Canada is NOT broken. Let’s not buy the manipulative lines of the Maple MAGAs.

First rant in a bit. From“quiet, piggy” to Trump’s daily threats, we’re obliged to standup. On the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Nuremberg Trials Donald Trump accused elected Democrats "of Sedition, ‘Punishable by Death." Only George Santayana could have made this shit up.

Remembrance Day is really a story of hope and renewal … if only we remember. I am a child of war. So are you. So will be our children and grandchildren – unless we remember, and change. www.deborahjones.ca/2024/11/11/w...

Mamdani is a social democrat, as sane Americans and most of the Western world realize. He is even a garden-variety social democrat.

This. “Politics involves genuine relationships with people who are genuinely other people, not tasks set for our redemption or objects for our philanthropy.” - Bernard Crick We need better than “preachy” or “crazy.”

We belong to the world;the world belongs to us. “Looking back over the early Holocene – beginning 11,700 years ago – researchers have found that human presence was about as likely to increase biodiversity as reduce it.”

#Canada is #NotBroken. Let’s keep it that way. Elbows up.

Canada is not broken. Please let’s keep it that way. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Via @niemanlab.org thelogic.co/comment/ai-j...

“10. The election may well affirm a passing of the identity-politics tide.” please, yes. Please let this be so, so we can stop devouring each other, and converse. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #identitypolitics

John Ralston Saul, in 2023 on “our experienced and stable democracy… the oldest continuous democratic federation in the world. “

This is as much about the fate of #Canada and ecological survival as it is about Europe, on which our own safety hinges. A long but essential read. We are on the hinge of great change and each of our decisions will matter. Paywall on.ft.com/4kjfQSC The fight for Europe’s future

“This should have been done a long time ago.” On June 25, the Canadian Journalists for Justice in Palestine announced its formation in a dual press conference held in Vancouver and Toronto. @kristendejager.bsky.social reports. #cdnpoli #topoli #vanpoli #CdnMedia

Katherine Graham, one of my heroes, has an eloquent heir. “Real American patriotism does not force journalists to deliver government propaganda. My grandmother was a real patriot; she protected the rights of her journalists to deliver the facts and speak their minds—without fear…” #speech #freedom

REPORTER: I have a document showing some of the fiscal plans for this year. PM CARNEY: Look at that. It looks like it's written on a napkin. REPORTER: I don't know whose napkin it is. PM CARNEY: Is that the opposition's fiscal plan? #cdnpoli

Democracy: use it or lose it. Poilievre is misusing it, and Canadians, for his own quest to win power at all costs. #cdnpoli #albertaborn

NOT broken. “when polarisation is increasing in many nations, Canadians are doing the opposite, coalescing and seeking to unlock the country’s economic potential…working together to safeguard Canada’s long-term prosperity, so it never again feels cornered, economically or existentially.” #cdnpoli

Canada is NOT broken. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Decades of environmental research, advocacy and action have been in vain. America’s death cult of a government has no use for the world that sustains our lives. Nearly half of Americans support their government, brainwashed by toxic media run by special interests. How is this possible?

Canada welcomes the U.S. Court of International Trade’s decision on the United States’ tariffs. It confirmed what we’ve always held: that the American tariffs against Canadian goods are unlawful and unjustified.

Hate speech is not free speech. Hate speech destroys freedom of its victims and also actual free speech. US to ban foreign officials over 'flagrant censorship' on social media - www.reuters.com/business/med...

The key to tackling many of the world problems, including environmental collapse, lies in Israel. The US has control of that key. www.dw.com/en/amid-call...

Albertans have good reason to be angry: their real wages are down 10%, their minimum wage is frozen, their inflation is worst in Canada, their health care's at risk. None of that was caused by the rest of Canada. My take in today's @TorontoStar: www.thestar.com/business/opi.... #cdnecon

Even Germany - which treads most carefully in Israeli affairs- criticizes Netanyahu’s rogue government. #bearingwitness

Great interviews with scientists about #misinformation, #disinformation, overwhelming information and snake oil. Starts around 35

“we’ve fallen into this age of hyperindividualism. The social force that used to be central in liberal mass democracies, which is an agreed-upon version of the world, that is gone now. And Covid felt like the moment where that link was finally cut for good” - Ari Aster #freedomofspeech

Kudos to CBC for this great reporting and interactive production. cdnpoli #foreverchemicals #environment

Words are as essential as air. Our speech is endangered. On our watch. @margaretatwood.bsky.social #freedomofexpression www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

New poll shows 58% of Canadians want proportional representation in federal elections. Millennials lead the charge at 67%, while even 49% of Boomers support the change. It's time to listen to the people and make every vote count! #cdnpoli

He eh eh eh. #cdnpoli How DOES one dress to meet Dementor Donald?

Canadian and Mexico trade policy, over decades, ignored the one rule that ensures survival: Don’t. Put. All. Your. Eggs. In. One. Basket. Financial Times (paywall): Mexico and Canada are most reliant by far on exporting to the US…” #cdnpoli #tradewar on.ft.com/3CEa7H8

Priceless. Just fuckin' priceless! #CdnPoli

So, I've got this right? The good citizens of Battle River-Crowfoot are going to elect an Eastern Laurentian Elite by the name of Pierre?! #cdnpoli #abpoli

Yep. ““In a sea of foreign media and disinformation, we need Canadian voices more than ever.” - Canada’s PMO. It was a close call, but the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation survived another election. 🙏 Next, let’s fix it. #cdnpoli #pressfreedomdat #FreedomofInformation #CBC #journalism

As goes 🇨🇦Canada, goes 🇦🇺Australia. Thank 🇺🇸Dementor Donald for a reelected progressive government in both countries, and also the astonishing defeat of Conservative Opposition leaders in their own ridings. #canpoli Australia Election 2025: Labor party wins election

On Press Freedom Day, which country is the “leader of the free world?” Asking for a friend. #freedom #pressrights #thinkForYourself www.dw.com/en/us-press-...

Explain, please, why Canada - actually a the top country - would WANT to be a 51st state vassal of the disUnited States? How about 🇨🇦invite the sane bits ❤️of America to be our 👯‍♀️allies instead? And good luck to the rest ☠️in keeping the lights on. #51stState #cdnpoli #canada

Ahead of #WorldIntellectualProperty Day, our message is clear: laws that protect authors’ rights must now be strengthened, not weakened. #IP @ifjglobal.bsky.social europeanjournalists.org/blog/2025/04...

The party named “Conservative” is neither philosophically Conservative nor traditional Canadian Tory. Reform/Republican fanatics took over Canada’s complacent Progressive Conservatives, dumped the vital first name, and still dupe traditionalists who don’t think for themselves. #cdnpoli #elxn2025

“With a federal election looming, reps from Amazon and TC Energy discuss how a new Pierre Poilievre government could slash bureaucracy ‘more quickly’ than Trump.” #cdnpoli #DOGE #musk

Watching Pierre Poilievre’s press conference in Hamilton right now, and his speech has devoted extended amounts of time to repeating two debunked claims: 1) that the Liberal platform was written for Trudeau (it wasn’t, Janyce McGregor already fact checked this)

Yep. Pierre Poilievre’s only legislative win in 20 years was to benefit Conservatives at the expense of the public interest: Cons prosecuted for election fraud, with the most money, “who fundraise on dogwhistles of division and fear and have little interest in honest discourse.” #cdnpoli

Yep. “The concentration of media ownership in Canada, coupled with the erosion of independent journalism, has left the country vulnerable to disinformation and political manipulation…. “Canada’s media system requires urgent reform.” #cdnpoli #journalism

Is this true? “Canada is a country that disillusions you. America is one illusion after another, some magnificent, others treacherous or vicious.” - Stephen Marche Also, wow. Just wow. #canada #uspoli

Go out and DO! Exhorts Ross Douthat. Good read for this time of renewal, hope, and resistance.

Please read and share this account of the Conservative marketing (a different thing than politics) campaign. #cdnpoli #canada