"As Mary Simon has, Louise Arbour will represent the best of Canada to Canadians and to the world. A country that's a bastion of security, prosperity and justice. A beacon to a world lost at sea," says PM Mark Carney as he names Louise Arbour as next Governor General. #cdnpoli

It is my great pleasure to announce that I will be lead editor for A Companion to Deleuze. The collection will be published by John Wiley and Sons.

youtube.com/watch?v=uk2T.... Here is a leader who will fundamentally reshape Canada for the better. Future historians will say of this moment that it was our finest hour. #cdnpoli #canadasky #canada

Roberge’s sculpture is a strikingly apt expression of the human condition.

Because the last year was just jokes and f-ing around.

The populists would have us believe that we inhabit a world careening toward collapse. Unsurprisingly, they have it exactly wrong. We are not at the beginning of the end of western democracy; with the election of Carney’s majority government we are end of the beginning of Canada’s greatest era.

As Trump’s actions spark a desire for stability, analysts say Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney is in effect assembling a union government. #wartimeleader #cdnpoli www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

www.cbc.ca/news/world/l... The unwillingness to act on the threats it utters shows that the US has no leverage.

www.rawstory.com/trumps-milit... Here’s a troubling future contingency

This @dandrezner.bsky.social analysis is correct and it is difficult to imagine any action Trump can take in the next week that would change it, except some actions would have an immediate, immense human toll, military and civilian. Other actions (a “deal”?) will still impoverish and harm millions.

Never trust private money to not exploit nature.

#PMCarney announcement of A Force of #Nature. #Canada’s federal plan to protect lands, builds with nature and finance conservation in a sustainable way. #cdnpoli #cdnClimate

www.cbc.ca/news/politic... The story suggests that it wasn’t just Carney. What significant variable has changed and which office is responsible for drawing up the budget? As it turns out, the PMO is entirely responsible for making this change happen. #cdnpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/world/m... A current fascist, former plumber, and MMA fighter becomes head of the American Gestapo. What could possibly go wrong?

www.cbc.ca/news/world/i.... We live in an age in which the worst possible outcomes are realized as a matter of routine. While it is an open question whether it will be the US or Israel, someone is going to authorize a nuclear strike against Iran. #war #trump #Isreal #Iran #Hormuz

www.cbc.ca/news/world/u... Here are six attempts at an answer: (1) fight an unwinnable war; (2) get involved in a quagmire; (3) actively contribute the final days of a declining empire; (4) lose; (5) provide a distraction to the Epstein files; (6) drive up the value of oil shares.

Capitalism’s tendency toward unrestrained growth and the hesitancy of western governments to regulate this polymorphous expansion are the fundamental problems of our age. Our capacity to solve these problems will be the measure of our species’ ability to survive. www.cbc.ca/news/science...

www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Yes, because if there was a Canadian election in the immediate future PP would get trounced. #canadapoli

As to The PM’s unfortunate remarks supporting the attacks on Iran, it seems that Carney is just saying what he has to say to protect domestic Canadian economic interests. If he comes out not supporting the US —I.e., if he takes the properly moral position—he risks angering the US.

My hot take on Iran: this has nothing to do with a nuclear program, terrorism, or any of the stated US policy goals. It does have everything to do with Israel, and the fact that Netanyahu needs a state of constant war to maintain in political office. #Iran #USA #Gaza

This is not ‘elbows up’, nor is it negotiation. It is capitulation. My heart goes out to the members of Unifor. You deserve a better government. #cdnpoli #unifor #ndp @avilewis.ca @lewisforleader.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Peace in Gaza is one step closer to realization!!!

Every LIBERAL. Every NDP. Every Bloc. Elizabeth May. All rightfully voted against an authoritarian motion that violates so much Charter rights it’s an abomination. Never forget this. If the CPC gets power, we’re in big trouble. #cdnpoli

Avi Lewis first campaign video for those interested. 'The government and big business both hold hands - in your pocket.' #cdnpoli #canada #ndp #liberal #conservative www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVy9...

The structure of the 🇨🇦/🇺🇸 trade file terrifies me. 🇺🇸 is trying to bankrupt 🇨🇦.The 🇺🇸is waging economic warfare—creating the conditions for annexation. PP is only fanning populist flames. The proletarian class can be dangerous. This is a dire time for 🇨🇦. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The only sane—human species preserving—response to the climate crisis is to leave it (oil and natural gas) in the ground.

Even CTV has written about it, and the many complaints that civil society already has about Carney's government: www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

If you cannot join #drawtheline today, donate to your local and federal climate/social justice orgs please! (if you can) Thank you. https://drawtheline.world/

Here is the Prime Minister’s statement on the recognition of Palestinian statehood. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...

Here are a few photos from yesterday’s Draw the Line March in Ottawa. #cdnpoli

Canada recognizes Palestinian statehood! Yes, it was announced in advance; yes, it is mainly symbolic; yes, there are persuasive moral and political arguments supporting recognition of a Palestinian state; yes, it is wonderful when something good happens. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Sometimes, when something really really needs to be said, @lindamcquaig.bsky.social just says it so well. archive.today/q35Kr

Canada's true crisis is the everyday emergency of just trying to get by in an impossible economy. I’m running for NDP leader so we can transform a system rigged for the rich—together. We need a government that serves the many, not the money. Join in. lewisforleader.ca/ youtu.be/IVy99oiYszY

It will be interesting to see what sort of funding is in the budget, and where it is said to come from. In a perfect world, the new spending won’t be used to justify austerity measures. Alas, this is not a perfect world. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

An annoying thing that demonstrates that perhaps I am an idiot: recording a quasi-brilliant lecture on Descartes, only to realize that my mic was muted from the third minute mark onwards.

Kirk was a man who spewed vitriolic hatred. He was killed both by and for an expression of that hatred. Neither Kirk’s particularly loathsome brand of hatred, nor the ignominious actions of his killer should be celebrated. It is below the dignity of Parliament.

He advocated the most hateful sentiments in the most vitriolic ways. He also advocated for gun violence. In a moral system that consistently applies a principle of justice, one reaps what one sows. We validated his toxic views; his end is direct realization of those views.

Absolutely—a coordinated sell of of US T bills would force interest rates to climb, thus plunging to US into a simultaneous debt crisis and recession.

The US leader really needs to learn the use and function of upper-case letters.

So the gist is an ultimatum: 🇨🇦 becomes the 51st state or it faces a 35% tariff. The sane response: (a) expel the US ambassador, (b) cease all export of goods to the US, and (c) immediately get French and British nuclear weapons on Canadian soil. #cdnpoli #elbowsup www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Here’s the thing: no country—the US included—imports raw materials because they like the exporter; countries import the raw materials their industry needs because there is insufficient domestic supply. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Well this is utterly horrific www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

The USA cannot bomb three high end research facilities in Iran and then unilaterally declare peace. It doesn’t work like that. If a provisional cessation of outright hostilities obtains, it will most certainly not develop into a lasting peace. www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

Carney’s statement is alright, I guess. I would not have minded some language that was critical of 🇺🇸’s military strike. I also find it vaguely reminiscent of colonialism when a developed country attempts to dictate what another nation can have or what actions it should take. #cdnpoli

Not content with merely tanking the US economy, Trump decides to damage the global economy. 20% of the global supply of oil ships through the Strait of Hormuz. In response to 🇺🇸, Iran has voted to close the Strait, thus putting a choke-point in global trade routes. www.axios.com/2025/06/22/i...

When, where, and what form will Iran’s retribution take? Trump just made the USA the primary target of Iranian state-backed terrorism for the next decade. #Iran #USA

Today’s bike ride put another 27 km behind me. All my rides are training for the Great Cycle Challenge. My goal is to bike 400 km in August, in order to raise money to find a cure for children’s cancers. #🇨🇦 #ottawa #cycling #greatcyclechallenge #canadasky greatcyclechallenge.ca/Riders/Rober...

The USA will end up plunging into this abyss. www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

One can bank on Trump doing the wrong thing in any given circumstance. It wouldn’t surprise me if America directly involved its military in the war between Iran and Israel. If America does get involved, it will take one step closer to the abyss. #usa #iran #isreal www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...