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@avilewis@mstdn.ca · 1d ago

Prime Minister Carney says the war in Iran was "worth it". I want to know who he thinks it was worth it for. #cdnpoli #iran #iranwar #NDP

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@avilewis@mstdn.ca · 3d ago

The federal government has finally acknowledged the practice of surveillance pricing, months after the NDP raised the alarm and sparked a national conversation about it. But the bill doesn’t ban this disturbing practice - in fact, it doesn’t even mention it by name. Instead, it just promises vague regulatory action in the future. In contrast, Wab Kinew’s NDP government in Manitoba is simply making the practice illegal. That’s the only way to stop big tech and big grocery chains from teaming up to gouge consumers. We’ve put this issue on the table, and we’ll keep building public pressure on the government to act decisively: today’s bill does nothing definitive to protect Canadians from this very real threat. https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/carney-governments-privacy-legislation-targets-data-use-surveillance-pricing/article_f0790b3e-f42c-42a4-bc11-51f7e75e5771.html #cdnpoli #surveillancepricing #NDP

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@avilewis@mstdn.ca · Jun 09, 2026

When the system is rigged for the rich while the 99% struggle to afford the basics, public ownership is how we take back the economy. https://youtube.com/shorts/E14aIMY0D-o?si=sXrNSojiHp9VR5zJ #cdnpoli #affordability #NDP

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@avilewis@mstdn.ca · Jun 02, 2026

Palantir is deeply embedded in the scariest activities of the Trump regime – enabling everything from mass deportations and lawless assassinations in international waters to ethnic cleansing, genocide, and war crimes. CEO Alex Karp’s recent online manifesto is a truly disturbing, supremacist screed. One UK MP said it “sounds like the ramblings of a supervillain.” The city of London, England recently canceled a contract with Palantir. Why is Canada handing nearly $50 million in public money to this creepy company? Doing business through a secretive contract with this MAGA-aligned tech giant is totally incompatible with the Prime Minister’s promise to defend Canadian sovereignty. https://theijf.org/brief/canadian-palantir-contract-amendments-obd #cdnpoli #NDP #palantir

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@quaff@thecanadian.social · May 29, 2026

MP Jenny Kwan has been doing great work protecting our rights (amongst many other great work they're doing). https://bsky.app/profile/jennykwan.bsky.social/post/3mk6vsdevg22d Please consider signing their petition against Bill C-22 (Lawful Access Act, 2026) and contacting your MP regarding the act. We've seen this type of bill before, they will keep trying to pass this in some form, and so we'll keep fighting it. Let's go to work. https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7416 #ndp #cdnpoli #canada (PS: I'm working on getting the MP over here 🫡)

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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · May 03, 2026

English – The Conversation | Your browsing history could soon set your grocery bill — and Canada isn’t ready for it by Jake Okechukwu Effoduh, Assistant Professor, School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Surveillance pricing – also called algorithmic personalized pricing – lets retailers show different shoppers different prices for the same item at the same time by using data such as browsing history, location and purchase patterns, and a recent parliamentary vote rejected an NDP motion to ban the practice; while most Canadians are unfamiliar with the term, a March poll found 52 % would support a ban, and a U.S. investigation of Instacart revealed shoppers paying up to 23 % more for identical groceries, prompting the company to halt the program after backlash. Canadian stores are increasingly equipped with digital shelf labels and AI pricing engines, yet existing consumer‑protection, competition and privacy laws do not address individualized price discrimination, leaving shoppers in the dark. By contrast, New York’s Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act and the EU’s 2019 consumer‑rights reforms require notices when algorithms set prices, and Manitoba’s proposed Bill 49 would outright prohibit surveillance pricing. In the short term, consumers can try private browsing or disabling loyalty accounts, but meaningful protection will likely require a federal disclosure mandate or a ban similar to those being considered elsewhere, because current regulations and the Competition Bureau’s remit are ill‑suited to curb this opaque practice. Read more: https://theconversation.com/your-browsing-history-could-soon-set-your-grocery-bill-and-canada-isnt-ready-for-it-281618 #NDP #Liberals #CompetitionBureau #CompetitionAct #AlgorithmicPricing

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@avilewis@mstdn.ca · Apr 30, 2026

The government should be protecting our public airports, not selling them off for parts. History is littered with examples of the failures of privatization. It drives up costs for the public, quality suffers, and workers always end up paying the price. #cdnpoli #airports #NDP

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@leftylabourtech@mstdn.social · Mar 25, 2026

NDP #Scarborough Southwest NDP by-election candidate Fatima Shaban calls out Liberal Party hypocrisy on #Palestine #Toronto #CanadianPolitcs #Canada #cdnpoli #NDP #NDP2026 https://www.tiktok.com/@fatimashaban9/video/7621255090099326229

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@leftylabourtech@mstdn.social · Apr 01, 2026

#Scarborough Southwest #NDP candidate Fatima Shaban on the impact of #MarkCarney's $5 billion transit cut on her community. #Canada #CanadianPolitics #cdnpoli #NDP2026 #austerity #Toronto #publictransit #transit

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@markgrieveson@mindly.social · Apr 10, 2026

Avi Lewis on Breakfast Television. His observations on the Libs accepting social conservative Marilyn Gladu was kinda funny. Anyway, as always, he did well in putting forward the progressive vision of the NDP. https://www.cp24.com/news/canada/2026/04/09/dont-know-what-it-means-to-be-a-liberal-anymore-ndp-leader-avi-lewis-on-recent-floor-crossing/ #cdnpoli #ndp #canpoli #avilewis

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@markgrieveson@mindly.social · Apr 01, 2026

Avi Lewis on Power & Politics: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7147768 #cdnpoli #ndp #avilewis #cbc

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@NewsDesk@flipboard.social · Mar 30, 2026

Canada's leftwing party, the New Democratic Party (NDP), has a new leader. Avi Lewis is an activist, broadcaster and filmmaker with no hands-on political experience, but a long family history (his grandfather led the NDP at a federal level, and his father is a former leader of the Ontario NDP). @cbcnews@flipboard.com takes a look at what all this might mean for the party, which had a dismal showing in last year's federal election. https://flip.it/dlZFQ4 #Canada #CanadaNews #NDP #AviLewis

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@avilewis@mstdn.ca · Mar 04, 2026

Last week, we held a critical conversation on Canada’s complicity in the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Despite the supposed ‘ceasefire,’ Gaza is still being starved, bombed, and invaded by Israel in real time with the support of Canadian-made weaponry.   But our hearts are not only breaking for those in Palestine.    In Iran, parents of 165 school children have just buried their young, after what's been the most deadly event of the US-Israeli-led attack on the country so far. Shamefully, Canada has backed Trump and Netanyahu's war. From Gaza, to Minab, to Minneapolis, the kidnapping and killing of children in classrooms around the world marks the failure of humanity. Weapons and war are not the answer. Canada must be a force for peace, diplomacy and de-escalation. Watch my full conversation with Yipeng Ge and Jehad Aliweiwi here: https://www.youtube.com/live/q5KH-__yUtc?si=FMOerokTfzEAOD0B #cdnpoli #gaza #palestine #NDP

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@markgrieveson@mindly.social · Feb 24, 2026

Trade researcher Stuart Trew joins host Noor Azrieh to argue that more free trade isn’t a master plan; it’s diminishing returns with nicer branding. CANADALAND: Carney Brokers a "Mega Anti-Trump Alliance" Episode webpage: https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/699d33c7dc0d51c3f15e6301 Media file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/630ceae33fe37400122828c6/e/699d33c7dc0d51c3f15e6301/media.mp3 #cdnpoli #ndp #podcast

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@markgrieveson@mindly.social · Feb 22, 2026

Hopefully this is an empty rumour and Boulerice isn't considering it. Given the makeup of the riding in question, it does make sense that it would be him. But, given that he's not identified as a sovereignist in the past, possibly it's someone else. #ndp #cdnpoli https://montrealgazette.com/news/provincial_politics/quebec-solidaire-gender-rule-exception-gouin-boulerice

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