Blake Hamilton
@blakehamiltonca.bsky.social
• Proud Canadian, eh! 🏳️🌈🇨🇦✳️
• Electoral reformer 🍁🗳
• My clean energy includes nuclear ⚛️☀️💨🌊⚡️
• Aspiring polygot 🏴🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇹
• Pronouns: he/him or they/them🧔🏻♂️⚧️
✳️settler on Omàmìwininì (Algonquin) land 🪶🧡
• Electoral reformer 🍁🗳
• My clean energy includes nuclear ⚛️☀️💨🌊⚡️
• Aspiring polygot 🏴🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇹
• Pronouns: he/him or they/them🧔🏻♂️⚧️
✳️settler on Omàmìwininì (Algonquin) land 🪶🧡
🚨 Ontario carbon monoxide (CO) alarm rules change Jan 1, 2026
Homes w/ fuel-burning appliances or attached garages will need CO alarms outside sleeping areas AND on every level. CO is invisible & deadly - alarms save lives.
Renters: test monthly. Unsure? Ask your landlord.
www.ottawa.ca/en/cit...
Homes w/ fuel-burning appliances or attached garages will need CO alarms outside sleeping areas AND on every level. CO is invisible & deadly - alarms save lives.
Renters: test monthly. Unsure? Ask your landlord.
www.ottawa.ca/en/cit...
December 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
🚨 Ontario carbon monoxide (CO) alarm rules change Jan 1, 2026
Homes w/ fuel-burning appliances or attached garages will need CO alarms outside sleeping areas AND on every level. CO is invisible & deadly - alarms save lives.
Renters: test monthly. Unsure? Ask your landlord.
www.ottawa.ca/en/cit...
Homes w/ fuel-burning appliances or attached garages will need CO alarms outside sleeping areas AND on every level. CO is invisible & deadly - alarms save lives.
Renters: test monthly. Unsure? Ask your landlord.
www.ottawa.ca/en/cit...
High-speed rail isn’t a luxury — it’s nation-building infrastructure. Faster trips, lower emissions, stronger regional economies. Yes, big upfront costs — but the long-term ROI for Ottawa *and* Canada is absolutely worth it.
www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
#HSR #PublicTransit #ClimateAction #Canada
www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
#HSR #PublicTransit #ClimateAction #Canada
December 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
High-speed rail isn’t a luxury — it’s nation-building infrastructure. Faster trips, lower emissions, stronger regional economies. Yes, big upfront costs — but the long-term ROI for Ottawa *and* Canada is absolutely worth it.
www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
#HSR #PublicTransit #ClimateAction #Canada
www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
#HSR #PublicTransit #ClimateAction #Canada
En tant que Canadien anglophone, je tiens aujourd’hui à honorer le Jour du souvenir acadien. Se souvenir de la Déportation, c’est reconnaître une injustice fondatrice et affirmer la dignité, la résilience et la mémoire du peuple acadien.
#SouvenirAcadien #Acadie #Mémoire #Histoire
#SouvenirAcadien #Acadie #Mémoire #Histoire
December 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
En tant que Canadien anglophone, je tiens aujourd’hui à honorer le Jour du souvenir acadien. Se souvenir de la Déportation, c’est reconnaître une injustice fondatrice et affirmer la dignité, la résilience et la mémoire du peuple acadien.
#SouvenirAcadien #Acadie #Mémoire #Histoire
#SouvenirAcadien #Acadie #Mémoire #Histoire
Word of the Day: FREUDENFREUDE - pleasure derived from observing someone else’s good fortune.
December 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Word of the Day: FREUDENFREUDE - pleasure derived from observing someone else’s good fortune.
Today is Universal Health Coverage Day — a reminder to push for systems that leave no one behind. Care for all means a stronger, safer world. #UHCDay #HealthForAll
December 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Today is Universal Health Coverage Day — a reminder to push for systems that leave no one behind. Care for all means a stronger, safer world. #UHCDay #HealthForAll
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One MP switching parties should not be able to decide whether a government gets majority power.
First-past-the-post turns small seat shifts into absolute power, even without majority support.
Proportional representation keeps majority power tied to how people actually voted.
First-past-the-post turns small seat shifts into absolute power, even without majority support.
Proportional representation keeps majority power tied to how people actually voted.
December 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
One MP switching parties should not be able to decide whether a government gets majority power.
First-past-the-post turns small seat shifts into absolute power, even without majority support.
Proportional representation keeps majority power tied to how people actually voted.
First-past-the-post turns small seat shifts into absolute power, even without majority support.
Proportional representation keeps majority power tied to how people actually voted.
Crushing it on GO Transit stats; merely being crushed by OC Transpo’s “service.” Still pro-transit — just wishing Ottawa’s actually worked well and properly…
December 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Crushing it on GO Transit stats; merely being crushed by OC Transpo’s “service.” Still pro-transit — just wishing Ottawa’s actually worked well and properly…
Reposted by Blake Hamilton
Watch this. Then remember that the president doesn’t care. He cares that his old ass gets richer in the hand full of years he may have left.
And his sick rich friends. The most corrupt evil man to ever serve as president is ignoring real evil
And his sick rich friends. The most corrupt evil man to ever serve as president is ignoring real evil
💔 A European Parliament interpreter could not hold back tears during the speech of 11-year-old Roman Oleksiv from Lviv.
The boy survived a missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother - it was the last time he saw her alive.
The boy survived a missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother - it was the last time he saw her alive.
December 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Watch this. Then remember that the president doesn’t care. He cares that his old ass gets richer in the hand full of years he may have left.
And his sick rich friends. The most corrupt evil man to ever serve as president is ignoring real evil
And his sick rich friends. The most corrupt evil man to ever serve as president is ignoring real evil
Reposted by Blake Hamilton
Counterpoint: Politicians writing their own election rules undermines democracy...
December 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Counterpoint: Politicians writing their own election rules undermines democracy...
Reposted by Blake Hamilton
Transit City. Relief Line. Eglinton West Subway. Scarborough LRT. They were all proposed, then cancelled or rewritten. That is first-past-the-post at work.
With proportional representation long term projects survive elections, and the city would have a much stronger network today.
With proportional representation long term projects survive elections, and the city would have a much stronger network today.
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Transit City. Relief Line. Eglinton West Subway. Scarborough LRT. They were all proposed, then cancelled or rewritten. That is first-past-the-post at work.
With proportional representation long term projects survive elections, and the city would have a much stronger network today.
With proportional representation long term projects survive elections, and the city would have a much stronger network today.
$125M to private surgical centres while ERs close and ORs sit idle for lack of staff. This isn’t about patient care — it’s about political optics and privatization by the back door.
#onpoli #HealthCare
www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
#onpoli #HealthCare
www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
December 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
$125M to private surgical centres while ERs close and ORs sit idle for lack of staff. This isn’t about patient care — it’s about political optics and privatization by the back door.
#onpoli #HealthCare
www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
#onpoli #HealthCare
www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
Raw job numbers are up because population is up. Meanwhile, employment rates, job quality, and economic stability in Windsor-Essex haven’t recovered.
Ford’s email is a brochure, not a reality check.
#onpoli #WindsorEssex #cdnpoli #EconReality #ManufacturingTruth #JobsData #FactsMatter
Ford’s email is a brochure, not a reality check.
#onpoli #WindsorEssex #cdnpoli #EconReality #ManufacturingTruth #JobsData #FactsMatter
December 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Raw job numbers are up because population is up. Meanwhile, employment rates, job quality, and economic stability in Windsor-Essex haven’t recovered.
Ford’s email is a brochure, not a reality check.
#onpoli #WindsorEssex #cdnpoli #EconReality #ManufacturingTruth #JobsData #FactsMatter
Ford’s email is a brochure, not a reality check.
#onpoli #WindsorEssex #cdnpoli #EconReality #ManufacturingTruth #JobsData #FactsMatter
Human rights belong to everyone — no exceptions, no hierarchies, no conditions. Today is a reminder to uphold them at home and abroad. #HumanRightsDay #StandUp4HumanRights
December 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Human rights belong to everyone — no exceptions, no hierarchies, no conditions. Today is a reminder to uphold them at home and abroad. #HumanRightsDay #StandUp4HumanRights
Reposted by Blake Hamilton
Bill C 15 shows how fragile our democracy is under a winner take all system.
When one party can control Parliament, it becomes far too easy to concentrate power.
Proportional representation is how we rebuild real checks and balances.
Read more here: www.fairvote.ca/08/12/2025/b...
When one party can control Parliament, it becomes far too easy to concentrate power.
Proportional representation is how we rebuild real checks and balances.
Read more here: www.fairvote.ca/08/12/2025/b...
The powers in Bill C-15, the Budget Implementation Act, are an affront to Parliamentary democracy
As the Toronto Star’s Althia Raj pointed out the Budget Implementation Act gives Cabinet Ministers “the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books except for the…
www.fairvote.ca
December 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Bill C 15 shows how fragile our democracy is under a winner take all system.
When one party can control Parliament, it becomes far too easy to concentrate power.
Proportional representation is how we rebuild real checks and balances.
Read more here: www.fairvote.ca/08/12/2025/b...
When one party can control Parliament, it becomes far too easy to concentrate power.
Proportional representation is how we rebuild real checks and balances.
Read more here: www.fairvote.ca/08/12/2025/b...
Reposted by Blake Hamilton
Bill S-222 would let 16 and 17 year olds vote.
Young people already work, pay taxes, and live with the consequences of political decisions. They deserve a voice.
Send a message of support to the Senator from your province or territory!
Young people already work, pay taxes, and live with the consequences of political decisions. They deserve a voice.
Send a message of support to the Senator from your province or territory!
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Bill S-222 would let 16 and 17 year olds vote.
Young people already work, pay taxes, and live with the consequences of political decisions. They deserve a voice.
Send a message of support to the Senator from your province or territory!
Young people already work, pay taxes, and live with the consequences of political decisions. They deserve a voice.
Send a message of support to the Senator from your province or territory!
Huge win for maternal mental health in Canada 🇨🇦❤️ Health Canada has approved zuranolone — the first pill specifically for postpartum depression, with relief in days, not months. Game-changing.
#PPD #MaternalHealth #MentalHealthMatters #HealthInnovation
#PPD #MaternalHealth #MentalHealthMatters #HealthInnovation
Health Canada approves 1st pill to treat postpartum depression
Health Canada has approved the first drug designed to treat postpartum depression.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Huge win for maternal mental health in Canada 🇨🇦❤️ Health Canada has approved zuranolone — the first pill specifically for postpartum depression, with relief in days, not months. Game-changing.
#PPD #MaternalHealth #MentalHealthMatters #HealthInnovation
#PPD #MaternalHealth #MentalHealthMatters #HealthInnovation
December 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Reposted by Blake Hamilton
Under first-past-the-post, a few ridings can decide everything.
Proportional representation shifts power back to voters across the country and limits the ability of parties to win majorities with shrinking support. It strengthens accountability and reduces regional divisions.
Proportional representation shifts power back to voters across the country and limits the ability of parties to win majorities with shrinking support. It strengthens accountability and reduces regional divisions.
December 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Under first-past-the-post, a few ridings can decide everything.
Proportional representation shifts power back to voters across the country and limits the ability of parties to win majorities with shrinking support. It strengthens accountability and reduces regional divisions.
Proportional representation shifts power back to voters across the country and limits the ability of parties to win majorities with shrinking support. It strengthens accountability and reduces regional divisions.
Alors que d’autres prônent le déni, la France avance : #Cigéo franchit une étape clé, avec une sûreté validée par l’ASN. La rigueur scientifique compte ⚛️
#Énergie #TransitionÉnergétique #Nucléaire #Science #Sûreté #Climat
#Énergie #TransitionÉnergétique #Nucléaire #Science #Sûreté #Climat
Nucléaire: le projet Cigéo franchit une étape clé vers le stockage des déchets radioactifs à Bure
Le projet de Cigéo à Bure (Meuse), où doivent être enfouis à partir de 2050 les déchets nucléaires les plus dangereux, a franchi jeudi une étape clé avec la publication de l'avis technique du gendarme…
www.france24.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Alors que d’autres prônent le déni, la France avance : #Cigéo franchit une étape clé, avec une sûreté validée par l’ASN. La rigueur scientifique compte ⚛️
#Énergie #TransitionÉnergétique #Nucléaire #Science #Sûreté #Climat
#Énergie #TransitionÉnergétique #Nucléaire #Science #Sûreté #Climat
Whoa — a rhino from the Arctic! Cool! A jaw-dropping fossil find that rewrites what we thought we knew about Ice Age ecosystems. Ancient megafauna roaming our tundra? Hell yes. Science gets cooler every time. 🔬🌍
A rhino from the Arctic - Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature palaeontologists have identified a new species of fossil rhinoceros that was found on Devon Island in Canada's High Arctic.
nature.ca
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Whoa — a rhino from the Arctic! Cool! A jaw-dropping fossil find that rewrites what we thought we knew about Ice Age ecosystems. Ancient megafauna roaming our tundra? Hell yes. Science gets cooler every time. 🔬🌍
Reposted by Blake Hamilton
Consider the gift of cash if you're not sure what non-cash gift someone would enjoy. Apply this thinking to universal basic income too. You don't know for sure what someone else needs. Only they do. Trust them to buy what they need when able to.
December 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Consider the gift of cash if you're not sure what non-cash gift someone would enjoy. Apply this thinking to universal basic income too. You don't know for sure what someone else needs. Only they do. Trust them to buy what they need when able to.
This film isn’t art or scholarship — it’s Islamophobic, Hindu-supremacist propaganda dressed as history. Distorting the past to stoke division and push agendas does a disservice to truth, memory and real people. History should challenge myths, not create or reinforce them.
India’s symbol of love mirrors its divides in a new Bollywood film | CNN
“The Taj Story” is the latest in a slew of pseudo-historical films to emerge from Bollywood that critics say seek to erase India’s Muslim past and create a history dominated by the Hindu majority.
www.cnn.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This film isn’t art or scholarship — it’s Islamophobic, Hindu-supremacist propaganda dressed as history. Distorting the past to stoke division and push agendas does a disservice to truth, memory and real people. History should challenge myths, not create or reinforce them.
I get the urge to protect kids online. But blanket social-media bans? They’re a blunt tool -- easy to dodge, & they throw out the good with the bad. Education, better moderation, and real supports beat censorship every time. #DigitalRights #ProtectKids
Social media ban: Can you ban kids from social media? Australia is about to try
The law comes into effect this week but critics worry it can't be enforced - and shouldn't be either.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I get the urge to protect kids online. But blanket social-media bans? They’re a blunt tool -- easy to dodge, & they throw out the good with the bad. Education, better moderation, and real supports beat censorship every time. #DigitalRights #ProtectKids
Sh*t… for this development in general —the harm it will cause — but also the inevitable anti-nuclear fear-mongering narratives that will be given more ammo…
Chernobyl protective shield can no longer confine radiation after drone strike, UN nuclear watchdog says | CNN
The protective shield built around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine can no longer do its job to confine radioactive waste as a result of a drone strike earlier this year, according to the IAEA.
www.cnn.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Sh*t… for this development in general —the harm it will cause — but also the inevitable anti-nuclear fear-mongering narratives that will be given more ammo…
Ottawa’s shelters are already full as winter hits. No one should be sleeping outside in the freezing cold in one of the wealthiest countries in the entire world. We need real funding, more supportive housing, and compassion in policy — now.
www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
December 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Ottawa’s shelters are already full as winter hits. No one should be sleeping outside in the freezing cold in one of the wealthiest countries in the entire world. We need real funding, more supportive housing, and compassion in policy — now.
www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
www.cbc.ca/news/cana...