The ‘strategic voting’ election and its undemocratic consequences The 2025 federal election demonstrates the failings our electoral institutions from a democratic perspective. But here it is important to remember they were never created or kept in place with democratic objectives in mind. Canada’s voting system is a pre-democratic hold-over and it remains in use because it serves those that benefit from it.

Strategic voting isn’t strategy — it’s survival under a broken system.
This piece nails the undemocratic cost of FPTP & why we *must* push for proportional representation in Canada.
Go read it, then let’s finally fix this mess.
📌 canadiandimension.co...
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“Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre faithfully followed the MAGA playbook but he didn’t waltz into government on this wave of rage. He lost his own seat. Global observers see Mark Carney's win as a rare sliver of light in a dark and cynical time.”
— Charlie Angus

#CDNpoli #Elxn44 #CanadaVotes

Election Night Results - National General election results in Canada. Number of seats per political party.

Only 67% of the electorate voted.

Even with advanced polls and other measures to make it more convenient, even with its existential importance, a third of the population shrugs at the right (and responsibility) of the ballot.

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Watching Pierre Pee Pee Perron lose is better than honey straight from the comb. It’s better than crushing gods. It’s better than my first existential rant. This is the kind of high no Chaos Emerald could match.

#PoohCelebrates #PierrePeePee #LoserEnergy #elxn44

Taking a stress break from #Elxn44 with some well-played gypsy jazz.

So, not simply trolling. He's admitting to a deliberate act of foreign interference in our democratic process.
Can't wait to hear from federal officials about this.
#CanadaSky #cdnpoli #Elxn44

I just voted in the federal election and learned that Meghan Murphy is the Vancouver East candidate for The People’s Party of Canada.

What a trip that must have been: from the F-Word Feminist Collective on CFRO to Bernier’s PPC!

#elxn44

A satirical image titled “THE FAR-RIGHT POD SQUAD” features a photorealistic green pea pod against a neutral background. Inside the pod, four large peas display the faces of Michael Cooper, Donald Trump, Pierre Poilievre, and Danielle Smith, each seamlessly edited onto the peas. The visual metaphor suggests political alignment and shared ideology among these right-wing figures.

The Far-Right Pod Squad: when you vote for one, you get the whole ideology. 🫛🤨
They’re all the same peas in a pod—don’t be fooled by the packaging.

#cdnpoli #abpoli #cdnvotes #Elxn44 #VoteForChange #StopTheFarRight #ProtectOurDemocracy #PeasInAPod

I watched Poilievre's campaign speeches for the first time this week. He was not great in those two moments.

While he was responding to a softball media question, I found the report he was reading to the audience.

It’s hard to take him seriously as a viable Prime Minister.

#elxn44
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📢Ahead of Canada’s federal election April 28, members of the #WomenPeaceSecurity community have sent an open letter to the leaders of all major political parties calling for the appointment of a WPS Ambassador within 30 days of forming government 🇨🇦 🌍
🔗Read & share bit.ly/letter-wpsa
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We’ve all learned from horror flicks that the monster may look down and out but isn’t if there are fifteen minutes left in the film. No one should relax.

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A political party that can’t persuasively argue for human rights, economic justice, equality, and fairness, not to mention decency and basic kindness, should try harder.

Politics seems to be a popularity contest but it’s really about persuading us to be better people.

#Elxn44
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Disinformation in Canada's Election Campaign Shows “Pathetic” State of Social Media Governance: McGill Expert Dr. Aengus Bridgman Civil Discourse, Please · Episode

On this episode of @civildiscourseplease.ca , @abridgman.bsky.social uncovers how deepfake scams are flooding social platforms during #Elxn44 by manipulating images of politicians and exploiting voters. He calls out the failure of platform governance: open.spotify.com/episode/74x4...

youtube.com/shorts/3q0jU... #ItsOurVote, #CdnPoli, #Elxn44.

If the overall impression by Canadians are similar to this flash poll, Carney wins on it being a draw.

#poll #elxn44 #elxn2025

In Toronto’s #Davenport riding, 27.4% of residents are of Portuguese origin and 14.3% speak Portuguese at home — the most spoken non-English language in the area. That’s over 34,000 luso-Canadians in a riding of 125,000. This weekend at 5pm/11pm on Omni 1. #CDNpoli #elxn44 #LusoCanadians #onpoli

Sadly had drinks with two past NDP voters that galaxy brained themselves in to voting Liberal in this riding. They had already done advance pills, damage done.

It’s a fight that only gets settled by voting .

#Elxn2025 #Elxn44 #CanadaVotes2025 #AbPoli #Yeg #YegGieabach

Voter contact = candidate/canvassers on your porch/literature drop/phone calls. Our household -- in Pierre Poilievre's riding -- had its first voter contact today since #elxn44. Canvassers from the LPC Bruce Fanjoy. (I was not present) So far, zero voter contact from the incumbent MP. #elxn45

Israeli military changes account of Gaza first-responder killings | CBC News The Israeli military has provided new details that changed its initial account of the killing of 15 emergency workers near the southern Gaza city of Rafah last month but said investigators were still ...

Another day, another gruesome war crime by Israel.
During election season, remember that Conservatives and Liberals have never wavered in their support of Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people.
#elxn44 #cdnpoli
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Undecided—for the First Time A former MP on why I’m watching the riding candidates campaigns to decide my vote—and why I want to hear from you, too.

I’ve never voted Liberal—not even tactically. But for the first time, I’m undecided.
This federal election, I’m watching my riding—and our politics—more closely than ever.
#cdnpoli #elxn44 #Vaudreuil

(POLITICS) Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party is coming to #Penticton on Saturday for a rally located across from the hospital at 1704 government St. People are asked to register on the Conservative website!

#cdnpoli #Elxn44 #BCElxn #federalelection

This is shows an incredible lack of judgement and experience. How will rushing a negotiation bring stability when the reason there is no stability is because the guy you want to negotiate with isn't living up to the last agreement he negotiated with us??
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Poilievre, who's team is run by Loblaws lobbyists, puts fourth proposals written by oil & gad lobbyists. This is why they gave him all those "donations," so that they could make him their puppet.
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Poilievre flip-flops this pizza even more than he has on abortion and gay marriage.
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Trumpish mumbo jumbo is what you get with Poilievre. Why isn't he focused on circumventing Trump and improving Canadians' quality of life instead of whatever this gobbledygook is?
#elxn44 #cdnpoli

Poilievre Conservatives propose yet another tax cut for the already wealthy.
#elxn44 #cdnpoli

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#Vote
#StopPoilievre
#NotMyCanada

#FightTheRight
#Resist
#StandTogether
#NoToHate
#DemocracyMatter

Poilievre has a long history of fighting against workers.
#elxn44 #cdnpoli

Hmmm.. any party that is saying it's tough and going to stand up to Trump and the olgligarchs driving his agenda, but then spends millions on ads with American monopolistic media like Meta and Google, is no friend of Canada. We need to ban ads with US companies during this election. #elxn44