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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • I generally approve of protests. But I think they need to be focused, with a very specific goal and audience in mind. This one seems to be very general:

    We refuse to stand by while the government and Canada’s richest corporations hoard wealth, gut our public services, fuel climate collapse, attack migrants, exploit Indigenous lands, and prop up a genocide in Palestine.

    They think that if they can overwhelm and divide us, we won’t fight back. But climate justice, migrant justice, economic justice, Indigenous rights, and anti-war movements are uniting to prove them wrong.

    A good protest can invigorate the participants, attract new advocates, and worry those in power.

    Without a clear message and goal, it isn’t clear to me how this will help move things forward by doing anything other than invigorating the participants.

    But maybe I’m just too old for the new decentralized form of protest.


  • On the positive side, 59% disagree that the plan to invest in large-scale national projects is a poor use of money, a slim majority (55%) agree that he has done a good job standing up to President Trump and 53% disagree that investing in defense is a poor use of taxpayer money. On the more negative side, only a minority agree that the Liberal government has done a good job on immigration (47%). Moreover, only 43% have seen progress on interprovincial trade. Similarly, 66% agree that they’re not confident that Carney’s budget cuts will be enough to improve Canada’s economic situation.

    Ouch. I hope that fall budget improves public perception of the guy.

    Waiting six months to kick off the new affordable housing agency doesn’t look in my books. They’re only planning to build 4000 units in the first year, so I’m not sure that’ll change anyone’s mind.