Dr B Harrison 🇨🇦 d. April 2, 2026

“Mark Carney’s current approval rating is among the highest recorded in Canadian history, tied with former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien in December 1994.” Approval of Mark Carney increases to 66%

Want to know what Carney has done in his first year … this substack by @paulstewartii.bsky.social is an amazing resource Well researched This is the ultimate resource for anyone who wants to fight back against the CPC claim that Carney hasn’t done anything #cdnpoli

Welcome to Sucker Punch Spring

HOCKEY and CANADA (if you look closely you can see my tears)

If you like tardigrades. Or rotifers or moss. Lovely Sunday read about the teeming #biodiversity we so rarely consider. Why don't we design cities for far more? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Here’s some kindness from Canada.. When Olympian Maddie Schizas requested an extension to submit her assignment, her professor replied this ⬇️🥹 Go Maddie 🇨🇦!

Body image is a well-trodden discussion topic, but I think my perspective as a young cancer survivor gives me a slightly different angle on it all. 1/6

Poilievre just told #CP26 "There's never been a referendum crisis or a national unity crisis when Conservatives have been in power It's an interesting coincidence isn't it" False. BQ was the product of Mulroney's time in office. Borden - WWI conscription crisis. Sir John - Louis Riel. C'mon man.

We don’t talk enough about bureaucratic cruelty. No-one intends for the system to be cruel. But, as a young cancer survivor, I know that cruelty is often the outcome. The systems underpinning the NHS janky and bolted together. We mustn’t let a misplaced sense of romance impede real improvements.

LinkedIn probably wasn’t the best channel to post this, but I stand by it

Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today

Carney: "In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".

Trump on NATO: "The problem with NATO is that we'll be there for them 100% but I'm not sure that they'd be there for us, if we gave them the call". We did get the call on 9/11. 26 NATO members sent troops to defend the US. Hundreds died doing so. It was the only time Article 5 has been activated.

We can build walls or we can be more ambitious — and build something better, stronger, and more just.

Today we celebrate the wisdom of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, including and especially his lesser known work. Watch and share.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.

"Here we document trace fossils of a meiofaunal ecosystem that flourished in the immediate aftermath of the end-Ordovician extinction event...ichnofossils...dominated by nematodes and foraminifera." www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪 #Geology ⚒️ #Paleobio

Just left the House floor after we passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!!

A touch of beauty and some welcome sunshine

The world feels rough right now So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery. 🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta

I spoke with María Corina Machado today. I affirmed Canada’s support for a peaceful, Venezuelan-led transition of power — one that respects the democratic will of the Venezuelan people.

It's going to be a great year for defending democracy. Let's go!

Best wishes and thanks to all the healthcare workers, first responders and support staff working on Christmas and during the holiday season. Here's to a happy, healthy 2026.

A treasure from the family archives - a letter from my uncle to Santa from 1931. He was 8 years old. This is what it was like for a child during the depression. He lived for only 12 more years. He was killed on a training mission with the RCAF in England in December 1943, a week before Christmas.

Nico is taking a break from decorating to wish you all a very merry Christmas.

James Talarico: The Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage, but it goes on and on about forgiving debt, liberating the poor, and healing the sick. The closest thing we have to the kingdom of heaven is a multiracial, multicultural democracy where power is truly shared among all people

Alberta's at 6.8%. I'm among the 18% in BC who got the COVID shot, and BC is supposed to have the highest uptake. Sheesh.

So good

Planktonic crustacean larvae from Alister Hardy's The Open Sea - the World of Plankton (1956), illustrated by the author #Crustmas

“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” is out now in the UK and USA. I hope it will give hope to many people going through cancer treatment over the festive period. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/this-migh...

Words DO MATTER. This is deeply moving.

Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books

Picked up a great tree for a good cause at the Fallowfield Tree Farm earlier today. Thanks to the Salvation Army team for finding it a home, and making someone’s Christmas brighter this holiday season.

Britain's King Charles reveals his cancer treatment can be reduced in the new year, marking a milestone in his recovery https://cnn.it/3MyxyGE

Thoughts are with the people in Sumas, the Hope Princeton highway area, and the Fraser Valley tonight. The flood sirens are going off and the alerts and orders are there in certain areas. Be safe everyone.

Seaweed pressing as an art and a science: our newly reestablished herbarium collection at Scripps and the history behind it #Phycology