Caroline
@northernck.bsky.social
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curious. savvy. spiritied. witty.
PoliSci, Business grad.
Former business executive with a conscience.
Mentored youth at risk, young staff, entrepreneurs.
Deeply concerned about our humanity in the face of growing extremism.
Photography enthusiast.
🇨🇦
curious. savvy. spiritied. witty.
PoliSci, Business grad.
Former business executive with a conscience.
Mentored youth at risk, young staff, entrepreneurs.
Deeply concerned about our humanity in the face of growing extremism.
Photography enthusiast.
🇨🇦
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Caroline
@northernck.bsky.social
· Dec 21
What Mr Poilievre won’t tell you:
2/3 of the federal budget is spent on pensions, health care, provincial transfers, welfare, defence and debt servicing.
If you are promising to lower taxes, where will you cut spending?
Which one of the above areas will Pierre Poilievre AXE Services?
2/3 of the federal budget is spent on pensions, health care, provincial transfers, welfare, defence and debt servicing.
If you are promising to lower taxes, where will you cut spending?
Which one of the above areas will Pierre Poilievre AXE Services?
“The large military procurements include Canada’s next fleet of submarines, Arctic over-the-horizon radar, and a fleet of early warning-and-control surveillance aircraft.
The other projects include in-service support and software upgrades for the
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The other projects include in-service support and software upgrades for the
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Ottawa announces first procurements under new Defence Investment Agency
Projects include a fleet of submarines, Arctic over-the-horizon radar, and a fleet of early warning-and-control surveillance aircraft
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December 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“The large military procurements include Canada’s next fleet of submarines, Arctic over-the-horizon radar, and a fleet of early warning-and-control surveillance aircraft.
The other projects include in-service support and software upgrades for the
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The other projects include in-service support and software upgrades for the
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Please give my Christmas poem some views. It would really mean a lot to me, and maybe even subscribe to my YouTube channel!✨
#Christmas #poetry #inspiration
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#Christmas #poetry #inspiration
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Jenny's Christmas Spirit
Jeneration Motivation published a post on Ko-fi
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December 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Please give my Christmas poem some views. It would really mean a lot to me, and maybe even subscribe to my YouTube channel!✨
#Christmas #poetry #inspiration
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#Christmas #poetry #inspiration
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Quite the egregious move by the PMO. An un democratic move which must be stopped dead in track by opposition leaders. Threaten to bring down the govt, if necessary.
“Under the pretext of regulatory efficiency, Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet
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“Under the pretext of regulatory efficiency, Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
Althia Raj: Mark Carney is quietly giving sweeping new powers to his ministers
Sneaking a change of this magnitude into a 600-page bill that will not get parliamentary scrutiny raises a red flag, Althia Raj writes.
www.thestar.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Quite the egregious move by the PMO. An un democratic move which must be stopped dead in track by opposition leaders. Threaten to bring down the govt, if necessary.
“Under the pretext of regulatory efficiency, Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
“Under the pretext of regulatory efficiency, Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
It’s been decades since Ecole Polytechnique’s massacre, and women are still waiting on Min Fraser, Pr Ford to legally recognize it as a crises deserving of changes to laws & policing.
Supreme Court of Canada’s Jordan Principle has led to far too many violent men
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Supreme Court of Canada’s Jordan Principle has led to far too many violent men
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Steve Paikin: This actress’ abuse case was thrown out because of Jordan’s Law. Now she’s on a new mission
Cait Alexander thought she had it all: a budding career in show business and a loving partnership with a good guy. But it all went horribly awry when Alexander says
www.thestar.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It’s been decades since Ecole Polytechnique’s massacre, and women are still waiting on Min Fraser, Pr Ford to legally recognize it as a crises deserving of changes to laws & policing.
Supreme Court of Canada’s Jordan Principle has led to far too many violent men
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Supreme Court of Canada’s Jordan Principle has led to far too many violent men
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Anyone else wondering whether Trump’s new musings about Europe, are tied to EU’s digital regulations, policies and fines for The Techbros funding his presidency?
December 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Anyone else wondering whether Trump’s new musings about Europe, are tied to EU’s digital regulations, policies and fines for The Techbros funding his presidency?
Remembering the young women
massacred at Ecole Polytechnique.
It feels like our conservative government officials have slowly forgotten the tragedy.
Femicide remains a critical issue in Canada. Every day, a woman loses her life at the hands of their intimate partner.
massacred at Ecole Polytechnique.
It feels like our conservative government officials have slowly forgotten the tragedy.
Femicide remains a critical issue in Canada. Every day, a woman loses her life at the hands of their intimate partner.
December 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Remembering the young women
massacred at Ecole Polytechnique.
It feels like our conservative government officials have slowly forgotten the tragedy.
Femicide remains a critical issue in Canada. Every day, a woman loses her life at the hands of their intimate partner.
massacred at Ecole Polytechnique.
It feels like our conservative government officials have slowly forgotten the tragedy.
Femicide remains a critical issue in Canada. Every day, a woman loses her life at the hands of their intimate partner.
😂😂😂😂
“Women have superior communication skills with felines. Men are less verbally engaged. Therefore, cats need to make more noises and at a higher decibel because they believe a man needs clearer guidance.
In short: cats believe men are bad listeners.
Cat thought
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“Women have superior communication skills with felines. Men are less verbally engaged. Therefore, cats need to make more noises and at a higher decibel because they believe a man needs clearer guidance.
In short: cats believe men are bad listeners.
Cat thought
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
Vinay Menon: It’s not just women who think men are bad listeners. This study suggests cats do too
A new study shows cats meow more around men than women. Why? They clearly believe men are bad listeners.
www.thestar.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
😂😂😂😂
“Women have superior communication skills with felines. Men are less verbally engaged. Therefore, cats need to make more noises and at a higher decibel because they believe a man needs clearer guidance.
In short: cats believe men are bad listeners.
Cat thought
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“Women have superior communication skills with felines. Men are less verbally engaged. Therefore, cats need to make more noises and at a higher decibel because they believe a man needs clearer guidance.
In short: cats believe men are bad listeners.
Cat thought
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
And yet, PM Carney appeared to backslide on LPC Govt’s recognition of femicide by proposing cuts of 80% to the dept’s budget:
“Dec. 6 marks the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada; a commemoration of the 1989 mass
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“Dec. 6 marks the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada; a commemoration of the 1989 mass
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Progress on combatting intimate-partner violence stalling under new government, advocates fear
Thirty-six years after the Polytechnique killings, stats show the biggest threats to women are the men closest to them
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
And yet, PM Carney appeared to backslide on LPC Govt’s recognition of femicide by proposing cuts of 80% to the dept’s budget:
“Dec. 6 marks the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada; a commemoration of the 1989 mass
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
“Dec. 6 marks the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada; a commemoration of the 1989 mass
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
A Cdn born iconic giant we didn’t deserve. Not for Ontario, a province where architecture succumbs to brutalism & plain ugly.
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Frank Gehry, legendary architect of some of world’s most iconic buildings, dies at 96
Gehry defined his own idiosyncratic path in Toronto, Los Angeles and around the world
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December 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A Cdn born iconic giant we didn’t deserve. Not for Ontario, a province where architecture succumbs to brutalism & plain ugly.
www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and...
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Liberals are violating a 50 year oil tanker ban - one they long defended and just enshrined in law - to satisfy Conservatives for a bitumen pipeline.
It’s clear only the NDP will protect the BC coast, defend Indigenous rights and address the climate crisis.
It’s clear only the NDP will protect the BC coast, defend Indigenous rights and address the climate crisis.
December 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Liberals are violating a 50 year oil tanker ban - one they long defended and just enshrined in law - to satisfy Conservatives for a bitumen pipeline.
It’s clear only the NDP will protect the BC coast, defend Indigenous rights and address the climate crisis.
It’s clear only the NDP will protect the BC coast, defend Indigenous rights and address the climate crisis.
Trump WH will go down as one of the worst regimes in the world.
December 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Trump WH will go down as one of the worst regimes in the world.
A despicable, criminal WH seeking even greater opportunities to grift.
MFers.
MFers.
December 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
A despicable, criminal WH seeking even greater opportunities to grift.
MFers.
MFers.
34% support for Ford, thanks to all the Ontarians who have benefited from one of the most corrupt Ont governments.
Ever.
Ever.
December 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
34% support for Ford, thanks to all the Ontarians who have benefited from one of the most corrupt Ont governments.
Ever.
Ever.
Bravo!
“The policy change would bar most immigrant physicians from the first round of matching, which experts say would force many of the most qualified doctors to leave the province for residency placements, or abandon their chosen specialty altogether.”
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
“The policy change would bar most immigrant physicians from the first round of matching, which experts say would force many of the most qualified doctors to leave the province for residency placements, or abandon their chosen specialty altogether.”
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Ontario judge grants international medical school grads a temporary lifeline
Ontario judge extends applications for grads who would have been excluded from first round of matching for residency under a controversial new rule.
www.thestar.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Bravo!
“The policy change would bar most immigrant physicians from the first round of matching, which experts say would force many of the most qualified doctors to leave the province for residency placements, or abandon their chosen specialty altogether.”
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
“The policy change would bar most immigrant physicians from the first round of matching, which experts say would force many of the most qualified doctors to leave the province for residency placements, or abandon their chosen specialty altogether.”
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Donald Trump, in the form of Pr Ford, trying to pass the buck on elementary schools kids who have only know Ford as their premier.
Follow the math of 7 yrs in power, Premier. You’re the poster boy of poor math skills dampening Ontario economy and future.
Follow the math of 7 yrs in power, Premier. You’re the poster boy of poor math skills dampening Ontario economy and future.
December 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Donald Trump, in the form of Pr Ford, trying to pass the buck on elementary schools kids who have only know Ford as their premier.
Follow the math of 7 yrs in power, Premier. You’re the poster boy of poor math skills dampening Ontario economy and future.
Follow the math of 7 yrs in power, Premier. You’re the poster boy of poor math skills dampening Ontario economy and future.
Donald Trump, in the form of Pr Ford, trying to pass the buck on elementary schools kids who have only know Ford as their premier.
Follow the math of 7 yrs in power, Premier. You’re the poster boy of poor math skills dampening Ontario economy and future.
Follow the math of 7 yrs in power, Premier. You’re the poster boy of poor math skills dampening Ontario economy and future.
December 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Donald Trump, in the form of Pr Ford, trying to pass the buck on elementary schools kids who have only know Ford as their premier.
Follow the math of 7 yrs in power, Premier. You’re the poster boy of poor math skills dampening Ontario economy and future.
Follow the math of 7 yrs in power, Premier. You’re the poster boy of poor math skills dampening Ontario economy and future.
Anyone thinking the removal or any decreases in development fees for housing units will reduce housing prices, as CMHC suggests, isn’t paying attn to what transpired to gasoline prices after the carbon tax was removed.
Oil corps padded their profits, as developers will.
Oil corps padded their profits, as developers will.
December 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Anyone thinking the removal or any decreases in development fees for housing units will reduce housing prices, as CMHC suggests, isn’t paying attn to what transpired to gasoline prices after the carbon tax was removed.
Oil corps padded their profits, as developers will.
Oil corps padded their profits, as developers will.
know there is a ban mandating document retrieval by media. Surely there’s a way around it. You see what’s happening in Alta - feel confident the same thing happened here.
Please.
@cbcnews.ca @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social @globalnews.ca @thenarwhal.ca @torontostar-rss.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com
Please.
@cbcnews.ca @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social @globalnews.ca @thenarwhal.ca @torontostar-rss.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com
Premiers Ford & Smith tend to be in lock step, wrt privatization of our public services.
None more so than our healthcare sys.
Incl private surgical clinics conducting publicly funded surgeries, at significant premiums over hospital-based ones.
Please, investigate Ford’s deals.
None more so than our healthcare sys.
Incl private surgical clinics conducting publicly funded surgeries, at significant premiums over hospital-based ones.
Please, investigate Ford’s deals.
December 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
know there is a ban mandating document retrieval by media. Surely there’s a way around it. You see what’s happening in Alta - feel confident the same thing happened here.
Please.
@cbcnews.ca @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social @globalnews.ca @thenarwhal.ca @torontostar-rss.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com
Please.
@cbcnews.ca @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social @globalnews.ca @thenarwhal.ca @torontostar-rss.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com
Premiers Ford & Smith tend to be in lock step, wrt privatization of our public services.
None more so than our healthcare sys.
Incl private surgical clinics conducting publicly funded surgeries, at significant premiums over hospital-based ones.
Please, investigate Ford’s deals.
None more so than our healthcare sys.
Incl private surgical clinics conducting publicly funded surgeries, at significant premiums over hospital-based ones.
Please, investigate Ford’s deals.
December 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Premiers Ford & Smith tend to be in lock step, wrt privatization of our public services.
None more so than our healthcare sys.
Incl private surgical clinics conducting publicly funded surgeries, at significant premiums over hospital-based ones.
Please, investigate Ford’s deals.
None more so than our healthcare sys.
Incl private surgical clinics conducting publicly funded surgeries, at significant premiums over hospital-based ones.
Please, investigate Ford’s deals.
Great news!
“Sleep Country Canada Inc. is on the cusp of bringing back Bed Bath & Beyond.
The mattress retailer confirmed in a Thursday email to The Canadian Press that it has purchased the Canadian and U.K. rights to the houseware brand’s name and logos”
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“Sleep Country Canada Inc. is on the cusp of bringing back Bed Bath & Beyond.
The mattress retailer confirmed in a Thursday email to The Canadian Press that it has purchased the Canadian and U.K. rights to the houseware brand’s name and logos”
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Sleep Country Canada hopes to bring back Bed Bath & Beyond in 2026
Mattress retailer has purchased the Canadian and U.K. rights to the houseware brand’s name and logos
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Great news!
“Sleep Country Canada Inc. is on the cusp of bringing back Bed Bath & Beyond.
The mattress retailer confirmed in a Thursday email to The Canadian Press that it has purchased the Canadian and U.K. rights to the houseware brand’s name and logos”
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
“Sleep Country Canada Inc. is on the cusp of bringing back Bed Bath & Beyond.
The mattress retailer confirmed in a Thursday email to The Canadian Press that it has purchased the Canadian and U.K. rights to the houseware brand’s name and logos”
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Bravo:
“Industry Minister Melanie Joly said on Thursday that Ottawa has served the automaker with a notice of default related to jobs and a funding agreement for the plant northwest of Toronto.
The move
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“Industry Minister Melanie Joly said on Thursday that Ottawa has served the automaker with a notice of default related to jobs and a funding agreement for the plant northwest of Toronto.
The move
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Stellantis’s decision to shift production to Illinois breaches funding contract, Ottawa says
Automaker served with a notice of default related to jobs and funding agreement, Melanie Joly says
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Bravo:
“Industry Minister Melanie Joly said on Thursday that Ottawa has served the automaker with a notice of default related to jobs and a funding agreement for the plant northwest of Toronto.
The move
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
“Industry Minister Melanie Joly said on Thursday that Ottawa has served the automaker with a notice of default related to jobs and a funding agreement for the plant northwest of Toronto.
The move
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
The ports of Vancouver has no one but itself to blame for the number of strikes & the unions’ demands against investments in technology other international ports bring to companies.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
Ottawa, Nutrien to meet to discuss building $1-billion potash export facility in Canada
Minister of Transport, other senior officials want to understand why company selected U.S. for investment, sources say
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December 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The ports of Vancouver has no one but itself to blame for the number of strikes & the unions’ demands against investments in technology other international ports bring to companies.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
This is the beginning of the end for Ford Govt.
These vulnerabilities will only accelerate.
Now we need two smart opposition leaders to methodically take adv.
Using skills training $s to deliver an AI chatbox is a stretch even for corrupt PC Govt
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
These vulnerabilities will only accelerate.
Now we need two smart opposition leaders to methodically take adv.
Using skills training $s to deliver an AI chatbox is a stretch even for corrupt PC Govt
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Ontario skills fund gave $1-million to company whose CEO was fined by OSC
Connex – led by the entrepreneur behind a failed Covid-19 tracing system – was awarded money for chatbot testing
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This is the beginning of the end for Ford Govt.
These vulnerabilities will only accelerate.
Now we need two smart opposition leaders to methodically take adv.
Using skills training $s to deliver an AI chatbox is a stretch even for corrupt PC Govt
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
These vulnerabilities will only accelerate.
Now we need two smart opposition leaders to methodically take adv.
Using skills training $s to deliver an AI chatbox is a stretch even for corrupt PC Govt
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Well, well:
“Mr. Mraiche was being investigated in connection with an alleged straw donor scheme – an illegal practice in which an individual circumvents donation limits by providing money through others.
“Mr. Mraiche is alleged to have given funds
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“Mr. Mraiche was being investigated in connection with an alleged straw donor scheme – an illegal practice in which an individual circumvents donation limits by providing money through others.
“Mr. Mraiche is alleged to have given funds
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Sam Mraiche was investigated by Elections Alberta over alleged illegal political donations
Regulator says Mraiche was being investigated this year in connection to an alleged straw donor scheme
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Well, well:
“Mr. Mraiche was being investigated in connection with an alleged straw donor scheme – an illegal practice in which an individual circumvents donation limits by providing money through others.
“Mr. Mraiche is alleged to have given funds
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
“Mr. Mraiche was being investigated in connection with an alleged straw donor scheme – an illegal practice in which an individual circumvents donation limits by providing money through others.
“Mr. Mraiche is alleged to have given funds
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
The support for defence spending or the pipeline will shift drastically once Cdns understand the price to pay & the sacrifices it will demand:
“meeting 3.5 per cent by 2035 would require raising defence spending to about $132-billion
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
“meeting 3.5 per cent by 2035 would require raising defence spending to about $132-billion
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: Is Canada ready for the big defence bill to come?
The coming cost of Ottawa’s defence spending pledge will require significant trade-offs
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The support for defence spending or the pipeline will shift drastically once Cdns understand the price to pay & the sacrifices it will demand:
“meeting 3.5 per cent by 2035 would require raising defence spending to about $132-billion
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
“meeting 3.5 per cent by 2035 would require raising defence spending to about $132-billion
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...