Brad Weldon
@canadensis.bsky.social
Gardener, movie lover, privacy lawyer, like food, wine, and tech. 🇨🇦 Canadian. YIMBY. A settler on W̱sáneć territory. 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈
I’m torn by talk of Poilievre’s leadership being in trouble.
While he’s their leader the Cons can’t win, so I sort of hope he stays.
Nations rarely have the good fortune to have someone the calibre of Mark Carney willing to put up with politics to lead, I don’t want to waste that opportunity.
While he’s their leader the Cons can’t win, so I sort of hope he stays.
Nations rarely have the good fortune to have someone the calibre of Mark Carney willing to put up with politics to lead, I don’t want to waste that opportunity.
Half of Canadians would be ‘ashamed’ to call Pierre Poilievre PM: Angus Reid
Despite a decisive byelection victory on Monday, winning him back a seat in the House of Commons, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is coming up short in winning Canadians overall.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I’m torn by talk of Poilievre’s leadership being in trouble.
While he’s their leader the Cons can’t win, so I sort of hope he stays.
Nations rarely have the good fortune to have someone the calibre of Mark Carney willing to put up with politics to lead, I don’t want to waste that opportunity.
While he’s their leader the Cons can’t win, so I sort of hope he stays.
Nations rarely have the good fortune to have someone the calibre of Mark Carney willing to put up with politics to lead, I don’t want to waste that opportunity.
I am against floor-crossing, but I’m also against hypocrisy.
How quickly we forget…
“Scheer will appoint Leona Alleslev as his Deputy Leader.
Alleslev was elected as a Liberal but crossed the floor to the Tories in 2018. In her time as a Conservative she served as a backbencher under Scheer.”
How quickly we forget…
“Scheer will appoint Leona Alleslev as his Deputy Leader.
Alleslev was elected as a Liberal but crossed the floor to the Tories in 2018. In her time as a Conservative she served as a backbencher under Scheer.”
BREAKING: Scheer to appoint Liberal floor-crosser as deputy leader
The Western Standard has learned that Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will appoint Leona Alleslev as his Deputy Leader tomorrow. Alleslev was first elected as
www.westernstandard.news
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I am against floor-crossing, but I’m also against hypocrisy.
How quickly we forget…
“Scheer will appoint Leona Alleslev as his Deputy Leader.
Alleslev was elected as a Liberal but crossed the floor to the Tories in 2018. In her time as a Conservative she served as a backbencher under Scheer.”
How quickly we forget…
“Scheer will appoint Leona Alleslev as his Deputy Leader.
Alleslev was elected as a Liberal but crossed the floor to the Tories in 2018. In her time as a Conservative she served as a backbencher under Scheer.”
The difficulty the Conservatives will have discrediting d’Entremont’s criticisms is that Poilievre proudly displays these behaviours.
Who watches smarmy apple-eating Poilievre dismissing journalists and has any difficulty believing d’Entremont’s criticism of his leadership style?
Who watches smarmy apple-eating Poilievre dismissing journalists and has any difficulty believing d’Entremont’s criticism of his leadership style?
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The difficulty the Conservatives will have discrediting d’Entremont’s criticisms is that Poilievre proudly displays these behaviours.
Who watches smarmy apple-eating Poilievre dismissing journalists and has any difficulty believing d’Entremont’s criticism of his leadership style?
Who watches smarmy apple-eating Poilievre dismissing journalists and has any difficulty believing d’Entremont’s criticism of his leadership style?
Why should investors choose Canada over the USA for business?
PM Carney: “We have rule of law.”
PM Carney: “We have rule of law.”
Carney says Canada has "rule of law" when asked why investors should choose it over the US
YouTube video by Global News
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Why should investors choose Canada over the USA for business?
PM Carney: “We have rule of law.”
PM Carney: “We have rule of law.”
Trump is on track to turn North America’s once-dominant auto industry into a backwater, where a few companies churn out inferior, dirty cars for a captive consumer base that has no choice but to buy them.
Unless Canada quickly unties itself from the U.S., we’ll be in the same automotive mess.
Unless Canada quickly unties itself from the U.S., we’ll be in the same automotive mess.
Trump is turning America’s auto industry into a global backwater. Canada must now go its own way
North America’s once dominant auto industry may turn into a place where a couple of car companies churn out inferior, dirty vehicles for a captive consumer base that has no choice but to buy them
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Trump is on track to turn North America’s once-dominant auto industry into a backwater, where a few companies churn out inferior, dirty cars for a captive consumer base that has no choice but to buy them.
Unless Canada quickly unties itself from the U.S., we’ll be in the same automotive mess.
Unless Canada quickly unties itself from the U.S., we’ll be in the same automotive mess.
I decided last week it was time to stop worrying about LLMs and start using them.
Wow. Just playing around, asking them for help with travel plans, woodworking tips, and to analyze my investments (ironically, for vulnerabilities from an AI bubble), and I’m really impressed.
It’s fun too.
Wow. Just playing around, asking them for help with travel plans, woodworking tips, and to analyze my investments (ironically, for vulnerabilities from an AI bubble), and I’m really impressed.
It’s fun too.
November 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I decided last week it was time to stop worrying about LLMs and start using them.
Wow. Just playing around, asking them for help with travel plans, woodworking tips, and to analyze my investments (ironically, for vulnerabilities from an AI bubble), and I’m really impressed.
It’s fun too.
Wow. Just playing around, asking them for help with travel plans, woodworking tips, and to analyze my investments (ironically, for vulnerabilities from an AI bubble), and I’m really impressed.
It’s fun too.
In case you’re wondering, it’s the Liberals’ fault Conservative MPs are leaving. Not Poilievre’s.
In damage control after 2 departures, Conservatives accuse Liberals of 'undemocratic' distractions | CBC News
Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer held a brief media availability Friday morning in an attempt to redirect attention from the Official Opposition's internal crisis to the Liberal Party.
www.cbc.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM
In case you’re wondering, it’s the Liberals’ fault Conservative MPs are leaving. Not Poilievre’s.
Where do I get my tickets to watch the Conservatives implode? Is it available anywhere in IMAX?
Conservative MP announces resignation days after another crosses the floor
OTTAWA — A Conservative member of Parliament has announced his resignation, just days after another caucus member crossed the floor to join the Liberals.
www.timescolonist.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Where do I get my tickets to watch the Conservatives implode? Is it available anywhere in IMAX?
Calling it the “World Series” is up there with the US claiming the name of two entire continents, of which they are less than half of only one, as their particular collective noun.
I’m not saying the people of the USA seem to think weirdly highly of themselves. Okay, yes, I am.
I’m not saying the people of the USA seem to think weirdly highly of themselves. Okay, yes, I am.
October 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Calling it the “World Series” is up there with the US claiming the name of two entire continents, of which they are less than half of only one, as their particular collective noun.
I’m not saying the people of the USA seem to think weirdly highly of themselves. Okay, yes, I am.
I’m not saying the people of the USA seem to think weirdly highly of themselves. Okay, yes, I am.
Amount of sympathy I have for snowbirds* who encounter difficulties at the USA border = zero
*Canadians who consider living with snow for one winter to be worse than supporting Trump
*Canadians who consider living with snow for one winter to be worse than supporting Trump
October 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Amount of sympathy I have for snowbirds* who encounter difficulties at the USA border = zero
*Canadians who consider living with snow for one winter to be worse than supporting Trump
*Canadians who consider living with snow for one winter to be worse than supporting Trump
Good job Blue Jays.
I’m a Mariners fan but love the poetry of a Canadian team going to the USA’s “World” Series in the midst of open economic aggression by the USA towards Canada.
The Jays will be easy to cheer for.
I’m a Mariners fan but love the poetry of a Canadian team going to the USA’s “World” Series in the midst of open economic aggression by the USA towards Canada.
The Jays will be easy to cheer for.
October 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Good job Blue Jays.
I’m a Mariners fan but love the poetry of a Canadian team going to the USA’s “World” Series in the midst of open economic aggression by the USA towards Canada.
The Jays will be easy to cheer for.
I’m a Mariners fan but love the poetry of a Canadian team going to the USA’s “World” Series in the midst of open economic aggression by the USA towards Canada.
The Jays will be easy to cheer for.
Who let Lupin into the Louvre!?
October 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Who let Lupin into the Louvre!?
Well, if the Mariners win tonight they’re in the World Series, and I’ll be happy.
If they lose, my father-in-law gets to watch the Jays in the World Series, and I’ll be happy.
Time for some Bobby McFerrin.
If they lose, my father-in-law gets to watch the Jays in the World Series, and I’ll be happy.
Time for some Bobby McFerrin.
October 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Well, if the Mariners win tonight they’re in the World Series, and I’ll be happy.
If they lose, my father-in-law gets to watch the Jays in the World Series, and I’ll be happy.
Time for some Bobby McFerrin.
If they lose, my father-in-law gets to watch the Jays in the World Series, and I’ll be happy.
Time for some Bobby McFerrin.
Just when I thought the USA was a forlorn lost cause, then Portland 🌟
October 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Just when I thought the USA was a forlorn lost cause, then Portland 🌟
“Though it looks like little more than fibrous dirt, peat has near-magical properties.”
The UK is way ahead of us on this. It’s time we stopped mining peat for potting soil.
Stop me if we’ve seen this story before. The only ones saying this is sustainable are the corporations profiting from it.
The UK is way ahead of us on this. It’s time we stopped mining peat for potting soil.
Stop me if we’ve seen this story before. The only ones saying this is sustainable are the corporations profiting from it.
The humble plant that could save the world — or destroy it
Clean energy expansion could destroy this crucial climate solution.
www.vox.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“Though it looks like little more than fibrous dirt, peat has near-magical properties.”
The UK is way ahead of us on this. It’s time we stopped mining peat for potting soil.
Stop me if we’ve seen this story before. The only ones saying this is sustainable are the corporations profiting from it.
The UK is way ahead of us on this. It’s time we stopped mining peat for potting soil.
Stop me if we’ve seen this story before. The only ones saying this is sustainable are the corporations profiting from it.
Carney says Netanyahu would be arrested if he came to Canada
He said the Netanyahu government’s actions “were explicitly designed to end any possibility of a state of Palestine, in violation of the UN charter and going against Canadian government policy of whatever political stripe since 1947.”
He said the Netanyahu government’s actions “were explicitly designed to end any possibility of a state of Palestine, in violation of the UN charter and going against Canadian government policy of whatever political stripe since 1947.”
Mark Carney says Benjamin Netanyahu would be arrested if he came to Canada
Prime Minister Mark Carney says that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be arrested if he travelled to Canada.
cultmtl.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Carney says Netanyahu would be arrested if he came to Canada
He said the Netanyahu government’s actions “were explicitly designed to end any possibility of a state of Palestine, in violation of the UN charter and going against Canadian government policy of whatever political stripe since 1947.”
He said the Netanyahu government’s actions “were explicitly designed to end any possibility of a state of Palestine, in violation of the UN charter and going against Canadian government policy of whatever political stripe since 1947.”
Carney is talking about reverse onus for violent offenders, which makes sense to me.
But B.C. media in discussing this are interviewing business owners about property crime.
Shoplifting is not violent crime. Its causes are social injustice and lack of mental health supports. Not the Criminal Code.
But B.C. media in discussing this are interviewing business owners about property crime.
Shoplifting is not violent crime. Its causes are social injustice and lack of mental health supports. Not the Criminal Code.
October 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Carney is talking about reverse onus for violent offenders, which makes sense to me.
But B.C. media in discussing this are interviewing business owners about property crime.
Shoplifting is not violent crime. Its causes are social injustice and lack of mental health supports. Not the Criminal Code.
But B.C. media in discussing this are interviewing business owners about property crime.
Shoplifting is not violent crime. Its causes are social injustice and lack of mental health supports. Not the Criminal Code.
WTAF!?
A national environmental group is urging the Royal Victoria Marathon to improve waste management after finding discarded gel packs in gutters, grass, and storm drains days after the race, which included a record-setting number of participants.
‘Disheartened’ at the amount of gel pack waste discarded at the Royal Victoria Marathon
Following the Royal Victoria Marathon's record-setting number of participants, a national environmental group is calling RVM race organizers to do better with managing waste, after finding gel packs scattered along the course in gutters, grass areas and storm drains, several days after the event.
cheknews.ca
October 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
WTAF!?
Gander is a Canadian answer to the social media status quo: a platform built for data privacy, respect, and community. We’re tackling the problems big tech created and profit from at our expense.
Gander Social — FrontFundr
We're making social media social again.
www.frontfundr.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Gander is a Canadian answer to the social media status quo: a platform built for data privacy, respect, and community. We’re tackling the problems big tech created and profit from at our expense.
Poilievre decides to go full Trump.
Next, he’ll call for the prosecution of his other political opponents.
How is he not just embarrassed?
Next, he’ll call for the prosecution of his other political opponents.
How is he not just embarrassed?
Poilievre blasts ‘despicable’ RCMP leadership, accuses Mounties of covering up for Trudeau | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre took aim at the RCMP’s independence in a recent interview, calling the national police force’s leadership "despicable" and accused it of covering up for the Libera...
www.cbc.ca
October 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Poilievre decides to go full Trump.
Next, he’ll call for the prosecution of his other political opponents.
How is he not just embarrassed?
Next, he’ll call for the prosecution of his other political opponents.
How is he not just embarrassed?
This will be awkward for Poilievre. He can say this isn’t due to Carney but in doing so he has to credit Trudeau…
"While these results indicate some resilience, current housing starts are generally reflective of decisions made months or even years ago when investor confidence was higher than today”
"While these results indicate some resilience, current housing starts are generally reflective of decisions made months or even years ago when investor confidence was higher than today”
CMHC says housing starts up 14% in September | CBC News
Canadian housing starts rose 14 per cent in September compared with the previous month, a sharper increase than expected, data from the national housing agency showed on Thursday.
www.cbc.ca
October 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This will be awkward for Poilievre. He can say this isn’t due to Carney but in doing so he has to credit Trudeau…
"While these results indicate some resilience, current housing starts are generally reflective of decisions made months or even years ago when investor confidence was higher than today”
"While these results indicate some resilience, current housing starts are generally reflective of decisions made months or even years ago when investor confidence was higher than today”
So, all it takes for some Jays fans to throw their fellow Canadians under the bus and travel to the US is a baseball game. Shameful.
If you know someone who travelled to the US just to watch baseball, let them know you’re disappointed in them.
If you know someone who travelled to the US just to watch baseball, let them know you’re disappointed in them.
October 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
So, all it takes for some Jays fans to throw their fellow Canadians under the bus and travel to the US is a baseball game. Shameful.
If you know someone who travelled to the US just to watch baseball, let them know you’re disappointed in them.
If you know someone who travelled to the US just to watch baseball, let them know you’re disappointed in them.
This is a great idea. Trust the Irish to recognise the societal value of poetry and the arts.
Three Years After Trial Launch, Ireland Is Making Basic Income for Artists Program Permanent
Several years after launching a trial, Ireland is set to make its basic income for artists program permanent starting in 2026.
www.artnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This is a great idea. Trust the Irish to recognise the societal value of poetry and the arts.
What a weird way to run a war, to care what the enemy thinks about your deployment of weapons.
If the Russians don’t like it, then it’s probably a good idea.
If the Russians don’t like it, then it’s probably a good idea.
Supplying U.S. Tomahawks to Ukraine could end badly for all, Russia's Medvedev says | CBC News
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that supplying U.S. Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine could end badly for everyone, especially U.S. President Donald Trump.
www.cbc.ca
October 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What a weird way to run a war, to care what the enemy thinks about your deployment of weapons.
If the Russians don’t like it, then it’s probably a good idea.
If the Russians don’t like it, then it’s probably a good idea.