Shannon Proudfoot
@sproudfoot.bsky.social
Feature writer covering federal politics at The Globe and Mail. Deep love for great beer, old art, all cheese, The Golden Girls and Gritty.
When you thought you were leopards gnawing people’s faces off together, but then the leopard licks his chops in your direction.
MTG: “.. “I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world. .. The man I supported and helped get elected.”
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November 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
When you thought you were leopards gnawing people’s faces off together, but then the leopard licks his chops in your direction.
Every hour of every day, we get closer to Idiocracy being a documentary.
Trump admin Press Secretary citing DoorDash on local commerce price levels.
Quite possibly the most cursed ‘economic indicator’ I have ever seen.
Quite possibly the most cursed ‘economic indicator’ I have ever seen.
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Every hour of every day, we get closer to Idiocracy being a documentary.
New from me: on purring Liberals acting like they woke up one morning to find a stray Tory on the front porch and Matt Jeneroux’s less-than-convincing insistence that no coercion was involved.
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
New from me: on purring Liberals acting like they woke up one morning to find a stray Tory on the front porch and Matt Jeneroux’s less-than-convincing insistence that no coercion was involved.
WHY IS BASEBALL LIKE THIS?!
November 2, 2025 at 4:02 AM
WHY IS BASEBALL LIKE THIS?!
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"The world is undeniably a worse place for Mr. Trump being part of it, let alone running the joint. And the last thing anyone needs is some jumped-up Trump tribute band, playing the same songs slightly off-key and waiting for a nod of approval from the big guy." 👏 @sproudfoot.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"The world is undeniably a worse place for Mr. Trump being part of it, let alone running the joint. And the last thing anyone needs is some jumped-up Trump tribute band, playing the same songs slightly off-key and waiting for a nod of approval from the big guy." 👏 @sproudfoot.bsky.social
New from me. I don’t know about you, but I’m getting a little tired of Canada being treated like a toy at a spoiled rich kid’s birthday party, so I wrote about Pete Hoekstra’s public meltdown in Ottawa this week.
November 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
New from me. I don’t know about you, but I’m getting a little tired of Canada being treated like a toy at a spoiled rich kid’s birthday party, so I wrote about Pete Hoekstra’s public meltdown in Ottawa this week.
Someone should be arrested for how small Halloween chocolate bars have gotten.
November 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Someone should be arrested for how small Halloween chocolate bars have gotten.
For some reason, after that Jays game, I am thinking of what Ilya Bryzgalov said about another team of Canadians in 2010: “They came like gorillas coming out of a cage.”
October 30, 2025 at 3:47 AM
For some reason, after that Jays game, I am thinking of what Ilya Bryzgalov said about another team of Canadians in 2010: “They came like gorillas coming out of a cage.”
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“It’s tempting … to fill the airwaves with Reagan reminding Americans, as their lives get harder and more expensive, who did it to them. But that solution belongs to a saner and more satisfying world than this one, in which the mad king holds all the cards.
Instead, the only thing to do is wait.”
To me, Donald Trump's reaction to the Reagan ad looks like genuine fury, not negotiation posturing, so I took a stab at explaining why that 60 seconds is so threatening to him. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
Opinion: What really enrages Donald Trump in that Ronald Reagan ad he doesn’t want anyone to see
This episode of the Streisand effect features a president facing an aspect of reality he wishes he could control
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October 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
“It’s tempting … to fill the airwaves with Reagan reminding Americans, as their lives get harder and more expensive, who did it to them. But that solution belongs to a saner and more satisfying world than this one, in which the mad king holds all the cards.
Instead, the only thing to do is wait.”
To me, Donald Trump's reaction to the Reagan ad looks like genuine fury, not negotiation posturing, so I took a stab at explaining why that 60 seconds is so threatening to him. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
Opinion: What really enrages Donald Trump in that Ronald Reagan ad he doesn’t want anyone to see
This episode of the Streisand effect features a president facing an aspect of reality he wishes he could control
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
To me, Donald Trump's reaction to the Reagan ad looks like genuine fury, not negotiation posturing, so I took a stab at explaining why that 60 seconds is so threatening to him. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
ICYMI: new from me. This feels extra pertinent today after the extra 10 percent in love that his tangerine majesty showered on Canada yesterday.
It took me a while to work it out, but I think Carney’s entire political career is about timing - friendly and not. Also, there is a tiny inconsequential Easter egg in this column that pleases me greatly and I hope at least one person clocks it. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
Opinion: Timing has worked wildly in Mark Carney’s favour before, but now he has a problem
Issues that took decades to build up can’t be fixed quickly
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October 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
ICYMI: new from me. This feels extra pertinent today after the extra 10 percent in love that his tangerine majesty showered on Canada yesterday.
Oh for the love of god. I really hate living in the stupidest timeline in the history of the world. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Trump announces 10% increase in tariffs on Canada for not pulling down Ontario ad sooner
Anti-tariff advertising campaign used the words of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan to criticize the Trump administration
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October 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Oh for the love of god. I really hate living in the stupidest timeline in the history of the world. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
It took me a while to work it out, but I think Carney’s entire political career is about timing - friendly and not. Also, there is a tiny inconsequential Easter egg in this column that pleases me greatly and I hope at least one person clocks it. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
Opinion: Timing has worked wildly in Mark Carney’s favour before, but now he has a problem
Issues that took decades to build up can’t be fixed quickly
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It took me a while to work it out, but I think Carney’s entire political career is about timing - friendly and not. Also, there is a tiny inconsequential Easter egg in this column that pleases me greatly and I hope at least one person clocks it. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
Whoever brought Paul MacLean in to do Sens commentary on TSN deserves a big fat bug-eyed walrus raise.
October 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Whoever brought Paul MacLean in to do Sens commentary on TSN deserves a big fat bug-eyed walrus raise.
The first few days I had The Life of a Show Girl, it reminded me uncomfortably that I write best when I’m pissed off, and “everything is amazing” often makes for delightful living but a meh audience experience. But it’s really grown on me. With one exception…
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The first few days I had The Life of a Show Girl, it reminded me uncomfortably that I write best when I’m pissed off, and “everything is amazing” often makes for delightful living but a meh audience experience. But it’s really grown on me. With one exception…
Every time I watch this woman speak, I wonder if it’s possible to raise a child to have this kind of confidence, but…a significantly better moral compass?
It’s absolutely wild to watch her operate, I’ve never seen anyone this self-assured in my entire life.
It’s absolutely wild to watch her operate, I’ve never seen anyone this self-assured in my entire life.
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Every time I watch this woman speak, I wonder if it’s possible to raise a child to have this kind of confidence, but…a significantly better moral compass?
It’s absolutely wild to watch her operate, I’ve never seen anyone this self-assured in my entire life.
It’s absolutely wild to watch her operate, I’ve never seen anyone this self-assured in my entire life.
Ahem. The aesthetic and emotional landscape of The Fate of Ophelia is entirely Moulin Rouge, and with all due respect to the excellence of Taylor, you kids today gotta load up on early-aughts Baz Luhrmann because he did not screw around.
Thank you for coming to my musical theatre nerd TEDtalk.
Thank you for coming to my musical theatre nerd TEDtalk.
October 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Ahem. The aesthetic and emotional landscape of The Fate of Ophelia is entirely Moulin Rouge, and with all due respect to the excellence of Taylor, you kids today gotta load up on early-aughts Baz Luhrmann because he did not screw around.
Thank you for coming to my musical theatre nerd TEDtalk.
Thank you for coming to my musical theatre nerd TEDtalk.
This is Ramona (the Pest). She is so beautiful and perfect that she seems less like *a* cat or *the* cat than just “Cat,” the essence of catness embodied. I’m pretty sure she’s descended directly from someone in ancient Egypt. She’s a terrible brat and we love her to pieces.
October 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is Ramona (the Pest). She is so beautiful and perfect that she seems less like *a* cat or *the* cat than just “Cat,” the essence of catness embodied. I’m pretty sure she’s descended directly from someone in ancient Egypt. She’s a terrible brat and we love her to pieces.
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Canadian politicians must fear being the subject of @sproudfoot.bsky.social’s next column the way Americans fear hearing that Isaac Chotiner is calling
In no uncertain terms, Ms Proudfoot in today’s @theglobeandmail.com justly calls out petulant piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre for the lies he tells about who’s at fault for the challenges 🇨🇦Canada faces.
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October 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Pierre Poilievre sure had himself a time this week after the White House visit, blaming Mark Carney for everything under the sun - including sunburn.
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Opinion: After Trump visit, Poilievre blames Carney for everything under the sun, including sunburn
The Conservative Leader isn’t stupid. He just thinks the people listening to him are
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October 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Pierre Poilievre sure had himself a time this week after the White House visit, blaming Mark Carney for everything under the sun - including sunburn.
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ICYMI, here's my write-up of Carney's visit to the Oval Office yesterday, and the very different approach from his last visit. #cdnpoli
After Mark Carney’s White House visit today, I really think Keir Starmer, ridiculous brown-noser though he was, figured out something about Donald Trump long before the rest of us. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
Opinion: What Keir Starmer figured out about Donald Trump before the rest of us
The British Prime Minister’s friendly visit to the Oval Office in February resulted in a trade deal. Mark Carney took a page out of Starmer’s book this week
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October 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
ICYMI, here's my write-up of Carney's visit to the Oval Office yesterday, and the very different approach from his last visit. #cdnpoli
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
Oh this will be good.
October 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Oh this will be good.
After Mark Carney’s White House visit today, I really think Keir Starmer, ridiculous brown-noser though he was, figured out something about Donald Trump long before the rest of us. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...
Opinion: What Keir Starmer figured out about Donald Trump before the rest of us
The British Prime Minister’s friendly visit to the Oval Office in February resulted in a trade deal. Mark Carney took a page out of Starmer’s book this week
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
After Mark Carney’s White House visit today, I really think Keir Starmer, ridiculous brown-noser though he was, figured out something about Donald Trump long before the rest of us. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...