Well I’ll boycott all except Costco.

Boycotting everything else makes sense, but there’s no reason to choose Canadian cronyism and monopolies over Costco saving me hundreds of dollars of years every year and getting more for less.

Costco can’t be replaced because Canadian interests dont have competition.

Despite everything I think now is the time to institute a full stop on foreign purchases of Canadian companies, force the sale of all American shares in Canadian media companies, and break up Canadian monopolies to force competition and innovation back. Into our market.

What a bone-headed move. I guess we’re in the “Benevolent dictator” portion of the AI Boom - Gaming relationship. I feel like we’re at such a disconnect now that gamers are looking elsewhere.

Hot take: I think these decisions will drive gamers back to simplicity, community, and y’know…gameplay rather than flash and boom.

It’s no surprise that smaller studios are profiting while the big ones are languishing.

Then again people keep buying NHL, NFL, and FIFA 26, so what do I know.

I agree with this comment on unions AND contractors (though not all). I think the problem is when service becomes a game or grift and not actually being efficient.

City of Toronto was one of the worst performing unions in most sectors and stank of corruption and over employment, and then on the other side you have MetroLinx which has been one of the biggest wastes of money a government has ever seen.

Then on the flip side you have Parks Canada and the National Archives doing amazing work with limited budgets.

I know with Toronto the culture came from the top, but these days I think contract farming and middle management bloat is what is really killing efficiency.

Also let the damn people work from home.

This post has more investifative reporting than the editor and "journalist"in the Spec.

Also, don’t forget to sign petition e-6879! Don’t be distracted by the fact that the biggest imposition on your quality of life is by billionaires who are winning the class war:

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Sign/e-6879

Alright silly question, but how do I vote for a party leader in this election? I’ve received a plethora of emails about who to vote for, but not much about the process of how.

After years of the NDP playing weak and rather performative politics, I’m glad to see aggressive and blunt political messaging.

The NDP catered to some leftist bourgeoise and left the working class in the dust. It always needed to be a party of ushers, not gatekeepers, and the kind of righteous individualism needs to make way for collectivism. People have forgotten that banding together powerless people with discrete experiences against power and subjugation is the only answer right now. Its what the Carney speech got completely right.

This is.the equivalent of a timeshare salesman telling me I made a big mistake not buying the DoubleTree Vista Estates package.

This is the answer I feel sums up my feelings best. Really good nuanced take on Carney. Love him for the leader we need right now, but the last thing the world needs is more neoliberal and enshittified ideas. Hate how his ideas apply to countries, but not citizens. Corporate hegemony has been an issue in Canada since Confederation.

I highly recommend everyone write their MP, regardless of party, to demand more antitrust work and start the breaking up of Canadian monopolies.

If you can gather signatures with names and addresses even better.

At the very least, write your address and name at the bottom. Your MP is obliged to respond to any comment postmarked within their constituency.

You can also formally request a meeting with your MP as well.

Don’t be afraid of them. They work for you and they know it.

Canada really needs to just nuke twitter off our internet. Nothing good will come of it. Just finish the renaming transition from Twitter to X to Volksicher Beobachter.