Scott Solmundson

During my medical training, I never thought I would prescribe housing. But if there was a drug to restore 30-40 life years for patients, we would all see it as a medical breakthrough. That life-saving treatment is housing for all. Hospitals are needing to move upstream and address homelessness because band aid treatments keep failing people and health workers. Grateful for UHN leadership seeing the importance of broadening our lane and the power of partnership with community. theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/ar…

@mcfargey @brianlilley No. And I hope we never do.

@brianlilley I was watching the beginning of the Super Bowl. The American anthem came on and the sense of patriotism was palpable when they showed a shot of Trump with his hand up in a salute. Have we ever seen that from a leader in Canada? Ever?

Shouldn't we be proud to be Canadian for Canada's sake and not because so many are angry at Donald Trump. The sudden resurgence in national pride due to Trump is disturbing. Let's celebrate Canada for Canada, not in opposition to Trump. torontosun.com/opinion/column…

@CJPME Please go, and I cannot stress this enough, fuck yourself.

If this kind of shockingly racist bile was said about any other group of people other than Palestinians, you have to think that the police would get involved.

@72nqw9pbzm @towhey Please leave soon. Buhbye.

@towhey No worries, many of us are preparing for that by preparing to move to US or other safer countries

As I seem to be shadowbanned, I repeat: The "riviera plan" for Gaza is nonsense, which nonetheless must be taken very seriously. President Trump has basically declared his intention to commit the int'l crime of forced displacement and resort to unlawful use of force against the Palestinian people and their right to self-determination, in violation of the UN Charter - amounting to aggression. The 191 members of the UN who still have an interest in protecting themselves from this madness, better recover from their paralysis and stand united against this imperialist lawlessness. PS: In any case, this plan won't work. How do I know? 76 years of failed attempts by Israel, including 16 months of genocidal assault. Indigenous people do not leave their land.

Every worker’s job is unique, and a one-size-fits-all approach doesn’t work for Canada’s diverse public service. Tell the government at remoteworks.ca, #RemoteWorks

None of these people are even remotely on the left. The real important story that happened since the Cold War is perhaps best illustrated by this Margaret Thatcher anecdote: in 2002, she was asked for her greatest achievement. She replied: "Tony Blair and New Labour. We forced our opponents to change their minds." And guess what: she was right, that was indeed her greatest achievement. That's what happened throughout the West: the ideological takeover of the "left" by "social democrats" who had no substantial difference to their opponents across the aisle. And in order to maintain the pretense that they were different, they decided to focus their platform on cultural and identity issues while abandoning any challenge to economic or imperial power - reducing civil rights struggles to convenient diversions from questions of class and systemic change. It's not the left that's unpopular, it's this sanitized ersatz of it. Voting essentially became a choice between the same product with different packaging, the illusion of choice. Even more contemptible: candidates who emerged who were actually on the left, who wanted to drive actual substantial and meaningful change, were endlessly demonized with some of the most dishonest and disgusting tactics in politics. Jeremy Corbyn in the UK is a perfect example of this - smeared as a national security threat (and an antisemite) not just for his economic program but for questioning the wisdom of NATO expansion and opposing Western imperialism. In France we're currently seeing much the same playbook being applied on Jean-Luc Mélenchon. This ties back to the concept of "extreme center" described by thinkers such as Tariq Ali, Pierre Serna or Alain Deneault. A radicalized form of liberalism that presents itself as moderate and reasonable while actually taking extremist positions in defense of the status quo - whether through unwavering support for imperial adventures abroad or the suppression of democratic alternatives at home. This centrism is 'extreme' in how viciously it reacts to any genuine left-wing challenge to the established order, whether through media smear campaigns, lawfare, or the cynical weaponization of identity politics to defend both domestic inequality and imperial power. The irony and the situation we today find ourselves in is that this "extreme center," in its zealous defense of neoliberal orthodoxy and its refusal to address fundamental economic grievances, ended up creating the very conditions of social instability and political polarization it claims to stand against. And, ultimately, the conditions of its demise as we're currently seeing throughout the West. The sad result though is that because the actual left has been so thoroughly demonized, legitimate popular anger and resentment largely get directed towards nihilistic movements that, far from solving our fundamental problems, channel these sentiments into scapegoating and division. These movements won't solve our fundamental problems - while they may break with certain aspects of neoliberal orthodoxy, they mostly offer the aesthetic of rebellion while dropping even the pretense of serving the common good. That's where we are: the victory of the 'extreme center' over the left has proven to be simultaneously absolute and self-defeating. Thatcher's boast about Blair might have been premature - her true legacy may not just have been making the left compatible with neoliberal economics, but creating a world where our only choice is between the plague and cholera.

@YeshuaOurKing @CTVNews Construction started in 1995. Commissioned in 1996.

@CTVNews built in 1932 .. 😂😂 what a joke the Canadian armed forces are

Multiple Chinese warships track Canadian HMCS Ottawa through the South China Sea ctvnews.ca/world/multiple…

The Liberal Government is raiding 700,000+ public workers’ pensions! Stand with us to stop this betrayal and demand fairness for public sector workers. #HandsOffOurPension #PSAC stoppensiontheft.ca/mp/

Tired of sky-high rent and grocery bills while corporate profits soar? It’s time to speak out. Stand with workers across Canada and tell MPs: Invest in workers and communities, not corporate greed. #WorkersTogether workerstogether.ca/speak-out/

the @CMA_Docs must demand the release of Kamal Adwan hospital director Hossam Abu Safiyeh and join the World Health Organization in publicly condemning Israel’s war on Palestinian health workers and infrastructure. Time to show leadership @BoluOgunyemi1 actionnetwork.org/letters/dda9aa…

@JustinTrudeau @melaniejoly @viraniarif @HonAhmedHussen Canada is called to condemn the Israeli war on Gaza Healthcare by @HA4Palestine @ForeignPoli_C @AdvocatesJust and others #canpoli actionnetwork.org/letters/f62cf9…

The Liberal Government is raiding 700,000+ public workers’ pensions! Stand with us to stop this betrayal and demand fairness for public sector workers. #HandsOffOurPension #PSAC stoppensiontheft.ca/mp/

Precision: unseating Israel is a consequence of it being serial violator of int'l law, including UN Charter, decisions, resolutions, administrative rules, etc. To stop the genocide, member states must impose sanctions on Israel and consider acting on the responsibility to protect (R2P).

Butter ⬆ 57%. Cheddar cheese ⬆ 59%. Beef cuts ⬆ 114%. Grocery prices are soaring – and workers are paying the price. Demand action to bring down grocery bills now. #WorkersTogether workerstogether.ca/affordable-gro…

I just wrote a letter: Tell Canada Post CEO – negotiate with workers!. Write one here: action.leadnow.ca/letters/canada…

Workers need action. It’s time to make the wealthiest corporations pay their fair share so we can lower prices, strengthen public services & support workers to build a better future. @liberal_party @NDP @CPC_HQ #WorkersTogether app.sosha.ai/s/4q1jDbCu

Tired of sky-high rent and grocery bills while corporate profits soar? It’s time to speak out. Stand with workers across Canada and tell MPs: Invest in workers and communities, not corporate greed. #WorkersTogether workerstogether.ca/speak-out/

Tell Trudeau: Support the ICC, Arrest Netanyahu! @justintrudeau @melaniejoly @bobrae48 @cjpme nmshr.io/s/twitter/ZB89…