Paul Faucette
@paulfaucette.bsky.social
Dad, political staffer, social justice advocate and Hockey without Borders.
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DR Congo-Rwanda peace process: Can Trump's shattered plan be glued back together?
DR Congo-Rwanda peace process: Can Trump's shattered plan be glued back together?
The recent Washington Accord was hailed as "historic" by the US president but the fighting continues.
www.bbc.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
DR Congo-Rwanda peace process: Can Trump's shattered plan be glued back together?
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For too long, climate advocates have been focused on blocking and restricting things. Why it's time for what @mliebreich.bsky.social has called a"pragmatic reset" on climate change — and an unapologetic embrace of climate abundance.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/o...
Climate abundance is the only way forward
Retreats can precede, and even produce, great victories. When it comes to climate change, that means focusing far more on reducing costs than raising them — and letting renewable energy win the ensuin...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
For too long, climate advocates have been focused on blocking and restricting things. Why it's time for what @mliebreich.bsky.social has called a"pragmatic reset" on climate change — and an unapologetic embrace of climate abundance.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/o...
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“Canada is certainly trying to make it more challenging for asylum seekers to seek refuge. Canada in the recent past has done a lot to make itself less attractive. To what extent will that play a role in possible demand? It’s hard to say at the moment.”
www.thestar.com/news/gta/afg...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/afg...
Donald Trump’s latest anti-immigration policies may drive migrants to Canada. But are they welcome here?
Review of U.S. asylum system following attack on National Guard in D.C. leads Afghans to wonder if they’d be safer in Canada — if they could get in.
www.thestar.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“Canada is certainly trying to make it more challenging for asylum seekers to seek refuge. Canada in the recent past has done a lot to make itself less attractive. To what extent will that play a role in possible demand? It’s hard to say at the moment.”
www.thestar.com/news/gta/afg...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/afg...
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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The European Commission is adamant it has done what’s needed to address Belgium’s concerns about a financial package worth up to €210 billion to fund Ukraine's defense against Moscow.
Russian assets proposal: 5 main takeaways
It’s a long and tortuous path to keeping Ukraine’s fight alive.
www.politico.eu
December 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The European Commission is adamant it has done what’s needed to address Belgium’s concerns about a financial package worth up to €210 billion to fund Ukraine's defense against Moscow.
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Breaking news: The European Commission has proposed a loan that would leverage up to €210bn of Russian assets immobilised by EU sanctions to fund Kyiv, which would not have to repay the loan until Russia pays reparations on.ft.com/4iFKUNi
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Breaking news: The European Commission has proposed a loan that would leverage up to €210bn of Russian assets immobilised by EU sanctions to fund Kyiv, which would not have to repay the loan until Russia pays reparations on.ft.com/4iFKUNi
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So happy my girl @supriya.bsky.social is out here opinionating again: "When Canada walks away from feminist policy, it abandons a key driver of poverty and strife. And when Canada appears to bow to bro-signalling ... it has joined the league of polite misogyny." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Supriya Dwivedi: Mark Carney is giving in to the bros
Fighting poverty and violence around the world means embracing feminist ideas.
www.thestar.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
So happy my girl @supriya.bsky.social is out here opinionating again: "When Canada walks away from feminist policy, it abandons a key driver of poverty and strife. And when Canada appears to bow to bro-signalling ... it has joined the league of polite misogyny." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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"We are fighting to avoid becoming a Ukrainian shell of a Russian entity," writes Yuliia Boklah in her recent op-ed. Boklah is a PR specialist and board member of the Helping to Leave project, which has evacuated more than 21,000 Ukrainians from occupied territories or deportation since 2022.
We are fighting to avoid becoming a Ukrainian shell of a Russian entity
About the author: Yuliia Boklah is a PR specialist and board member of the Helping to Leave charitable project, which has evacuated more than 21,000 Ukrainians from occupied territories or deportation...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"We are fighting to avoid becoming a Ukrainian shell of a Russian entity," writes Yuliia Boklah in her recent op-ed. Boklah is a PR specialist and board member of the Helping to Leave project, which has evacuated more than 21,000 Ukrainians from occupied territories or deportation since 2022.
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"For the past decade, we had a federal government that treated a foundational aspect of our economy as a problem and an embarrassment."
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That government literally bought and built an oil pipeline.
It still presently owns said pipeline.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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That government literally bought and built an oil pipeline.
It still presently owns said pipeline.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: Carney is doing the right thing on oil and pipelines. Will we ever forgive him?
Oil is a vital national asset, not a national shame
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"For the past decade, we had a federal government that treated a foundational aspect of our economy as a problem and an embarrassment."
?
That government literally bought and built an oil pipeline.
It still presently owns said pipeline.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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That government literally bought and built an oil pipeline.
It still presently owns said pipeline.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Oh, Canada... it's spot on! 🤣
Canadian Comedy Show Epically Skewers Trump With Hilarious 'Quiet, Piggy!' Storytime Sketch
www.comicsands.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Oh, Canada... it's spot on! 🤣
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Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
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The details of the Northern Gateway debate may have faded from our memories. (They certainly did from mine, I realized, while working on this article!)
So here's a little refresher on what the country went through the last time an MOU was signed on a pipeline from Alberta's oilsands to BC's coast:
So here's a little refresher on what the country went through the last time an MOU was signed on a pipeline from Alberta's oilsands to BC's coast:
ANALYSIS | Spills, spies and Tim Hortons boycotts: A look back at the 'fight for Canada's soul' over Northern Gateway | CBC News
The details of the decade-long, fractious debate over the Northern Gateway pipeline may have faded in memory, but that fight takes on a renewed relevance today, as Ottawa and Alberta come together wit...
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The details of the Northern Gateway debate may have faded from our memories. (They certainly did from mine, I realized, while working on this article!)
So here's a little refresher on what the country went through the last time an MOU was signed on a pipeline from Alberta's oilsands to BC's coast:
So here's a little refresher on what the country went through the last time an MOU was signed on a pipeline from Alberta's oilsands to BC's coast:
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If you got in a time machine, went back to 2015 and told people that by 2025 we would be on course to reduce emissions by 31.5 to 33.5% below 2005 levels, would anyone have complained?
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November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If you got in a time machine, went back to 2015 and told people that by 2025 we would be on course to reduce emissions by 31.5 to 33.5% below 2005 levels, would anyone have complained?
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www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/publicati...
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Dentist here. (In the states, but similar trends) We have a shortage of dental assistants and hygienists. This is resulting in much higher hourly rates of pay that are getting passed on to the patients. This is an upstream solution to a problem that will hopefully help in the long run.
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Dentist here. (In the states, but similar trends) We have a shortage of dental assistants and hygienists. This is resulting in much higher hourly rates of pay that are getting passed on to the patients. This is an upstream solution to a problem that will hopefully help in the long run.
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Nice summary of my presentation to the Canadian Standards Association.
I want to briefly focus on one slide that got short shrift but has been the subject of so much economic analysis: diversifying our international trade partners.
Short 🧵
I want to briefly focus on one slide that got short shrift but has been the subject of so much economic analysis: diversifying our international trade partners.
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"It's stupid not to incorporate the care economy in our budgeting. It's the foundation and economic engine of our economy.” — @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social (@atkinsonfoundation.bsky.social)
ANALYSIS: Here’s what the federal budget might have missed — by @spaikin.bsky.social
ANALYSIS: Here’s what the federal budget might have missed — by @spaikin.bsky.social
ANALYSIS: Here’s what the federal budget might have missed | TVO Today
The military got a huge boost, and oil and gas seems poised to profit. But this economist says we’ve forgotten about one huge sector.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Nice summary of my presentation to the Canadian Standards Association.
I want to briefly focus on one slide that got short shrift but has been the subject of so much economic analysis: diversifying our international trade partners.
Short 🧵
I want to briefly focus on one slide that got short shrift but has been the subject of so much economic analysis: diversifying our international trade partners.
Short 🧵
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A simplified US take on the Canadian budget: Carney has decided to be the FDR kind of left-wing (creating economic revival and employing many people through big public-funded works) but opposed to the LBJ kind of left-wing (Carney is paring back fed offices with redistributive functions)
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A simplified US take on the Canadian budget: Carney has decided to be the FDR kind of left-wing (creating economic revival and employing many people through big public-funded works) but opposed to the LBJ kind of left-wing (Carney is paring back fed offices with redistributive functions)
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Trouble fitting in your jeans? Blame the toxic food environment, not just your genes or lack of willpower, says the new book "Food Intelligence," by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Trouble fitting in your jeans? Blame the toxic food environment
Modern food is wrecking us (and the planet), according to Food Intelligence, a new book that dives deep into how our food environment affects our health
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Trouble fitting in your jeans? Blame the toxic food environment, not just your genes or lack of willpower, says the new book "Food Intelligence," by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
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From cancelling the carbon tax to pausing the electric vehicle mandate, Prime Minister Mark Carney is making sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental rules — and complicating Canada’s progress on climate change. thenarwhal.ca/mark-carney-...
How Mark Carney is complicating Canada’s climate progress | The Narwhal
From cancelling the carbon tax to pausing the EV mandate, Mark Carney’s government is making sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental rules
thenarwhal.ca
October 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
From cancelling the carbon tax to pausing the electric vehicle mandate, Prime Minister Mark Carney is making sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental rules — and complicating Canada’s progress on climate change. thenarwhal.ca/mark-carney-...
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@dougsaunders.bsky.social we can use our trade negotiations to further strengthen our economic ties with the legitimate state governments www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: United States may split into warring federal entities. Let’s side with the better one
Recent developments contain the seeds of a United States divided into two competing federalisms – and even a potential civil war
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October 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
@dougsaunders.bsky.social we can use our trade negotiations to further strengthen our economic ties with the legitimate state governments www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Danielle Smith's government has finally found a proponent for its latest pipeline dream: itself.
Here's what she'd actually have to do to see it get built — and why she probably won't do it. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/02/o...
Here's what she'd actually have to do to see it get built — and why she probably won't do it. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/02/o...
How Alberta could actually get its pipeline
If Danielle Smith actually wants to advance the prospects of a new oil pipeline, she needs to do more than just rattle her well-worn sabre at Ottawa.
www.nationalobserver.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Danielle Smith's government has finally found a proponent for its latest pipeline dream: itself.
Here's what she'd actually have to do to see it get built — and why she probably won't do it. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/02/o...
Here's what she'd actually have to do to see it get built — and why she probably won't do it. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/02/o...
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What the generals, admirals and their senior enlisted face when they return from Quantico. My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/questions-...
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Questions After Quantico
U.S. military commanders around the world will be working to provide steady leadership after Hegseth’s bravado and Trump’s bluster.
www.thebulwark.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
What the generals, admirals and their senior enlisted face when they return from Quantico. My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/questions-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/questions-...
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"During the Biden administration, there were 26 deaths in 48 months—roughly one death every two months. During Trump’s term, that rate has nearly quadrupled." Immigrants are dying in detention in unprecedented numbers. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-moral-...
October 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"During the Biden administration, there were 26 deaths in 48 months—roughly one death every two months. During Trump’s term, that rate has nearly quadrupled." Immigrants are dying in detention in unprecedented numbers. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-moral-...
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Oooh, oooh, oooh—I'll take that question
The generals and admirals at Quantico today should be forgiven if they walked out of the auditorium and wondered: What on earth is wrong with the commander in chief?
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay
Trump put on a disturbing show for America’s generals and admirals.
www.theatlantic.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Oooh, oooh, oooh—I'll take that question