Ari Vangeest
@arivangeest.bsky.social
Union Activist • Rank and file member of Canadian Office and Professional Employees Local 343 • MA Sociology
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December 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Since people only care about money, what about the cost savings on healthcare from a more active population? Likewise, the healthcare costs of losing bike lanes and roads being more dangerous? I'm sure the 39 cents per ride is made up elsewhere if we only want to talk about money.
December 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Since people only care about money, what about the cost savings on healthcare from a more active population? Likewise, the healthcare costs of losing bike lanes and roads being more dangerous? I'm sure the 39 cents per ride is made up elsewhere if we only want to talk about money.
Based off of the limited differences in policies by many leadership candidates, it would probably benefit the NDP to switch to a collective leadership model where each person can bring their skills and experience to collectively create a vision for the party.
December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Based off of the limited differences in policies by many leadership candidates, it would probably benefit the NDP to switch to a collective leadership model where each person can bring their skills and experience to collectively create a vision for the party.
meanwhile Australia has so much solar energy they are giving it away for free.
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
meanwhile Australia has so much solar energy they are giving it away for free.
I can't imagine TFC will be okay with ITFC being a thing.
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I can't imagine TFC will be okay with ITFC being a thing.
Here come the audits for common mistakes
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Here come the audits for common mistakes
The following cannot both be true
1. They lost seats because of the shutdown
2. He thinks that people blame Democrats for the shutdown.
If people blamed Democrats, why did Democrats not lose seats? He truly does live in an alternate reality.
1. They lost seats because of the shutdown
2. He thinks that people blame Democrats for the shutdown.
If people blamed Democrats, why did Democrats not lose seats? He truly does live in an alternate reality.
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The following cannot both be true
1. They lost seats because of the shutdown
2. He thinks that people blame Democrats for the shutdown.
If people blamed Democrats, why did Democrats not lose seats? He truly does live in an alternate reality.
1. They lost seats because of the shutdown
2. He thinks that people blame Democrats for the shutdown.
If people blamed Democrats, why did Democrats not lose seats? He truly does live in an alternate reality.
I guess this is why the Liberals didn't need to negotiate on the budget with opposition parties.
November 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I guess this is why the Liberals didn't need to negotiate on the budget with opposition parties.
This wouldn’t work in North America with how easily we give away degrees.
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This wouldn’t work in North America with how easily we give away degrees.
If they don't have a strike fund I imagine they might not have a lot for a long drawn out fight when it comes to defying.
October 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
If they don't have a strike fund I imagine they might not have a lot for a long drawn out fight when it comes to defying.
That one I'm not as concerned about. You can still build the bike lanes and just make car lanes narrower which will naturally result in lower speeds as studies show narrower lanes result in people being more cautious. It's a terrible law but there are work arounds.
October 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
That one I'm not as concerned about. You can still build the bike lanes and just make car lanes narrower which will naturally result in lower speeds as studies show narrower lanes result in people being more cautious. It's a terrible law but there are work arounds.
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In particular, they want leases to no longer necessarily remain in effect indefinitely, so that landlords have more options for creating tenant turnover.
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
In particular, they want leases to no longer necessarily remain in effect indefinitely, so that landlords have more options for creating tenant turnover.
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
Ford is all talk and no solutions. We should allow Chinese EVs to be sold in Canada and required to be built here (and then unionize them).
October 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Ford is all talk and no solutions. We should allow Chinese EVs to be sold in Canada and required to be built here (and then unionize them).
There are a lot of beliefs that can be debated within the party, but if values are disregarded, what is the purpose of the NDP? The NDP support of unions is a purity test, should that be gone, or just those that protect marginalized communities? (which is often what purity test means)
October 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
There are a lot of beliefs that can be debated within the party, but if values are disregarded, what is the purpose of the NDP? The NDP support of unions is a purity test, should that be gone, or just those that protect marginalized communities? (which is often what purity test means)
I wouldn’t be surprised if this is trumps plan to impose a dictatorship and just never have the house sit again.
October 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I wouldn’t be surprised if this is trumps plan to impose a dictatorship and just never have the house sit again.