The Community Wealth Building Bill passed yesterday with cross-party support 🎉

This is an exciting start to reshaping our economy to make it fairer for everybody.

Canadian senator Marty Kline--respected CEO, finance, hockey, gaming, media, Indigenous leader.

“Automation and AI are reshaping our world… Canadians are asking for security, dignity and opportunity. A guaranteed livable income is one possible response, but not a simple one.”

I seems like I should be re-upping this one regularly.

the primary blocker to UBI is the puritan belief that humanity is so sinful and depraved that it should not be permitted personhood unless it becomes 'civilised'

that's how liberal social policy ended up asserting that helping people would harm them but hurting people would help them

This is an amazing sanctuary run by an incredibly hard working couple. If anyone has the desire to help their animals through Patreon, it's definitely money well spent!

Good call on the Holly McNarland!

All old songs but I think they're still pretty great
1. Payolas - Eyes of a Stranger
2. Skydiggers - I will give you everything
3. The Gandarvas - The first day of spring
4. Northern Pikes - Things I do for money
5. Leonard Cohen - Dance me to the end of Love

"...we can build a better way of life with greater security for all, while respecting ecological limits. But to do so, we must escape from the ideological indoctrination that holds such goals to be unattainable, and insists that extractive capitalism is the only path available to Canadians."

11 animals that use tools in surprising and clever ways – including a few you may not expect | Discover Wildlife 10 animals that use tools It is not just humans that regularly use tools to solve problems and make our lives easier. Other animals do it too!

"Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees"
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Deal allowing a quota of Chinese EVs a breakthrough for consumers wth potential for investment in a modern auto sector - Clean Energy Canada TORONTO — Rachel Doran, executive director of Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s deal to allow the annual sale of 49,000 Chinese EVs in Canada an...

🚗⚡️"Not only will this answer the problem of affordability very directly, with more affordable Chinese EVs for sale, but it sends a strong market signal to other automakers: the Canadian market is now competitive, so price your cars accordingly," says @racheldoran.bsky.social.

Our response👇
#cdnpoli

A figure skating boot is higher & more stable. This provides more ankle support for jumps, spins, etc. Hockey skates are lower for more flexibility. If they're for a beginner, the most important thing is decent ankle support & comfort. Ankle pads can be worn w/ any type of skate to help with both.

Yes, hockey skates do not have the same support as figure skates. They are lower with a shorter curved blade. Decent figure skates have much more ankle support, a longer blade and toe picks. If you don't trip on the picks, figure skates are more stable.

"It’s one thing to make compromises in times of national crisis. It’s another to twist the math on emissions"

"..the latest SMR campaign is not a revolution but a rerun (relapse?). It’s an expensive distraction from the real work of decarbonizing our energy system. The climate crisis demands solutions that are proven, scalable, and affordable—qualities that nuclear power, in any form, has never delivered."

Feels to me like this is the kind of relationship your good friends would tell you to leave, non?

“....it’s really hard to be proud to support O&G when every time you turn around you feel like you're getting kicked by this very industry you fought so hard for.”

Tell the Prime Minister: Protect Canada’s anti-greenwashing rules - CAPE Send a message to the Prime Minister to protect and strengthen Canada’s anti-greenwashing rules instead of dismantling them.

Canada’s anti-greenwashing rules protect our health, but they’re under threat.

Send a message to Ottawa: don’t give fossil fuel companies the license to lie to us. Choose truth, health and transparency instead.

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YouTube video by Elle Cordova Mr. Oil Man, start your machines

The multi talented @ellecordova.bsky.social & their extraordinarily talented friend, Toni Lindgren, are giving everyone the perfect little ditty to sing this Christmas! 🎵 🎄 🛢️
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"Private interference in a public healthcare system is a cancer that feeds on your complacency"

This agreement is a massive betrayal of Canada’s commitments on climate change and Indigenous rights.

And we won’t stand by it.

ADD YOUR NAME: act.gp/48x6Gy3

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

It will become a stranded asset. The reality is that it won't create many jobs long term (about 200). O&G in '14 hired 128 workers for every mill. barrels of oil produced. '24, thanks to automation &downsizing, that # was 61. AB oil prod is ever increasing yet the people no longer reap the benefits.

I mean 🇨🇦 gov wants to fast track the Ksi Lisims LNG terminal which is 100% owned by Texas Western LNG that is financed by Blackstone & Apollo so I wouldn't say those in power in 🇨🇦 are truly that concerned about continued ties to the US. The only ones "diversifying away" are the people of 🇨🇦.

🇨🇦 is also 7th from the bottom (out of 67) on the Climate Change Performance Index. Beating Saudi, Iran, US, RU, Korea & UAE.
ccpi.org/ranking/
Oil prod ⬆️ 41-52% in the last 10yrs but due to automation & downsizing, the people of AB do not even benefit. Only the 1% win, the rest of us burn.

These massive signs will not slow many down. What actually needs to happen is improved road design. Adding pinch points, chicanes, boulevard trees, strategic/illusion paint, speed humps & cushions, mini roundabouts, etc. are what's needed...& maybe a little wind turbine to power the street lights 😉

So I just checked and they've raised their prices. 40% off now but that's $69.99...down from $119.99USD. Their sale price is now what their regular price was. That's really too bad.

Epstein, Trump … and Mark Carney’s Ksi Lisims LNG The scandal surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump is fueling backlash to an American-owned gas project in Canada, after Prime Minister Mark Carney

NEW BLOG from @kainagata.bsky.social - Epstein, Trump … and Mark Carney’s Ksi Lisims LNG www.dogwoodbc.ca/news/epstein...

The best!

YouTube video by Nato Green “What do politics have to do with me?” Standup comedy from Nato Green

I bring up these points 😜 ....
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Canada Needs Privacy Law Reforms Now! 🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority...

🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority! 📨 openmedia.org/Privacy4Cana...
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Tax the super-rich Sign the petition to say no to billionaires and demand a wealth tax on the super-rich.

The top 1% capture more wealth than 99% of the world. A wealth tax on the richest 0.5% of Canadians would allow $30 billion in gains/yr, while supporting tax cuts to middle- and low-income workers and raising money for public goods. #NoMoreBillionaires #TaxTheRich act.gp/4qNIIXs