@retiredfran.bsky.social
🇨🇦Advocate of proportional representation🇨🇦, retired union activist.
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27,000+ Canadians have already emailed the Prime Minister and federal Health Minister, urging them to enforce the Canada Health Act and stop Alberta’s disastrous move toward two-tier healthcare.
Defend universal public healthcare. Help us reach 30,000 by the new year: notwotier.ca/CanadaHealth...
Defend universal public healthcare. Help us reach 30,000 by the new year: notwotier.ca/CanadaHealth...
December 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
27,000+ Canadians have already emailed the Prime Minister and federal Health Minister, urging them to enforce the Canada Health Act and stop Alberta’s disastrous move toward two-tier healthcare.
Defend universal public healthcare. Help us reach 30,000 by the new year: notwotier.ca/CanadaHealth...
Defend universal public healthcare. Help us reach 30,000 by the new year: notwotier.ca/CanadaHealth...
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When a government knows it cannot be easily voted out, accountability erodes. First-past-the-post turns minority support into unchecked power.
Proportional representation changes the incentives and strengthens democratic oversight.
Proportional representation changes the incentives and strengthens democratic oversight.
December 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
When a government knows it cannot be easily voted out, accountability erodes. First-past-the-post turns minority support into unchecked power.
Proportional representation changes the incentives and strengthens democratic oversight.
Proportional representation changes the incentives and strengthens democratic oversight.
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“Private renters’ debt is on average over £4,000.”
That’s a generation pushed into debt just to keep a roof over their heads.
The only way we guarantee affordable rents is by dismantling the current system that exists only to enrich landlords and investors at our expense.
That’s a generation pushed into debt just to keep a roof over their heads.
The only way we guarantee affordable rents is by dismantling the current system that exists only to enrich landlords and investors at our expense.
December 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“Private renters’ debt is on average over £4,000.”
That’s a generation pushed into debt just to keep a roof over their heads.
The only way we guarantee affordable rents is by dismantling the current system that exists only to enrich landlords and investors at our expense.
That’s a generation pushed into debt just to keep a roof over their heads.
The only way we guarantee affordable rents is by dismantling the current system that exists only to enrich landlords and investors at our expense.
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In 1996, the party with fewer votes formed government.
In 2001, 58% of the vote produced 98% of the seats.
British Columbia has lived with first-past-the-post distortion for decades.
Proportional representation means seats match votes. Nothing more. Nothing less.
In 2001, 58% of the vote produced 98% of the seats.
British Columbia has lived with first-past-the-post distortion for decades.
Proportional representation means seats match votes. Nothing more. Nothing less.
December 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
In 1996, the party with fewer votes formed government.
In 2001, 58% of the vote produced 98% of the seats.
British Columbia has lived with first-past-the-post distortion for decades.
Proportional representation means seats match votes. Nothing more. Nothing less.
In 2001, 58% of the vote produced 98% of the seats.
British Columbia has lived with first-past-the-post distortion for decades.
Proportional representation means seats match votes. Nothing more. Nothing less.
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Getting awful close!
HELP REACH OUR GOAL TONIGHT: Say no to increased costs, less access, and longer waits for most Canadians. Say no to Danielle Smith's two-tier healthcare and ask PM Carney step in and stop it before it spreads:
NoTwoTier.ca/canadahealthact
HELP REACH OUR GOAL TONIGHT: Say no to increased costs, less access, and longer waits for most Canadians. Say no to Danielle Smith's two-tier healthcare and ask PM Carney step in and stop it before it spreads:
NoTwoTier.ca/canadahealthact
December 14, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Getting awful close!
HELP REACH OUR GOAL TONIGHT: Say no to increased costs, less access, and longer waits for most Canadians. Say no to Danielle Smith's two-tier healthcare and ask PM Carney step in and stop it before it spreads:
NoTwoTier.ca/canadahealthact
HELP REACH OUR GOAL TONIGHT: Say no to increased costs, less access, and longer waits for most Canadians. Say no to Danielle Smith's two-tier healthcare and ask PM Carney step in and stop it before it spreads:
NoTwoTier.ca/canadahealthact
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This explainer breaks down Premier Danielle Smith's plan to introduce Two-Tier American-style healthcare in Alberta. Take 3 minutes to learn how it will impact you.
🛑 NEW EPISODE of 'Whatever This Is' with @zainvelji.bsky.social:
Danielle Smith’s new two-tier healthcare bill introduces a VIP fast lane and destroys the public system for a generation.
Here’s what you need to know in under 3 minutes.
#ableg #abpoli #canpoli
Danielle Smith’s new two-tier healthcare bill introduces a VIP fast lane and destroys the public system for a generation.
Here’s what you need to know in under 3 minutes.
#ableg #abpoli #canpoli
December 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This explainer breaks down Premier Danielle Smith's plan to introduce Two-Tier American-style healthcare in Alberta. Take 3 minutes to learn how it will impact you.
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New York lawmakers have proposed requiring retailers to disclose when they use "surveillance pricing" tactics to gouge consumers.
It's a much-needed step towards reining in how companies can weaponize your personal data.
Watch Lina Khan explain how it works.
It's a much-needed step towards reining in how companies can weaponize your personal data.
Watch Lina Khan explain how it works.
The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
New York lawmakers have proposed requiring retailers to disclose when they use "surveillance pricing" tactics to gouge consumers.
It's a much-needed step towards reining in how companies can weaponize your personal data.
Watch Lina Khan explain how it works.
It's a much-needed step towards reining in how companies can weaponize your personal data.
Watch Lina Khan explain how it works.
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I care about voting reform so much!! I'm so hopeful that this time BC can make it stick (and as I understand it, Citizen's Assembly is a great path forward)!
I also want this to happen as a signal to the federal government...
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I also want this to happen as a signal to the federal government...
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Big news in British Columbia! The all party Democratic and Electoral Reform Committee has recommended a Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform after months of hearings. 1/10
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I care about voting reform so much!! I'm so hopeful that this time BC can make it stick (and as I understand it, Citizen's Assembly is a great path forward)!
I also want this to happen as a signal to the federal government...
🤞😣🤞
I also want this to happen as a signal to the federal government...
🤞😣🤞
BREAKING: Doug Ford is rushing through his attack on renters, Bill 60.
No on can afford a place to live and the cost of rent is sky-high. Bill 60 will make it easier for corporate landlords to raise rents and evict you.
Join in me in taking a stand.
No on can afford a place to live and the cost of rent is sky-high. Bill 60 will make it easier for corporate landlords to raise rents and evict you.
Join in me in taking a stand.
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
BREAKING: Doug Ford is rushing through his attack on renters, Bill 60.
No on can afford a place to live and the cost of rent is sky-high. Bill 60 will make it easier for corporate landlords to raise rents and evict you.
Join in me in taking a stand.
No on can afford a place to live and the cost of rent is sky-high. Bill 60 will make it easier for corporate landlords to raise rents and evict you.
Join in me in taking a stand.
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The government has forced through #Bill33 without public consultation or meaningful debate. While Ford has tried to silence the public, educators are here at Queen's Park in large numbers to make sure that their voices are heard. #onpoli #DemocracyNow
November 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The government has forced through #Bill33 without public consultation or meaningful debate. While Ford has tried to silence the public, educators are here at Queen's Park in large numbers to make sure that their voices are heard. #onpoli #DemocracyNow
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Safe. Affordable. Because it's public.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Speak Up Now: Tell Your MPP to Protect Public Water share.nwmd.social/s/vBggWEly
@timlouiskitcon.bsky.social what is the position of the Liberals on #Bill 60? bsky.app/profile/wate...
#Bill60 will make more Ontarians homeless by taking away tenants' rights. Renters in Waterloo and across Ontario are fighting back, and I'm working with local agencies to protect them. Please join us. #onpoli www.catherinefife.com/stop_fords_attack
November 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
@timlouiskitcon.bsky.social what is the position of the Liberals on #Bill 60? bsky.app/profile/wate...
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#Bill60 will make more Ontarians homeless by taking away tenants' rights. Renters in Waterloo and across Ontario are fighting back, and I'm working with local agencies to protect them. Please join us. #onpoli www.catherinefife.com/stop_fords_attack
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
#Bill60 will make more Ontarians homeless by taking away tenants' rights. Renters in Waterloo and across Ontario are fighting back, and I'm working with local agencies to protect them. Please join us. #onpoli www.catherinefife.com/stop_fords_attack
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Come hear Charlie and others speak on Nov 27th www.westendphoenix.com/events/findi...
October 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Come hear Charlie and others speak on Nov 27th www.westendphoenix.com/events/findi...
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Want to get up to speed on the basics of proportional representation?
Join us for a webinar on Sunday November 2 at 7 PM Eastern.
Special guest: Dennis Pilon, Professor at York University and a Canadian electoral reform expert.
REGISTER HERE:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us for a webinar on Sunday November 2 at 7 PM Eastern.
Special guest: Dennis Pilon, Professor at York University and a Canadian electoral reform expert.
REGISTER HERE:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Want to get up to speed on the basics of proportional representation?
Join us for a webinar on Sunday November 2 at 7 PM Eastern.
Special guest: Dennis Pilon, Professor at York University and a Canadian electoral reform expert.
REGISTER HERE:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us for a webinar on Sunday November 2 at 7 PM Eastern.
Special guest: Dennis Pilon, Professor at York University and a Canadian electoral reform expert.
REGISTER HERE:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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The Charter of Rights is foundational to 🇨🇦's democracy & national vision of fairness & due process. Decades of cases have confirmed its value to labour rights. Danielle Smith takes a big step toward authoritarianism, tossing it aside for fiscal & political convenience. #canlab
October 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The Charter of Rights is foundational to 🇨🇦's democracy & national vision of fairness & due process. Decades of cases have confirmed its value to labour rights. Danielle Smith takes a big step toward authoritarianism, tossing it aside for fiscal & political convenience. #canlab
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Two powerful letters in the Toronto Star make it clear.
Canada’s real nation building project is not pipelines but a healthy democracy.
Proportional representation would strengthen our country now and for generations to come.
Canada’s real nation building project is not pipelines but a healthy democracy.
Proportional representation would strengthen our country now and for generations to come.
October 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Two powerful letters in the Toronto Star make it clear.
Canada’s real nation building project is not pipelines but a healthy democracy.
Proportional representation would strengthen our country now and for generations to come.
Canada’s real nation building project is not pipelines but a healthy democracy.
Proportional representation would strengthen our country now and for generations to come.
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Doug Ford’s new omnibus bill hides a major gift to corporate lobbyists: a ban on turning car lanes into bike lanes.
@desaima.bsky.social notes that the move mirrors demands from the Toronto Region Board of Trade. It won’t fix traffic—but it will keep oil companies and Uber happy.
@desaima.bsky.social notes that the move mirrors demands from the Toronto Region Board of Trade. It won’t fix traffic—but it will keep oil companies and Uber happy.
Ontario’s plan to ban bike lanes is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list ⋆ The Breach
Buried in a new omnibus bill, the latest salvo in Doug Ford’s war on bikes is more than a vendetta—it’s a gift to corporate lobbyists
breachmedia.ca
October 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Doug Ford’s new omnibus bill hides a major gift to corporate lobbyists: a ban on turning car lanes into bike lanes.
@desaima.bsky.social notes that the move mirrors demands from the Toronto Region Board of Trade. It won’t fix traffic—but it will keep oil companies and Uber happy.
@desaima.bsky.social notes that the move mirrors demands from the Toronto Region Board of Trade. It won’t fix traffic—but it will keep oil companies and Uber happy.
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Pls RSVP by emailing yr name & town to [email protected] ASAP. Pls spread the word & pour on the pressure b/c if we don’t fight back against Ford’s accelerating privatization, we will lose Public Medicare.
Itinerary & more info 👇
#onpoli #ontario #healthcare #dougford #toronto
Itinerary & more info 👇
#onpoli #ontario #healthcare #dougford #toronto
October 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Pls RSVP by emailing yr name & town to [email protected] ASAP. Pls spread the word & pour on the pressure b/c if we don’t fight back against Ford’s accelerating privatization, we will lose Public Medicare.
Itinerary & more info 👇
#onpoli #ontario #healthcare #dougford #toronto
Itinerary & more info 👇
#onpoli #ontario #healthcare #dougford #toronto
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Yep—still mad about that
It’s been ten years since this promise.
Canadians are still waiting for a voting system where every vote truly counts.
It’s time to finish what was started in 2015 and deliver proportional representation.
#cdnpoli
Canadians are still waiting for a voting system where every vote truly counts.
It’s time to finish what was started in 2015 and deliver proportional representation.
#cdnpoli
October 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Yep—still mad about that
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The notion that a group of hatemongers marching through the street protected by the Toronto Police and a counter-protest against their vile actions are considered "competing immigration rallies" is some of the most sickening fascism apologia I've ever witnessed.
This is classic CDN media misrepresentation.
What went down at Christie Pits wasn't two sides of the same issue.
This was a hate rally demanding mass deportations against people who live in Toronto. It was a fascist hate gathering.
They were countered by people standing up for their neighbours.
What went down at Christie Pits wasn't two sides of the same issue.
This was a hate rally demanding mass deportations against people who live in Toronto. It was a fascist hate gathering.
They were countered by people standing up for their neighbours.
September 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The notion that a group of hatemongers marching through the street protected by the Toronto Police and a counter-protest against their vile actions are considered "competing immigration rallies" is some of the most sickening fascism apologia I've ever witnessed.
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Here is my reflection on the PM's attempt to meet with the architect of Project 2025. There is no dialogue with those who brag about destroying democracy and suspending the rights of citizens.
This is the lesson that Europeans learned too late in the 1930s.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/this-is-no...
This is the lesson that Europeans learned too late in the 1930s.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/this-is-no...
This Is Not the Time to Make Nice
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Carney announced an invitation for Kevin Roberts, the architect of Project 2025, to meet with his Liberal Cabinet ahead of Parliament's return.
charlieangus.substack.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Here is my reflection on the PM's attempt to meet with the architect of Project 2025. There is no dialogue with those who brag about destroying democracy and suspending the rights of citizens.
This is the lesson that Europeans learned too late in the 1930s.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/this-is-no...
This is the lesson that Europeans learned too late in the 1930s.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/this-is-no...
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Most Americans/US media are aware of K-Pop and know of Korean-US population. But have not lived or worked in ROK. Lack a sense of on what points, and why, Korean history, dignity, and self-respect are at stake.
If the US *wanted* to offend a crucial partner, it could not have done worse.
If the US *wanted* to offend a crucial partner, it could not have done worse.
Meanwhile in Korean media there is clarity that Trump directed this raid out of spite following his Oval Office meeting with the ROK President, who pushed back aggressively on Trump's praise for the North Korean dictator. They're right. US media have no clue of what's going on.
September 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Most Americans/US media are aware of K-Pop and know of Korean-US population. But have not lived or worked in ROK. Lack a sense of on what points, and why, Korean history, dignity, and self-respect are at stake.
If the US *wanted* to offend a crucial partner, it could not have done worse.
If the US *wanted* to offend a crucial partner, it could not have done worse.
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"Does anyone think for a second that a man who brags about attacking his own citizens will let Canada off with a gentleman's trade agreement?" / "(Carney) won the election by offering himself as a wartime prime minister.
We need him to be that war time prime minister now."
We need him to be that war time prime minister now."
Here is my reflection on the PM's attempt to meet with the architect of Project 2025. There is no dialogue with those who brag about destroying democracy and suspending the rights of citizens.
This is the lesson that Europeans learned too late in the 1930s.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/this-is-no...
This is the lesson that Europeans learned too late in the 1930s.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/this-is-no...
This Is Not the Time to Make Nice
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Carney announced an invitation for Kevin Roberts, the architect of Project 2025, to meet with his Liberal Cabinet ahead of Parliament's return.
charlieangus.substack.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"Does anyone think for a second that a man who brags about attacking his own citizens will let Canada off with a gentleman's trade agreement?" / "(Carney) won the election by offering himself as a wartime prime minister.
We need him to be that war time prime minister now."
We need him to be that war time prime minister now."