Linda Fontaine
@wokeinalberta.bsky.social
Guest on Treaty 6 Territory, politics, anti fascist, activist, volunteer, LGBT+, astrologer, car camping-curious, former journalist, cat mom.
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He apparently went into d'Entemont's office and shoved a staff member out of the way to get at d'Entremont. How is this not a bigger story? #cdnpoli
Question to smarter Canadians than me:
Isn’t threatening or intimidating other Members of Parliament (even if by its own party) worthy of a RCMP investigation? 🤷🏽♂️
Isn’t threatening or intimidating other Members of Parliament (even if by its own party) worthy of a RCMP investigation? 🤷🏽♂️
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
He apparently went into d'Entemont's office and shoved a staff member out of the way to get at d'Entremont. How is this not a bigger story? #cdnpoli
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Canada’s new environment minister and Environment and Climate Change officials confirmed that the federal government is standing by the national climate targets previously set under Justin Trudeau. #climate #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Current government 'stands by' Canada's climate targets, environment minister says | CBC News
Canada’s new environment minister and Environment and Climate Change officials confirmed that the federal government is standing by the national climate targets that were set under the previous Prime ...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Canada’s new environment minister and Environment and Climate Change officials confirmed that the federal government is standing by the national climate targets previously set under Justin Trudeau. #climate #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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#cdnpoli @joyfulnesstoo.bsky.social @gander22h.bsky.social
Canada Post submits overhaul plan to the federal government www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
Canada Post submits overhaul plan to the federal government www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
Canada Post submits overhaul plan to the federal government
Canada Post has submitted its plan to the federal government to transform its struggling business model into a financially sustainable postal service.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
#cdnpoli @joyfulnesstoo.bsky.social @gander22h.bsky.social
Canada Post submits overhaul plan to the federal government www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
Canada Post submits overhaul plan to the federal government www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
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What is wrong with these people? Why anyone would be interested in following one of the most abhorent figures in history means they have serious problems. #cdnpoli MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d a...
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MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d at secretive neo-Nazi event in B.C. | CBC News
This summer in Vancouver, dozens of people gathered to attend a conference organized and attended by some of Canada’s most prominent white supremacist organizations. CBC’s visual investigations team l...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
What is wrong with these people? Why anyone would be interested in following one of the most abhorent figures in history means they have serious problems. #cdnpoli MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d a...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Republican Mike Roman worked for #KochNetwork before joining Trump’s campaign & was charged with election crimes.
#CPC MP Andrew Scheer also strategized with Roman & helped Harper push a global right-wing #Conservative agenda in the IDU.
#Cdnpoli #IDUPlaybook #Project2025 #NeverVoteConservative
#CPC MP Andrew Scheer also strategized with Roman & helped Harper push a global right-wing #Conservative agenda in the IDU.
#Cdnpoli #IDUPlaybook #Project2025 #NeverVoteConservative
The pardon covers 77 people, including members of the president’s former legal team, including John Eastman, Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell.
Trump Pardons Giuliani And Others Allegedly Involved In Bid To Overturn 2020 Elections
The pardon covers 77 people, including members of the president’s former legal team, including John Eastman, Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Republican Mike Roman worked for #KochNetwork before joining Trump’s campaign & was charged with election crimes.
#CPC MP Andrew Scheer also strategized with Roman & helped Harper push a global right-wing #Conservative agenda in the IDU.
#Cdnpoli #IDUPlaybook #Project2025 #NeverVoteConservative
#CPC MP Andrew Scheer also strategized with Roman & helped Harper push a global right-wing #Conservative agenda in the IDU.
#Cdnpoli #IDUPlaybook #Project2025 #NeverVoteConservative
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Prime Minister Mark Carney to announce next tranche of major projects on Thursday #Canada #cdnpoli
5 other 'nation-building projects' were previously announced in September
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5 other 'nation-building projects' were previously announced in September
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Carney to announce next tranche of major projects on Thursday | CBC News
The federal government will unveil the next round of major projects that will get fast-tracked approvals later this week, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday, as Canada tries to stimulate economic ...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney to announce next tranche of major projects on Thursday #Canada #cdnpoli
5 other 'nation-building projects' were previously announced in September
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5 other 'nation-building projects' were previously announced in September
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YES! Please do PM @mark-carney.bsky.social @liberalca.bsky.social Canada needs to move quickly and decisively! This is NOT about free speech, this is about protecting people from racist, horrible bullshit. This needs to happen asap! IMO #cdnpoli
Canadian PM Mark Carney: "Large American online platforms have become seas of racism, misogyny, antisemitism, islamophobia and hate in all its forms... My government will act."
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
YES! Please do PM @mark-carney.bsky.social @liberalca.bsky.social Canada needs to move quickly and decisively! This is NOT about free speech, this is about protecting people from racist, horrible bullshit. This needs to happen asap! IMO #cdnpoli
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How Canada Lost Decades of Progress in Fighting Measles
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November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
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#Measles on the rise in #Canada
This is shameful.
#vaccines #vaccinations #abpoli #cdnpoli #cdnpolitics
#healthcare
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
This is shameful.
#vaccines #vaccinations #abpoli #cdnpoli #cdnpolitics
#healthcare
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
How Canada Lost Decades of Progress in Fighting Measles
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
#Measles on the rise in #Canada
This is shameful.
#vaccines #vaccinations #abpoli #cdnpoli #cdnpolitics
#healthcare
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
This is shameful.
#vaccines #vaccinations #abpoli #cdnpoli #cdnpolitics
#healthcare
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Un #Canadian indeed. These new #submarines will have the ability to attack land based targets. This is a good read. We will have the ability to project #Military power in a new and different way
#cdnpoli #cdnpolitics #naval #warfare
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#cdnpoli #cdnpolitics #naval #warfare
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Canada’s New Submarines Will Be Lethal, Stealthy, and Very UnCanadian | The Walrus
It’s the start of a military buildup that will reshape the country’s self-image
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November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Un #Canadian indeed. These new #submarines will have the ability to attack land based targets. This is a good read. We will have the ability to project #Military power in a new and different way
#cdnpoli #cdnpolitics #naval #warfare
thewalrus.ca/canadas-new-...
#cdnpoli #cdnpolitics #naval #warfare
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If you are at all concerned about #Canadian #Jounalism you really need to listen to this. We are about to lose most of our print and broadcast media production to loan sharks -er- predatory investors.
#cdnpoli #media www.canadaland.com/podcast/1260...
#cdnpoli #media www.canadaland.com/podcast/1260...
#1260 The Company Making Millions From Dying News
We don't seem to question, at least not in the public discourse, what it means that the same investment firm is enmeshed with so many of our media companies. -Gemma Boothroyd
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November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If you are at all concerned about #Canadian #Jounalism you really need to listen to this. We are about to lose most of our print and broadcast media production to loan sharks -er- predatory investors.
#cdnpoli #media www.canadaland.com/podcast/1260...
#cdnpoli #media www.canadaland.com/podcast/1260...
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Lisa takes a dive into the latest UCP corruption occurring in the last week.
Lisa takes a dive into the latest UCP corruption occurring in the last week.
TikTok - Make Your Day
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November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Lisa takes a dive into the latest UCP corruption occurring in the last week.
Lisa takes a dive into the latest UCP corruption occurring in the last week.
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Lisa takes a dive into the latest UCP corruption occurring in the last week.
Lisa takes a dive into the latest UCP corruption occurring in the last week.
TikTok - Make Your Day
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November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Lisa takes a dive into the latest UCP corruption occurring in the last week.
Lisa takes a dive into the latest UCP corruption occurring in the last week.
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REMEMBER THIS?
Asking the American president to put off levying tariffs with the goal of affecting the outcome of a Canadian federal election constitutes inviting foreign interference in Canada’s election (as Ken Boessenkool has pointed out). thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025... #cdnpoli
Asking the American president to put off levying tariffs with the goal of affecting the outcome of a Canadian federal election constitutes inviting foreign interference in Canada’s election (as Ken Boessenkool has pointed out). thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025... #cdnpoli
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
REMEMBER THIS?
Asking the American president to put off levying tariffs with the goal of affecting the outcome of a Canadian federal election constitutes inviting foreign interference in Canada’s election (as Ken Boessenkool has pointed out). thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025... #cdnpoli
Asking the American president to put off levying tariffs with the goal of affecting the outcome of a Canadian federal election constitutes inviting foreign interference in Canada’s election (as Ken Boessenkool has pointed out). thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025... #cdnpoli
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Here’s Former MP #CatherineMcKenna, talking about her #book Run Like A Girl. She’s doing a postmortem about what happened to #CarbonPricing.
I still miss my Rebates. It was very helpful and definitely had more $ with the rebate than since it was removed. #cdnpoli
I still miss my Rebates. It was very helpful and definitely had more $ with the rebate than since it was removed. #cdnpoli
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Here’s Former MP #CatherineMcKenna, talking about her #book Run Like A Girl. She’s doing a postmortem about what happened to #CarbonPricing.
I still miss my Rebates. It was very helpful and definitely had more $ with the rebate than since it was removed. #cdnpoli
I still miss my Rebates. It was very helpful and definitely had more $ with the rebate than since it was removed. #cdnpoli
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And some people I know still wonder why I WILL NEVER vote conservative.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
“50% of Conservatives approve of Donald Trump. Given his administration’s actions to undermine women’s reproductive rights, minority rights and democratic institutions, this is indicative of the policies they’d favour if the Conservatives were in power.”
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November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
And some people I know still wonder why I WILL NEVER vote conservative.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
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God forbid we let the news show us that increasing tanker traffic is not only dangerous for marine life but isn’t good for humans either for many reasons
#bcpoli #cdnpoli
#bcpoli #cdnpoli
Not sure we will see anything in the news but a tanker in Vancouver Harbour was in collision with a pleasure craft yesterday.
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.
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Everybody Attending White Nationalist Conference Caught on Film
Advertised near-exclusively in white nationalist online spaces, promotional social media posts for the event include symbolism popular with neo-Nazis, including the kolovrat sun wheel and a table with...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Like all #fascists, the answer is you can’t trust any of them with anything… #ukpolitics #uspoli #cdnpoli
Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of his political allies for their support or involvement in plans to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Farage likes to vaunt his connection to Trump. With that and his links to Russia could we trust him with our democracy?
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Farage likes to vaunt his connection to Trump. With that and his links to Russia could we trust him with our democracy?
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, others involved in efforts to overturn 2020 election | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of his political allies for their support or involvement in alleged plans to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to the Department of Jus...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Like all #fascists, the answer is you can’t trust any of them with anything… #ukpolitics #uspoli #cdnpoli
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Canada has lost its measles elimination status.
A sad day, a win for anti-vaccine ignorance and politicized public health, a new age where children, families, and communities will face additional health risks for no good reason other than the comfort of joining others with similar fact-less beliefs.
A sad day, a win for anti-vaccine ignorance and politicized public health, a new age where children, families, and communities will face additional health risks for no good reason other than the comfort of joining others with similar fact-less beliefs.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Brouhaha over N.S. MP’s floor crossing descends into he-said/they-said story … whom to believe? albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/brou... #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg
Brouhaha over N.S. MP’s floor crossing descends into he-said/they-said story … whom to believe? - Alberta Politics
The brouhaha over the departure of Acadie-Annapolis MP Chris d’Entremont from the Opposition benches in the House of Commons to the government side has now descended into a he-said/they-said story. Mr...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Brouhaha over N.S. MP’s floor crossing descends into he-said/they-said story … whom to believe? albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/brou... #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg