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🇨🇦-Daric-♻️

@forestgardens.bsky.social

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I am in southern Ontario in the northern part of the Frontenac Arch, a rare corridor of wilderness quickly becoming less wild. Living comfortably off grid - now lol, and doing residential construction for work. I love nature, but not just on the weekends.

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🇨🇦-Daric-♻️ @forestgardens.bsky.social · Sep 6

It's all bluster. If we actually build more affordable homes, the housing market will return to a proper valuation.
If this happens, all the wealthy people who donate to the Libs and the Cons will see their properties and rentals devalue even more than they have this year (-10%)
All bluster.

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🇨🇦-Daric-♻️ @forestgardens.bsky.social · 13h

Some of us actually have to work, not just go to work.
And we are paid shit compared to people like you.
Without vacation pay, or sick leave. Or unions. Or pensions. Mental exhaustion days?
Alot of us risk our limbs and lives at work.
I think government can do more and better, with a 15% cut.

🇨🇦-Daric-♻️ @forestgardens.bsky.social · 13h

I notice you keep sticking to your talking points rather than address any I made.
I know that you know with attrition, retirements, pausing hiring, increased efficiency, decreasing expenses, reducing waste etc etc mass layoffs can be avoided. But you'd rather not work better or harder, and whine...

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Frank Domenic @frankdomenic.bsky.social · 15h

The Labour Ministers wife got millions of dollars in the SDF scandal. He said no one cares about the corruption. This is Doug Fords Ontario. #ontario #onpoli #dougford #frankdomenic🍁

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Jorj, Interim DEITY🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏽 @just-jorj.bsky.social · 15h

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Israeli military's ex-top lawyer arrested over leak of video allegedly showing Palestinian detainee abuse

Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned on Friday, admitting leaking a video allegedly showing abuse of a Palestinian detainee.

www.bbc.com

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Marit Stiles @maritstilesndp.bsky.social · 17h

Ontario is in the middle of a jobs disaster yet this Minister of Favours continues to use the Skills Development Fund as a Friends and Family Special.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.

Dayanne Figueroa was on her way to get coffee before heading to work when she encountered a chaotic scene in West Town: heavily armed, masked federal agents making arrests on a residential street.
People yelled as vehicles honked their horn — a sign now used to alert neighbors that immigration federal agents are in the area — and witnesses said federal agents had arrested several landscaper workers presumed to be in the country without authorization.
As Figuero tried to drive through the 1600 block of West Hubbard Street on Friday, Oct. 10, an unmarked vehicle driven by federal agents collided with Figueroa’s as it tried to speed away from a hostile crowd, multiple videos reviewed by the Tribune show.
Seconds after the crash, agents abruptly stopped their vehicle and exited with weapons in hand pointing at Figueroa, a U.S citizen. Agents then forcibly opened her door and pulled her out of the vehicle by her legs without identifying themselves, presenting a warrant or informing her that she was under arrest. As bystanders yelled, “You hit her! We have it on video!” agents ignored the crowd and forced Figueroa into a red minivan and drove away.
Her car was left behind in the middle of the road, her coffee still in the cup holder, and her keys in plain view.

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🇨🇦-Daric-♻️ @forestgardens.bsky.social · 15h

If you do work for the government, I suggest you start looking for ways to increase productivity and reduce expenditures.
If I were your manager, and you told me there was 0% chance you could improve your productivity without spending more money, I would fire you immediately.

🇨🇦-Daric-♻️ @forestgardens.bsky.social · 15h

Not sure what you mean...

🇨🇦-Daric-♻️ @forestgardens.bsky.social · 19h

Pretty weak to conflate the truth that Canadian tariffs are charged to companies in Canada, with the whole issue of foreign ownership.
You skip the points I made because they are the reality that doesn't work with your ideology.
Don't assume my ideology to further an argument. Debate please.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 20h

It’s clear who the aggressors are. Keep remaining nonviolent, and record EVERYTHING. All of these masked ICE thugs will be held accountable.

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🇨🇦-Daric-♻️ @forestgardens.bsky.social · 19h

I feel a bit cynical, but the times...

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🇨🇦-Daric-♻️ @forestgardens.bsky.social · 19h

Yea that 20 billion was going to make us rich!
Tariffs are good now, Trump said so...
Tariff your own companies BEFORE demand for Canadian steel is created and watch the money roll in... and the layoffs.

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🇨🇦-Daric-♻️ @forestgardens.bsky.social · 21h

Because that $3 000 000 000 in tariffs was collected from Canadians.
Imagine how our economy would be doing if we had tariffed ourselves $20 000 000 000.
We're moving away from US goods without shooting ourselves in the foot. They're complaining about us not buying their products already.

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🇨🇦-Daric-♻️ @forestgardens.bsky.social · 21h

I've got some new slogans for conservatives out there they'll likely goose-step to with glee:

"Kill the Kids!"

"Feed the Greed!"

"Please the Sleaze!"

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

LAPD officers on horses beat people standing in line to get into the Short Stop in Echo Park.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 22h

"When pitting the US against 38 other higher-income countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the US has the highest rate of relative poverty, second-highest rate of child poverty and infant mortality, and the second-lowest life expectancy rate."

Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report

Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap

www.theguardian.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 91st day out of the last 103.

12 days of work in 103 days.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

The USDA is the fail safe for SNAP.

They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.

They’re refusing.

Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.

Starvation as a policy choice.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Network edits, you say?

Lawsuit time.

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 1d

Ontario has underfunded schools by $6.3 billion since 2018
Per-student funding remains below 2018-19 levels, pushing boards deeper into the red. #cdnpoli
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Ontario has underfunded schools by $6.3 billion since 2018 - CCPA

The 2025 Ontario budget has lots of big numbers, but fails to address funding shortfalls in core program areas. CCPA’s same-day budget analysis examined the broad trend, and in an article for The Toro...

www.policyalternatives.ca

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Religious leaders' request to give communion to detainees at Broadview facility is denied again

Organizers said they followed Department of Homeland Security protocol and formally requested access more than one week ahead of the Mass. The request was denied, according to a statement from the vil...

chicago.suntimes.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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🇨🇦-Daric-♻️ @forestgardens.bsky.social · 21h

Churches prayed openly for this.
Remember, these people are HOPING to usher in the apocalypse with Trump as their anti-Christ.

I know, I know, its all hogwash, but they do have the power to make Earth a hellscape...
Oh, shit...

🇨🇦-Daric-♻️ @forestgardens.bsky.social · 21h

He's also been saying they expect productivity and output to increase, and efficiencies be found. Pretty hard to argue that sector is at peak performance per dollar.

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🇨🇦-Daric-♻️ @forestgardens.bsky.social · 21h

Ahhh, you benefit from the wealth divide I see...
Of course you'd ignore the 3rd option.
A 15% spending cut isn't a big deal in a sector that could easily increase its productivity. Easily.
Those of us who actually have to do work while at work, have little sympathy for the 'work from home' crowd.