Henry StoneOct 25
House Democrat Declares, ‘Mike Johnson Has Effectively Dissolved the United States House of Representatives’
Source: Mediaite
#MikeJohnson
#RepublicanShutdown #TrumpsShutdown
#FailuretoGovern
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House Democrat Declares, ‘Mike Johnson Has Effectively Dissolved the United States House of Representatives’ - NewsBreak

Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has “effectively dissolved” the House. The House remains out of session amid the ongoing shutdown t

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Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 4, 2024

Report: British Columbia’s child poverty rate trending up
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/reports-find-b-c-s-child-poverty-rate-trending-upwards-1.7133115

*report, First Call Child & Youth Advocacy Soc.
* sharp rise in child poverty across B.C.
* 1/6 children below poverty line/worsening
* 25 policy recommendations
increase minimum wage
scale up affordable housing
improve access to child-care & transportation

https://firstcallbc.org
https://firstcallbc.org/2024-bc-child-poverty-report-card
https://firstcallbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/First_Call_Report_Card_2024_Dec-3-final-2.pdf

#Canada #BritishColumbia #poverty #ChildPoverty
#PoliticalApathy #FailureToGovern

Reports find B.C.’s child poverty rate trending upwards

A new report by First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society reveals a sharp rise in child poverty across the province.

British Columbia
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 4, 2024

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[1] Scurvy in 65-y.o. woman w. severely limited function, social supports
https://www.cmaj.ca/content/196/33/E1144

[2] [Food Banks Canada] HungerCount 2024
https://foodbankscanada.ca/hungercount

[3] Ten Americas: Systematic Analysis of Life Expectancy Disparities in USA
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01495-8

[4] Stuart, Victoria A. 2024. Social Democracy
https://persagen.org/wpi/docs/social_democracy.pdf

#USpol #CanPol #politics #FoodSecurity
#PoliticalCorruption #PoliticalApathy #populism
#FailureToGovern #FailureToLead
#billionaires #capitalism #corporations

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 4, 2024

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The cure for political scurvy is not for the rich to ignore the poor,
but for everyone to redefine the national purpose.[4]

If we decide that every Canadian must be well housed, well fed &
well cared for, then we will live in a nation as healthy as ourselves.

#USpol #CanPol #politics #FoodSecurity
#PoliticalCorruption #PoliticalApathy #SocialAlienation #populism #NoFreeLunch
#FailureToGovern #FailureToLead
#billionaires #capitalism #corporations #profiteering #oligarchy #libertarianism

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 4, 2024

Scurvy in Canada Is a Symptom of Our Sick Politics
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113595618972941643

* reveals how we approach fairness & human rights

#USpol #CanPol #politics #FoodSecurity #scurvy
#PoliticalCorruption #apathy #PoliticalApathy #SocialAlienation #populism #NoFreeLunch
#FailureToGovern #FailureToLead

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 3, 2024

2024 worst year for Ontario ER closures, CBC analysis finds
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/data-analysis-er-closures-three-years-2024-worst-year-for-scheduled-closures-1.7396789

* 1/5 hospitals with an ER or urgent care centre had unplanned shutdowns

Comment: it's this crap that gets incumbent governments voted out of office

#Canada #Ontario #USpol #CanPol #politics #governance
#PoliticalInertia #FailureToGovern #FailureToLead #PoliticalCorruption
#apathy #PoliticalApathy #SocialAlienation #PoliticalDissafection
#populism #democracy #DemocraticBacksliding

2024 worst year for Ontario ER closures, CBC analysis finds | CBC News

Over the past three years, at least 38 hospitals with emergency rooms or urgent care centres in Ontario have experienced closures — about one in five of the province's 176 publicly funded facilities. Most are in rural areas.

CBC
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 3, 2024

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... and this is the crap that disaffects voters, gets right-wing/far-right populists (with no solutions or costing, of course) elected:

B.C. emergency room closed for 3rd time in 9 days
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113456880931668244

Halifax woman waited 3 years for MRI that showed she had brain tumor
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-woman-3-years-mri-that-showed-she-had-brain-tumour-1.7398080

#USpol #CanPol #politics #governance
#PoliticalInertia #FailureToGovern #FailureToLead #PoliticalCorruption
#apathy #PoliticalApathy #SocialAlienation #PoliticalDissafection #populism

Halifax woman waited 3 years for MRI that showed she had brain tumour | CBC News

A Halifax resident is frustrated after waiting more than three years for an MRI that showed a benign brain tumour and she’s worried others are suffering because of an inefficient system.

CBC
KariSep 28, 2023

3.3 million workers! U.S. government starts notifying federal employees a shutdown may be imminent. Caught in the middle are the nation’s roughly 2 million federal workers and its approximately 1.3 million active-duty troops. #failuretogovern

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/28/government-shutdown-notice-federal-employees/

U.S. government tells federal employees a shutdown may be imminent

The message will serve to acknowledge the growing risk that millions of employees may stop receiving pay, unless lawmakers can avert a government shutdown.

The Washington Post