I don’t understand where I lost you. What I meant is: what’s important here is not the amount of money. If the guy was connected to billionaires, he could have raised all that money from like 3 people. The impressive thing about the Lewis campaign is that because of the lower average donation, the overall amount is an indication of a much broader appeal. So it’s not the amount that’s impressive, it’s the broad appeal of the candidate to the NDP member base. This is compounded by the higher average donation of his opponents, which means that they appeal to fewer, more well-off donors, and still didn’t manage to out-fundraise him.

Elections Canada interim campaign returns show Lewis has taken the lead in fundraising, having brought in $1.2 million from more than 10,400 contributors. Elections Canada data shows MacPherson has raised $560,000 from more than 3,800 contributors, while labour leader Rob Ashton has raised nearly $360,000 in contributions from more than 2,000 supporters. McQuail has raised more than $112,000 from over 800 contributors. Elections Canada has yet to publish Johnston’s fundraising numbers.

Lewis’ average donation comes to 115$ per donor

McPherson’s comes to 147$ per donor

Ashton’s is 180$ per donor

Mcquail’s is 140$ per donor

So in fact the person who has raised the most, has done it for as smaller average donation per donor. That tells you something about his appeal to the electors.

It’s not about more money, it’s about more commitment from more people.

We should definitely have closer relationships with the EU. But we should not join outright. We don’t need the Euro and we definitely don’t need the European Stability and Growth Pact. The Canadian economy should not get too tired up to the European one. We are not the UK, we don’t need this, it would be a weight not a booster. And I’m saying this as a dual Canadian-EU citizen.

Unapologetically Left, motherfuckers. That’s how we will defeat the fascists. Enough with the charade of centrist respectability politics.

Let’s not jinx it folks.

So, we should now see house prices come down, healthcare improved and all our problems solved, right? Right?

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He also said that he’s not going to attend physically the ceremony because of Trump:

« Tant que le petit dictateur est au pouvoir, je ne vais aux États-Unis sous aucun prétexte, même pas pour ça, lance-t-il dans une allusion évidente à Donald Trump. Je vais être là sur Zoom, mais il est hors de question que je mette les pieds dans ce pays qui nous a déclaré la guerre. »

https://www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/chroniques/2026-03-18/plus-haute-distinction-en-informatique/le-quebecois-gilles-brassard-remporte-le-prix-turing-et-fait-un-pied-de-nez-a-trump.php

On a single income? I don’t think so.

By the way, our healthcare system is in serious crisis, take that into account too.

My understanding (and I’m no economist) is that (a) some of the productivity metrics are weird, because they compare with the US which counts their idiotic for-profit healthcare sector in productivity, (b) part of the low investment is caused exactly because our capital is tied in real estate, and (c ) low investment is also a result of our god-damned oligopolies in so many key sectors of the economy. High taxes is not the only tool of course. What we need is a very aggressive policy against the wealthy. That can take the form of taxes, of improving social mobility via the welfare state, and of breaking up their cartels, i.e., their stranglehold on the economy.

Let’s tax wealth to fund quality universal basic services first. Healthcare, childcare, education, transportation, social security, elder care. Social non-market housing, public utilities for electricity, water, telecommunications/Internet. None of these are increasing inflation, because they are not part of the market.

The idea of “nest egg” is only important as a privatised form of elder care. I couldn’t care less about the value of my house if I had a publicly guaranteed quality of life as a pensioner. I wouldn’t even care to own a house if I had strong renter protections in non-market housing (basically if renting was not equivalent to someone holding power over my life decisions).

And of course, of course, the capture of capital in unproductive real estate is beyond stupid. Instead of feeding a real estate bubble, it should be ingested in productive sectors of the economy, like building up renewables and the green transition.

A social democracy is just common sense.

I was being cheeky with the “complacent” bit. Of course we need class solidarity. The reason I went out the way to self identity is because I am finally one of those fucks that I’ve always been told the system works for, a respectable taxpayer. And as a respectable taxpayer I demand high taxes and a welfare state.

Complacent middle class here. I would gladly get taxed more if that meant improved health and education and welfare. Not super keen on keeping up the subsidies of oil and gas, and of spending 5% of GDP on American weapons. And yes, we need a wealth tax.

Withdraw to your 1967 borders. Then we talk.

It’s restricting access to nationality by emergency decree. Ask any European with a memory of the 20th century why that’s as classic fascist as it gets.

Whether Italy has or doesn’t have “too loose” laws, should not be something an emergency decree should decide. It’s something that should be debated democratically, with public consultation and input from all those concerned, including of course the Diaspora because, guess what, they’re citizens. Then there should be an actual vote in parliament and the senate and if it touches on constitutional rights, it should pass the threshold of constitutional reform.

That’s what democracies do. Fascists pass emergency decrees.

However, a law introduced on March 28 last year by emergency decree states that …

That’s where the discussion should have ended. Fascists love passing consequential laws by decree don’t they?

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In the meantime China invests in the electric future. Turns out stupidity is not an American monopoly.

Enjoy your quagmire.

If you knew about it already you would know that the judge is Canadian.