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Torontonian. Librarian. Atheist. Political Junkie. “What fresh hell is this?”

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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

18.10.2025 23:22 — 👍 89434    🔁 29070    💬 2321    📌 1864

Unbelievable that an American VP would post something so cringe, undignified and sophomoric. So embarrassing. The rest of the world are shaking our heads…

19.10.2025 01:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Calvin Klein

22.09.2025 01:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Don’t worry, another country will do it and reap the glory and the $$$

07.08.2025 12:01 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I saw the same thing on my way home on Adelaide and University. Around 30-40 people in front of me and in the crowd was a little girl about 3-4 biking on her own, her older sister and mom. If I squint, I almost feel like I'm in Amsterdam🥹

08.05.2025 01:06 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

It’s not really about the tariffs. It’s about the 51st state comments and the perception that foreigners aren’t safe in the US.

08.05.2025 12:37 — 👍 16    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In Montreal, Liberal leader Mark Carney confirms that Canada will be retaliating against U.S. tariffs expected April 2.

Carney and Trump spoke today and committed to negotiating a new economic and security pact after the election, and he says negotiations w Secretary Lutnick will "intensify."

28.03.2025 19:53 — 👍 127    🔁 21    💬 7    📌 0
Carney at the port of Montreal

Carney at the port of Montreal

"The spirit of the call was both cordial and focused on making progress," Carney says of his first call with Trump. "Positive, cordial, constructive, productive, exactly what we want."

28.03.2025 20:06 — 👍 34    🔁 1    💬 4    📌 3

Watching the Poilievre presser right now. He has been clearly thrown off his game. Hesitant, stumbling on words, strange phrasing. The breaking story about his wife's cousin entering and staying in Canada illegally means she won't be showing up at events where there will be questions. #cdnpoli

28.03.2025 17:27 — 👍 748    🔁 232    💬 60    📌 18

Every time he speaks, I feel like I’m learning something new…

28.03.2025 19:37 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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'Deeply hypocritical’: Pierre Poilievre slammed ‘illegal border crossers,’ but his own relative crossed and stayed ⋆ The Breach Anaida Poilievre’s uncle lived undocumented in Canada and received help from her and an MP. The Conservative leader has said such individuals should be ‘tracked down’ and ‘deported’

breachmedia.ca/hypocritical...

28.03.2025 19:35 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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We're going to have free interprovincial trade by Canada Day!

21.03.2025 23:09 — 👍 1487    🔁 335    💬 73    📌 37
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King plans early meeting with Canada’s new prime minister Mark Carney Charles knows the former Bank of England governor well and would be sending a signal of support amid the Commonwealth country’s tensions with Donald Trump

King Charles’s “determination” to meet Mark Carney first (Before nazi trump) will send a clear signal that the UK is prioritising a “special relationship” with its Commonwealth realm.

www.thetimes.com/world/canada... #cdnpoli

16.03.2025 10:19 — 👍 16    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1

One of the virtues Prime Minister Mark Carney brings to the job is good, adult judgment.
In face of a maniacal US President who maintains they don’t need 🍁Canada, it’s a great call to head off to Paris and London first, instead of shambling in to Washington to kiss the Orange Duce’s ring.
😌

15.03.2025 11:26 — 👍 418    🔁 87    💬 20    📌 5
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CONS are to ramp up misinfomercials today in light of Mark Carney being sworn in. Of course we know who's funding these commercials. They have unlimited cash. Be sure to talk to your friends and neighbours about these kind of right wing ad attacks.

#neverconservative
#NeverPoiLIEvre

14.03.2025 15:49 — 👍 438    🔁 198    💬 29    📌 12

Thank goodness we are in the room.

12.03.2025 21:00 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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My message to our steel and aluminum workers: you have our full support, now and for the future.

We’re going to build big things in Canada, and we need every one of you.

12.03.2025 22:08 — 👍 9934    🔁 1726    💬 382    📌 119

The # of people that go bankrupt every year from medical bills:

Canada - 0
Greenland - 0
Ukraine - 0
Australia- 0
France - 0
Sweden - 0
Norway - 0
Spain - 0
Denmark - 0
Portugal - 0
UK - 0
Japan - 0
Finland - 0
Iceland - 0
Germany - 0

United States - 326,000

Nobody wants to be the 51st state! 😠

12.03.2025 16:32 — 👍 2632    🔁 921    💬 68    📌 52

He’s hockey player and a marathoner

11.03.2025 21:56 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Mark Carney is handsome. That’s gonna bug Shitler. 🇨🇦

11.03.2025 21:43 — 👍 1182    🔁 69    💬 104    📌 9

Chretien’s grit, Trudeau’s sincerity, and Carney’s seriousness.

A powerful combination on display.

09.03.2025 22:59 — 👍 3432    🔁 415    💬 51    📌 16
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‘Burn down their house’: Bay Street veteran weighs in on tariff response Bay Street veteran David Rosenberg says that Canada has more leverage in its trade war with the U.S. than many experts think, and when it comes to hitting back against Donald Trump, there’s one thing ...

‘Burn down their house’, says Bay Street veteran. #tariffs #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦

www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/eco...

06.03.2025 22:32 — 👍 13    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
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How Ottawa businesses (like Lee Valley) plan to deal with Trump tariffs One-fifth of Lee Valley's business is direct to U.S. customer sales. But with Trump's tariffs, it’s hard to predict what will come next.

Lee Valley is a beloved Canadian business.

If you need tools, gardening stuff and all sorts of other things, please consider ordering in person or online.

#elbowsup

ottawacitizen.com/business/lee...

06.03.2025 01:54 — 👍 531    🔁 177    💬 34    📌 24

Never underestimate Canadian passive-aggressiveness. #cdnpoli

04.03.2025 20:21 — 👍 45    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 0

So much for King Charles sticking up for Canada. Unless he’s planning to throw Trump in the Tower when he has him over for tea…

27.02.2025 21:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Folks in Ontario get out to vote. Remember that Doug Ford made a big hoopla about cancelling a $100 million deal with Elon Musk. It was back on the table within hours.
No wonder Elon is taunting us.
Get out and vote.

27.02.2025 12:24 — 👍 1535    🔁 648    💬 98    📌 55
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This is astonishing. The UK finance minister who hired Carney glowingly raves about him many times in a way all Canadians must hear. “If I was sending someone on behalf of Canada I’d want Mark Carney because I’d say this is the moment we need our most international statesperson.” 1/3

27.02.2025 01:30 — 👍 471    🔁 253    💬 5    📌 20
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Canada, Germany working on diversifying trade in face of U.S. threats OTTAWA - Canadian companies and diplomats are working with their European colleagues to find ways to diversify trade as the U.S. threatens to impose steep tariffs.

Germany's Ambassador to Canada Tjorven Bellmann says European ambassadors in Ottawa have been in touch with corporations on both sides of the Atlantic to discuss how they can boost trade in face of U.S. threats. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/can... via @CdnPressNews

26.02.2025 19:50 — 👍 135    🔁 56    💬 4    📌 1
Please Don't Vote For Doug Ford This Time, Ontario
YouTube video by Clare Blackwood Please Don't Vote For Doug Ford This Time, Ontario

I'm posting this every day until Thursday just in case any of you are still like, hey, maybe Doug Ford isn't that bad (untrue), maybe he's just misunderstood (wildly untrue), or maybe the libs are just being dramatic (not always untrue but untrue in this case) #ONelxn youtu.be/pUoX9FGT0M0?...

25.02.2025 23:58 — 👍 273    🔁 130    💬 12    📌 4
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COMMENTARY: CBC needs saving, now more than ever Commentary on value of public broadcasting

PULL QUOTE: "Pierre Poilievre’s perverse promise to destroy the CBC by slashing its budget and selling off its assets will undermine Canada’s national unity and our ability to access reliable news and facts at a time when both are under severe threat." www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/... #CBC

24.02.2025 22:50 — 👍 21    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 2

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