Bullying, basically: "Let us set the entire agenda, terms and conditions for the whole country or we'll join the US." @fname

@hub yep. Media will click bait article titles to make them more widely read. And it is bad and misleading. But technically true since Facebook is financially rewarding those people.

@Paulatics @thetyee I took some time this week to examine the twisting and double-speak that dominates the referendum questions: https://crystalgaze2.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-smith-referenda-in-october.html

"PM Carney government’s AI strategy pledges thousands of jobs, lacks safety details"Hope you all like data centers in your backyards#Politics #CdnPoli https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/pm-carney-governments-ai-strategy-pledges-thousands-of-jobs-lacks-safety-details/

@amanjeev this government doesn’t believe in democracy.

Might be true, and if true needs to be stopped.But kind rich coming from a country that uses its private for-profit prisons as forced labour camps.https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7222936#CdnPoli

The more freely Canadians can live, work, and do business across the country, the more the value of the federation shows up in ordinary life. My latest on how doubling down on Canada's economic union might help with separatism: https://thehub.ca/2026/06/04/how-to-actually-combat-separatism-deepen-the-economic-ties-between-provinces/ #cdnecon #cdnpoli

RE: https://mastodon.social/@livewirecalgary/116687369936451989We are stuck in a cycle of "social disorder occurs at a location -> funding is allocated to chase the social disorder away -> social disorder moves to another location - > funding is allocated to chase the social disorder away -> social disorder moves back to previous location"Until we start having actual conversations about the root causes of homelessness and substance abuse, and actually allocate resources to address those root causes rather than to just chase the people affected away, the cycle will continue#yyc #abPoli #cdnPoli #homelessness

This petition calling for the federal govt to use disallowance powers against using the notwithstanding clause to avoid charter rights has been presented to the house. 30k signatures.I expect the Carney govt to completely ignore it.Petition e-7027 - Petitionshttps://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7027#cdnpoli

@auxonic Good luck. He’s all in on AI no matter who it hurts.