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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba_denial

Archived link, as microsoft tracks people across one-third of the web: https://web.archive.org/web/20240411185223/https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/ndp-says-carbon-price-is-not-be-all-end-all-of-climate-policy-backs-tory-motion/ar-BB1lpwVO

I thought this was so embarrassing on the part of the NDP that I think I wrote an MP for the first time in my relatively young life:

In backing the PC motion versus abstaining and saying "we need to talk about the forest versus a singular tree" and presenting a comprehensive plan, the NDP abdicated the position of being the responsible and scientifically-backed party in the room. Why get in-between the PCs making political hay (they obviously don't care about climate change) and the Libs' inept messaging around their policy?

The world is shifting to the right and this party seems to be too, which I don't think is a winning move for it. Being a better and more progressive option than the liberals, not a slightly different substitute, is the best way for the NDP to remain relevant (and honour its roots). Canada's better with a strong and principled NDP, and I'm concerned those days might be numbered. I've voted NDP in most/all elections, and the more politicizing crap like this I see the more inclined I am to consider other options like the Greens. Be wary of alienating younger voters for whom incompetence in addressing the climate crisis equals political irrelevance

Téléfrancais in school was pretty funny. It was the last kid show I watched by many years, and I wasn't old enough for it to feel ironic or meta etc, but it was on par with my poor French skills. I remember the character named L'anana, which sounded like a scat fill in 50s doo wop song to me, and the intro which sang the show's praises "c'est magnifique... c'est incredible"

sun life is involved? Gross

We do live in plutocracies - I agree with you there.

I don't think the problem with the average person is gullibility per se, I think it's 1) how much strain/overhwhelm they face make a nice life for themselves (with the accelerated cost of living, lack of safety nets, impending climate change) and how marginalized rational concern about the climate change and growing wealth inequality is compared to how loudly trumpeted the lies used to maintain the status quo are that serve the billionaires.

For many, (and this example is a big issue in my country of Canada at the moment) it's easier to direct anger towards a tax meant to curb climate change than it is to face reality and anger at larger and more influential factors like neoliberalism.

Anger lends itself to simplified reasoning. Billionaires and conservatives know this very well. If we want to open the average person's eyes we need to be very strategic in our messaging, otherwise it won't stick as well as the earworm crap the right uses.

As soon as wildfires start up in Canada again this season, the rise of 'clean fossil fuel' ads (i.e, propaganda saying "nothing to be concerned about, keep consuming") will happen again. It is still possible to hear about Greta Thurnberg on the news or online - to use an example. That type of content might only be available on the dark web in a couple decades

The greatest barrier to reducing climate change is the ultra wealth financing denialism of climate change and the tight grip they have on what the average person thinks is real through immense lobbying, owning media outlets and controlling what they publish, and unlimited disinformation campaigns. Maybe it's frowned upon to talk about those things at such a rich university, but if you're not talking about those things are you really helping the situation or are you maintaining the delusional status quo of "we can get to it when we get to it"

Hear, hear!

https://web.archive.org/web/20240401031953/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-artists-open-letter-anti-trans-policies-1.7160219

More than 400 Canadian artists from the worlds of music, film and literature are denouncing what they describe as "alarming and destructive" anti-trans legislation in an open letter released Sunday by music superstars Tegan and Sara.

The list of stars who signed the letter includes actor Elliot Page, Great Big Sea frontman Alan Doyle, actress Elisha Cuthbert, folk music legend Neil Young, recent Grammy winner Allison Russell and the two surviving members of classic children's entertainment act Sharon, Lois and Bram.

"The anti-trans policies taking root in Canada go beyond discrimination — they present a clear risk to the mental and physical well-being of trans individuals throughout the country," reads the letter.

The letter calls out Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's planned pronoun policies for gender diverse children in schools, as well as proposed restrictions for youth seeking gender-affirming care.

It also highlights similar school-based pronoun policies in New Brunswick and Saskatchewan as examples of discriminatory legislation targeting transgender youth.

Agreed. This headline is a textbook example of plutocratic propaganda

Corrected title:
~~Consumers~~ [>95% of Canadians] may ~~grumble~~ [be increasingly unable to afford food and housing due to unchecked corporate greed], but these oligopolies are great for [making the already wealthiest <5% of Canadians and foreign] investors [even wealthier]

Didn't this trend start in 2021 or 2022? When the price of living is continuously going up, spending less is the only way to survive

This deserves criminal charges imo