#publicgood

Remember that time… like 10 minutes ago… when we all had to vote Liberal because “otherwise we get the Conservatives.” Well… after a day of selling off our airports and slashing corporate taxes on new investment to levels never seen in a modern economy (a $48 Billion gift with no budget line item yet), we end the day, and Carney’s Trillion Dollar Summit with a keynote from…. Stephen ___ing Harper. “I am very encouraged by the detailed comments the prime minister made today on doing just some of these things, and I welcome them” Pierre must me so deeply confused today. Poor dear… 😂 🤮 There is only one alternative to the Liberal-Conservative duopoly in Canada, and that’s the NDP. #canpoli #cdnpoli #canada #CarneyCons #LiberalParty #CPC #ndp #progressive #climateAction #publicGood https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harper-canada-investment-summit-us-trade-carney-9.7345557

“The new regime cuts Canada’s marginal effective tax rate on new business investment by more than half, from 13 per cent to 6.4 per cent. The government says that is the lowest rate of any major advanced economy.” Great! Less revenue! Less services! More taxes on the rest of us! Go Liberal Government of Canada! Carney's really pulling out all the stops today. Selling the entire country -- to American investors -- down the Ottawa River because apparently this is how we make Canada Strong.🤪🤮 Gawd, I hate everything that is happening today. Everything. All of it. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canada-investment-summit-live-updates-september-15/ #Carney #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Canada #USA #TradeWar #Privatization #PublicGood

And if you'd like to see some facts about Privatization in other jurisdictions, here’s a recent report from the Canadian Labour Congress. https://documents.clcctc.ca/PAC/2026/Public%20Runways,%20Private%20Profits%20(FINAL).pdf "Supporters of privatization point to Canada’s high relative airfares, the prospect of government revenue windfall, and the profitability of overseas for-profit privatized airports.” "Opponents cite Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom as documented cases of privatization producing higher airline and consumer charges, decreased service quality, workforce squeezes, and abuse of market power inherent to airports' status as natural monopolies. Estimates suggest that a private investor requires 15-20% more revenue than airports currently generate– and that gap can only come from fares, fees, wages, or reduced government rent.” Their conclusion: "Airport workers and air travellers should oppose this shift from the current publicly-owned, non-profit model. Under for-profit airport ownership, revenue must be extracted somewhere: consumers, workers, or the government will pay the price.” #elbowssomething #airports #privatization #sellout #transportation #greed #publicgood #airtravel #canada #canpoli #cdnpoli

Oh look! Carney is doing that thing absolutely NO ONE voted for him to do!! Selling out our public infrastructure to the highest bidder so we can all pay more for flights that are already expensive and for which we have no land based alternative! Weeeeeeeeeee #elbowssomething Sub headline of the article: “Fares rose 'massively' when Australia privatized its airports, expert says” But I bet the shareholder ROI was great! https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/how-will-airport-privatization-impact-travel-9.7189042 #airports #privatization #sellout #transportation #greed #publicgood #airtravel #canada #canpoli #cdnpoli

#Anthropic does not advocate for a ban on #OpenWeightAI, recognising their value as a #publicgood. Instead, the focus should be on preventing #authoritariangovernments from accessing powerful #chips and cracking down on industrial-scale #distillation operations. Additionally, mandatory #safetytesting for all sufficiently capable models, regardless of origin or openness, is crucial to address concerns about misuse and alignment problems. https://www.anthropic.com/news/position-open-weights-models?AIagents.at #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI

"ABC managing director Hugh Marks told the audience journalism was a public good that had to be protected." I haven't read "public good" in the news in a very long time, thought it was a cancelled woke term. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-21/news-bosses-call-for-licensing-deals-with-ai-companies/106942202 #PublicGood

@fightingliberal.bsky.social Education is a #publicGood. Or should be.

@ben@werd.social This is exactly right. But it requires an acknowledgement that news is a public good, not a public equity plaything that should be squeezed dry like a lemon. #localNews #publicGood

In 1989, the Australian Telecommunications Commission was restructured into a corporation. That's when the rot set in. “The world is gradually recovering from the mania for privatisation …” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/09/telstras-triple-zero-failure-is-a-result-of-prioritising-neoliberal-competition-and-reaping-none-of-its-benefits #AusPol #telecommunications #PublicGood #DePrivatisation

The ideology is strong @Old_IT_geek@techhub.social but cracks are forming. The edifice is collapsing too slowly. How can we give it a nudge? #AusPol #telecommunications #PublicGood #DePrivatisation