For all my American followers - let me unpack Trump’s subsidy lie. No, the US government is not paying subsidies to Canada. Instead, private American companies are choosing to buy Canadian products. As are American consumers. It’s called competitive free market capitalism. To say you’re subsidizing us is like saying I’m subsidizing my grocery store or dry cleaners when I spend money there. #Trump #subsidies #tariffs #cdnpoli #Canada
Awful news. The first major wildfire of the season in this part of Alberta - and the wonderful Ukrainian Heritage Village is at risk. If you are in Lamont County, you may need to prepare to evacuate.
CTVNews
‘A profound loss’: Fire destroys several buildings, artifacts at historic Ukrainian village
Multiple historic buildings were destroyed in a fire at the Ukrainian Heritage Village east of Edmonton.
 #Wildfire #Alberta #Edmonton #LamontCounty
Registrations for Edmonton’s 2025 Jane’s Walks are now open! I’ll be leading a walking tour of the grounds of the Alberta Legislature. (It shows as sold out, but I am generally open to a few extras.) But there are SO many other great great free tours to take!
Jane's Walk YEG
Jane's Walk YEG
Walk Together.
 #yeg #Edmonton #JanesWalk #urbanism #UrbanPlanning #ableg #yegdt
Earlier this month, I had a chat with Edmonton based American expat author & journalist Debby Waldman. She has a mostly US audience and doesn’t often write about politics. So this was a chance to explain Canada/US tensions in a fresh way.
Mafioso Tactics, Integrated Markets, and Pondering why Donald Trump is Doing to Canada What a Toddler With a Stick Does to a Frog
A Conversation with Canadian Senator Paula Simons
 #cdnpoli #Trump #tariffs #Edmonton #yeg #TradeDeficit #ElbowsUp
Happy Birthday to my best girl Issa, who turns 8 today. #DogsofMastodon #PWDofMastodon #yeg #Edmonton image
A must-read for every Canadian - most especially those with American work or student visas. Powerful testimony about the soul-stripping consequences of being caught up in the American for-profit immigration detention system. Thank you, Ms. Mooney, for bearing witness - and leveraging your privilege to speak for those without voice.
the Guardian
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
 #Canada #ICE #cdnpoli
An excellent piece from Daniel Dale, demolishing Trump’s latest lie; that Canada has some of the highest tariffs in the world, a claim so patently false as to be absurd..https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/politics/fact-check-trump-canada-highest-tariffing-nations/index.html #Canada #cdnpoli #tariffs #USMCA #CUSMA
Perhaps you - like a certain American president - were surprised to learn how much electricity Canada exports to the US. Here are the latest figures from the Canada Energy Regulator. #electricity #tariffs #tradewar #cdnpoli #Canada #Trump #Ontario
CER – Electricity Trade Summary
Electricity Trade Summary