Spoiler for tomorrow’s episode, which gets, uh, *heated*. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is presented by @thewalrus.ca Find it at all the podcast places. thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...

After Canada imposed duties on China’s EVs, steel, and aluminum, Beijing targeted Canadian commodities, closing a multi-billion-dollar market. Now the governments are negotiating. This week with @cstarnino.bsky.social, editor of @thewalrus.ca, I unpack PRC tactics and strategic ambitions. Link ⬇ 1/7

"The United States is in an ideological K-hole, disassociating and disoriented, paralyzed and lost somewhere in its own private reality." Fantastic line! But seriously, this is a great piece about post-neoliberalism and Canada needing to find its way in the new reality.

Souvankham Thammavongsa is a woman wholly uninterested in shrinking. The Walrus associate editor Ariella Garmaise sits down with the two-time Giller Prize winner to talk about ambition, self-possession, and why she refuses to perform humility for anyone: thewalrus.ca/souvankham-thamm...

"The energy sector really likes this deal. Everything we’re hearing is that it’s Christmas come early for that sector." I'm late to this great @stewartprest.ca & @cstarnino.bsky.social chat, but struck by this comment. Says everything one needs to know about the MOU. thewalrus.ca/alberta-bc-p...

My latest...👇 Bro, Enough with the Protein. You’re Just Making Expensive Pee thewalrus.ca/enough-with-... via @thewalrus.ca The protein blitzkrieg has been felt. Consumers are responding. Marketing has won. Reality: "People have lost their minds on this one." Needed: Healthy & balanced!

From childhood picket lines with his teacher parents to challenging his own party on climate, housing, and Indigenous rights, @beynate.bsky.socials career asks a simple question: How far can honesty really take you in politics? thewalrus.ca/nate-erskine-smi...

For music to be considered "Canadian content," two of the following criteria must be Canadian: music, artist, performance, or lyrics. But can a rigid set of rules established in 1971 successfully protect the industry from modern day threats? thewalrus.ca/amid-buy-canadia...

Reconciliation rooted in truth, backed by action—that is the path Canada vowed to walk. Here, writer and filmmaker Julian Brave NoiseCat urges Prime Minister Mark Carney to stay the course—even when the political winds shift. thewalrus.ca/mr-carney-about-...

@nickhunebrown.bsky.social, you're a prince. Human to human, thanks so much for taking time.

"You can’t have a mix of things that are true and not true in your news publication or the whole thing is destroyed." Smart, thoughtful Q&A between @nickhunebrown.bsky.social and @thewalrus.ca's Carmine Starnino about AI's creep into journalism thewalrus.ca/the-phantom-...

Is Canada Helping Identify Boats the US Is Blowing Up? Read John Kirk's and my essay in The Walrus. thewalrus.ca/us-boat-stri...

The threats Canada is facing “have evolved considerably over the past twenty-five years,” says Dan Rogers, director of the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service. Here, he speaks to Wesley Wark about the many ways the Service has adapted: thewalrus.ca/spy-boss-dan-rog...

My Family’s 240-Year Journey Shows Why Canada Will Never Bow to Trump thewalrus.ca/my-familys-2...

From Ukraine, the lesson is clear: adaptation matters. Lieutenant General Michael Wright speaks to Wesley Wark about his plan to “flood the zone” and harness bottom-up drone innovation across the Canadian Army. thewalrus.ca/canadian-army-to...

Here's the digital version of my latest poem from The Walrus. thewalrus.ca/grawlix/

Polls weren’t budging, separatists were gaining momentum at the last possible moment—the 1995 Quebec referendum was a true political cliffhanger. Writer Paul Wells recounts how close Canada came to splitting apart: thewalrus.ca/quebec-referendum/

When America sneezes, the world catches a cold—and with a trade relationship worth $1 trillion a year, Canada stands to get sick. Writer @davidmoscrop.com breaks down how the US trade war is one force pushing Canada in the direction of a recession: thewalrus.ca/are-we-in-a-rece...

How Canada can modernize its military by capitalizing on drone technology developed right here at home. thewalrus.ca/how-canada-s...

Thanks to @thewalrus.ca for agreeing to publish my thoughts on the proposed elimination of school trustees in Ontario. #OntEd thewalrus.ca/im-a-school-...

School trustees have existed since the early 1800s, serving as a link between classrooms and communities. Now, Ontario education minister Paul Calandra wants to eliminate them. Writer @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social examines what's at stake: thewalrus.ca/im-a-school-trus...

More than ever before, there’s a feeling that someone on the internet knows better and the distrust seems to be getting worse. If we’re serious about reducing preventable suffering among kids, we need to relearn how to talk across our differences. thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-...

Habs Nation in The Walrus: The English and French can both agree that we live and die with le bleu-blanc-rouge, but in some ways, we don’t see the same thing when we go to the Bell Centre.

In every modern conflict, new technology emerges to change the battle space. In our era, it is the drone. National security expert Wesley Wark traces its rise and examines why Canada, once a pioneer, is now playing catch-up: thewalrus.ca/how-canada-squan...

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

Who Is Mark Carney, Really? We hired the guy with the best résumé. He’s now using power in ways few other prime ministers have dared, @drmarkbourrie.bsky.social writes. thewalrus.ca/who-is-mark-... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

"If you really want to know what a piece is about, you shouldn’t find it spelled out in paragraph three. You should feel it by the end." Love this, @cstarnino.bsky.social!

Happy to have a new poem in the summer reading issue of @thewalrus.ca . Thanks to @cstarnino.bsky.social for the editorial stewardship. thewalrus.ca/and-then-cam...

China executed 4 Canadians this year. Why? To intimidate citizens and send a message to foreigners: “obey or else.” My latest article explores how the CCP’s callousness threatens global norms that protect all of us, undermining its own propaganda. Link in comments 🧵1/7 #ChinaCanada #DeathPenalty

🚨My TOP 10 concerns with misinformation: #1: Increasingly linked to political identity! #2: Rising distrust driven BY misinformation #3: Misinformation about misinformation New article: Before You Share That Health Tip, Read This thewalrus.ca/before-you-s... via @thewalrus.ca

On July 8, the RCMP arrested four individuals accused of terrorism and other offences, all of whom had links to the military. Their case is unique: a mix of loathsome ideas, lethal weaponry, and multiple bad actors. Wesley Wark investigates: thewalrus.ca/rcmp-uncovers-do...

“What the Bloc sometimes lacks in seats, it makes up for in stagecraft, carefully choreographed by its current leader. Blanchet understands politics as performance.” My latest for @thewalrus.ca thewalrus.ca/the-bloc-wan...

There Was a Time Canada Really Did Build, Baby, Build, Erin O’Toole writes. thewalrus.ca/there-was-a-... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

The rise in nationalist sentiment since Donald Trump’s inauguration has been extraordinary. One of @davidmoscrop.com’s takeaways? The nationalist ad frenzy that ensued has proven that just about anything can—and will—be hijacked and commodified for profit. thewalrus.ca/is-this-canada-o...

📊While most Canadians feel proud to be Canadian, optimism about quality of life and opportunity splits along party lines. 🍁A Divided Sense of Pride and Promise, the latest from @canadianpolling.bsky.social and myself for 338 ↓ www.338canada.ca/p/canada-day...

In which I complain that Canada's most important historical institution makes it harder to tell Canada's story: thewalrus.ca/canada-archi...

In recent years, a cascade of apocalypses has hit the publishing industry. How, then, has Gaspereau Press managed to defy a destabilized industry for three decades? Author Thea Lim explores: thewalrus.ca/gaspereau-press/

As Carney Will Learn, Canada Is a Country That Grinds Down Every Prime Minister, @davidmoscrop.com writes. thewalrus.ca/as-carney-wi... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

The good folks over at @thewalrus.ca reposted this week's newsletter, from the G7: thewalrus.ca/the-g7-summi...

Wellwater, poet Karen Solie’s seventh collection, “is her best yet,” writes Nicholas Bradley. With increasing linguistic restraint and a deepening religious sensibility, the poems offer readers something her past work hid—glimpses of a somewhat less guarded poet. thewalrus.ca/she-writes-about...

This is what it looks like when I pontificate: thewalrus.ca/pierre-poili...

What happens when a river is given legal rights? @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social writes about the radical idea in the Weekend Read this week in @thewalrus.ca. An excerpt from his new book Is a River Alive? thewalrus.ca/if-rivers-ha...

Frustration with Ottawa has been a part of politicking in Alberta since the province joined Confederation in 1905, but new political shifts are fanning old separatist flames. The Walrus’s Western Canada correspondent, @cfrangou.bsky.social, explores: thewalrus.ca/alberta-is-talki...

As a child, writer Minelle Mahtani’s prayers were elaborate and full of rules, but the most fervent of them all was perhaps the simplest: “God, please make sure I don’t let my mother down.” thewalrus.ca/my-mother-was-my...

Valérie Bah wins the 2025 Amazon Canada First Novel Award! In Subterrane (Esplanade Books/Véhicule Press), Black and Queer creatives navigate a booming city’s shadows in a speculative comedy about the price of prosperity. Learn more: thewalrus.ca/afna #AmazonFNA

“I am not going to stay.” That’s what Chantale Daigle told herself after her partner knocked her to the ground. Daigle decided to leave him—and to end her pregnancy. Journalist and lawyer Karin Wells revisits the historic legal battle that followed: thewalrus.ca/she-wanted-to-en...

What does Trump really want from Canada? thewalrus.ca/the-us-badly... @thewalrus.ca #criticalminerals