Investments, blind trusts, TFS...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/election-money-explainer-1.7495661

#CanPoli I had hoped that this would not be a big issue in the #FederalElection2025, because issues such as #Tariffs and our country's future are more critical than this. However, I recognize it's easier to keep flogging the trivial than to write about all that complicated trade and economics stuff. Next I suppose they'll be asking investment advisors to evaluate competing investment portfolios and that will decide the election.

https://emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/canadians-arent-being-asked-to-meet

#CanPoli #FederalElection2025 A sharp piece from @EmmettMacfarlane. I agree: key question should be disentagling ourselves from economic dependence on #USA. This is especially the case since many conservative pols like Smith and Ford are pushing for *greater* integration, where we try to appease #Trump by offering up our resources. But instead we get a debate over income tax cuts. And my friends the #NDP seem to have nothing to say and are sinking into irrelevance.

Cuts to fuel excise favour the wealthy, reduces funding of roads, and gives nothing to those who do the right thing and take public transport or have electric vehicles. The #LNP will always support such regressive measures. #Labor's election sweetener is marginally better in that the tax cuts appear mostly progressive. The #LNP have never supported, or understood, action on climate change.

We should be much more progressive in taxation and use funds to improve public transport in all forms. We no not need or want nuclear or massive gas projects. Renewables with grid stabilisation, already mostly negates the idea that we need gas or nuclear to meet baseload demand. #FederalElection2025

#canada #FederalElection2025 #CanadianFederalElection
Liberals and Conservatives Poll CPAC March 25, 2025

https://globalnews.ca/news/11094625/danielle-smith-tariffs-canada-election/

Her office may try to "refute" this, but I don't see how they can deny it:

"'I would hope that we could put things on pause, is what I’ve told administration officials: ‘Let’s just put things on pause so we can get through an election. Let’s have the best person at the table make the argument for how they would deal with that,’ and I think that’s Pierre Poilievre.”

As Naheed Nenshi said, "It's never country before politics for her."

Just registered to vote by mail for the upcoming election. Wife misread the instructions and thought that we needed to get an affidavit in order to vote by mail which really pissed me off that they would make it so difficult for people who can’t/don’t want to vote in person but turned out it was ONE of the options for ID, if you don’t have a drivers license or passport. #canpol #federalelection2025

I would hope that this #FederalElection2025 present an opportunity for Canadians to have a serious debate about #Canada's economic strategy. But my early read of mainstream media coverage is discouraging: lots of attempts to play gotcha with Carney and Poilievre's financial holdings and now endless "Did or did not Danielle Smith try to get Trump's help to fix the election?"

Too bad, because the economic road ahead is likely to be difficult, and voters should be considering the costs/benefits.

#Canada #canpoli #federalelection2025

Let the #federalelection2025 begin! Hoping for a #liberalpartyofcanada win with #markcarney.

Any suggestions of #canpoli #canadianpolitics people/accounts I should follow on Mastodon? Not necessarily people with the same views I have, as long as they are sharing educated opinions and no fake news. #Canada #canadians #LPC #Politics #Politique #Québec #elections2025

It’s been a busy yet productive weekend. Yesterday, Mum and I had the pleasure of meeting Mitch Tambo, whom we both deeply admire. Today, we attended the Lions Club of Taylors Lakes picnic, where we had a chance to speak with Alice Jordan-Baird - Labor for Gorton and Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah MP.

During our 30+ minute discussion, I raised key issues affecting Brimbank, including the lack of funding for disability inclusion, the State Parliamentary Petition for a "new specialist school" in Deer Park, limited social connection opportunities for LGBTQIA+ adults, and our strong opposition to Melbourne Airport’s third runway. Both Alice and Michelle were receptive to the issues we raised.

We urged them to increase funding for disability support organisations in the West (including GenWest), provide resources to Brimbank City Council for inclusion programs for disabled and queer adults, improve road infrastructure—particularly Taylors Lakes' notorious roundabouts—and collaborate across all levels of government to ensure our communities receive the necessary support to thrive.

I will never stop fighting for meaningful change in our community.

Anne Twomey explaining what happens when we have a hung Parliament.

It's a bit dry, but important. She's also very thorough. Well worth the time to know this before the hot takes start flying.

https://youtu.be/UofNtFFLLAE

Hey Canadians of Mastodon, are you registered to vote? There's an upcoming federal election, and the less barriers to voting you have to jump, the better! You can check whether you're registered at the right address, or register, or change your address, right here

https://ereg.elections.ca/en/ereg/index

It's easy, free, and it took me like two minutes. Our turnout for voting has been pretty abysmal lately - let's change that.