Leni Spooner
@lenispooner.bsky.social
Canadian from Southwestern Ontario by way of Edmonton AB long ago.
Writer @BetweenTheLines | Power, policy & politics with clarity + context.
Helping you read the system, not just the story. https://lenispooner.substack.com/
Writer @BetweenTheLines | Power, policy & politics with clarity + context.
Helping you read the system, not just the story. https://lenispooner.substack.com/
Pinned
Three Generations. One Country. A Quiet Reckoning.
New Series — How Canada Quietly Built Its Strength (and What It Left Unfinished)
lenispooner.substack.com
A Quiet Reckoning begins here.
A long-form series tracing how ordinary Canadians built, broke, and can still rebuild the country we share.
Start with Three Generations. One Country. A Quiet Reckoning.
📖 #BookSky #SundayRead
lenispooner.substack.com/p/three-gene...
A long-form series tracing how ordinary Canadians built, broke, and can still rebuild the country we share.
Start with Three Generations. One Country. A Quiet Reckoning.
📖 #BookSky #SundayRead
lenispooner.substack.com/p/three-gene...
Free trade was sold as prosperity. Forty years later, we’ve lost industries, leverage, and much of our say.
If a deal isn’t worth the paper it’s written on, why act bound by it? #cdnpoli
Food for thought from @readthemaple.
🔗 www.readthemaple.com/time-to-thin...
#cdnpoli #Trade #Sovereignty
If a deal isn’t worth the paper it’s written on, why act bound by it? #cdnpoli
Food for thought from @readthemaple.
🔗 www.readthemaple.com/time-to-thin...
#cdnpoli #Trade #Sovereignty
Time To Think Beyond ‘Worthless’ Free Trade Agreements: Economists
“Why should we feel constrained by a free trade agreement?”
www.readthemaple.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Free trade was sold as prosperity. Forty years later, we’ve lost industries, leverage, and much of our say.
If a deal isn’t worth the paper it’s written on, why act bound by it? #cdnpoli
Food for thought from @readthemaple.
🔗 www.readthemaple.com/time-to-thin...
#cdnpoli #Trade #Sovereignty
If a deal isn’t worth the paper it’s written on, why act bound by it? #cdnpoli
Food for thought from @readthemaple.
🔗 www.readthemaple.com/time-to-thin...
#cdnpoli #Trade #Sovereignty
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This is our country, and we decide what happens next. #Canada #cdnpoli #ViveLeCanada 🍁
Prime Minister Mark Carney
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Prime Minister Mark Carney
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This is our country, and we decide what happens next.
YouTube video by Mark Carney
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October 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is our country, and we decide what happens next. #Canada #cdnpoli #ViveLeCanada 🍁
Prime Minister Mark Carney
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV-G...
Prime Minister Mark Carney
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Canada’s trade future isn’t North–South anymore — it’s East–West.
My latest piece looks at PM Carney’s ASEAN trip and how Canada is building new trade bridges across the Pacific. 🌏🇨🇦
🔗 Read: lenispooner.substack.com/p/the-asean-...
#Canada #ASEAN #Trade #Economy #dcnpoli
My latest piece looks at PM Carney’s ASEAN trip and how Canada is building new trade bridges across the Pacific. 🌏🇨🇦
🔗 Read: lenispooner.substack.com/p/the-asean-...
#Canada #ASEAN #Trade #Economy #dcnpoli
Canada’s ASEAN Bridge: A New Era of Trade Resilience
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Indo-Pacific strategy aims to double Canada’s non-U.S. exports, expand energy and tech partnerships, and strengthen leverage before the CUSMA review.
lenispooner.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
When we read deeply, we stop reacting and start relating.
Dinah’s “The Stories That Stay” is a reminder that #empathy isn’t weakness—it’s civic maintenance. #reading #booksky #substack
A beautiful reflection on “othering,” courage, and connection.
🔗 dinahbeingme.substack.com/p/the-storie...
Dinah’s “The Stories That Stay” is a reminder that #empathy isn’t weakness—it’s civic maintenance. #reading #booksky #substack
A beautiful reflection on “othering,” courage, and connection.
🔗 dinahbeingme.substack.com/p/the-storie...
The Stories That Stay
When fear spreads, empathy is how we hold the line
dinahbeingme.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
When we read deeply, we stop reacting and start relating.
Dinah’s “The Stories That Stay” is a reminder that #empathy isn’t weakness—it’s civic maintenance. #reading #booksky #substack
A beautiful reflection on “othering,” courage, and connection.
🔗 dinahbeingme.substack.com/p/the-storie...
Dinah’s “The Stories That Stay” is a reminder that #empathy isn’t weakness—it’s civic maintenance. #reading #booksky #substack
A beautiful reflection on “othering,” courage, and connection.
🔗 dinahbeingme.substack.com/p/the-storie...
AI isn’t just tech — it’s power.
Canada stands at a digital crossroads: build our own bridge, or rent someone else’s.
📖 Canada at the AI Crossroads — why digital sovereignty matters more than ever.
#KitchenTablePolitics #AICanada #Canada
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Canada stands at a digital crossroads: build our own bridge, or rent someone else’s.
📖 Canada at the AI Crossroads — why digital sovereignty matters more than ever.
#KitchenTablePolitics #AICanada #Canada
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Canada at the AI Crossroads
AI isn’t a gadget or a trend — it’s a new infrastructure shaping sovereignty itself. Canada’s task is to build a bridge to digital independence before the tolls come due.
lenispooner.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
AI isn’t just tech — it’s power.
Canada stands at a digital crossroads: build our own bridge, or rent someone else’s.
📖 Canada at the AI Crossroads — why digital sovereignty matters more than ever.
#KitchenTablePolitics #AICanada #Canada
lenispooner.substack.com/p/canada-at-...
Canada stands at a digital crossroads: build our own bridge, or rent someone else’s.
📖 Canada at the AI Crossroads — why digital sovereignty matters more than ever.
#KitchenTablePolitics #AICanada #Canada
lenispooner.substack.com/p/canada-at-...
Most people under 40 only know the Cold War as background noise in old movies. But for Canada, it was a test of quiet power — building peace through cooperation, not bluster.
#SundayRead #booksky 👉 lenispooner.substack.com/p/a-quiet-re...
#SundayRead #booksky 👉 lenispooner.substack.com/p/a-quiet-re...
Canada’s Cold Peace | A Quiet Reckoning Chapter 2
How post-war Canada built peace through infrastructure — radar lines, healthcare, pensions, and trust — binding a nation together while shaping a quieter, stronger power.
lenispooner.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Most people under 40 only know the Cold War as background noise in old movies. But for Canada, it was a test of quiet power — building peace through cooperation, not bluster.
#SundayRead #booksky 👉 lenispooner.substack.com/p/a-quiet-re...
#SundayRead #booksky 👉 lenispooner.substack.com/p/a-quiet-re...
We Canadians love to think our lakes are pristine — but the Don River alone sends 500 billion microplastics a year into Lake Ontario.
Maybe it’s time to ask what “clean” really means.
🔗 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#Waterways #FoodPolitics #Canada #environment
Maybe it’s time to ask what “clean” really means.
🔗 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#Waterways #FoodPolitics #Canada #environment
Toronto's Don River sends 500 billion microplastics into Lake Ontario each year: study | CBC News
A new study of one of Canada's most urbanized rivers suggests it dumps the equivalent of about 18 cars worth of microplastics into Lake Ontario every year, a finding that shocked the lead author and u...
www.cbc.ca
October 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We Canadians love to think our lakes are pristine — but the Don River alone sends 500 billion microplastics a year into Lake Ontario.
Maybe it’s time to ask what “clean” really means.
🔗 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#Waterways #FoodPolitics #Canada #environment
Maybe it’s time to ask what “clean” really means.
🔗 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#Waterways #FoodPolitics #Canada #environment
Every new home hides a small invoice to the town that built it.
Who Pays for Growth? digs into how development fees keep the lights—and pipes—on. #Canada #Municipal #Developer #Onpoli
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Who Pays for Growth? digs into how development fees keep the lights—and pipes—on. #Canada #Municipal #Developer #Onpoli
between-the-lines.ca/who-pays-for...
October 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Every new home hides a small invoice to the town that built it.
Who Pays for Growth? digs into how development fees keep the lights—and pipes—on. #Canada #Municipal #Developer #Onpoli
between-the-lines.ca/who-pays-for...
Who Pays for Growth? digs into how development fees keep the lights—and pipes—on. #Canada #Municipal #Developer #Onpoli
between-the-lines.ca/who-pays-for...
“Care is not a soft word. It’s the operating system of civilization.”
The most important essay I’ve read on what truly holds a society together. Should be required reading for every elected official.
#BookSky
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The most important essay I’ve read on what truly holds a society together. Should be required reading for every elected official.
#BookSky
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Care Economies as Infrastructure: The Operating System of Civilization
Care is not charity; it’s infrastructure. The feminine economy measures coherence, not profit — the physics of holding as the operating system of civilization.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“Care is not a soft word. It’s the operating system of civilization.”
The most important essay I’ve read on what truly holds a society together. Should be required reading for every elected official.
#BookSky
open.substack.com/pub/twvme/p/...
The most important essay I’ve read on what truly holds a society together. Should be required reading for every elected official.
#BookSky
open.substack.com/pub/twvme/p/...
We’ve started playing poker when we should be hosting potlucks.
Why Canada’s debate sounds like a zero-sum game—and what that’s costing us.
📖 #SundayRead #BookSky medium.com/@leni_las/ze...
Why Canada’s debate sounds like a zero-sum game—and what that’s costing us.
📖 #SundayRead #BookSky medium.com/@leni_las/ze...
October 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We’ve started playing poker when we should be hosting potlucks.
Why Canada’s debate sounds like a zero-sum game—and what that’s costing us.
📖 #SundayRead #BookSky medium.com/@leni_las/ze...
Why Canada’s debate sounds like a zero-sum game—and what that’s costing us.
📖 #SundayRead #BookSky medium.com/@leni_las/ze...
Intro + Past Is Prologue | A Quiet Reckoning, Chapter 1
Every era thinks itself exceptional. Ours may be the first to forget how we got here.
This chapter traces the unraveling of Canada’s civic fabric—and what it will take to mend it.
📖 #BookSky #SundayRead
lenispooner.substack.com/p/introducti...
Every era thinks itself exceptional. Ours may be the first to forget how we got here.
This chapter traces the unraveling of Canada’s civic fabric—and what it will take to mend it.
📖 #BookSky #SundayRead
lenispooner.substack.com/p/introducti...
Introduction + Past Is Prologue | A Quiet Reckoning Chapter 1
A Quiet Reckoning: The Canada We Built and Forgot is a 12-part series tracing how Canada quietly built its strength — and what it left unfinished.
lenispooner.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Intro + Past Is Prologue | A Quiet Reckoning, Chapter 1
Every era thinks itself exceptional. Ours may be the first to forget how we got here.
This chapter traces the unraveling of Canada’s civic fabric—and what it will take to mend it.
📖 #BookSky #SundayRead
lenispooner.substack.com/p/introducti...
Every era thinks itself exceptional. Ours may be the first to forget how we got here.
This chapter traces the unraveling of Canada’s civic fabric—and what it will take to mend it.
📖 #BookSky #SundayRead
lenispooner.substack.com/p/introducti...
A Quiet Reckoning begins here.
A long-form series tracing how ordinary Canadians built, broke, and can still rebuild the country we share.
Start with Three Generations. One Country. A Quiet Reckoning.
📖 #BookSky #SundayRead
lenispooner.substack.com/p/three-gene...
A long-form series tracing how ordinary Canadians built, broke, and can still rebuild the country we share.
Start with Three Generations. One Country. A Quiet Reckoning.
📖 #BookSky #SundayRead
lenispooner.substack.com/p/three-gene...
Three Generations. One Country. A Quiet Reckoning.
New Series — How Canada Quietly Built Its Strength (and What It Left Unfinished)
lenispooner.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A Quiet Reckoning begins here.
A long-form series tracing how ordinary Canadians built, broke, and can still rebuild the country we share.
Start with Three Generations. One Country. A Quiet Reckoning.
📖 #BookSky #SundayRead
lenispooner.substack.com/p/three-gene...
A long-form series tracing how ordinary Canadians built, broke, and can still rebuild the country we share.
Start with Three Generations. One Country. A Quiet Reckoning.
📖 #BookSky #SundayRead
lenispooner.substack.com/p/three-gene...
🔥 Cauldron of Chaos drops the heat: a sharp, no-fluff look at where geopolitics, Canada’s role, and everyday lives collide. If you want clarity in the storm, this one’s for you. #cdnpoli #Canada #USA #Politics
Read + share: lenispooner.substack.com/p/cauldron-of-chaos
Read + share: lenispooner.substack.com/p/cauldron-of-chaos
Caldron of Chaos: How America’s Implosion is Rewriting Canada’s Future
While America’s political theatre keeps the cameras rolling, its power structure is quietly being rebuilt. Canada’s survival depends on recognizing that this is not a phase — it’s a transformation.
lenispooner.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🔥 Cauldron of Chaos drops the heat: a sharp, no-fluff look at where geopolitics, Canada’s role, and everyday lives collide. If you want clarity in the storm, this one’s for you. #cdnpoli #Canada #USA #Politics
Read + share: lenispooner.substack.com/p/cauldron-of-chaos
Read + share: lenispooner.substack.com/p/cauldron-of-chaos
New #BehindThePaywall:
Carney heads to Washington as Trump reopens the CUSMA fault lines — and Ottawa stalls on AI guardrails.
Can Canada stay sovereign when the rules keep changing? 🇨🇦
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#CUSMA #AI #Fall24 #cdnpoli
Carney heads to Washington as Trump reopens the CUSMA fault lines — and Ottawa stalls on AI guardrails.
Can Canada stay sovereign when the rules keep changing? 🇨🇦
lenispooner.substack.com/p/behindthep...
#CUSMA #AI #Fall24 #cdnpoli
October 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
New #BehindThePaywall:
Carney heads to Washington as Trump reopens the CUSMA fault lines — and Ottawa stalls on AI guardrails.
Can Canada stay sovereign when the rules keep changing? 🇨🇦
lenispooner.substack.com/p/behindthep...
#CUSMA #AI #Fall24 #cdnpoli
Carney heads to Washington as Trump reopens the CUSMA fault lines — and Ottawa stalls on AI guardrails.
Can Canada stay sovereign when the rules keep changing? 🇨🇦
lenispooner.substack.com/p/behindthep...
#CUSMA #AI #Fall24 #cdnpoli
From Collingwood’s farm stalls to city halls — how we grow back local food systems. What is Canada's 'missing middle'?
#SundayRead 📚
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#SundayRead 📚
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October 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
From Collingwood’s farm stalls to city halls — how we grow back local food systems. What is Canada's 'missing middle'?
#SundayRead 📚
lenispooner.substack.com/p/how-munici...
#SundayRead 📚
lenispooner.substack.com/p/how-munici...
The rebellion isn’t in the streets — it’s in the mailbox.
Families are done paying for the planet’s mistakes.
🌍 When the Bill Comes Due #climate #cdnpoli between-the-lines.ca/when-the-bil...
Families are done paying for the planet’s mistakes.
🌍 When the Bill Comes Due #climate #cdnpoli between-the-lines.ca/when-the-bil...
October 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The rebellion isn’t in the streets — it’s in the mailbox.
Families are done paying for the planet’s mistakes.
🌍 When the Bill Comes Due #climate #cdnpoli between-the-lines.ca/when-the-bil...
Families are done paying for the planet’s mistakes.
🌍 When the Bill Comes Due #climate #cdnpoli between-the-lines.ca/when-the-bil...
🌊 #SundayRead: From campfire suppers to sovereignty stakes — why the Lakes aren’t just scenery.
Superior shaped my childhood. Now the fight is over who controls the Great Lakes.
👉 The Great Lakes: Canada’s Sleeping Sovereignty Crisis
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Superior shaped my childhood. Now the fight is over who controls the Great Lakes.
👉 The Great Lakes: Canada’s Sleeping Sovereignty Crisis
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TA Childhood on Superior — and a Fight for the Great Lakes
From campfire suppers to sovereignty stakes — why the Lakes aren’t just scenery.
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September 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🌊 #SundayRead: From campfire suppers to sovereignty stakes — why the Lakes aren’t just scenery.
Superior shaped my childhood. Now the fight is over who controls the Great Lakes.
👉 The Great Lakes: Canada’s Sleeping Sovereignty Crisis
open.substack.com/pub/lenispoo...
Superior shaped my childhood. Now the fight is over who controls the Great Lakes.
👉 The Great Lakes: Canada’s Sleeping Sovereignty Crisis
open.substack.com/pub/lenispoo...
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Gov't says Canada Post can permanently stop door-to-door home deliveries, shifting those addresses to community mailboxes over several years. Mail delivery can be expanded to 3 - 7 days
Colour me shocked that Carney is doing what Harper wanted to do.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#CdnPoli #CanadaPost
Colour me shocked that Carney is doing what Harper wanted to do.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#CdnPoli #CanadaPost
Canada Post says green light to end door-to-door deliveries can help with climb out of financial hole | CBC
www.cbc.ca
September 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Gov't says Canada Post can permanently stop door-to-door home deliveries, shifting those addresses to community mailboxes over several years. Mail delivery can be expanded to 3 - 7 days
Colour me shocked that Carney is doing what Harper wanted to do.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#CdnPoli #CanadaPost
Colour me shocked that Carney is doing what Harper wanted to do.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#CdnPoli #CanadaPost
We talk hockey trades more than trade wars — but BRICS + Trump could change what’s on our tables and in our wallets. 🇨🇦
👉 lenispooner.substack.com/p/canada-bri... #cdnpoli #economy #Canada #CUSMA #BRICS
👉 lenispooner.substack.com/p/canada-bri... #cdnpoli #economy #Canada #CUSMA #BRICS
Canada at the Crossroads: BRICS, Trump, and the Fight for Trade Sovereignty
As BRICS expands and Trump pushes protectionism, Canada faces tough choices. Should we deepen ties to the U.S. through USMCA, diversify toward Europe and Asia, or risk being left adrift in a multipola...
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September 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Canada broke UN protocol to put one issue first: Russia’s abduction of Ukraine’s children. Some stories can’t wait.
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#cdnpoli #UNsummit #ukrainehttps://lenispooner.substack.com/p/stolen-childhoods-canada-un-ukraine-children
👉 lenispooner.substack.com/p/stolen-chi...
#cdnpoli #UNsummit #ukrainehttps://lenispooner.substack.com/p/stolen-childhoods-canada-un-ukraine-children
Stolen Childhoods: Canada’s UN Spotlight on Ukraine’s Abducted Children
Prime Minister Mark Carney used his first UN appearance to accuse Russia of abducting thousands of Ukrainian children — making it Canada’s top priority on the world stage. Here’s why the choice matter...
lenispooner.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Canada broke UN protocol to put one issue first: Russia’s abduction of Ukraine’s children. Some stories can’t wait.
👉 lenispooner.substack.com/p/stolen-chi...
#cdnpoli #UNsummit #ukrainehttps://lenispooner.substack.com/p/stolen-childhoods-canada-un-ukraine-children
👉 lenispooner.substack.com/p/stolen-chi...
#cdnpoli #UNsummit #ukrainehttps://lenispooner.substack.com/p/stolen-childhoods-canada-un-ukraine-children
🇨🇦👩🎓 Youth unemployment in Canada just hit its highest non-pandemic level in 15 years. With summer jobs behind us, fall/winter prospects aren’t looking much better. #cdnpoli #youth #unemployment
I unpack the history and the numbers here: between-the-lines.ca/youth-unempl...
I unpack the history and the numbers here: between-the-lines.ca/youth-unempl...
September 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🇨🇦👩🎓 Youth unemployment in Canada just hit its highest non-pandemic level in 15 years. With summer jobs behind us, fall/winter prospects aren’t looking much better. #cdnpoli #youth #unemployment
I unpack the history and the numbers here: between-the-lines.ca/youth-unempl...
I unpack the history and the numbers here: between-the-lines.ca/youth-unempl...
Reposted by Leni Spooner
Brilliant!
I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.
September 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Brilliant!
If Canada’s media repeats the same 5–6 stories a day, what voices and issues are we missing? #cdnpoli #media between-the-lines.ca/broken-infra...
September 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
If Canada’s media repeats the same 5–6 stories a day, what voices and issues are we missing? #cdnpoli #media between-the-lines.ca/broken-infra...
🇨🇦 From tariffs to tables: Canada can cut U.S. food dependence by 50%.
💡 $2.6B of that shift is as simple as you and me choosing Canadian at the checkout.
Full piece 👉 between-the-lines.ca/from-tariffs...
💡 $2.6B of that shift is as simple as you and me choosing Canadian at the checkout.
Full piece 👉 between-the-lines.ca/from-tariffs...
September 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🇨🇦 From tariffs to tables: Canada can cut U.S. food dependence by 50%.
💡 $2.6B of that shift is as simple as you and me choosing Canadian at the checkout.
Full piece 👉 between-the-lines.ca/from-tariffs...
💡 $2.6B of that shift is as simple as you and me choosing Canadian at the checkout.
Full piece 👉 between-the-lines.ca/from-tariffs...