Elizabeth Thompson
@lizt1.bsky.social
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Investigative journalist, Parliament Hill reporter, mother & occasional baker of cookies.
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Want to keep up to date with politics and what the Canadian government is doing? Here's a starter pack of Parliamentary Press Gallery members on Bluesky. If you're a gallery member on Bluesky and not yet on the list, let me know. go.bsky.app/25en69w
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Interesting, particularly since Global Affairs has yet to respond to my questions about why they are updating the advisory now, months after Trump's executive order.
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Canada drafted this language months ago and then never published it, for reasons that were redacted. www.reuters.com/world/us/can...
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Elections Canada's wall map of the last federal election is out and with the exception of the rather large riding of Nunavut which is NDP orange, it is striking how much of the map is dominated by Liberal red and Conservative blue with a sprinkling of Bloc Québécois ridings in light blue in Quebec.
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Interesting initiative to make the list available and searchable!
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We’re making Edmonton’s full list of banned books completely searchable. Now, you can find all 221 books, including titles from Margaret Atwood, Aldous Huxley and more in one place. See which books will be removed from Edmonton school libraries this fall.

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#abpoli #bookban
Search Edmonton's full book ban list: 221 titles including Handmaid's Tale & Game of Thrones
The IJF is making the full list searchable by author and title
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I have wanted to do a Wednesday yoga class on Parliament Hill for years and finally got around to it today. It was a good class and an even better feeling that the seat of Canada's government is a place that welcomes dozens of people doing yoga on the lawn. ♥
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Prime Minister Mark Carney has been at the forefront of Canada's Elbows Up campaign to fight U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and threats to Canadian sovereignty. His elbow was up during a recent visit to a local humane society - in a very different way. 🙂 www.instagram.com/reel/DNs3rHw...
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Canada's first foreign interference watchdog will be named next month and a foreign agent registry will launch this fall, says federal public safety minister. Gary Anandasangaree denounces transnational repression from countries like China. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #ICIJ #ChinaTargets
Foreign interference watchdog to be named next month, public safety minister says | CBC News
The Canadian government will soon name a foreign interference watchdog and then launch a foreign agent registry in a bid to counter what Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree calls "unacceptable"...
www.cbc.ca
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Federal government security rules have for some time required Canadian PM’s to fly aboard air force planes - not commercial planes.
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The number of Canadian-resident return car trips from the U.S. was down 36.9% in July 2025, compared with July 2024, reports Statistics Canada. "July 2025 marked the seventh consecutive month of year-over-year declines."
U.S. resident car trips to Canada down 7.4% in the same period.
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Picked the first wild blueberries of the season. Perfect for pancakes.
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Fascinating story.
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/ Confessions of a gun smuggler: How I trafficked weapons into Canada.

Everyone knows many of the guns used by criminals are snuck in from the U.S. This woman knows how, in detail. Because she did the smuggling.

The story, which I completed on my last day at the CBC:

www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
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A day after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the U.S. would remove a 'revenge tax' in Trump's tax reform bill that could have penalized Canada because of its digital services tax (DST), Trump breaks off trade talks with Canada because of the DST. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Trump says he's ending 'all discussions on trade with Canada' effective immediately | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump said he's pulling back from the bilateral trade discussions because Canada plans to move ahead with its digital services tax.
www.cbc.ca
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Actor Ryan Reynolds to be made an officer of the Order of Canada on Canada's national holiday July 1. He is being honoured for his work on films like Deadpool but also for his philanthropic work. Singer Heather Rankin to also be made an officer. www.gg.ca/en/order-can...
List of appointees: Order of Canada, Canada Day National Noon Ceremony - July 1, 2025
Officers Heather Rankin, O.C. Mabou, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
www.gg.ca
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Wonder how many other U.S. doctors will be making the move north?
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UBC has a new Dean of Medicine -- Dr. Sharmila Anandasabapathy. She is currently vp of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. news.ubc.ca/2025/06/reno... via @ubcmedicine.bsky.social