Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦
@emmettmacfarlane.com
Professor of political science. Author. Dad.
Constitutional law, rights, governing institutions, and Canadian politics.
Books: Legislating under the Charter; Constitutional Pariah; Governing from the Bench
Constitutional law, rights, governing institutions, and Canadian politics.
Books: Legislating under the Charter; Constitutional Pariah; Governing from the Bench
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Rights and Parliamentary Systems in Canada and Beyond - University of Toronto Press
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Those in charge in the US are impulsive, unreasonably confident, and already spread thin (c.f. Rubio doing ~5 jobs). This would be a *major* crisis in any era; at this time, there's a dangerously high chance it would go off the rails in ways we haven't conceived of yet.
Look, you may think the Mail is probably exaggerating but the news side of Telegraph is legit: if Euros are considering this, there's smoke
European Union preparing sanctions on US companies if President Trump rejects EU proposal to deploy European military force to Greenland as an alternative to US control.-Telegraph
January 11, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Those in charge in the US are impulsive, unreasonably confident, and already spread thin (c.f. Rubio doing ~5 jobs). This would be a *major* crisis in any era; at this time, there's a dangerously high chance it would go off the rails in ways we haven't conceived of yet.
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Look, you may think the Mail is probably exaggerating but the news side of Telegraph is legit: if Euros are considering this, there's smoke
European Union preparing sanctions on US companies if President Trump rejects EU proposal to deploy European military force to Greenland as an alternative to US control.-Telegraph
January 11, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Look, you may think the Mail is probably exaggerating but the news side of Telegraph is legit: if Euros are considering this, there's smoke
DO IT. This isn't about free expression or politics, it is about the rule of law.
The UK is in talks with Canada and Australia for a coordinated response to X, including a possible ban. #canpoli
Starmer rallies international support to take on Musk
Tech billionaire says threat to ban social media site over sexualised AI images is ‘censorship’
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 12:16 AM
DO IT. This isn't about free expression or politics, it is about the rule of law.
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Stand up to these murders in the streets, but don’t make noise or make a mess!
I’m sure that’ll be effective. Everyone just stand still and hold hands, that’ll fix it.
I’m sure that’ll be effective. Everyone just stand still and hold hands, that’ll fix it.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says 29 people were arrested in downtown last night during a noise demonstration at a hotel reportedly housing ICE agents: "For those that are taking the bait and causing property damage or otherwise, there are consequences. We're holding the line here all the way."
January 10, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Stand up to these murders in the streets, but don’t make noise or make a mess!
I’m sure that’ll be effective. Everyone just stand still and hold hands, that’ll fix it.
I’m sure that’ll be effective. Everyone just stand still and hold hands, that’ll fix it.
What remains remarkable is that every day everything manages to exceed the previous day's stupidity. It is mindboggling that this malignant narcissistic criminal fool is being allowed to destroy the world.
unspeakably pathetic stuff from Trump here as he says he'd be honored to accept María Corina Machado's Nobel Prize if she wants to give it up to him
January 10, 2026 at 2:03 PM
What remains remarkable is that every day everything manages to exceed the previous day's stupidity. It is mindboggling that this malignant narcissistic criminal fool is being allowed to destroy the world.
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The ICE killing of Renee Macklin Good was a crystallization of the moment, and a warning of how the Trump administration pushes to see what it can get away with. I hope the pushback is an avalanche. www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
Bruce Arthur: The ICE shooting in Minneapolis is a warning to all Americans
As America is broken apart the cracks are everywhere, but the killing of Renee Macklin Good seems like a chasm, Bruce Arthur writes.
www.thestar.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:22 AM
The ICE killing of Renee Macklin Good was a crystallization of the moment, and a warning of how the Trump administration pushes to see what it can get away with. I hope the pushback is an avalanche. www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
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This would suggest not: globalnews.ca/news/1160665...
January 9, 2026 at 8:43 PM
This would suggest not: globalnews.ca/news/1160665...
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Everything on this list is just so fucking predictable.
Their base has gone MAGA.
Their base has gone MAGA.
Conservative grassroots to debate DEI, conversion therapy, abortion and immigration at convention
Late Thursday, the Conservative party published a list of policy proposals submitted by party members across riding associations.
nationalpost.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Everything on this list is just so fucking predictable.
Their base has gone MAGA.
Their base has gone MAGA.
Very curious if any Liberals are doing the same behind the scenes with the Carney Government here in Canada.
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging govt to leave X, arguing that it should "show direction to others in the UK"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
January 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Very curious if any Liberals are doing the same behind the scenes with the Carney Government here in Canada.
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This is where it starts. "Canada is a threat" will be a mainstream maga/fox talking point soon enough.
We're not moving fast enough.
We're not moving fast enough.
January 9, 2026 at 7:36 PM
This is where it starts. "Canada is a threat" will be a mainstream maga/fox talking point soon enough.
We're not moving fast enough.
We're not moving fast enough.
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they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
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Canada needs more big thinking on public service like this by @mendelmatt.bsky.social. Tinkering around the margins with new intra-government committees isn’t going to cut it
socialcapitalpartners.ca/five-ways-fo...
socialcapitalpartners.ca/five-ways-fo...
Advice to the public service: Five ways to confront monsters and chaos
Canada's political and bureaucratic leaders are quickly trying to re-wire the federal government to confront a belligerent Unites States, but systems can’t deliver what they were not designed for. Thi...
socialcapitalpartners.ca
January 9, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Canada needs more big thinking on public service like this by @mendelmatt.bsky.social. Tinkering around the margins with new intra-government committees isn’t going to cut it
socialcapitalpartners.ca/five-ways-fo...
socialcapitalpartners.ca/five-ways-fo...
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gotta hear both sides with respect to shooting poets in the head
New CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil closing the broadcast from MN last night.
January 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
gotta hear both sides with respect to shooting poets in the head
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This is part of the way that Canada loses its sovereignty — Canadian business elites will cheer it on
Scotiabank CEO says Trump doctrine to dominate hemisphere will be good for business
Financial data suggests Canadian banks are poised to profit if Donald Trump’s plan to takeover Venezuela’s oil industry comes to fruition.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
This is part of the way that Canada loses its sovereignty — Canadian business elites will cheer it on
McMaster's letter reference system sent me a notification of a student applicant and request for a reference (due January 15).
Less than 12 hours later, their system sent me a reminder. Then a third email less than 24 hours after that.
What the actual fuck, guys.
Less than 12 hours later, their system sent me a reminder. Then a third email less than 24 hours after that.
What the actual fuck, guys.
January 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
McMaster's letter reference system sent me a notification of a student applicant and request for a reference (due January 15).
Less than 12 hours later, their system sent me a reminder. Then a third email less than 24 hours after that.
What the actual fuck, guys.
Less than 12 hours later, their system sent me a reminder. Then a third email less than 24 hours after that.
What the actual fuck, guys.
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I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
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There are no rules, they don’t actually care about respect, decorum, bipartisanship or debate, and only pretend to do so to browbeat you into submission. Nothing is going to change until more people realise that and respond accordingly; including to the media and politicians who have failed them.
January 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
There are no rules, they don’t actually care about respect, decorum, bipartisanship or debate, and only pretend to do so to browbeat you into submission. Nothing is going to change until more people realise that and respond accordingly; including to the media and politicians who have failed them.
Whenever I get Wordle in 5 and it says "Great" I read it as super sarcastic.
January 9, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Whenever I get Wordle in 5 and it says "Great" I read it as super sarcastic.
Everything about contemporary conservativism is projection.
Right, he doesn’t comply with their request, goes on social media to have a tantrum and misrepresent what happened. Who’s the snowflake now?
January 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Everything about contemporary conservativism is projection.
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Please support Michael de Adder, who does great work:
January 8, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Please support Michael de Adder, who does great work:
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Stephen Miller’s cousin 👇🏽
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Stephen Miller’s cousin 👇🏽
I'm sorry, help me out here, but did this dingus go public about his event being "cancelled" when it was never booked in the first place? You don't get to INVITE YOURSELF to a university and proclaim it a free speech issue! www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/con...
Conservative MP accuses students of free speech attack after campus event cancelled
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Garnett Genuis accused a student group at York University of attacking free speech after he was denied permission to hold an event there — but the
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
January 9, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I'm sorry, help me out here, but did this dingus go public about his event being "cancelled" when it was never booked in the first place? You don't get to INVITE YOURSELF to a university and proclaim it a free speech issue! www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/con...
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The world's richest man runs a subscription-based automated service that removes clothing from photographs of children.
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:58 AM
The world's richest man runs a subscription-based automated service that removes clothing from photographs of children.
Complicity with murderers and fascists.
Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
www.independent.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Complicity with murderers and fascists.