There is an simple solution - proportional representation - but certainly it's not *politically* easy

Also here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-...

Granted, part of the split involved the CCP denouncing the Soviets for doing de-Stalinization... so maybe this really is the orthodox Maoist line?

It was storming pretty bad here earlier, I think it's already moved on from us though

If he were to able to do just one of either housing or electoral reform he'd already be the best premier of my lifetime (granted the bar is basically in floor, so). If he loses I'm probably voting green again

The lack of antipopes in CK3 after all this time remains sad 😞

Seems to be a reference to the article they linked at the bottom, that Canary Wharf is gonna be literally underwater by 2030.

At least, that's my guess - its uh not super comprehensible

Alberta transportation minister says passenger rail plan coming within weeks | CBC News Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen says it aims to include proponents for a high-speed rail line between Edmonton and Calgary, and to connect the two cities and their international airports.

Yeah, the Albertan government seems to be considering it right now: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

They had a sign at the press conference with "STOP ALTO" on it. Felt kinda phoned in ngl

Uh I went to an Ontario public school, French was only from grades 5 to 9 (you could take it until 12, but only a small fraction did). Although yes, the instruction is generally so bad that I'm not sure how useful extending it would be for most people

Research Co is a legit pollster (like, their polls are used by 338Canada, etc), but this is a really odd question for them to ask.

McPherson's a possible contender to replace Nenshi should the ANDP lose (which, well, they probably will, unfortunately)

She was still a member as of yesterday, she might've voted for him already too

*east of Winnipeg, my bad

Another NDP MP (the only one west of Winnipeg now), Alexandre Boulerice, is probably going to be resigning before long to run in the Quebec election this fall, and his seat is overwhelmingly likely to go Liberal once he leaves too

Well, they probably will after Boulerice resigns

Federal - NDP MP for Nunavut, Lori Idlout, has crossed the floor to the Liberals

Huh. She was, like, *just* an Avi Lewis event www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

Ngl it feels a *lot* more punishing than the first. Hoping for some balance patches before too long.

Could be that I'm just too used to the old ways though

Yeah it's one of the many consequences of this map: bsky.app/profile/alex...

Douglas Todd: Jarring 18-storey tower on leafy Vancouver street a sign of the out-of-scale times About 10 steel-and-glass highrises, much like the one proposed for Yukon and 14th, are set to arise among character homes within the Broadway plan zone. https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-18-storey-tower-vancouver-out-scale-times

Douglas Todd: Hundreds of quiet east Vancouver side streets upzoned for six-storey apartment blocks Some residents in the vast Rupert and Renfrew area did not know their pleasant side streets had been upzoned for six- to eight-storey apartment blocks. It calls into question the city of Vancouver's murky "engagement strategy." https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-hundreds-of-quiet-east-vancouver-side-streets-upzoned-for-six-storey-apartment-blocks

'Monstrosities' or the evolution of housing? Multi-unit buildings on single-family lots gain traction in B.C. cities The number of multi-unit developments on single-family lots is increasing in B.C. neighbourhoods dominated by single-detached houses. Opinions vary over what these changes will mean for communities. https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/multiplex-feature

Anakin/Padme meme I oppose this building because it's too tall It's just this building, not all new housing? You are not against all new housing, right?

A storey in four acts as captured by local news media:

18 storeys is too high, we’d be fine with 4-6 storeys

6 storeys are too big, we'd be fine with multiplexes

Multiplexes are monstrosities, we are fine with existing post-Second World War bungalows

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like 90% of my disillusion with left politics in canada is that they want to spend nothing on the military in the nazi times, and the NIMBY wing remains strong

IIRC Aitchison's own housing plan when he ran for leader was significantly more punitive towards municipalities than the Liberals have been. Sad to see him having to pander to the NIMBYs now

I do know a guy who got a visit from the police over some Facebook posts. But you know, make veiled threats about shooting the PM probably *should* prompt some investigation

Also pretty much none of this is Canada-specific, Americans are just generally so unaware as to not even realize their own indigenous peoples still exist

The ravings of Jordan Peterson, presumably

Have Peterson or McCullough been ranting about it? I could easily see that getting garbled into whatever this nonsense is

AFAIK it's basically all comes from Genesis 15:18, "On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates" - so it's based on nothing, really, but it's catnip for fundies like Huckabee

Homer mad. Fuck off.

back to bed

I'm not mad, just disappointed