Because the wealthy own the largest channels that most people use to inform themselves, the narratives that challenge their dominance will never reach as wide an audience as they deserve.
Those with wealth will use their power to suppress criticism and dissent. When criticism and dissent slips past their mass media conglomerates, there is always the courts—which have been built to protect the wealthy.
Because the working class has been squeezed to the point that almost half of Canadians are just a few hundred dollars from insolvency, it is virtually impossible for the working class to stand up to their oppressors.
What is revealed by interviews by @JesseBrown / @CANADALAND with @Pick61989 is that the wealthy will do anything they can to maintain their grasp on power.
Important reminder to everyone that @bostonpizza is a member of the Conservative anti-labour lobby group, Restaurants Canada, which opposes living wages for workers and supports the #UCP and their anti-2SLGBTQ+ social policies.
If you want to find a list of vilains in the province—and their sponsors—just pay attention to the companies who advertise on the boards.
Many will have ties to Conservatives.
An obvious connection is Jason Kenney, former lobbyist for the so called Canadian Taxpayer Federation, who is now on the board of the Alberta Trailer Company.
Somehow ATCO has become a behemoth in overcharging you to get heat.
Pathways Alliance: “This group includes Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Cenovus Energy, ConocoPhillips Canada, Imperial, MEG Energy, and Suncor Energy. Together, they control a whopping 95% of Canada’s oil sands production.”
This is the future that people like Murray Edwards, The Irvings, Exon, and other oil companies made for us. This is the future that Conservatives and other neoliberals enabled through capitalism. Only the future is now.
Look at the sea temperatures. This is pretty much what environmentalists have been warning about since I was a kid. I grew up watching @DavidSuzuki)
This is it.
Canada is experiencing it’s worst wildfire season. There are tremendous issues with unaffordable housing and homelessness. Drug poisoning is now the leading cause of death in BC.
And this is what Conservatives do with their time in Parliament.
Few Canadians have caused more harm to the world than Murray Edwards. The Irving dynasty is one of them. For generations they have ruled New Brunswick with an iron fist. Irving considering exiting the oil business is a big deal.
Recently the Irvings sold the English Language that they used to dominate the media in New Brunswick to Postmedia. Jamie Irving was appointed to the head of the Canada-wide propaganda company.