#infrastructure!

[chuuphic]

it stormed last night and a LOT of power went out in the county and getting driven home from my mom’s house tonight a lot is still out. like half the street and stop lights in the five mile drive were out even on the highway

[omegatheunknown]

Canada's future does pass through the North and there is amazing potential there to help us achieve the healthiest environment, the fairest society and the strongest economy in the world. The only way that we can achieve that goal is to work towards reaching our full potential. Since getting elected, this government has used Canada's North as a rhetorical prop, all without giving any second though to the day-to-day realities of the region. The federal government has a large role to play in the proper development of the North, and that development has to first and foremost yield positive outcomes for the people who live there and have called the region home since time immemorial.

-- Romeo Saganash, in this lovely article on HuffPo

[barackobama]

Earlier this afternoon, Republicans in the Senate filibustered the Rebuild America Jobs Act. It would have invested $60 billion in projects to rebuild roads, airports, and bridges and put a lot of people back to work. If you're as sick of GOP obstructionism as we are, take a minute to find your Republican senator on Twitter today using our Tweet for Jobs tool and tell them we can't keep waiting for action on jobs.