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Mark Shaw

@markshaw1.bsky.social
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Photographer and sailing nut. Proud Canadian. To remove any misunderstanding uninvited DM = Block 🇨🇦🇺🇦

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BC's New Democrats @bcnewdemocrats.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Even Conservative MLAs don't support Kerry-Lynne Findlay and her Trump-style politics. She attacked the family of Conservative MLA Peter Milobar just because they're Indigenous. She's the most extreme, divisive party leader in BC history. No wonder pro-Trump MLAs all back her.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Pete Hegseth is banishing photographers from the Pentagon over “unflattering” photos of him? Would be a shame if this picture kept circulating.
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The Walrus asked a number of analysts to assess the Defence Industrial Strategy. The result is a very balanced assessment. Kudos! #cdnpoli thewalrus.ca/defence-indu...
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Canada’s New Defence Strategy Is Bold and Unprecedented. Will It Work? | The Walrus
Eight experts break down the plan’s strengths and weaknesses
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Dr. Steve: Keeping the Ambassador Bridge in Perspective. #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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Please Advise! Is Trump’s Brain Totally Pucked? | The Tyee
Why else vow to block the Gordie Howe bridge while proclaiming China will ban the Stanley Cup?
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Land claims: how BC got to where we are. BC Conservative Party and OneBC take note: For a deeper dive, Abbot's book "Unceded" provides an outstanding look. #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
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Why Treaties Are the Best Fix for BC’s Land Uncertainty | The Tyee
Recent court rulings show the province can no longer ignore legal injustices, a former provincial cabinet minister says.
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Danielle Smith is a traitor. #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
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Smith Talked about Heading an Independent Alberta, Says Separatist Leader | The Tyee
Dennis Modry of APP made the claim about the premier to a room full of petition signers.
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Serena @bibliophile99.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
#cdnpoli
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
After months of racism, fear-mongering and BS, Meggs offers some welcome clarity. #bcnews thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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BC Business Leaders Fall Silent on Relations with First Nations | The Tyee
Unwarranted panic over court decisions mean Premier David Eby faces lose-lose options in the legislature.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/01/2026
JUST IN: Sen. Mark Kelly releases statement after SUING Pete Hegseth and the Dept. of Defense
Sen. Kelly: Pete Hegseth is coming after what I earned through my twenty-five years of military service, in violation of my rights as an American, as a retired veteran, and as a United States Senator whose job is to hold him—and this or any administration—accountable. His unconstitutional crusade against me sends a chilling message to every retired member of the military: if you speak out and say something that the President or Secretary of Defense doesn’t like, you will be censured, threatened with demotion, or even prosecuted.

Every servicemember knows military rank is earned, not given. It's earned through the risks you take, the sacrifices you and your family make, the leadership you display, and the respect you earn from the superiors who recommend you for promotion. From the moment I drove through the gates of Naval Air Station Pensacola, to when I was shot at over Iraq and Kuwait, to when I landed Space Shuttle Endeavour on its last mission, I gave everything I had to this country and I earned my rank of Captain, United States Navy.

Now, Pete Hegseth wants our longest-serving military veterans to live with the constant threat that they could be deprived of their rank and pay years or even decades after they leave the military just because he or another Secretary of Defense doesn’t like what they’ve said. That’s not the way things work in the United States of America, and I won’t stand for it.

In 1986, at just 22 years old, I took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. I have fulfilled that oath every day since, but I never expected that I would have to defend it against a Secretary of Defense or President. But I’ve never shied away from a fight for our country, and I won’t shy away from this one. Because our freedom of speech, the separation of powers, and due process are not just words on a page, they are bedrock principles of our democracy that has lasted 250 years and will last 250 more as long as patriotic Americans are willing to stand up for…
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Unapologetic Lee 🇨🇦 @ogcanada.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Looking for Canadian politicians on Bluesky? Does this list miss anyone? blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack... #cdnpoli
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Canadian Politicians on Bluesky - Bluesky Directory
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Yup. She sure looks like a domestic terrorist, doesn't she? How can any objective observer not call this murder?
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
2025 has a silver lining for Canadians. This is the year that we learned how much we love our country. My advice to Americans: Get Over It. #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
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The Year Canada Grew Up
2025 will be remembered as the year where our nation shed its reputation for meekness and asserted itself for the whole world to see.
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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
✨ SUPER SUNDAY PACK ✨ We don't give up around here. You can't black us out! Thanks everyone for continuing the fight. For not giving up on our democracy or your own values! We're #StrongerTogether, and this pack is a perfect example of that. Please 👣 each other and 🔄 the post for wider reach 💙🫂
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suestroud @suestroud.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
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Terminator Xmas
The Chatbot War on Our Kids
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💜Surly Dove @purplehoorean.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
🇨🇦 “Any pundit, politician or commentator who thought that Canada could make its way through this so-called rough patch in U.S.-Canadian relations and come out the other end needs to think again. Trump is not erratic.”
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The Gangster Regime Revealed
Any pundit, politician or commentator who thought that Canada could make its way through this so-called rough patch in U.S.-Canadian relations and come out the other end needs to think again.
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Lounge Lizards 🇨🇦 🍁 @colin-dawny.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
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"A cartoon, titled "Quiet Piggy" by Steve Nease, depicts a Canadian beaver character applying duct tape over the mouth of a man identified as U.S. Ambassador Hoekstra. The beaver is holding a roll of tape and saying "Quiet Piggy," while the ambassador is holding a paper labeled "Anti-Canada Rhetoric". The cartoon is a political commentary on U.S. Ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, and his undiplomatic comments regarding Canada."
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Sal Vadacchino 🇨🇦 @sal-vadacchino.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
'Major error' by Trump has created formidable opponent to MAGA's reign: analyst www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
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'Major error' by Trump has created formidable opponent to MAGA's reign: analyst
President Donald Trump's violent threats aimed at several Democrats, and specifically Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), have now positioned the lawmaker for a potential presidential run in 2028, a commentator s...
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Pat @pat112.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I also do not like the fact that discussions were held with Alberta while excluding both BC and Indigenous who have the most to lose . This creates a situation where BC & Indigenous are the bad guys for simply defending their interests , should they say no #Cdnpoli #Abpoli #Bcpoli
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 11/11/2025
Her brother died in WWI and she helped smuggle his remains to Toronto. Inside a family’s obsession that led to a grave-robbing scandal
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Her brother died in WWI and she helped smuggle his remains to Toronto. Inside a family’s obsession that led to a grave-robbing scandal
Driven by her mother’s grief, Helen Durie helped illegally exhume her WWI soldier brother from France. She’s being recognized on Remembrance Day.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Wishing you all a HAPPY HAMILLWEEN !!! 🎃 👻 😱 💀 🧙‍♀️ 🐈‍⬛ My costume this year is from one of my favorite Disney movies: Pinocchio. How do you like me as Geppetto?
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Comment: Misrepresenting Aboriginal title will not get us anywhere. Excellent column. Brodie and Rustand are not to be trusted on this. #bcnews www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm... via @timescolonist
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Comment: Misrepresenting Aboriginal title will not get us anywhere
Conservative leader John Rustad is using Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie’s letter to justify an immediate halt to negotiations between First Nations and the Province.
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Breaking: the Forever Canadian petition in Alberta collected 456,365 signatures. 296,000 signatures was the requirement for a referendum. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'Forever Canadian' petition surpasses goal, collects 456K signatures | CBC News
Former deputy premier of Alberta, Thomas Lukaszuk, started his campaign as a counter to separatists wanting a referendum on Alberta independence.
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KylePKJP @kylepkjp.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
#cdnpoli #uspoli
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Mark Carney in Malaysia: Canada’s done waiting on an “unreliable” U.S. 🇨🇦. He says a generational budget is coming within two weeks and Canada plans to double exports away from the U.S. over the next decade. #cdnpolitics #MarkCarney #ASEAN #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/A6cs-wrEJRza...
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Carney tries to reassure Canadians after Trump threatens 10% tariff hike — The Globe and Mail
At Malaysia summit, Prime Minister says Canada wants to shift as much trade as possible away from unpredictable U.S.
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Schreck @strategicthoughts.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
#cdnpoli Good for Doug Ford running ads that featured Reagan. Here’s the full Reagan radio broadcast youtu.be/Foggkeiwlp0?...
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Former US president Ronald Reagan FULL 1987 speech on tariffs and free trade
YouTube video by Global News
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Canadians care about the world and we care about each other. So we’re going to fight climate change and build a stronger, more competitive economy – together.
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Sorry, but I've felt that negotiations would be a waste of time ever since Trump made his 51st state comments. This episode suggests that I'm right. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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ANALYSIS | Why did Trump scrap trade talks with Canada? Ontario's anti-tariff ad can't be the only reason | CBC News
Donald Trump's initial public reaction to Ontario's anti-tariffs TV ad gave absolutely no indication that it had triggered him so much that he would later kick the legs out from under the negotiating ...
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Susan Quinn @qsusie.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
#Trump #tradetalks #cdnpoli
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
John Rustad couldn't lead a gang of bloodthirsty vampires to bloodbank! #bcnews thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
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Amid ‘State of Chaos,’ Rustad Is Asked to Resign | The Tyee
BC Conservative party management sent a letter to the leader on Wednesday.
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
"...there is already a framework for how Aboriginal title and fee-simple ownership can coexist in B.C..." This article doesn't have all the answers, but it's a good starting point. #bcnews #cdnpoli vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/10/21/f...
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B.C. First Nations leaders 'appalled' by 'alarmist rhetoric' over Richmond land title decision
First Nations leaders in B.C. say they are "appalled" by "alarmist rhetoric" from politicians raising concerns about private property rights.
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
This is the leadership style of someone is afraid of his own caucs. #bcpoli thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Rustad Leads an Unruly Lot. He Can Blame Himself | The Tyee
Maybe signalling to caucus and staff that party politics is a free-for-all wasn’t such a good idea.
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Is anyone really surprised? #CrazyPete will never change. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Poilievre blasts ‘despicable’ RCMP leadership, accuses Mounties of covering up for Trudeau | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre took aim at the RCMP’s independence in a recent interview, calling the national police force’s leadership "despicable" and accused it of covering up for the Libera...
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Nicely summarizes the #bcpoli perspective on Northern Gateway 2.0 #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/16/o...
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Alberta is forgetting the hard-won lessons of Northern Gateway
If Danielle Smith wants to build another pipeline across British Columbia, she might want to spend some time actually trying to understand what makes it tick first.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Imagine that
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
There is an even more important step: find a company who is dumb enough to invest money in it. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Alberta will need B.C. government’s backing to build proposed pipeline: energy minister | CBC News
Canada’s energy minister says Alberta will need to get its neighbouring province on board in order to see its proposed pipeline project to the West Coast come to fruition.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Readers please note: Engler hasn't even applied to run as a candidate. He can't accept donations on behalf of the party.
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David Eby @davidebybc.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
BC is leading 🇨🇦 with major opportunities to deliver prosperity to all of Canada. We have billions worth of private sector & First Nations led projects, that are ready to go and will create thousands of jobs. Alberta’s fictional bitumen pipeline achieves none of these things.
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
"They're not being raised as pets". Ostrich farm creditors serve CFIA with garnishee orders. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Creditors circle as cull controversy shines light on B.C. ostrich farmers' unpaid bills | CBC News
After years of chasing debts through the courts, creditors of a high-profile ostrich farm in southeastern B.C. have filed paperwork against the Canada Food Inspection Agency in the hopes of recouping ...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
See the difference? 👀
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Let's be very clear: Trump has not forgotten. Nor should we. #elbowsup! #cdnpoli www.villagereport.ca/national-new... via @villagereportca
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Trump returns to '51st state' rhetoric in speech to U.S. military officials
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump returned to his "51st state" rhetoric about Canada while giving an unprecedented speech to top military leaders today.
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Sinja | Minx 🇨🇦⚕🍁🍮♍🔮🌌🏴‍☠️⛸➕🛹🏞🥮🍁🏺 @chillax-empath.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
#BCnews
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Want to export dam-generated power to the U.S. for 30 years? Not so fast, say these B.C. residents | CBC News
Residents on British Columbia's upper Sunshine Coast are opposing an independent dam-generated power producer's exclusive 30-year deal with a U.S. company.
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Mark Shaw @markshaw1.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
You know that your party is in serious trouble when it is described as the political equivalent of a boy rock band. #bcpoli thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
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Rustad Survives as the BC Conservatives Implode | The Tyee
This is what happens when a party lacks purpose, principles and leadership.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Jimmy Kimmel and other late-night comedians have certainly said things about me that I found offensive, even outrageous. It never crossed my mind to call up the networks and say, "Hey, get rid of this guy." Because that's not how America works. play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...
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The Political Scene | The New Yorker
The Washington Roundtable is joined by the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, the dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, to discuss...
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Paula Munier @paulamunier.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
It’s “talk like a pirate” day so why not write like one too? #TalkLikeAPirate #pirate #writingprompt #booksky @careerauthors.com careerauthors.com/talk-like-a-...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2025
🚨 MAJOR BREAKING A federal judge has THROWN OUT Donald Trump's $15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times, ruling that the lawsuit lacked "any legitimate legal claims." The judge is giving Trump 28 days to file another version of the lawsuit.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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