Reposted by Alan BulleyCity of Toronto @toronto.ca · 11hGood morning, Toronto! 🌞 It’s day five of advance voting. Voting places are open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today and daily until tomorrow, Sunday, Oct 11. Election day is Monday, October 26. Find where to vote, what ID to bring, and download your voter information card at toronto.ca/Elections 2177
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Impressive display of lightning over Toronto Harbour this evening. 010
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Perhaps we could try changing the name. Oh, wait... 010
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026= "I and my family stand to gain financially from the establishment of data centers." 070
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026While 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.comJustin Ling: Mark Carney may appeal to vast swathes of the country, but there are some things about Canadians he doesn’t seem to getRather than merely address global policymakers and CEOs, the prime minister needs to talk to more everyday voters. 001
Reposted by Alan BulleyHenry VanderSpek - Photographer @culturesnapca.bsky.social · 26/09/2026An 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 26013
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A 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 0132
Reposted by Alan BulleyHenry VanderSpek - Photographer @culturesnapca.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It’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 253
Reposted by Alan BulleyUrsula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 16/09/2026Dear @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. 39072941981
Reposted by Alan BulleyAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your 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. 5953727913399
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Great 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. 000
Reposted by Alan BulleyJohn Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 08/09/2026Two 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. 41856344
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Looks like no one is telling Witkoff and Kushner what is being written about the meetings in the Russian press. youtu.be/gqM8YcCQAGk?...youtu.be"Diplomacy of the Doomed": what the Russian papers are saying about US talks with PutinYouTube video by Steve Rosenberg 012
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026An 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... 001
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"...the US and UK are meant to be more or less on the same side, after all..." Ask Canada what that gets you. You might be sneering at Starmer's sycophancy, but it sounds like you haven't learned the lesson yet. 031
Reposted by Alan BulleyFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 22/08/2026Mark Carney says Canada is now ‘at war’ with US over trade ft.trib.al/PViWHCoft.trib.alMark Carney says Canada is now ‘at war’ with US over tradePrime Minister says Donald Trump miscalculated by escalating his tariffs attack on the country 1410730
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Ok, Canada: looks like we just moved from #elbowsup to #glovesoffpm.gc.caStatement by Prime Minister Carney on Canada-U.S. trade negotiationsWe 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... 010
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Enough. I'm no constitutional scholar and this will be moot. 000
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Definitions x) “Lawful Sexual Orientation” – is only between consenting adults as defined by the Age of Majority. Strange that orientation seems to be defined by an act. 000
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The Judicial and Oversight Branches will be watching each other. That could prove interesting but would certainly not give rise to potential conflicts of interest or other abuse. 000
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026"ARTICLE III Seats of Government..." Five geographically dispersed Seats of Government suggests built-in inefficiencies in government functions, right from the beginning. 010
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026"9.3 a) The meaning of any provision of this Constitution shall be determined solely by its text, read in its immediate structural context; [...]" Oh, good luck with that. 000
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026"7.2 Every person has the right to access, correct, and delete any kind of personal data held by the State." ANY kind of personal data? That seems pretty broad. Good luck compiling statistical information, overseeing public health, or... collecting taxes? 120
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026"Reservations and their nations will be invited to join an independent Alberta in nation to nation negotiations." Huh? Indigenous people will be "invited" to join an Alberta whose territory sits on land already governed by treaties? 130
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026If I'm reading things properly, it looks like the Toronto Public Library has advance ordered 15 copies... 120
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Very 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 061
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 10/08/2026thetyee.caSmith Goes Full MAGA Right Wing on Hate Speech | The TyeeThe Alberta premier slaps down Edmonton police and says the UCP will order a halt to prosecutions. 110
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 09/08/2026And the prime takeaway is the potential impact on gas prices for Americans. Yup, sounds like sovereignty to me. 000
Reposted by Alan BulleyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The 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.comUS stock market hits record highs as AI profits pile and oil prices easeS&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 14747892010
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 #securitythewalrus.caChinese Spies Are Recruiting Canadians on LinkedIn | The WalrusNetworking sites are the latest front in Beijing’s espionage campaign 010
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Reading that summary, it's almost like people like to forget how these movements and their grievances morph over time. 000
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026That would be great. And no need to reply, but thank you for all the good work you do. 010
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Lucky Regent people! Toronto/ICS is also nice (he hinted). 110
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Hmmm... not seeing any Canadian dates on that list... 😉 100
Reposted by Alan BulleyFair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 05/08/2026Modeling 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. 12413
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I hear you: Canadian corruption saves both time and money. 000
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Minister 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.caFord 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 010
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Very 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 031
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 26/07/2026An excellent question, especially given the demographics of the neighbourhoods that would have been most directly affected. 010
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The 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 020
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 010
Reposted by Alan BulleyDavid Eby @davidebybc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026There is not a chance in hell that US alcohol is going back on the shelf in B.C. 41591181
Alan Bulley @alanbulley.bsky.social · 20/07/2026This 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.caHow Canada Keeps the Conservatives Shut Out of Power | The WalrusFirst-past-the-post has failed our democracy. Here’s a way to make it truly representative 010
Reposted by Alan BulleyThe Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 17/07/2026Doug Ford vows to fight wildfires by building as many new spas as necessarythebeaverton.comDoug Ford vows to fight wildfires by building as many new spas as necessaryQUEEN'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. 16537116
Reposted by Alan BulleyJörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Politics 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.comI've covered climate policy for years. The haze over Toronto finally shattered my optimismThe 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. 15827
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.caRepublican lawmaker takes aim at provincial booze bans | CBC NewsA 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. 000