michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Sometimes the world is insanely beautiful. Moonrise and Aurora near Haines Junction, Yukon. 21008
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Dakwäkäda, also known as Haines Junction, Yukon. 000
Reposted by @michaelpealow.bsky.socialSasquatchgotch @sasquatchgotch.bsky.social · 23/01/2026The face says it all. There will be no more reading of the news today. #rabbit #pets #bunny #thenewsisscary 0142
Reposted by @michaelpealow.bsky.socialSasquatchgotch @sasquatchgotch.bsky.social · 09/12/2025It is -40C, and the Pine Grosbeaks have ice on their brows. They remain undeterred and tough as heck, while also looking most pretty. #burds #yukonbirds #yukonterritory 0101
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Getting ready for the inevitable collapse of society. #skills #yukon #bushcraft #bowdrillfire youtu.be/7FIAfHyNJjU?...youtu.beTime With the Land - Making a Fire With a Bow DrillYouTube video by TIME WITH THE LAND 160
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 30/09/2025This is where I walk my dog. #YukonLiving 250
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Nationally, there was a decline in violent crime until around 2013, and then it started climbing again, according to StatsCan. Sorry, I’d share the link but don’t have it at hand. I looked it up yesterday out of a similar curiosity. 000
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 28/04/2025The REALLY interesting thing is that under a Westminster Parliamentary system, we don’t need political parties at all. We COULD just have independent MPs who are only there to represent their ridings. Alas, political parties are like herpes. Pretty much impossible to get rid of once you have them. 😆 010
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 28/04/2025That’s true. Unfortunately, there is an overall trend to toward concentrating power in the PMO (the Office of the Prime Minister). Party MPs are “whipped” into voting along party lines instead of what their constituents want. Having said that, as we saw with our last PM, the party members can revolt 100
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 28/04/2025In the NWT and Nunavut, they use the same system (Westminster Parliamentary Democracy), but don’t have political parties. If they have an issue with their Premier, the Members of the Legislative Assembly can vote them out without triggering an election. Federally, it tends to trigger an election. 000
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 28/04/2025For example, if one party got the most seats, but still had a minority of the total seats, the other parties could get together and decide that someone other than the party leader with the most seats would be PM. 130
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 28/04/2025What happens, by custom, is the party leader with the most seats becomes PM, but not by law. Technically, the PM serves with the confidence of Parliament. The MPs could pick ANYONE to be PM. The Governor General officially makes the appointment. 240
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 19/04/2025I’ve got a joke about Batman, but am I going to tell it to you? Na na na na na na na na 030
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 14/04/2025These comments aren’t pro- or anti- anybody. That’s just how our Westminster Parliamentary system works. 010
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 14/04/2025The confidence of the house was untested because the legislature was prorogued. This is a non-partisan statement of fact. 100
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Carney was elected in the Liberal Party leadership race - not yet as an MP. Because anyone can be PM as long as they have the “Confidence of the House”, he was appointed by the Governor General to the Privy Council. 100
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Because we elect individuals in Canada, that’s why when someone defects from one party to another or leaves a party to sit as an independent, they retain their seat - because the riding is theirs, not the party’s. 010
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 14/04/2025In Canada, under Westminster Parliamentary Democracy, you elect an individual. People can run as independents. Also, anyone can be PM as long as they have the “confidence of the House”. Customarily it’s an MP and party leader - but doesn’t have to be. In theory, you could have an independent as PM. 130
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Comment was for @mattrigg.bsky.social 010
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 14/04/2025He was elected by the Liberal Party to be the party leader - and appointed to the Privy Council as PM. In federal elections, we cast our vote for a Member of Parliament (who TYPICALLY has a party affiliation). By custom (but not by law), the party leader whose party has the most seats becomes PM. 200
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Realizing now how many of Clara's Great Depression recipes are made with what will soon become gourmet food items. www.youtube.com/user/Depress...youtube.comGreat Depression Cooking with Clara98 year old cook, author and great grandmother, Clara, recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era. Learn how to make simple yet delicious dishes while listen... 130
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Maybe he did: m.youtube.com/watch?v=YtJX... Bud is short for buddy. Buddy is a synonym for friend.m.youtube.comCan "guys" & "bud" be used for girls?YouTube video by English Lessons by Cloud English 200
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 27/03/2025The plebiscite will depend on whether Yukon’s election happens as scheduled or no. If a snap election is called, there won’t be enough time to do the plebiscite process. If the election happens on schedule, we will be voting in the election AND voting on the plebiscite. 010
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 27/03/2025@electionsyukon.bsky.social is waiting for plebiscite regulations from Yukon Government. It won’t be a referendum. A referendum is binding, but a plebiscite is not. 120
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 27/03/2025An update for anyone wondering about the Yukon Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform’s recommendation. The YCAER recommended that the Yukon move to a ranked ballot system. Today I got an update from @electionsyukon.bsky.social. It is as follows… 120
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Well, they’re gonna need a replacement. What about this one? Source: macleans.ca/culture/dona... 010
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 23/03/2025A “culture quiz”? Read the room, Fox News. Read the room. 020
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 22/03/2025There are some old Settler Myths we’ve been telling each other for a long time and this is one of them. Here’s a good place to start your unlearning journey. apihtawikosisan.com/aboriginal-i...apihtawikosisan.com 141
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 21/03/2025I understand the point that you are trying to make, but hemp isn’t illegal in the US. So, while this may be “splitting hairs”, let’s make sure we’re splitting the right one. www.usda.gov/farming-and-....usda.gov 120
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 21/03/2025There’s a pretty massive difference between hemp and cannabis and it has everything to do with THC levels. 310
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 21/03/2025She explained that in the article. 000
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Sorry, but where do you get that the visa had been revoked for drug-related activity? Source? 220
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Having our solar noon at 2pm is stupid. 130
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Americans that I have spoken with do not realize how angry Canadians are. And even when you say things like “Canadians are very furious” and “If you say that in Canada (51st state stuff) you might get punched,” they STILL don’t believe that Canadians could be so angry. 110
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Awesome. Will you make investments in small businesses eligible for RSP contributions? I’m fed up with my RSP contributions leaving my local economy. 030
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Forget that. Charge him with treason. 020
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 17/02/2025@mark-carney.bsky.social Why the heck do RSPs need to be done through banks? I want to get the same benefit by investing in small, local, Canadian businesses - not publicly-traded multinational behemoths. #investlocal #investcanadian #repatriateRRSPs 040
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 03/02/2025We were playing #Dixit the other day and I got this card. Seems pretty accurate for what’s going on these days. 010
michaelpealow.bsky.social @michaelpealow.bsky.social · 23/01/2025You can't bite your own weenus (the loose skin on the outside of your elbow), but someone else can bite it for you. What reaction do YOU have when someone bites your weenus? This is for science, people. #science #biology #anatomy #weenus 030
