Jamie MacKinnon🇨🇦
@jamiemackinnon.bsky.social
Let's reduce economic inequality & build a just, environmentally sustainable society.
Joys include ale, good conversation, travel, literature & theatre.
Interests include design, green engineering & international development.
Joys include ale, good conversation, travel, literature & theatre.
Interests include design, green engineering & international development.
Fringe politician (who has refused to undergo security screening, and consorted with Convoy thugs, and who was recently fired from his job) praises Trump and touts "freedom."
#poilievre
#cdnpoli
#poilievre
#cdnpoli
January 5, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Fringe politician (who has refused to undergo security screening, and consorted with Convoy thugs, and who was recently fired from his job) praises Trump and touts "freedom."
#poilievre
#cdnpoli
#poilievre
#cdnpoli
Had PP won the last election, we'd now have:
- radically reduced program spending (and likely recession)
- no CBC, less Cdn news
- a federal govt using the notwithstanding clause to override court decisions
- a politicized central bank, with increased risk of high inflation
#cdnpoli
#poilievre
- radically reduced program spending (and likely recession)
- no CBC, less Cdn news
- a federal govt using the notwithstanding clause to override court decisions
- a politicized central bank, with increased risk of high inflation
#cdnpoli
#poilievre
a cartoon elephant with the words that could ve been a disaster below it
ALT: a cartoon elephant with the words that could ve been a disaster below it
media.tenor.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Had PP won the last election, we'd now have:
- radically reduced program spending (and likely recession)
- no CBC, less Cdn news
- a federal govt using the notwithstanding clause to override court decisions
- a politicized central bank, with increased risk of high inflation
#cdnpoli
#poilievre
- radically reduced program spending (and likely recession)
- no CBC, less Cdn news
- a federal govt using the notwithstanding clause to override court decisions
- a politicized central bank, with increased risk of high inflation
#cdnpoli
#poilievre
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Among the creditors:
ConocoPhillips
China
Russia
Meanwhile "Venezuela's interim government says it remains united behind Maduro after his U.S. capture."
🎼When life looks like easy street there is danger at your door🎸
#credit
#bonds
#Venezuela
Among the creditors:
ConocoPhillips
China
Russia
Meanwhile "Venezuela's interim government says it remains united behind Maduro after his U.S. capture."
🎼When life looks like easy street there is danger at your door🎸
#credit
#bonds
#Venezuela
Explainer: Venezuela's billions in distressed debt: Who is in line to collect?
The toppling of President Nicolas Maduro has thrust Venezuela's debt crisis - one of the world's largest unresolved sovereign defaults - into the limelight.
www.reuters.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:34 PM
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Among the creditors:
ConocoPhillips
China
Russia
Meanwhile "Venezuela's interim government says it remains united behind Maduro after his U.S. capture."
🎼When life looks like easy street there is danger at your door🎸
#credit
#bonds
#Venezuela
Among the creditors:
ConocoPhillips
China
Russia
Meanwhile "Venezuela's interim government says it remains united behind Maduro after his U.S. capture."
🎼When life looks like easy street there is danger at your door🎸
#credit
#bonds
#Venezuela
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Great opinion piece in the Globe & Mail by Nidhi Sachdeva "For years, math instruction has leaned heavily toward inquiry-first or discovery-based approaches, often w/o sufficient explicit instruction..but students can't reason about ideas they haven't learned"
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
January 3, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Great opinion piece in the Globe & Mail by Nidhi Sachdeva "For years, math instruction has leaned heavily toward inquiry-first or discovery-based approaches, often w/o sufficient explicit instruction..but students can't reason about ideas they haven't learned"
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Critics of Carney's & Anand's response to the US action in Venezuela should reflect: would moralizing & posturing help
- Venezualan citizens?
- Canada's role in international governance?
The government's response has been measured and, to those who can read, principled.
Critics of Carney's & Anand's response to the US action in Venezuela should reflect: would moralizing & posturing help
- Venezualan citizens?
- Canada's role in international governance?
The government's response has been measured and, to those who can read, principled.
January 4, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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Critics of Carney's & Anand's response to the US action in Venezuela should reflect: would moralizing & posturing help
- Venezualan citizens?
- Canada's role in international governance?
The government's response has been measured and, to those who can read, principled.
Critics of Carney's & Anand's response to the US action in Venezuela should reflect: would moralizing & posturing help
- Venezualan citizens?
- Canada's role in international governance?
The government's response has been measured and, to those who can read, principled.
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This is exactly what I mean. Every single day Canada picks and chooses when international law applies and when we can safely ignore it. Pretending otherwise is willful ignorance.
This is a dangerous and irresponsible response.
Cheering the illegal abduction of a foreign head of state and celebrating U.S. control over another country is wrong.
Canada cannot pick & choose when international law applies. If the rules only matter when it’s convenient, they don’t protect anyone
Cheering the illegal abduction of a foreign head of state and celebrating U.S. control over another country is wrong.
Canada cannot pick & choose when international law applies. If the rules only matter when it’s convenient, they don’t protect anyone
January 3, 2026 at 11:45 PM
This is exactly what I mean. Every single day Canada picks and chooses when international law applies and when we can safely ignore it. Pretending otherwise is willful ignorance.
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❗️"If this is how dictators can be treated, then the US knows what to do next," — Zelenskyy on the capture of Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 6:50 PM
❗️"If this is how dictators can be treated, then the US knows what to do next," — Zelenskyy on the capture of Maduro.
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Auditorium & Convention Center (Castellón, Spain), Office of Architecture in Barcelona (2004)
January 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Auditorium & Convention Center (Castellón, Spain), Office of Architecture in Barcelona (2004)
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Bill 14 may have ended the statute-based action of the Chief Electoral Officer under the Citizen Initiative Act but it cannot prevent this action by a First Nation based on general constitutional obligations.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
January 3, 2026 at 6:21 AM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
So the govt that has
- resurrected coal projects (increasing the risk of toxins, especially selenium, entering streams and rivers)
- developed plans to treat & potentially release processed oil sands wastewater into waterways
. . . will take over Calgary's water?
#ABpoli
So the govt that has
- resurrected coal projects (increasing the risk of toxins, especially selenium, entering streams and rivers)
- developed plans to treat & potentially release processed oil sands wastewater into waterways
. . . will take over Calgary's water?
#ABpoli
Alberta premier says province might impose oversight of Calgary's water system after latest break | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling Calgary's second catastrophic break of the same feeder main in less than two years a failure of oversight, and says it might be time for the province to step ...
www.cbc.ca
January 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
So the govt that has
- resurrected coal projects (increasing the risk of toxins, especially selenium, entering streams and rivers)
- developed plans to treat & potentially release processed oil sands wastewater into waterways
. . . will take over Calgary's water?
#ABpoli
So the govt that has
- resurrected coal projects (increasing the risk of toxins, especially selenium, entering streams and rivers)
- developed plans to treat & potentially release processed oil sands wastewater into waterways
. . . will take over Calgary's water?
#ABpoli
Watching a sidewalk plow pretend to plow a snowless, already salted/sanded sidewalk . . . I got to thinking about Canada's productivity problems.
Extraordinary chart from today's G&M.
#economics
#cdnpoli
#income
#productivity
Extraordinary chart from today's G&M.
#economics
#cdnpoli
#income
#productivity
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Watching a sidewalk plow pretend to plow a snowless, already salted/sanded sidewalk . . . I got to thinking about Canada's productivity problems.
Extraordinary chart from today's G&M.
#economics
#cdnpoli
#income
#productivity
Extraordinary chart from today's G&M.
#economics
#cdnpoli
#income
#productivity
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THE MORE YOU KNOW…👇
Choose wisely. 😎✨
Choose wisely. 😎✨
December 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
THE MORE YOU KNOW…👇
Choose wisely. 😎✨
Choose wisely. 😎✨
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The same mistake is happening in Windsor and elsewhere. Mississauga is the only place the province hasn’t botched this. Ontario is ignoring its own planning rules, moving hospitals to greenfield sites far from transit and urban cores. nextmetro.substack.com/p/an-urgent-... #ONpoli
An Urgent and Avoidable Transit Mistake in Waterloo Region.
A Transit-Forward Town Takes A Step Back.
nextmetro.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The same mistake is happening in Windsor and elsewhere. Mississauga is the only place the province hasn’t botched this. Ontario is ignoring its own planning rules, moving hospitals to greenfield sites far from transit and urban cores. nextmetro.substack.com/p/an-urgent-... #ONpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Not to mention
- Cree treaty rights cover ~2/3 of #Quebec
- there is virtually no unceded territory in #Alberta; treaties 6, 7 & 8 cover the province
- most Albertans & Quebeckers have deep social & financial ties to RoC
- talk of secession scares away inv't
#cdnpoli
Not to mention
- Cree treaty rights cover ~2/3 of #Quebec
- there is virtually no unceded territory in #Alberta; treaties 6, 7 & 8 cover the province
- most Albertans & Quebeckers have deep social & financial ties to RoC
- talk of secession scares away inv't
#cdnpoli
Alberta, Quebec referendums likely would fail due to Canadians’ anxiety: pollster
OTTAWA - A pollster says separatist movements in Alberta and Quebec are unlikely to succeed as long as Canadians feel a persistent sense of insecurity and anxiety about the future.
www.thestar.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:25 PM
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Not to mention
- Cree treaty rights cover ~2/3 of #Quebec
- there is virtually no unceded territory in #Alberta; treaties 6, 7 & 8 cover the province
- most Albertans & Quebeckers have deep social & financial ties to RoC
- talk of secession scares away inv't
#cdnpoli
Not to mention
- Cree treaty rights cover ~2/3 of #Quebec
- there is virtually no unceded territory in #Alberta; treaties 6, 7 & 8 cover the province
- most Albertans & Quebeckers have deep social & financial ties to RoC
- talk of secession scares away inv't
#cdnpoli
Hospitals have been grappling with continued ER closures. This past week alone saw closures in Mission, Oliver & 100-Mile House, while “temporary” overnight ER closures at Saanich Peninsula Hospital and in Port Hardy have been ongoing.
#bc
#health
#nurses
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#bc
#health
#nurses
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After a challenging year, B.C. premier looks ahead to 2026
While 2025 has been challenging and 2026 might be, too, Premier David Eby said it’s not all bad news.
www.timescolonist.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Hospitals have been grappling with continued ER closures. This past week alone saw closures in Mission, Oliver & 100-Mile House, while “temporary” overnight ER closures at Saanich Peninsula Hospital and in Port Hardy have been ongoing.
#bc
#health
#nurses
www.timescolonist.com/local-news/a...
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#bc
#health
#nurses
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🚘🕳️ Through 2025, Colin D'Mello and I invested a lot of time looking into Ontario Premier Doug Ford's dream of tunnelling under Hwy. 401. Through sourcing, freedom of information and lots of questions, here's what we found (in chronological order) #OnPoli
December 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
🚘🕳️ Through 2025, Colin D'Mello and I invested a lot of time looking into Ontario Premier Doug Ford's dream of tunnelling under Hwy. 401. Through sourcing, freedom of information and lots of questions, here's what we found (in chronological order) #OnPoli
Canada's premiers are STILL doing their best to prevent interprovincial trade in alcohol . . . even as the country remains under attack.
"Liquor boards aren't there to help you – they're there to stop you."
#ONpoli
#ABpoli
#BCpoli
#Québec
#cdnpoli
#trade
#LCBO
www.cfib-fcei.ca/hubfs/resear...
"Liquor boards aren't there to help you – they're there to stop you."
#ONpoli
#ABpoli
#BCpoli
#Québec
#cdnpoli
#trade
#LCBO
www.cfib-fcei.ca/hubfs/resear...
www.cfib-fcei.ca
December 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Machiavelli: One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
Corollary: those who seek the comfort of deceit will always find deceivers.
"France has entered an era of Trumpism.”
#France
#journalism
#Orwell
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Corollary: those who seek the comfort of deceit will always find deceivers.
"France has entered an era of Trumpism.”
#France
#journalism
#Orwell
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
France fears ‘era of Trumpism’ as public broadcaster comes under fire from right
Investigation established by UDR party to look at ‘neutrality, workings and financing’ of state TV and radio
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Machiavelli: One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
Corollary: those who seek the comfort of deceit will always find deceivers.
"France has entered an era of Trumpism.”
#France
#journalism
#Orwell
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Corollary: those who seek the comfort of deceit will always find deceivers.
"France has entered an era of Trumpism.”
#France
#journalism
#Orwell
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Sometimes numbers speak for themselves… 🇨🇦
December 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Sometimes numbers speak for themselves… 🇨🇦
Reposted by Jamie MacKinnon🇨🇦
Ukraine Denies Attack on Putin Residence: “We’re Helping Him Build a Ballroom”
December 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Ukraine Denies Attack on Putin Residence: “We’re Helping Him Build a Ballroom”
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There is no foolproof protection for anyone, Americans included, from ICE’s rabid tactics.
Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It
A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.
newrepublic.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:42 PM
There is no foolproof protection for anyone, Americans included, from ICE’s rabid tactics.
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Au Danemark, la Poste arrête de distribuer le courrier après 400 ans de service
Au Danemark, la Poste arrête de distribuer le courrier après 400 ans de service
Le service postal public danois PostNord distribuera sa dernière lettre ce 31 décembre 2025. Avec une baisse de 90 % du courrier distribué depuis les années 2000, l’opérateur se concentre désormais sur ses services numériques.
fr.euronews.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Au Danemark, la Poste arrête de distribuer le courrier après 400 ans de service
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For comparison, about 58,000 US soldiers died in Vietnam -- over a decade.
Russia has less than half the population of the US.
#russia
#Ukraine
For comparison, about 58,000 US soldiers died in Vietnam -- over a decade.
Russia has less than half the population of the US.
#russia
#Ukraine
"Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte has since said that 25,000 Russian soldiers are being killed every month."
#russia
#Ukraine
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#russia
#Ukraine
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Russia's losses in Ukraine rise faster than ever as US pushes for peace deal
A steep rise in soldiers' obituaries is documented by the BBC as part of its work in counting Russian war losses.
www.bbc.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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For comparison, about 58,000 US soldiers died in Vietnam -- over a decade.
Russia has less than half the population of the US.
#russia
#Ukraine
For comparison, about 58,000 US soldiers died in Vietnam -- over a decade.
Russia has less than half the population of the US.
#russia
#Ukraine
"Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte has since said that 25,000 Russian soldiers are being killed every month."
#russia
#Ukraine
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#russia
#Ukraine
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Russia's losses in Ukraine rise faster than ever as US pushes for peace deal
A steep rise in soldiers' obituaries is documented by the BBC as part of its work in counting Russian war losses.
www.bbc.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte has since said that 25,000 Russian soldiers are being killed every month."
#russia
#Ukraine
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#russia
#Ukraine
www.bbc.com/news/article...