Huh, since I've literally never been afforded the luxury of paying a capital gains tax and thanks to CBC's "like I'm a five-year-old" explanation, I realize I had some misconceptions about how it all works.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/capital-gains-conservatives-1.7430447

(Video below article)

Before, when I thought it was an actual tax on investment earnings, 66% seemed fantastic. Now I'm wondering why it's not 100% and why the Liberals made the first quarter million exempt from the increase.

#CdnPoli

I don’t know what’s been more disappointing:

*Watching nazis slowly take over the internet and dismantle it piece by piece over the last 10 to 20 years

*Watching “apolitical” sociopaths stand by and do nothing, because they’re nazis too,

*Or, watching most of you with your infighting and made up identity politics trying to silence and tone police the oppressed people who were telling you exactly what was happening the whole time.

Trudeau Coasted on Progressive Vibes, But Served the Interests of Corporations

Canadians flocked to food banks and inequality rose as corporations profited under Trudeau. He wasn’t “far to the left.”

By Nora Loreto , Truthout

Published January 8, 2025

#Canada #CanadianPolitics #cdnpoli #JustinTrudeau

https://truthout.org/articles/trudeau-coasted-on-progressive-vibes-but-served-the-interests-of-corporations/

Where were these academics back when Harper prorogued parliament for no reason other than "if we don't do it, they'll put together a coalition and punt us out of office?"

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/legal-challenge-to-suspending-parliament-faces-high-bar-1.7426585

"The JCCF is a legal advocacy organization that backed members of the Freedom Convoy and represented Manitoba churches challenging COVID-19 restrictions."

Ah, okay. Now it makes sense.

#CdnPoli

dubbing over politicians speaking in french with a live english translation makes me unreasonably upset. Just let me listen to their words, in french. There isn’t even an option to toggle this

The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information. Why do they hate it so much?

https://www.citationneeded.news/elon-musk-and-the-rights-war-on-wikipedia/

#Wikipedia #ElonMusk #USpolitics #USpol

American politics makes more sense when you realize the "liberals" are conservatives and the "conservatives" are fascists, and the former think they're in solidarity with the latter against the rest of us even though the latter would rather see the former die.

NOT AN ALLY.

US Pissant keeps threatening Canada, Greenland [Denmark], and Panama... https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-canada-panama-canal-greenland-1235217402/ #USA #cdnpoli #polcan #stateoftheworld

Donald Trump's presidential transition team is laying the groundwork for the U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization soon after he takes office, experts say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/24/world/politics/trump-transition-who-withdrawal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #who #us #covid19

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