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David McKie @davidmckie.bsky.social · 3d

Should research published by banks be held to the same anti-greenwashing rules as other corporate documents? One shareholder group is pushing a Quebec regulator to decide, in a move that could open up a new battleground for corporate accountability. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/10/n...

Banks' ties to LNG raise questions of greenwashing in 'thought leadership'

Should research published by banks be held to the same anti-greenwashing rules as other corporate documents? One shareholder advocacy group is pushing a Quebec regulator to decide, in a move that coul...

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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 5d

Why I get cranky about out of context debt-to-gdp ratios, fiscal anchors, and how this all leads to austerity that inevitably ends up hurting those if us that need support the most

Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 5d

Now in wide release, my latest YouTube episode where @lindsaytedds.bsky.social and I talk about what we're not talking about when we talk about austerity #cdnpoli

The Problems with Austerity

YouTube video by Dale Smith

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Angella MacEwen @angella.bsky.social · 6d

Part of my issue with prioritizing government spending on “capital” in this way is that it is government's job to invest in human and social capital too. These are fuzzier concepts, harder to measure and evaluate, but absolutely essential, especially now.

Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 6d

[email protected]'s @angella.bsky.social explains why now is the time to defend jobs and protect public services.

Listen to our conversation with Angella on the Perspectives Journal podcast: perspectivesjournal.ca/carneys-cuts/

A promotional graphic for the “Carney’s Cuts” podcast with Angella MacEwen. The text at the top reads “PODCASTS | EMPOWERING WORKERS” and “Carney’s Cuts with Angella MacEwen.” Below that, it says, “Listen now on the Perspectives Journal Podcast.” The background features a photo of Donald Trump and Mark Carney standing outdoors in suits, with trees in the background. Trump wears a dark blue suit with a red tie, and Carney wears a dark suit and tie, smiling while looking toward Trump.

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Angella MacEwen @angella.bsky.social · 6d

Part of these changes will make it hard to compare spending across years, I hate breaks like this in data. But may be useful to see it this way - have to wait and see in November!

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Angella MacEwen @angella.bsky.social · 6d

Federal government is “modernizing“ budgets? … partly by doing them in the fall now: www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

Modernizing Canada’s Budgeting Approach - Canada.ca

Modernizing Canada’s Budgeting Approach

www.canada.ca

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Angella MacEwen @angella.bsky.social · 6d

Liberals tabling replacement for C2 because even Pierre Poilievre said it was an outrageous invasion of privacy:

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Government to table new border bill amid C-2 privacy concerns: sources | CBC News

The federal Liberals are set to introduce a new bill expected to mirror much of what's in their already tabled border legislation — but with some clauses that sparked concerns from opposition parties ...

www.cbc.ca

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Angella MacEwen @angella.bsky.social · 7d

They wrote down what they wanted to do. Maybe folks had more faith in their institutions to prevent it?

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 7d

Has Trump’s second term posed a greater or lesser threat to the rule of law than you expected? @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...

Has Trump’s second term posed a greater or lesser threat to the rule of law than you expected?
Circular graph showing over half answered: much more than I expected, about a quarter: more than I expected, about an eighth: similar threat to what I expected, small sliver: much less threat than I expected.

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 7d

Americans voters were stupid, venal and complacent in the run-up to the 2024 election.

Everything happening now was completely predictable if you simply paid attention to Trump's own words and the credible reporting about his first term in office.

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 7d

Has Trump’s second term posed a greater or lesser threat to the rule of law than you expected? @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...

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Angella MacEwen @angella.bsky.social · 7d

CUPE’s National convention in Toronto this week - very exciting, but also, I'm in coordinating group chats on 4 different platforms, so I’m glad that there’s still competition among messaging applications if nothing else.

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Angella MacEwen @angella.bsky.social · 10d

If now is not the time to be alarmist, I’m not sure when is.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10d

I asked Chris Murphy if he privately talks to Dem colleagues about why they don't sound the alarm loudly. His answers were depressing. Dems tell him they don't want to be "alarmist" or that "democracy" didn't work in 2024, so they want to stick to health care. 5/

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 10d

Chris Murphy has also been super impressive this year.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10d

I asked Chris Murphy if he privately talks to Dem colleagues about why they don't sound the alarm loudly. His answers were depressing. Dems tell him they don't want to be "alarmist" or that "democracy" didn't work in 2024, so they want to stick to health care. 5/

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 10d

I get a lot of stuff wrong but my early call on all of this was that it's simply wrong to engage in this as an argument over congestion policy. I said on the podcast that it is, instead, an argument over who has the right to public space — and the Premier has decided the allocation.

Colleen @cbailey6.bsky.social · 10d

I don't want to shock anyone, but I don't think that removing the bike lanes is going to improve congestion. The provincial government is putting people at risk for a few parking spots in midtown Toronto.

The documents also indicate that the government may reinstate on-street parking on Yonge Street, in the 400-metre section where the bike lane would be removed.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 10d

Here is the audio recording of Lindsay Shepherd getting fired by the BC Conservative Party

For those keeping track (*leans back in rocking chair whilst reflecting on old memories*) this is now the second time Lindsay Shepherd has recorded her employer and then released the recording publicly

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Angella MacEwen @angella.bsky.social · 10d

I feel like someone told Trump the shutdown was fine, that it just gave them more space to implement Project 2025 - and this was his response. Things are not ok.

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 11d

Cringe and weird, Trump posted this AI generated video feat. himself, JD Vance and Russ Vought as the grim reaper.
Trump is unbothered by the shutdown he provoked and believes this gives him the green light to implement the 2025 agenda.

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 10d

Approximately 5 million Canadians are now covered by National Dental Care plan. The NDP left us something good

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 12d

How much shit will the Ontario voter eat, and pay for, before they get upset?

My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 12d

Wow. What a mess. Field day for lobbyists.

"Ford government labour ministers have selected groups to receive hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars for worker-training programs against the advice of civil servants who’d evaluated their applications, Ontario’s auditor general has found."

#OnPoli

BREAKING: Ford government skills training funding ‘not fair, transparent or accountable’: auditor general

Ford government labour ministers overruled civil servants to fund skills training by groups with lobbyists, according to a scathing new report

www.thetrillium.ca

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 14d

When a concerned Albertan raised concerns about vulnerable Albertans being treated fairly by an Alberta Police force…

Bruce McAllister cut her mic and told her to leave.

This is the UCP’s “consultation”.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 12d

Who stands to benefit from the gutting of Canada Post?

The billionaire class.

If Mark Carney were really serious about nation-building, Dru OJa Jay writes how the post office could become an engine for green energy, public banking, and better services. breachmedia.ca/canada-post-...

Canada Post faces two futures—a revitalized public service or a billionaire cash machine ⋆ The Breach

The Liberal government is dismantling Canada Post for the billionaire class, while ignoring bold proposals from postal workers to reinvent the public service

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 13d

March vs. October

Carney says supply management "off the table" in negotiations with Trump

"Ottawa weighs greater retail access for US dairy industry"

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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 14d

The federal government’s plan to gut the post office would wreck Canada Post's greatest strengths. By @simonenoch.bsky.social and @whosestreets.bsky.social #cdnpoli
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

The post office must be defended - CCPA

When Stephen Harper’s government announced the end of door-to-door mail delivery in favour of community “super-boxes” in 2014, then Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra was asked about the difficulty this wo...

www.policyalternatives.ca

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Simon Enoch @simonenoch.bsky.social · 17d

“Too often when public services are cut, the burden is shifted onto the individual or the community. Cuts to Canada Post will be borne by those least able to carry them and by rural communities that have been all but abandoned.” www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

The post office must be defended - CCPA

When Stephen Harper’s government announced the end of door-to-door mail delivery in favour of community “super-boxes” in 2014, then Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra was asked about the difficulty this wo...

www.policyalternatives.ca

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Phil Smith @philsmith26.bsky.social · 17d

Some Canadians are expressing great concern about the federal deficit. But it has been relatively low since the pandemic surge, other than a one-time jump in early 2024 due mainly to Indigenous claim settlements. The concern should be the coming two years or so, not the present.

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Angella MacEwen @angella.bsky.social · 17d

Yup, right out of the playbook, privatize the most profitable parts and then complain whats left “costs too much money”

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Angella MacEwen @angella.bsky.social · 17d

Canada Post's "loss" is the private sector's gain - please, for the love of all that is good, if you're going to try and use math to understand this, finish the equation.

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Angella MacEwen @angella.bsky.social · 17d

For public infrastructure and services, can we start talking about how to design them to do what we need, what they can enable, how they can save households and the private sector money and create a level playing field ... instead of treating them like businesses (which they are not!)

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 18d

The government is reducing service standards and Canada Post’s biggest advantage: its nationwide network.

This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.

Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News

With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...

www.cbc.ca

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