Brenda Smith

We are a free, sovereign and ambitious country. 🇨🇦

A graph showing the S&P 500 index over the past week, with a current value of 5,396.52. The chart indicates a decline of 4.85%, featuring a downward trend with notable dips on specific dates.

Happy Liberation Day to all who celebrate the release of money from your retirement accounts into thin air.

No tariffs on Russia. Huh?

From the archives.

Trump falsely claims the U.S. “subsidizes” Canada by $200B (made-up). In reality, the 2023 trade deficit was ~$30B, mostly from cheap Canadian oil that benefits U.S. consumers. That’s not a subsidy — it’s a mutually beneficial trade deal. 📊 www.census.gov/foreign-trad...

‘Filibuster’ comes from Spanish ‘filibustero’ which literally means “freebooter.”

freebooter = a pirate or plunderer

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

Spotted Cow for Susan Crawford

Cheers to Susan Crawford.

We are continuing our restoration, rewilding, and replanting this week with World Planting Day today, which also coincides with the United Nations Day of Forest. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #WorldPlantingDay #DayofForest

My meeting with the Council on Canada-U.S. Relations was focused on keeping Canada’s economy strong in the face of unjust tariffs.  

We’re ready to engage with the U.S. on a comprehensive negotiation — when Canada is shown respect as a sovereign nation.

Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

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Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star

I had an excellent call with President von der Leyen about the road ahead for Canada-E.U. trade.

Canada and Europe are strong, reliable partners. In a shifting global economy, that matters more than ever. We’re ready to secure new transatlantic business opportunities together.

'I haven't given my Japanese side its due': Dave Roberts reflects ahead of Dodgers' Tokyo opener The influx of Japanese players on the Dodgers' roster has allowed the Okinawa-born Dave Roberts to reconnect with his background, and now he's poised to guide his team in a season-opening series in Tokyo.

“I felt a lot of my childhood and early teenage years that there was a little bit of an identity crisis,” said Dodgers skipper Dave Roberts. www.latimes.com/sports/dodg...

Canada ‘will never be part of the US’, says new PM Mark Carney amid trade war Former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor sworn in and expected to call election soon

Mark Carney sworn in as Canada’s 24th Prime Minister. Big changes ahead and an election likely coming soon. 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Governor General, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, smile for a group photo with members of the 30th Canadian Ministry.

Canada, meet your new cabinet. We’ve built a smaller, focused, and experienced team that is made to meet this moment.

Notice to flat-Earthers all around the globe: Please alert the authorities if tonight’s Total Lunar Eclipse looks like this:

Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star

Right now, we’re building a government that will deliver what our country needs most.

We’re going to protect Canadians during this crisis and build a stronger economy for the future.

Walz: I think they hate public education because it’s easier to run an authoritarian government if you don’t have a population that knows.

Our CEO and Chairman, Channing Dungey, said it best, “If ever there was a show the world needed more of right now, it would be ‘Ted Lasso’.” #TedLasso is officially returning for Season 4! 🙌

Welp, sold out in 30min

To be clear: a tariff is a tax.

The Globe and Mail

Mexico and Canada should both ban X and Facebook.

As well as every other democracy in the world that wants to stay in existence.

Jack Dorsey is, at best, a tech libertarian with a heavy dose of hypocrisy, and at worst, a useful idiot for the far right who either doesn’t care or refuses to acknowledge the damage he’s helped cause. 1/3

who then turned it into a propaganda machine for billionaires and right-wing extremists. Now, he acts like he’s too cool to care while defending Musk’s worst decisions and pretending Bluesky’s problems aren’t his fault.

All a bunch of BS!
3/3

He likes to portray himself as some kind of visionary, decentralization guru, and free speech purist, but his actions don’t match his words. He claims he’s all about empowering users and breaking free from corporate control, yet he helped hand Twitter over to Elon Musk… 2/3