LostWon

I think in this case it's more likely because most are profiting from being landlords (or their spouses are).

Sure, I agree it's not likely an intentional attack on such people. I do think for what it is, it's nicely done (as I tried to acknowledge earlier). :) Maybe there are more political cartoons/caricatures out there that go after the most powerful people involved. I can't see those running in most major newspapers these days, though.

The day I learned about this, I threw away some (rarely used) old plates myself. And I ate off the same ones OP posted myself, as a kid. Between these and the leaded gas fumes at gas stations, many of us had some lovely pollution to endure throughout our younger years (and beyond, in many cases).

Stepping past what's on the plate, that plate design is one of the Corelle ones that is known to leak high levels of lead. Please don't eat off it-- try to get something safer. 🙏🏾

Although it's a nice artistic rendering, I think the focus was poorly chosen here. The resurgence of fascism is not originating with poor or "hillbilly"-stereotyped folks (even if it's certainly true they're targeted for recruitment by the folks who are directly promoting those beliefs). Since fascism directly benefits the kind of people you'd see attending MAGA billionaire events more than it benefits the misguided grandkids of WWII soldiers, I have trouble seeing a point in focusing on the bottom of their power hierarchy. Among the most dangerous folks embracing fascism are tech billionaires (not just from the US, but globally) who buy into the whole Dark Enlightenment brand of right wing accelerationism, for example, but obviously they're not the only ones.

The only meaningful, constructive reasons I can think of to turn attention towards less powerful people in the pro-authoritarian hierarchy is to either directly stand in the way of any harms they're committing or-- ideally-- for someone they think of as close to them to try to reach them-- to help them see reason.

Well you see, she's really talking about millionaire and billionaire comforts in Canada as compared to rich people in other parts of the world. They have it so, so much worse here, it's downright barbaric! Hopefully that clears things up.
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*Jeremy Bearimy, but yes.

Interesting. The plot thickens. :/

Too many good points here to decide what to even quote. The ultimate result of not coming to terms with missing pillars in our health care and social services.

Well, I suppose there's also the small hope that even if we lose the NDP, the Green Party could find itself and welcome everyone that's getting disenfranchised into their ranks, finally achieving Official Party status. I realize it's an out-there suggestion, but it's seeming more and more like anything is possible in the next few years (and whatever happens in that time will probably decide a lot about our future).

Yup, Mark Carney marketed himself in the traditional Liberal way, by copying others' most popular policies like a larger retailer proactively lowering prices to neutralize upstart competition. Now that they've essentially validated that viewpoint, if they even seem to consider reversing the policy later, they give the CPC ammunition. Both Carney and Freeland campaigned on this even though they must know damn well taxing the rich is the only certain way to ensure the long term health of society and the economy.

But the LPC is what the CPC used to be now. The CPC is much closer to the MAGA-esque PPC than they are to their traditional role. The NDP is apparently in a battle between LPC-ish establishment types at the top and more traditional NDP members at the grassroots. If the NDP gets absorbed into the LPC in future, that'll be it. Those grassroots voices will be silenced, and the left will be just as gone from Canadian politics as it is in the United States.

Wtf on the video. Normally I want to believe a victim, but this is the Official Opposition Leader speaking publicly, on camera. Is he really just that vulnerable somehow, or is this a cynical attempt to make political hay out of alluding to what has been said of Kinew's past? I'm genuinely suspicious of everyone here.

The NDP threatened during the last week of the session to extend the sitting into the summer if the PCs wouldn't fast-track the government's interprovincial trade bill, while the Progressive Conservatives kept MLAs awake through the night on Monday, the last sitting day, when they demanded recorded votes on bills the NDP's majority government would certainly pass.

The report had some context but more is needed. What concerns do the PCs have about current legislation if they're so dead set on delaying it they want to keep MLAs there late? I've been thinking over the last while, the nation's premiers were probably acting so giddy about ~~inter-trade~~ inter-provincial trade barrier removal and/or "nation-building" because they can later campaign on how great they were to be a part of it. In that light, I can't help feeling at least some of the nation's Opposition parties might want to throw a wrench in the works.

*edited to fix a missing word