Proportional representation would go a long way!
streetfestival
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Policing is about protecting wealth and social hierarchy, not public safety or public interests. But no one who wants to invest more in policing will say this out loud, because they wouldn't get votes. So, complete falsehoods about investing more in policing to reduce crime are presented instead, as you and the article point out
A really cool map of current wildfires in Canada and US: https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/
(small) Thread: https://lemmy.ca/post/25504313
The actions on the universities resemble the ongoing occupation and colonialist genocide in the middle east. The authorities fabricate that the protesters are violent, as a pretense for using violence against the protesters. And the authorities completely deny their use of violence even though it's documented on social media. And, as in the the last 9 months, the mainstream media are fanning flames on the wrong side of the truth
I definitely agree that government should be for the people; I wish I felt like it was. With first past the poll (versus proportional representation), the absurd legal protections of corporations, social media, targeted marketing, corporate control of the news, and lobbying - our democracy is on life support. It's a travesty
Thank you for fighting the good fight, Beaver. On bad (pessimistic) days, our government seems like a firewall, preventing the needs and wishes of everyday people from encroaching on corporate wealth multiplication
The LPC feels so ineffectual right now. It's disheartening. Our political and next election situation seems pretty similar to the one south of the border except that our election isn't for another year
What an absolute @#$%ing embarrassment. I'd like to see actual regulation of the industry not see our government give handouts to a lets-pretend-to-self-regulatate PR ploy
Record-breaking profits enjoyed by a handful of people though! /s
This isn't news. It might be an idea that CTV ownership would like to broadcast in the public space.
The Liberals have been handed a highly relevant and relatable example of how to comeback from being down big in an election from south of the border - I'm speaking of Kamala Harris, of course.
No one with half a brain would think that Canadians unimpressed with Trudeau would support Mark Carney and vote Liberal if he's on the ticket lol. But, see my first paragraph for why print this schlock in the first place