@edwardtoronto
Liberal pragmatist with social democratic tendencies. https://waterfrontforall.ca. Climate Change is a clear & present challenge. Vaccines work. Housing abundance is necessary. Art is not surplus to requirements. No, it wasn't 'better' back then.
I think a lot of honest, well-meaning people are reading the Prime Ministerβs statement the same way he possibly wants trump to read it.
If Iβm going to fault him, it could be for assuming Canadians had better critical thinking skills.
Something we can all work on.
Yup. The "Real Men go to Tehran" gang.
They were always liars, criminals, grifters.
[ #antivaxxers #quacks #CovidDenial ]
Reframing misinformation as informational-systemic risk misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/refr... by @nuurrianti.bsky.social
"...misinformation is not just about false or misleading content, but about how degraded information can destabilize entire social systems..."
Agreed.
Photo of Prime Minister Carney speaking at a podium in Davos, Switzerland. A quote from his speech is edited on top: βWHEN THE RULES NO LONGER PROTECT YOU, YOU MUST PROTECT YOURSELF. BUT LET US BE CLEAR-EYED ABOUT WHERE THIS LEADS. A WORLD OF FORTRESSES WILL BE POORER, MORE FRAGILE, AND LESS SUSTAINABLE.β
We can build walls or we can be more ambitious β and build something better, stronger, and more just.
π¨π¦PM Carney: "It means acting consistently, applying the same standards to allies and rivals. When middle powers criticize economic intimidation from one direction but stay silent when it comes from another, we are keeping the sign in the window." (π§΅3/6)
Prime Minister Carney is getting praise from around the world for his powerful speech. π¨π¦πͺπ₯π
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"The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity" "And the ways our differences combine to create meaning" #StarTrek = #Woke from the get go.
"I see many things. I see plans within plans." Make the Mad King happy enough to endorse the #Canada-China deal. 'We take the world as it is, not as we wish it to be' Prime Minster #Carney #BoardOfPeace
Realpolitik 101. AKA the price Canada pays for Trump being OK with the #China-Canada canola-EV deal. Also would make it a teeny bit awkward Mad King USA to invade a country that's leader is on his #BoardOfPeace.
LOL
Wind. The enemy of urbanity! π
Who among us hasn't jonesed for a T-shirt that's emblazoned with "Polluters over People," right? #EPA #Trump #USA
Everybody gets a ribbon π at the preschool sports day!
Doug Ford wants Canada to be strong with the Trump administration β except when it comes to EVs.
Pick a lane, Doug. #cdnpoli
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"Less patriotic than a literal separatist party" is certainly a look for Canada's Conservatives.
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney in Beijing, Jan. 16, 2026. | Adek Berry/AFP via Getty Images
PM Mark Carney: βThe future of Greenland is a decision for Greenland & Denmark exclusively β itβs their decision
We are NATO partners with Denmark β our obligations on Article 5, Article 2 of NATO stand, & we stand full square behind thoseβ
Thanks for this and for maintaining the LPC's BlueSky presence, especially on a day when X was down. Maybe someone can pass a message on up the chain, that it would be great to see more MPs & Ministers active here, as @mark-carney.bsky.social is!
In the blink of a sleepy Trump eye, writes @sashaabramsky.bsky.social, the world has regressed from a purportedly post-colonial era to a most avowedly colonial one.
https://bit.ly/45NjHTn
If allowing less than 5% of the our current importing automobiles from #China into #Canada (in exchange for major concessions on canola & seafood exports) is going to put our auto sector at risk, what the hell is the impact of #Trump saying he doesn't want auto's to be made in Canada? #EVs #Autos
There's something off about the map @damienmoule.bsky.social shared (I.E. an oddity, perhaps inadvertent, created by the map maker). But I'm sadly never surprised by 'getting it wrong' about corners of Scarborough (Toronto). I'll have to dig in to the 'play assumptions' on the Play Map too because ?
βA number of extremist Christian nationalists see a future where America embraces its white Christian heritage at home and imposes its will on the world abroad. The phrase that best captures Engelβs politics is one he and his allies often repeat: repeal the 20th century.β
Canadian-made rescue vehicle getting worldwide interest, says manufacturer #Canada
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The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
The milking parlor of a Wisconsin dairy farm. The Agriculture Department announced the first detection of bird flu in a herd in the state, the third time the virus had jumped from wildlife into dairy cattle last year.
Bird Flu Viruses Raise Mounting Concerns Among Scientists www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/h... @apoorvanyt.bsky.social @nytimes.com
π πΌπΏπ² π»π²ππ β’ CanadaHealthwatch.ca π
"We have no history of one #NATO partner seizing territory from another," said retired general Wayne Eyre, formerly #Canada 's chief of the defence staff ... "I share the Danish assessment that yes, this could be the shattering of NATO, much to Putin's delight." #Greenland www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Here's @thekeenanwire.bsky.social's quarterly appearance on Toronto Mike'd
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Goodβs vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
Holy shit San Francisco!
60% of the city rezoned, most places exceeding (!!) SB 79. The most restrictive of these allows attached 4β8 story apt buildings with no cap on the # of homes inside, no parking mandates, and by-right streamlined approval.
Movement racking up the municipal wins today πππ