Brigitte Pellerin

Who’s following the Texas primaries and what are we thinking?

Following Pierre I am trying to give him the benefit of the doubt but is it too much to ask him to stop being so weird?

Trying to keep up with what Pierre Poilievre is thinking is dangerous work. Please send emotional support beer. brigittepellerin.substack.com/p/following-...

Gift-redeem

I could have sworn he’d just said it would be a mistake to write off the US? www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

Don't fart in church And other bizarre laws in Alabama.

I catch up with Taylor McLendon on some weird new laws in Alabama. brigittepellerin.substack.com/p/dont-fart-...

You have to care to get it right.

I know where Jeff got his inspiration from. Sutcliffe’s old egregious mistake (which I hadn’t noticed at the time). For the record, Catherine McKenney had it right.

Look at the sign.

It’s so damn insulting.

Apparently this is a corrected version. It’s still wrong, just differently.

I loved it. Cried like a baby.

Boots is very impressed with the tool that’s letting me create a lovely timeline of the Ādisōke project.

Ādisōke voudrait vous dire… When an update tells you… not much.

When a major project that’s badly delayed without explanation offers an update, you should expect more than a rhapsody on love, strawberries, and Black History Month. brigittepellerin.substack.com/p/adisoke-vo...

I am sick and tired of Anglo politicians who think approximate French is OK. It’s not. Nobody anywhere ever says it like that. Couldn’t you find a qualified francophone communicator to advise you?

This would never work here because we lack the imagination to think of streets as anything but car sewers. Even when we try (see the sorry saga of Wellington), we can’t.

Stop promising. Do. February 27, 2026

This week's newsletter. brigittepellerin.com/campaigns/vi...

My goodness, an adult speech You go ahead and believe Pierre Poilievre is a new man if you like.

A guy who’s built a career being the embodiment of a Toronto Sun front-page headline suddenly quotes Marcus Aurelius and everyone’s so damn impressed. Everyone but me, that is. brigittepellerin.substack.com/p/my-goodnes...

On feminist foreign policy Or why an anti-patriarchal lens is the bees’ knees.

You may not have noticed from all the {gestures widely] crazy-ass shit going on everywhere, that feminist foreign policy had been cancelled. Here is a piece I wrote about the concept, back when Canada was into stuff like that. brigittepellerin.substack.com/p/on-feminis...

Stop promising to revamp the ByWard Market. Do it already. | Opinion Much of what Ottawa mayor Mark Sutcliffe is now promising was already in a 2021 plan approved by a previous Council. | Opinion

Taking credit for promising something that happened under your predecessor and failed to materialize under your admin is devious enough to make Machiavelli blush. ottawacitizen.com/opinion/stop...

I can explain why!

Beyond the Obvious: Ignore Trump’s discombobulated SOTU, pay attention to big trends Reading badly smooshed tea leaves reveals deep truths about America that reverberate around the world.

For those smart enough to go to bed early, my take on this shitshow of a SOTU. Tl;dr: look beyond Trump and prepare for the after-cult. brigittepellerin.substack.com/p/beyond-the...

Beyond the Obvious: Ignore Trump’s discombobulated SOTU, pay attention to big trends Reading badly smooshed tea leaves reveals deep truths about America that reverberate around the world.

I spent hours writing an analysis of the speech and managed to publish it before he was done yammering. brigittepellerin.substack.com/p/beyond-the...

Carpe Diem When opportunity knocks....

Friend @toondreessen.bsky.social has a great idea for what to do with 330 Gilmour: toondreessen930431.substack.com/p/carpe-diem

Somehow they think it’s in their interest. Beats me, too.

It’s the toxicity, stupid How do you explain the perplexing mystery that sees people who do not appreciate toxic masculinity refusing to vote for it?

I wrote this piece over 3 years ago and it’s amazing how little has changed. brigittepellerin.substack.com/p/its-the-to...

A place for balls The first IKEA in Alabama opens in Huntsville this week!

My weekly conversation with a cold Taylor discusses oddballs, meatballs and goofballs. brigittepellerin.substack.com/p/a-place-fo...

Ādisōke: le point de départ d’une enquête Février 2026 et ça n’a pas l’air près d’être prêt pantoute.

For the morning crowd, the latest post on Ādisōke: brigittepellerin.substack.com/p/adisoke-le...

On le fait ailleurs, comme Montréal et Québec. Edmonton aussi je pense. Pour certains grands projets, présélectionnés pour assurer une certaine qualité et conformité aux normes.

Ādisōke: le point de départ d’une enquête Février 2026 et ça n’a pas l’air près d’être prêt pantoute.

Ādisōke, le point de départ. A bilingual post. brigittepellerin.substack.com/p/adisoke-le...

Out of nowhere, Canada became poorer than Alabama. How is that possible? For an overdue wake-up call, The Globe travelled to the Deep South to understand how the state is breaking stereotypes and, at times, looking richer than Canada

Been saying and writing this for years. I even have a third of a book drafted about it. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0ef4da4...

11 Million Visitors Short: Inside America’s Continuing Tourism Slump

It’s *such* a mysterious mystery. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/t...