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Claire Trottier 🇨🇦

@doctrott.bsky.social
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🗒️Chair of Euphrosine Foundation, chair of @patmillscanada.bsky.social , co-founder of @wecobien.bsky.social, Board of Trottier Family Foundation 📚 Co-owner of @joiedelivresmtl.bsky.social 📢 Views are my own

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h
TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
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Claire Trottier 🇨🇦 @doctrott.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Unbelievable
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Claire Trottier 🇨🇦 @doctrott.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sigh
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/10/2026
The NYT is ok with extremist ideology as an anecdote in a profile—but highly allergic to any deeper examination of the ideology itself. No one gets to write an op-ed explaining any of this. That’s not allowed. But a billionaire can drop it in a quote as a passing comment.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/10/2026
“Democracy has been hailed as, like, the holy grail for the last couple hundred years, but democracies are inefficient,” said the crypto billionaire. “If you get a benevolent dictator, it’s actually extremely efficient." Hmm, where have I heard this before? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
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Inside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-Convict (Gift Article)
Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 05/10/2026
🔥 NEW 🔥 They looked like messages from Bay Area residents worried about the cost of new climate rules on heat pumps. But dozens were sent by a company that uses AI. Now we’ve found Chevron gave $150,000 to the group behind the campaign. Read Desmog's latest buff.ly/ad2K6dw
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Chevron Gave $150K to Bay Area Group Accused of Using AI to Fight Heat Pump Rule
The group claimed victory after regulators recommended delaying landmark rules that would eventually phase out gas water heaters in 2.8 million homes.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 03/10/2026
More confirmation and details of the deep ties between Alberta separatists and Trump Republicans. They are part of the same far-right populist movement. And the Americans are deeply involved in promoting disunity in Canada. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 03/10/2026
Oh wow In May, I reported Alberta separatists were using an app developed by GOP operatives with ties to US ambassador Pete Hoekstra @theglobeandmail.com now reports the same operatives flew to Calgary on a private jet for a secret meeting with separatist leaders: pressprogress.ca/alberta-sepa...
The pitch began with a prayer.
On an afternoon in late January, Mitch Sylvestre, the leader of Alberta's most prominent separatist organization, gathered with three of his lieutenants in a boardroom not far from the executive hangars at the Calgary International Airport, where private jets shuttle in and out of the city away from prying eyes.
It was a few hours before thousands of Albertans would gather near the city centre at a rally to launch the separatist campaign. But this meeting, convened behind closed doors a half-hour drive away, was invite only.
The Alberta Prosperity Project chose the location to accommodate its guests, Republican political strategists from Michigan who helped Donald Trump win the state in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
The American delegation travelled to Calgary to sell them on software developed for Republicans to get out the vote - and how it could be used to wrench Alberta from Confederation.
"They were young Christians. Capable, intelligent people," Mr. Sylvestre said. "We prayed before we started the meeting.""There is no secrecy'
One of the key figures behind the Michigan software company has expressed strong views on Alberta.
On July 1, Mr. Born wrote on social media: "On this Canada Day, I hope this is the last year Alberta is part of Canada." He has also called for U.S. annexation of the province.
A hunter, outdoorsman and commercial real estate agent in Grand Rapids, Mr. Born is the stepson of J.C. Huizenga, a wealthy Republican donor and founder of National Heritage Academies, a network of conservative charter schools in the U.S.
Mr. Wierda is the nephew of Erik Prince, who founded and ran the private military contractor Blackwater before it was sold to investors in 2010, and Betsy DeVos, the education secretary during Mr. Trump's first term.
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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Holy cow "government’s huge subsidization of this project – up to 90 per cent of a $40-billion pipeline with ownership split evenly between Ottawa and Edmonton – ....." What kind of a deal is that? esp cuz we're subsidizing the past world of energy markets www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: Is it really a good idea for the government to subsidize a pipeline?
Designating the West Coast pipeline as a project of national interest exposes a global reality: Fossil fuels haven’t just lost to clean energy – they’ve already lost
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 01/10/2026
“Alberta government and the federally owned Trans Mountain Corporation would each own 45% of the pipeline, with … Pembina Pipeline Corporation owning a 10% stake through the construction phase.” Mark Carney said a new pipeline had to be privately financed, but now taxpayers are on the hook again.
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West Coast oil pipeline becomes 1st project designated in national interest | CBC News
The federal and Alberta governments have announced that a proposed pipeline carrying one million barrels of oil a day from Alberta to the B.C. coast has become the first project designated in the nati...
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Claire Trottier 🇨🇦 @doctrott.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh wow congratulations!!
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What’s economic inequality got to do with global health? Everything! Grateful to @doctrott.bsky.social for her lecture on the importance of wealth taxation at our global health course at @mcgill.ca
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Claire Trottier 🇨🇦 @doctrott.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thanks for having me!
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Claire Trottier 🇨🇦 @doctrott.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nooooo that show was amazing. Why can’t we have nice things?
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Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
See Patriotic Millionaire Emma Davis with other leading thinkers addressing wealth inequality, the tax code, and the forces behind economic and political power. Join @thewalrus.ca Talks the Billionaire Problem Thursday, at 7pm ET. Register now to watch in person or online: bit.ly/4iCJqoW
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The Walrus Talks The Billionaire Problem
What the rise of the super rich means for democracy, affordability, and Canada’s future
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Not yet clear what happened here but the fact that “gunfire damaged three Toronto-area synagogues in less than a week” is extremely disturbing. No legitimate political cause can be furthered by these antisemitic attacks.
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Philippe de Grosbois @metronomephil.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
« dans la bonne société, on nomme ce monstre des temps nouveaux "Donald Trump". La décadence de l’Amérique, ce serait le trumpisme. (...) La monstruosité existe aussi, faut-il le rappeler, chez ceux que l’on nous présente comme les héros de la résistance à Trump. » www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chro...
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Deux Occidents, une menace
La monstruosité qui nous menace n’a pas besoin de Donald Trump pour gagner du terrain.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/09/2026
It's so funny that Mamdani is doing *exactly* what the abundance types are calling for -- competent government in service of constituents' quality of life -- but they can't embrace him because their billionaire donors hate Muslims.
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Floyd Marinescu @floydmarinescu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I joined Patriotic Millionaires Canada on @canadaland.com podcast to talk about how we could tax wealth more fairly to fund the things Canada needs, like healthcare and basic income. Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts www.canadaland.com/podcast/199-...
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#199 Three Millionaires Who Say They're Under-Taxed
South of the border, billionaires are getting eaten alive.
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I wrote about Anthropic’s weird week. newrepublic.com/post/215308/...
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Someone Should Maybe Do Something About the AI Apocalypse, Right?
The AI industry say it’s holding a doomsday gun—and warning us it will go off soon.
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Tonton OB @able-baker.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“This year what we witnessed was, quite brazenly, the world’s richest men gathering to discuss the real estate possibilities of a mass grave.”
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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Great piece by @petermacleod.bsky.social in today’s @thestar.com about how Alberta separatism is a sign of a bigger problem in Canadian politics. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Matthew Mendelsohn @mendelmatt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/radio/justas...
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Digital sovereignty has come up in trade talks, but what does it mean? | CBC Radio
Tensions between Canada and the United States have raised concerns about Canada's digital sovereignty, but what does that term mean, and how can Canada promote it? Experts say it's about making sure C...
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Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
In a culture where "respect your elders" is so deeply entrenched ......
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The Gen Z Revolt Sweeping South Asia | NOEMA
Youth are challenging the kind of autocracy, corruption and predatory economics now coming to America.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 04/09/2026
Environmental groups say there’s a reason why the federal government quietly released its latest climate report, which finds that average temperatures in Canada are set to go up by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century.
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Carney government accused of burying climate report warning of worsening impacts
The report, which analyzes the impacts of climate change in Canada, was posted to a government website with no fanfare on Thursday evening ahead of the Labour Day long weekend.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I don't think it should be controversial to say, "we will not provide financial or military assistance to a country where the Minister of National Security brags about popping people's dreams of 'food' and 'education' then sending them to a prison where they are starved."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Kara Swisher calls @Google @googlemaps @googleearth “NOODLE SPINED” “UNCTUOUS QUISLINGS” who “SOIL THEMSELVES” 🔥
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Dolly Parton, advocate for vaccines, public health, literacy and marginalized communities www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Dolly Parton dies aged 80 — researchers celebrate her contributions to science
The country singer was an advocate for vaccines, public health, literacy and marginalized communities.
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Claire Trottier 🇨🇦 @doctrott.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Great analogy to use with young people about AI
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
years too late for my mother but not for countless other people. personally I feel pretty strongly that we should continue to fund science research
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Totally avoidable and 100% preventable share.google/z2aqgzAq0oFx...
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Two unvaccinated people die of measles in Pennsylvania
Cases in the US have hit the highest point since the virus was eliminated, as vaccination rates decline.
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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I think something a fair number of people refuse to engage with is that American Jews have good reason to fear for their physical safety. Zionism is a morally and practically disastrous response to that, but the underlying concern is legitimate.
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Claire Trottier 🇨🇦 @doctrott.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I have purchased more Canada paraphernalia in the last 18 months than my entire life combined
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A+ outfit
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Claire Trottier 🇨🇦 @doctrott.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Some actual bold ideas that would reinforce Canadian sovereignty, grow our economy, and stick it to the tech bros. Sign me up!
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 24/08/2026
"If there’s one position I hold firmly, it’s that emotional reactions that motivate people to political action have no place in the dispassionate domain of policy discussions." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/pro...
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Progressives Need to Reconsider Their Approach If They Want Their Concerns to Be Dismissed Seriously
“The only way this burgeoning left movement can earn a seat at the table of shallow compromises is if they adjust their approach to the discourse and welcome...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
But the truth is not some compromise halfway between the truth and the lie, the fact and the delusion, the scientists and the propagandists. And the ethical is not halfway between white supremacists and human rights activists, rapists and feminists...
Nevertheless, we get this hopelessly naïve version of centrism, of the idea that if we’re nicer to the other side there will be no other side, just one big happy family. This inanity is also applied to the questions of belief and fact and principle, with some muddled cocktail of moral relativism and therapists’ “everyone’s feelings are valid” applied to everything. But the truth is not some compromise halfway between the truth and the lie, the fact and the delusion, the scientists and the propagandists. And the ethical is not halfway between white supremacists and human rights activists, rapists and feminists, synagogue massacrists and Jews, xenophobes and immigrants, delusional transphobes and trans people. Who the hell wants unity with Nazis until and unless they stop being Nazis?
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Claire Trottier 🇨🇦 @doctrott.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Proud to be a class traitor with my fellow @patmillscanada.bsky.social members
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Natalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"Canadian businesses must stop wishcasting for a world that no longer exists." Yes and: Canada's govt is lobbied by a purportedly Cdn big tech sector that's US-owned and pleased with the new normal. It poses a real security problem for Canada in its own right and should be considered accordingly.
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Claire Trottier 🇨🇦 @doctrott.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We’re having a huge event with her in September! It’s a collaboration with Pop Montreal with live music from bands featured on the show, you should come!!
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Christopher-J (aka Eustach the Wanderer) @chrjcar.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Nova Scotia author #RachelReid has donated $300,000 to the Annapolis Valley Regional #Library after hearing five branches were set to permanently shutter. #HeatedRivalry www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Heated Rivalry author donates $300K to 5 rural libraries facing closure | CBC News
Rachel Reid says when she heard five libraries in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley were set to permanently close their doors, she wanted to help as much as she could.
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Claire Trottier 🇨🇦 @doctrott.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
She’s the best
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Andrew Coyne on dealing with Trump: "If you lose no matter what you do, then you might as well do what you want to do. You might as well do the thing that you think is the best thing for the country and not worry too much about what his response is going to be." #cdnpoli
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 15/08/2026
PRETEND: “Give me something I haven’t seen before!” ACTUAL: “But it needs to fit on the shelf next to three identical books already optioned for television. Risky but safe, edgy but soothing, queer but market-tested.”
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A Queer Writer’s Survival Guide to the Literary Agent Hypocrisy Circus: PRETEND vs. ACTUAL
PRETEND: “We want queer joy! Write freely!” ACTUAL: “But make sure there’s a straight best friend to guide the reader through the scary parts. If anyone has ...
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
our entire global financial system is currently leveraged to the hilt on the premise that it was good and right for a small cadre of US companies to steal all of the intellectual work ever produced by humanity and sell its back to us without credit or remuneration to the authors (plagiarism)
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Claire Trottier 🇨🇦 @doctrott.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
For me it’s the horses combined with the spaceships.
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Ethan Lou @ethanlou.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Not addressing climate change costs the economy more. When will we finally get this? The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by Christina Caron, Glen Hodgson: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: Not addressing climate change costs the economy more. When will we finally get this?
Recent analysis found that global GDP per capita would be more than 25 per cent higher today had no warming occurred
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