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Updating my LEGO White House

Carney: But this decades-long process of an ever-closer economic relationship with the United States is now over. And as a consequence, many of our former strengths as a country—more particularly, our economic strengths based on close ties to America—have now become our vulnerabilities…

Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star

I believe artist is: bsky.app/profile/theo...

A picture in the Oval Office of the White House. Donald Trump is sitting behind the Resolute desk. Mark Carney faces him wearing a red hockey jersey with “Never 51” on it. He is holding a hockey stick while he says “This is how I dress for the White House.”

New profile header day! If anyone has a link to the artist I would like to credit them. @thestar.com

Here’s a no-brainer going forward in Canada — change the law so that anyone seeking to be leader of a National Political Party should be specifically required to submit for and successfully receive top secret security clearance.

Call it the Poilievre Bill.

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Atlantic Canada enjoying the 2 hours when rest of Canada pays attention to it #CanadaVotes

Canadians will vote tomorrow in the most emotional election since 1988. I have my own preference. But I note: no one doubts that the vote will be free and fair - or that the loser will peacefully accept the voters' decision. That may not sound much. It's more than others have.

The return of diseases measles and whooping cough is not a failure of science or public health

It’s a failure of leadership and governance

And this is new to me too! Some cool EV’s in the pipeline.

This vehicle seemed to come out of nowhere. Sounds very cool!

I predict that the Buy Canadian movement, particularly food, is probably going to save lives given the rampant deregulation going on in the US right now.

As for Polestar cars that says “no conquering mars. Earth is our priority”

Polestar throwing shade 💀

Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.

Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!

NO.

Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.

PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.

This is also about autism.

Canada is ranked 1 in education, 3 in safety, 4 in justice, 4 in overall best country.

We are not a broken country. We have not suffered a lost decade.

Our existence is in the balance.

Vote.

The giant pumpkins and historic train station in Smoky Lake, Alberta.

Canadian federal election eligible voter turnout history.

Highest Turnout: 79.4% (1958)
Lowest Turnout: 58.8% (2008)

Last time above 70%: 1993 (70.9%)
Last time above 75%: 1988 (75.3%)
Last time above 77%: 1963 (79.2%)

Let's beat 70% this election!
#letsbeat70

Picture of a community hall building with voting signs on it.

Voted at our rural community hall advanced poll location. Busy but only took me 5 minutes from entry to exit! #vote #CanadaVotes

The photo depicts a person dressed in an early 20th-century style, likely Martha Black, wearing a long, elegant white dress with intricate lace detailing on the bodice and sleeves. The dress has a high neckline and a fitted waist, typical of Edwardian fashion. Her hair is styled in a voluminous, curly updo. She stands in a three-quarter pose against a dark background, holding a small handbag or clutch with both hands, one of which has a ring. The image has a soft, vintage, hand-tinted quality, common in early color photography.

In 1898, Martha Black's husband left her, while she was pregnant on the trail to the Klondike. She continued the journey herself, built a life in Dawson City, became a celebrated naturalist and a Member of Parliament.
This is the story of this amazing woman.

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338Canada🍁federal update | April 18, 2025

🔴LPC 189
----------------majority: 172 seats
🔵CPC 123
⚜️BQ 22
🟠NDP 8
🟢GPC 1

Details here → 338canada.com/federal.htm

Find your riding here → 338canada.com/districts.htm

Me yesterday…

Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.

A tweet by Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25 ) reads: "He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. Don’t you see what’s happening here?"

I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

Not bad

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A cookie box. The background is outer space, and the space ship from Star Trek: TNG soars across the top. Beneath the words "Star Trek The Next Generation Honey Graham Cookies" are a belt of tan cookies shaped like characters from the series

Star Trek: The Next Generation Honey Graham Cookies (1994-1995): A Canadian release, these honey-graham cookies were shaped like characters and ships from the show, and offered a collection of six hologram stickers

~ #BoycottUSA It's no longer safe to travel in the US!

Support your country, stay home and give your dollars to Canadian businesses.

Mark Carney shakes hands with a woman holding a sign at a meet and greet event.

Students, you can vote now on campus, from April 13 to 16.

Visit lpc.ca/how2vote to learn more.

Good start to the week.
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A military officer in a dark blue uniform adorned with various medals, standing in front of an American flag backdrop.

Colonel Susan Meyers of the US Space Force, stationed at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, was removed from her command after criticizing Vance’s unneeded and costly visit to Greenland. She stated her loyalty to the US and the law and not to politicians so Trump got rid of her.