Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star

Gap between richest and poorest Canadians kept widening in 2025, StatsCan says | CBC News Statistics Canada says the income gap — measuring the difference in the share of disposable income between households in the top 40 per cent and those in the bottom 40 per cent — reached 46.7 percenta...

#CBCNews #StatsCanada focusing on the top 20% doesn't begin to scratch the surface of how bad wealth inequality is in Canada. In fact the 0.5% hold over 20% of the national net wealth.

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Alberta NDP accuse UCP of gerrymandering over electoral map plans EDMONTON - The Alberta New Democratic Party are accusing the United Conservative Party government of gerrymand...

"Naheed Nenshi said the proposal would allow the UCP government to override the work of the independent electoral boundaries commission and redraw maps without public consultation...giving them greater control and alter representation in urban centres."

https://bit.ly/4dU5ZTN

This House of Commons petition calling on #Canada to denounce in the UN what #Israel is doing in #Gaza and #Palestine needs more support. It's clear that most Canadians are appalled at what Israel is doing.
You can sign the petition here www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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"Just days after announcing plans to buy a private jet, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will now move to sell its newly acquired plane, acknowledging concerns about the timing and cost of the purchase."

... so he'd already bought it when he announced plans to buy it? That's our Doug!

‘Not the right time’: Doug Ford promises to sell private jet Confirmed Friday, the $28.9 million plane purchase drew fiery criticism

The deeply corrupt Doug Ford NOW says it's not the right time to buy himself a gravy plane?

Why was it the right time last week?

This guy has to go.

BTW, I will keep asking: Where is the #RCMP inquiry into Ford's #Greenbelt corruption??

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Doug Ford ('s Taxpayers) Buys A Private Jet YouTube video by Clare Blackwood

Doug Ford ('s Taxpayers) Buys A Private Jet

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"Air Ford One". Love it.
#onpoli

Local man decides governing by the seat of his pants will be faster in $29M jet.

Candidate ends his bid for Conservative nomination in Poilievre's former riding The man who announced he was seeking the Conservative nomination in Pierre Poilievre’s former riding of Carleton in February now says he’s dropping out of the race.

In his old Carleton riding a potential candidate has already stepped aside just a few weeks ago - Skippy hasn't committed to running there, though. No doubt looking for another safe riding.
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#cdnpoli #CPC

Felt it here in Nepean. Thought it was just some construction nearby until I saw it on the news.
#Ottawa #ottwx

TDSB says just under 300 teachers to be cut next year, unions say it’s much higher - Toronto | Globalnews.ca The unions representing elementary and secondary school teachers in Toronto said a total of 607 positions would be eliminated, but the school board says it's much lower.

Today, Ontario's Education Minister said teachers are telling him to "keep it up".

I doubt they support firing teachers, cutting supports for high-needs schools, gutting special education, and paying Conservative-appointed supervisors $350k/year. #onpoli
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What we need is #ProportionalRepresentation, so parties learn to accommodate the needs of all Canadians.
Stephen Harper's wish to have a "Strong, Stable Majority" convinced me that majority governments just give one party (and those pulling the strings) free reign to do as they wish.
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Canada’s left-leaning New Democratic Party has elected a new leader, Avi Lewis, whose campaign drew comparisons to the politics and style of Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Zohran Mamdani.

‘A System Rigged’: Untaxed Wealth of Richest 0.1% Is More Than Assets of World’s Poorest Half | Common Dreams A decade after the Panama Papers, ​the global rich are still hiding more than $3.5 trillion in tax havens. Just a fraction of that money could end extreme hunger and provide clean water to everyone on...

TAX BILLIONAIRES!!!

Conservative MP: Donald Trump has “restored freedom of speech to America” At least one Conservative MP sees a silver lining in the demagoguery of Donald Trump.

Sure man, whatever you say. At this point everyone is side-eyeing you:

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Pedro Sánchez & @sanchezcastejon•4h X • Translated from Spanish Show original Just today, Netanyahu launches his harshest attack against Lebanon since the offensive began. His contempt for life and international law is intolerable. It's time to speak clearly: - Lebanon must be included in the ceasefire. - The international community must condemn this new violation of international law. - The European Union must suspend its Association Agreement with Israel. - And there must be no impunity for these criminal acts.

Wise words from Spain's Prime Minister: “The momentary relief cannot make us forget the chaos, the destruction, and the lives lost. The govt of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket. What is needed now: diplomacy, international law and PEACE.”

I really need Liberal supporters to explain to me why they think it’s good that they’re letting a homophobic anti vaxxer who supported the Freedom Convoy BS, into the Liberal party. #Cdnpoli

Well, this is alarming.

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Alberta scraps environmental assessment for Kevin O'Leary's 'world's largest' data centre Danielle Smith's government is exempting celebrity investor Kevin O'Leary's massive Wonder Valley data centre near Grande Prairie, Alta., from a provincial environmental assessment, Canada's National ...

This is nuts...

Alberta scraps environmental assessment for Kevin O'Leary's 'world's largest' data centre www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/03/n...

Gee, given Big Dumb Doug Ford’s demonstrated propensities for cronyism, d’ya think there’s a reason he’s contracting out the management of his shiny new public investment fund despite the stellar examples of our famous Maple Eight pension funds staring him in the face?
🤷🏼🧐🤷🏼

AI minister meets with mining, energy companies on environment impacts — not green groups A sessional paper from March 11 reveals Canada's AI minister has not met with environmental groups to discuss the potential impacts of AI infrastructure.

This is so bad, so wrong, so scary.

"Elbows down" for the environment, eh!

O'Leary, the tech bros & Dani, rejoice!!

www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/06/n...

People are wondering why Doug Ford's daughter got a 33.9 per cent raise last year - Toronto Life Kara Ford is now the sixth-highest earner at the Runnymede Healthcare Centre, with a salary of $211,468

Kara Ford is now the sixth-highest earner at the Runnymede Healthcare Centre, with a salary of $211,468

Or, they could just get off of fossil fuels, so they aren't dependent on shipping 20% of them through the Strait of Hormuz.
Just sayin'.

it's only fair that drivers should pay something for the roads they drive on. I know most #conservative 's are climate deniers, but the Clean Fuel disincentive is a small push (not nearly enough) to get drivers to switch to electric or (horrors) take public transit.
#cdnpoli #ClimateEmergency

Ford government mandate letters can be kept secret, Supreme Court rules The decision has far-reaching implications, including in police investigations into Canadian governments, one expert says

A logical next step, I suppose. When he first took office in 2018 he broke a long standing precedent when he chose to keep his mandate letters to his ministers secret, not to be disclosed to the people of Ontario.
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Doug Ford targets Peel to test his water privatization plan Doug Ford targets Peel to test his water privatization plan

This has been an absolute, total, disaster in Britain. Doug Ford hasn't made his case, to anyone. Not to you, the citizen. Not to the legislature. It is also the sort of project that once embarked on is difficult to undo. #onpoli #cdnpoli
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Oh dear.

The New York Times clever headline about NATO is entirely based on them getting its name wrong 😐

The A doesn’t stand for America, dudes.

Conservative Party hopeful in Carleton ends bid for nomination Blair Turner, a local police officer, made the announcement on social media ahead of the Easter long weekend.

It looks like we might see a replay of the contest between Bruce Fanjoy and Pierre Poilievre in the Carleton riding next election. Apparently, Damien Kurek wants his seat back. Pierre hasn't committed to a rerun but a possible contender has stepped aside.
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