Mastodawn

I post about Canadian politics. As of just weeks ago, I’m a member of the NDP. And I’ll be posting supportive things about the ideas and actions being proposed by @avilewis and his team. I’ve had it with our neo-liberal policies here in Canada, and capitalism in general.

I’m won’t CW these posts, as I believe that change can only come about when more folks know about the possibilities. But I *will* be using hashtags.

Govern yourselves accordingly. And filter my posts if needed 😀❤️

#NDP #CanPol

stephaniepixie 🏳️‍🌈1d ago

“Manitoba is the first government in Canada to recognize and address the potential issues with pricing algorithms that use your data against you. A few US states have started moving, but this is a wide-open policy space in Canada. Manitoba is setting the terms of this debate early, instead of waiting until personalized pricing is everywhere and politically untouchable.”

“Manitoba Moves Against Retailers Charging Different Prices for the Same Goods”
https://thewalrus.ca/manitoba-moves-against-retailers-charging-different-prices-for-the-same-goods/

#Canada #CanPol

PsychicParrot 🦜 (Jeff) 😷2d ago

Chromebooks for everyone in schools was probably one of the worst ideas anyone in Canadian education has ever had. As well as the obvious 'Google is a complete privacy nightmare and will do anything for a dollar', the whole distraction thing is insane. They can lock down certain things over the network, but there's still plenty of distraction to find. On top of that, handwriting? Who needs that?! Again, we sacrifice our kids education to line the pockets of US tech companies. #canpol

LisPi 2d ago

Why the fuck do people even suggest those laws that are literally illegal?

There is no such thing as a Right to Silence that doesn't include encryption.

Key Disclosure and backdoors are compelled speech and a clear violation of privacy.

#CanPol #MassSurveillance

Stop the Surveillance State: Stop Bill C-22!

🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: https://openmedia.org/StopC22 #BillC22

Felis Floppus 4d ago

Canada’s super-rich are using foundations to funnel huge public sums to elite universities and Israel ⋆ The Breach

https://breachmedia.ca/canada-super-rich-private-foundations-to-funnel-huge-public-sums-to-elite-universities-and-israel/

> Over half of the money hoarded in Canada’s private foundations should have been paid as taxes. Instead, it’s being funneled to wealthy institutions and organizations complicit in Israel’s military occupation

#ultrawealthy #superrich #canadapolitics #canpol #canpoli #thebreach #Israel

Stéphane Tremblay 🇨🇦🇺🇦🍉🐧🩵🤍🩷6d ago

J'ai voté pour @avilewis comme chef du #NPD #NDP! C'est un candidat dynamique qui communique bien et qui a un charisme qui devrait rejoindre le plus de #canadiens et donner une chance au parti d'aller chercher plus de sièges au #parlement.
Bonne chance Avi! J'espère que tu vas gagner!
#canpol #canpoli #polcanada #polcan #NDPLeadership #npd2026 #ndp2026

C.Mar 17

Edit: ignore this post, based on a confusion with another source. Left intact as a monument to my fallibility.

@MikeImBack

She also struck me as kind of clueless in that the musical is about, well, Alexander Hamilton, a "US Founding Father". i.e. people in the USA have a built-in reason to associate with its material, while Canadians... don't.

And at this exact moment in history, Canadians are probably at their lowest ebb of wanting to voluntarily interact with American politics and history *ever*.

"Read the room", as they say.

#clueless #USPol #CanPol

Revue à bâbord !Mar 16

Le no 107-- Lignes de front de l'antifacisme -- sera bientôt disponible.

Présentation du dossier: https://www.ababord.org/Les-lignes-de-front-de-l-antifascisme

Lancement prévu le 1er avril: https://www.ababord.org/Lancement-et-fete-de-la-parole-antifasciste-le-1er-avril

#polqc #antifacisme #facisme #canpol #gaucheqc #rmcg

Gigi 🍄‍🟫Mar 13

Today in #WhitePeopleWhining

Oh.
Suddenly we all belong here.

White tears are the saltiest. ☺️

You live on stolen land, motherfucker.
Suck it up.

"Ninety-five percent of British Columbia, including Vancouver, is on unceded traditional First Nations territory."

https://opentextbc.ca/indigenizationfoundations/chapter/acknowledging-traditional-territories/

#canpol #canpoli
#FuckConservatives #FuckShitlibs
#AndFuckYourRacistAss

Sovy Mar 11

Nunavut MP crosses floor from NDP to Liberals. The Liberal government is expected to win two out of the three by-elections in April which will give them a majority government.

#canada #canpol