Wow, an elected official defending First Nations interests really grinds your gears huh. Take care.

That's a lot of words just to say that you resent representative democracy when the representative elected is defending interests of a group you don't belong; which is the norm in representative democracies.

I guess I have to break the news that the goal of reconciliation is not to achieve "parity for local population increase". What a weird angle, great-replacement-theory adjacent stuff.

But the ‘foreign interference’ concept is new to me, so it gets the cake for the weirdest shit I've read recently. Got too much free time in your hands...

So what all we can do is trybto be better we can’t fix the past.

Looks like you could do some googling about the meaning of truth and reconciliation. No one is arguing we have to fix the past, it’s the “try to be better” we’re all aiming for.

Not attacking the declaration of indigenous rights is a part of “try to be better”

Like the story highlights that the NDP backed off because they couldn’t get the support from one of their members, who happens to be the wife of a First Nation chief

That’s not really true though.

Joan Phillip is not just “a wife of a First Nations Chief”; that’s kind of insulting. She’s First Nation and a long time activist at that, not just someone’s wife.

She’s voting the way she was elected to vote. It’s absolutely how democracies are supposed to work.

And she was not the only on the NDP caucus opposing the bill; though since it’s a slim majority it only takes one to say “I will nay” to put the bill at risk. It’s Eby who would put the government at risk by making a risky bill a confidence vote, not Joan. She doesn’t decide what is a confidence vote, she just votes.

It’s interesting that the article frames this as an issue that could topple the NDP, and that the NDP is basically backing out to appease a minority group at the potential expense of the majority’s interests.

Same could be said for trying to undo DRIPA in the first place. Risk a confidence vote to go backwards on a landmark reconciliation legislation that will affect generations just to appease a few landowners who eat rightwing fearmongering propaganda.

This is usually “enforced” through fines, since unions are institutions that can be held liable for these decisions. Ultimately unlawful job action might end up leading to lawful termination though, so it takes a lot of courage to do what they're doing.

It's provinces run by people who cater to rightwing nut jobs so there's no conspiracy to uncover. The pattern is pretty clear.

All the people that thought Poilievre would not continue as the opposition leader need a wake up call. You still don't understand what you're fighting against. Cult of personality is a major pillar of fascism, and loyalty (to the leader, not to the country) is the most valuable trait. Poilievre had a few humiliating defeats but he's still gaining grounds for the CPC, and the conservative wave is still on it sway, bolder and with lots of resentments piled up.

Take this seriously. The enemy doesn't have to be smart or competent, they just need to amass power. https://www.antihate.ca/40ways

I will shortly be declaring a National Emergency on Electricity within the threatened area. This will allow the U.S to quickly do what has to be done to alleviate this abusive threat from Canada.

This shit is ominous. This demon is ready to invade and take control of the Québec-Windsor corridor.

Cool story but that is what Americans chose, yes. It’s your representative. Americans might not hate Canadians, but Americans only love themselves and will eventually learn that this leads you to behave selfishly and be hated.

Decent article but senseless headline. Nobody ever positioned mandatory service as a method to make Canadians love their country...

The phaseout is now years ahead of schedule, in large part due to natural gas taking over much of the generation. Many coal plants were either replaced by gas plants or converted to burn natural gas instead. Electricity generated from natural gas puts out roughly half the amount of greenhouse gas emissions as compared with coal.

Ok, so fossil fuel is still the primary driver. But well, incremental improvements do matter. Zeroing out coal this year is a great milestone.

The share from renewables is growing too, even if a bit slowly.

Re: the title... Yeah no, owners of an expensive property are not only not in the "rich" class, they're likely working class as much as gig drivers and cashiers. Unless they liquidate this asset and actually go live somewhere LCOL where they can live off of the labour of others, they're still working class.