#caturday Tom Kitten soaking up sunbeam on a -29 day.

February 20, 2026

NEW POST: Danielle Smith is no separatist; she's much, much worse emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/danielle-s...

Why mass shootings can’t be reduced to a mental illness diagnosis theconversation.com/why-mass-sho...

Wow.

In @thewalrus.ca, I argue it's time we talk about what the US administration really is, and what that means for Canada's survival. thewalrus.ca/canada-is-be...

A pair of Canada Geese on Valentines Day in Saskatoon

www.nfu.ca/stop-the-aaf... AFFC top brass did not consult farm groups, did not know impacts before cutting 7% of Canada's ag research scientists, 12% of all personnel and closing 7 key facilities needed for public plant breeding, organic research, sustainablity. Write MPs today with this easy tool.

The research scientists and staff and the R&D centers and farms on the chopping block are critical to Canada's public-interest seed breeding, organic ag sector, climate action, sustainability, sovereignty and economy. "Incredibly short-sighted"! Send a letter to leaders today! Share widely!

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... Please sign! Click to read all points, including call upon Gov't of Canada to: oppose U.S. economic and other coercive measures against Cuba; uphold and promote the right of self-determination of the peoples and countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Good question. There is a parliamentary petition: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en.... People can also join the Cuba friendship group: canadacubafriendshiptoronto.ca. Donate to relief efforts: canadiannetworkoncuba.ca/2025/10/27/h.... Travel to Cuba, etc.

Canadians must support Cuba against Trump’s barbaric siege canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

February 9, 2026

No fuel=no tourists=no foreign currency, as three CDN airlines suspend flights. No word from the gov on this, yet. We should be sending fuel for power and jets. God knows we subsidize fossil fuel profits enough; we can easily subsidize survival in Cuba. www.dropsitenews.com/p/cuba-unite...

Do you want a water boy or a fighter?

It's time for something bolder than Carney's path of appeasement canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

You should read this piece by Anushka Yadav in The Pointer. The Fed. Gov. cutting jobs is self-defeating & frankly dangerous. They are putting Canadians at risk because of garbage neoliberal thinking that coincidently helped make the U.S. what it is today. thepointer.com/article/2026... #CDNpoli

February 3, 2026

New post: Mark Carney must flatly reject Danielle Smith's latest round of anti-constitutional posturing emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/mark-carne...

Thank you @alexboulerice.bsky.social for sponsoring this important petition in the House of Commons, calling on Canada to take a clear, values-based position regarding America's increasing aggression in the Western Hemisphere. Please sign here: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... #canlab

"’Backwards’ was my first thought," said Cathy Holtslander, director of research and policy at the National Farmers Union. "Obviously, they made these cuts without knowing what they were doing."

"Backwards’ was my first thought," said Cathy Holtslander, director of research and policy at the National Farmers Union. "Obviously, they made these cuts without knowing what they were doing." www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/n...

February 1, 2026

panow.com/2026/01/29/i... “I think it’s incredibly short-sighted and counterproductive to the agricultural centre, to the agricultural industry in Saskatchewan, to the long-term prospects for Canadian sovereignty,” said Will Robbins, a farmer west of Saskatoon and board member of the NFU

Finally someone has said it out loud. Treason. Where is the parliamentary investigation into foreign money and support from the US to break up our nation? nationalnewswatch.com/2026/01/29/e...

January 27, 2026

ICYMI: In its alternative budget for 2026, @policyalternatives.ca laid out how a tax on Canada’s richest could be used to fund the federal public service and create new projects. [https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/alternative-federal-budget-2026-taxation/] rabble.ca/labour/thous...

www.nfu.ca/cuts-to-aafc... Carney said “A country that cannot feed itself, fuel itself or defend itself has few options.” On Friday, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced 12% of its workforce – 665 positions — and 7 agriculture research facilities are to be cut. Over the weekend we also witnes

January 24, 2026

WTF CBC - your independently verified video "appears to show"?! It clearly and unequivocally shows what happened! Are you afraid Trump will sue you for telling the truth? You quote ICE lying but don't believe your own eyes???

And "Hey we're Canadians choosing another way!" "But also we can't afford some basic stuff, like Canadian history. I'm sure you'll understand." "Money, right? Heh heh." bsky.app/profile/kell...

January 19, 2026

DId you know - federal NDP memberships expire on December 31 - unless you renewed in Oct, Nov, or Dec. Join or renew before January 28 to vote in the leadership election. To check your membership status you can email [email protected] #NDP

Mubashir and his family came to the United States as refugees from Ethiopia when he was a child, and they all became naturalized citizens in 2019. Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:

Today’s trade announcement needed to include a Canada-China Auto Pact. Selling in Canada means producing in Canada. We’ve done it before, and we can do it again!

“If Canada was trying to chart across the future, we could go with the stuff that makes money, instead of losing money, stuff that makes us more independent, instead of dependent, stuff that would create jobs, instead of destroying millions of jobs.” -Cory Doctorow www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

Ontario’s proposed nuclear waste repository poses millennia-long ethical questions share.google/Lft24ZgZbmvI...

Dr. @timothysnyder.bsky.social has written many powerful works, but this one stopped me dead in my tracks when I first read it. Please take the time, and share widely.

The CBC has just posted a transcript of my recent As it Happens interview about X and Grok. I’m posting a couple of screen shots here - since they are a bit too long for alt text, I’ll post the link to the full transcript below. #cdnpoli #X #Grok #yeg #CSAM

A cautionary note on expediting regulatory approvals of industrial projects www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/research-ide...

January 9, 2026

Horse with no home saved from ... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Kindness lives here

Hello blue sky!

It's certainly no surprise that the Premier would use this as another cynical justification for more pipelines, but how much truth is there to this argument? 1/6 leaderpost.com/business/moe...

Stuart Trew, a researcher w/ @policyalternatives.ca, looks at a few scenarios for the planned six-year review of #CUSMA/#USMCA. This is not something the PMO can or should handle on its own. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

"For years, U.S. and other Western firms have sued the Venezuelan government in international arbitration courts for expropriated property and unpaid debts." There are several Canadian gold companies awaiting payment for ISDS cases. www.levernews.com/corporations...

The US “openly flaunting international law sends a signal to all of us that every president and every prime minister is potentially a target of US military action. There doesn’t seem to be any constraints on what the Trump administration would consider.” — former Canadian ambassador to Venezuela

"By 9:23 a.m. on January 2 Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs had already made what the average worker will make all year." CEOs are enjoying another year of smashed records: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Happy New Year!