Alec Austen 🍁🇨🇦🍁
@alecausten.bsky.social
It’s not just tariffs, Canadians are angry because our friends to the south elected a fascist government who regards Canadian independence as a threat and has the stated intention of destroying and looting our country.
CANADA IS NOT A VASSAL STATE!
CANADA IS NOT A VASSAL STATE!
Pinned
We are Canadian.
YouTube video by Average Joes
youtu.be
WE ARE CANADIAN!
Power is back on, Google shows Larch Street no longer closed.
Good thing, phone battery at 9%, and the battery back up I use for my CPAP won’t get me through the night.
Good thing, phone battery at 9%, and the battery back up I use for my CPAP won’t get me through the night.
January 23, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Power is back on, Google shows Larch Street no longer closed.
Good thing, phone battery at 9%, and the battery back up I use for my CPAP won’t get me through the night.
Good thing, phone battery at 9%, and the battery back up I use for my CPAP won’t get me through the night.
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I am not surprised but it has been reported that PM Carney wrote that speech himself.
He appeared to have recited it from memory.
Many politicians use speech writers to some degree.
He appeared to have recited it from memory.
Many politicians use speech writers to some degree.
IMO PM Carney's opening speech is a must watch.
For ALL countries, not just Canada.
He lays out what is happening and the solutions.
"this is not sovereignty, it's the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination".
"Canada has taken the sign out of the window"
www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
For ALL countries, not just Canada.
He lays out what is happening and the solutions.
"this is not sovereignty, it's the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination".
"Canada has taken the sign out of the window"
www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
World Economic Forum: Special Address by PM Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers remarks and participates in a discussion while attending a meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. Joining the prime minister are Laurenc...
www.cpac.ca
January 21, 2026 at 11:33 PM
I am not surprised but it has been reported that PM Carney wrote that speech himself.
He appeared to have recited it from memory.
Many politicians use speech writers to some degree.
He appeared to have recited it from memory.
Many politicians use speech writers to some degree.
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Damn right we're pissed. Over 40,000 Canadian troops fought in Afghanistan, 158 were killed, and thousands were injured.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
‘We were the frontline’: Canadian veterans outraged by Trump’s NATO comments
U.S. President Donald Trump is facing backlash from Canadian veterans after suggesting NATO allies did little during the war in Afghanistan, comments veterans say ignore their painful sacrifices.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 23, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Damn right we're pissed. Over 40,000 Canadian troops fought in Afghanistan, 158 were killed, and thousands were injured.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
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Just in case you thought MAGA and Republicans were about “backing the blue” and “law and order”, they spent the day blaming January 6. on Police officers.
January 23, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Just in case you thought MAGA and Republicans were about “backing the blue” and “law and order”, they spent the day blaming January 6. on Police officers.
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Canada was founded on these choices.
January 22, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Canada was founded on these choices.
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he got "please clap'd" at the international evil conference
January 22, 2026 at 10:55 PM
he got "please clap'd" at the international evil conference
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I really like the new mayor of NYC.
January 22, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I really like the new mayor of NYC.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Sigh… for no good reason, other than Nova Scotia Power, the electricity just went out.
January 23, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Sigh… for no good reason, other than Nova Scotia Power, the electricity just went out.
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***DEEP SIGH***
This is just the latest in our centuries-long fight over how to commemorate George Washington's involvement in slavery. It began while he was still alive, and continued immediately after his death, in the lead-up to Civil War, through Jim Crow, Civil Rights, and Black Lives Matter.
This is just the latest in our centuries-long fight over how to commemorate George Washington's involvement in slavery. It began while he was still alive, and continued immediately after his death, in the lead-up to Civil War, through Jim Crow, Civil Rights, and Black Lives Matter.
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 22, 2026 at 9:52 PM
***DEEP SIGH***
This is just the latest in our centuries-long fight over how to commemorate George Washington's involvement in slavery. It began while he was still alive, and continued immediately after his death, in the lead-up to Civil War, through Jim Crow, Civil Rights, and Black Lives Matter.
This is just the latest in our centuries-long fight over how to commemorate George Washington's involvement in slavery. It began while he was still alive, and continued immediately after his death, in the lead-up to Civil War, through Jim Crow, Civil Rights, and Black Lives Matter.
I will never not believe that one of the reasons Canada and Europe joined with the US in the creation of NATO, aside from defence against Russia, was to rein in the United States into an alliance so that it would not act unilaterally in the western hemisphere. It has worked until now.
January 22, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I will never not believe that one of the reasons Canada and Europe joined with the US in the creation of NATO, aside from defence against Russia, was to rein in the United States into an alliance so that it would not act unilaterally in the western hemisphere. It has worked until now.
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I’m not American, but I can’t help commenting. Is this the leadership the U.S. needs at this moment in history?
Jeffries didn’t “whip” the bill, allowing moderates and front-line Democrats to vote their conscience. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), Laura Gillen (N.Y.), Jared Golden (Maine), Marie Glusenkamp Perez (Wash.), Don Davis (N.C.), and Tom Suozzi (N.Y.).
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
House Passes Bill Funding ICE — With Help From Democrats
The bill provides $10 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement with no meaningful constraints on its often violent tactics in Minnesota and elsewhere.
www.huffpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I’m not American, but I can’t help commenting. Is this the leadership the U.S. needs at this moment in history?
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Jack Smith: "I do not understand why you would mass pardon people who assaulted police officers. I don't get it. I never will."
January 22, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Jack Smith: "I do not understand why you would mass pardon people who assaulted police officers. I don't get it. I never will."
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Here’s a clearer video of the interaction between Raiklin and Fanone. Stay til the end when members applaud Fanone and ask that Raiklin be reined in.
January 22, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Here’s a clearer video of the interaction between Raiklin and Fanone. Stay til the end when members applaud Fanone and ask that Raiklin be reined in.
Thursday evening’s meal is ground tofu and diced vegetable tomato sauce on spaghettini. A glass of Italian red wine to accompany.
January 22, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Thursday evening’s meal is ground tofu and diced vegetable tomato sauce on spaghettini. A glass of Italian red wine to accompany.
Sunset. 5:08 Halifax
The light is returning.
The light is returning.
January 22, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Sunset. 5:08 Halifax
The light is returning.
The light is returning.
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ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
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Carney:
"In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".
"In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".
January 22, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Carney:
"In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".
"In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".
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11 of the 25 countries on Trump's Bored of Peace are banned from immigrant visas to the US.
January 22, 2026 at 7:36 PM
11 of the 25 countries on Trump's Bored of Peace are banned from immigrant visas to the US.
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I wanna be Michael Fanone when I grow up 💜🌈☕️
Nehls: I would like to quickly address the police officers from January 6th. And I can tell you that the fault does not lie with Donald Trump. It lies with the US capitol leadership team.
Fanone: *Coughs: Go fuck yourself*
Fanone: *Coughs: Go fuck yourself*
January 22, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I wanna be Michael Fanone when I grow up 💜🌈☕️
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HMCS Margaret Brooke (AOPV 431) Harry DeWolf-class coming into Halifax, Nova Scotia - January 22, 2026 SRC: FB- Halifax Harbour Photos
January 22, 2026 at 7:49 PM
HMCS Margaret Brooke (AOPV 431) Harry DeWolf-class coming into Halifax, Nova Scotia - January 22, 2026 SRC: FB- Halifax Harbour Photos
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Fun fact, the iceberg that sank the Titanic almost certainly came from Greenland...
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Fun fact, the iceberg that sank the Titanic almost certainly came from Greenland...
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