The dilemma of too many Democrats

♲ GG - 2024-07-21 15:05:28 GMT

"In Ford Nation, there is no accountability.
There is no gravitas.
Everything is a transaction.
And the public good never figures into the equation."#onpoli #dougFord #toronto #cdnpoli @downtownrob88 (2019)

GG (@gemelliz@mstdn.ca)

12.6K Posts, 1.85K Following, 1.96K Followers · ‘I must confess that when I was younger I expected the future to have more robotic butlers and jetpacks and less plague and fascism, but here we are.' - Paul Bassett Davies
 Your vote is a chess...

But for the time being the police win. Lawsuits take time.

♲ Marius Fortuna_3 - 2024-06-09 19:09:10 GMT

2010 #Toronto G20 Summit. PM #Harper orders #TPS/#OPP to arrest anyone within 10km radius of event who might be protestor. Mass arrests/detentions follow. Later those arrested sue police over illegal arrests and win . Taxpayers pay judgements. This will repeat with oligarch mandated, unlawful arrests of Palestine protestors. Arrested will win and the taxpayers will pay for that which they didn't ask the police to do in the first place. #canada #cdnpoli #ontario #onpoli #torontoprotests #toronto

Marius Fortuna_3 (@marius_gs@mastodon.social)

2.7K Posts, 654 Following, 290 Followers · Canadian, thoughtful, hopeful, seasoned, observer of the human condition. Oh, and with a healthy portion of cynicism thrown in.

Inside Ukraine’s drive to build an army of citizen soldiers and how they are ready for guerrilla warfare. #cdnpoli #ukraine https://cbc.ca/news/politics/ukraine-russia-kyiv-putin-donbas-crimea-1.6345753

As Russia maintains the pressure, Ukraine trains citizen-soldiers for guerrilla warfare | CBC News

They are medical interns, truck drivers, clerks and students. As members of Ukraine's newly reorganized territorial defence units, some of them could be called upon to do some of the toughest, most dangerous fighting in support of the country's...

America is not unique in the asymmetry it applies to right wing white people protesting versus everyone else.

https://twitter.com/WaytowichNeil/status/1487410843516129282

#cdnpoli

‘Fossil Fuelled 5’ Put 1.5° in Jeopardy, Report Finds

Canada, the U.K., the United States, Norway, and Australia —planning to approve (and subsidize) new fossil fuel projects, a contradiction which it says undermines their recent claims of leadership in tackling the climate crisis.
#environment #cdnpoli #climate_retards #climate_crisis

https://www.theenergymix.com/2021/11/14/fossil-fuelled-5-put-1-5-in-jeopardy-report-finds/

‘Fossil Fuelled 5’ Put 1.5° in Jeopardy, Report Finds | The Energy Mix

Canada, the United Kingdom, and three other wealthy nations whose rhetoric on climate action does not match their plans to expand fossil fuel production are undermining attempts to slow the climate crisis, a new report concludes. 

Life at 50C: Lytton - the town that burned down in a day - BBC News

Canada fell from 58th to 61st spot in the latest Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), released this week during the COP 26 climate summit in Glasgow, with its current climate performance and 2030 targets well below what would be consistent with a 2.0°C limit on average global warming.
#lip_service #climate_crisis #environment #cdnpoli #GHG increases #polluters_win

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-59227915

The Canadian town that burned down in a day

Lytton saw the highest-ever temperature recorded above the latitude of 50 degrees north.

Coronavirus: Seniors cut off from income supplement after receiving emergency benefits

In a letter sent to three Liberal cabinet ministers, NDP MP Daniel Blaikie said many seniors who received the CERB and Canada Recovery Benefit either do not qualify for the guaranteed income supplement or face drastic deductions to it.
#CERB #seniors #GIS #politics #cdnpoli

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/seniors-cut-off-from-income-supplement-after-receiving-emergency-benefits-1.5535288

Seniors cut off from income supplement after receiving emergency benefits

New Democrats say they've have been flooded with calls from Canadians aged 65 and up who suddenly find themselves cut off from monthly government payments due to the pandemic benefits they relied on last year.

'Nothing to See Here, Folks', as Canada Sends Updated Carbon Target to UN

“Nothing to see here, folks!” wrote Karri Munn-Venn, senior policy analyst at Citizens for Public Justice. “In a highly anticipated announcement about Canada’s new emissions reduction target, Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said, well, nothing.”
#climate_crisis #canada #cdnpoli #environment #carbon_target

Read more

Poison with your cereal, anyone? | rabble.ca

To be clear, in 2015, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) identified glyphosate, the world's most commonly used herbicide, as a probable human carcinogen.
#gmo #glyphosate #cancer #environment #cdnpoli

https://rabble.ca/columnists/2021/07/poison-your-cereal-anyone

'Nothing to See Here, Folks', as Canada Sends Updated Carbon Target to UN

“The Canadian government has decided to not do its fair share of the action needed to avoid catastrophic climate change,” added Dale Marshall, national climate program manager at Environmental Defence Canada, in a release.
#climate_change #environment #cdnpoli

Read more

'Nothing to See Here, Folks', as Canada Sends Updated Carbon Target to UN - The Energy Mix

Canada is facing reactions ranging from disappointment to mockery after filing its updated carbon reduction target.

Oilsands carbon cuts come with $60 billion bill, loose ends

The initiative follows mounting pressure from large, climate-minded investors, many of which have ditched their oilsands holdings.
#oilsands #net-zero #greenhouse_gases #environment #cdnpoli

https://www.jwnenergy.com/article/2021/7/8/oilsands-carbon-cuts-come-with-60-billion-bill-loo/

Oilsands carbon cuts come with $60 billion bill, loose ends

It will cost about C$75 billion ($60 billion) to zero out greenhouse gases from oilsands operations by 2050, with a…

Hey everyone, I’m #newhere. I’m interested in #cdnpoli, #movies, #ndp, #ondp, and #onpoli.