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could spearhead electoral reform in Canada. That might be the party's saving grace.

I did support Carney and I hope he does good things, and I don't think the following scenario would occur but I realize this belief is entirely based on my judgement of Carney's character which could be wrong.

I was thinking about the proposed gas pipeline to the east coast. If Carney hopes to be re-elected, he can't ram a pipeline through Quebec using emergency powers if such exist. Or he'd lose his seats in QC. Instead he's gotta give significant concessions to QC, like ownership, high royalties, etc. Stuff that he and Blanchet can sell to the Quebecers. I think this is certainly possible for a gas pipeline.

But then the following disaster scenario occurred to me. He likely has significant Brookfield investments in that blind trust. He likely has a seat open on that board whenever he quits public service. What if he uses emergency powers to ram a whole bunch of infrastructure, through P3s, where the private partner retains ownership, and the partner is Brookfield. Do as many of those as possible, get kicked out of office and sit on Brookfield's board, that much richer, while we get saddled with an even angrier and vindicated CPC fascism.

Thoughts?

Edit: Thanks for wading into my election PTSD nightmare!

Did everyone notice how this election wiped out all the previous leaders and now we're faced with being introduced to a new crowd of political leaders.

Elizabeth May with the Green Party is the only one still standing.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh suffered a resounding defeat on election night, losing his own seat, his party reduced to a single-digit seat count.

It's very likely that the Liberals will have to work with the NDP to form government. Isn't it a no brainer for the NDP to make electoral reform a deal breaking issue?

Lack of proportional representation is what has led to their laughable 7 seats.

The liberals will find working with the bloc a lot harder than the NDP, so electoral reform seems like an acceptable deal from their end too, right?

Should we be excited for this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Canadian_federal_election

Except Polievre doesn't have the warmth or compassion of a terminator.

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US source but a solid read.

In August, Goldberg will make the swim with a clear objective in mind: to be the first openly transgender person to swim across Lake Ontario.

The swim is 52 kilometres and will take between 20 to 26 hours. Goldberg knows it's is no easy task, but he’s motivated.

“It's really important for me to be that person who is visible doing this — and for my swim to be a piece of visibility and advocacy so that trans people can look at athletics in general ... and go, ‘Oh, this is for us too,’” Goldberg told TorontoToday.

Goldberg's swim comes at a time where the involvement of transgender people in sports is under attack by some conservative politicians, both in the United States and on home soil.

In April, Goldberg created a GoFundMe page to support his swim and mission for trans visibility. He aims to raise $12,500 to pay for safety boats and an experienced navigation crew, a medical safety team, nutrition and health supplies, weather monitoring services and training support.

Alongside his athletic effort, the page says Goldberg's open water swim will display the "resilience required to navigate the world as a transgender person."

He's hopeful that his swim will "show transgender youth that there are no boundaries to what they can achieve."

All money raised beyond the fundraising goal will go to LGBT YouthLine, a peer support organization for LGBTQ+ youth across Ontario.

Goldberg is a former peer volunteer with the group. He said working with the organization was a big part of his life and gender transition.

The Conservative Quebec [sic?] platform, unveiled recently by Leader Pierre Poilievre, says: “A Conservative government would put an end to the imposition of woke ideology . . . in the allocation of federal funds for university research.”

Using similar arguments – especially with regard to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies – the Trump administration has systematically cut federal funding for critical scientific research. Projects studying vaccines, infectious diseases such as HIV, and the health of sexual and gender minorities were specifically axed.

Despite Poilievre’s attempts to distance himself from Trump in some areas, his platform reveals he would follow the same path in attacking critical research, which should be free from political interference.

Voters must take this seriously. Canadians deserve better. We deserve a government that won’t muzzle scientists and won’t silence research when it is not convenient for a political agenda.