Jamie MacKinnon🇨🇦
@jamiemackinnon.bsky.social
Let's reduce economic inequality & build a just, environmentally sustainable society.
Joys include ale, good conversation, travel, literature & theatre.
Interests include design, green engineering & international development.
Joys include ale, good conversation, travel, literature & theatre.
Interests include design, green engineering & international development.
So we have a provincial govt that has abandoned people who walk & cycle.
And we have a city government that spends tens of millions clearing snow for cars, but doesn't much care for active transportation -- or for equity & the environment.
#Ottsky
#cycling
#Ottawa
ottawasun.com/news/local-n...
And we have a city government that spends tens of millions clearing snow for cars, but doesn't much care for active transportation -- or for equity & the environment.
#Ottsky
#cycling
#Ottawa
ottawasun.com/news/local-n...
Deachman: Ottawa's snow removal standards are bad, with no plans on getting better
The city's public works department has once again decided not to update its Winter Maintenance Quality Standards. | Opinion
ottawasun.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
So we have a provincial govt that has abandoned people who walk & cycle.
And we have a city government that spends tens of millions clearing snow for cars, but doesn't much care for active transportation -- or for equity & the environment.
#Ottsky
#cycling
#Ottawa
ottawasun.com/news/local-n...
And we have a city government that spends tens of millions clearing snow for cars, but doesn't much care for active transportation -- or for equity & the environment.
#Ottsky
#cycling
#Ottawa
ottawasun.com/news/local-n...
NDP leadership race: dismal.
The party needs the skillset of a Mulcair/Layton. What's on offer:
- a narrow focus on "union halls" & "shop floors"
- govt price controls
- antipathy to business
- l'incapacité de parler français
- a lack of interest in productivity & research
#PND
#NDP
#cdnpoli
The party needs the skillset of a Mulcair/Layton. What's on offer:
- a narrow focus on "union halls" & "shop floors"
- govt price controls
- antipathy to business
- l'incapacité de parler français
- a lack of interest in productivity & research
#PND
#NDP
#cdnpoli
a young man is holding a cell phone in his hand and looking at it .
ALT: a young man is holding a cell phone in his hand and looking at it .
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
TorStar:
But aside from Lewis and McPherson, little French was spoken by the contenders in what was supposed to be a French-language debate — and several could not answer reporter questions in French afterward.
#cdnpoli
#NDP
#PND
#bilingualism
But aside from Lewis and McPherson, little French was spoken by the contenders in what was supposed to be a French-language debate — and several could not answer reporter questions in French afterward.
#cdnpoli
#NDP
#PND
#bilingualism
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
TorStar:
But aside from Lewis and McPherson, little French was spoken by the contenders in what was supposed to be a French-language debate — and several could not answer reporter questions in French afterward.
#cdnpoli
#NDP
#PND
#bilingualism
But aside from Lewis and McPherson, little French was spoken by the contenders in what was supposed to be a French-language debate — and several could not answer reporter questions in French afterward.
#cdnpoli
#NDP
#PND
#bilingualism
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Doug Ford grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth and no one’s ever told him no — the corruption just doesn’t stop! Here’s what happened today:
November 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Doug Ford grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth and no one’s ever told him no — the corruption just doesn’t stop! Here’s what happened today:
"Smith’s concessions help advance his government’s #climate agenda far more than anything the previous federal government managed to achieve in, and with, Alberta. For a guy who wasn’t supposed to be a good politician, he’s turning out to be pretty good."
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"Smith’s concessions help advance his government’s #climate agenda far more than anything the previous federal government managed to achieve in, and with, Alberta. For a guy who wasn’t supposed to be a good politician, he’s turning out to be pretty good."
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
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This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
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Doug Ford’s government handed $2M from the Skills Development Fund to a company run by his family’s own dentist.
We should be investing in workers based on merit, not connections. This is exactly why trust in this fund has completely collapsed. #onpoli
www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
We should be investing in workers based on merit, not connections. This is exactly why trust in this fund has completely collapsed. #onpoli
www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
The company’s CEO also worked closely with the wife of the minister in charge of the grant program at the time
www.thetrillium.ca
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Doug Ford’s government handed $2M from the Skills Development Fund to a company run by his family’s own dentist.
We should be investing in workers based on merit, not connections. This is exactly why trust in this fund has completely collapsed. #onpoli
www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
We should be investing in workers based on merit, not connections. This is exactly why trust in this fund has completely collapsed. #onpoli
www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
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Recalls the after action report from the CAFs after they rescued Doug Ford's Long Term Care debacle. Thousands dead, including by malnutrition and dehydration. Inmates left in their own feces for days. Doug Ford cried & promised to do better, did nothing instead. #onpoli
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One young man with developmental #disabilities "was tied to his bed & chemically sedated for most of his 2 years in hospital. Another lived 5 years in a psychiatric hospital, restrained at times for 20 hours a day."
Sudan? Russia?
No. Doug Ford's #Ontario.
#ONpoli
www.newswire.ca/news-release...
Sudan? Russia?
No. Doug Ford's #Ontario.
#ONpoli
www.newswire.ca/news-release...
Ombudsman calls for improved collaboration, proactive planning to prevent unnecessary hospitalization of adults with developmental disabilities
/CNW/ - Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé's latest report, released today, reveals how the province's systemic failure to help people with complex developmental...
www.newswire.ca
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Recalls the after action report from the CAFs after they rescued Doug Ford's Long Term Care debacle. Thousands dead, including by malnutrition and dehydration. Inmates left in their own feces for days. Doug Ford cried & promised to do better, did nothing instead. #onpoli
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Of course they haven’t done anything. That would mean making things better for Ontarians instead of rich buddies.
Adults in Ontario with autism & other developmental disabilities are neglected and/or treated cruelly.
Doug Ford & Sylvia Jones have been aware of these problems for a DECADE according to the ombudsman & have done nothing about it.
#autism
#ONpoli
#hospitals
www.ombudsman.on.ca/sites/defaul...
Doug Ford & Sylvia Jones have been aware of these problems for a DECADE according to the ombudsman & have done nothing about it.
#autism
#ONpoli
#hospitals
www.ombudsman.on.ca/sites/defaul...
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Of course they haven’t done anything. That would mean making things better for Ontarians instead of rich buddies.
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/com...
Chicago, IL / Montreal, QC — Nov 20, 2025 — The Siebel Institute of Technology, the oldest brewing school in the Americas (established in 1872), is officially relocating its operations from Chicago to Montreal.🍻
Santé!
#beer
#bière
#education
Chicago, IL / Montreal, QC — Nov 20, 2025 — The Siebel Institute of Technology, the oldest brewing school in the Americas (established in 1872), is officially relocating its operations from Chicago to Montreal.🍻
Santé!
#beer
#bière
#education
World-famous brewing institution leaving U.S. for Canada
A renowned American beer brewing school is heading north and getting ready to settle in at a new address in Montreal.
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/com...
Chicago, IL / Montreal, QC — Nov 20, 2025 — The Siebel Institute of Technology, the oldest brewing school in the Americas (established in 1872), is officially relocating its operations from Chicago to Montreal.🍻
Santé!
#beer
#bière
#education
Chicago, IL / Montreal, QC — Nov 20, 2025 — The Siebel Institute of Technology, the oldest brewing school in the Americas (established in 1872), is officially relocating its operations from Chicago to Montreal.🍻
Santé!
#beer
#bière
#education
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
White "nationalists" with a flag that pays homage to several foreign countries.
Maybe they should "remigrate" to one of them . . .
##cdnpoli
White "nationalists" with a flag that pays homage to several foreign countries.
Maybe they should "remigrate" to one of them . . .
##cdnpoli
Growing white nationalist group behind broad daylight demonstration in London on Sunday | CBC News
An apparent white nationalist demonstration on a busy overpass near London, Ont.'s downtown on Sunday afternoon is concerning for witnesses and experts who track extremist behaviour.
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
White "nationalists" with a flag that pays homage to several foreign countries.
Maybe they should "remigrate" to one of them . . .
##cdnpoli
White "nationalists" with a flag that pays homage to several foreign countries.
Maybe they should "remigrate" to one of them . . .
##cdnpoli
Adults in Ontario with autism & other developmental disabilities are neglected and/or treated cruelly.
Doug Ford & Sylvia Jones have been aware of these problems for a DECADE according to the ombudsman & have done nothing about it.
#autism
#ONpoli
#hospitals
www.ombudsman.on.ca/sites/defaul...
Doug Ford & Sylvia Jones have been aware of these problems for a DECADE according to the ombudsman & have done nothing about it.
#autism
#ONpoli
#hospitals
www.ombudsman.on.ca/sites/defaul...
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Adults in Ontario with autism & other developmental disabilities are neglected and/or treated cruelly.
Doug Ford & Sylvia Jones have been aware of these problems for a DECADE according to the ombudsman & have done nothing about it.
#autism
#ONpoli
#hospitals
www.ombudsman.on.ca/sites/defaul...
Doug Ford & Sylvia Jones have been aware of these problems for a DECADE according to the ombudsman & have done nothing about it.
#autism
#ONpoli
#hospitals
www.ombudsman.on.ca/sites/defaul...
One young man with developmental #disabilities "was tied to his bed & chemically sedated for most of his 2 years in hospital. Another lived 5 years in a psychiatric hospital, restrained at times for 20 hours a day."
Sudan? Russia?
No. Doug Ford's #Ontario.
#ONpoli
www.newswire.ca/news-release...
Sudan? Russia?
No. Doug Ford's #Ontario.
#ONpoli
www.newswire.ca/news-release...
Ombudsman calls for improved collaboration, proactive planning to prevent unnecessary hospitalization of adults with developmental disabilities
/CNW/ - Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé's latest report, released today, reveals how the province's systemic failure to help people with complex developmental...
www.newswire.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
One young man with developmental #disabilities "was tied to his bed & chemically sedated for most of his 2 years in hospital. Another lived 5 years in a psychiatric hospital, restrained at times for 20 hours a day."
Sudan? Russia?
No. Doug Ford's #Ontario.
#ONpoli
www.newswire.ca/news-release...
Sudan? Russia?
No. Doug Ford's #Ontario.
#ONpoli
www.newswire.ca/news-release...
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The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
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Our main concern with #Bill60 is: it will lead to more evictions which will lead to more
homelessness. Your government just spent $75 million to clear encampments, and now Bill
60 will create even more of them. Greater homelessness costs taxpayers more. #onpoli
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homelessness. Your government just spent $75 million to clear encampments, and now Bill
60 will create even more of them. Greater homelessness costs taxpayers more. #onpoli
acorncanada.org/wp-content/u...
acorncanada.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Our main concern with #Bill60 is: it will lead to more evictions which will lead to more
homelessness. Your government just spent $75 million to clear encampments, and now Bill
60 will create even more of them. Greater homelessness costs taxpayers more. #onpoli
acorncanada.org/wp-content/u...
homelessness. Your government just spent $75 million to clear encampments, and now Bill
60 will create even more of them. Greater homelessness costs taxpayers more. #onpoli
acorncanada.org/wp-content/u...
Doug Ford is threatening to audit all provincial spending to determine whether public-sector unions are “funnelling” money to “left-wing radical groups."
Doug Ford funneled millions to party donors.
#ONpoli
/2
globalnews.ca/news/1154280...
Doug Ford funneled millions to party donors.
#ONpoli
/2
globalnews.ca/news/1154280...
Ford says he will audit ‘left-wing radical groups’ opposed to government legislation | Globalnews.ca
Ford's warning came after members of the tenant advocacy group ACORN interrupted the legislature to protest a controversial omnibus bill that shortens some eviction timelines.
globalnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Doug Ford is threatening to audit all provincial spending to determine whether public-sector unions are “funnelling” money to “left-wing radical groups."
Doug Ford funneled millions to party donors.
#ONpoli
/2
globalnews.ca/news/1154280...
Doug Ford funneled millions to party donors.
#ONpoli
/2
globalnews.ca/news/1154280...
Europol:
Illegal waste disposal is a "low-risk high-profit margin" for criminals.
"An enormous mountain of garbage hidden away close to the Thames River in Oxfordshire, England" was recently found.
#environment
#waste
#garbage
#plastic
#crime
www.dw.com/en/eu-illegi...
Illegal waste disposal is a "low-risk high-profit margin" for criminals.
"An enormous mountain of garbage hidden away close to the Thames River in Oxfordshire, England" was recently found.
#environment
#waste
#garbage
#plastic
#crime
www.dw.com/en/eu-illegi...
How criminals are trafficking illegal waste in Europe – DW – 11/20/2025
Massive mountains of waste near the Thames River in Oxfordshire, England, and in suburbs around Bucharest, Romania, reveal a hidden crisis: illegal waste dumps and the criminal gangs that profit from ...
www.dw.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Europol:
Illegal waste disposal is a "low-risk high-profit margin" for criminals.
"An enormous mountain of garbage hidden away close to the Thames River in Oxfordshire, England" was recently found.
#environment
#waste
#garbage
#plastic
#crime
www.dw.com/en/eu-illegi...
Illegal waste disposal is a "low-risk high-profit margin" for criminals.
"An enormous mountain of garbage hidden away close to the Thames River in Oxfordshire, England" was recently found.
#environment
#waste
#garbage
#plastic
#crime
www.dw.com/en/eu-illegi...
An Ontario Court Justice says : "I didn’t want to spend the weekend at Maplehurst. I was terrified of spending the weekend at Maplehurst.”
ON jails are overcrowded, understaffed & inhumane.
So bad that a judge is afraid to spend a single weekend in one.
#ONpoli
/2
lfpress.com/news/local-n...
ON jails are overcrowded, understaffed & inhumane.
So bad that a judge is afraid to spend a single weekend in one.
#ONpoli
/2
lfpress.com/news/local-n...
Judge rips state of Ontario jails: 'We have lost our way'
A Brantford court justice says he’s “fed up” with overcrowded, understaffed provincial jails.
lfpress.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
An Ontario Court Justice says : "I didn’t want to spend the weekend at Maplehurst. I was terrified of spending the weekend at Maplehurst.”
ON jails are overcrowded, understaffed & inhumane.
So bad that a judge is afraid to spend a single weekend in one.
#ONpoli
/2
lfpress.com/news/local-n...
ON jails are overcrowded, understaffed & inhumane.
So bad that a judge is afraid to spend a single weekend in one.
#ONpoli
/2
lfpress.com/news/local-n...
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Reposted by Jamie MacKinnon🇨🇦
🥰ed it too
❤️🇨🇦
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Tom Mulcair on Carney's 'who cares': "I found it wonderfully refreshing and I found it the exemplar of 'elbows up.' It’s like, ‘I’m not going to worry about that blubbering fourth grader.’ ... I absolutely loved that authentic moment from our Prime Minister."
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
🥰ed it too
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Reposted by Jamie MacKinnon🇨🇦
Some thoughts on an MP’s role, and why reasonable disagreement within our parties is both good politics and policy so long as it’s focused on ideas.
New from me at Uncommons: A little self-reflection never hurt anyone
www.uncommons.ca/p/a-little-s...
New from me at Uncommons: A little self-reflection never hurt anyone
www.uncommons.ca/p/a-little-s...
A little self-reflection never hurt anyone
Honesty and authenticity remain essential and we can’t shy away from sharing ideas simply because they might be taken out of context by bad faith political attacks. But we can avoid making it personal...
www.uncommons.ca
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Some thoughts on an MP’s role, and why reasonable disagreement within our parties is both good politics and policy so long as it’s focused on ideas.
New from me at Uncommons: A little self-reflection never hurt anyone
www.uncommons.ca/p/a-little-s...
New from me at Uncommons: A little self-reflection never hurt anyone
www.uncommons.ca/p/a-little-s...
www.producer.com/news/bunge-v...
Viterra
IGPC
Robin Hood
Cdn Wheat Board
Over the decades, terrible federal policy has allowed Cdn grain processors
- handling/elevators
- transport
- processing (crushing, milling)
to be taken over by multinationals.
The Viterra decision should be reconsidered.
Viterra
IGPC
Robin Hood
Cdn Wheat Board
Over the decades, terrible federal policy has allowed Cdn grain processors
- handling/elevators
- transport
- processing (crushing, milling)
to be taken over by multinationals.
The Viterra decision should be reconsidered.
Bunge-Viterra deal alarms global think-tank | The Western Producer
Report says potential mergers should be examined throughout global supply chains and not just in local markets
www.producer.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
www.producer.com/news/bunge-v...
Viterra
IGPC
Robin Hood
Cdn Wheat Board
Over the decades, terrible federal policy has allowed Cdn grain processors
- handling/elevators
- transport
- processing (crushing, milling)
to be taken over by multinationals.
The Viterra decision should be reconsidered.
Viterra
IGPC
Robin Hood
Cdn Wheat Board
Over the decades, terrible federal policy has allowed Cdn grain processors
- handling/elevators
- transport
- processing (crushing, milling)
to be taken over by multinationals.
The Viterra decision should be reconsidered.
Reposted by Jamie MacKinnon🇨🇦
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
A sage is tending his garden.
A bumblebee, wanting the garden to himself, asks, “When will you be done?”
The man replies, “when it’s appropriate."
#koan
#kairos
A sage is tending his garden.
A bumblebee, wanting the garden to himself, asks, “When will you be done?”
The man replies, “when it’s appropriate."
#koan
#kairos
Carney: No ‘burning issue’ to bring up with Trump, talks to resume when ‘appropriate’
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he’s not in a hurry to resume trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump but will “speak to him again when it matters.”
www.ctvnews.ca
November 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
A sage is tending his garden.
A bumblebee, wanting the garden to himself, asks, “When will you be done?”
The man replies, “when it’s appropriate."
#koan
#kairos
A sage is tending his garden.
A bumblebee, wanting the garden to himself, asks, “When will you be done?”
The man replies, “when it’s appropriate."
#koan
#kairos
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Another good episode of GoodTalk, and once again, I am happy to hear Chantal's take on things!
youtu.be/XAqpg5XMNno?...
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Good Talk -- Kings, Queens, Ambassadors and Jet Fighters - Dealing for Dollars, Jobs and Security.
YouTube video by The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Another good episode of GoodTalk, and once again, I am happy to hear Chantal's take on things!
youtu.be/XAqpg5XMNno?...
youtu.be/XAqpg5XMNno?...
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Trump’s Tariff War Is Leaving Ohio Farmers in the Red and China in Driver’s Seat
Trump's Tariff War Is Leaving Ohio Farmers in the Red and China in Driver's Seat
This isn’t the art of the deal but the wages of a foolish pursuit of protectionism. U.S. agriculture has been paying the price for years.
www.cato.org
November 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Trump’s Tariff War Is Leaving Ohio Farmers in the Red and China in Driver’s Seat