🆕 #cdnpoli Poll. ANGUS REID INSTITUTE Decided + Leaning. #LPC 45% | #CPC 32% | #NDP 10% | #GPC 4%. n-1494 Online Feb 20-23
#GPC
from a mailing, and referencing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXpSxDIwc5A, "And she discovered something else you should know about. Just a couple of months after supporting Alberta’s push for another pipeline to the BC coast, the Liberal government quietly gutted its marine spill response program in January. They laid off the experts who are called on when marine life and wildlife are in harm’s way from toxic spills. The kind of spills that happen frequently, we just don’t hear about them because they’re not big enough to make the news.
When Elizabeth raised these layoffs in the House of Commons, even Liberal MPs were taken by surprise."
This is why I am having a lot of difficulties believing in PM Carney is other than just a good speaker.
#gpc
#canada #CarneyMarkJ #CarneyDavos
Full disclosure for Canadian folks.
Yes I am an #NDP member.
I have also been a Green Party (Federal) member. #gpc
I have always been on the orange/green fence. This post explains my history and current thinking about parties and this moment in Canada.
I had never been a member of any party, then I voted in the GPC leadership race with Annamie Paul and Dimitri Lascarsis because I wanted to make a difference more than just talking online…
When that party disintegrated, I left, but had got the taste… so then I joined the BCNDP to participate in their leadership campaign after Horgan. I supported the upstart Appadurai who got disqualified… but she made a splash and a very very important point!
So I stuck around… and now I am going to vote in the Federal NDP leadership because I see a couple really good candidates that could push Canada in a #democraticSocialist direction.
I encourage others to do the same. Canada and Canadians need real options right now. Liberal, NDP, and others. Be involved. Become a member even if you don’t think you’ll stick. Be involved.
After the leadership vote I will likely let my membership lapse and go back to being a free agent… towing a party line is not my style…
But it is important in this moment in the world to fight for what you believe in, so that’s why I am voting in the NDP leadership.
I know I will be voting for one or more of these depending how the voting works.
@votetanille
@avilewis
@tonymcquailgreenprogressive
#canpoli #cdnpoli #canada #liberalparty #democracy #beinvolved
There's now an Intent to Prototype for Global Privacy Control (#GPC, https://github.com/w3c/gpc/blob/main/explainer.md) in Chrome:
https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/ztV1otnl_NQ/m/rvvLFkrdBQAJ. This is a good thing for more #privacy on the Web.
I think the best #GPC UI I've seen (aside from an unknown number of sites that simply honor it and don't show anything in the UI) is newegg, which just shows a little toast message with a slight more verbose version in a tooltip if you click it
Impressively incoherent #GPC implementation from reuters: "Your opt out signal has been honored… by continuing you agree… but also you can opt out" 🤔
Welsh Government hands GPs £41m pay boost after threat of dispute
The deal, struck between ministers, NHS Wales and the General Practitioners Committee (GPC) Wales, includes a 4% uplift to the general medical services contract in 2025‑26 — in line with independent DDRB recommendations — and a guaranteed 5.8% recurrent funding uplift from 2026‑27.
Health Secretary Jeremy Miles said the package “demonstrates our unwavering commitment to general practice in Wales,” adding:
“The 4% pay uplift ensures fair recognition for GPs and practice staff who work tirelessly to deliver care for communities across our country.”
What’s in the deal
The settlement delivers £37.9m in fresh investment, backed up by £4m re‑deployed from capacity funding, to shore up surgeries for 2025‑26. Alongside the pay rise, there’s a 1.77% uplift for expenses to help practices cope with spiralling costs, and a recurrent £20m injection to stabilise services and prepare for reform.
The partnership premium is also being boosted to keep experienced GPs in the system and make partnerships more attractive — a move aimed at securing continuity of care for patients. And in a significant step, the government has promised the first full review in more than 20 years of the allocation formula for the General Medical Services contract, raising hopes that funding will finally reflect the realities of today’s communities.
Hard‑won agreement
But the deal didn’t come easily. Doctors had warned they were prepared to enter a formal contract dispute and even ballot for collective action if ministers failed to meet their demands.
Dr Gareth Oelmann, chair of the BMA’s GP committee in Wales, said:
“This settlement provides much‑needed stability for practices and recognises the tireless work of GPs and their teams. But it comes against a backdrop of years of underinvestment, and we will continue to press for a fairer share of NHS funding for general practice.”
Committee members unanimously backed the final package, describing it as a stabilising step that gives practices the certainty they need to plan ahead. The profession, however, made clear that trust has been strained by years of underfunding — and that the promised review of the allocation formula will be a crucial test of whether funding really reflects the needs of today’s communities.
Wider concerns
Critics warn the funding boost doesn’t undo a decade of decline. The BMA has pointed out that the share of NHS Wales spending on general practice has dropped from 8.7% to just 6% since 2005 — a slide described as “like turning a supertanker.” Only last year, almost 99% of Welsh GPs rejected a government contract offer, underlining how fragile confidence remains.
Miles insisted the multi‑year deal will allow practices to invest in transformation and deliver more care closer to home. Working groups are also being set up to improve access standards and tackle diabetes prevention, with GPs actively involved in shaping new service models.
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£700K support to expand primary care medical training in West Wales
Welsh Government backs Swansea University initiative to train the next generation of GPs.
Welsh Government to invest nearly £25m in new NHS scanners
New PET‑CT technology aims to cut waiting times and boost diagnostic capacity across Wales.
£25m boost for digital services across Welsh NHS
Funding package to modernise NHS systems and improve patient access to care.
NHS bursary extended in Wales
Support scheme for nurses, midwives and healthcare students extended to strengthen the workforce pipeline.
#BMA #BritishMedicalAssociation #doctor #doctorSPay #doctorsSurgery #GeneralPractitioner #GeneralPractitionersCommittee #GP #GPPay #GPC #JeremyMilesMS #payRise #WelshGovernment
Nobody with any sense will trust Carney after this. This is why he wants a majority - he plans to ram through whatever he wants, no compromises, no review.
"I told that to the PMO and said, ‘This is unacceptable, I gave my word to Elizabeth, we gave our word as a party to Elizabeth, and we're betraying our word to her.’”
Elizabeth May calls the Prime Minister of Canada a liar while trying not to. I wish she was wrong.
"the memorandum of understanding Prime Minister Mark Carney signed with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on energy — specifically the part that applies federal tax credits to enhanced oil recovery — amounted to a "significant betrayal and a reversal" which has her questioning the worth of Carney's word.”
RE: https://mastodon.social/@emilylowan/115623697970750137
This is the newly elected leader of the Green Party of BC.
The Liberal Party screwed him and then abandoned him. He should cross to another party. The Greens need a leader.
"Finally, over the past few months, several elements of the climate action plan I worked on as Minister of the Environment have been, or are about to be, dismantled: the consumer carbon pricing, the Zero Emission Vehicle standard, the oil and gas sector emissions cap, the framework to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies, and the Clean Electricity Regulations."
Leader of the BC Greens @emilylowan has some choice words.
"This pipeline will never happen, and we'll make f*ing sure of it”
👍👍
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #BCPoli #Greens #GPC #EndFossilFuels #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
https://mastodon.social/@emilylowan/115623697970750137
* Steve Paikin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Paikin
* James Pasternak - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pasternak
* Annamie Paul - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annamie_Paul #GPC/Ind.
* Rick Perkins - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Perkins #CPC
* Don Stewart - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Stewart_(Ontario_politician) CPC
* Kevin Vuong - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Vuong LPC/Ind.
2/2 finis
If you “honour” my #DoNotTrack* signal, why don't you just shut the fuck up, dear https://docs.spring.io? 🙄
* More accurately: #GlobalPrivacyControl header or #GPC
CBC reporting that Elizabeth May has said she will be voting for the budget tonight. Which means the Liberals only need one more vote for it to pass, or for two MPs to abstain.
Seems unlikely we will have an election from this budget vote... but you never know!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Liberals #GreenParty #GPC #NDP #Bloc #CPC
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/livestory/federal-budget-vote-2025-9.6981042#content
Thanks @ttcriders.bsky.social for starting this campaign calling on @mark-carney.bsky.social & his #LPC government to protect and expand public transit funding in this year's budget. Please spread the word. #cdnpoli #TOpoli #CPC #NDP #GPC share.nwmd.social/s/GnWbVXo9
Tell your Federal Representati...
Efekt Kalifornii. Jak jedna ustawa zmusi Google i Microsoft do zmiany przeglądarek dla milionów
Na pierwszy rzut oka wygląda to na lokalną regulację, ale eksperci są zgodni: to prawo, które właśnie weszło w życie w Kalifornii, prawdopodobnie ustali nowy, ogólnokrajowy standard prywatności dla całego internetu w USA.
Mowa o ustawie Assembly Bill 566, która wymusza na twórcach przeglądarek, takich jak Google i Microsoft, wprowadzenie jednej, kluczowej funkcji.
Chodzi o uniwersalny „sygnał” opt-out, który automatycznie informowałby każdą odwiedzaną stronę, że użytkownik nie życzy sobie sprzedaży ani udostępniania jego danych osobowych. Giganci technologiczni mają czas do początku 2027 roku, aby zaimplementować tę funkcję w swoich flagowych produktach, takich jak Chrome czy Edge.
Dlaczego Kalifornia znów rządzi internetem?
Eksperci, tacy jak Emory Roane z organizacji Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, przewidują, że zmiana będzie miała „wpływ ogólnokrajowy”. Powód jest prosty: firmom technologicznym znacznie łatwiej będzie wdrożyć tę funkcję dla wszystkich użytkowników w USA, niż tworzyć skomplikowany system, który udostępniałby ją tylko mieszkańcom Kalifornii.
Co więcej, kalifornijskie prawo dotyczy mieszkańców stanu, niezależnie od tego, gdzie fizycznie się znajdują. Próba wykrycia, czy kalifornijczyk na wakacjach w Nowym Jorku nadal jest chroniony, byłaby dla firm prawnym i technicznym koszmarem. Dlatego najbezpieczniejszym i najtańszym wyjściem jest wprowadzenie tej funkcji jako standardu dla wszystkich.
Koniec z irytującym klikaniem na każdej stronie
Kalifornia już wcześniej, dzięki ustawie CCPA, dawała mieszkańcom prawo do rezygnacji ze sprzedaży ich danych. Problem w tym, że obowiązek ten leżał po stronie użytkownika. To użytkownicy musieli na każdej pojedynczej stronie szukać linku „Nie sprzedawaj moich danych” i klikać w niego ręcznie.
Nowa ustawa AB 566 przerzuca ten obowiązek na technologię. Zamiast setek kliknięć, Kalifornijczycy (i zapewne nie tylko oni) dostaną jeden przełącznik w ustawieniach przeglądarki.
„Jeśli musisz wchodzić na każdą stronę z osobna, aby kliknąć link, to tak naprawdę nie masz żadnych realnych praw do prywatności” – skomentowała Caitriona Fitzgerald z Electronic Privacy Information Center.
Warto zaznaczyć, że nie jest to technologia z kosmosu. Przeglądarki takie jak Mozilla Firefox już dobrowolnie oferują podobną funkcję (w ramach standardu Global Privacy Control), która wysyła witrynom sygnał „nie śledź”. Nowe prawo po prostu zmusza do tego samego największych graczy, którzy do tej pory nie byli tym zainteresowani.
Google po cichu walczyło z ustawą
Co ciekawe, choć Google publicznie nie sprzeciwiało się ustawie, dziennikarze śledczy z CalMatters i The Markup ujawnili we wrześniu, że firma działała aktywnie za kulisami procesu legislacyjnego. Google miało organizować sprzeciw wobec ustawy, wykorzystując do tego grupę biznesową, którą finansuje.
Teraz, gdy ustawa została podpisana, aktywiści już patrzą w przyszłość. Skoro udało się to w przeglądarkach, następnym krokiem może być podobne prawo zmuszające inteligentne urządzenia (Smart TV, głośniki) oraz nowoczesne samochody do respektowania sygnału opt-out i zaprzestania zbierania danych o użytkownikach.
Koniec z prywatnością? Modyfikacja za 60 dolarów pozwala wyłączyć diodę nagrywania w okularach Meta
#AB566 #CCPA #GlobalPrivacyControl #GoogleChrome #GPC #Internet #Kalifornia #MicrosoftEdge #news #ochronaDanych #prywatność #usa
Solar and Wind is overtaking fossil fuel electricity. The clean energy transition is happening. It is accelerating. And Canada, with its daily drama of “pipeline politics” led by grifters and so-called “populists” is nowhere to be found. A non-player. An energy backwater. Irrelevant.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #energy #future #solar #wind #LPC #CPC #NDP #GPC
https://mastodon.social/@SeanCasten/115338661547746172
🛰️ Universal opt-outs are becoming law.
Global Privacy Control (GPC) is required in California & Connecticut, with New Jersey enforcement starting July 15 2025.
For B2B orgs, that means adjusting consent frameworks, analytics tags & vendor agreements now—not after enforcement hits.
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