Matthew Froese
@matthewfroese.bsky.social
mech engineer in building commissioning, affirming mennonite, triathlete & ironman, coffee enthusiast, jello fanatic, he/him, Winnipeg
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City of Winnipeg took the federal government’s Housing Accelerator Fund goals seriously and is today reporting a 12% increase in housing starts for 2025. More than double the Canadian average of 5.6%. The city’s 2nd highest number of starts ever. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Winnipeg trumpets 12 per cent increase in housing starts
The City of Winnipeg is reporting a big increase in housing starts in 2025 but some argue the construction isn’t the right type to address a severe shortage. In a rare Sunday news release from the may...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:27 AM
City of Winnipeg took the federal government’s Housing Accelerator Fund goals seriously and is today reporting a 12% increase in housing starts for 2025. More than double the Canadian average of 5.6%. The city’s 2nd highest number of starts ever. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Not to interrupt your doomscrolling but I present to you: Sunday morning cat snugs
January 18, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Not to interrupt your doomscrolling but I present to you: Sunday morning cat snugs
I’m getting ads on social media for an AI that will help me diagnose my patients. I am not a doctor.
Tech has gone too far. I think we need to roll this all back to like, what, ICQ?
Tech has gone too far. I think we need to roll this all back to like, what, ICQ?
January 17, 2026 at 9:22 PM
I’m getting ads on social media for an AI that will help me diagnose my patients. I am not a doctor.
Tech has gone too far. I think we need to roll this all back to like, what, ICQ?
Tech has gone too far. I think we need to roll this all back to like, what, ICQ?
I think this is probably accurate, but really points to a larger question:
Should the Emergencies Act be amended to provide criteria for federal responses to organizational failures in regional and local governance?
Should the Emergencies Act be amended to provide criteria for federal responses to organizational failures in regional and local governance?
"the concern had more to do with leadership issues within the OPS and the willingness of some of its members to enforce the law."
Basically: the failure of police to do their jobs should not have led to the imposition of the Emergencies Act.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Basically: the failure of police to do their jobs should not have led to the imposition of the Emergencies Act.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Federal government loses Emergencies Act appeal, court says use during convoy protest was unreasonable | CBC News
The Liberal government unreasonably invoked the Emergencies Act to clear the convoy protests that gridlocked the capital city and border points nearly four years ago, the Federal Court of Appeal said.
www.cbc.ca
January 17, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I think this is probably accurate, but really points to a larger question:
Should the Emergencies Act be amended to provide criteria for federal responses to organizational failures in regional and local governance?
Should the Emergencies Act be amended to provide criteria for federal responses to organizational failures in regional and local governance?
Today I’m going to Costco to buy frozen things to put in my freezer I bought from Costco.
Follow me for more #lifehacks
Follow me for more #lifehacks
January 17, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Today I’m going to Costco to buy frozen things to put in my freezer I bought from Costco.
Follow me for more #lifehacks
Follow me for more #lifehacks
I’d never heard of this particular moment in history. Truth is stranger than fiction…
In 1943, Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel Prize to Joseph Goebbels.
In 2026, Maria Corina Machado gave her Nobel Prize to Donald Trump.
History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes.
In 2026, Maria Corina Machado gave her Nobel Prize to Donald Trump.
History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes.
January 17, 2026 at 1:06 AM
I’d never heard of this particular moment in history. Truth is stranger than fiction…
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January 16, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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I’m glad to see this deal moving forward, but not sure about that 49,000 vehicle quota - I’d wager that’s too low for anyone to build out a national dealer and service network. Will likely see someone like BYD come into focused markets centered on Vancouver and the GTA, maybe Quebec.
Great news to wake up to. These EV tariffs were always a terrible idea. The North American auto makers should learn to make competitive smaller electric cars, not have the government effectively force people into buying more expensive and more destructive.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#CdnPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#CdnPoli
Carney reaches tariff-quota deal with China on EVs, canola | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he has reached a deal with China to allow tens of thousands of Chinese electric vehicles into the country in exchange for lower canola duties.
www.cbc.ca
January 16, 2026 at 12:44 PM
I’m glad to see this deal moving forward, but not sure about that 49,000 vehicle quota - I’d wager that’s too low for anyone to build out a national dealer and service network. Will likely see someone like BYD come into focused markets centered on Vancouver and the GTA, maybe Quebec.
The brunch at Fionn’s is solid / corned beef hash
January 11, 2026 at 6:46 PM
The brunch at Fionn’s is solid / corned beef hash
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“…the preferred form of Soviet aggression: internal subversion and limited war.” —Henry Kissinger, 1956
January 10, 2026 at 2:32 PM
“…the preferred form of Soviet aggression: internal subversion and limited war.” —Henry Kissinger, 1956
Best part of tonight’s game - a tiny size Jets dog complete with a little pierogi (and the first period was great)
January 9, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Best part of tonight’s game - a tiny size Jets dog complete with a little pierogi (and the first period was great)
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I needed to be reminded (again):
January 9, 2026 at 3:48 AM
I needed to be reminded (again):
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A poem for you (and me).
January 8, 2026 at 6:17 PM
A poem for you (and me).
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.”
Matthew 26:52
Matthew 26:52
January 7, 2026 at 11:39 PM
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.”
Matthew 26:52
Matthew 26:52
What a wild time to be alive that this is a real headline
European allies working on plan should US move on Greenland reut.rs/3LtTpP0
European allies working on plan should US move on Greenland
Allies including France and Germany are working closely on a plan on how to respond should the United States act on its threat to take over Greenland, as Europe seeks to address U.S. President Donald Trump's ambitions in the region.
reut.rs
January 7, 2026 at 1:06 PM
What a wild time to be alive that this is a real headline
In all this I keep thinking about the history of the League of Nations, and the withdrawal of large powers that led to it’s effective collapse in the run up to WW2.
International order is ultimately a collective agreement; one that is easily lost.
International order is ultimately a collective agreement; one that is easily lost.
France at the UNSC, speaks on the Maduro regime human rights violations, welcomes democratic future for Venezuelans. France states that US had undermined UN charter and int law.
“This transition has to be done by and for Venezuelans.”
Says our role is to uphold the UN Charter.
“This transition has to be done by and for Venezuelans.”
Says our role is to uphold the UN Charter.
January 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM
In all this I keep thinking about the history of the League of Nations, and the withdrawal of large powers that led to it’s effective collapse in the run up to WW2.
International order is ultimately a collective agreement; one that is easily lost.
International order is ultimately a collective agreement; one that is easily lost.
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Happy 'just circling back' week to all who celebrate.
January 5, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Happy 'just circling back' week to all who celebrate.
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Trump: "Cuba is ready to fall. Cuba looks like it's ready to fall. I don't know if they're gonna hold out."
January 5, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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TRUMP: Colombia is very sick too. Run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the US, and he's not gonna be doing it very long
Q: So there's will be an operation by the US in Colombia?
TRUMP: Sounds good to me
Q: So there's will be an operation by the US in Colombia?
TRUMP: Sounds good to me
January 5, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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The linked article is an interesting read - the “it’s all about the oil” line doesn’t make as much sense if the major oil services firms aren’t actually prepping to go get the oil
Welcome to capex-by-blackmail.
“.. They’re saying, ‘you gotta go in if you want to play and get reimbursed,’” said one industry official .. “But the infrastructure .. is so dilapidated that no one .. can adequately assess what is needed to make it operable.”
#OOTT
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
“.. They’re saying, ‘you gotta go in if you want to play and get reimbursed,’” said one industry official .. “But the infrastructure .. is so dilapidated that no one .. can adequately assess what is needed to make it operable.”
#OOTT
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump admin sends tough private message to oil companies on Venezuela
The White House has told companies they must rebuild Venezuela's crude-pumping infrastructure if they want compensation for assets seized by Caracas.
www.politico.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
The linked article is an interesting read - the “it’s all about the oil” line doesn’t make as much sense if the major oil services firms aren’t actually prepping to go get the oil
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”
Matthew 5:9
Matthew 5:9
January 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”
Matthew 5:9
Matthew 5:9
Did the FIFA Peace Prize mean nothing?
a cat is sitting on a couch with its mouth open .
ALT: a cat is sitting on a couch with its mouth open .
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Did the FIFA Peace Prize mean nothing?
I appreciate Frank’s ongoing look at the data on what people across Canada are thinking, and where we might be headed.
I think he’s right in naming our present challenges as linked to epistemology; fundamental divides are splitting in how we understand what is true, how we understand the world.
I think he’s right in naming our present challenges as linked to epistemology; fundamental divides are splitting in how we understand what is true, how we understand the world.
January 2, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I appreciate Frank’s ongoing look at the data on what people across Canada are thinking, and where we might be headed.
I think he’s right in naming our present challenges as linked to epistemology; fundamental divides are splitting in how we understand what is true, how we understand the world.
I think he’s right in naming our present challenges as linked to epistemology; fundamental divides are splitting in how we understand what is true, how we understand the world.
I don’t think this bodes well for 2026, all
January 2, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I don’t think this bodes well for 2026, all
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This is perhaps, one of the best conversations to wrap up 2025.
I encourage you all to give it a go:
I encourage you all to give it a go:
December 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This is perhaps, one of the best conversations to wrap up 2025.
I encourage you all to give it a go:
I encourage you all to give it a go: