@philbuchan.bsky.social
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“Pierre Poilievre likes to present himself as a regular guy focused on Canadians’ bread-and-butter concerns, but the reality is he’s a well-connected shill for Big Oil. He can be tied directly to Enbridge, Pathways Alliance, Koch Industries and the Canadian Gas Association.”
Observations from Montreal
An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.
cultmtl.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“Pierre Poilievre likes to present himself as a regular guy focused on Canadians’ bread-and-butter concerns, but the reality is he’s a well-connected shill for Big Oil. He can be tied directly to Enbridge, Pathways Alliance, Koch Industries and the Canadian Gas Association.”
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These parents killed their child and we need to say it
“The vaccination has stuff we don’t trust,” said the father of the 6-year-old girl who died of measles. In March, Tom Bartlett wrote about his visit with a family confronting an unthinkable tragedy.
Revisit one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/yADSKik3?lin...
Revisit one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/yADSKik3?lin...
December 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
These parents killed their child and we need to say it
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Welcome back to Canada, President Zelenskyy.
Today in Halifax, we committed critical new support to help Ukraine end Russia’s war of aggression, and to recover and rebuild. When peace comes — and it will come — Canada will be there for the Ukrainian people. Slava Ukraini. 🇨🇦🇺🇦
Today in Halifax, we committed critical new support to help Ukraine end Russia’s war of aggression, and to recover and rebuild. When peace comes — and it will come — Canada will be there for the Ukrainian people. Slava Ukraini. 🇨🇦🇺🇦
December 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Welcome back to Canada, President Zelenskyy.
Today in Halifax, we committed critical new support to help Ukraine end Russia’s war of aggression, and to recover and rebuild. When peace comes — and it will come — Canada will be there for the Ukrainian people. Slava Ukraini. 🇨🇦🇺🇦
Today in Halifax, we committed critical new support to help Ukraine end Russia’s war of aggression, and to recover and rebuild. When peace comes — and it will come — Canada will be there for the Ukrainian people. Slava Ukraini. 🇨🇦🇺🇦
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Over 400 Canadians have been detained by MAGA.
Crickets from our leaders.
@amnesty.org has released a damning investigation into torture and abuse at ICE detention centres.
This is a @meidascanada.ca investigation into torture state USA.
@meidastouch.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxKz...
Crickets from our leaders.
@amnesty.org has released a damning investigation into torture and abuse at ICE detention centres.
This is a @meidascanada.ca investigation into torture state USA.
@meidastouch.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxKz...
CANADIANS HELD IN TORTURE STATE USA !!!
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Over 400 Canadians have been detained by MAGA.
Crickets from our leaders.
@amnesty.org has released a damning investigation into torture and abuse at ICE detention centres.
This is a @meidascanada.ca investigation into torture state USA.
@meidastouch.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxKz...
Crickets from our leaders.
@amnesty.org has released a damning investigation into torture and abuse at ICE detention centres.
This is a @meidascanada.ca investigation into torture state USA.
@meidastouch.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxKz...
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The threat on our border is real. Canada is looking at building a citizen's army.
In the meantime, it falls to ordinary Canadians to maintain the boycott because it is putting immense pressure on the gangster regime in Washington.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
In the meantime, it falls to ordinary Canadians to maintain the boycott because it is putting immense pressure on the gangster regime in Washington.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
DND scrambles to figure out how to mobilize and equip a citizens' army: documents | CBC News
A series of internal documents shows the Defence Department is struggling to figure out how to equip a citizens' army of up to 300,000 supplemental reservists, while also trying to rebuild its regular...
www.cbc.ca
December 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The threat on our border is real. Canada is looking at building a citizen's army.
In the meantime, it falls to ordinary Canadians to maintain the boycott because it is putting immense pressure on the gangster regime in Washington.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
In the meantime, it falls to ordinary Canadians to maintain the boycott because it is putting immense pressure on the gangster regime in Washington.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Today we remember the 14 women who were murdered at École Polytechnique de Montréal — murdered because they were women.
December 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Today we remember the 14 women who were murdered at École Polytechnique de Montréal — murdered because they were women.
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Trump turned his troops on the American people. Only the most naive would think he won't be willing to turn them on Canada. His officials claim Canada is running fentanyl, terrorists and El Salvador gangs across the border.
Carney must make it clear that Mexico's territorial integrity is sacrosanct
Carney must make it clear that Mexico's territorial integrity is sacrosanct
November 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Trump turned his troops on the American people. Only the most naive would think he won't be willing to turn them on Canada. His officials claim Canada is running fentanyl, terrorists and El Salvador gangs across the border.
Carney must make it clear that Mexico's territorial integrity is sacrosanct
Carney must make it clear that Mexico's territorial integrity is sacrosanct
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Environmental groups are warning that legislative and regulatory changes to fast-track majornational projects could sideline Indigenous rights, along with health and environmental protections. Read the new info we found in federal reports.
zurl.co/Z263e
#cdnpoli #FirstNations
zurl.co/Z263e
#cdnpoli #FirstNations
October 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Environmental groups are warning that legislative and regulatory changes to fast-track majornational projects could sideline Indigenous rights, along with health and environmental protections. Read the new info we found in federal reports.
zurl.co/Z263e
#cdnpoli #FirstNations
zurl.co/Z263e
#cdnpoli #FirstNations
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“A report by CBC revealed Poilievre hired the team behind Canada Proud to ‘boost his messages online.’ The org has been caught running disinformation campaigns targeting Mark Carney. Canadians deserve to know every last detail about Poilievre‘s ties to Canada Proud.
cultmtl.com/2025/09/obse...
cultmtl.com/2025/09/obse...
Observations from Montreal
An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.
cultmtl.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
“A report by CBC revealed Poilievre hired the team behind Canada Proud to ‘boost his messages online.’ The org has been caught running disinformation campaigns targeting Mark Carney. Canadians deserve to know every last detail about Poilievre‘s ties to Canada Proud.
cultmtl.com/2025/09/obse...
cultmtl.com/2025/09/obse...
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As true today as it was in 2019.
September 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
As true today as it was in 2019.
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American farmers are crying about an impending "farmaggedon". Their global markets are disappearing as countries walk away on America.
Canada and Mexico are stepping up to fill the void.
Trump created this crisis.
The boycott is growing.
Here is my latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Canada and Mexico are stepping up to fill the void.
Trump created this crisis.
The boycott is growing.
Here is my latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Trump Delivers Farmaggedon
I used to look forward to the first shipments of Iowa sweet corn at the grocery store.
substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
American farmers are crying about an impending "farmaggedon". Their global markets are disappearing as countries walk away on America.
Canada and Mexico are stepping up to fill the void.
Trump created this crisis.
The boycott is growing.
Here is my latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Canada and Mexico are stepping up to fill the void.
Trump created this crisis.
The boycott is growing.
Here is my latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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"Over the last two years, the world has witnessed brutal abuses by the IDF against civilians, journalists, doctors and aid workers." / "No boycotts. No sanctions. No demands for the international community to take steps to stop the deliberate starvation of children."
This is my message to David Lametti - newly appointed ambassador to the UN. There is no such thing as a bystander int the face of genocide. His claims that Canada waits for all the evidence before doing anything is a falsehood.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
On Genocide, Canada Doesn’t Get to Be a Bystander
Some lives matter.
substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"Over the last two years, the world has witnessed brutal abuses by the IDF against civilians, journalists, doctors and aid workers." / "No boycotts. No sanctions. No demands for the international community to take steps to stop the deliberate starvation of children."
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There were two 9/11s.
We mourn those lost in New York in 2001, when the Twin Towers fell.
We also remember Chile in 1973, when a U.S.-led coup overthrew the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende.
youtu.be/EqmpUASDoP0?...
We mourn those lost in New York in 2001, when the Twin Towers fell.
We also remember Chile in 1973, when a U.S.-led coup overthrew the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende.
youtu.be/EqmpUASDoP0?...
THERE WERE TWO 9/11s
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
There were two 9/11s.
We mourn those lost in New York in 2001, when the Twin Towers fell.
We also remember Chile in 1973, when a U.S.-led coup overthrew the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende.
youtu.be/EqmpUASDoP0?...
We mourn those lost in New York in 2001, when the Twin Towers fell.
We also remember Chile in 1973, when a U.S.-led coup overthrew the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende.
youtu.be/EqmpUASDoP0?...
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TRUMP IS AMERICA’S BIGGEST LOSER.
A US appeals court ruled that most of Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal, undercutting the Republican president's use of the levies as a key international economic policy tool. The case is widely is expected to be appealed to the Supreme Court reut.rs/47l6pz9
Most Trump tariffs are not legal, US appeals court rules
A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal, undercutting the Republican president's use of the levies as a key international economic policy tool.
reut.rs
August 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
TRUMP IS AMERICA’S BIGGEST LOSER.
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Independent Media is really taking off & Charlie Angus is launching Meidas Canada in partnership with the Meidastouch crew in the US. He's been very vocal about resistance to the US & rails against PP so it'll be interesting to see what happens with this.
bsky.app/profile/char...
bsky.app/profile/char...
Meidas Canada goes live Labour Day.
The revolution may not be televised but the resistance is going global.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NJZ...
The revolution may not be televised but the resistance is going global.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NJZ...
MEIDAS CANADA GOES LIVE LABOUR DAY
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Independent Media is really taking off & Charlie Angus is launching Meidas Canada in partnership with the Meidastouch crew in the US. He's been very vocal about resistance to the US & rails against PP so it'll be interesting to see what happens with this.
bsky.app/profile/char...
bsky.app/profile/char...
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Walz says Harris "would have been a fantastic president... we wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV. We would wake up to an adult w/ compassion & dignity doing the work, not a manchild crying about whatever is wrong with him. May his fat ankles find something today. Petty as hell."
August 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Walz says Harris "would have been a fantastic president... we wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV. We would wake up to an adult w/ compassion & dignity doing the work, not a manchild crying about whatever is wrong with him. May his fat ankles find something today. Petty as hell."
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/no...
No Northern Gateway oil pipeline and No large oil tankers in BC's Great Bear Sea!
The Northern Gateway pipeline project will pose significant environmental risks, particularly regarding potential oil spills and increased greenhouse gas emissions. The pipeline would have crossed num...
you.leadnow.ca
August 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/no...
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Almost 200 journalists have now been killed in Gaza
The killing of journalists in Gaza
Almost 200 journalists have now been killed in Gaza
econ.st
August 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Almost 200 journalists have now been killed in Gaza
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Canadians are polite until we are we are not. What makes us not polite is fascism. We fought them on the streets of Toronto in 1933. We fought them in Spain. Long before America joined the war we fought them.
When you tell us we don't have a right to a country or kidnap our people we will fight back
When you tell us we don't have a right to a country or kidnap our people we will fight back
August 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Canadians are polite until we are we are not. What makes us not polite is fascism. We fought them on the streets of Toronto in 1933. We fought them in Spain. Long before America joined the war we fought them.
When you tell us we don't have a right to a country or kidnap our people we will fight back
When you tell us we don't have a right to a country or kidnap our people we will fight back
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In Cree “Yehewin, is your breathing,” Vern explained. “The wetlands do the same thing. It's like the lungs of Mother Earth: it cleans the air, it provides us with freshness, it keeps the Earth cool."
Scientists say the same in less poetic language.”
#cdnpoli #onpoli
Scientists say the same in less poetic language.”
#cdnpoli #onpoli
What you need to know about the Ring of Fire.
This is not a nation-building exercise.
For many years as a politician I was a booster of this massive project in the fragile wetlands. I turned to doubt and then opposition over the huge impacts on the land.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-breath...
This is not a nation-building exercise.
For many years as a politician I was a booster of this massive project in the fragile wetlands. I turned to doubt and then opposition over the huge impacts on the land.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-breath...
The Breathing Lands: Getting Burned by the Ring of Fire
With the Trump administration's threat to Canada, companies and politicians are falling over themselves to secure Prime Minister Carney's support for the next "nation-building" mega-project.
charlieangus.substack.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Values show in where we invest. Carney’s cuts and this budget risk deepening the infrastructure gap in First Nations communities. Clean water, housing, schools—these aren’t luxuries, they’re rights. Reconciliation means action, not austerity.
July 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Values show in where we invest. Carney’s cuts and this budget risk deepening the infrastructure gap in First Nations communities. Clean water, housing, schools—these aren’t luxuries, they’re rights. Reconciliation means action, not austerity.
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People wonder if the Epstein dumpster fire will blow the MAGA machine apart.
I am not so sure.
Pay attention to the $10 billion lawsuit.
Threatening journalists is from the fascist playbook.
CBS folded.
Colbert is gone.
Trump is escalating the war against media.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvOv...
I am not so sure.
Pay attention to the $10 billion lawsuit.
Threatening journalists is from the fascist playbook.
CBS folded.
Colbert is gone.
Trump is escalating the war against media.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvOv...
EPSTEIN, COLBERT AND THE FASCIST PLAYBOOK - CHARLIE ANGUS
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
People wonder if the Epstein dumpster fire will blow the MAGA machine apart.
I am not so sure.
Pay attention to the $10 billion lawsuit.
Threatening journalists is from the fascist playbook.
CBS folded.
Colbert is gone.
Trump is escalating the war against media.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvOv...
I am not so sure.
Pay attention to the $10 billion lawsuit.
Threatening journalists is from the fascist playbook.
CBS folded.
Colbert is gone.
Trump is escalating the war against media.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvOv...
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Happy birthday Robert De Niro!
July 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Happy birthday Robert De Niro!