Beth Wood 🇨🇦
@bethstuff.bsky.social
Proud Canadian on Vancouver Island. Political junkie, lifetime learner...work in progress. No DMs please.
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PM @mark-carney.bsky.social faced an INTENSE press conference — and what followed has already been called a DEFINING moment in #Canadian politics. When confronted by HARSH and even INSULTING questions from journalists, #MarkCarney stayed composed, factual, and FIRM 🇨🇦
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JUST IN: Carney SHUTS DOWN Reporter and Gets His Facts Straight On LIVE TV!
YouTube video by Canada Today
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November 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
PM @mark-carney.bsky.social faced an INTENSE press conference — and what followed has already been called a DEFINING moment in #Canadian politics. When confronted by HARSH and even INSULTING questions from journalists, #MarkCarney stayed composed, factual, and FIRM 🇨🇦
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Silenced. But not him anymore Let’s gooo!
July 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Silenced. But not him anymore Let’s gooo!
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Western army chiefs met in Paris without U.S. counterparts. It involved 34 military leaders from NATO, EU members, Japan and Australia to discuss Ukraine support/post-ceasefire plans, and take on more responsibility for Ukraine's security in the absence of the U.S.
Sad it has come to this.
Sad it has come to this.
May 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Western army chiefs met in Paris without U.S. counterparts. It involved 34 military leaders from NATO, EU members, Japan and Australia to discuss Ukraine support/post-ceasefire plans, and take on more responsibility for Ukraine's security in the absence of the U.S.
Sad it has come to this.
Sad it has come to this.
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Astonishing chart from Goldman showing the slump in overseas passengers arriving to the US. Presumably not largely because of the tariffs but because of the horror stories about random incarceration. #cdnpoli
April 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Astonishing chart from Goldman showing the slump in overseas passengers arriving to the US. Presumably not largely because of the tariffs but because of the horror stories about random incarceration. #cdnpoli
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David Akin from Global News provides an update on the contrast between covering Poilievre and LPC Leader Mark Carney’s campaign.
It’s not a matter of cost, is a matter of the conservatives being afraid of being held accountable when they spew misinformation.
#canada #markcarney #neverpoilievre
It’s not a matter of cost, is a matter of the conservatives being afraid of being held accountable when they spew misinformation.
#canada #markcarney #neverpoilievre
April 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
David Akin from Global News provides an update on the contrast between covering Poilievre and LPC Leader Mark Carney’s campaign.
It’s not a matter of cost, is a matter of the conservatives being afraid of being held accountable when they spew misinformation.
#canada #markcarney #neverpoilievre
It’s not a matter of cost, is a matter of the conservatives being afraid of being held accountable when they spew misinformation.
#canada #markcarney #neverpoilievre
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Elon Musk’s propaganda tool X faces over $1 billion fine from EU regulators after failing to adhere to the law and curb disinformation - NYT
Musk’s empire is going up in flames. #3E
Musk’s empire is going up in flames. #3E
April 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Elon Musk’s propaganda tool X faces over $1 billion fine from EU regulators after failing to adhere to the law and curb disinformation - NYT
Musk’s empire is going up in flames. #3E
Musk’s empire is going up in flames. #3E
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In Canada, our history books refer to Liberation Day as May 5, 1945, the day when the Netherlands was finally liberated from Nazi occupation through the hard work, courage and great sacrifices of Canadian and other Allied soldiers. #LestWeForget 🇨🇦🇳🇱
April 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
In Canada, our history books refer to Liberation Day as May 5, 1945, the day when the Netherlands was finally liberated from Nazi occupation through the hard work, courage and great sacrifices of Canadian and other Allied soldiers. #LestWeForget 🇨🇦🇳🇱
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U.S. companies say Canadian retailers are turning away products #BuyCanadian #Boycott #BuyLocal #Canada #cdnpoli
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U.S. companies say Canadian retailers are turning away products - National | Globalnews.ca
Amid the "Buy Canadian" movement, some U.S. companies say retailers in Canada have been turning away their products or halting planned deals.
globalnews.ca
March 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
U.S. companies say Canadian retailers are turning away products #BuyCanadian #Boycott #BuyLocal #Canada #cdnpoli
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When 🇨🇦ns get serious about an issue, we go all in. Case in point: Quebec’s Haskell Free Library & Opera House, straddling the 🇨🇦/🇺🇸 border for over a century, just crowdfunded a new entrance.
Because dealing with 🇺🇸n border agents was more dramatic than the operas inside. ❤️🇨🇦 #SupportHistory #CANproud
Because dealing with 🇺🇸n border agents was more dramatic than the operas inside. ❤️🇨🇦 #SupportHistory #CANproud
Library straddling U.S./Canada border blows past its fundraising goals after Canadians' access limited
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House had a simple goal: raise $100,000 to renovate an emergency exit so Canadians could continue to access the building that straddles the U.S. border with its main...
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March 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
When 🇨🇦ns get serious about an issue, we go all in. Case in point: Quebec’s Haskell Free Library & Opera House, straddling the 🇨🇦/🇺🇸 border for over a century, just crowdfunded a new entrance.
Because dealing with 🇺🇸n border agents was more dramatic than the operas inside. ❤️🇨🇦 #SupportHistory #CANproud
Because dealing with 🇺🇸n border agents was more dramatic than the operas inside. ❤️🇨🇦 #SupportHistory #CANproud
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Need I say more? 🤮
Never Poilievre
Never Poilievre
March 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Need I say more? 🤮
Never Poilievre
Never Poilievre
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Everyone really hates you right now so please tell everyone you’ve never heard of me.
But then after the election we’re all yours.
- Pierre probably
But then after the election we’re all yours.
- Pierre probably
Two Conservative insiders told @stephenmaher.bsky.social that Poilievre’s team discussed using Conservative candidate Jamil Jivani to send back channel messages to JD Vance requesting Donald Trump “distance himself from Poilievre”
Stephen Maher: Canadian Conservatives are desperate for Donald Trump to come to their rescue
Canadian Conservatives are desperately hoping Donald Trump will come to their rescue
www.thestar.com
March 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Everyone really hates you right now so please tell everyone you’ve never heard of me.
But then after the election we’re all yours.
- Pierre probably
But then after the election we’re all yours.
- Pierre probably
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An unexpected winner in the tariff war? Canadian food banks which are getting a surge of unsold American produce that Canadians won't buy www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. food bank received surge of U.S. produce as Canadians avoided buying it | CBC News
For five weeks, a food bank in Nanaimo, B.C. says it saw a jump in the amount of American produce being donated through a food recovery program. But now, that surplus has dwindled.
www.cbc.ca
March 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
An unexpected winner in the tariff war? Canadian food banks which are getting a surge of unsold American produce that Canadians won't buy www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Carney is running for Prime Minister of Canada.
Poilievre is running for governor of the 51st state.
Vote accordingly.
#Carney4PM #cdnpoli
#NeverPoilievre #uspoli
Poilievre is running for governor of the 51st state.
Vote accordingly.
#Carney4PM #cdnpoli
#NeverPoilievre #uspoli
March 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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I guess the vast majority of Canadians will find themselves barred from entering the United States. 😆
Works for me 😎
#boycottUStravel
#canadiantraveladvisory
#truenorthstrongandfree
Works for me 😎
#boycottUStravel
#canadiantraveladvisory
#truenorthstrongandfree
March 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I guess the vast majority of Canadians will find themselves barred from entering the United States. 😆
Works for me 😎
#boycottUStravel
#canadiantraveladvisory
#truenorthstrongandfree
Works for me 😎
#boycottUStravel
#canadiantraveladvisory
#truenorthstrongandfree
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U.K. tourist Becky Burke finally returned home to Wales on Tuesday after spending 19 days in a U.S. ICE detention facility. Her parents relayed their daughter’s description of her release from ICE, saying how she was taken in “leg chains, waist chains and handcuffs,” which left her “traumatized.”
U.K. Tourist Returns Home in Chains Like ‘Hannibal Lecter’
Becky Burke was released in chains and handcuffs after spending 19 days in an ICE detention facility
www.thedailybeast.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
U.K. tourist Becky Burke finally returned home to Wales on Tuesday after spending 19 days in a U.S. ICE detention facility. Her parents relayed their daughter’s description of her release from ICE, saying how she was taken in “leg chains, waist chains and handcuffs,” which left her “traumatized.”
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March 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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One of the best photos I have seen in response to “why don’t you wear a suit”
March 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
One of the best photos I have seen in response to “why don’t you wear a suit”
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Admirable, unflappable. Heard on CBC radio news that during his European trip Carney said he didn't mention sovereignty, as there's no need for another country to confirm that Canada is a sovereign nation.
He's not taking the bait from the master baiter
He's not taking the bait from the master baiter
Carney says Canada can stand up for its own sovereignty as European trip wraps up | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada can stand up for its own sovereignty in response to annexation talk from the U.S. administration as he wrapped up his first international trip.
www.cbc.ca
March 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Admirable, unflappable. Heard on CBC radio news that during his European trip Carney said he didn't mention sovereignty, as there's no need for another country to confirm that Canada is a sovereign nation.
He's not taking the bait from the master baiter
He's not taking the bait from the master baiter
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Ex-Project 2025 chief Paul Dans says that, despite the Trump campaign's one-time efforts to distance itself from the Heritage Foundation's plans, Project 2025 has come to pass.
"There really is almost no difference between Project 2025 and what Trump was planning." www.politico.com/news/magazin...
"There really is almost no difference between Project 2025 and what Trump was planning." www.politico.com/news/magazin...
‘Beyond My Wildest Dreams’: The Architect of Project 2025 Is Ready for His Victory Lap
Paul Dans, the ousted director of Project 2025, says he’s delighted that Trump is implementing his agenda after all.
www.politico.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Ex-Project 2025 chief Paul Dans says that, despite the Trump campaign's one-time efforts to distance itself from the Heritage Foundation's plans, Project 2025 has come to pass.
"There really is almost no difference between Project 2025 and what Trump was planning." www.politico.com/news/magazin...
"There really is almost no difference between Project 2025 and what Trump was planning." www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
I found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
www.seattletimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
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France has no quarrel with eliminating US troops if it has too. In January they declared that the EU would defend its borders and promised French troops in Greenland. This month France is practicing personnel landings on ice runways in Greenland. #3E #EndImpunity
March 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
France has no quarrel with eliminating US troops if it has too. In January they declared that the EU would defend its borders and promised French troops in Greenland. This month France is practicing personnel landings on ice runways in Greenland. #3E #EndImpunity
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When there was a shitty job in the war it was given to the Canadians. We never flinched.
As the US threatens us and allies like Britain duck, we know where we stand. Defending democracy might be a thankless job but give it to Canadians.
We will get it done.
My latest.
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As the US threatens us and allies like Britain duck, we know where we stand. Defending democracy might be a thankless job but give it to Canadians.
We will get it done.
My latest.
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CANADA KNOWS WHO OUR FRIENDS ARE
A Story of the Scheldt and the Netherlands
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March 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
When there was a shitty job in the war it was given to the Canadians. We never flinched.
As the US threatens us and allies like Britain duck, we know where we stand. Defending democracy might be a thankless job but give it to Canadians.
We will get it done.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
As the US threatens us and allies like Britain duck, we know where we stand. Defending democracy might be a thankless job but give it to Canadians.
We will get it done.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...