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Income inequality is at record levels harming ordinary Canadians, this budget does nothing but hurry inequality along.

“Despite the government bemoaning the lack of necessary tax revenue while the ultra-rich pay just over half the effective tax rate the average Canadian pays, this budget neither generates needed revenue by increasing taxes on the wealthy and mega-corporations, nor reduces the tax burden on lower-income Canadians

“We’ve seen this movie before. For over four decades, we have tried austerity and corporate tax cuts. It ends with stagnating wages, soaring cost of living, skyrocketing inequality, and crumbling public services. It is time for a better way forward that puts everyday Canadians at the centre of their own economy,” ”

#cdnpoli

https://www.taxfairness.ca/en/media/releases/media-release-budget-2026-wasted-opportunity-address-soaring-inequality-and

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/statistics-canada-income-gap-1.7586634

For the first time this year, the FOSDEM conference will host a devroom for Local First, CRDTs and sync protocols and sync engines. @fosdem is the biggest FOSS conference in Europe.
This is a great opportunity to show your work, and meet other developers interested in Local First software.
The CfP is now open and will be for a full month. Don't delay and submit your talk, demo, keynote soon.

https://openlocalfirst.org

Looking forward meeting you all in Brussels at the end of January 2026

Remember: Behind every robot that turns evil is an engineer who specifically installed red LEDs into the eyes just for this occasion.