Matt McManus

mattpolprof.bsky.social

17 October 2026 17:35

One of the enduring characteristics of right-wing rhetoric is to redirect blame for social unhappiness from the practices and institutions left intellectuals usually criticize to the fact that left intellectuals are criticizing...

Matt McManus

mattpolprof.bsky.social

17 October 2026 17:35

...On this view its not the fact that people are poor, living are expenses are high, or people feel powerless that makes them unhappy. Its those nasty left-wing professors who keep stirring up otherwise contentedly docile subjects.

CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

policyalternatives.ca

13 October 2026 16:56

ICYMI: “[P]ublic dollars are...favouring...private for-profit facilities when we have a public resource, public infrastructure, that has already been paid for, and yet we’re not using it to its fullest extent," @alonghurst.bsky.social #onpoli petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2026/10/09/p...

CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

policyalternatives.ca

13 October 2026 16:54

Canada “seems to be following the U.S. down a path... They roll this stuff out with very little rules or regulations, and once impacts are experienced by communities, there has been a huge backlash across the country..." said @simonenoch.bsky.social #cdnpoli www.hilltimes.com/2026/10/07/f...

Jim Stanford

jimbostanford.bsky.social

06 October 2026 20:59

This contagious claim that under the NDP BC has become 'the highest taxed province' is nonsense. Provincial own-source revenue as share of GDP is 4th lowest among the provinces, and below the Canadian weighted average. #bcpoli /2