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Voters feeling less disenfranchised and showing up more is another strong evidence why we need electoral reform towards proportional representation (which can also be ranked-choice at the same time too)

Congratulations to Toronto @mayoroliviachow.ca on her re-election tonight. Given Doug Ford’s constant interference & distractions, Toronto is arguably the hardest city in Canada to be the mayor of. I’m hopeful that in her first FULL term, Mayor Chow will lean in on more bold, creative city-building.

The Heritage Foundation adviser who recruited 12 bishops to pray over Trump in the Oval Office claimed a Ph.D. from an Italian university that doesn’t grant doctorates. His listed bachelor’s school is a high school. A Vatican official called the meeting an insult to Pope Leo XIV.

Olivia Chow is a passionate defender of Toronto. She is someone who never stops working for the community and the people of the city. Let's bring this home friends.

Just as car insurance in Ontario would cost us less if it was managed and run by a public insurer, as in British Columbia.

We call upon parliamentarians, political parties, trade unions and social movements throughout our hemisphere and across the world to speak out in defence of Brazil’s sovereignty and the inalienable right of its people to determine their future freely. 🇧🇷

And finally, in 2021 just slightly MORE CALGARIANS VOTED in favour of not ash-traying our planet than those that voted to STAY IN CANADA in the 2026 #Referendum. That's a POWERFUL MAJORITY of Calgarians in favour of #ClimateAction right here in Calgary. So who's speaking to them right now?

More plugin solar legislative activity south of the border. Here in Canada... silence. We need affordable plug-in solar legislation, across the country, now. Check out www.pluginsolarpower.ca to learn more about our advocacy. And join the fight!

NEW: An order of New York nuns founded in 1817 has rebuked the bishops who laid hands on President Trump. “Images carry messages,” the Sisters of Charity wrote. “Silence carries messages, too.” The nuns have a powerful ally in Pope Leo XIV, who has put women at the center of his leadership.

Editorial: Toronto is falling apart, so let me finish it off - by Brad Bradford

Super clever Halloween decorations

Enormous news. A melanoma vaccine, one of the most deadly cancers out there. Science is good and helpful and there should be more of it. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

In the coming century, there will be very few people who have seen a coral reef or a glacier.

Carney’s pipeline: A tale of two extinctions Just 74 orcas remain in the wild. Pacific Link threatens their fragile habitat while bulldozing over Indigenous rights and endangered species protections. New from Salomé Sané & Sheila Sampath: ricochet.media/climate/clim... @greenpeaceca.bsky.social

Not to sound like a broken record but do you know what's VASTLY more popular than #Separatism in #Alberta? Like a legitimate, solid, reliable MAJORITY? CLIMATE ACTION How about a #Referendum on that? www.pembina.org/blog/strong-... #abpoli #cdnpoli #ClimateChange

Americans don't get to judge anybody for anything right now and maybe ever

Now that the referendum is over & the Remain side has won, there should be a thorough investigation into foreign interference in Canadian national unity & democracy. Russia, U.S. interfere in Alberta referendum - Kingston Whig-Standard www.thewhig.com/opinion/john...

What a marvelous age we inhabit! Centuries of scientific inquiry may now be dispensed with, provided a gentleman possesses sufficient confidence in his natural instincts. One wonders why Newton troubled himself with mathematics when he might simply have declared himself correct.

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Thomas Lukaszuk declaring victory "What this does, it not only sends a very clear message to Premier Danielle Smith that we do not need another referendum, but it also sends a message to the rest of Canada that we will not be a weak link in confederation"

The numbers coming in from Alberta are wild. Traditionally conservative blue Calgary voted in numbers as high as 89% to support Canada. The separatist gang were crushed. Sucks to be you Danielle Smith and Pete Hoekstra.

Read them earlier this evening too and was equally blown away. They couldn't be any more xenophobic.

And here in Ontario we have Doug Ford ripping up bike lanes.

Jeff Rath here encouraging his seppie friends to ‘decline the 9.’ And yes, posting your ballot online is illegal. This doesn’t bother Jeff because Jeff is a pro at doing illegal things. ALLEGEDLY.

Hi everyone, sorry to interrupt your Saturday 👋 I am excited to announce that @thewatchdog.ca is now officially launched I published an Editor’s Note this morning explaining: ✓ What The Watchdog is ✓ Why it’s focused on wealth, power and democracy ✓ The vision for this scrappy upstart publication

False information about voting rule changes is spreading on social media originating from the Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre area. Electors voting in person must vote in their electoral division for advance voting. Please report disinformation to social platforms and Elections AB.

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

Meta took down the No Kings instagram; TikTok banned the Musk documentary account for supposedly violating its political posting policies. A reminder that platforms are owned by the wealthiest of people, control the means of media distribution, & put their thumbs on the democracy scale as they wish

In Toronto’s finance district, a piece of history disappears www.tvo.org/article/in-t... #onpoli

Forget the sandbags, duct tape applied properly to an outside door does a better job of protecting against flooding! theconversation.com/duct-tape-ke...

Oil & gas companies are raking in profits right now and our leaders should be making them set money aside for cleanup. AND/OR, we could increase royalty rates to help fund our crumbling public services instead of scapegoating vulnerable immigrants. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ABLeg #CDNPoli

Thousands are struggling to make ends meet with inflation. Classrooms are overcrowded. Emergency rooms wait times are out of control. And the #Alberta government's response? Introducing legislation that could waste TENS OF BILLIONS of taxpayer $ to fund industry cleanup 👀

Online gambling has been incredibly lucrative for the province. Ontarians wagered more than $82.7 billion in the 2024-25 fiscal year. That windfall has come at a cost, critics say. Suicides by people with gambling issues have increased, according to data from Ontario’s chief coroner.

Star Investigation: The government agency responsible for online gambling in Ontario secretly shelved a research study intended to track rates of problem gambling. New from @bkstar.bsky.social:

This is life in Doug Ford’s Ontario. Contact him while you’re still allowed to. Premier's Office 416-325-1941 premier@ontario.ca Constituency Office 416-745-2859 doug.fordco@pc.ola.org #DefundThePolice #DeposeDougFord

There has never been an "open borders" policy in this country, and she knows it. She was demanding more immigrants until it became convenient to scapegoat those immigrants for the very failures of her government in housing and healthcare. She's just bald-faced lying for her own political benefit.

The goal of sane people must be to defund Elon Musk and get him as far away from politics as possible. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/defund-musk

Great data. Unfortunately #DougFord doesn't give a damn.

Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP.

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Does this beggar belief? No. It is no surprise whatsoever The fossil fuel sector has been suppressing the truth for 3/4 of a century www.theguardian.com/environment/...