RE: https://flipboard.com/@dailyhive/vancouver-real-estate-bnr6bkgcz/-/a--GffafsHQfCGa3UrXTx4YQ%3Aa%3A3765800918-%2F0

Lorne Doerkson's B.C. Conservatives promise massive cut to services that everyone needs and probably a giant hole in the budget as well. #BCPoli

"Unfortunately, however, those laws are full of loopholes. And so, in 2010, Stephen Harper’s Conservative government had no trouble permitting the takeover of Canada’s largest newspaper chain — with more than 100 media outlets, including leading dailies like the Vancouver Sun and Ottawa Citizen — by a company called Postmedia, even though Postmedia was owned by several U.S. hedge funds." #CDNPoli https://rabble.ca/columnists/for-the-sake-of-our-democracy-american-hedge-funds-should-be-banned-from-owning-canadian-newspapers/

"And despite Canadian laws meant to limit foreign ownership in domestic media, Postmedia is 98% owned by U.S. hedge funds. Technically, this should not be allowed under the Investment Canada Act, which caps foreign ownership of Canadian media companies at 20%. Yet, Postmedia has somehow circumvented these restrictions, raising serious questions about how such a loophole was permitted to persist." #CDNPoli https://canadianreturnee.substack.com/p/the-quiet-capture-of-canadian-media

RE: https://mastodon.social/@miki_lou/117249433930917349

Privatization has helped lead to the shit we're in now, so why don't we do some more of it? FFS. The PM might be Captain Canada in US relations, but he's a neoliberal sellout to the rest of us.#CDNPoli

RE: https://humanwords.party/@pinhman/116756044725654891

Imagine being a person who thinks that resource development is more important than human beings having access to clean water. #CDNPoli

Hard to believe it's been five years since I released this home-recorded post-punk pandemic masterpiece. #music https://veroluna.bandcamp.com/album/shake-the-world