Joan Cavanagh
@jpcav.bsky.social
Here mostly to listen and learn from trusted experts on Canadian and global politics. Also for cute dogs and beautiful photos.
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Signed.
Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance.
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7148 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 7, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Signed.
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FYI, somebody's out there following hundreds of people with a Bluesky account pretending to be my colleague @joannasmith.bsky.social .
I and others have reported the impersonation, but beware of @wesleypearson311.bsky.social .
I and others have reported the impersonation, but beware of @wesleypearson311.bsky.social .
January 27, 2026 at 6:15 PM
FYI, somebody's out there following hundreds of people with a Bluesky account pretending to be my colleague @joannasmith.bsky.social .
I and others have reported the impersonation, but beware of @wesleypearson311.bsky.social .
I and others have reported the impersonation, but beware of @wesleypearson311.bsky.social .
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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What do you do when the evil you are confronting can't be reasoned with? brigittepellerin.substack.com/p/a-man-was-...
A man was shot and killed on the street today
What to do when the evil you confront can't be reasoned with.
brigittepellerin.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:15 PM
What do you do when the evil you are confronting can't be reasoned with? brigittepellerin.substack.com/p/a-man-was-...
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1️⃣ He didn't say that.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
January 19, 2026 at 10:34 AM
1️⃣ He didn't say that.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
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Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is promoting a “study” that is actually a user-generated Serbian website
The website includes a disclaimer that its data is unvetted and cannot guarantee its information is “accurate or reliable”
The website’s data claims Sudbury, Ontario is more dangerous than Baghdad
The website includes a disclaimer that its data is unvetted and cannot guarantee its information is “accurate or reliable”
The website’s data claims Sudbury, Ontario is more dangerous than Baghdad
FACT-CHECK: A new ‘quality of life study’ celebrated by Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is actually sourced from a dubious eastern European website
While Sutcliffe claims the new 'study' proves Ottawa is the ‘most liveable’ city in North America, experts say the Serbian website’s data is unreliable
While Sutcliffe claims the new 'study' proves Ottawa is the ‘most liveable’ city in North America, experts say the Serbian website’s data is unreliable
‘Quality of Life Study’ Celebrated by Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is Actually Sourced From a Dubious Eastern European Website
Sutcliffe claims a new 'study' proves Ottawa is the ‘most liveable’ city in North America, but experts say the website’s data is unreliable
pressprogress.ca
January 12, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is promoting a “study” that is actually a user-generated Serbian website
The website includes a disclaimer that its data is unvetted and cannot guarantee its information is “accurate or reliable”
The website’s data claims Sudbury, Ontario is more dangerous than Baghdad
The website includes a disclaimer that its data is unvetted and cannot guarantee its information is “accurate or reliable”
The website’s data claims Sudbury, Ontario is more dangerous than Baghdad
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Hi hello, the Toronto Sun's email is torsun.editor@sunmedia.ca in case you'd like to inquire as to how they feel about their Ottawa Bureau Chief making these kinds of statements about innocent women being shot by militarized thugs in the street! Let's make his weekend extra fun :)
January 10, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Hi hello, the Toronto Sun's email is torsun.editor@sunmedia.ca in case you'd like to inquire as to how they feel about their Ottawa Bureau Chief making these kinds of statements about innocent women being shot by militarized thugs in the street! Let's make his weekend extra fun :)
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It’s too much to bear. Who will stop this?!?
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:04 PM
It’s too much to bear. Who will stop this?!?
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‘Get the f**k off there’: MPs, Senators call on government to abandon X/Twitter following wave of ‘Grok porn’:
#cdnpoli
www.thewirereport.ca/2026/01/07/g...
#cdnpoli
www.thewirereport.ca/2026/01/07/g...
‘Get the f**k off there’: MPs, Senators call on government to abandon X/Twitter following wave of ‘Grok porn’ - The Wire Report
A proliferation of sexual deepfakes on X has prompted other countries to investigate Grok, the platform’s AI software, but, so far, Ottawa remains silent.
www.thewirereport.ca
January 7, 2026 at 10:22 PM
‘Get the f**k off there’: MPs, Senators call on government to abandon X/Twitter following wave of ‘Grok porn’:
#cdnpoli
www.thewirereport.ca/2026/01/07/g...
#cdnpoli
www.thewirereport.ca/2026/01/07/g...
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Parody is dead. This is USA new health guideline on alcohol : “Alcohol is a social lubricant that brings people together,” the head of Medicare and Medicaid, Mehmet Oz, said at the briefing. He said that the implication of the new guidelines with respect to alcohol was “Don’t have it for breakfast.”
January 7, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Parody is dead. This is USA new health guideline on alcohol : “Alcohol is a social lubricant that brings people together,” the head of Medicare and Medicaid, Mehmet Oz, said at the briefing. He said that the implication of the new guidelines with respect to alcohol was “Don’t have it for breakfast.”
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Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News
Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at
reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
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They died because they were women.
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
They died because they were women.
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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“A library is in a lot of ways a kind of civic symbol, a demonstration of a community’s commitment to itself. So what does it mean if that goes away?” said one librarian in Tieton, Washington, one of the rural small towns in the U.S. where keeping its library is untenable.
Federal Cuts, Immigration Raids and a Slowing Economy Hit Rural Libraries
Like many rural small towns, Tieton, Wash., is facing a confluence of circumstances that has made keeping its one-room library, a “civic symbol” for the town, untenable.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“A library is in a lot of ways a kind of civic symbol, a demonstration of a community’s commitment to itself. So what does it mean if that goes away?” said one librarian in Tieton, Washington, one of the rural small towns in the U.S. where keeping its library is untenable.
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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I certainly look intrigued in the photo in this article, eh.
Great article by Vivian Song
✌️❤️🇨🇦
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/27/t...
Great article by Vivian Song
✌️❤️🇨🇦
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/27/t...
Are American tourists easily distinguishable from Canadians? Let the debate begin | CNN
Travel pros weigh in on the differences between travelers from the United States and Canada. There are definitely distinctions, they say.
edition.cnn.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I certainly look intrigued in the photo in this article, eh.
Great article by Vivian Song
✌️❤️🇨🇦
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/27/t...
Great article by Vivian Song
✌️❤️🇨🇦
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/27/t...
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My comments on Lansdowne 2.0
The total cost, the so called ‘cost of doing nothing’, the engineer reports on building conditions, and the alternative are all discussed. www.betterlansdowne.ca/more_info?ac...
The total cost, the so called ‘cost of doing nothing’, the engineer reports on building conditions, and the alternative are all discussed. www.betterlansdowne.ca/more_info?ac...
More Information
Ottawa Residents Deserve Better
www.betterlansdowne.ca
October 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
My comments on Lansdowne 2.0
The total cost, the so called ‘cost of doing nothing’, the engineer reports on building conditions, and the alternative are all discussed. www.betterlansdowne.ca/more_info?ac...
The total cost, the so called ‘cost of doing nothing’, the engineer reports on building conditions, and the alternative are all discussed. www.betterlansdowne.ca/more_info?ac...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Though Mike Harris claimed it was done in the name of cost-cutting and efficiency, amalgamation has effectively gerrymandered municipal politics in Ottawa and Toronto and diluted the power of local residents over their cities and communities
It's been 25 years since One-Big-Ottawa was imposed on us. The world has finally taken note: this thing doesn't really work for urban or rural residents. I wrote about why and what's next.
glebereport.ca/articles/ott... #ottawa #ottcity #deamalgamateottawa
glebereport.ca/articles/ott... #ottawa #ottcity #deamalgamateottawa
October 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Though Mike Harris claimed it was done in the name of cost-cutting and efficiency, amalgamation has effectively gerrymandered municipal politics in Ottawa and Toronto and diluted the power of local residents over their cities and communities
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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Over in the Bad Place, Conservative MPs are faking committee meetings to make people angry.
I wish I were making this up.
I wish I were making this up.
September 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Over in the Bad Place, Conservative MPs are faking committee meetings to make people angry.
I wish I were making this up.
I wish I were making this up.
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Interested in diving into Ottawa's property tax data?
@strongtownsottawa.ca has got you. New article and link to data at strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/09/04/p...
@strongtowns.org #dothemath
@strongtownsottawa.ca has got you. New article and link to data at strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/09/04/p...
@strongtowns.org #dothemath
September 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Interested in diving into Ottawa's property tax data?
@strongtownsottawa.ca has got you. New article and link to data at strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/09/04/p...
@strongtowns.org #dothemath
@strongtownsottawa.ca has got you. New article and link to data at strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/09/04/p...
@strongtowns.org #dothemath
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Atwood, Laurence, Munro and Angelou are all on this list.
Well, the list of books being banned from EPSB is appalling. And it's very likely that an author on this list will get their other works pulled too, especially in the absence of teacher librarians.
There are books on this list that changed my life. This is what the UCP is taking away from kids.
There are books on this list that changed my life. This is what the UCP is taking away from kids.
August 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Atwood, Laurence, Munro and Angelou are all on this list.