More Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) voters in Alberta would rather that Alberta leaves than stays in Canada (49% to 45%), which is perhaps the best explanation why CPC leader Pierre Poilievre is so silent on this topic.

US Secretary Howard Lutnick (Trump’s lapdog in treating Canada as a non-sovereign trade subordinate) should resign, according to US Representative Thomas Massie, because Lutnick is in the Epstein Files. www.forbes.com/sites/zachar...

Bad Bunny avait un message politique très clair hier durant la mi-temps du Super-Bowl : l’amour (et la célébration) avant la haine. lp.ca/xDIf3q?shari...

Selon la dernière projection de Philippe Fournier, le Parti libéral du Québec est passé de 19 à 40 sièges, même sans leader. Le Parti Québécois est toujours prévu pour obtenir une majorité (73 sièges) des 125 sièges de l’Assemblée nationale. @338canada.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/qc125/p/...

7 Toronto Police officers have been charged with giving classified police information to criminal organizations. #torontopolice #tps #toronto #frankdomenic🍁

Or they could have just let this beautiful fish live. Ice fishing has always struck me as so cruel. The fishes don’t even get one season where they aren’t being terrorized by trophy hunting (which is what this is).

Canadian Prime Minister Carney (in using brilliant language to describe it) & French President Macron (in saying it directly) are correct: The USA under President Trump is an international bully. open.substack.com/pub/bobrae48...

The Ontario Liberal Party (OLP) will choose a new leader this Fall. Hopefully the race will include candidates discussing the outdated idea of having separate Catholic public school boards in ON. Former OLP MPP Greg Sorbara wrote in 2014 that ON should end that idea. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

On fait attention à la cruauté basée sur la politique de Trump envers les immigrants non-Blancs aux États-Unis, mais nous devrions aussi faire attention à la cruauté basée sur la politique de la CAQ envers les immigrants non-Blancs au Québec. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/222...

Using Copenhagen as the standard, Montréal & Québec City are ranked as the top 2 cities respectively for biking in North America. momentummag.com/the-5-most-b...

Clara Molot of @vanityfair.com explains so well what is haunting from the latest batch from the Epstein Files. What is so haunting too, as the US descends into authoritarianism, is how Trump is intentionally protecting so many rich & powerful pedophiles. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

A great thing about 🇺🇸 is how Bad Bunny (a citizen from Puerto Rico, so popular worldwide) was chosen to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show. What makes 🇺🇸 not great is that 10s of millions of Americans will choose not to watch based on their anti-Latino racism. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

“Tell Canadians I love them,” is the message that Trump asked MP Jivani to pass on to Canadians. But we Canadians know better, that a president who threatens annexation, makes demands for trillions of dollars, & breaks trade agreements, doesn’t know what love is. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

It’s good that JD Vance was booed (perhaps the only boos) at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Milan today, because maybe at least 1 out of the 10s of millions of MAGA Americans will realize that Trump’s claim that the US is respected more than before (because of Trump) is a lie.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “For better or for worse, what people most admire in Canada, certainly more than success, is the capacity to endure,” Stephen Marche writes. “What liberal democracies need now, more than ever, is the sheer will to go on, without nostalgia for what once was.”

MAGA: Trump is not racist! Show me proof that he’s racist! REALITY: Did you see the video that Trump posted last night (February 5, 2026, at 11:44 pm) depicting Barack & Michelle Obama as apes? MAGA: Show me proof that he’s racist! REALITY: 😢

“The West is feeling its betrayal turn into rage. The world is waking up to both its vulnerability and its value. But better late than never: We’re all Canadian now.” Excellent piece by @stephenmarche.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...

What the leadership at Fridley Public School District (in a Twin Cities suburb) is doing is commendable, including driving teachers to/from work & buying groceries for families (respectively afraid of ICE) & patrolling schools for ICE activity at dismissal time. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...

Premier Ford referring to this as “a few bad apples” is not enough. This alleged corruption by so many officers (& the many more police officers who likely saw something & did not report suspicious activity), to support organized crime, calls for a public inquiry. www.thestar.com/news/ontario...

I believe Melinda (that Bill’s involvement with Epstein was to the level that she had no choice but to leave him). Imagine if we had a real alternative to Microsoft apps in our school boards & in our other public organizations. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

While we in Canada imagine that we’re better than other countries in the concept of the rule of law, we also imagine that we’re a safer place for queer persons. The fact is that 3 provinces (ON, AB, SK) have pubic schools boards teaching that it’s a sin to be queer. 😢 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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"... they said ‘we had ground squirrels walking around bleeding out of their eyeballs’ no child wants to see that, I really don’t think that’s what we want our parks to be like in this city." — Kaitlyn Mitchell, director of legal advocacy at Animal Justice

Trump to Canada 2 weeks ago: “Give the US $2.8 trillion or else.” Carney at Davos: “There has been a rupture in the world order.” It’s tragic to see a nation like the US with its available checks & balances allow its leader Trump to bully friends & sully the US’s reputation. youtu.be/0MY9yIhA8GE

This is not good, given the increase in the last few years in Islamophobia & antisemitism in Canada & the need for a special focus on them. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

What I said is true. I’m a lawyer & a teacher in Ontario & Catholic. We cannot pretend we are so amazing at LGBTQ+ inclusion when 3 of our provinces (representing about a half of Canada’s population) have public education systems with Catholic boards/districts effectively teaching anti-LGBTQ+ hate.

But ON, AB & SK have public Catholic school boards/districts that teach their students that it’s a sin (evil!) to be in a gay relationship or to identify as trans. I understand the need to believe that Canada is safe. It’s easier to believe our society is not cruel to LGBTQ+ persons than to change.

I think you meant $250 billion, not $250 million.

BREAKING: Shocking new undercover footage from Burnbrae Farms, supplying eggs to Farm Boy & others, shows hens trapped in cages, suffering from injuries, & having their necks snapped by workers 🐔⚠️ Sobeys oversees this cruelty. Take action: https://bit.ly/4c9pTsQ

Federal & provincial politics in Ontario are not equivalent within the names of parties. In Ontario, for example, the provincial NDP is not the same as the federal NDP. Doly Begum as a former NDP MPP feels at home with the federal Liberal Party like Bob Rae did. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

ICE is evil! youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI

🎉 Big win for animals! Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal has upheld plastic protections—rejecting industry efforts to roll them back & protecting animals from plastic pollution 🐢🐋

It’s good that Catholic priests like Father James Martin’s queer-inclusive efforts are trickling down into some Catholic public school boards in Ontario. But Catholic boards across Ontario still teach the Catholic beliefs that it’s a sin to live fully & openly as queer persons. 1/2

La marmotte Willie à Wiarton en Ontario prédit un printemps hâtif. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/204...

La politique est plus intéressante au Québec qu'ailleurs dans les provinces. Il y a cinq partis politiques, dont certains soutiennent le séparatisme. Comment un gouvernement de majorité est-il formé dans de telles conditions?

Education leader Jeewan Chanicka (using the most recent takeover of the Peel District School Board) explains how public education is being set up to lose by the Ontario PC Government for what comes next. substack.com/@jeewanchani...

Olivia Dean paraphrased: “Immigrants deserve to be celebrated.” While it’s incredible that the US is debating whether immigrants (or which immigrants) deserve to be celebrated, we cannot allow such a basic inclusion belief (that immigrants deserve to be celebrated) to be questioned in ON’s schools.

This goalie fight in yesterday’s big NHL game (where they crossed the rink to fight & laughed it off later) is barbaric. It is a reason I prefer watching Professional Women’s Hockey League games to NHL games. There is much less focus on violence & more focus on hockey. youtube.com/shorts/v_7DZ...

The Elementary Teachers of Toronto (a subgroup of the province-wide union @etfoeducators.bsky.social) will be leading a protest at the Toronto District School Board head office Tuesday at 4:30 pm regarding the crisis at an east Toronto elementary school & the broader implications of that crisis.

The New York Times refers to Pierre Poilievre as the Conservative Party’s “Trump-esque Leader.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/w...

This show of solidarity in Minneapolis (of thousands & thousands of residents cycling in this harsh winter cold in support of avid cyclist Alex Pretti (who was murdered by ICE)) brought tears to my eyes. I would have done the same if I was there.

As Black History Month begins, we honour the generations of Black Ontarians who built this province into the diverse, vibrant place we call home.

“Repeal Bill 33” in song by the talented Kimiko Shibata

The crisis at a Toronto District School Board school got even worse. It would very likely not have been so bad (perhaps there’d be no crisis at all) if the TDSB’s trustees were allowed to be active. Article by @gabeoatley.bsky.social in @torontotoday.ca www.torontotoday.ca/local/educat...

As recently as today, Trump targeted US Rep Ilhan Omar saying that “Omar & her absolutely terrible friends from Somalia should all be in jail right now or, far worse, send them back to Somalia.” The anti-Black racism of the US government is so blatant. 1/2 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...

It’s better for friends like Anne Claire to live than to be on your menu. Go Vegan 🌱 @animal-justice.bsky.social @camillelabchuk.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DUEe955...

😢 ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/222...

This is so freakin' awesome! So proud to have such a kind and inclusive (and funny!) man as our prime minister. You rock, sir! #HeatedRivalry #MadeinCanada #Carney #PMCarney #Shane #Ilya #HudsonWilliams www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWLU...

Education Minister Paul Calandra has placed the Peel District School Board under supervision by Ontario’s Ministry of Education & has warned the York Catholic District School Board that it may be next. www.thestar.com/news/gta/pee...