@kdodd27.bsky.social
Retired Canadian journalist. Live in Stratford, Ontario. Anti extremist. Worried about democracy, media freedom, disinformation, misinformation. Refugee from Twitter's noise and anger. Also a big baseball fan.
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For Time Magazine, I ask if Canada is entering an era of realpolitik and, if so, whether we're going in with any red lines.
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Canada Is Entering an Era of Realpolitik
With U.S. trade talks stalled, Canada's Mark Carney has been rebuilding ties with China and India, writes David Moscrop.
time.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
For Time Magazine, I ask if Canada is entering an era of realpolitik and, if so, whether we're going in with any red lines.
time.com/7337391/cana...
time.com/7337391/cana...
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(Bloomberg) -- Canadian steelmaker Algoma Steel Group Inc. will let go of 1,000 employees and close its blast furnace in northern Ontario within months as it seeks to stem losses resulting from US tariffs.
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Canada’s Algoma Steel to Cut 40% of Staff as Tariffs Crush Sales
Canadian steelmaker Algoma Steel Group Inc. will let go of 1,000 employees and close its blast furnace in northern Ontario within months as it seeks to stem losses resulting from US tariffs.
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
(Bloomberg) -- Canadian steelmaker Algoma Steel Group Inc. will let go of 1,000 employees and close its blast furnace in northern Ontario within months as it seeks to stem losses resulting from US tariffs.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Depression and anxiety decreased by 25 per cent after one-week social media break
A study had teens stay off social media for a week and standardized measurements show that their anxiety, depression, and insomnia decreased.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/vide...
A study had teens stay off social media for a week and standardized measurements show that their anxiety, depression, and insomnia decreased.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/vide...
Depression and anxiety decreased by 25 per cent after one-week social media break
A study had teens stay off social media for a week and standardized measurements show that their anxiety, depression, and insomnia decreased.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Depression and anxiety decreased by 25 per cent after one-week social media break
A study had teens stay off social media for a week and standardized measurements show that their anxiety, depression, and insomnia decreased.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/vide...
A study had teens stay off social media for a week and standardized measurements show that their anxiety, depression, and insomnia decreased.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/vide...
Carney seems oblivious to the potential political ramifications of what he is doing. Who he is alienating.
In politics you are only as good as your word.
Did PM Carney mislead Elizabeth May to get her budget support?
In a minority government you can't afford to be losing cabinet ministers and alienating potential allies.
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/01/m...
Did PM Carney mislead Elizabeth May to get her budget support?
In a minority government you can't afford to be losing cabinet ministers and alienating potential allies.
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/01/m...
May says voting for budget was 'mistake' and it won't happen again
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Carney seems oblivious to the potential political ramifications of what he is doing. Who he is alienating.
The Trudeau govt decided against going big into LNG facilties based largely on reputable studies showing a shaky LNG market future in Asia especially. The supposed business wise Carney govt has reversed course, seems all in.
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The Trudeau govt decided against going big into LNG facilties based largely on reputable studies showing a shaky LNG market future in Asia especially. The supposed business wise Carney govt has reversed course, seems all in.
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Celeste Pedri-Spade: The truth is, these heroes were largely created by settler-controlled industries like publishing, media and academia — not by us.
Their success was sustained by gatekeepers who valued marketable versions of Indigeneity over authentic voices.
Their success was sustained by gatekeepers who valued marketable versions of Indigeneity over authentic voices.
Thomas King and the Problem with Indigenous ‘Heroes’ | The Tyee
These heroes were largely created by settler-controlled industries such as publishing, media and academia. Not by us.
thetyee.ca
December 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Celeste Pedri-Spade: The truth is, these heroes were largely created by settler-controlled industries like publishing, media and academia — not by us.
Their success was sustained by gatekeepers who valued marketable versions of Indigeneity over authentic voices.
Their success was sustained by gatekeepers who valued marketable versions of Indigeneity over authentic voices.
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Exclusive: Alberta oil regulator stopped enforcing gas flaring limits after government pressure, documents show reut.rs/4rCQsMz
Exclusive: Alberta oil regulator stopped enforcing gas flaring limits after government pressure, documents show
The regulator in charge of environmental enforcement in Canada's main oil-producing province bent to pressure from the provincial government and oil companies to eliminate a limit on natural gas flaring as Canadian oil production increased, according to documents seen by Reuters.
reut.rs
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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No surprise, but Carney's Liberals are down *fifteen points* in Metro Vancouver in just the last month. Alongside Quebec, the Lower Mainland is what led Carney to victory in the last election. angusreid.org/carney-smith...
December 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
No surprise, but Carney's Liberals are down *fifteen points* in Metro Vancouver in just the last month. Alongside Quebec, the Lower Mainland is what led Carney to victory in the last election. angusreid.org/carney-smith...
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So, if I’m following correctly, Wayne Gretzky played a round of golf with Donald Trump then immediately jetted off to Qatar this weekend?
December 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
So, if I’m following correctly, Wayne Gretzky played a round of golf with Donald Trump then immediately jetted off to Qatar this weekend?
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I have so much respect for this man. #cdnpoli @liberalca.bsky.social Alberta energy deal was 'the l...
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www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Alberta energy deal was 'the last straw,' says Guilbeault after cabinet resignation | CBC News
In his first interview since resigning from cabinet last week, former culture minister Steven Guilbeault says recent decisions by Prime Minister Mark Carney's government will make it impossible for Ca...
www.cbc.ca
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I have so much respect for this man. #cdnpoli @liberalca.bsky.social Alberta energy deal was 'the l...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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(Models Available For Subscribers)
Federal Polling:
LPC: 41% (-3)
CPC: 36% (-5)
NDP: 12% (+6)
BQ: 5% (-1)
GPC: 2% (+1)
PPC: 2% (+1)
Liaison / Nov 30, 2025 / n=894 / MOE 3.1% / IVR
(% Change w 2025 Federal Election)
Visit @338canada.bsky.social for polling details: 338canada.com
Federal Polling:
LPC: 41% (-3)
CPC: 36% (-5)
NDP: 12% (+6)
BQ: 5% (-1)
GPC: 2% (+1)
PPC: 2% (+1)
Liaison / Nov 30, 2025 / n=894 / MOE 3.1% / IVR
(% Change w 2025 Federal Election)
Visit @338canada.bsky.social for polling details: 338canada.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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At least one of the candidates should be disqualified on French language skills alone. Conversant French in the French language debate was the exception, not the rule. Wow.
#CdnPoli
#CdnPoli
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
At least one of the candidates should be disqualified on French language skills alone. Conversant French in the French language debate was the exception, not the rule. Wow.
#CdnPoli
#CdnPoli
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Long term risk to fossil fuels he's aware of, and so is using the power of government to rebuild a market for them. He's shredding climate policies, throwing support behind oil and gas, and the main reason the climate community feels betrayed is because they fundamentally misread who he is.
December 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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For the Monday morning crowd, my weekend Loonie Politics column: Carney bends the knee to Danielle Smith #cdnpoli
Carney bends the knee to Danielle Smith - Loonie Politics
Adding more oil supply to a growing global supply glut is not going to deliver revenues, while the costs of climate change accelerate.
looniepolitics.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
For the Monday morning crowd, my weekend Loonie Politics column: Carney bends the knee to Danielle Smith #cdnpoli
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Lo and behold, Prime Minister Mark Carney, a global banker, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, a petro-populist à la Donald Trump, have big energy plans for Canadians.
Andrew Nikiforuk interviews David Hughes, one of the country’s foremost energy analysts. #canpoli #abpoli
Andrew Nikiforuk interviews David Hughes, one of the country’s foremost energy analysts. #canpoli #abpoli
A New Oilsands Pipeline? What Politicians Won’t Admit | The Tyee
An energy expert lays out the risks and fallacies as Canada and the world fail to face the climate crisis.
thetyee.ca
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Worth reading. Synopsis: Climate change leaders/followers misread who Carney is, voted for him in panic, now are seeing who he really is.
Trying to understand #carney ?
"... Carney’s political vision is fundamentally about using the government’s resources to clear the path for private sector growth is key to understanding what his leadership of Canada practically means."
#cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/01/a...
"... Carney’s political vision is fundamentally about using the government’s resources to clear the path for private sector growth is key to understanding what his leadership of Canada practically means."
#cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/01/a...
Did the climate world misread Carney?
Many in the climate movement saw a fellow traveller in Mark Carney — the man who could preach climate action in the language of finance — but what if they were wrong from the very start?
www.nationalobserver.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Worth reading. Synopsis: Climate change leaders/followers misread who Carney is, voted for him in panic, now are seeing who he really is.
This is as good + thorough analysis of the Carney-Smith MOU + how it puzzlingly came to be, that I've read.
I'd recommend reading this, reality is a little more complicated: open.substack.com/pub/energymi...
Separatists Boo Smith While the Clueless Bros Pitch a Pipeline
With so little logic behind the Carney-Smith agreement, the unasked question is whether anyone is sweating the details or knows what they’re doing. If they did this on purpose, that’s even worse.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is as good + thorough analysis of the Carney-Smith MOU + how it puzzlingly came to be, that I've read.
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Londoners ‘take back’ bridge following white nationalist rally in same spot #London #Ontario
Roughly 30 men stood on the Wortley Road overpass holding a “remigration now” sign on Nov. 23
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Roughly 30 men stood on the Wortley Road overpass holding a “remigration now” sign on Nov. 23
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Londoners ‘take back’ bridge following white nationalist rally in same spot | CBC News
Dozens of Londoners gathered on the Wortley Road overpass Sunday afternoon to spread a message of "community." Their party is in response to a demonstration on Nov. 23, where roughly 30 masked men sto...
www.cbc.ca
December 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Londoners ‘take back’ bridge following white nationalist rally in same spot #London #Ontario
Roughly 30 men stood on the Wortley Road overpass holding a “remigration now” sign on Nov. 23
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Roughly 30 men stood on the Wortley Road overpass holding a “remigration now” sign on Nov. 23
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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WTF ⁉️ ⁉️ What is Jared doing at the negotiations table for the war in Ukraine? Building a shopping mall in Kyiv? If only Hunter Biden was the one at the table, the media and the Republicans would go ape. Now, it is dead quiet #Graft #Nepotism #NeverTrump
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
WTF ⁉️ ⁉️ What is Jared doing at the negotiations table for the war in Ukraine? Building a shopping mall in Kyiv? If only Hunter Biden was the one at the table, the media and the Republicans would go ape. Now, it is dead quiet #Graft #Nepotism #NeverTrump
Uh, going the wrong way? Canada is now marching back to the carbon age.
@liberalca.bsky.social What are we doing?
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Uh, going the wrong way? Canada is now marching back to the carbon age.
Social media has done that to them.
I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.
November 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Social media has done that to them.
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Number of states where average gas prices are below $2:
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Number of states where average gas prices are below $2:
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
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"Do you think the United States should attempt to remove Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power?"
All:
No: 76%
Yes: 24%
Republicans:
No: 62%
Yes: 38%
Independents:
No: 79%
Yes: 20%
Democrats:
No: 88%
Yes: 12%
Marquette / Nov 12, 2025
All:
No: 76%
Yes: 24%
Republicans:
No: 62%
Yes: 38%
Independents:
No: 79%
Yes: 20%
Democrats:
No: 88%
Yes: 12%
Marquette / Nov 12, 2025
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"Do you think the United States should attempt to remove Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power?"
All:
No: 76%
Yes: 24%
Republicans:
No: 62%
Yes: 38%
Independents:
No: 79%
Yes: 20%
Democrats:
No: 88%
Yes: 12%
Marquette / Nov 12, 2025
All:
No: 76%
Yes: 24%
Republicans:
No: 62%
Yes: 38%
Independents:
No: 79%
Yes: 20%
Democrats:
No: 88%
Yes: 12%
Marquette / Nov 12, 2025
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
One gets the sense that the Carney team thinks it will pick up many many Conservative votes and seats, because of those Poilievre unpopularity figures. So it is fine to lose NDP supporters who voted Carney Liberal in April.
New Abacus Data #cdnpoli poll: Carney’s personal numbers improve to a net +14. Poilievre sits at -3.
The leadership contrast remains clear but the race is still tight.
abacusdata.ca/abacus-data...
The leadership contrast remains clear but the race is still tight.
abacusdata.ca/abacus-data...
November 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
One gets the sense that the Carney team thinks it will pick up many many Conservative votes and seats, because of those Poilievre unpopularity figures. So it is fine to lose NDP supporters who voted Carney Liberal in April.