Cathy Andreu 🇨🇦
@seasidegardener.bsky.social
Mumsy, gardener, and occasionally decent cook. 🇨🇦
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📣 When it comes time to vote in the upcoming Canadian 🇨🇦 election, I'll be considering the federal leader of that candidate's party's stance on:
Trump/tariffs
Climate
Economy/housing crisis
Indigenous peoples
Protecting/improving our health care system
Human rights
Protecting world democracies
Trump/tariffs
Climate
Economy/housing crisis
Indigenous peoples
Protecting/improving our health care system
Human rights
Protecting world democracies
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar dined with Melissa Hortman, a Minnesota lawmaker and decades-long friend, just hours before she and her husband were shot and killed in what authorities are saying was a politically motivated killing.
“I wish everyone had known her like we knew her,” Klobuchar told POLITICO.
“I wish everyone had known her like we knew her,” Klobuchar told POLITICO.
Klobuchar dined with Minnesota lawmaker just hours before she was killed
The Minnesota senator remembers Hortman, a friend of decades, as a "skilled legislator," she told POLITICO.
www.politico.com
June 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Sen. Amy Klobuchar dined with Melissa Hortman, a Minnesota lawmaker and decades-long friend, just hours before she and her husband were shot and killed in what authorities are saying was a politically motivated killing.
“I wish everyone had known her like we knew her,” Klobuchar told POLITICO.
“I wish everyone had known her like we knew her,” Klobuchar told POLITICO.
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“A politically motivated assassination”. Absolutely horrifying. It is a dangerous time to be a politician. That’s not just brutal for politicians and their families. It’s terrible for democracy.
Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
June 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“A politically motivated assassination”. Absolutely horrifying. It is a dangerous time to be a politician. That’s not just brutal for politicians and their families. It’s terrible for democracy.
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How Canada emerged as the safest port in a storm of global trade #Canada #cdnpoli
RBC report finds Canada has the lowest U.S. tariff rate of any major trading partner
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RBC report finds Canada has the lowest U.S. tariff rate of any major trading partner
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
ANALYSIS | How Canada emerged as the safest port in a storm of global trade | CBC News
Canadians are rightly angry and scared about what the U.S. tariffs and threats will mean for the economy. When the trade war first began, the outlook was dire. But since then, Canada has swung from th...
www.cbc.ca
June 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
How Canada emerged as the safest port in a storm of global trade #Canada #cdnpoli
RBC report finds Canada has the lowest U.S. tariff rate of any major trading partner
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
RBC report finds Canada has the lowest U.S. tariff rate of any major trading partner
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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Police evacuate Texas state Capitol after credible threat to lawmakers reut.rs/4l5lpVt
Police evacuate Texas state Capitol after credible threat to lawmakers
The Texas State Capitol and grounds in Austin were evacuated on Saturday ahead of a planned protest after a credible threat to lawmakers, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.
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June 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Police evacuate Texas state Capitol after credible threat to lawmakers reut.rs/4l5lpVt
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Democratic US Senator Alex Padilla was shoved out of a room, forced to the ground and handcuffed by security after attempting to ask a question at a press conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reut.rs/4l4iOev
Democratic US Senator Padilla forced to ground, handcuffed by security agents
Democratic U.S. Senator Alex Padilla was shoved out of a room, forced to the ground and handcuffed by security after attempting to ask a question at a Thursday press conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
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June 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Democratic US Senator Alex Padilla was shoved out of a room, forced to the ground and handcuffed by security after attempting to ask a question at a press conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reut.rs/4l4iOev
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BREAKING: SENATOR PADILLA HANDCUFFED AND THROWN TO THE GROUND AFTER BEING FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM PRESS CONFERENCE.
June 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
BREAKING: SENATOR PADILLA HANDCUFFED AND THROWN TO THE GROUND AFTER BEING FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM PRESS CONFERENCE.
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Northern Sask. mayor calls province's wildfire evacuation response 'disgusting' #Saskatchewan
Julie Baschuk says people are hungry and sleeping in tents because of 'confusing' response #ScottMoeFailure
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Julie Baschuk says people are hungry and sleeping in tents because of 'confusing' response #ScottMoeFailure
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Northern Sask. mayor calls province's wildfire evacuation response 'disgusting' | CBC News
Julie Baschuk says people are hungry and sleeping in tents because of the a “confusing” response to wildfire evacuations.
www.cbc.ca
June 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Northern Sask. mayor calls province's wildfire evacuation response 'disgusting' #Saskatchewan
Julie Baschuk says people are hungry and sleeping in tents because of 'confusing' response #ScottMoeFailure
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Julie Baschuk says people are hungry and sleeping in tents because of 'confusing' response #ScottMoeFailure
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
🇨🇦 Well done! 🙌
"Elections Canada's preliminary estimates indicate that 19,583,016 Canadians cast a ballot. This translates into a voter turnout rate of about 68.65%."
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"Elections Canada's preliminary estimates indicate that 19,583,016 Canadians cast a ballot. This translates into a voter turnout rate of about 68.65%."
www.elections.ca/content.aspx...
The 45th Federal Election by the Numbers
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www.elections.ca
April 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
🇨🇦 Well done! 🙌
"Elections Canada's preliminary estimates indicate that 19,583,016 Canadians cast a ballot. This translates into a voter turnout rate of about 68.65%."
www.elections.ca/content.aspx...
"Elections Canada's preliminary estimates indicate that 19,583,016 Canadians cast a ballot. This translates into a voter turnout rate of about 68.65%."
www.elections.ca/content.aspx...
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“…this morning, from a war zone half a world away, I was reading about your election. And for the first time in days, I exhaled.
A small, almost invisible breath. Relief.
And then came gratitude…
You didn’t just choose kindness or experience…
You chose not to flirt with fascism.”
From Ukraine.
A small, almost invisible breath. Relief.
And then came gratitude…
You didn’t just choose kindness or experience…
You chose not to flirt with fascism.”
From Ukraine.
The Nation That Trump Could Never Break
Canada didn’t just resist, they reminded the rest of us how to endure
viktorkravchuk.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
“…this morning, from a war zone half a world away, I was reading about your election. And for the first time in days, I exhaled.
A small, almost invisible breath. Relief.
And then came gratitude…
You didn’t just choose kindness or experience…
You chose not to flirt with fascism.”
From Ukraine.
A small, almost invisible breath. Relief.
And then came gratitude…
You didn’t just choose kindness or experience…
You chose not to flirt with fascism.”
From Ukraine.
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I LOVE his Dad dance moves 🥹🫡🫡🫡😁😁 I am in tears, and SO furiously proud to be Canadian!!! 🫡👏❤️🇨🇦🍁
April 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I LOVE his Dad dance moves 🥹🫡🫡🫡😁😁 I am in tears, and SO furiously proud to be Canadian!!! 🫡👏❤️🇨🇦🍁
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🤣🍁
April 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🤣🍁
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Amen, lady.
Canadian Voter: I think who I voted for would be the best to take care of Trump, because Trump is, I’m sorry to say, an asshole.
April 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Amen, lady.
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BREAKING: Canada's ruling Liberals win the election, CBC projects, but it's too early to say if they have majority reut.rs/4lO3kMG
April 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
BREAKING: Canada's ruling Liberals win the election, CBC projects, but it's too early to say if they have majority reut.rs/4lO3kMG
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🍁 It's ELECTION DAY in Canada! I'm so grateful to be HOME and you can bet I VOTED! 🇨🇦
I always loved Canada quietly, like most Canadians, until I moved to the US. Canadian patriotism seems to breed more by spending time outside of our borders, whether by choice or in service. 1/
I always loved Canada quietly, like most Canadians, until I moved to the US. Canadian patriotism seems to breed more by spending time outside of our borders, whether by choice or in service. 1/
April 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
🍁 It's ELECTION DAY in Canada! I'm so grateful to be HOME and you can bet I VOTED! 🇨🇦
I always loved Canada quietly, like most Canadians, until I moved to the US. Canadian patriotism seems to breed more by spending time outside of our borders, whether by choice or in service. 1/
I always loved Canada quietly, like most Canadians, until I moved to the US. Canadian patriotism seems to breed more by spending time outside of our borders, whether by choice or in service. 1/
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Q: "Have you taken any steps to carry out President Trump's plans, as he has said, to annex Canada?"
Rubio: "No."
Q: "Does the U.S. still want to make Canada the 51st state?"
Rubio: "The president has stated repeatedly he thinks Canada would be better off as a state."
Rubio: "No."
Q: "Does the U.S. still want to make Canada the 51st state?"
Rubio: "The president has stated repeatedly he thinks Canada would be better off as a state."
April 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Q: "Have you taken any steps to carry out President Trump's plans, as he has said, to annex Canada?"
Rubio: "No."
Q: "Does the U.S. still want to make Canada the 51st state?"
Rubio: "The president has stated repeatedly he thinks Canada would be better off as a state."
Rubio: "No."
Q: "Does the U.S. still want to make Canada the 51st state?"
Rubio: "The president has stated repeatedly he thinks Canada would be better off as a state."
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“I dream of a a safe, kind, and clean Canada. A Canada that is not the US.”
This video is amazing. Canada will emerge stronger with a leader made for this moment -
@mark-carney.bsky.social 💪❤️🇨🇦
This video is amazing. Canada will emerge stronger with a leader made for this moment -
@mark-carney.bsky.social 💪❤️🇨🇦
I met a teacher in Georgetown, Ontario, who asked her students to describe their dreams for Canada. This is what they wrote:
April 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
“I dream of a a safe, kind, and clean Canada. A Canada that is not the US.”
This video is amazing. Canada will emerge stronger with a leader made for this moment -
@mark-carney.bsky.social 💪❤️🇨🇦
This video is amazing. Canada will emerge stronger with a leader made for this moment -
@mark-carney.bsky.social 💪❤️🇨🇦
I have to say, kudos to premier Tim Houston. I disagree with him on a lot of policies, but I'm grateful he's not endorsing or promoting Pierre Poilievre. 👏👏👏
#cdnpoli
#nspoli
#CanadaVotes
#VoterTurnoutChallenge
#NeverPoilievre
#ViveleCanada
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#cdnpoli
#nspoli
#CanadaVotes
#VoterTurnoutChallenge
#NeverPoilievre
#ViveleCanada
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Tensions with N.S. premier simmered as Poilievre made his sole stop in the province | CBC News
For the first time this campaign, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made a stop in Nova Scotia on Thursday — the second province he's visited led by a Progressive Conservative premier conspicuously...
www.cbc.ca
April 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I have to say, kudos to premier Tim Houston. I disagree with him on a lot of policies, but I'm grateful he's not endorsing or promoting Pierre Poilievre. 👏👏👏
#cdnpoli
#nspoli
#CanadaVotes
#VoterTurnoutChallenge
#NeverPoilievre
#ViveleCanada
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#cdnpoli
#nspoli
#CanadaVotes
#VoterTurnoutChallenge
#NeverPoilievre
#ViveleCanada
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Monday Apr 28th is Election Day. 🇨🇦 ❤️ 🇨🇦
Polls don’t vote, WE DO .. and 🇨🇦 needs us all to VOTE!
If you didn’t vote early .. then #ElbowsUp 💪 it’s your turn - Apr 28th VOTE to protect Canada.
👀 what’s happening in the USA .. 4yrs is a really, really long time to regret not voting.
Polls don’t vote, WE DO .. and 🇨🇦 needs us all to VOTE!
If you didn’t vote early .. then #ElbowsUp 💪 it’s your turn - Apr 28th VOTE to protect Canada.
👀 what’s happening in the USA .. 4yrs is a really, really long time to regret not voting.
Liberals maintain ‘commanding’ lead in Atlantic Canada polls #Canada #FederalElection #cdnpoli #Elxn45
Vote on April 28, 2025 - Election Day, no matter what the polls state.
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/04/24/l...
Vote on April 28, 2025 - Election Day, no matter what the polls state.
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/04/24/l...
Liberals have large lead in Atlantic Canada, latest poll shows
Just under a week to go before the federal election and the latest polls are showing a decisive lead for the Liberals in Atlantic Canada. According to Narrative Research, east coast Canadians are “fir...
halifax.citynews.ca
April 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Monday Apr 28th is Election Day. 🇨🇦 ❤️ 🇨🇦
Polls don’t vote, WE DO .. and 🇨🇦 needs us all to VOTE!
If you didn’t vote early .. then #ElbowsUp 💪 it’s your turn - Apr 28th VOTE to protect Canada.
👀 what’s happening in the USA .. 4yrs is a really, really long time to regret not voting.
Polls don’t vote, WE DO .. and 🇨🇦 needs us all to VOTE!
If you didn’t vote early .. then #ElbowsUp 💪 it’s your turn - Apr 28th VOTE to protect Canada.
👀 what’s happening in the USA .. 4yrs is a really, really long time to regret not voting.
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Our podcast on the night of the English language debate. And the night that security had to sneak us out of a building our employer owns because alt media made it unsafe to leave like a normal person.
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podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
Leaders face off in final debate as commission scrutinized
Podcast Episode · Power & Politics: Election Daily · 2025-04-17 · 1h 5m
podcasts.apple.com
April 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Our podcast on the night of the English language debate. And the night that security had to sneak us out of a building our employer owns because alt media made it unsafe to leave like a normal person.
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
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🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp my fellow Canadians! We can beat these numbers on April 28th!
🍁 Who loves our country enough to show up and VOTE? 🍁
🍁 Don't forget to talk to young adults, and encourage first time voters!
🍁 Vote in advance!
🍁 Let's do this!!!
#cdnpoli
#VoterTurnoutChallenge
🍁 Who loves our country enough to show up and VOTE? 🍁
🍁 Don't forget to talk to young adults, and encourage first time voters!
🍁 Vote in advance!
🍁 Let's do this!!!
#cdnpoli
#VoterTurnoutChallenge
April 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp my fellow Canadians! We can beat these numbers on April 28th!
🍁 Who loves our country enough to show up and VOTE? 🍁
🍁 Don't forget to talk to young adults, and encourage first time voters!
🍁 Vote in advance!
🍁 Let's do this!!!
#cdnpoli
#VoterTurnoutChallenge
🍁 Who loves our country enough to show up and VOTE? 🍁
🍁 Don't forget to talk to young adults, and encourage first time voters!
🍁 Vote in advance!
🍁 Let's do this!!!
#cdnpoli
#VoterTurnoutChallenge
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A play in two acts.
April 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
A play in two acts.
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It's an illusion that a country can wall off the rest of the world - but still operate a free market at home. Protectionism breeds government favoritism and state control. Bloomberg today:
April 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It's an illusion that a country can wall off the rest of the world - but still operate a free market at home. Protectionism breeds government favoritism and state control. Bloomberg today:
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It sounds like it came right from a Russian propaganda playbook.
April 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It sounds like it came right from a Russian propaganda playbook.
‼️"Gen Z and millennials are the electoral majority in the upcoming federal election." #cdnpoli #NeverPoilievre
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Why young voters might not vote this federal election | CBC News
Young voters could swing the results in Canada's upcoming election if they vote, something the demographic doesn’t traditionally do as much as their older counterparts.
www.cbc.ca
April 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
‼️"Gen Z and millennials are the electoral majority in the upcoming federal election." #cdnpoli #NeverPoilievre
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...