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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>/4<br>[1] Scurvy in 65-y.o. woman w. severely limited function, social supports<br><a href="https://www.cmaj.ca/content/196/33/E1144" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">cmaj.ca/content/196/33/E1144</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>[2] [Food Banks Canada] HungerCount 2024<br><a href="https://foodbankscanada.ca/hungercount" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">foodbankscanada.ca/hungercount</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>[3] Ten Americas: Systematic Analysis of Life Expectancy Disparities in USA<br><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01495-8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thelancet.com/journals/lancet/</span><span class="invisible">article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01495-8</span></a></p><p>[4] Stuart, Victoria A. 2024. Social Democracy<br><a href="https://persagen.org/wpi/docs/social_democracy.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">persagen.org/wpi/docs/social_d</span><span class="invisible">emocracy.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CanPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FoodSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSecurity</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalCorruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalApathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalApathy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/populism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>populism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailureToGovern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FailureToGovern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailureToLead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FailureToLead</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>/3<br>The cure for political scurvy is not for the rich to ignore the poor,<br>but for everyone to redefine the national purpose.[4]</p><p>If we decide that every Canadian must be well housed, well fed &amp;<br>well cared for, then we will live in a nation as healthy as ourselves.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CanPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FoodSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSecurity</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalCorruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalApathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalApathy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialAlienation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialAlienation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/populism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>populism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoFreeLunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoFreeLunch</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailureToGovern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FailureToGovern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailureToLead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FailureToLead</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>2024 worst year for Ontario ER closures, CBC analysis finds<br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/data-analysis-er-closures-three-years-2024-worst-year-for-scheduled-closures-1.7396789" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/data</span><span class="invisible">-analysis-er-closures-three-years-2024-worst-year-for-scheduled-closures-1.7396789</span></a></p><p>* 1/5 hospitals with an ER or urgent care centre had unplanned shutdowns</p><p>Comment: it's this crap that gets incumbent governments voted out of office</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CanPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalInertia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalInertia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailureToGovern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FailureToGovern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailureToLead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FailureToLead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalCorruption</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apathy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalApathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalApathy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialAlienation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialAlienation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalDissafection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalDissafection</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/populism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>populism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticBacksliding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticBacksliding</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>/1<br>... and this is the crap that disaffects voters, gets right-wing/far-right populists (with no solutions or costing, of course) elected:</p><p>B.C. emergency room closed for 3rd time in 9 days<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113456880931668244" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1134</span><span class="invisible">56880931668244</span></a></p><p>Halifax woman waited 3 years for MRI that showed she had brain tumor<br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-woman-3-years-mri-that-showed-she-had-brain-tumour-1.7398080" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia</span><span class="invisible">/halifax-woman-3-years-mri-that-showed-she-had-brain-tumour-1.7398080</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CanPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalInertia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalInertia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailureToGovern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FailureToGovern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailureToLead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FailureToLead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalCorruption</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apathy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalApathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalApathy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialAlienation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialAlienation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalDissafection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalDissafection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/populism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>populism</span></a></p>