Absolute trash tier journalism that does not even try to explain why use of agencies for staffing in both the US and Canadian hospitals has increased.

Hospitals offer an absolutely terrible compensation package to nurses and even doctors in some cases (for hours worked) and have generally become profoundly dysfunctional.

For many nurses, pay was capped or went down during COVID (until a recent pay increase due to backlash in Ontario) and the reality of working as hospital staff was ‘hey sorry ____ called sick can you take care of double the patients with no increase in compensation while bringing immense potential harm to your patients and causing you incredible moral and physical burn out?’

So people went to agencies that pay better but most importantly are flexible. You can certainly get a crap assignment while being an agency worker but your agreement may just be a few weeks and you can leave and choose to never return if an institution is mismanaged.

As a healthcare worker, hitching your wagon to one horse (or hospital) is a risky proposition these days since so many are mismanaged and underfunded. I’d rather have the flexibility to jump ship than stay somewhere only to become miserable and suicidal (which many healthcare workers struggle with)

In short, agencies are a symptom of a bigger problem. You can ban them (lol) but good luck finding people to take care of patients if you do.

Complex geopolitics at play.

Both Alberta and Saskatchewan hold key natural resources (oil and potash).

Both are essentially land locked and are unsustainable as soverign nations being surrounded by the US and Canada.

If either seceded from Canada, the most likely outcome is annexation by or willingly joining the US, which would be problematic for Canadian sovereignty as a whole.

I’m all for Alberta’s self determination but Canada cannot and will not allow allow this to happen.

If Albertans don’t like that, I fully support them seeking asylum / refugee status in the US.

Recent polling by Angus Reid shows that major opposition from First Nations (as secession violates their treaty rights) either would not effect Albertans/Saskatchewanians opinion on leaving or would make them more likely to want to leave

https://angusreid.org/referendum-alberta-saskatchewan-smith-moe/

Yeah at some point one has to assume they just don’t care. It’s why they force feed their population propaganda from a young age.

Anything that makes Canada more competitive is a win in my book.

Old people. Boomers still use Facebook. Many even use it as their primary news source.

Americans probably should be taught more about their government’s neocolonial actions.

There was always rot in America’s foundation of which most of the world and I hope Americans were well aware.

Canada’s servicemen and women died as your brothers and sisters when the US invoked article 5 of NATO in response to the 9/11 attacks.

This is a betrayal that won’t soon be forgotten.

State control of corporations and industry through force is a key ingredient of fascism. Might as well put a swastika on the MAGA hat wearer also.

How on earth is he anti-immigrant and reactionary?

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I said that it was a factor. But he likely would have still won even with those comparisons based on polling in December and January. There are many in Canada thwt are accepting towards MAGA and nearly everyone else was tired of the Liberals. Ultimately, it was Trump threatening repeatedly to annex Canada that tipped the election.

Politicians have always deflected. This is not a new skill.

The ballot question didn’t come down to PPs similarities to Trump. That was a factor, but ultimately the Liberal win was driven by Trump threatening Canadian sovereignty, which qualifies as foreign interference.

Liberals need to be careful here. This was destined to be a conservative landslide if not for foreign interference. Unless Carney is more effectual than a typical new PM with a minority government, the next election will be an easy Conservative win with or without PP at the helm.

This is a generous take on current CBP practices.

Many have been detained without legitimate cause or due process.

Generally it’s people of color who bear the brunt of injustice but I’ve heard stories of even white people facing challenges - being made to declare their love for the US or comment positively on the current US government for entry.

Its offputting enough to want to avoid the US unless absolutely necessary.

CBC demonstrated that several Canadian subreddits (which are toxic cesspits rife with divisieness) are run by Russian bots so it’s not just US influence.

Sadly I think this could be the beginning of the end for the NDP. They struggled to fill Jack Laytons shoes and though Jagmeet was a less well received leader, I feel they will struggle to fill his shoes too. The Americanization of Canada has already begun.

I’d say socially they are. Fiscally… only the NDP is consistently really left of center.

If I’m reading this correctly, the political right in Canada need the political left to split the vote under a FPTP system in order to succeed?