Valerie TBD
@valerie-tbd.bsky.social
Policy and governance in Canada | Observing systems, accountability, outcomes.
Working theory: Alongside its stated purpose, MacKinnon’s remarks may be a final call to Conservative MPs, especially with a leadership review coming later this week. Cross the floor now and help govern under centrist policy in a productive way during a moment of global rupture.
January 26, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Working theory: Alongside its stated purpose, MacKinnon’s remarks may be a final call to Conservative MPs, especially with a leadership review coming later this week. Cross the floor now and help govern under centrist policy in a productive way during a moment of global rupture.
The writ dropping sounds like an echo of Minister Steven MacKinnon’s voice laying down conditions in the halls of the House of Commons. Poilievre will have to listen if he wants to avoid an election.
January 26, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The writ dropping sounds like an echo of Minister Steven MacKinnon’s voice laying down conditions in the halls of the House of Commons. Poilievre will have to listen if he wants to avoid an election.
I would submit that this reflects Minister @seanfraser.bsky.social listening carefully to what Canadians want from politicians right now. I’d urge @pierrepoillievre.bsky.social to do the same.
Clip Source: CPAC
Clip Source: CPAC
January 25, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I would submit that this reflects Minister @seanfraser.bsky.social listening carefully to what Canadians want from politicians right now. I’d urge @pierrepoillievre.bsky.social to do the same.
Clip Source: CPAC
Clip Source: CPAC
Canadian Ambassador Hillman’s skilled representation of our country will be missed. She showed it again this morning, calmly and surgically dismantling skewed, inaccurately framed questions on CBS’s Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan. Bari Weiss’s fingerprints are all over that newsroom.
January 25, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Canadian Ambassador Hillman’s skilled representation of our country will be missed. She showed it again this morning, calmly and surgically dismantling skewed, inaccurately framed questions on CBS’s Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan. Bari Weiss’s fingerprints are all over that newsroom.
Minister Kody Blois, Parliamentary Secretary to PM Carney, clearly situates Canada’s new trade relationship against the US backdrop, as Trump escalates threats and tries to link them to this file.
Clip Source: CPAC
Clip Source: CPAC
January 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Minister Kody Blois, Parliamentary Secretary to PM Carney, clearly situates Canada’s new trade relationship against the US backdrop, as Trump escalates threats and tries to link them to this file.
Clip Source: CPAC
Clip Source: CPAC
@petermansbridge.bsky.social
corrects Donald Trump’s offensive revisionist history on WWI, WWII, and Afghanistan. He is visibly, and justifiably, affected by the last.
“Let me remind everyone how the first four Canadians died…”
corrects Donald Trump’s offensive revisionist history on WWI, WWII, and Afghanistan. He is visibly, and justifiably, affected by the last.
“Let me remind everyone how the first four Canadians died…”
January 23, 2026 at 10:04 PM
@petermansbridge.bsky.social
corrects Donald Trump’s offensive revisionist history on WWI, WWII, and Afghanistan. He is visibly, and justifiably, affected by the last.
“Let me remind everyone how the first four Canadians died…”
corrects Donald Trump’s offensive revisionist history on WWI, WWII, and Afghanistan. He is visibly, and justifiably, affected by the last.
“Let me remind everyone how the first four Canadians died…”
@chebert18.bsky.social dispenses with the fantasy that anything—USMCA included—can be meaningfully negotiated with Donald Trump.
“You can negotiate all you want with Donald Trump, but his word is not worth the paper he’s signing.”
Source: CBC’s At Issue
“You can negotiate all you want with Donald Trump, but his word is not worth the paper he’s signing.”
Source: CBC’s At Issue
January 23, 2026 at 1:41 PM
@chebert18.bsky.social dispenses with the fantasy that anything—USMCA included—can be meaningfully negotiated with Donald Trump.
“You can negotiate all you want with Donald Trump, but his word is not worth the paper he’s signing.”
Source: CBC’s At Issue
“You can negotiate all you want with Donald Trump, but his word is not worth the paper he’s signing.”
Source: CBC’s At Issue
Prime Minister Mark Carney from Quebec City, on the Plains of Abraham: Canada isn’t posturing. It’s setting boundaries. “Canada doesn’t live because of the United States. Canada thrives because we are Canadian.”
Video Source: @cpac.ca
Video Source: @cpac.ca
January 22, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney from Quebec City, on the Plains of Abraham: Canada isn’t posturing. It’s setting boundaries. “Canada doesn’t live because of the United States. Canada thrives because we are Canadian.”
Video Source: @cpac.ca
Video Source: @cpac.ca
A UK take by Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart on PM Mark Carney’s Davos speech, set against Trump and the logic of global appeasement.
Source: @restispolitics.bsky.social
Source: @restispolitics.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 6:37 PM
A UK take by Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart on PM Mark Carney’s Davos speech, set against Trump and the logic of global appeasement.
Source: @restispolitics.bsky.social
Source: @restispolitics.bsky.social
From zeal to banality.
The circle of sycophants surrounding Trump should consider Eichmann as bookends.
Image Source:
(l) Remember.org
(r) Holocaust Social Archive (HSA)
The circle of sycophants surrounding Trump should consider Eichmann as bookends.
Image Source:
(l) Remember.org
(r) Holocaust Social Archive (HSA)
January 21, 2026 at 8:59 PM
From zeal to banality.
The circle of sycophants surrounding Trump should consider Eichmann as bookends.
Image Source:
(l) Remember.org
(r) Holocaust Social Archive (HSA)
The circle of sycophants surrounding Trump should consider Eichmann as bookends.
Image Source:
(l) Remember.org
(r) Holocaust Social Archive (HSA)
If people armed themselves with just two tools when consuming political media:
1. Familiarity with the 20–25 logical fallacies that recur constantly
2. A basic grasp of formal logic, enough to spot valid reasoning vs rhetoric
1. Familiarity with the 20–25 logical fallacies that recur constantly
2. A basic grasp of formal logic, enough to spot valid reasoning vs rhetoric
January 21, 2026 at 7:19 PM
If people armed themselves with just two tools when consuming political media:
1. Familiarity with the 20–25 logical fallacies that recur constantly
2. A basic grasp of formal logic, enough to spot valid reasoning vs rhetoric
1. Familiarity with the 20–25 logical fallacies that recur constantly
2. A basic grasp of formal logic, enough to spot valid reasoning vs rhetoric
Ezra Levant stalked and harassed former Minister @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social on the streets of Davos, then proudly posted that he had provoked a reaction of “panic.” Freeland conducted herself with dignity, but the episode was disturbing, especially given that she appeared to have no security.
January 21, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Ezra Levant stalked and harassed former Minister @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social on the streets of Davos, then proudly posted that he had provoked a reaction of “panic.” Freeland conducted herself with dignity, but the episode was disturbing, especially given that she appeared to have no security.
@chebert18.bsky.social on the by-products of Carney’s Davos speech: how it lands internationally, whether it helps or harms him, and what it does to Poilievre’s positioning.
Discussion on Tout un matin with Patrick Masbourian, on @radiocanada.bsky.social
Discussion on Tout un matin with Patrick Masbourian, on @radiocanada.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 5:47 PM
@chebert18.bsky.social on the by-products of Carney’s Davos speech: how it lands internationally, whether it helps or harms him, and what it does to Poilievre’s positioning.
Discussion on Tout un matin with Patrick Masbourian, on @radiocanada.bsky.social
Discussion on Tout un matin with Patrick Masbourian, on @radiocanada.bsky.social
Statistically, at least 30% of women have had some variation of these words uttered to them.
Clip Source: Forbes News
Clip Source: Forbes News
January 21, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Statistically, at least 30% of women have had some variation of these words uttered to them.
Clip Source: Forbes News
Clip Source: Forbes News
Call me clairvoyant. PM Carney’s approval ratings are about to rise.
January 21, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Call me clairvoyant. PM Carney’s approval ratings are about to rise.
Colin D’Mello goes straight at Doug Ford and holds his feet to the fire.
D’Mello uses his follow-up expertly, “What do you say to people who say your position is constantly shifting…you can’t figure out a set position?”
Ford supplies the evasion.
“Folks,” this is the sound of flip-flopping.
D’Mello uses his follow-up expertly, “What do you say to people who say your position is constantly shifting…you can’t figure out a set position?”
Ford supplies the evasion.
“Folks,” this is the sound of flip-flopping.
January 19, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Colin D’Mello goes straight at Doug Ford and holds his feet to the fire.
D’Mello uses his follow-up expertly, “What do you say to people who say your position is constantly shifting…you can’t figure out a set position?”
Ford supplies the evasion.
“Folks,” this is the sound of flip-flopping.
D’Mello uses his follow-up expertly, “What do you say to people who say your position is constantly shifting…you can’t figure out a set position?”
Ford supplies the evasion.
“Folks,” this is the sound of flip-flopping.
Ford at the ROMA AGM goes after the PM’s deal to allow some PRC EVs into Canada. He fixates on market share, ignoring context: US automakers are pulling back on EVs. The constraint is supply and commitment, not saturation. Cue a fauxksy camel analogy, applause, and a veneer mistaken for substance.
January 19, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Ford at the ROMA AGM goes after the PM’s deal to allow some PRC EVs into Canada. He fixates on market share, ignoring context: US automakers are pulling back on EVs. The constraint is supply and commitment, not saturation. Cue a fauxksy camel analogy, applause, and a veneer mistaken for substance.
PM Carney was asked about joining the Gaza Board of Peace, including a reported $1B ‘buy-in’.
He didn’t confirm any agreement. He set a condition instead:
“We do not have unimpeded aid flows at scale to the people of Gaza. That is a precondition for moving forward.”
You decide what that signals.
He didn’t confirm any agreement. He set a condition instead:
“We do not have unimpeded aid flows at scale to the people of Gaza. That is a precondition for moving forward.”
You decide what that signals.
January 18, 2026 at 2:14 PM
PM Carney was asked about joining the Gaza Board of Peace, including a reported $1B ‘buy-in’.
He didn’t confirm any agreement. He set a condition instead:
“We do not have unimpeded aid flows at scale to the people of Gaza. That is a precondition for moving forward.”
You decide what that signals.
He didn’t confirm any agreement. He set a condition instead:
“We do not have unimpeded aid flows at scale to the people of Gaza. That is a precondition for moving forward.”
You decide what that signals.
The political panel moment of the week goes to @gregmaceachern.bsky.social
He gives Doug Ford the respect of accuracy, not reverence.
Source: CBC Power & Politics
He gives Doug Ford the respect of accuracy, not reverence.
Source: CBC Power & Politics
January 17, 2026 at 1:23 PM
The political panel moment of the week goes to @gregmaceachern.bsky.social
He gives Doug Ford the respect of accuracy, not reverence.
Source: CBC Power & Politics
He gives Doug Ford the respect of accuracy, not reverence.
Source: CBC Power & Politics
Somehow I missed a whole election.
Apparently Canada has a new Prime Minister.
News to Mark Carney.
News to the rest of us.
Apparently Canada has a new Prime Minister.
News to Mark Carney.
News to the rest of us.
January 16, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Somehow I missed a whole election.
Apparently Canada has a new Prime Minister.
News to Mark Carney.
News to the rest of us.
Apparently Canada has a new Prime Minister.
News to Mark Carney.
News to the rest of us.
Earlier this week, @davidwcochrane.bsky.social spoke with Vina Nadjibulla (Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada) after two Liberal MPs cut short a Taiwan trip “by advice” from the government. Her caution for Canada–China relations: avoid “anticipatory compliance.”
Source: CBC Power & Politics
Source: CBC Power & Politics
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Earlier this week, @davidwcochrane.bsky.social spoke with Vina Nadjibulla (Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada) after two Liberal MPs cut short a Taiwan trip “by advice” from the government. Her caution for Canada–China relations: avoid “anticipatory compliance.”
Source: CBC Power & Politics
Source: CBC Power & Politics
@melaniejolycan.bsky.social commanded decorum, then answered a loaded question about burner phones, espionage, and whether China is the “right kind of partner.” She spoke on existing business and ongoing meetings, leaving the security claim untouched, aside from faint signals between sentences.
January 15, 2026 at 3:58 PM
@melaniejolycan.bsky.social commanded decorum, then answered a loaded question about burner phones, espionage, and whether China is the “right kind of partner.” She spoke on existing business and ongoing meetings, leaving the security claim untouched, aside from faint signals between sentences.
@davidwcochrane.bsky.social and @supriya.bsky.social on referendums, separation, and the foreign interference factor.
Source: CBC Power & Politics
Source: CBC Power & Politics
January 15, 2026 at 12:53 AM
@davidwcochrane.bsky.social and @supriya.bsky.social on referendums, separation, and the foreign interference factor.
Source: CBC Power & Politics
Source: CBC Power & Politics
The Epstein files are forcing a lot of Fleabag dinners right now.
That moment where the table goes quiet because someone finally calls a pedophile a pedophile.
That moment where the table goes quiet because someone finally calls a pedophile a pedophile.
January 12, 2026 at 2:13 AM
The Epstein files are forcing a lot of Fleabag dinners right now.
That moment where the table goes quiet because someone finally calls a pedophile a pedophile.
That moment where the table goes quiet because someone finally calls a pedophile a pedophile.
Doug Ford claimed US geopolitical risk was so urgent it required an early election. Explain how that same urgency now allows a two-month pause in the legislature.
January 11, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Doug Ford claimed US geopolitical risk was so urgent it required an early election. Explain how that same urgency now allows a two-month pause in the legislature.