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As we approach the Canada Day long weekend, let's take a moment to consider the myth of Canada as a peacekeeping country.

http://peoplesvoice.ca/2018/06/28/canada-is-this-really-a-country-of-peacekeeping/

#cdnpoli #canpol #canada #imperialism

I'm still reading through this and the the CPC talking point this time around is "carbon taxes"

CPC MPs have asked so many questions about it

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Parliament in Check

"A team of Star reporters put MPs under the microscope, fact-checking every query and answer during five days of question period. What did they find? Some truth, some lies and lots of stretches and dodges."

By Bruce Campion-Smith, Brendan Kennedy, Marco Chown Oved, Alex Ballingall, Alex Boutilier and Tonda MacCharles

http://projects.thestar.com/question-period/index.html

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Hack columnist Graham Hicks opens this piece by claiming to offer 10 good things the Alberta NDP government has done, then proceeds to list only seven.

He also laughably keeps referring to the NDP as socialists. Oh, if only...

http://edmontonsun.com/news/provincial/hicks-on-biz-giving-albertas-ndp-praise-where-praise-is-due

#cdnpoli #alberta #yeg

This makes me imagine an alternate history in which the US and Russia team up to squeeze Canada militarily. At least in the timeline we actually live in it'll only happen economically (for now?).

http://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/braid-is-donald-trump-a-threat-to-canadas-sovereignty/wcm/8605cf6b-a084-4faf-8940-022d15254836

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This is...a little too real.

The case for invading America: https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/the-case-for-invading-america/

#cdnpoli #uspol

Centrism is dead. That's probably a good thing, though. The final sentences of the article sum it up nicely: "It was a pleasant run while it lasted. But now it’s time for voters to truly decide what type of society we’d like to live in. At some point, everyone needs to choose a side."

https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/centrism-is-dead-doug-fords-victory-in-ontario-just-proves-it/

#cdnpoli #onpoli #politics #centrism

Jesus Christ.

Jesus fucking Christ.

Part of the joy of coming to Canada was getting away from this corrupt, racist shitshow.

Now I'm going to have to join the Ontario Resistance.

I don't have time for this shit. We gotta fix this electoral process.

#cdnpoli #onpoli #canpol

Have we seen a strategy like this before in Canadian politics? Wynne has admitted defeat efore the election and is now urging Ontarians to elect as many Liberal MPPs as possible to ensure whoever wins has a minority government.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/wynne-liberals-ontario-election-minority-government-1.4689222

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I wish the Alberta NDP had put forward something like this. Election reform is an NDP policy, but they rarely actually act on it when they get into power. And since it's increasingly looking like the ANDP will be a one-term government, it would have been nice if they'd attempted to change the electoral system before getting booted out.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/electoral-reform-referendum-question-eby-1.4683919

#canpol #cdnpoli #abpol #bcpol

"For many of these young men, the gateway to the alt-right began with a slow-burning hatred of women."

A great, perceptive piece in the Montreal Gazette about how online misogynist subcultures, from Gamergate and its predecessors to PUAs and incels, draw young men into white nationalism. I've been harping on this shit for years lol http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/alt-right-in-montreal-the-war-against-women (Via @JordiGH)

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This is a bizarre situation, if only because the police are nominally on the side of the anarchists, stating that the anarchy @ is not a hate symbol and that the city is not acting on police directions.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-anarchy-symbol-1.4664192

#anarchy #anarchism #hamilton #cdnpoli #canada #politics

The NDP condemns the IDF killing Palestinian protesters and calls for an end to the occupation. It's something http://www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-condemns-killings-gaza #cdnpoli

Bumblefuck Watch: Rob Ford's brother hired his own "reporter" to ask him scripted softball questions for literal fake news spots https://boingboing.net/2018/05/09/cowardly-con-artist.html #laughablebumblefuck #potemkintories #trumpplanet #elections #dougford #fakenews #cdnpoli #ontario #robford #toronto #Post

Bumblefuck Watch: Rob Ford's brother hired his own "reporter" to ask him scripted softball questions for literal fake news spots http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/pB54SZn825g/cowardly-con-artist.html #boingboing #cdnpoli #doug_ford #elections #fake_news #laughable_bumblefuck #ontario #potemkin_tories #rob_ford #toronto #trump_planet

Nova Scotia premier won't apologise for libeling teen who discovered massive data breach https://boingboing.net/2018/05/08/messenger-shooter.html #christwhatanasshole #StephenMcNeil #novascotia #security #cdnpoli #infosec #canada #Post

Nova Scotia abandons its attempt to destroy a teenager who stumbled on a wide-open directory of sensitive information https://boingboing.net/2018/05/08/squid-jiggin.html #novascotia #security #aaronsw #cdnpoli #infosec #privacy #canada #Post #foia

Tech conferences are relocating from the USA to Canada to attract attendees and speakers who don't want to come to Trump's America https://boingboing.net/2018/05/04/one-nation-under-canada.html #fortressamerica #america'shat #happymutants #blamecanada #xenophobia #Business #cdnpoli #canada #events #Post

Tech conferences are relocating from the USA to Canada to attract attendees and speakers who don't want to come to Trump's America http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/FrxxSWyvUlk/one-nation-under-canada.html #boingboing #americas_hat #blame_canada #Business #canada #cdnpoli #events #fortress_america #happy_mutants #xenophobia

Chicane de fédération. http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/arts-visuels/201804/23/01-5162196-le-saint-jerome-restera-au-quebec-annonce-la-ministre-de-la-culture.php Comme quoi qu'il n'y a pas que #TransMountain comme raison pour se disputer.

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