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FW (Russ) Russell-Rivoallan 🇨🇦
@russinnormandy.bsky.social
Former Canadian 🇨🇦 senior UN 🇺🇳 official; Strategic Policy Advisor, Multilateralist and Royal Canadian Navy (Medical Services) Veteran.
Now happily retired and gardening in Normandy, France 🇫🇷.
Far too young. Far too soon!
January 30, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Thank you for sharing!
January 29, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Next time will be even better!
January 16, 2026 at 3:39 PM
It looks pretty good! What did it taste like?
January 16, 2026 at 3:09 PM
For now, it’s only a small military detachment for a limited mission… And France is not the only ones. At the request of Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and Norway are also participating.
Nonetheless, the tension is getting greater…
January 15, 2026 at 12:38 AM
ICE must be reformed!
When an institution loses public trust & becomes a political weapon, the only serious option is to dismantle it & start over. Abolish ICE, end all contracts, dismiss all staff, build a new
immigration authority designed to serve the law, not ideology.
January 11, 2026 at 3:46 AM
ICE reform is no longer credible. When an institution loses public trust & becomes a political weapon, the only serious option is to dismantle it & start over. Abolish ICE, end all contracts, dismiss all staff, build a new immigration authority designed to serve the law, not ideology.
January 10, 2026 at 2:18 AM
“Supine” or nuanced? What do you expect Carney to do, knowing that Trump can easily become outraged for the littlest criticism. The US administration is calling for the takeover of Greenland & Cuba. Canada cannot militarily defend itself against a US aggression. Diplomacy is our only option.
January 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Under the Nazi regime, streets, squares, and buildings were renamed after Adolf Hitler as part of a cult of personality and a way to normalise ideology in daily life. After 1945, denazification restored neutral names.

Change “Hitler” to “Trump” and MAGA America snaps into focus.
December 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
How long is this farce-of-an-administration going to last?!?
December 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“Venerable” conservative think-tank???
More like: radical, extreme right, xenophobic, misogynistic, hateful think-tank.
November 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Dear #FIFA Fans:

If @fifaworldcup26.bsky.social keeps 2026 World Cup games in tRump’s USA, don’t buy tickets.

Fans must not let football/soccer become propaganda for authoritarian, white supremacist politics.

Boycott is the only peaceful power we have.

Attendance is complicity.
October 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Pete Hegseth wasn’t Regular Army—he was a part-time weekend soldier in the National Guard. Yes, he deployed, but …
Let’s be clear: he doesn’t have the training, skills, or command experience of the Generals he tried to lecture today.
September 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Thank you for this information!
September 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Still, an historical document that should be placed in the safekeeping of the Canadian Government, for the express purpose of such a discussion.
September 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Can’t the Government of Canada, or the Canadian Museum of History — or some similar national entity, recover this document, which is of historical importance for our country?
@markcarneyforpm.bsky.social
@stevenguilbeault.bsky.social
@canmushistory.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
So Kimmel expressed an opinion, protected by 1st Amendment & gets cancelled, while Kirk, who spewed hate, promoted violence, demeaned women & pushed racial discrimination and homo- and trans- phobia is given national honours.
Whose values are out of line? 🤔
Help me understand.
September 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
So Kimmel expressed an opinion, protected by 1st Amendment & gets cancelled, while Kirk, who spewed hate, promoted violence, demeaned women & pushed racial discrimination is given national honours.
Whose values are out of line? 🤔
Help me understand.
September 18, 2025 at 8:32 AM