Mastodawn

A surprisingly reasonable take from the National Post on this. #CNDPoli nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

Avi Lewis wants to ban 'survei...

Avi Lewis wants to ban 'surveillance' pricing. Here's what that means

Newly minted NDP leader Avi Lewis is sounding the alarm on what he calls a "creepy new tactic" corporations are using to rip-off consumers.

nationalpost

Vanni Di Ponzano ⁂🚴 ❤️ ☕ 🍎3d ago

Published April 13
MICHAEL DE ADDER

#canpolitics #cndpoli

Elithmord 🇨🇦Apr 10

Some interesting demographics on this question. #CNDPoli www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

New floor-crosser Gladu ‘will ...

New floor-crosser Gladu ‘will vote with the government’ on social issues, PM Carney says

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he spoke to longtime Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu before she crossed the floor to join the Liberals about her previous positions on social issues.

CTVNews

Elithmord 🇨🇦Apr 4

As typically ridiculous as the UCP is being here, I *would* like to hear some explanation as to why Red Deer was apparently treated differently than Vaughn. Other than the implicit, cynical political one. #CNDPoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta threatens to block fed...

Alberta threatens to block federal housing deals after Red Deer loses funding | CBC News

Alberta’s cabinet minister responsible for housing is threatening to veto future federal housing deals after Ottawa terminated a $12-million housing deal its housing agency had made with Red Deer.

CBC

Elithmord 🇨🇦Mar 27

"The English-speaking world is paying for a post-2008 financial architecture that benefited older generations at the expense of young ones." #CNDPoli betterdwelling.com/canadas-happ...

Canada's Happiness Plunge: Amo...

Elithmord 🇨🇦Mar 26

"The argument that... vacancy rates hit 30-year highs and rents fell for 16 consecutive months purely by coincidence, requires more faith in coincidence than the evidence warrants." #CNDPoli thinkpol.ca/2026/03/25/b...

BC banned Airbnb from non-prim...

BC banned Airbnb from non-primary residences. Then the rents came down. - ThinkPol

On October 16, 2023, the day BC announced it would restrict short-term rentals to principal residences, Tamara Stone, a Kelowna realtor, received six calls from panicked property owners before noon. Within days, 250 new houses and 392 new condos appeared in the Central Okanagan MLS. Deanna Steele, who ran a luxury vacation rental management agency

ThinkPol

Elithmord 🇨🇦Mar 22

Really interesting stuff. I would have expected the social class mediation to run the other way. #CNDPoli onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Revisiting the Sectoral Cleava...

DavidM_yeg Mar 22

👋 Hey all... trying out life at the beige.party

#Introduction #ReIntroduction

David Mitchell (he/him)

Married, dad to a set of mostly grown young people (but they still eat my food).

Edmonton string instructor (will wear any hat related to music).
Promoter of:
basic public health measures;
strong, integrated, compassionate communities;
simple humanitarian values.

Every person is inherently, uniquely, and infinitely valuable.

Interested in #music #art #design #civics #history #abpoli #cndpoli #yegcc #canada #yeg #edmonton #ableg #PublicHealth #science #education #WearAMask ... so like everything except professional sports I guess.

Been at mstdn.ca since 2022, moving proactively to protect my connection to y'all, just in case.

Elithmord 🇨🇦Mar 20

"Aside from the fact that the Conservatives were happy to accept floor-crossers when they were in government... Poilievre is willfully pretending to not know how our electoral system works." #CNDPoli www.readtheline.ca/p/scott-stin...

Scott Stinson: Stop it with th...