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Alan Bulley

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Writer and photographer 🇨🇦🍁 Former public service executive MA Documentary Photo 2025 IG @alanbulley bio.site/alanbulleyphoto

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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
While much of the country is supportive of many of the PM's initiatives, he should engage appropriately and regularly with Parliament and citizens. As Mr. Carney has said, "we are all on the ice."
thestar.com
Justin Ling: Mark Carney may appeal to vast swathes of the country, but there are some things about Canadians he doesn’t seem to get
Rather than merely address global policymakers and CEOs, the prime minister needs to talk to more everyday voters.
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Henry VanderSpek - Photographer @culturesnapca.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An elevated view of cyclists along Bloor Street West at sunset yesterday. Exercising their rights. (Video shared with me by a family member.) @cycletoronto.bsky.social #cycleTO #bikesky #bikes #Toronto
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A visit to a War of 1812 battleground at Fort York yesterday and delving into "Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty in a Ruptured World" today. Thank you, @toronto.ca and @bobbyrae48.bsky.social! #canpoli #Canada #sovereignty
Cover page of "Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty in a Ruptured World," edited by Bob Rae.
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Henry VanderSpek - Photographer @culturesnapca.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It’s a great day for an arts fair! If you’re in Toronto stop by East Lynn Park from 10-6 today and 10-5 on Sunday. #Toronto #Danforth #shoplocal
A poster describing an arts fair happening this weekend (Sept 19-20) at East Lynn park in Toronto. There are food vendors, live music, kids activities and over 60+ artists and artisans.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 16/09/2026
Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social, we want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible. I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the EU. And create a common prosperity and economic security space.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Great to see the Canadian Forces Snowbirds' final fly-past of the CN Tower today, in honour of the Tower's fiftieth anniversary. It'll be several years before we see the Snowbirds again with their new aircraft.
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds fly past the CN Tower in diamond formation. The Canadian Forces Snowbirds fly past the CN Tower in diamond formation.
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 08/09/2026
Two extraordinary charts from today’s PISA test results: 1) School test scores continue to collapse internationally, underscoring how this is no longer a Covid effect but sustained decline. Those falls in reading and maths are equivalent to about two years of lost schooling.
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
An appropriate time to repost "re:Placed," work I made years ago to explore the idea that how we experience places—directly or via photographs—is affected by the names by which we know them. The imperialist impulse to rename is not a joke; it reveals intent. www.alanbulley.com#/new-gallery...
While reading Liz Wells’ excellent book, Land matters: landscape photography, culture and identity, I was struck by this paragraph:

“The act of naming is an act of taming. In Western culture, describing space as desert, or wilderness, or planet, represents potential comprehensibility and cues scientific and philosophical enquiry. By naming I mean both the terming of a space as, for example, wilderness, and the naming of such space, for example, Antarctica. Naming turns space into place.”

This suggests that an ‘empty’ piece of land takes on a new status once we attach a label to it. With the history of colonization in what is now called Canada, we can push this further: re-naming a place erases a previous reality and creates a new identity for it, ignoring whatever peoples might already have been present. In a real sense, the land has been re-placed.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 22/08/2026
Mark Carney says Canada is now ‘at war’ with US over trade ft.trib.al/PViWHCo
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Mark Carney says Canada is now ‘at war’ with US over trade
Prime Minister says Donald Trump miscalculated by escalating his tariffs attack on the country
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Ok, Canada: looks like we just moved from #elbowsup to #glovesoff
pm.gc.ca
Statement by Prime Minister Carney on Canada-U.S. trade negotiations
We have recognised from the beginning that America has changed, and that we will not return to our old relationship. Our government understood, before many, that America is altering all its trade rela...
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Very pleased to see my profile of @martinecote.bsky.social and her work in the latest issue of @photoeditorial.bsky.social. Writing for the magazine for the last five years has let me interview many fine photographers and keep up with new photobooks. #Canadian #photography #publication
Two-page spread of a magazine showing a red lighthouse in winter. Cover page of PhotoED Magazine, showing a white lighthouse in snow.
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
thetyee.ca
Smith Goes Full MAGA Right Wing on Hate Speech | The Tyee
The Alberta premier slaps down Edmonton police and says the UCP will order a halt to prosecutions.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks. The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks. It's worth pointing out once again: the stock market is not the economy.
theguardian.com
US stock market hits record highs as AI profits pile and oil prices ease
S&P 500 shot up 1.8% and the main measure of Wall Street’s health topped its prior all-time high set a few months ago
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"The Carney administration is treating China as a market while the Chinese state treats Canada as a target." Building a coherent approach to relationship with yet another major power that is simultaneously an opportunity and a serious risk. #cdnpoli #trade #security
thewalrus.ca
Chinese Spies Are Recruiting Canadians on LinkedIn | The Walrus
Networking sites are the latest front in Beijing’s espionage campaign
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 05/08/2026
Modeling shows the sovereignist PQ could win a Quebec majority with just 31% of the vote. Think about that: almost 70% of voters could support a different party, yet one gets 100% of the power. Demand proportional representation across the country today.
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Minister Sarkaria claims that the feds listened to “a small, fringe group in Toronto” (with 87,000 responses to a public consultation?) and that he has heard from "communities in the north, hospital CEOs, [and] mayors in eastern Ontario". How are the needs of these people not already met by YTZ?
torontotoday.ca
Ford government won’t return Billy Bishop Airport land to City of Toronto
‘If this is how they’re going to treat bigger projects, I don’t think you’ll get much built,’ says Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Very happy to report that, thanks to @torschtheology.bsky.social, my exhibition at this year's Contact Photography Festival can still be seen until the end of September. Take a look and let me know what you think... For details: contactphoto.com/festival/202... #cdnpoli #democracy #canada
A photograph of a souvenir snow globe showing the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. The picture features in Alan Bulley's photography exhibition entitled The Ottawa Bubble.
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The Government of Canada makes the right call on the Ford government's high-handed plans for an unpopular, unnecessary and unhealthy expansion to Toronto's Billy Bishop Airport. #cdnpoli #billybishop
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
"Sham survey." Yes, that's exactly the way to categorize a federal 'consultation' with leading questions and the complete absence of a business case or concrete proposal. Yup, a sham. #nojetsTO #BillyBishop
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David Eby @davidebybc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
There is not a chance in hell that US alcohol is going back on the shelf in B.C.
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This is an excellent piece, in spite of its title (when the Conservatives were in power, they didn't make any attempt to amend our voting system, either). The more important point is that #FPTP grossly skews seat distribution so that it rarely represents actual voting patterns across the country.
thewalrus.ca
How Canada Keeps the Conservatives Shut Out of Power | The Walrus
First-past-the-post has failed our democracy. Here’s a way to make it truly representative
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 17/07/2026
Doug Ford vows to fight wildfires by building as many new spas as necessary
thebeaverton.com
Doug Ford vows to fight wildfires by building as many new spas as necessary
QUEEN'S PARK - As thick smoke blankets Ontario skies, Premier Doug Ford has declared that he will divert public funds to as many private spa facilities as it takes to douse the raging wildfires.
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Politics is about hard trade-offs. But the PM uses his political credit to pretend he can magically turn them into win-wins, whether it's trade or climate policy. This is not going to work forever. The limits of this approach.... www.thestar.com/business/opi...
thestar.com
I've covered climate policy for years. The haze over Toronto finally shattered my optimism
The wildfire smoke has choked my faith in Canada's climate future, writes Adam Radwanski. We used to at least be trying. Now we're betting against energy transition.
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"American wineries, breweries, distilleries, and other beverage producers deserve fair access to Canadian markets, not discriminatory treatment from one of our closest trading partners," Tenney said. Let's ask Canadian steel workers, automakers and lumber producers about "discriminatory treatment."
cbc.ca
Republican lawmaker takes aim at provincial booze bans | CBC News
A Republican lawmaker in Washington is firing back at Canadian provinces for retaliating against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs by banning sales of U.S. alcohol.
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
In case we didn't already know that #FIFA is for sale to the highest bidder.... #corruption #dirty #sports www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...
nytimes.com
Folarin Balogun available for USMNT vs. Belgium as red card ban suspended
Balogun was set to be suspended for Monday's game at Lumen Field in Seattle but is now free to be selected.
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
How nice that @toronto.ca marked the end of our second week in the city like this. And, oh yes: Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦 #Toronto #Canada
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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
NEW: Barely half a year after the provincial government ordered Toronto to stop issuing speeding tickets from the cameras it had set up across the city, staff say the number of drivers blasting past the limit has increased more than 350%. #Topoli #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1193652...
globalnews.ca
Speeding increases in Toronto significantly after province turns off cameras | Globalnews.ca
In November 2025, the Ford government completed a controversial and rapid removal of automated speed cameras from municipalities.
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Looks like the Germans have arrived in Toronto for today's World Cup game.
German fans parade on Queens Quay West in Toronto, ahead of today's World Cup game. German fans parade on Queens Quay West in Toronto, ahead of today's World Cup game. German fans parade on Queens Quay West in Toronto, ahead of today's World Cup game.
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 19/06/2026
Polling firm sends Doug Ford legal letter demanding retraction over ‘fake’ poll comment globalnews.ca/news/1191280... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
globalnews.ca
Polling firm sends Doug Ford legal letter demanding retraction over ‘fake’ poll comment | Globalnews.ca
On Thursday, Global News learned the firm sent Ford's office a letter demanding a retraction after Ford claimed a poll was "fake."
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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"Rob's in the garden doing some sort of craft work with the kids."
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13/06/2026
The hill I will die on: I really don’t like ‘like’ – or other imprecise and redundant speech | Louis de Bernières
theguardian.com
The hill I will die on: I really don’t like ‘like’ – or other imprecise and redundant speech | Louis de Bernières
Junk speak, like junk food, encourages verbal littering. It has to be one of the worst things about life in Britain, says author Louis de Bernières
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 11/06/2026
"Five years of flat resentment index scores among these UCP supporters — despite changes to carbon pricing, renewed pipeline planning and intergovernmental agreements — suggests that the grievance is not transactional." policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/06/albe...
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Grievances in Alberta: how deep, how broad?
New survey data suggests Alberta separatism is concentrated among UCP voters, not broadly shared across the province.
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Photography Editorial Magazine @photoeditorial.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Our latest photo book GIVE AWAY! www.patreon.com/photoedmagaz...
patreon.com
Photo Book Giveaway! | photoED Magazine
Thanks to our friends at Goose Lane Books, we have a copy of Susan Lapides' St. George to to GIVE AWAY to a supporting PATREON PATRON! New B
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Viory @viory.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
(gift article)
nytimes.com
Duane Michals, Photographer With Stories to Tell, Dies at 94
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Foreign interference is bad, obviously, but this is a story about social media and the business model underpinning social media.
cbc.ca
Facebook is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism | CBC Music
A CBC News investigation found a number of Facebook accounts run by people overseas impersonating real Albertan separatists.
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Marit Stiles @maritstilesndp.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I wrote to Prime Minister Carney today.   Doug Ford said Canada wasn't for sale. Then he rammed through the Billy Bishop expansion – pushed by an American company tied to JP Morgan. (1/2)
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 28/05/2026
It’s not just the US struggling; Canada is sliding too, warns Andrew Coyne. We must face the crisis of first-past-the-post and our unrepresentative system, which fails to offer true proportionate representation. Real democratic reform is urgent now. www.pictongazette.ca/post/saving-...
pictongazette.ca
Saving Democracy - Picton Gazette | The Picton Gazette
The astonishing rise of a corrupt, authoritarian government in the United States has put new urgency into the calls to “save our democracy.” Not just there, but here. Both the US and Canada, with…
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Where else can you hear about Victorian architecture, men in costumes, and citizen surveillance in one show? Why, at my artist's talk for The Ottawa Bubble, of course! This Sunday, May 24 at 3pm at 47 Queen's Park Crescent East, Toronto. @torschtheology.bsky.social #democracy #photography
A poster announcing the artist talk by Alan Bulley on Sunday, May 24 at 3pm. Venue is 47 Queen's Park Crescent East, Toronto.
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Planning to be in Toronto on Sunday, May 24? Drop by @torschtheology.bsky.social at 3pm for an artist's talk on my project, "The Ottawa Bubble," the product of 18 months of photographing in and around Canada's Commons. Come say "hello" at 47 Queen's Park Crescent East! #democracy #art #Canada
Alan Bulley stands in front of a row of photographs from his project entitled "The Ottawa Bubble."
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Steve Paikin @spaikin.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The nomination meetings are the problem www.tvo.org/article/anal... #onpoli #cdnpoli @ontliberal.bsky.social @ontariopcparty.bsky.social
tvo.org
ANALYSIS: The nomination meetings are the problem | TVO Today
Nate Erskine-Smith’s allegations should force parties to clean up their acts. We’d all be grateful.
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
It's her day in much of Canada, so why not check out some of her legacy through my show, "The Ottawa Bubble"? It's on now at the Toronto School of Theology admin bldg (47 Queen's Park Crescent E.) as part of the 2026 Contact Photography Festival. #photography #art #canpoli #Victoria
A statue of Queen Victoria at twilight on Parliament Hill, Ottawa.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
If you love cities, want them to be better, and are concerned about the unprecedented lies and disinformation being used to block badly needed solutions, please consider following @urbantruth.bsky.social, check out hashtag #UrbanTruth, and share our posters & content. Thanks.
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Planning to be in Toronto on Sunday, May 24? Drop by @torschtheology.bsky.social at 3pm for an artist's talk on my project, "The Ottawa Bubble," the product of 18 months of photographing in and around Canada's Commons. Come say "hello" at 47 Queen's Park Crescent East! #democracy #art #Canada
Alan Bulley stands in front of a row of photographs from his project entitled "The Ottawa Bubble."
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
There is no business plan necessitating the expansion of Billy Bishop Airport and the downsides -- economic, environmental and human -- are being deliberately ignored by the Ford government. More needs to be said about who would actually benefit from such a reckless and destructive plan.
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 08/05/2026
The federal government would be making a big mistake if they follow through on an idea to privatize Canada’s airports. By CCPA Executive Director, @peggynash.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
policyalternatives.ca
Keep Canadian airports public | CCPA
The federal government would be making a big mistake if they follow through on an idea to privatize Canada’s airports
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Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
A big thank-you to all who came to the opening of The Ottawa Bubble on Saturday. As you know, even a solo show requires the efforts a small, skilled village! Thanks to @fabricefoto.bsky.social, Display Laminating, and the @torschtheology.bsky.social. #democracy #art #canpoli #parliament
A photograph of part of the installation of my photo project, showing a large print over a Victorian fireplace and portions of prints to the left and right.
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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Thanks @shawnmicallef.bsky.social for calling out Toronto's #LPC MP's for not defending our city's stake in the future of Billy Bishop Airport. I already e-mailed my new MP (Danielle Martin) & encourage other Torontonials to contact their MP's too. #cdnpoli #NoJetsTO www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
thestar.com
Shawn Micallef: Toronto’s Liberal MPs have a duty to defend the city’s stake in the future of Billy Bishop airport. So why aren’t they
Billy Bishop is owned and operated by the Toronto Port Authority, a federally regulated agency, which gives Liberal MPs authority over any airport plans.
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100 Mile Arts Network - Réseau des arts du coin @100milearts.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Announcing our next In-Between Show - Martin Brooks: Quiet City Martin Brooks presents Quiet City, an exhibition featuring painterly views captured through the City of Ottawa traffic camera network. Join us for the Vernissage on May 2nd at 1 p.m. Full info at : 100milearts.net/brooks
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