Agreed tho the Swedes and Finns can offer very specific and practical advice

Read this 🇨🇦. Then read it again and be ready. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

I get that, for Canada, U.S. belligerence is incentive to try to further diversify oil exports to overseas markets. But at some point we may need to take into account that the geopolitical situation is also incentive for most countries to try to accelerate their shift away from oil reliance.

At least, I try to advance a position vis-a-vis the agenda of improving/saving/restoring democracy that's distinct from most of those you're familiar with. You have to have an agenda & institutions for stably incorporating all major social groups into the regime, esp low political interest people.

Forceful response to the absurd sanctions by the US on NGO leaders and former EU Comm. Breton. Actions must follow: The EU is an open, rules-based single market, with the sovereign right to regulate economic activity in line with our democratic values & int. commitments ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Canada is one of the eight countries that today expressed its solidarity with the people of Greenland and Denmark in the face of threats to their territorial integrity from Trump and his newly appointed Reichsstatthalter for Greenland, Jeff Landry.

Brilliant big picture account of the rise and fall of process and why creating durable forms of democratic legitimacy has become so critical. A new theory of public administration can’t come soon enough. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...

"since they are Canadian, I would not rule out treachery"

The food writer Tamar Adler espouses a use-everything approach in the kitchen, imbuing simple ingredients with a heady materialism. Lily Meyer talks with her about her new book, “Feast on Your Life,” and her philosophy of scraps:

Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx

If Canada can sign up for the EU defence procurement scheme surely it can sign up for Erasmus too www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

We've been working hard over the past six months to ship Roundabout to our pilot communities. It's amazing to see them come to life, and I'm so excited to keep building & learning to support healthy online spaces for local communities. 💖

Denmark’s military intelligence service raised concerns for the first time about the U.S. in its annual threat assessment, saying in a report released Wednesday that shifts in American policy are generating new uncertainties for Denmark’s security.

How can participatory processes such as citizens' assemblies be designed effectively? The @bertelsmannst.bsky.social and @europe.fidemocracy.org have jointly published a comprehensive guide on this topic. #CitizensAssembly

Prediction market sites are casinos run by techno-bookies. They're a scourge and ought to be regulated and legislated into oblivion. jacobin.com/2025/12/pred...

This was literally a Parks & Rec joke

Really sad to see @catabreu.bsky.social & @simondonner.bsky.social quit Canada’s Net Zero Advisory Body. Cat and Simon are globally respected climate leaders. More than ever, Canadians need experts giving independent advice about how Canada can achieve its goal of net zero emissions.

“Far from ‘innovating’ education, as AI proponents claim, the algorithmic turn has made public education more vulnerable to corporate capture.” www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/volume-161 (h/t @melhogan.bsky.social)

You can't really blame Canadian commentators and chattering classes for going off what appeared to be the best available data to proclaim a productivity crisis, but maybe next time we could resist self-flagellating quite so enthusiastically.

AIs could turn opinion polls into (even worse) gibberish www.economist.com/united-state...

At #MyRunLikeAGirl book launch in Victoria last week, I had a conversation with @ianmauro.bsky.social. Ian asked me tough but thoughtful questions - and I did my best to answer them. Have a listen and let me know what you think.

Robertson Davies was one of Canada's most celebrated novelists. He wrote several trilogies, won the Stephen Leacock Award and the Governor's General Literary Award and was the founding Master of Massey College. This is his story. 🧵 1/10

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Six months ago, I joined New_ Public to help build a new social platform for local communities. Today, I could't be more excited and proud to share what our amazing little team has cooked up, and is launching in closed beta this week. Learn more at joinroundabout.com

This gets at the fundamentally flawed approach of the federal government: they are trying to find a policy solution to an identity problem. It is part of the polarized, populist identity to be opposed to an Ottawa and Liberal Canada are not them. No policy will change that, as TMX revealed.

Look out BC! China’s LNG demand drops for 13th month running. Last week, Pakistan cancelled a huge contract to purchase LNG from Qatar (even choosing to pay a penalty) because they no longer need/want it -- the solar revolution is quickly displacing demand for LNG. financialpost.com/pmn/business...

🙄 There is apprehension that expanding citizens' assemblies could inadvertently diminish the perceived authority of elected representatives and the parliamentary process as a whole. themunicheye.com/bundestag-ci...

Eye on the ball folks! It seems the pipeline piece may well be a distraction. While a pipeline remains very unlikely, the practical impact of this deal are all the immediate concessions to oil & gas industry & the federal abandonment of core climate policies. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/n...

This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec. You can find my full statement below.

A short argument for spreading democratic ideas being in the interests of and a resource of USA. "Most dictators pretend to be democrats, another indicator of democracy’s global appeal." @mcfaulmike.bsky.social www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu... #polisky #democracy

“Arguing that a country of 40 million people “can’t” operate two fighter types and must use a single jack-of-all-trades aircraft is not a serious position.” #cdnpoli

Malaysia plans to bar children under the age of 16 from social media starting next year, with a close eye to how Australia implements and enforces a similar ban that takes effect next month. Here's what to know.

On February 10, Democracy's Second Act: Why Politics needs the Public is being published. Order a copy today from your local bookseller, or internationally on Amazon. www.democracyssecondact.org

This is why politics needs the public and what the future of democracy can look like. I visited Eupen two years ago and stood in the chamber. You can see a new idea of democratic legitimacy appearing... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...

I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

What’s in…and what’s out in Canadian Medicare.

My son’s band “We’re Only Here For The Snacks” is on the front of the Globe and Mail Arts Section! Thrilling. Their album “Missed Our Stop” is out Nov. 21 and release party is at the WECC on Nov. 23.

The scale of the renewables revolution in China is almost too vast for the human mind to grasp, says The Economist. “By the end of last year the country had installed 887 gigawatts of solar-power capacity—close to double Europe’s & America’s combined total.” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/o...

A very helpful account of addiction

Colleagues and I have been promoting the need for a Royal Commission on the future of Canada’s economy for the better part of a year. That many are only now starting to realize that the US *really* isn’t interested in economic cooperation highlights the need for this vital national conversation.

“we need to be clear about what is happening here: women are being chased out of public life, by unconstrained hate groups, online trolls and far-right extremism. In one of the world’s strongest democracies, this is becoming the new normal.” Important read

I’m a huge fan of @doctrott.bsky.social, a member of the 1% calling for higher taxes on the ultra rich & deploring the “accumulation of wealth and power as completely out of control.” And she is the real deal as a major philanthropist supporting social justice & climate action! 💪

In an effort to win this contest, China is building hegemony by exporting not just its green products but also in a structural shift exporting its technology, engineering, supply chains, and financing. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri... www.ft.com/content/e517...

Stats like this are always offered with a shrug but imagine if govs put as much energy into raising public knowledge as they do shaping public opinion.

A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers. This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.

Live from Brazil: Episode 3 of #WomenLeadingOnClimate podcast, ahead of #COP30 🔹 Ana Toni: what COP30 must deliver 🔹 Paloma Costa: youth + solidarity with Amazon Indigenous communities 🔹 Ilona Szabo: stakes for the Global South Listen + share: www.womenleadingonclimate.org/our-podcast

Four (!) three-year postdoc positions available at @au.dk: international.au.dk/about/profil... Join an incredible team & help understand the psychological & political implications of the clash between high-speed society & slow-speed democracy. Please share! @tboeggild.bsky.social can help with Qs