Greens qualify to join Liberals, Conservatives, NDP and BQ at leaders' debates https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/leaders-debates-canada-2025-greens-qualify-1.7499524 #GPC #CanadianGreens #cdnelxn #cdnpoli @canadiangreens @cdnpoli
Sounds kinda DOGEy. 
“‘Hard and fast from every direction’: inside the group plotting Poilievre’s blitzkrieg of cuts”
#MapleMAGA #CdnElxn #Elxn45 #CDNPoli
https://breachmedia.ca/inside-the-group-plotting-poilievres-blitzkrieg-of-cuts/
@thetyee
This cartoon deserves its own post.
—Cartoon by Greg Perry
Another week, another great vent session about the Canadian election with Rachel Gilmore.
We take plenty of digs at Poilievre, talk about Carney’s scandals, explore what Trump meant for the campaign this week, and what issues we want to see the candidates get pressed on. Listen today!
@cathywilcox Oof. That could have been a cartoon for our election up here. Well done. #cdnelxn
#NWT Con candidate refused interview with @CBCNorth now backs out of @cabinradio debate. #Poilievre's #authoritarian party is silencing voices during the campaign. Imagine what kind of #Canada he would run. https://cabinradio.ca/230175/news/politics/cabin-radio-election-debate-set-for-april-10-conservative-backs-out/
"Smith chose to appear—at a fundraiser for an organization that pretends to be about education while functioning as a partisan propaganda outlet. A partisan project that wants to annex the country that she represents as one of its provincial premiers." https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/canadians-know-danielle-smith-is
Say it with me: tax credits don’t benefit poor people.
"Company executives and #Alberta's premier are using U.S. President Donald Trump as an excuse to say: “We don't care about #climatechange. We don't care about #carbonemissions. We just want to be able to do whatever it is that we're going to do,” https://www.squamishchief.com/economy-law-politics/canadas-oil-and-gas-ceos-using-trump-threats-for-profit-says-minister-10414328
"The wealth gap is even larger than the income gap." https://bcpolicy.ca/2025/03/27/wealth-housing/
"#Canada’s affordability crisis and #fossilfuel company profits are linked." And still political parties are cheerleading pipelines, deregulation, more #subsidies, and a free pass on #emissions and #ecosystems destruction. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/26/Feeling-Broke-Blame-Big-Oil/
“Canadian DOGE-like website relaunches to track federal spending ahead of election
Tech leaders behind effort refute suggestion they are aiming to emulate Elon Musk”
#Musk #Doge #ElectionInterference #CDNElxn #CDNElxn2025 #CDNPoli
https://financialpost.com/technology/canadian-doge-website-launches
Remind me again how Poilievre and his Conservatives voted on the #DentalCare and #Pharmacare legislation?
'To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.'
—George Santayana
So let me see if I have this straight:
Poilievre’s ‘big idea’ in response to the threat of massive layoffs and unemployment caused by this trade war is to allow people to put $5000 more into their savings accounts/investments tax-free?
I mean, sure, it’s being pitched on the premise that the money will be invested into Canadian companies, but when people are struggling to keep their lights on and put food on the table, who’s thinking about putting money into savings to minimize their taxes? Who does this benefit?
Does anyone else remember how the wealth of the rich skyrocketed during the peak of the pandemic while people lost their jobs and small businesses folded?
“Harper raised the annual TFSA limit to $10,000, but former prime minister Justin Trudeau dialled it back to $5,000 after he was elected, and then tied that amount to inflation, saying a more generous contribution limit only benefited the rich and pulled too many investment dollars out of the tax system.”
#CanPoli #CDNPoli #CDNElxn #CANPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-tfsa-hike-1.7494734
H/t @davidakin
Talk about saying the quiet part out loud… 
“N.D.G.–Westmount Conservatives have picked a candidate who said last month that key Trump adviser Elon Musk holds leader Pierre Poilievre in high esteem — and that a Conservative MP’s close relationship with J.D. Vance is a bonus.
“People close to (Donald) Trump have respect for Pierre Poilievre,” said lawyer Neil Drabkin, who is listed on the Conservative party website as the candidate in the Montreal riding. “Elon Musk, in particular, who has become the bestie with Mr. Trump ... has said very favourable things about Mr. Poilievre. And perhaps we don’t need to go further than that kind of relationship for Mr. Musk to whisper in the ear of Mr. Trump.””
#CDNPoli #CanPoli #CDNElxn #CDNElxn2025
https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/article840407.html
"Election focus on pipelines could be bad news for #UNDRIP obligations." https://www.aptnnews.ca/nation-to-nation/election-focus-on-pipelines-could-be-bad-news-for-undrip-obligations-says-professor/
"Koch Industries, Elon Musk’s X Corp., Loblaws, Enbridge, Pathways Alliance, the Canadian Gas Association, Rumble Canada, Rebel News, Canada Proud, and Facebook.
These are just a handful of the corporate interests and right-wing communications platforms linked to the inner circle of Pierre Poilievre and his federal Conservatives." https://www.desmog.com/2025/03/25/poilievre-mapped-his-inner-circle-of-lobbyists-and-right-wing-activists/
"With the consumer levy nullified, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has the industrial #carbon price in his sights. But it’s actually been hugely effective at reducing #emissions."https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-industrial-carbon-tax-explainer/
"#Canadians do appear to favour increased development to mitigate the economic effects of U.S. tariffs, our regulatory regimes need to be stronger, not weaker. Canadian history is replete with examples of tragedy in the wake of weak regulation or deregulation, from the Giant Mine in the Northwest Territories to the Lac Megantic rail disaster in Quebec." https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-as-we-dump-carbon-taxes-and-push-pipelines-remember-theres-no-such/
