David Reevely
@davidreevely.bsky.social
Logic reporter, Ottawa Citizen and Canadian Press alum. I cover Ottawa, cybersecurity and defence, telecom, space, health, infrastructure and whatever else needs doing. Signal: @davidreevely.68
American chicken exporters seem to be getting good-quality meat across the border by fraudulently labelling it as lower-quality "spent fowl," and Canadian chicken farmers are having a cow.
Colleague @joannasmith.bsky.social explains.
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Colleague @joannasmith.bsky.social explains.
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Fraudulently labelled American chicken is flooding into Canada, farmers charge - The Logic
Premium American chicken meat has been getting into Canada duty free because it’s falsely labelled as low-grade. Border officials are trying to stop that.
thelogic.co
February 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
American chicken exporters seem to be getting good-quality meat across the border by fraudulently labelling it as lower-quality "spent fowl," and Canadian chicken farmers are having a cow.
Colleague @joannasmith.bsky.social explains.
thelogic.co/news/canada-...
Colleague @joannasmith.bsky.social explains.
thelogic.co/news/canada-...
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem was a member of the "Epstein club" and had a vulgar, intimate correspendence with him for years.
Till a few hours ago, he ran the company that operates container terminals all over Canada and is in on the PM's prized Contrecoeur port project.
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Till a few hours ago, he ran the company that operates container terminals all over Canada and is in on the PM's prized Contrecoeur port project.
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Head of Canada's top container-terminal operator resigns after emails show close ties to Epstein - The Logic
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem's exchanges with the convicted sex offender included plans for winning First Nations approval on projects, and networking with other members of "the Epstein club"
thelogic.co
February 13, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem was a member of the "Epstein club" and had a vulgar, intimate correspendence with him for years.
Till a few hours ago, he ran the company that operates container terminals all over Canada and is in on the PM's prized Contrecoeur port project.
thelogic.co/news/dp-worl...
Till a few hours ago, he ran the company that operates container terminals all over Canada and is in on the PM's prized Contrecoeur port project.
thelogic.co/news/dp-worl...
The argument in defence of Chomsky here is that he's a fool, incapable of seeing beyond surface claims.
February 12, 2026 at 6:27 PM
The argument in defence of Chomsky here is that he's a fool, incapable of seeing beyond surface claims.
Reposted by David Reevely
Important read.
I fear that the rhetoric around this is going to get very ugly very quickly because of the age we're living in.
I fear that the rhetoric around this is going to get very ugly very quickly because of the age we're living in.
NEW from me today:
Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come.
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
Tumbler Ridge is mourning a horrific loss. But how the shooter's identity is being talked about online, and the dangerous links being made to trans people at large, will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come.
xtramagazine.com/power/tumble...
The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine
Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence
xtramagazine.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Important read.
I fear that the rhetoric around this is going to get very ugly very quickly because of the age we're living in.
I fear that the rhetoric around this is going to get very ugly very quickly because of the age we're living in.
Reposted by David Reevely
CALLED IT www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...
February 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM
CALLED IT www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...
Quite a number of TV guests, especially on 24-hour news channels, should just be identified as “Easy Book” instead of “Professor, XYZ School of Business” or whatever.
Have you ever watched a 24-hour news channel and wondered to yourself…how the hell did that person get on air?
Well, I can tell you how that happens.
It gives me some serious concerns about our information ecosystem:
Well, I can tell you how that happens.
It gives me some serious concerns about our information ecosystem:
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Quite a number of TV guests, especially on 24-hour news channels, should just be identified as “Easy Book” instead of “Professor, XYZ School of Business” or whatever.
Canada. Paid. For the whole. Bridge.
He keeps saying China will kill hockey in Canada, & I cannot figure out where the hell he got that batshit idea. (I’m sure it’s from some right-wing online thing that’s been twisted into this nuttery.)
Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
February 9, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Canada. Paid. For the whole. Bridge.
I’d occasionally get an email from him when I covered Ontario politics. About half were praise, half polite suggestions that something I’d written was misguided.
Even the latter kind mostly made me just excited that Elly Alboim thought reading my work was worth his time.
Even the latter kind mostly made me just excited that Elly Alboim thought reading my work was worth his time.
I only got to sit down with Elly a couple of occasions, but he was never anything but generous when I wanted to pick his brain.
A real giant of Canadian journalism and politics.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
A real giant of Canadian journalism and politics.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Elly Alboim, former CBC parliamentary bureau chief and political consultant, dead at 78 | CBC News
Elly Alboim, a former CBC parliamentary bureau chief, longtime political consultant and professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, has died at 78, his family tells CBC News.
www.cbc.ca
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I’d occasionally get an email from him when I covered Ontario politics. About half were praise, half polite suggestions that something I’d written was misguided.
Even the latter kind mostly made me just excited that Elly Alboim thought reading my work was worth his time.
Even the latter kind mostly made me just excited that Elly Alboim thought reading my work was worth his time.
What’s the worst vegetable? I’ll start. It’s kale.
February 9, 2026 at 12:56 AM
What’s the worst vegetable? I’ll start. It’s kale.
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Whenever someone says no politics there’s a lot of politics going on.
“No place for politics in political decisions” is itself a political position
CBC continues to scold Canadians on the need to keep our "politics" out of the discussion on whether we get strong-armed into buying the F-35.
Lol... the F-35 is all about politics.
It is the politics of threat and intimidation against our independence.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Lol... the F-35 is all about politics.
It is the politics of threat and intimidation against our independence.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
February 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Whenever someone says no politics there’s a lot of politics going on.
Too many Americans are just not seeing the world as it is. Those “unfriendly” numbers should be a lot higher.
As Rupert Murdoch TV hammers away telling its viewers that Canadians are their enemies, Republican views of Canada shift on cue. At this point, Murdoch's propaganda machine can make its viewership believe absolutely anything, no matter how absurd.
February 7, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Too many Americans are just not seeing the world as it is. Those “unfriendly” numbers should be a lot higher.
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Well here's your problem.
February 6, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Well here's your problem.
These stories tend to emphasize the "injecting acid into their privates" part without mentioning that it's the same stuff used in, say, lip fillers.
That hyaluronic acid is an acid is chemically accurate, but we're not talking sulfuric.
That hyaluronic acid is an acid is chemically accurate, but we're not talking sulfuric.
#ICYMI: This #Olympic sport has apparently jumped the shark — or at least its penis.
www.bbc.com/sport/articl...
www.bbc.com/sport/articl...
Ski jumping: Wada responds to penis injection claims
The World Anti-Doping Agency could investigate if evidence emerges that male ski jumpers are injecting their penises in a bid to improve sporting performance.
www.bbc.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
These stories tend to emphasize the "injecting acid into their privates" part without mentioning that it's the same stuff used in, say, lip fillers.
That hyaluronic acid is an acid is chemically accurate, but we're not talking sulfuric.
That hyaluronic acid is an acid is chemically accurate, but we're not talking sulfuric.
U.S. customs enforcer Greg Bovino has, until recently, been the face of the Trump administration's violent crackdown on migrants. Protecting him and his agents: helmets from Galvion, a Montreal company.
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Montreal's Galvion, through U.S. reseller, is supplying US$15.5M of ballistic helmets to ICE - The Logic
The helmets, which are designed in Montreal, have featured prominently in recent immigration crackdowns in Minneapolis and Illinois
thelogic.co
February 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
U.S. customs enforcer Greg Bovino has, until recently, been the face of the Trump administration's violent crackdown on migrants. Protecting him and his agents: helmets from Galvion, a Montreal company.
thelogic.co/news/galvion...
thelogic.co/news/galvion...
I agree with you, Washington Post. I just wish you felt the same way.
February 5, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I agree with you, Washington Post. I just wish you felt the same way.
"Heated Rivalry" might have seemed to come out of nowhere.
In fact, it's the first big success out of a very deliberate strategy on Bell's part to make Cancon the world wants to watch. Colleague @lauraosman.bsky.social lays it out.
thelogic.co/news/the-big...
In fact, it's the first big success out of a very deliberate strategy on Bell's part to make Cancon the world wants to watch. Colleague @lauraosman.bsky.social lays it out.
thelogic.co/news/the-big...
‘Heated Rivalry’ is just the start of Bell’s new Cancon game plan - The Logic
The steamy hockey romance is the first big win in Bell Media’s plan to export edgy Canadian content
thelogic.co
February 4, 2026 at 2:39 PM
"Heated Rivalry" might have seemed to come out of nowhere.
In fact, it's the first big success out of a very deliberate strategy on Bell's part to make Cancon the world wants to watch. Colleague @lauraosman.bsky.social lays it out.
thelogic.co/news/the-big...
In fact, it's the first big success out of a very deliberate strategy on Bell's part to make Cancon the world wants to watch. Colleague @lauraosman.bsky.social lays it out.
thelogic.co/news/the-big...
No woman, in any place in America, under any set of circumstances, is safe from a man telling her she ought to smile more.
Trump to Kaitlan Collins after she pressed him on getting justice for Epstein survivors:
"No wonder CNN has no ratings because of people like you. You know, she‘s a young woman. I don‘t think I‘ve ever seen you smile. I‘ve known you for 10 years. I don‘t think I‘ve ever seen a smile in your face."
"No wonder CNN has no ratings because of people like you. You know, she‘s a young woman. I don‘t think I‘ve ever seen you smile. I‘ve known you for 10 years. I don‘t think I‘ve ever seen a smile in your face."
February 3, 2026 at 11:38 PM
No woman, in any place in America, under any set of circumstances, is safe from a man telling her she ought to smile more.
Through a U.S. joint venture with the Oneida Nation, Edmonton's Stantec had contracts to do facilities inspections at ICE detention sites.
The deals, done in late 2025, broke up when the Oneida Nation government found out what its business arm was up to.
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The deals, done in late 2025, broke up when the Oneida Nation government found out what its business arm was up to.
thelogic.co/news/stantec...
Canada's Stantec and U.S. partner had multimillion-dollar contracts to inspect ICE detention facilities - The Logic
Stantec's partner in the venture, the Oneida Nation, broke the deals and fired the board of the arm’s-length company that made them
thelogic.co
January 30, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Through a U.S. joint venture with the Oneida Nation, Edmonton's Stantec had contracts to do facilities inspections at ICE detention sites.
The deals, done in late 2025, broke up when the Oneida Nation government found out what its business arm was up to.
thelogic.co/news/stantec...
The deals, done in late 2025, broke up when the Oneida Nation government found out what its business arm was up to.
thelogic.co/news/stantec...
I don't ordinarily hold with descriptivists, but Merriam-Webster is by far the most delightful among them.
January 30, 2026 at 8:41 PM
I don't ordinarily hold with descriptivists, but Merriam-Webster is by far the most delightful among them.
This won't do.
Breaking news: Catherine O’Hara, the actress and comedian who delivered deliciously silly performances in movies such as “Beetlejuice” and “Home Alone,” and gained a new generation of fans as Moira Rose on “Schitt’s Creek,” has died.
She was 71.
She was 71.
Catherine O’Hara, comedy star with a flair for improv, dies at 71
The Canadian-born actress appeared in movies including “Beetlejuice” and “Home Alone” and won an Emmy Award as a star of “Schitt’s Creek.”
www.washingtonpost.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:41 PM
This won't do.
Reposted by David Reevely
The Post's coverage of Watergate famously began in the Metro section (local court reportiing)
New: The Washington Post’s White House team, which is not considered at risk amid upcoming cuts at the paper, sent a letter to owner Jeff Bezos seeking to protect other sections of the paper including Metro, Arts, and Sports (letter was shared in WaPo union slack)
January 29, 2026 at 2:36 PM
The Post's coverage of Watergate famously began in the Metro section (local court reportiing)
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You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 28, 2026 at 10:34 PM
You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
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Remind of his 41 Shots for the police killing of Amadou Diallo. NY Police demanded a boycott. One NY cop union head called Springsteen a dirtbag & “floating faggot” for it.
www.commondreams.org/views/2020/0...
www.commondreams.org/views/2020/0...
January 29, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Remind of his 41 Shots for the police killing of Amadou Diallo. NY Police demanded a boycott. One NY cop union head called Springsteen a dirtbag & “floating faggot” for it.
www.commondreams.org/views/2020/0...
www.commondreams.org/views/2020/0...
In fairness, it was an exclusive interview.
Tuesday morning:
New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”
Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”
Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
‘CBS Evening News’: Tony Dokoupil Under Fire for Interviewing His Own Mom
Viewers accuse CBS News of 'dumbing down.'
www.yahoo.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:26 PM
In fairness, it was an exclusive interview.
Canada's plan to spend a lot more on the Canadian Armed Forces has defence startups hoping to emulate the U.S.'s Anduril—not answering RFPs, but making gear the Forces can't resist once they see it
CAE and Bombardier are adapting, too: bringing in U.S. defence execs.
thelogic.co/news/the-big...
CAE and Bombardier are adapting, too: bringing in U.S. defence execs.
thelogic.co/news/the-big...
Defence tech startups want to change the way Canada equips its military - The Logic
Aspiring "neo-primes" are taking an entrepreneurial approach to supplying military gear as Canada prepares to spend billions on defence
thelogic.co
January 28, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Canada's plan to spend a lot more on the Canadian Armed Forces has defence startups hoping to emulate the U.S.'s Anduril—not answering RFPs, but making gear the Forces can't resist once they see it
CAE and Bombardier are adapting, too: bringing in U.S. defence execs.
thelogic.co/news/the-big...
CAE and Bombardier are adapting, too: bringing in U.S. defence execs.
thelogic.co/news/the-big...