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· Feb 11
This is my dad.
A Social Justice warrior.
A scholastic Jesuit.
He wrote for the Catholic New Times and started a social justice club at his church which was weekly letter writing.
He is my goal post.
RIP Dad ~2017
A Social Justice warrior.
A scholastic Jesuit.
He wrote for the Catholic New Times and started a social justice club at his church which was weekly letter writing.
He is my goal post.
RIP Dad ~2017
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We’re renewing Canada’s relationship with China.
As part of our new strategic partnership, China is granting visa-free travel for Canadians.
As part of our new strategic partnership, China is granting visa-free travel for Canadians.
February 16, 2026 at 6:59 PM
We’re renewing Canada’s relationship with China.
As part of our new strategic partnership, China is granting visa-free travel for Canadians.
As part of our new strategic partnership, China is granting visa-free travel for Canadians.
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I knew I saw this somewhere before. Funny that it’s almost exactly what’s actually happening now.
February 14, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I knew I saw this somewhere before. Funny that it’s almost exactly what’s actually happening now.
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Opinion: Bill C-15 is one of the biggest threats yet to Canada’s rule of law
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
Bill C-15 is one of the biggest threats yet to Canada’s rule of law
The omnibus budget bill gives unprecedented power to federal ministers to exempt virtually any entity from all federal laws and regulation—except the Criminal Code.
www.hilltimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Opinion: Bill C-15 is one of the biggest threats yet to Canada’s rule of law
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
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What a gorgeous skate 🇨🇦
Piper and Paul
Starry, Starry Night
Piper and Paul
Starry, Starry Night
February 11, 2026 at 9:40 PM
What a gorgeous skate 🇨🇦
Piper and Paul
Starry, Starry Night
Piper and Paul
Starry, Starry Night
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It's sad that MAGA hates this.
February 9, 2026 at 11:08 AM
It's sad that MAGA hates this.
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One of Kitchener’s lost pleasures remembered
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One of Kitchener’s lost pleasures remembered
This week’s Flash from the Past looks back at skating on Victoria Park Lake and the winter memories it created in Kitchener.
www.therecord.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
One of Kitchener’s lost pleasures remembered
www.therecord.com/life/waterlo...
www.therecord.com/life/waterlo...
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These Maritimers are representing Canada at the Winter Olympics #NovaScotia #NewBrunswick #PrinceEdwardIsland
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These Maritimers are representing Canada at the Winter Olympics
As athletes gather in Italy for the Winter Olympics, these Maritimers will be sporting the maple leaf.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 6, 2026 at 7:36 PM
These Maritimers are representing Canada at the Winter Olympics #NovaScotia #NewBrunswick #PrinceEdwardIsland
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/art...
Anger can be justified. Contempt is rarely persuasive.
I don’t even know what they are talking about - my HR went up when I saw the Senators excuse for being vulgar.
Don’t normalize this. It’s insulting to everyone.
I don’t even know what they are talking about - my HR went up when I saw the Senators excuse for being vulgar.
Don’t normalize this. It’s insulting to everyone.
February 7, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Anger can be justified. Contempt is rarely persuasive.
I don’t even know what they are talking about - my HR went up when I saw the Senators excuse for being vulgar.
Don’t normalize this. It’s insulting to everyone.
I don’t even know what they are talking about - my HR went up when I saw the Senators excuse for being vulgar.
Don’t normalize this. It’s insulting to everyone.
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“But look, it’s not really my place, to Monday morning quarterback … a prime minister’s decision on a tactical trade arrangement that involves opening the Chinese market to Canadian goods,”
End of deep alliance between Canada and U.S. not inevitable, top Biden official says
Joe Biden’s top national security official says that while Canada-U.S. relations will have to evolve, a deep and sustained relationship moving forward is in both countries’ interests.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 7, 2026 at 1:04 PM
“But look, it’s not really my place, to Monday morning quarterback … a prime minister’s decision on a tactical trade arrangement that involves opening the Chinese market to Canadian goods,”
For most people on the planet, “order” meant living with the constant risk that a powerful country would lash out through coups, proxy wars, sanctions, or economic shocks. What elites call chaos now is really just losing their exclusive right to break things.
What say you?
is.gd/8XCkk2
What say you?
is.gd/8XCkk2
Mark Carney’s speech got the world’s attention – but was it the right message?
There are strong reasons to think the Prime Minister’s analysis of the international situation was wrong
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:05 PM
For most people on the planet, “order” meant living with the constant risk that a powerful country would lash out through coups, proxy wars, sanctions, or economic shocks. What elites call chaos now is really just losing their exclusive right to break things.
What say you?
is.gd/8XCkk2
What say you?
is.gd/8XCkk2
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🔴 Ian McKellen’s recitation of Shakespeare’s powerful “appeal to humanity” speech from Thomas More, is profoundly moving and brilliantly delivered.
By channeling this centuries-old plea for empathy toward immigrants, he MASTERFULLY exposes the cruelty in Trump’s...
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By channeling this centuries-old plea for empathy toward immigrants, he MASTERFULLY exposes the cruelty in Trump’s...
substack.com/@funtomwrite...
Fun Tom (@funtomwriter)
🔴 WOW … this. 👌🏼
Ian McKellen’s recitation of Shakespeare’s powerful “appeal to humanity” speech from Thomas More on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is profoundly moving and brilliantly delivere...
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February 6, 2026 at 7:08 PM
🔴 Ian McKellen’s recitation of Shakespeare’s powerful “appeal to humanity” speech from Thomas More, is profoundly moving and brilliantly delivered.
By channeling this centuries-old plea for empathy toward immigrants, he MASTERFULLY exposes the cruelty in Trump’s...
substack.com/@funtomwrite...
By channeling this centuries-old plea for empathy toward immigrants, he MASTERFULLY exposes the cruelty in Trump’s...
substack.com/@funtomwrite...
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Trump told Jamil to tell Canadians that Trump "loves us."
Sorry Jamil, I was taught to not take candy from PEDOS!
Sorry Jamil, I was taught to not take candy from PEDOS!
February 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Trump told Jamil to tell Canadians that Trump "loves us."
Sorry Jamil, I was taught to not take candy from PEDOS!
Sorry Jamil, I was taught to not take candy from PEDOS!
What discourages me in this interview is how an electoral loss gets reframed as “the right strategy, wrong tone.” Losing should prompt real reflection, not reassurance that victory is just a few tweaks away.
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Pierre Poilievre Needs to Win Over More Voters. What’s His Plan?
He sailed through the leadership review, but that’s not enough to be prime minister
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February 5, 2026 at 2:25 PM
What discourages me in this interview is how an electoral loss gets reframed as “the right strategy, wrong tone.” Losing should prompt real reflection, not reassurance that victory is just a few tweaks away.
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Demented 👇
Trump: I hate even talking about ICE. 2 people out of tens of thousands and you get bad publicity.
Host: But it was 2 Americans who died—
Trump: We have the smallest trucks. We've been very tough on the waters
Host: The waters?
Trump: The waters where we knock out boats. #cdnpoli
Trump: I hate even talking about ICE. 2 people out of tens of thousands and you get bad publicity.
Host: But it was 2 Americans who died—
Trump: We have the smallest trucks. We've been very tough on the waters
Host: The waters?
Trump: The waters where we knock out boats. #cdnpoli
February 5, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Demented 👇
Trump: I hate even talking about ICE. 2 people out of tens of thousands and you get bad publicity.
Host: But it was 2 Americans who died—
Trump: We have the smallest trucks. We've been very tough on the waters
Host: The waters?
Trump: The waters where we knock out boats. #cdnpoli
Trump: I hate even talking about ICE. 2 people out of tens of thousands and you get bad publicity.
Host: But it was 2 Americans who died—
Trump: We have the smallest trucks. We've been very tough on the waters
Host: The waters?
Trump: The waters where we knock out boats. #cdnpoli
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February 5, 2026 at 5:40 AM
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NDP leadership hopefuls say workers shouldn't be fooled by Poilievre's blue-collar message
February 3, 2026 at 10:22 PM
NDP leadership hopefuls say workers shouldn't be fooled by Poilievre's blue-collar message
Ah yes, groceries cost more because people get help.
It’s not fuel, not climate hits, not global prices, not grocery oligopolies, the real villain is poor people buying food stop giving them help dammit!
Brilliant economics. Truly.
It’s not fuel, not climate hits, not global prices, not grocery oligopolies, the real villain is poor people buying food stop giving them help dammit!
Brilliant economics. Truly.
Look, we don’t need more "benefits" paid for with our own tax dollars. This just fuels the inflation making food expensive in the first place. Stop the spending and get the government out of our pockets so Canadians can actually afford to live. Simple as that.
February 3, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Ah yes, groceries cost more because people get help.
It’s not fuel, not climate hits, not global prices, not grocery oligopolies, the real villain is poor people buying food stop giving them help dammit!
Brilliant economics. Truly.
It’s not fuel, not climate hits, not global prices, not grocery oligopolies, the real villain is poor people buying food stop giving them help dammit!
Brilliant economics. Truly.
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The new Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit will provide millions of Canadians with hundreds of dollars more to help with your everyday costs.
February 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
The new Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit will provide millions of Canadians with hundreds of dollars more to help with your everyday costs.
Watching the US backslide from democracy…
a few things I noticed
-power precedes law
-loyalty precedes truth
-force precedes consent
-narrative precedes reality
Change your trajectory
Reassert law over loyalty:
-limit executive force
-protect elections
-prosecute abuse
-restore accountability
a few things I noticed
-power precedes law
-loyalty precedes truth
-force precedes consent
-narrative precedes reality
Change your trajectory
Reassert law over loyalty:
-limit executive force
-protect elections
-prosecute abuse
-restore accountability
February 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Watching the US backslide from democracy…
a few things I noticed
-power precedes law
-loyalty precedes truth
-force precedes consent
-narrative precedes reality
Change your trajectory
Reassert law over loyalty:
-limit executive force
-protect elections
-prosecute abuse
-restore accountability
a few things I noticed
-power precedes law
-loyalty precedes truth
-force precedes consent
-narrative precedes reality
Change your trajectory
Reassert law over loyalty:
-limit executive force
-protect elections
-prosecute abuse
-restore accountability
Notice how the tariff ‘emergency’ pauses the moment a deal appears, now with India. That’s not trade policy; it’s leverage first, legality later.
February 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Notice how the tariff ‘emergency’ pauses the moment a deal appears, now with India. That’s not trade policy; it’s leverage first, legality later.
This isn’t new: centralize elections, delegitimize outcomes, entrench power.
Versions of it show up in Argentina, Russia, India, Turkey, Hungary and )pre-rolled back) Poland.
Democracies erode this way, procedurally, then permanently.
#WorldPolitics
Versions of it show up in Argentina, Russia, India, Turkey, Hungary and )pre-rolled back) Poland.
Democracies erode this way, procedurally, then permanently.
#WorldPolitics
This is what Nicolás Maduro did in Venezuela. Nationalize voting, then clamp down on journalists and appoint only partisan judges. Becoming a dictator one step at a time. 🗽
February 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
This isn’t new: centralize elections, delegitimize outcomes, entrench power.
Versions of it show up in Argentina, Russia, India, Turkey, Hungary and )pre-rolled back) Poland.
Democracies erode this way, procedurally, then permanently.
#WorldPolitics
Versions of it show up in Argentina, Russia, India, Turkey, Hungary and )pre-rolled back) Poland.
Democracies erode this way, procedurally, then permanently.
#WorldPolitics
The U.S. often forgets it isn’t the world.
If we’re talking peace prizes: Doctors Without Borders, Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, or Truth and Reconciliation Commission, decades of risk, sacrifice, and protection of others. That’s the bar.
If we’re talking peace prizes: Doctors Without Borders, Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, or Truth and Reconciliation Commission, decades of risk, sacrifice, and protection of others. That’s the bar.
February 3, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The U.S. often forgets it isn’t the world.
If we’re talking peace prizes: Doctors Without Borders, Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, or Truth and Reconciliation Commission, decades of risk, sacrifice, and protection of others. That’s the bar.
If we’re talking peace prizes: Doctors Without Borders, Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, or Truth and Reconciliation Commission, decades of risk, sacrifice, and protection of others. That’s the bar.
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This comes as Israeli forces continue their strikes across Gaza, killing at least 30 people, including six children, this weekend, in violation of the ceasefire. Some of the victims were taking shelter in tents. This was reportedly one of the deadliest Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in months.
February 3, 2026 at 2:42 AM
This comes as Israeli forces continue their strikes across Gaza, killing at least 30 people, including six children, this weekend, in violation of the ceasefire. Some of the victims were taking shelter in tents. This was reportedly one of the deadliest Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in months.
Plato argued societies should be led by people trained in logic, ethics, math, and governance.
And here we are - Ontario governing out of a shared Google Drive, like a rushed group project. Philosopher-kings, meet “Anyone with the link.”
#onpoli
And here we are - Ontario governing out of a shared Google Drive, like a rushed group project. Philosopher-kings, meet “Anyone with the link.”
#onpoli
NEW: The Ford government is drafting and circulating sensitive documents it says reveal details of cabinet meetings on personal Google accounts. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1164609...
globalnews.ca/news/1164609...
Ford government storing records ‘central’ to secret cabinet deliberations in Google Docs | Globalnews.ca
New information shows staff within Ontario Premier Doug Ford's office are using unsecured Google services to create or circulate official documents.
globalnews.ca
February 2, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Plato argued societies should be led by people trained in logic, ethics, math, and governance.
And here we are - Ontario governing out of a shared Google Drive, like a rushed group project. Philosopher-kings, meet “Anyone with the link.”
#onpoli
And here we are - Ontario governing out of a shared Google Drive, like a rushed group project. Philosopher-kings, meet “Anyone with the link.”
#onpoli