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Friday night, I was in Montreal to accept the 2026 Freedom of Expression Award from the Canadian Media Lawyers Association, in recognition of a lifetime of work fighting for freedom of speech, open courts and civil liberties as both a journalist and a Senator. It was a truly moving honour to receive - one I share with every colleague who supported me, every editor and publisher who had my back, my Senate colleagues and staff, and all the lawyers who advised, protected and inspired me. #yeg #yul #cdnpoli

I'm sorry - after writing stern letters and hiring lots of lawyers, this is the Carney government’s big move to save Stelco workers? When was the last time the Competition Bureau brought the hammer down on a big corporation? Anyone? Workers are under attack *right now*. Nationalize Stelco, yesterday. #cdnpoli #canada #stelco #NDP

It's the biggest single day rout in the history of the NASDAQ, and continuing with futures - Dems win bigly and the markets go FUUUUUUCK A reminder, stock markets are not the economy, they are banks for billionaires, tech bros and climate denying oil and gas shitheads #USpoli #USpol #USpolitics #CDNpoli #Climatechange #Tech

Canada’s 40 billionaires increased their wealth by $95 billion last year. At a time of unprecedented wealth inequality, it’s unacceptable that this budget contains no new measures to make the very richest pay their fair share. That’s why we’ve called for a wealth tax on the very richest that could generate up to $40 billion per year. #cdnpoli #canada #TaxTheRich

Today’s budget is Christmas come early for CEOs, foreign investors and arms dealers. It talks a lot about affordability but does little to actually lower your costs. The single biggest item in the budget is a “mega deduction” for corporations, with a price tag of $36 billion over 5 years. Fifty per cent more than all of the “affordability measures” combined. But where is the mega deduction to your grocery bill, or your rent? The “Masters of our Destiny” in Budget 2026 is not you and your family, it’s members of the billionaire class that the Prime Minister invited to his Investment Summit. #cdnpoli #canada #NDP

to all our US friends - well done, well done indeed. You stepped up and exceeded expectations. Up and down the tickets - winning House and Senate (enough there to tell Fetterman to fuck off). Winning state houses and governors - winning FUCKING TEXAS and KANSAS!! But we still aren't buying US booze until you boot the orange idiot - Thankyou for voting, all of Canada #CDNpoli #USpol #USpolitics

'Despite various commitments made by the former Liberal government and a 2025 campaign pledge to reintroduce the act meant to protect captive elephants and great apes,' Mark Carney & his LPC have dropped the Jane Goodall Act, without explanation. "It's incumbent on them to explain more to Canadians if they're backing away from this and why": https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/jane-goodall-act-elephant-captivity-9.7403457 #Canada #CDNPoli #AnimalRights

The same guy who was caught fixing the price of bread for years now claims that the big grocers have no control over prices. Give me a break. Canadians aren’t stupid. We see Galen getting richer and richer as grocery costs skyrocket. We know we’re being ripped off. It’s time to break up the Big Grocery Cartel and drive down costs with a national network of public grocery stores that Canadians can actually afford to shop at. #cdnpoli #canada #loblaws #groceries

The American CEO who bought Stelco is openly admitting that he purchased the company to sabotage it. This is why the Liberals should have never approved Stelco's sale in the first place. When you give away ownership of a critical industry like steel, your economy is forever under another's thumb. There is only one solution that will save these jobs and put Canada back in the driver's seat: we need to nationalize Stelco. #canada #cdnpoli #stelco #NDP

As we reflect on our Canadian Forces, Army, Air Force, Arctic operations, and others, we've installed a poppy on the post composer. This year, I'm thinking about the four lives lost at Wainwright, and the dozens still fighting for their lives in burn units in Edmonton and Calgary. From my time at AHS, I know they are receiving the best care and love. For the four lost, we remember you. Personally, I remember my grandfather, who was an RCMP sergeant. Though he didn't serve with the Forces, he served at home. For that, I'm proud to carry his name as my middle name. Mastodon Canada will carry the poppy until November 12th. #ableg #abpoli #canpoli #cdnpoli #msdnca

"BC Conservatives aren't bigots." "MapleMAGA doesn't exist." Fucking dense. Fucking ignorant. Fucking not affected. Fucking ignorant folks I'm not gonna be kind towards. STFU you fucking pieholing fidiots. #BCpoli #CDNpoli #STFU

Got my fave ice cream ready to grief eat because I'm pretty sure we are going to end up with a Conservative government in BC after this crappy, costly, unnecessary snap election 😔☹️😫 Eby fucked us all over. #BCpoli #BCElection #CDNpoli

Going to bed. Most of us are now mourning in BC. We're dreading what Conservatives/MapleMAGA will do with a majority government in BC. Goddamnit Eby. #BCpoli #CDNPoli

Woke up, still super pissed off about BC snap election results. Still cussing Eby for screwing over BCers before quitting as leader. Eby should have been ousted as leader in 2020 or should have learned to work better with BC Green party for better government. His arrogance & BC NDP caucus cowardice led him to a massive self owned loss. A piss poor political decision that handed the Conservatives a majority BC government. Less than 50% of registered voters showed up to vote. My riding flipped to Conservatives. Saanich South now has a Conservative Mayor & MLA. Rishi Sharma ran as a Liberal in past federal election but had since changed to Conservative. Many provincial ridings flipped to Conservatives 😣 I'm in political mourning. LD may be more progressive than the MapleMAGAs he's surrounded by but he's still a BC Conservative - we know full well it's a party full of bigots. Don't even try tell us that they're not bigots when several of us POC & several of us disabled/otherwise marginalized folks in BC have multiple personal experiences with Conservatives bigotry & their hateful politics 😡 Don't tell us to be happy that people who want us deported/dead/imprisoned are back in power again. We are sad/upset/frustrated/anxious. We remember how cruel BC Liberals were towards marginalized folks & how they had no respect for environment too. We're expecting the worse to come. It's only a matter of time before the leopards start eating LD's face/they turn on each other/infighting for power starts up again. Conservatives always flip on each other. It's only thing that brings me any ray of hope for BC, on a depressing post election Sunday morning. This dismal snap election result is all goddamn arrogant Eby’s fault. #BCNewDeathParty killed itself. #BCpoli #CDNpoli

This is private equity, this is what it does. Buy up businesses, run them into the ground, and rip them apart for short-term profit. The developers at BioWare know how to run the studio. They know how to make the games we all love. They should be given the first opportunity - and the federal support - to buy it and run it themselves. And if we want to avoid the Mass Effect effect in Canada, we should be keeping private equity out, not welcoming it in. https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/rip-bioware-ea-has-shut-down-the-legendary-rpg-developer/ #canada #cdnpoli #Bioware #gaming

Cartoonist Graeme Mackay says: "Good news: Alberta remains in Canada; Bad news: Danielle Smith remains." #Alberta #CdnPoli

1/ I’m hearing from friends in Alberta that today is actually hitting folks pretty hard. Not the vote to remain, which was a relief, but the other 9 questions. It’s becoming clear that the feeling of unity suggested by the referendum result is undercut by majority support for questions which feature policies that scapegoat migrants. But no amount of punching down by Danielle Smith will fix Alberta’s health care, public education or cost-of-living crises. These are the consequences of years of underfunding, not of newcomers trying to build a life in that beautiful province. #canada #alberta #cdnpoli

It should be illegal for Israel’s top arms producer to purchase a Canadian company. Elbit Systems is complicit in the genocide of Palestinians. Cancel the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement, enact sanctions and a two-way arms embargo now. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bkxxdnn2fe #canada #cdnpoli #palestine

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@avilewis/117203890855538107 Thanks so much for saying this, Avi! I can't believe how many people have their heads so far up in Oil & Gas that they believe the only way to stop the largest multi-billion dollar industry which is creating costly global wars, killing countless millions to raise their profits and capital ownership, is to hand them more of our public money without any strings attached. We could be funding anything but Oil & Gas to make our lives more affordable, but most importantly we should be funding ourselves away from Oil & Gas dependency! I'll also add my response to one of the commenters on FB who claimed that we already tax US oil corporations to extract our resources: While this is technically true, in that this is the purpose of charging royalties; 95% of Canadian oil is in Alberta and owned by Albertans. The Alberta government is supposed to be a responsible steward of this resource owned by us (the people, not the government!), to fairly tax those who profit off of it. However, our Alberta government is fully in the pocket of the profiteers, and is representing their interests to extract our resources for their profit with little to no cost to them. That equates to little to no public revenue for us, the owners of the oil; with full profit margins for the exploiters of our public resources. That is not responsible stewardship. The UCP even makes the public pay for abandoned oil well cleanup, instead of the oil corporations which profited off of them! It's no different than a corporation using all our public infradtructure then getting a break off all the property taxes, except with oil it's a much bigger money grab than any of us plebs can imagine. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #trickledown

People are getting gouged at the pumps, but another costly handout of public money to oil and gas companies is no solution. Even after the Carney government’s $2.4 billion giveaway, gas prices continue to soar. In July, they were up more than 25% compared to last year. Instead of more corporate welfare, it’s time for a windfall tax on the big oil giants that are set to make $100 billion in profits this year because of Trump’s illegal war in Iran. Doing so will generate billions in new revenue that we can use to give Canadians real relief at gas stations and grocery checkouts. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberals-diesel-gas-excise-tax-9.7329128 #canada #cdnpoli #gas #NDP