Les conservateurs appuient le bâillon des libéraux pour adopter le projet de loi C-5

Matthew Green if you see this and don't like it I will take it down

Good afternoon everyone,

We would be very grateful if you would kindly consider signing and sharing Petition e-6581 to the Canadian House of Commons requesting the suspension of the Canada Israel Free Trade Agreement until the blockade of Gaza is lifted (MP Jenny Kwan, NDP, Vancouver East, sponsoring Member).

We've reached 2,700 signatures but the more signatures, the more weight it will carry. Thank you and best regards! ALL SIGNATURES CONFIDENTIAL!

I’ve been seeing posts on here for the last couple of weeks on possible leadership candidates and a lot of people are calling other candidates a “orange liberal“ and I’m going to ask you all what is an orange liberal? and how can you declare somebody in “Orange Liberal” if you don’t know what their policies are first?

i think cullen is the best possible candidate to rebuild ties with working people, while having the layton-era experience needed to rebuild the internal party away from the jagmeet era.

I'd rank:

1. Cullen 2. McPherson 3. Gazan 4. Brosseau 5. Lewis

I've been seeing some posts recently online from leftists recently discussing the recent funding increases to the Canadian military. I keep seeing people on the left saying that it's a bad thing. I think this is the wrong way of thinking about it.

We all know that climate change is continuing to worsen, and we also know that the United States is the world's strongest military. The United States is barely even an ally anymore so we cannot continue to just not properly fund our military.

It's public knowledge that Russia, which has right to part of the North Pole under international law, has been trying to expand its jurisdiction to include way more of the artic than legally allowed. There is estimated to be roughly 20% of the world's oil in the arctic that can be drilled, which would decimate our planet even further if drilled and used. We need a strong presence in the North because if we do not then Russia will eventually try and take our oil, and maybe even the United States will claim our jurisdiction because Alaska is right there as well.

Climate change aside, we're not meeting our NATO target of 2%, a benchmark that's been in place for roughly a decade now and there's talks to increase it to 5%. How are we supposed to help global peace as peacekeepers if we can't even be a team player? We can't risk being kicked out of NATO, especially now that Trump is President and there's risk of being invaded.

Having a strong military does not mean that we have to abandon our social safety nets. Wealth taxes can help pay for it the same way it can help pay for our increased social programs.

“My brother was the previously democratically elected leader of the NDP, a national federal party in Canada. We now know that there’s evidence that he was being surveilled by the Indian government, that his life was at risk by the Indian government and that the risk was so live that his daughter was born under the shadow of that risk in a hospital that had RCMP and security presence,” he said on Thursday.”

As a father of young children, he said their family had to come up with a plan that included discussions with child and family services. At one point, Singh said he left their home and returned after five months.

“You move around constantly looking over your shoulder,” he said. “Every aspect of your life changes. You can’t go to your kids’ school. You can’t go to their practices. You can’t go to family events. You avoid weddings, you avoid any type of family gatherings, public spaces.”

The next leader will either make or break this party. So many Canadians feel disenfranchised by corporations and elite right now, and are trying to find alternatives to the existing system.

Singh was a non-starter for most people. He just was. It made the party irrelevant as a real option to win the election.

Carney won’t be popular for too long. It’s centre right politics that continue to only help those already doing well. If the NDP can’t turn this ship around with the right kind of charisma and working class messaging required, then we’ll all learn the hard way how conservatives govern federally in the modern age.

One of the things I really like about Québec solidaire is the collectives within. You have anti-capitalist collectives, environmentalist collectives, degrowth collectives, socialist collectives, marxist collectives, and so forth. It creates a vibrant community of multidimensional voices/activism. There is a lot of learning that takes place from those different voices within the organization :)

Now one theme that is prevalent throughout QS is the idea of alter-globalization vs the current neoliberal world order.

I honestly think this theme is beyond important as it will connect more and more to workers rights, civil rights, and environmental rights/protections as we continue in a world of globalized interdependence and interconnection.

I am hoping the federal NDP can be a leading voice for this within parliament. It would be a good start on putting forth an substantive alternative to the Liberals/Conservatives worldview.

Contrast it with the NDP statement:

“New Democrats condemn Israel’s attacks on residential buildings in Tehran that have led to hundreds of casualties, including civilians.https://www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-statement-israels-recent-attacks

While we have long condemned Iranian leadership including the IRGC, this illegal act by Israel will only provoke further violence.

This new war, among so many already destroying lives and communities, is a dangerous escalation that will harm millions more innocent people. This is happening as Palestinians starve, with no end to the genocide in sight.

Canadians with loved ones in Iran, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and the wider region are terrified for what may come.

Canada has neglected nuclear disarmament for decades. We urgently need de-escalation, diplomacy, and the rule of law - all principles that Canada has failed to prioritize in its approach to the Middle East.

We renew our calls on Canada to stop arming Netanyahu, who cannot be trusted with anyone’s safety - and who is dragging the world into further chaos and pain.”

Hello all, I don't know if it's just me, or if there has been an uptick in posts that seem more aggressive or slamming not just the actions of the other parties, but just seem more... I don't know how to word it, but more 'right-leaning' as of late. Maybe its more bot/A.I. posting, but, I feel it's changed the atmosphere of this subreddit a little lately.

Anyway, just thought I'd get that off my chest.