Adrienne Bodnarchuk
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Adrienne Bodnarchuk
@adriennebo.bsky.social
Proud Canadian, Pro-Democracy, Canada Will Never Be the 51st State

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"The Roshel Senator Emergency Response Vehicle...is certified as providing Level 2 protection under STANAG 4569, a NATO designation that means it will defend against the equivalent of an 8 kilogram TNT blast."

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Canadians call for halt to ICE armored vehicle sale after report by The Independent
Canadian MP Jenny Kwan says she will be proposing revisions to a bill she sponsored, that would prevent such items from going to the United States
www.independent.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Putin: "We are not going to fight with Europe, but if Europe wants to fight with us, we are ready right now.”

The prospect of a peace deal doesn't look terribly optimistic.

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Canada donates an additional $200M to Ukraine's urgent weapons fund | CBC News
Canada has announced a second contribution to the the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) fund of more than $200 million. The mechanism was established by NATO to buy U.S.-made weapons after ...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
"Democratic Senators Tim Kaine of Virginia, Chuck Schumer of New York and Adam Schiff of California and Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky said they filed their war powers resolution."

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4 U.S. senators file war powers resolution amid Trump's Venezuela attack threats | CBC News
A group of Democratic and Republican U.S. senators filed a resolution on Wednesday that would block U.S. military action against Venezuela without congressional approval, after U.S. President Donald T...
www.cbc.ca
December 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Headline says it all. Why listen to US producers when you can use tariffs to extort other countries for access to the US market?

We are #CanadaStrong #BoycottUSA

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U.S. producers criticize Trump’s tariffs during hearing on trade deal with Canada, Mexico | CBC News
A crucial hearing in Washington into the future of Canada’s three-way trade deal with the U.S. and Mexico kicked off Wednesday with U.S. agriculture, business and policy groups urging the Trump admini...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Reposted by Adrienne Bodnarchuk
In a dangerous and divided world, Canada and Europe are elevating our defence partnership.

That means more access to new equipment for our Armed Forces, more investment in Canada, and massive opportunities for Canadian workers and businesses.
December 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"Premier Wab Kinew showed no willingness Friday to relax his province's ban on American alcohol products. He argued the prohibition...has been one of Canada's responses to the U.S. trade dispute the Trump administration has noticed."

United we stand. #BoycottUSA

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Manitoba sticking to ban of U.S. alcohol since it's a 'pain point' for Trump | CBC News
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew showed no willingness Friday to relax his province's ban on American alcohol products. He argued the prohibition, enacted by several provinces, has been one of Canada's resp...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, announced the conclusion of negotiations for Canada’s participation in SAFE – unlocking billions of dollars in potential defence opportunities for Canadian businesses. "

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Prime Minister Carney secures Canada’s participation in the European Union’s SAFE initiative
As EU countries strengthen their defence capabilities through SAFE, Canadian participation will give our defence industry expanded access to the European market, attract new reliable suppliers for the...
www.pm.gc.ca
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"NATO's most senior military officer went as far as to say on Monday that the alliance could consider a 'pre-emptive strike' against Russia a 'defensive action', according to the Financial Times."

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US envoy to meet Putin in Moscow - as NATO could consider 'pre-emptive strike'
Donald Trump's special envoy will meet Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, following talks between US and Ukrainian officials. The meeting comes as a NATO officer said they could weigh a more assertive respons...
news.sky.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I do think that sooner or later, they will be held accountable for their actions (at least they will if history is any indication).

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Pete Hegseth post using Canadian book character Franklin the turtle to justify military strikes alarms critics | CBC News
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth turned the beloved Canadian children's book character Franklin the turtle into a bazooka-wielding soldier going after "narco-terrorists" in a social media post Sund...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:12 AM
"An economy enters a technical recession when it has two consecutive quarters of negative growth — and the third quarter GDP results 'should quash recession chatter for now,' wrote Douglas Porter, the chief economist at Bank of Montreal."

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Canada's economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.6% in 3rd quarter | CBC News
The Canadian economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.6 per cent in the third quarter, Statistics Canada said on Friday, avoiding a technical recession largely due to a surge in defence spending.
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"It has insisted that the deployment – the largest by the US in the region since it invaded Panama in 1989 – is to combat drug trafficking."

When did drug trafficking become code for oil?

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Trump tells airlines Venezuelan airspace should be considered closed
The US cannot legally close another country's airspace, but Trump's comments could deter airlines from operating in Venezuela.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"But critics point out that, if the U.S. is blackmailing Canada now by linking the F-35 purchase to trade talks, what would stop the Americans in the future in using the aircraft as a bargaining chip in other issues."

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Will U.S. threats force Canada to buy the F-35?
Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, has said a trade deal would be off if Canada decides not to purchase the fighter jet.
ottawacitizen.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"...cable sent by U.S. Secretary of State...to diplomats in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand...the cable directs U.S. ambassadors...press governments to lower most immigration levels.”

I guess Trump really does think he's a king...the unmitigated gall.

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Immigration minister denies knowledge of U.S. diplomatic directive to get Canada, allies to lower immigration | CBC News
Federal Immigration Minister Lena Diab says she’s unaware of a reported directive sent to the U.S. Embassy from the Trump administration ordering its envoy in Ottawa to press Canada to lower most immi...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
"Jacob Kaarsbo, a former chief analyst at the Danish defence intelligence agency, said the development showed, 'as we have always known', that the idea that the US was Denmark’s largest and most important ally was dead."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Denmark sets up ‘night watch’ to monitor Trump after Greenland row
US president’s threat to seize territory prompts intelligence briefings reminiscent of Game of Thrones patrol
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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"dispatch to embassies directed diplomats in Ottawa, New Zealand, Australia and countries in western Europe to report on the human rights implications and public safety impacts of large-scale mass migration, calling it an 'existential threat to Western civilization.'

www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
U.S. directs its embassies in Western nations to scrutinize ‘mass migration’
The U.S. State Department has directed its embassies in Canada and other Western nations to scrutinize the impacts of mass migration, marking the Trump administration’s latest push to reshape the geop...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
“Every tally and projection I’ve seen for 2025 is that the US economy will lose billions of dollars in tourist revenue.”

#CanadaStrong #ViveLeCanada #BoycottUSA #BoycottUSCars

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Is the U.S. starving for Canadian travellers? | About That
YouTube video by CBC News
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November 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“You can’t annex what you can’t respect. Your merger jokes? Yeah, hard reject.”

We see the Trump admin’s theatrics. It just makes us more determined to #BoycottUSA #BoycottUSCars

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Canadians Respond to Trump's "Love" (Claymation-style Musical)
YouTube video by Matthew Thomas Gillespie
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November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Reposted by Adrienne Bodnarchuk
"...Trump’s accuser asserted that...in 1994, she attended a series of parties at the Manhattan home of prominent investor Jeffrey Epstein. She alleges that during those parties the real estate mogul tied her to a bed and raped her."

www.politico.com/story/2016/1...
Woman suing Trump over alleged teen rape drops suit, again
The lawyer who organized the event said Donald Trump's accuser had received threats and was too frightened to show up.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"...Trump’s accuser asserted that...in 1994, she attended a series of parties at the Manhattan home of prominent investor Jeffrey Epstein. She alleges that during those parties the real estate mogul tied her to a bed and raped her."

www.politico.com/story/2016/1...
Woman suing Trump over alleged teen rape drops suit, again
The lawyer who organized the event said Donald Trump's accuser had received threats and was too frightened to show up.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"A senior Canadian official told CBC News that in Johannesburg, Canada is looking at raising funds with other countries, pushing the country's critical minerals and promoting building more ad hoc groups of nations."

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Trump's G20 boycott could make room for Canada to advance other trade talks | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to the G20 in South Africa where there could be more space to try and advance trade talks with other countries because U.S. President Donald Trump isn't attending.
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
US Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra: "You do not come into America and start running political ads, government-funded political ads … and expect that there will be no consequences or reaction from the United States of America and the Trump administration.”

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Hoekstra accuses Canada of meddling in U.S. politics, says restarting trade talks 'not going to be easy' | CBC News
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra continued to lash out against the ad campaign that infuriated his president and abruptly ended trade negotiations while on stage in Ottawa Wednesday, accusing C...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM