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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Two important MAID decisions: 1. MAID will not be available for those seeking it for mental illness alone. 2. New advance directive now possible: a competent person can request MAID be honoured later ex: with a diagnosis of dementia. #Canada globalnews.ca/news/1209116...
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Canada won’t expand MAID for mental illness alone, minister says - National | Globalnews.ca
Currently, the law excludes MAID for people seeking it on grounds of mental illness, but the exception is set to expire in March 2027.
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Why are so many Canadians on a platform owned by a man intent on breaking up Canada? I will never understand this level of apathy and denial.
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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 06/10/2026
Distraction is the second leading cause of fatal crashes in our region and province. We hope that all candidates take that seriously, especially those from a party campaigning on public safety. (Video from ABC School Board Candidate Lina Vargas on Instagram)
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Once again, for the politicians, business leaders, and journalists still actively posting on X/Twitter: why? You're using a platform that's owned by someone who's trying to break up your country. The juice isn't worth the squeeze.
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Vote early for municipal elections, BC. You're "just not into politics"? Your landlord is. Your employer is. Guy whose doorbell sas it's recording you every time you walk by, he votes. Folks who hate immigrants, they're "into" voting. You won't shape your city? They will. #bcpoli #yyj #yvr
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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Social media has been more of a (X) for democracy in the Canada" Bad thing: 55% Good thing: 40% Gallup / May 2026
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Stephen Harper after the Quebec election in 2012. globalnews.ca/news/283803/...
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Gerald Butts @gmbutts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Elon Musk is South African because Saskatchewan wasn’t white enough for his grandfather in 1950.
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Patrick Déry @patrickdery.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
À gauche, ce qui est arrivé lundi. À droite, ce qui aurait dû arriver. Ce n'est pas une opinion politique. Tôt ou tard, le système qui avantage nos préférences finit par jouer contre nous. Avec un scrutin proportionnel, la population obtient une Assemblée nationale qui lui ressemble. /1
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mauditanglais @mauditanglais.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm not a monarchist, but the Superior Court of Quebec forcing PSPP to take the oath to the King is very high up on my list of very funny events about to happen. www.lapresse.ca/elections-qu...
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Assemblée nationale | Un avocat veut forcer les élus à prêter serment au roi
Lawrence David n’a fait ni une ni deux. Le juriste a déposé une demande d’injonction en Cour supérieure au lendemain de l’élection québécoise pour restaurer l’obligation de prêter serment au roi Charl...
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The House of Commons is debating the price of food, which is a bit weird because eliminating the carbon tax was supposed to solve that problem.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 07/10/2026
Opinion: Inscribed on a new statue by Danish sculptor Jens Galschiøt: “I am sitting on the back of a man. He is sinking under my burden. I will do anything to help him. Except step down from his back.” The Mad King vowed to Make America Great Again. Instead, he has made Protest Art Great Again.
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A 23-karat gold naked Donald Trump statue is now in the European Parliament
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Taras Grescoe 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 06/10/2026
#Quebec's new government: We want more highways, not green electric trains. "PQ says it would block Quebec component of proposed Alto high-speed rail system. "The dollars Ottawa has earmarked for train should instead be given to Quebec with no strings attached, to be used on roads..."
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PQ in power: What Quebecers can expect from a St-Pierre Plamondon government
The premier designate could have an eye on a possible referendum, but he will also have other immediate priorities.
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 06/10/2026
Quebec’s election saw one of the most distorted election results in Canadian history: the PQ won 46% of seats with 28% vote, while the CAQ got zero seats with over 500,000 votes. Read our write-up to see how proportional representation fixes this. www.fairvote.ca/06/10/2026/p...
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Parti Québécois wins 46% of the seats with 28% of the vote
Quebec election 2026 with first-past-the-post. Parti Québécois wins 46% of the seats with 28% of the vote.
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Patrick Déry @patrickdery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Le gouvernement élu lundi est le moins représentatif de toute notre histoire politique. Ce n’est pas une question péquiste, libérale, conservatrice ou solidaire, de gauche ou de droite. Mais d’équité et de légitimité démocratique. Mon texte👇 avezvousvotepourca.substack.com/p/le-gouvern...
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Le gouvernement le moins représentatif de l’histoire du Québec
Au moins, il est minoritaire.
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Ben Spurr @benspurr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Chris Alexander, polling a distant third in the Toronto mayor’s race, is holding a press conference this morning to announce “next steps” in his campaign.
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Glen Gower @glengower.ca · 06/10/2026
This group and their message is harmful and dangerous. If you see these posters anywhere in Ottawa, call By-law at 3-1-1 and they will be removed. Or feel free to just rip them down. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Des Fisher 🍁 @desfisher.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Lesson from QC election: When your opponents are gaining traction on certain issues, don't move toward them and pass legislation endorsing their position; it only strengthens them. How much political capital did they spend on culture war stuff only to be wiped out a couple years later?
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
the whole point for me of becoming an academic was to get to spend my life reading the thoughts of other weird little minds, and helping those other weird little minds find their own way, and AI has largely stolen that from me, and I will never be okay with it.
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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 06/10/2026
I know the main headline here is PQ back in power and possibly a referendum to follow, but the 1a headline is absolutely that first past the post is not a great fit for politics in Quebec (and other provinces) at the moment.
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Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The PQ Wins Election, Setting Up a New Fight over Quebec Separation My column for @thewalrus.ca : thewalrus.ca/the-pq-wins-...
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The PQ Wins Election, Setting Up a New Fight over Quebec Separation | The Walrus
St-Pierre Plamondon takes office determined to put independence back to a vote
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"For the first time in 100 years, voters have agreed to send a large Conservative caucus" haha woww great, turn that clock back to 1926.
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mauditanglais @mauditanglais.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The PQ is holding its victory party in Montreal, a city that voted against the PQ in a landslide, absolutely wild stuff
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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This election should be a driver to eliminate FPTP across ALL of Canada. No party should get even close to a majority with 30% of the vote. And yet they nearly won one with 28%
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Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
On dirait que ça va être une belle soirée pour Qc125. Pas parfait, évidemment. Il y a TOUJOURS des surprises, mais on dirait ~120 bons gagnants sur 127. Dans prochains jours, je vais étudier les résultats en détails pour apporter les ajustements nécessaires. Merci à tous !
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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 29/09/2026
Here’s the thing about white supremacy in BC today: The Premier and opposition party have spent the last year saying “First Nations are coming for your homes. Private property is sacrosanct.” These politicians deny such statements are stoking racist backlash. But they are
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donoteat @donoteat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
lotta people out here bragging about "training models" but why do that when you can model trains
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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Poor Péquistes, now that they’re officially a minority, they’ll have to discriminate against themselves
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 06/10/2026
Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system at it again: Québec’s incumbent CAQ party is on track to be wiped off the map despite getting 14% of the vote Québec Solidaire on track to win 11 seats with 11% of the vote
Seat standings
Popular vote
Votes and share don't show who won the election; the number of MNAs determines who wins.

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LEAD
TOTAL
VOTES
SHARE
| PQ O
32
28
60
636,700
28.8%
| LIB
22
14
36
514,839
23.3%
| PCQ
13
7
20
473,490
21.4%
I QS
2
9
11
244,125
11%
CAQ



313,870
14.2%
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David Webster @dwebster.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just finished this staggeringly good and important book.
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Yannick Belzil @yannickbelzil.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Très content de voir qu'un clown que personne ne respectait sur le forum des Cowboys Fringants en 2005 est maintenant élu à l'assemblée nationale.
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Patrick Déry @patrickdery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ce n'est pas normal qu'on soit en train de contempler la possibilité d'un gouvernement « majoritaire » avec 30 % du vote. Ce n'est pas normal qu'à peu près tous les commentateurs font comme si c'était normal. C'est anormal, peu importe le parti. Une « majorité », ce n'est pas 3 personnes sur 10.
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Rine Vieth @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
PSPP as an MNA from Montréal and yet he hates Montréal, still doesn't make sense to me. #QCpol
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Rob Hoadley @robhoadley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In honour of the PQ forming government in Quebec, here is the coolest photograph ever taken of a Canadian Premier
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I wonder if the CAQ regrets not fixing the electoral system?
CAQ 1 seat from 16 of the vote
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026
Every day I have a new reason to hate AI, but today’s is that they faked the work of one of my longtime collaborators.
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Alexandre Boulerice has won Gouin. It will be interesting to see if he's an effective MNA after all his time in Ottawa as the NDP's sole French-speaker.
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mauditanglais @mauditanglais.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We're going to have at least one Radio X host in the Cabinet. We're going to be governed by the dumbest fucking people in Quebec.
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Corb Lund expresses ‘grave concerns’ about how Elections Alberta rejected his ‘Water Not Coal’ petition. albertapolitics.ca/2026/07/corb...
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Corb Lund expresses ‘grave concerns’ about how Elections Alberta rejected his ‘Water Not Coal’ petition - Alberta Politics
‘This has been an unreasonable and opaque process from the beginning,’ musician and reluctant environmentalist says After learning that 35,000 signatures on Corb Lund’s Water Not Coal citizen initiati...
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Court Theory 🎾 @courttheory.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Y'all, what is going on with tennis.com?
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Tennis Scores, Tournaments, Rankings & News
Live tennis scores, tournament coverage, player rankings, and news from every tour.
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Owen Lewis @owensports.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Late to this but it is really depressing to see that tennis.com has turned into a results website and the archive of many great articles over the years is now condensed into a single link at the bottom of the homepage
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 10/06/2026
If you need a script for getting your company off Twitter, I WROTE YOU ONE. Multiple people have used it, successfully, to explain the legal liability your company incurs by forcing employees to be on a platform with child sexual abuse material. I will help you use it. anildash.com/2026/02/23/t...
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Taking action against AI harms - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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Matthew De George @sportsdoctormd.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Honestly, maybe in the top half of analysts in the rotation
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elliepnw.bsky.social @elliepnw.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Seattle elects a socialist mayor, wins the Super Bowl NYC elects a socialist mayor, wins the NBA finals Win your city a major sports title with this one neat trick
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography @dcb-dbc.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Bio of the Day: Michael Whelan (1858–1937), folk poet. The “Bard of Renous” was from New Brunswick. “The Dungarvon Whooper” is his celebrated narrative about a ghostly voice that haunted the Miramichi woods after a murder at a lumber camp. www.biographi.ca/en/bio/whela...
Gravestone of Michael J. Whelan, poet of Renous.
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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 02/05/2026
A great video from @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social, on how we treat traffic crimes differently than any other crime. We set laws, then let people violate them, even though we know it causes safety issues, and costs lives. And we never redesign the roads to reduce speeding.
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Why Does “Tough on Crime” Not Apply to Drivers?
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
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august 🍂 @auguststreet.ca · 10/05/2026
rare in north america do you get a rapid transit project does all of this: -replaces one of the busiest existing bus routes in a city (wilshire is the 2nd busiest) -is 2-3x faster than the bus (7 min vs 22-30 min) -and way faster than driving (18 min+) los angeles did it. grade-separated rail wins
google map showing travel options between la cienega and western on wilshire. car is 18 min, subway os 10 min, bus is 29 min
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James Andrew Smith @drsmith.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The talking heads are likely right that the hantavirus probably won't lead to the next pandemic. But that's not the point. The point is that it should be looked at as a lower-risk opportunity to practice our processes for the next real pandemic. Because practice makes perfect.
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Radio-Canada Info @info.radio-canada.ca · 09/05/2026
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Congrès de QS : taxer davantage les riches ne les fera pas partir, assure Ghazal
L'événement s'ouvre samedi avec un débat sur l'impôt que devrait payer les grandes fortunes de la province.
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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
"It’s absurd that we even need crossing guards. There are laws and we’re required to follow them. But non-compliance of traffic norms is now baked into our system and culture, a feature not a bug." #ASE www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Shawn Micallef: Why the job of a crossing guard has gotten a lot more dangerous — and what it says about us
It may be absurd that we even need crossing guards, but non-compliance of traffic rules now seems baked into our system and culture.
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