Doug Allan

Health care, fiscal, labour, and international issues. The usual disclaimers.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

trump's revolution is failing
but the american people are going to continue to demand one.

i explain why with @ezraklein

[CODEPINK @codepink]

BREAKING: The House just passed a resolution to end the war on Iran by a vote of 215-208.

Just 3 months into the war, this is the earliest that a chamber of Congress has ever voted to reject an active conflict in U.S. history.

[Doug Allan @Leftwords]

50 layoffs at Barrie's Royal Vic hospital as demand surges. It's facing a $7.8 million funding shortfall. https://t.co/Xy1DPO6ld8

[Doug Allan @Leftwords]

Stop the hospital cuts. The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions and CUPE Local 5852 protesting Doug Ford cuts at Scarborough Health Network. By-election in Scarborough is coming up.

[Doug Allan @Leftwords]

Stop health care privatization! Build our public hospital services. Ontario Health Coalition rally on Queen now. Heading up to Queen's Park to tell @fordnation

[Doug Allan @Leftwords]

Happening Thursday. All out!

[Doug Allan @Leftwords]

New picker line on Bloor Street. OPSEU: Worth Fighting For!

[Doug Allan @Leftwords]

US ambassador doesn't understand why Canadians might be annoyed: we are going after all nations, he assures us.

They really are dumb. https://t.co/JCIE9mVIFO

[Mark Ames @MarkAmesExiled]

Zelensky's new state hero, Andrii Melnyk, in July 1941: "We collaborate closely with Germany and invest everything in this collaboration...we believe that Adolf Hitler’s new order in Europe is the real order, and that Ukraine is one of the avant-gardes"
https://t.co/ZzIyCWu1ci

[Doug Allan @Leftwords]

@RnaudBertrand America was in the process of attempting to use China to triangulate against the USSR. So I don't think this shows any greater ideological freedom in the 1970s. It fits quite nearly.

[Manolo De Los Santos @manolo_realengo]

What greater hypocrisy? The US Navy has killed 194+ people in extrajudicial strikes across the Caribbean & Pacific since Sept 2025. None posed any threat to US security. Yet the same US govt indicts Raúl Castro for defending Cuban airspace against U.S.-based terrorist groups.

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

The abominable treatment of civilians aboard the flotilla, including that which is documented in footage shared by Itamar Ben-Gvir, is unacceptable.

Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs has directed officials to summon the Israeli ambassador to demand assurances regarding the safety and security of Canadians involved.

Canada has already imposed strict sanctions on Mr. Ben-Gvir, including asset freezes and a travel ban, in response to his repeated incitement of violence. The protection of civilians and respect for human dignity must be upheld everywhere, at all times.

[Doug Allan @Leftwords]

@_InfoGram_ Eyb BN I

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

Un 14 de mayo de 1938, la selección de fútbol de Inglaterra hacia el saludo nazi antes de un partido en Berlín, que iban a jugar contra la Alemania nazi, como muestra de respeto a Hitler.

El gobierno británico ordenó a los futbolistas hacerlo en el ambiente de concordia con los nazis, de hecho, apenas unos meses después, los británicos junto a los franceses, firmarían el Acuerdo de Munich donde colaborarían con Hitler y les regalarían los Sudetes de Checoslovaquia.

Este era el bando de los países capitalistas aliados realmente... y no los cuentos de Salvar al Soldado Ryan que edulcoran la realidad.

[Doug Allan @Leftwords]

@pati_marins64 China doesn't need US capital to grow their economy. They have lots of capital, the US is a debtor nation, and China is focused on building its own industries. They do want to keep US corporate capital engaged to limit the crazy attacks coming from Washington politicians.

[Doug Allan @Leftwords]

Hospital funding - Ontario is number 10. Out of 10.
https://t.co/CFM2f69ySM

[Doug Allan @Leftwords]

‘Under immense strain’: Wait times at Ontario emergency rooms have spiked over past 5 years, study says

https://t.co/CIGbM0VOhJ

[Doug Allan @Leftwords]

@SamHersh01 @Kapur_AK As fake as Doug Ford's shtick. They played us as fools.

[Doug Allan @Leftwords]

Last year, China installed three times as much wind power capacity as the rest of the world combined, even as its turbine exports jumped. All of the world’s six largest wind turbine manufacturers are Chinese.

Canada is speeding up pipeline construction. https://t.co/XFE0VYsHpW

[Li Zexin 李泽欣 @XH_Lee23]

Ford CEO Jim Farley: We should not let Chinese EVs into the US.

Jim himself drove a Chinese Xiaomi Su7 and has been to China 6-7 times a year.

He said, "It's the most humbling thing I've ever seen. They have far superior in-vehicle tech."

Can't win, so they ban.