on speed dial to support. Surely there's room in the Ontario budget for juicy, crony consultant contracts.

* with the exception of the tariffs on steel, aluminum, and copper for "national security" reasons anyway. Canada and Mexico are pretty scary, after all.

She's not wrong. There's currently a ratified, trilateral trade agreement. The tariffs on Canada are on goods that are noncompliant with that deal.

The tune may change when the US negotiators continue to advance their shortsightedly destructive agenda during the mandated 2026 renegotiation.

Is it time to revive the Economic Council of Canada? - Loonie Politics We need to look at a body that has the capability to look at our economy such as productivity or the shifting patterns of trade.

ICYMI, my Loonie Politics column: Is it time to revive the Economic Council of Canada? #cdnpoli

Didn't the UK want to be free from the tyrannical anchor of the EU?

The Fonz would be waaayyyyy better. Eeeeeyyyyyyy.