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We understand that you’re sorry for what your government is doing to former friends and allies. Unfortunately that’s sounds to us a lot like “thoughts and prayers” after a mass shooting. We would much rather you do something than be sorry.

learning is the enemy

The separatists in Alberta lost. Badly. Why we don't have to go around pretending otherwise -- and why those who keep trying to platform their voices and reason with their unreasonable grievances are doing more harm than good. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/26/o...

Walter was more than Chekov. He was a writer, a teacher, a thoughtful man, and a loyal friend. To the fans who loved him for so many years, thank you. He loved you too. Rest well, my dear friend. Keep navigating a steady course. – George

David Peterson’s 41 year wish not to be the photo beside the Canadian Encyclopedia entry has finally come true

Gary Mason on election interference: "There's one set of rules for them, and another set of rules for everybody else. And people are fed up with it. The rest of the world is fed up with it. And that's why the U.S. has become a pariah country. People don't like them. Canadians don't like them."

BC nobly sacrifices good governance to teach one man about hubris

David Eby is about to learn the same lesson about political opportunism that David Peterson (1990) and Jim Prentice (2015) learned.

Susan Collins is falsely claiming she's won tariff exemptions, and media outlets are letting her get away with it. In fact, the admin is swapping some 50% tariffs for other 50% tariffs, as they did when they swapped out road salt. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

This is fucking lunacy. The only people getting robbed in D.C. restaurants were those prodigals patrons leaning too hard into the overpriced wine list.

Treaty 6 was signed in 1876. Treaty 7 was signed in 1877. Treaty 8 was signed in 1899. Alberta joined confederation in 1905. This was treaty land before Alberta existed. This is still treaty land.

Michael de Adder nails it again on the AB referendum! #UCPFail #abpoli

Say how’d that Nixon pardon work out, for the US presidency

Astounding corruption, even for kleptocracy as debased as ours is now.

And more recently, the Atlantic writes: Rubio’s parents migrated to Miami from Cuba in 1956, before Castro seized power. From the beginning of his political career, he described himself as the son of exiles ... www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Well, well, well…. An analysis of voter registration records reveals Republican operative Scott Presler had 3 out-of-state voters use his Pennsylvania address to vote in the 2024 election. This is what voter fraud looks like.

The federal government's approach to this whole matter is nothing short of craven. #MapleCrown

It would be grand, then, if the Government of Canada would terminate any use of X/Twitter. And don't say, "Oh, we need it to get our messages out," because then you are "caught in a situation where we are reliant on one provider."

Kudos to NBC New York for saying it without equivocation: "The US is to blame for the world falling behind in the fight against climate change."

Friday night corruption drop

Just from a purely political angle, how does messing with the California election help anyone? It's not exactly a swing state.

Bob Fife: "Let's remember where Danielle Smith comes from. She was a radio host for a long period of time. And her audience were the very same people who she's fed off of and encouraged who wanted to separate from the country."

Editorial: Toronto is falling apart, so let me finish it off - by Brad Bradford

This is disgusting. All of it.

If we're overturning elections based on "a confusing ballot led people accidentally to vote for the wrong guy" I have bad news for the George W. Bush presidency

At least $50 billion for another pipeline. $82 billion in new military spending in 5 years. $300 billion in corporate welfare and mega incentives at an investment summit. But the cupboard is bare for Parks Canada.

Despite the heroic efforts of the @psac-afpc.bsky.social workers who'll remain, camping will be chaos next summer. If you’re not a big corporation or foreign investor, you might just be invisible to this government.

Youthful, ambitious Secretary of State looking for discrete connection

Apparently a paedophile rapist doesn’t care if someone commits paedophiliac rape.

Uhhh... pretty sure the US Constitution already failed at stopping exactly this from happening. (Tho the problem isn't 'extreme partisanship' so much as right-wing radicalization).

Mark Carney on what Elon Musk's throttling of Starlink means for Canada: "We do not want to be caught in a situation where we are reliant on one provider that puts Canadians at risk or compromises our sovereignty, our ability to express our values and live our values."

These dumbasses only put the tariffs on in August.

It would be deeply ironic if the election of a BC Conservative government, and the ensuing war with First Nations in that province, scuttled the oil pipeline so many Conservatives in BC claim to support.

"Canada and Türkiye are bound together by shared values: human rights, individual liberties, democracy and the rule of law." Patently false on its face. Carney is whitewashing Erdoğan's record of repression and antidemocratic behaviour for the sake of a trade deal.

John Manley on U.S. allegations of election meddling by Canada: "My first reaction when I saw the document that was put out by the U.S. Embassy was, surely the ambassador, Mr. Hoekstra, has something better to do than come up with this nonsense."

Why is this government allowing Israeli companies blacklisted for genocide to acquire Canadian companies - contrary to our own laws and policies? The government's response is what exactly?

I guess it is a fantasy to believe anyone could ever govern with principle.

Whereas I and all those who believe in democracy opposed them both for being fascists AND for behaving like fascists.

Anyone saying "Ukraine has lost the war" is a Russian stooge who is wishcasting and gaslighting. The manipulation aims to justify why Trump and Russia are jointly pressuring Ukraine to capitulate even though the frontline situation doesn't call for it. Russia is NOT advancing!

Bloomberg scoop: Canada has banned its diplomatic staff in the US from even being in the same room as a midterm election candidate, taking an extra cautious approach to avoid accusations from the Trump administration of "interference" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Naheed Nenshi on Indigenous turnout in the Alberta referendum: "The very people who've been hurt more by the mistakes of Canada than anybody else, stood up as the proudest champions of Canada."

When our senior military officers no longer want to serve with the 🇺🇸USA military at NORAD’s command centre in Colorado, it’s inconceivable that 🇨🇦Canada could even contemplate going ahead with purchasing USA F-35 fighter jets. 🙄😒🙄 www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

One element of the Alberta referendum that I find interesting was the turnout was basically just "would be good for a provincial election, but not particularly".

Yes. And a bit surprised at how close most of them were. A reminder that much of Alberta is, in fact, smart and progressive.

Tom Mulcair: "I don't think that Danielle Smith should be allowed to pose herself as some sort of anti-separatist hero. She's the one who set this thing in motion, and I think that she should be answerable for it."

No rest for weary democrats in Alberta this week. Next up: pushing back against gerrymandering. Here's my latest on what it is, why we should care, and what we can do about it. drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/plain-chea...