Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦
@emmettmacfarlane.com
Professor of political science. Author. Dad.
Constitutional law, rights, governing institutions, and Canadian politics.
Books: Legislating under the Charter; Constitutional Pariah; Governing from the Bench
Constitutional law, rights, governing institutions, and Canadian politics.
Books: Legislating under the Charter; Constitutional Pariah; Governing from the Bench
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Rights and Parliamentary Systems in Canada and Beyond - University of Toronto Press
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Your daily reminder that federal government and all our universities are all leaning heavily into this broken, corrupt technological bubble, and they're gonna take us all over the cliff.
AI bot recorded doctors’ meeting, sent patient info to dozens of current and former hospital staff. This is a cautionary tale for healthcare providers about AI and patient privacy, watchdog says, by @hannay.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
AI bot recorded doctors’ meeting, sent patient info to current and former hospital staff, watchdog says
The transcription tool recorded the meeting on behalf of a physician who no longer worked at the hospital
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Your daily reminder that federal government and all our universities are all leaning heavily into this broken, corrupt technological bubble, and they're gonna take us all over the cliff.
The nice thing about stupid, incompetent regimes is their efforts to undermine the rule of law in order to attack perceived political enemies are tainted by incompetence.
"At one point, Ms. Halligan admitted that she had never shown the second — and final — version of the Comey indictment to the full grand jury before the foreperson signed the charging document."
I just... what? That's not at all how things work, is it?
I just... what? That's not at all how things work, is it?
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The nice thing about stupid, incompetent regimes is their efforts to undermine the rule of law in order to attack perceived political enemies are tainted by incompetence.
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and get health inclurance plans (employment related etc) to stop adding things with no proven efficiency to the coverage (naturopathy, homeopathy, osteopaths etc.)
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
and get health inclurance plans (employment related etc) to stop adding things with no proven efficiency to the coverage (naturopathy, homeopathy, osteopaths etc.)
Good, now ban pharmacies from selling 'health products' that aren't rooted in scientific evidence.
November 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Good, now ban pharmacies from selling 'health products' that aren't rooted in scientific evidence.
Misconstrues is the polite term for "completely misunderstands/misrepresents"
Smith misconstrues academic freedom:
“Institutional autonomy [means] it is the responsibility of government to set in place the objectives and vision for the sector…Having set out that vision, I’m afraid there is an element of saying to the sector, ‘What are you going to do now to deliver that?’”
“Institutional autonomy [means] it is the responsibility of government to set in place the objectives and vision for the sector…Having set out that vision, I’m afraid there is an element of saying to the sector, ‘What are you going to do now to deliver that?’”
Levy criticism ‘makes me want to run screaming’, says Smith student-ui.prd.timeshighereducation.com/news/levy-cr...
November 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Misconstrues is the polite term for "completely misunderstands/misrepresents"
Freedom? Small government? No, conservatives love governments interfering in the most personal aspects of your life, so long as you belong to a group they don't like, whether it's trans people or women or people with disabilities.
November 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Freedom? Small government? No, conservatives love governments interfering in the most personal aspects of your life, so long as you belong to a group they don't like, whether it's trans people or women or people with disabilities.
And of course, there's zero evidence of any cases of 'sterilization of children', because that's not what's happening. This is nothing but an anti-trans moral panic propagated by evil, hateful scum.
The UCP, and their supporters, are claiming that S33 needed to be used to prevent sterilization of children. But no evidence is provided about the amount of surgery occurring below 18 (puberty blockers are not the same thing as surgery). Is it 0, 5, 50, 500, 5000?
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
And of course, there's zero evidence of any cases of 'sterilization of children', because that's not what's happening. This is nothing but an anti-trans moral panic propagated by evil, hateful scum.
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As a Jew, I've always worried that "Never Again" would mean "Never Again TO US," but it's wild to see someone just come right out and say that.
Sharing the video of this because it’s such a ghoulish thing to say that I’m honestly in disbelief that I even heard her properly
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
As a Jew, I've always worried that "Never Again" would mean "Never Again TO US," but it's wild to see someone just come right out and say that.
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Kevin O'Leary petitions Trump to have name added to Epstein Files
Kevin O'Leary petitions Trump to have name added to Epstein Files
TORONTO - With newly released files from notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein implicating President Trump in a world of elite, amoral power players, Canadian businessman Kevin O'Leary has formally...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Kevin O'Leary petitions Trump to have name added to Epstein Files
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The RFK Jr Disaster www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r...
@pauloffit.bsky.social: He says "the opposite of what’s true, over & over again."
@jakescottmd.bsky.social: "To say vaccines cause mutation is like saying umbrellas cause rain. It’s backwards. It’s beyond misinformation. It’s patently false."
@pauloffit.bsky.social: He says "the opposite of what’s true, over & over again."
@jakescottmd.bsky.social: "To say vaccines cause mutation is like saying umbrellas cause rain. It’s backwards. It’s beyond misinformation. It’s patently false."
How RFK Jr., America's celebrity health secretary, is steamrolling science
RFK Jr. is plowing ahead with sweeping changes to U.S. health care that have thrilled supporters, purged opponents, and horrified critics.
www.statnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The RFK Jr Disaster www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r...
@pauloffit.bsky.social: He says "the opposite of what’s true, over & over again."
@jakescottmd.bsky.social: "To say vaccines cause mutation is like saying umbrellas cause rain. It’s backwards. It’s beyond misinformation. It’s patently false."
@pauloffit.bsky.social: He says "the opposite of what’s true, over & over again."
@jakescottmd.bsky.social: "To say vaccines cause mutation is like saying umbrellas cause rain. It’s backwards. It’s beyond misinformation. It’s patently false."
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“My own experience prescribing puberty blockers has demonstrated enormous psycho-social benefits in youth who feel a quiet desperation watching their bodies change in ways they can’t control […] A puberty blocker provides them with a pause […] with no effects on fertility, and is 100% reversible.”
Opinion: As a physician, I see how gender-affirming care benefits youth
Alberta’s moves to restrict treatment are based in ignorance and misinformation
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“My own experience prescribing puberty blockers has demonstrated enormous psycho-social benefits in youth who feel a quiet desperation watching their bodies change in ways they can’t control […] A puberty blocker provides them with a pause […] with no effects on fertility, and is 100% reversible.”
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Sure, conservatives are in the middle of a gleeful orgy of corruption, kidnapping, rape, and murder, but the real problem is when liberals say it's bad.
Imagine looking around America in 2025 and thinking, "What we need less of is morality."
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Sure, conservatives are in the middle of a gleeful orgy of corruption, kidnapping, rape, and murder, but the real problem is when liberals say it's bad.
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At COP30 Canada just got awarded the fossil of the day — first time since 2014 (the harper years). Clear sign of how Carney’s pro fossil fuel agenda and backsliding on climate policy is being noticed internationally.
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
At COP30 Canada just got awarded the fossil of the day — first time since 2014 (the harper years). Clear sign of how Carney’s pro fossil fuel agenda and backsliding on climate policy is being noticed internationally.
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We must copy Denmark Social Democrats' hardline anti-asylum measures in order to win back voters' trust, says Shabana Mahmood.
Meanwhile in Denmark:
Meanwhile in Denmark:
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We must copy Denmark Social Democrats' hardline anti-asylum measures in order to win back voters' trust, says Shabana Mahmood.
Meanwhile in Denmark:
Meanwhile in Denmark:
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The UCP has invoked the notwithstanding clause pre-emptively. Again. This time to strip the Charter rights of trans children and adults.
This is sadly and entirely predictable from a populist government bent on removing checks on its power. 🧵
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/populism-f...
This is sadly and entirely predictable from a populist government bent on removing checks on its power. 🧵
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/populism-f...
Populism, freedom, and democracy in Alberta (and beyond)
Lessons from my grade fiver's homework assignment
drjaredwesley.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The UCP has invoked the notwithstanding clause pre-emptively. Again. This time to strip the Charter rights of trans children and adults.
This is sadly and entirely predictable from a populist government bent on removing checks on its power. 🧵
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/populism-f...
This is sadly and entirely predictable from a populist government bent on removing checks on its power. 🧵
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/populism-f...
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One for the ages 😱
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
One for the ages 😱
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Specifically, he says the reporter's questions are *insubordinate*. Like the press owes him deference.
Any MSM owners or editors or leaders out there with any pride at all? Any dignity? Any spine? [tap tap] Hello?
Any MSM owners or editors or leaders out there with any pride at all? Any dignity? Any spine? [tap tap] Hello?
Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Specifically, he says the reporter's questions are *insubordinate*. Like the press owes him deference.
Any MSM owners or editors or leaders out there with any pride at all? Any dignity? Any spine? [tap tap] Hello?
Any MSM owners or editors or leaders out there with any pride at all? Any dignity? Any spine? [tap tap] Hello?
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Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
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Here is a picture from the 2023 provincial election campaign. See if you can spot the differences.
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Here is a picture from the 2023 provincial election campaign. See if you can spot the differences.
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Alberta keeps saying it plans to "double" oil production by 2035. But the math here doesn't come close to mathing --- and it has nothing to do with Ottawa's policies. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/o...
Alberta’s pipeline math still doesn’t add up
The biggest obstacle standing between Alberta and its premier's repeated pledge to double oil production isn't the tanker ban, the emissions cap, or any other piece of federal legislation. It's realit...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Alberta keeps saying it plans to "double" oil production by 2035. But the math here doesn't come close to mathing --- and it has nothing to do with Ottawa's policies. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/o...
What the ever loving fuck is this giant turd of a satirical fucking headline you fucking CBC fuckups??? www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
Trump is named 1,500 times in the Epstein document dump. Here's why that number doesn't matter | CBC News
Donald Trump's name appears at least 1,500 times in documents from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein made public Wednesday by Republicans in the U.S. Congress, according to an AI-assisted search of the ma...
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
What the ever loving fuck is this giant turd of a satirical fucking headline you fucking CBC fuckups??? www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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Luckily they could never do this to the Epstein files, say
Nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from the Broadview ICE Detention Center has been "irretrievably destroyed" and cannot be produced as evidence in a lawsuit against the government over abhorrent conditions there:
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
Two Weeks of Surveillance Footage From ICE Detention Center ‘Irretrievably Destroyed’
"Defendants have indicated that some video between October 19, 2025 and October 31, 2025 has been irretrievably destroyed and therefore cannot be produced on an expedited basis or at all."
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Luckily they could never do this to the Epstein files, say
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The media needs to stop rwading the government's talking points on Bill 10.
Aside from jury duty and voting, I have yet to find a single provincial program or service that requires Albertans to verify their citizenship.
So how does this remove red tape?
Aside from jury duty and voting, I have yet to find a single provincial program or service that requires Albertans to verify their citizenship.
So how does this remove red tape?
2️⃣ Services: Most provincial programs care about residency/immigration status, not citizenship. Non-citizen residents get health care, income supports, student aid, etc. A citizenship flag risks becoming a future gatekeeping tool, not a service “streamliner.”
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The media needs to stop rwading the government's talking points on Bill 10.
Aside from jury duty and voting, I have yet to find a single provincial program or service that requires Albertans to verify their citizenship.
So how does this remove red tape?
Aside from jury duty and voting, I have yet to find a single provincial program or service that requires Albertans to verify their citizenship.
So how does this remove red tape?