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[–] streetfestival 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't know about "most areas" but, yeah, I think you're referencing the numbers provided by Alberta Medical Association's president to the Canadian Press yesterday. Vaccination rates are why some are predicting measles will become endemic [in North America, I think] again - maybe 40 years after Canada had declared it beaten.

https://lemmy.ca/post/42929323
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/alberta-doctors-association-warns-measles-will-rise-ramped-up-health-campaign-needed/article_3c997808-f122-5d9f-9337-9cf5f6e0a5e6.html

Duggan said the province doesn’t have a high enough vaccination rate to prevent measles from circulating - a rate that is ideally above 95 per cent. She said even in urban centres like Edmonton and Calgary the rate is only at around 70 per cent, and there are pockets of the province that are at 50 per cent or lower.

[–] streetfestival 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

@[email protected] this article, and McGill's medical program apparently, are very racist by Canadian standards. I don't think I've ever read something that icky in a racist way in a contemporary Canadian publication

[–] streetfestival 7 points 1 month ago

The City itself is pro bike. It's the province (DoFo) that's anti bike and wants to tear out the bike lanes. The City may be considering congestion pricing, which is when cars driving on busy streets or in certain areas are charged a road usage fee ($5, $10, etc) via cameras that snap license plates. This has existed in London for 20 years and NYC implemented it recently

[–] streetfestival 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I hope vaccination rates are high! "Measles is back" kind of sums up where we are as a species right now.

[–] streetfestival 53 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Not just a headline. Funny read!

“This kind of despicable affront never would have happened if we were granted all of the journalist spots on the campaign,” noted Ezra Levant of Rebel Media. “We would only ask decent questions, like ‘Is it true that Justin Trudeau is the antichrist’ and ‘Mr. Poilievre, how did you get so handsome?'”

[–] streetfestival 2 points 1 month ago

A good weekend to all buns and their admirers!

[–] streetfestival 10 points 1 month ago

Thank you for posting this, because it makes me feel more connected and less alone. Your story seems to resonate with many others here too. I can tell you're in a lot of pain and have been for a while, and hopelessness has set in to some degree. It won't be easy to turn things around of course, or happen overnight, but I completely believe you can do it. I can tell your relationship with your son is very important to you and motivates you to want to persevere through this bad place you're in right now. I hear womanhood-related issues as your key problems: Grindr interactions, a best friend relationship that might not be the healthiest if she doesn't accept you for who you are (or you have conflicting feelings), and that insecurity.

As others have said, try to stop Grindr and other interactions that leave you feeling worse about yourself in the long-term. Try to find trans-friendly friends, groups, or other communities. Insecure about what - is it modifiable? You said therapy didn't work (why not?); might gender therapy or a therapist who's trans (or support groups) work? Antidepressants? ... When your son ventures out on his own could be your new [lease on] life as a single woman, as crazy as that might sound now.

I hope your eyes haven't rolled permanently back in your head after reading so much optimism :P. Shit's @#$%ing tough right now, but you've raised a son - I believe you've got this. Be gentle with yourself and get back up when you're ready and work to make what matters to you a reality <3

[–] streetfestival 5 points 1 month ago

This is a complex issue. Cherrypicking known incidents of misspending by select school boards and letting Ford's MoE talk out of his ass does not do it justice. "we’re providing record level of funding" - yeah, right. How on brand for the Ford government /s. Show me per capita spending historically in Ontario and across provinces if you want to claim "record level" that isn't pure BS. This announcement is groundwork for Conservatives to slash and privatize public services.

Evidence of the province's role in creating financial issues for School Boards (https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/education/province-appoints-toronto-school-boards-financial-investigators-10561288):

The TDSB has blamed its shortfall on the provincial government not fully covering the costs associated with employing teachers, as well as Queen’s Park’s moratorium on school closures.

The board wants to consolidate underutilized and under-enrolled schools as part of a wider plan to modernize its capital holdings and programming.

The province has denied this request, as well as requests to subsidize the cost of keeping the under-used schools open, and continues to uphold the moratorium that was first established in 2017.

[–] streetfestival 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Loblaws operates exclusively in Canada, right? Why would it, or any company in its place, donate money to government campaigns in other countries? Let's look at Loblaws' lobbying in Canada. I would be incredulous if they actually deserved a W. They're an oligopoly taking over this country and making us all poorer

[–] streetfestival 12 points 1 month ago

Idk, but I do know that about 45% of its revenue is US gov subsidies. This came up because Elmo was saying NPR (1% funded by US gov) should lose its funding

[–] streetfestival 3 points 1 month ago

Not only will very few of those fines be paid, but think about the costs to the municipality of enforcing the fines: Cops. Fine tracking. Jailing people who can't pay. Court appearances. Probably more jailing as a sentence for unpaid fines. Then repeat the process again because now people experiencing homelessness have even less ability to secure housing. Maybe this can be used to justify an even more bloated police budget to keep this make-work project going. This is all to say nothing about how cruel it is to the people who are living in public spaces because they have nowhere else to go. Waterloo needs a new regional council. What a bunch of buffoons

[–] streetfestival 12 points 1 month ago

That's Bruce Fanjoy's riding. Oh, is PP running in it?

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"You're at home and then you hear that Donald Trump maybe wants to invade Canada, and that all the Trumpist values can come and contaminate us," said event organizer and renowned Quebec journalist Alain Saulnier. "What we wanted to do was allow people to get out of their homes and make it clear that they do not want Trump here."

The sentiment resounded from the Maritimes to the Prairies.

The demonstrations came a day after Americans gathered in all 50 states to protest the president's agenda following a dizzying 11 weeks that saw Trump throw up tariff walls, dismantle some government offices and pardon nearly all defendants involved in the attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021.

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People showed up to celebrate the Canadian nation and show their Manitoban and Canadian pride!

“We’ll always be the true north strong and free. And we will never be the 51st State!” Kinew exclaimed. “Together, we will keep this land glorious and free! Merci, vive la Canada!”

The rally featured musical guests, food trucks, and plenty of activities for kids, with premier Wab Kinew addressing the crowd.

“The fact that somebody like me, people like us have opportunity to make our lives what we want them to be, that’s what makes Canada so special, that’s what makes Canada so beautiful, and that’s what makes Canada worth fighting for,” said Kinew.

People showed up in droves, decked out in all things Canadian, and the message to President Trump and the United States was quite clear.

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https://mstdn.ca/@stevevrporter/114293351479492573

 

A newly released audit of the Toronto Transit Corporation’s (TTC) operations found growing discontent among the transit agency’s non-unionized staff, including worsening concerns about safety and a turnover rate of up to 62 per cent in some departments in recent years.

In 2023 and 2024 exit surveys the TTC conducted with departing employees, over half of respondents said their decision to leave was influenced, mostly or in part, by an “unhealthy organizational culture,” “lack of trust in the executive/senior leadership,” and “growth and career advancement.”

A smaller percentage of employees responded that “psychological safety” (35 per cent), “discrimination towards them during their employment” (29 per cent), and “physical safety” (14 per cent) were contributing factors in their choice to leave.

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It was surreal to watch this unfold in real time. And it reminded me of an important and eye-opening 2024 report, Disruptions on the Horizon, by Policy Horizons Canada. It identified 35 potential disruptions to Canadian stability.

Number one among the top potential disruptions: People cannot tell what is true and what is not.

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I’ve been reporting on right-wing politics over the last decade for PressProgress and have gone deep into the weeds on Canada’s online far-right. We are not simply seeing a rise in “conspiracies” and “misinformation” per se, I think we are witnessing tectonic shifts inside Canada’s conservative movement.

A decade or two ago, this was a movement that revolved around ideas about free markets, small government and reactionary social values. That’s all still there, but for a growing segment of the right, these ideas have been increasingly displaced by a sprawling, conspiratorial metanarrative that imagines an evil global cabal is using technocratic climate policies, authoritarian public health rules and gender-inclusive educational materials to control the world and keep ordinary people in their place—and yes, it is every bit as unhinged as that sounds.

In fact, I’m no longer sure the word “conspiracy” fully captures what’s really happening here.

The first thing you need to understand is that we can draw a direct line connecting the weirdness of B.C.’s 2024 election with the wave of anti-2SLGBTQ+ protests in 2023, the 2022 Freedom Convoy and the anti-public health protests throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. These are all symptoms of the same problem.

This phenomenon is driven by the collapse of traditional media and the rise of digital platforms. Across Canada, including B.C., newsrooms are being decimated by layoffs, local newspapers are shutting down and what remains of our stripped-down media ecosystem is concentrated in the hands of a small number of corporations and wealthy individuals. At the same time, our public discourse is being shaped by mysterious, unregulated social media algorithms that are distorting our democracy in ways nobody seems to fully understand.

 

Pierre Poilievre’s first days in government would rely on ‘the Mike Harris playbook’

It was an ominous sign. Mike Harris’s government had moved quickly to make dramatic reforms. They had a hundred-day agenda, and they got a lot done: laying off public sector employees, cutting funding to education, slashing social assistance rates, deregulating industries, repealing equity laws, selling off Crown corporations, and empowering the government to impose user fees on public services.

“It’s going to come hard and fast from every direction again,” Evan’s acquaintance said. The groups and communities impacted, as well as the political opposition, both inside Parliament and outside, would have to fight on dozens of fronts at once.

 

In Canada, the widely adopted International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism has served as a tool to bludgeon and silence those engaged in political activism — the primary goal of which is to halt the mass murder of Palestinian children — as being hostile toward Jewish people as a group.

As Independent Jewish Voices notes on its webpage detailing the numerous faults within the IHRA definition:

“The IHRA definition comes appended with 11 illustrative examples of antisemitism, seven of which specifically focus on the state of Israel, rather than on Jews as a group. The list of examples is intended to conflate antisemitism with criticism of Israel and Zionism.”

 

Polls have done an about-face in the region, which experts say is fuelled by a historic lean toward the party amid threats from the outside, while the longstanding desire for change has been satiated by a new Liberal leader.

Most recent polling found the Liberal Party has a 21 percentage-point lead in the region, which includes Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. Nationally, the Conservatives and the Liberals are neck-and-neck.

The Liberals had fallen behind in popularity over the past two years. The party currently holds 24 of 32 seats across the Atlantic provinces, a decline from the 32 seats it captured in the 2015 election.

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