Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦
@sphillipsab.bsky.social
Current: Founding Partner, Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips Policy Advisors
Www.mbpolicy.com
Adjunct, University of Lethbridge
Practitioner-in-Residence Fellow, University of Victoria
Former: AB NDP MLA & Minister of Environment, Parks & Climate Change
Www.mbpolicy.com
Adjunct, University of Lethbridge
Practitioner-in-Residence Fellow, University of Victoria
Former: AB NDP MLA & Minister of Environment, Parks & Climate Change
This seems even more scary on a day that was maximum scary.
We knew the second Trump presidency would likely mean the end of the Republic but it was so difficult to imagine the future. Now we are in it.
What will real resistance look like?
That, too, I am having a hard time imagining.
We knew the second Trump presidency would likely mean the end of the Republic but it was so difficult to imagine the future. Now we are in it.
What will real resistance look like?
That, too, I am having a hard time imagining.
January 25, 2026 at 4:22 AM
This seems even more scary on a day that was maximum scary.
We knew the second Trump presidency would likely mean the end of the Republic but it was so difficult to imagine the future. Now we are in it.
What will real resistance look like?
That, too, I am having a hard time imagining.
We knew the second Trump presidency would likely mean the end of the Republic but it was so difficult to imagine the future. Now we are in it.
What will real resistance look like?
That, too, I am having a hard time imagining.
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If the Democrats were serious about meeting the moment every Senator and House leader would be in Minnesota this afternoon.
ICE out of Minnesota NOW.
Breaking News: Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, state and local officials said. Follow live updates.
January 24, 2026 at 8:04 PM
If the Democrats were serious about meeting the moment every Senator and House leader would be in Minnesota this afternoon.
It is time for Canadian citizens of good conscience to start talking about divestment from a murderous regime.
The reasons are obvious.
Solidarity with Minneapolis.
Respect for ourselves.
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The reasons are obvious.
Solidarity with Minneapolis.
Respect for ourselves.
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Over the past 12 months, Canadian governments, investors, pension funds, corporations, etc. have increased US bond holdings by 27%, or 100B USD.
Why are we increasing our financing of US government debt at a time when the US government is so antagonistic towards Canada?
Why are we increasing our financing of US government debt at a time when the US government is so antagonistic towards Canada?
January 24, 2026 at 10:59 PM
It is time for Canadian citizens of good conscience to start talking about divestment from a murderous regime.
The reasons are obvious.
Solidarity with Minneapolis.
Respect for ourselves.
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The reasons are obvious.
Solidarity with Minneapolis.
Respect for ourselves.
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“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
The doddering old fool is just threatening us with a good time.
A 100% tariff on our oil, potash and so many other goods and commodities tanks the American economy pretty well overnight.
A 100% tariff on our oil, potash and so many other goods and commodities tanks the American economy pretty well overnight.
Trump: “If Governor Carney thinks he is going to make Canada a ‘Drop Off Port’ for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken … If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products”
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The doddering old fool is just threatening us with a good time.
A 100% tariff on our oil, potash and so many other goods and commodities tanks the American economy pretty well overnight.
A 100% tariff on our oil, potash and so many other goods and commodities tanks the American economy pretty well overnight.
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Number of COVID-19 Shots Delivered in Alberta Drops By Half, Following $100 Fee and Other Restrictions
“What we've heard over the last few months is extreme frustration from Albertans who were trying to use the booking system to get the vaccine.”
pressprogress.ca/number-of-co...
“What we've heard over the last few months is extreme frustration from Albertans who were trying to use the booking system to get the vaccine.”
pressprogress.ca/number-of-co...
Number of COVID-19 Shots Delivered in Alberta Drops By Half, Following $100 Fee and Other Restrictions
“What we've heard over the last few months is extreme frustration from Albertans who were trying to use the booking system to get the vaccine.”
pressprogress.ca
January 24, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Number of COVID-19 Shots Delivered in Alberta Drops By Half, Following $100 Fee and Other Restrictions
“What we've heard over the last few months is extreme frustration from Albertans who were trying to use the booking system to get the vaccine.”
pressprogress.ca/number-of-co...
“What we've heard over the last few months is extreme frustration from Albertans who were trying to use the booking system to get the vaccine.”
pressprogress.ca/number-of-co...
In my view it is not responsible for the left - in pursuit of attention at all cost - to do as algo-drunk conservatives do and promise things that are impossible/unconstitutional.
Electricity is provincial jurisdiction. So is land use, with a few exceptions.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Electricity is provincial jurisdiction. So is land use, with a few exceptions.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis calls for a pause on data centre construction | CBC News
NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis is calling for a moratorium on data centres along with other measures in a bid to rein in emerging generative artificial intelligence (AI) companies that he says are...
www.cbc.ca
January 24, 2026 at 1:44 AM
In my view it is not responsible for the left - in pursuit of attention at all cost - to do as algo-drunk conservatives do and promise things that are impossible/unconstitutional.
Electricity is provincial jurisdiction. So is land use, with a few exceptions.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Electricity is provincial jurisdiction. So is land use, with a few exceptions.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Make no mistake, America is coming for Alberta. This requires a response at the federal, provincial, and community level. Federally, the government must summon the ambassador for an explanation and, absent a complete retraction and apology, expel him.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Bessent pans Carney, cheers on Albertan separatism amid growing US-Canada rift
“People are talking,” Bessent said. “People want sovereignty. They want what the U.S. has got.”
www.politico.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Make no mistake, America is coming for Alberta. This requires a response at the federal, provincial, and community level. Federally, the government must summon the ambassador for an explanation and, absent a complete retraction and apology, expel him.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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I hope it's not lost on anyone that the exact same motherfuckers on the Canadian right who spent decades wielding the idea of Canadian Patriotism like a cudgel, talking about "real Canadians", accusing every opponent of "hating Canada", are now pivoting to a platform of literal treason
January 23, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I hope it's not lost on anyone that the exact same motherfuckers on the Canadian right who spent decades wielding the idea of Canadian Patriotism like a cudgel, talking about "real Canadians", accusing every opponent of "hating Canada", are now pivoting to a platform of literal treason
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Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
January 23, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
It is who you are.
ICE finally let her go after several days.We can’t let America become a country that lets agents arbitrarily take people into custody for days with no recourse, no contact with family. That’s not who we are. Those aren’t our values.
January 21, 2026 at 11:57 PM
It is who you are.
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Yesterday, @mark-carney.bsky.social may have given the most important speech of our era.
Whether it proves to be so, however, depends on what happens next. If Canada is serious about charting a third way, it must act—notably in deploying to Greenland, and saying no to the "Board of Peace."
Whether it proves to be so, however, depends on what happens next. If Canada is serious about charting a third way, it must act—notably in deploying to Greenland, and saying no to the "Board of Peace."
January 21, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Yesterday, @mark-carney.bsky.social may have given the most important speech of our era.
Whether it proves to be so, however, depends on what happens next. If Canada is serious about charting a third way, it must act—notably in deploying to Greenland, and saying no to the "Board of Peace."
Whether it proves to be so, however, depends on what happens next. If Canada is serious about charting a third way, it must act—notably in deploying to Greenland, and saying no to the "Board of Peace."
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NEW EP 1903: The New World Order Starts Without Washington
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips dive into Carney’s China deal and a world where Washington can’t be trusted. What does it mean for auto workers, NATO, and sovereignty? Zain Velji hosts.
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#CdnPoli #ableg
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips dive into Carney’s China deal and a world where Washington can’t be trusted. What does it mean for auto workers, NATO, and sovereignty? Zain Velji hosts.
🎧https://apple.co/4ol8kJD
#CdnPoli #ableg
The Strategists
Politics Podcast · Updated Weekly · Professional unprofessional strategists Stephen Carter, Corey Hogan and Zain Velji dissect the news of the day, pass judgment on strategy choices and lift back the curtain on how decisions are made. D…
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January 19, 2026 at 9:19 PM
NEW EP 1903: The New World Order Starts Without Washington
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips dive into Carney’s China deal and a world where Washington can’t be trusted. What does it mean for auto workers, NATO, and sovereignty? Zain Velji hosts.
🎧https://apple.co/4ol8kJD
#CdnPoli #ableg
Stephen Carter and Shannon Phillips dive into Carney’s China deal and a world where Washington can’t be trusted. What does it mean for auto workers, NATO, and sovereignty? Zain Velji hosts.
🎧https://apple.co/4ol8kJD
#CdnPoli #ableg
Read it all
January 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Read it all
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Couple weeks back, Keir Starmer had to apologize for making a 6-7 reference at an elementary school.
Just joking about:
1. Cancelling elections
2. Seizing ballot boxes with military
3. Shooting protestors
4. Invading Venezuela
5. Bombing Iran
6. Sacking the Capitol
7. Forcing Congress to throw out ballots
8. Running for a 3rd term
9. Invading Greenland
10. Annexing Canada
So, so funny.
1. Cancelling elections
2. Seizing ballot boxes with military
3. Shooting protestors
4. Invading Venezuela
5. Bombing Iran
6. Sacking the Capitol
7. Forcing Congress to throw out ballots
8. Running for a 3rd term
9. Invading Greenland
10. Annexing Canada
So, so funny.
January 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Couple weeks back, Keir Starmer had to apologize for making a 6-7 reference at an elementary school.
It’s not a distraction.
If it seems like far-right govts are very busy dismantling the world around you, it’s because all of those things are the Main Event. They want to do it all. It’s all their priority, not a massive circular distraction.
There’s no conspiracy or marionette strings.
If it seems like far-right govts are very busy dismantling the world around you, it’s because all of those things are the Main Event. They want to do it all. It’s all their priority, not a massive circular distraction.
There’s no conspiracy or marionette strings.
Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
January 15, 2026 at 3:49 AM
It’s not a distraction.
If it seems like far-right govts are very busy dismantling the world around you, it’s because all of those things are the Main Event. They want to do it all. It’s all their priority, not a massive circular distraction.
There’s no conspiracy or marionette strings.
If it seems like far-right govts are very busy dismantling the world around you, it’s because all of those things are the Main Event. They want to do it all. It’s all their priority, not a massive circular distraction.
There’s no conspiracy or marionette strings.
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Honourable @evansolomon.bsky.social - my question to you is why isn't the GoC considering banning X considering the harm that platform is doing and the obvious We-Don't-Give-A-Shit attitude of its owner?
Let's get this trending, people! #BanX #BanGrok
Let's get this trending, people! #BanX #BanGrok
In 2024, I rose in Senate QP to ask why the Govt of Canada was still using X for official communications. Today, they are still there. What exactly will it take to break the spell?
A proliferation of sexual deepfakes on X has prompted other countries to investigate Grok, the platform’s AI software, but, so far, Ottawa remains silent.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
January 11, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Honourable @evansolomon.bsky.social - my question to you is why isn't the GoC considering banning X considering the harm that platform is doing and the obvious We-Don't-Give-A-Shit attitude of its owner?
Let's get this trending, people! #BanX #BanGrok
Let's get this trending, people! #BanX #BanGrok
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I joined @tylermeredith.bsky.social, @sphillipsab.bsky.social, and Ben Woodfinden on the MBP Intelligence Briefing podcast for a deeper, wonkier conversation about what developments in Venezuela mean for Canada's oil industry and political environment.
Listen/watch:
open.spotify.com/episode/1GLZ...
Listen/watch:
open.spotify.com/episode/1GLZ...
Spotify – Web Player
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January 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I joined @tylermeredith.bsky.social, @sphillipsab.bsky.social, and Ben Woodfinden on the MBP Intelligence Briefing podcast for a deeper, wonkier conversation about what developments in Venezuela mean for Canada's oil industry and political environment.
Listen/watch:
open.spotify.com/episode/1GLZ...
Listen/watch:
open.spotify.com/episode/1GLZ...
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Good piece here and the goal was always an America in which it is perfectly ok to shoot a “fucking bitch” in the face.
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 4:37 PM
Good piece here and the goal was always an America in which it is perfectly ok to shoot a “fucking bitch” in the face.
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600 hundred people lost their jobs or faced retaliation for saying less about Charlie Kirk.
A deleted tweet by a Toronto Sun national politics reporter.
January 10, 2026 at 3:16 PM
600 hundred people lost their jobs or faced retaliation for saying less about Charlie Kirk.
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“Canadians are the nice version of Americans” meanwhile Canadians:
A deleted tweet by a Toronto Sun national politics reporter.
January 10, 2026 at 4:28 PM
“Canadians are the nice version of Americans” meanwhile Canadians:
“Have you not learned?”
Finish the sentence.
Respect my authorit-eye or get shot in the head.
That’s the lesson.
Finish the sentence.
Respect my authorit-eye or get shot in the head.
That’s the lesson.
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
“Have you not learned?”
Finish the sentence.
Respect my authorit-eye or get shot in the head.
That’s the lesson.
Finish the sentence.
Respect my authorit-eye or get shot in the head.
That’s the lesson.
Renee Good: “I’m not mad at you, dude.”
We placate, we seek to please and de-escalate.
Three shots to the head.
“Fucking bitch.”
Read it again. Think about it. Let it haunt you. It says so much about who we are.
And what cops think they can do.
We placate, we seek to please and de-escalate.
Three shots to the head.
“Fucking bitch.”
Read it again. Think about it. Let it haunt you. It says so much about who we are.
And what cops think they can do.
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 10, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Renee Good: “I’m not mad at you, dude.”
We placate, we seek to please and de-escalate.
Three shots to the head.
“Fucking bitch.”
Read it again. Think about it. Let it haunt you. It says so much about who we are.
And what cops think they can do.
We placate, we seek to please and de-escalate.
Three shots to the head.
“Fucking bitch.”
Read it again. Think about it. Let it haunt you. It says so much about who we are.
And what cops think they can do.
The reports of violence, arbitrary arrests and intimidation tactics by the American regime against its own people are profoundly concerning. This Canadian strongly condemns the killing of protestors, and urges the UnSA to allow for freedom of expression & peaceful assembly without fear of reprisal.
The reports of violence, arbitrary arrests, and intimidation tactics by the Iranian regime against its own people are profoundly concerning. Canada strongly condemns the killing of protesters, and urges Iran to allow for freedom of expression and peaceful assembly without fear of reprisal.
January 10, 2026 at 3:06 AM
The reports of violence, arbitrary arrests and intimidation tactics by the American regime against its own people are profoundly concerning. This Canadian strongly condemns the killing of protestors, and urges the UnSA to allow for freedom of expression & peaceful assembly without fear of reprisal.