#Cuba
Canadians must support Cuba against Trump’s barbaric siege
With the US tightening its grip, Canadians must step up where their government won’t

Owen Schalk / February 10, 2026 / 7 min read

#Canada #CanadianPolitics #cdnpoli

https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/canadians-must-support-cuba-against-trumps-barbaric-siege

@uxmark @markgrieveson @avilewis It also helps that the two of us have long been personal friends, worked on campaigns together, drank beer together

I posted a link elsewhere to the Sandy & Nora podcast where they talk about these kinds of issues. Nora mentions that she speaks online differently to someone she knows vs. a rando, and she can be a bit of a "shitposter" on some of the other platforms.

@markgrieveson @uxmark @avilewis

I suppose we can debate this until the cows come home, but my thinking is about how best to exercise power.

And when it comes to the CASA, we come to different conclusions.

@markgrieveson @uxmark @avilewis I have no confidence in Liberals either but my thinking is that Liberals only act if they are under threat.

The CASA removed any threat that the plug might be pulled and so they dragged things out as long as humanly possible.

It's like the way management behaves in negotiations when the union doesn't have a strike mandate.

@markgrieveson @uxmark @avilewis

My view is that these things could have been achieved with no CASA in place, just as the pandemic CERB benefits were achieved with no CASA.

@Caution During 2021-25 the NDP became notable for being cowardly and unwilling to bring down the increasingly unpopular Justin Trudeau Liberals with a clear left agenda.

The result was that voters couldn't distinguish between the Liberals and the NDP and threw their lot in with the Liberals in 2025 under Carney.

And Carney has shifted the Liberals even further to the right.

@Caution The NDP should have dealt with the Liberals on an "issue by issue" basis having them perpetually terrified of being pushed into an election. That's how the NDP dealt with the Liberals during 2019-21.

The COVID pandemic benefits during this period were a vast improvement over what the Liberals had planned i.e. dumping folks onto the inadequate EI system.

@uxmark @markgrieveson @avilewis IMHO, the forces behind the McPherson and Ashton campaigns are very much of the same "ilk" as those who signed off on the CASA.

The NDP needs to shift sharply to the left or it will be dead in the water.

@uxmark @markgrieveson @avilewis

Agreed. From the get go I told anyone who would listen that I thought the Confidence and Supply Agreement was an epic strategic failure. Very little was achieved, and what was achieved was dragged out as long as possible and implemented in a minimalist neo-liberal way for the most part. And then of course Liberals claimed credit for those small positive elements of it.

Doly Begum’s defection strengthens the case for Avi Lewis

As Begum showed her true colours with an opportunistic switch, Lewis embodies the kind of bold change the NDP desperately needs

Colin Bruce Anthes / February 9, 2026 / 5 min read

#Canada #CanadianPolitics #cdnpoli #NDP #NDP2026 #AviLewis #ONDP #OntarioPolitics #onpoli @avilewis

https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/doly-begums-defection-strengthens-the-case-for-avi-lewis