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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women

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Canadian climate policy a decade after the Paris Agreement - CCPA The Paris Agreement was signed in 2015 by 196 countries amid a wave of global urgency to confront the defining crisis of our time—climate change. Grounded in the best available science, it called for ...

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'A decade after Paris, Canada’s challenge is no longer knowing what to do. Instead, the challenge is to break the cycle of denial, delay and deference that subjugates climate policy to the very industries at the heart of the crisis.' @policyalternatives.ca

Northern lights could be visible for most of Canada tonight: weather experts The northern lights may be visible across most of Canada tonight, with even the southernmost regions having the potential to see them, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra...

Northern lights could be visible for most of #Canada tonight: weather experts #NorthernLights

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Anyway, my point is that the actual government we’re getting on the Canada-U.S. file is about as close to the campaign advertisement as a drop-shipped Temu Labubu. Or perhaps he correctly intuited what I did not: that this country’s ruling class doesn’t really want a fight, but merely a kayfabe to keep up the appearance of virtue in the face of tyranny. A show. A rebellion on principle, but one without grit, blood, or teeth.

Savage from Jen Gerson on Carney's apology to Trump, but I suspect she may be right on this.
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The Military Wins and Public Programs Lose in Carney’s Budget | The Tyee But will the Liberals find enough support to survive a non-confidence vote?

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Out of budget lockup. I recently wrote: "Ottawa imposes a 10 percent luxury tax on yachts... yet a family buying a semi in Scarborough pays the equivalent of 15 percent in [DCs] and land transfer taxes."

Today the gov't addressed this by eliminating the luxury tax on yachts.

The Waffle Manifesto: For an Independent Socialist Canada In 1969, a caucus of NDP members known as the Waffle organized to promote a socialist and nationalist agenda, which included the replacement of US private ownership of Canadian industry with Canadian ...

"The major threat to Canadian survival today is American control of the Canadian economy. The major issue of our times is not national unity but national survival, and the fundamental threat is external, not internal."

—Waffle Manifesto: For an Independent Socialist Canada, 1969

We Used to Read Things in This Country | Noah McCormack Technology changes us—and it is currently changing us for the worse.

Smartphones are partly to blame for our decline in literacy. But we also should blame the men who run the companies that make them: our country’s economic elite no longer see the value in an educated workforce.

The empty case for Canada’s 5% defence pledge The priorities of our political leaders can be very hard to understand. Western countries are suffering years of economic stagnation, deteriorating public services, and a host of other problems. Yet o...

Canada has been suffering years of economic stagnation, deteriorating public services, and increasing popular distrust. Yet our government has decided that what we need to do is spend more money on defence—and not just more money, but a lot more money than what we are spending at present.

quotes by Musk and Hannah Arendt

“In my work with the (Nuremberg Trial) defendants, I was searching for the nature of evil, and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy... a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”

- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army

Canada’s democratic deficit can no longer be ignored It is difficult to imagine Carney’s Liberals collapsing as dramatically as the rudderless Starmer-led UK Labour government. That said, the rise of hard-edged, anti-system populism in Canada will be di...

The rise of reactionary anti-system populism in Canada will be difficult to prevent unless the centre and left actively confront the deepening gaps in our democratic system before further economic turbulence intensifies the crisis.

A black-and-white photograph shows an adult woman standing and bending slightly forward, holding a piece of paper or card in her hands. In front of her, a young child dressed in a bunny costume, complete with a mask featuring large ears and a smiling face, stands holding a small basket. Another child is partially visible in the background, seated and possibly also in costume. The scene appears to be indoors, with a doorway and some furniture visible.

Happy Halloween!
Did you know that the modern phrase of trick-or-treat first emerged in Canada?
Or that children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door in North America was reported in Vancouver?
This is the story of Canada's Halloween history!

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Notably protected from cuts: Department of National Defence (DND), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).

Most likely to be cut: Department for Women & Gender Equality, Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness, Crown-Indigenous Relations & Northern Affairs, Environment & Climate Change Canada and Transport Canada.

Social programs could be 'sunset' along with jobs of public servants who administer them: analysis The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives estimates that 52 of 88 departments and agencies will "sunset" programs.

The federal government’s upcoming #budget could likely let dozens of social programs expire to achieve savings. Along with those programs, could go the jobs of the public servants who administer them, a new analysis from @policyalternatives.ca says. #cdnpoli ottawacitizen.com/public-servi....

On the left: an image of a man standing with his back turned, facing a brick wall. On the right: text that reads “Canada held the door open for international students. Then slammed it in their face. They contributed more to the GDP than the entire auto industry. Now the country doesn’t want them anymore”

Canada needs migrants to help fill its current labour market gaps. Yet, as writer @marcellodicintio.bsky.social notes, this economic reliance is at war with a political climate that now treats those same migrants as a problem to be solved. thewalrus.ca/canada-held-the-...

According to @policyalternatives.ca, 59% of the Liberals’ public sector cuts will fall on women.

If Carney wants to regain the trust of women after forcing flight attendants at Air Canada back to unpaid work, why won’t he reverse these devastating cuts?

Another day, another dollar Manitoba’s minimum wage increased from $15.80 to $16 on Oct. 1.

“Minimum-wage workers, who we know spend the majority of their income on necessities like food and rent, are going to find themselves falling increasingly behind,” says Niall Harney, labour issues researcher at @ccpamb.bsky.social #canlab uniter.ca/view/another...

the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist

Fallen red maple leaves are shown strewn on a park bench in the morning sunlight.

If you need more, pop into Lisgar Park right now. There are tons of beauties for the taking!

Maples don’t do as well here as in southern Ontario. Many of the endemic tree species turn golden yellows rather than reds in the fall. But there are deep purples and deep reds in tall grasses and bushes, the stems of dogwoods and other foliage. So just a bit different, but also beautiful!

I popped into the city for a minute yesterday and grabbed a few too! I miss Toronto in the autumn.

Os Mutantes - Baby [Brazil, psychedelic rock, Tropicália] (1968) - [3:02]

Os Mutantes - Baby [Brazil, psychedelic rock, Tropicália] (1968) - [3:02]
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https://youtu.be/--uRcXZQcoI

No, it’s the Liquor Commission.

Locking people up for being poor, sick, or in crisis doesn’t solve the problem and in fact makes it worse. When people are detained instead of supported, they often lose housing, jobs, and vital connections. That instability drives desperation, which fuels crime and social harm. (1/6)

Especially because there’s so much homegrown talent!

Carney welcomed industry lobby, ignored environmental groups: records | The Narwhal Records show resource industry lobbyists had regular access to Prime Minister Mark Carney in his first 100 days, while environmental groups were shut out

New analysis of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first 100 days after the federal election show oil and gas, mining and other industrial groups made up about 60 per cent of lobbying records. Environmental groups couldn’t get a word in. thenarwhal.ca/carney-natur...

Canadians are on year three of a people’s recession The disconnect between big economic indicators and Canadians’ day-to-day experience is a gap our political leaders seem unable or unwilling to bridge. Indeed, parliamentarians have gotten in the habit...

Canada's economy is growing, but that growth is driven by “socially useless” industries. Banks and landlords account for 15% and 20% of GDP growth, respectively, making real estate speculation the single largest driver of growth in Canada—larger than manufacturing, retail, or oil and gas.

Editorial from the October 10, 2025 e-edition of the Winnipeg Free Press. To make the article even larger and easier to read, open it in a new tab of your browser. The text will not distort even with resizing.

I love the editorials from the Winnipeg Free Press. #canadasky #cdnpoli

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...

It's that time again...

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