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The family and friends reactions one of my favourite parts of the Olympics. They’ve been on this journey too. And they couldn’t be in Beijing for Megan Oldham’s debut. But they’re here today for her bronze medal for Canada. Outstanding.
— Devin Heroux (@devinheroux.bsky.social) February 9, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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So say we all.
— Sister Golden Bear (@sistergoldenbear.bsky.social) February 7, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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...American aggression and American decline are of a piece. As Mr. Carney has announced a slew of measures aimed at boosting Canada’s electric vehicle industry, nobody has argued for a moment that American equivalents could compete. By ending E.V. tax credits, Mr. Trump may have all but ensured that the American electric vehicle will one day be a thing of the past. America has decided not to compete. It would rather pose. If you are integrating yourself into the American sphere of influence, or whatever Mr. Trump’s national security apparatus calls it, you are integrating yourself into antiquity — or worse.
At the same time, America is becoming synonymous with dangerous randomness. The constitutional system is in collapse. The legislative branch, made up of both Democrats and Republicans, is missing in action. The Supreme Court debates the legal equivalent of how many angels can fit on the head of a pin, while the legal order that has held the country together for 250 years sputters toward an ignominious end. Nobody knows what America is anymore — not Americans, not their enemies, not their friends.
Coming to terms with this reality has not been easy in Canada. American exceptionalism is a hell of a drug; it’s hard to break the habit of thinking of Americans as the good guys. For Canadians, what is unfolding in Minnesota and elsewhere is happening to our friends, our neighbors, our colleagues, our kin — it is happening to people we love and understand better than anybody. But “the rupture,” as Mr. Carney calls
And now, the work begins. For better or for worse, what people most admire in Canada, certainly more than success, is the capacity to endure — no doubt a product of the brutality of the landscape. Atanarjuat, the hero of Inuit legend, survived a murderous plot by running through the snow naked. Terry Fox, as every Canadian schoolchild knows, ran a marathon a day for 143 days on a single leg to raise money for cancer. The idols of our national sport spit out their teeth and get back in the game. Mr. Carney’s speech offered a glimpse of that spirit, too. What liberal democracies need now, more than ever, is the sheer will to go on, without nostalgia for what once was. The West is feeling its betrayal turn into rage. The world is waking up to both its vulnerability and its value. But better late than never: We’re all Canadian now.
Crowd sings Oh Canada as Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand raises Canadian flag to officially open Canadian consulate in Nuuk, Greenland π¨π¦π¬π± π₯ Credit CBCOlivia / via π ❤️ππ¨π¦TEAM CANADA FOREVERπ¨π¦π❤️ ❤️ππ¨π¦VIVE LE CANADA π¨π¦π❤️
— ππ¨π¦Team Canada Foreverπ¨π¦π (@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social) February 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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My mom watched some news story about new sports at this year’s Olympics and said “you can’t just make up sports!” Mom, all sports are made up!
— David Shiffman, Ph.D. π¦ (@whysharksmatter.bsky.social) February 5, 2026 at 7:44 AM
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Three Canadian billionaires have been accused of serial rapes of young women/girls in the last couple of years: Robert Miller, Peter Nygard and Frank Stronach. How many more are revealed in the latest tranche of Epstein files?The only recent Canadian stories I can find about Epstein concern denial of permission for Epstein to visit Canada in 2018 though apparently he did get to Vancouver in 2014 and 2016 by masking his identity; an Epstein invite to a seminar in Austria in 2014, which was supported by the foreign ministries of Canada and Norway though they weren't involved in the guest lists; and a friendly relationship in 2008-9 between Epstein and someone who worked for CBC Edmonton.
What we know so far is that large numbers of political and business elites in the US, the UK and Israel were taking advantage of Epstein's services, raping girls, and being recorded and manipulated. We have no reason to assume Canada was immune. Why aren't Canadian media outlets doing the grunt work of finding out? Why aren't they even reporting the most vile documents uncovered so far? They're planning to let this blow over, just like the Panama Papers blew over without Canadians being prosecuted for tax fraud. It's hard to imagine a resilient economy controlled by these kind of depraved monsters.
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Score one for the red and white. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
— Charlie Angus (@charlieangus104.bsky.social) January 28, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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Looks like Japanese automakers are stepping quite easily into the breach. Looking forward to other car makers signing up to do business in a stable country Report suggests Ottawa reward companies that have shown commitment to making cars in Canada #cdn www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
— TopKat_GlassDragon (@topkatglassdragon.bsky.social) February 2, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Poilievre just told #CP26 "There's never been a referendum crisis or a national unity crisis when Conservatives have been in power It's an interesting coincidence isn't it" False. BQ was the product of Mulroney's time in office. Borden - WWI conscription crisis. Sir John - Louis Riel. C'mon man.
— davidakin (@davidakin.bsky.social) January 30, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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....Trumpism does not hide behind the facade of something high. Part of Trump’s appeal is that he offers his venality as a thuggish honesty: This is what everyone is doing. I’m the only guy willing to admit it. Voters believe that politicians are corrupt. Trump proves them right by flaunting his own corruption; his success confirms their disgust with the system and the need for a champion who has mastered its rules.
This is both a lie and a weakness. It is a lie because Trump’s worldview is not universally shared. Relatively few people are as nakedly transactional or thoroughly corrupt as Trump. And it is a weakness because it creates a hunger for its opposite.
There is a reason Carney’s speech lit such a fire: Carney was, himself, taking a risk. He was, himself, acting against self-interest. He was, himself, showing that he intended to do something more with his power than profit off it. It was a bracing speech, but more than that, it was a brave act. It was the kind of act that Trumpism suggests does not exist, the kind of act that rebuts Trumpism by simply existing.
I am not saying this will go well or easily for Carney — or for other world leaders who choose to take down their signs. Trump is vengeful, and he is right that America can inflict terrible harm on any country it chooses.
But Carney is right that America’s power is, in part, dependent on the willingness of other countries to be entwined with our might. “Hegemons cannot continually monetize their relationships,” Carney warned, “Allies will diversify to hedge against uncertainty. They’ll buy insurance, increase options in order to rebuild sovereignty — sovereignty that was once grounded in rules, but will be increasingly anchored in the ability to withstand pressure.” This is the path Canada is already following, in part through seeking closer ties with China and Qatar.
The world is built on relationships, not leverage, and relationships are built on reciprocity and respect. It is not Trump’s genius to recognize America’s unused strength; it is his blindness to see that our strength was a function of our restraint.
“This is not just strange and hard to understand. It borders on the unthinkable, and that’s why you’re seeing a different response from Europe than before Greenland was center stage.” Trump has radically weakened the U.S. and we won't recover anytime soon, if ever. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
— William Snyder (@profsnyder.bsky.social) January 22, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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