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Maritimer in Montréal (bilingue) any pronouns disappointed idealist

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Michael Bednarski 🇨🇦 @mikebednarski.bsky.social · 12h
Hopefully, this should appear as a gift article: The elephant in the room (Globe and Mail). This is about Alberta separatists getting help from Trump supporters in the US. #abpoli
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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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Celeste Trianon @celeste.lgbt · 20h
J’endosse Québec solidaire. Voici pourquoi. I’m endorsing Québec solidaire. Here’s why.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 13h
Catastrophe In Brazil with the far right surging State races, senate and congress races all going for the far right Presidential race going to a second round thankfully with bolsonaro’s son under 50 percent www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
The ultimate own of the United States by Canada would be to deeply decarbonize all energy use by domestic resources, mostly renewables, coupling to sufficient consumption. It’s like us Finns cutting energy imports from Russia almost overnight — not a perfect analogy, but you know what I’m saying.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“It’s never been clean, but these days it’s not cheap, either. As for security, that argument fell apart the moment Iranian drones closed off roughly a fifth of the global market, plunging Asian importers into blackouts and power rationing.”
bworldonline.com
The LNG book is losing its biggest Asian bet - BusinessWorld Online
EMERGING ASIA is the future of the LNG market — one that never seems to show up in present-day reality.
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Simon Donner @simondonner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The fast-tracked Pacific Link pipeline is supposed to be contingent on the major oil sands companies going ahead with the Pathways carbon capture project. Let's review the math of this.🧵
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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.
cbc.ca
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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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 02/10/2026
wouldn’t have predicted catholicism as one of the big allies in the fight against ai, but i’m here for it
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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
University of Michigan today. The most tipping-point image I've seen to exemplify our fascist descent. And the surrender was won with the weapon of false antisemitism charges against people protesting genocide--making administrations complicit in genocide. A moral nadir. This is how republics die.
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Toula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“What could Quebec achieve if our political leaders didn’t waste so much energy and resources dividing us and instead leaned into what we love most about one another? I don’t think this campaign has answered that question.”
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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We live in a world controlled by people convinced that, at all costs, oil prices must be low and housing prices must be high. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
theglobeandmail.com
G7 countries agree to release 100 million barrels of oil, beginning with diesel
Trump spoke overnight with Macron about addressing rising fuel prices, which have hit record highs in the U.S.
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AL @seriouscynic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"We are judges, and we are being told that rather than deciding our cases on the basis of the facts and the law before us, as we are duty bound to do, we're being asked to decide the cases or not decide them in accordance with the wishes of the U.S. government," [Prost] said.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"What matters about Brazil, right now; and, how should the rest of the world understand the events unfolding this month?" US interfering in hugely consequential elections in Brazil that more ppl wanted to read about. This is excellent. ht @OrangoQuango www.northsouthnotes.org/p/how-to-wat...
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How to watch Brazil this month
Four illustrious guides to a crucial cycle
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
a reminder: they are releasing 100m barrels over 4 months. the world uses about 100m barrels of oil/day. one days's worth. over four months. this will be less than 1M Barrels/day. or less than 1%/day. just for perspective. And at the end of the 4 months, there will less reserves, in reserve.
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Linda McQuaig @lindamcquaig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In the Mark Carney era: what Big Oil wants, Big Oil gets www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... #cdnpoli #climate
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Linda McQuaig: Mark Carney’s massive hidden fossil-fuel subsidy shows us where the prime minister stands
As the country recovers from scorching wildfires, our prime minister has introduced a massive new subsidy for the fossil fuel industry. And its middle class Canadians who will end up
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Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘the reality is that the PMD opens the doors to a lot of dirty investments, including oil and gas pipelines, (higher-carbon) LNG facilities and mining investments.’ @marclee.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca
policyalternatives.ca
The Canadian government's new “mega” corporate tax cut  | CCPA
What you need to know about the Productivity Mega Deduction, the latest measure purportedly designed to induce an investment boom.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I met an independent journalist the other day who covers the war in Ukraine. He told me he stays out of politics. Sometimes he shares fundraisers for Ukraine. "But you stay out of politics?" I ask. "Well, I make a distinction between politics and good vs evil," he says. "Me too," I say.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Join me in calling on the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to protect our retirement savings with a credible climate plan, responsible investments, and respect for Indigenous rights. Add your name: win.newmode.net/shiftaction/... #cdnpoli #pensions #Climate #Investing
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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
At a really fundamental level Leo XIV is just a person with sound, well-reasoned, moral stances on the world and how life should be lived who isn't afraid to say those things in public. That kind of person simply does not make sense to business leaders and politicians for whom speech is convenience.
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 02/10/2026
Ok sorry but Tim Hodgson's interview on Power and Politics really gives the game away. He's asked, isn't there language in Bill C-5 that all projects listed as in the national interest should be considered for how they *contribute to Canada's clean growth and climate goals*? Oh! There it is 👇
Factors
(6) In deciding whether to make an order under subsection (1) or (4) in respect of a project, the Governor in Council may consider any factor that the Governor in Council considers relevant, including the extent to which the project can
(a) strengthen Canada’s autonomy, resilience and security;

(b) provide economic or other benefits to Canada;

(c) have a high likelihood of successful execution;

(d) advance the interests of Indigenous peoples; and

(e) contribute to clean growth and to meeting Canada’s objectives with respect to climate change.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I won’t belabour this because I’ve written about it before, but the part of Carney’s pipeline pivot that I find impossible to justify is the government taking on the demand risk.
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The "Pacific Link" pipeline is now officially a PoNI (Project of National Interest). Of course, everyone fudged their homework to pretend to meet the conditions of the MOU to make this happen, and Carney continues to fraudulent claim this is "low carbon" oil.
pm.gc.ca
Prime Minister Carney lists the West Coast Oil Pipeline, now known as Pacific Link, as a project of national interest to unlock Canada’s full potential as a global energy superpower
Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, announced that the Government of Canada is officially listing the new West Coast Oil Pipeline, now known as Pacific Link, as a project of national interest.
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tgk...
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Avi Lewis is getting American FOX NEWS-Style attacks From Canadian Media
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 01/10/2026
Listening to Gates on @ezraklein.bsky.social is fascinating because he oscillates between his two modes—1) AI is more dangerous than nuclear weapons and 2) AI will help the world's poorest—with no real effort to reconcile the two.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
These were the chuckleheads in Kamloops, and twitter conservatives tried to pretend they were a psy-op, government plants, all that. They are as odious as they seem.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing
Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 01/10/2026
“we’re being assholes to virtually everyone, it’s mind boggling they don’t want to visit our country anymore”
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scott dagostino @scottdagostino.ca · 30/09/2026
"The Case Against Billionaires” by @davidmoscrop.com is great. Please read and share 🎯
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The Case Against Billionaires
You can have an ultra-wealthy class or you can have democracy. You can’t have both. Choose...wisely.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Make this make sense. Just last year: "Capacity has reached as high as 300% in some hospitals, leading the Fédération de la santé du Québec (FSQ-CSQ) to sound the alarm, saying overcrowding caused by both the flu & long-standing issues in the health-care network is putting patients at risk."
Montreal Gazette
Early flu season, health network failings combine to wreak havoc in Quebec ERs, doctors say
Katelyn Thomas, Montreal Gazette
Thu, January 8, 2026 at 5:17 p.m. EST
5 min read
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The N.W.T. had the highest percentage of students in residential schools of any area in Canada. On the banks of the Hay River, a community walk on Sept. 30 was a statement that every child matters.
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Kátł'odeeche Elder says dene culture helps with healing
An Elder from the dene community of Kátł'odeeche First Nation says culture helps him heal from the scars of residential schools.
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Toula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When Quebec tries to save $5 by spending $20 later. 😒
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 01/10/2026
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The U.S. military is finally driven out of Iraq...
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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 30/09/2026
The kids won't remember peak Newt.
If combat means living in a ditch, females have biological problems staying in a ditch for 30 days because they get infections and they don't have upper body strength. I mean some do, but they're relatively rare.

"On the other hand, men are basically little piglets, you drop them in the ditch, they roll around in it, it doesn't matter, you know. These things are very real.

"On the other hand, if combat means being on an aegis-class cruiser managing the computer controls for 12 ships and their rockets, a female may again be dramatically better than a male who gets very, very frustrated sitting in a chair all the time because males are biologically driven to go out and hunt giraffes.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
First the FBI is hacked, then the Pentagon. Rule of threes is in play!
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Rebel News is still selling t-shirts mocking the rape and murder of Indigenous children. This is the kind of racism that is common place in Canada. Not only can you promote Residential School denialism but you can profit from it youtu.be/e0WhWOz7NSs?...
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Might be the most racist thing I've ever seen
YouTube video by The Serf Times
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is foul. A reader reached out and told me the first google result when you search "kamloops unmarked graves discovery" is residential school denial. I did the search myself, and I found the same thing. The first non-sponsored result is the Fraser Institute's residential school denial.
Google search result for "kamloops unmarked graves discovery" has, as its first non-sponsored post, a publication from the Fraser Institute.

It reads: "No evidence of 'mass graves' or 'genocide' in residential ..."

"Feb 12, 2024 — ... Kamloops narrative are either false or highly exaggerated. No unmarked graves have been discovered at Kamloops or elsewhere-not one. As of ... Read more"Another screenshot shows the only result before the Fraser Institute result is a sponsored post from Angus Reid, affirming that the Fraser Institute result is the first non-sponsored one.Screenshot shows the intial response Google provides to the search "kamloops unmarked graves discovery"

All you can see on this first screenshot is the AI overview (barf) and the sponsored result from Angus Reid. However, as the other screenshots show, that Angus Reid result is followed by the first non-sponsored result: residential school denial from the Fraser Institute.
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Senator Kim Pate @kpateonthehill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour all of those impacted by residential schools and continue to advocate for decolonization, decriminalization and decarceration. This day serves as a reminder that the harm caused by residential schools is profound and persists in Canada. (1/4)
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RoxyB 🍂 @foxroxb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dire ça aujourd'hui, de tous les jours. Notre futur premier ministre. Ben, bravo tout le monde.
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wrote about being chronically single, and about visiting a psychic to find out what's broken about me. she had some interesting things to say! johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/the-most-u...
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The Most Unlovable Man in New York City
On being chronically single and my visit to the love psychic
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So this month the Toronto Sun published a piece about the Allison Inquiry that called vaccines "a crime against humanity at worst" and demanded arrests, and the National Post published a piece deeming Avi Lewis not just an enemy but a danger to Jewish people, with a thinly coded appeal to violence.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Homes being built today in UK that could become uninsurable due to the risk of #flooding, boss of insurance giant Aviva says #climatecrisis HT @carbonbrief.org www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Aviva boss warns more homes will be uninsurable due to flood risk
Aviva boss Amanda Blanc said England was "for sure" building homes that might be uninsurable at some point in the future.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 28/09/2026
It's outrageous that an American company is laying off hundreds of steelworkers, breaking their promise even after being offered financial support from the federal government to weather the tariffs. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Hamilton steel plant to lay off hundreds of workers as U.S. tariffs prompt 'survival' move | CBC News
Steelmaker Stelco Holdings says it's idling some production at its Hamilton plant in response to U.S. tariffs.
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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think if you asked most people to hazard a guess of how many people were killed in Tigray during the 2020-2022 war, they'd come in below the actual number by an order of magnitude or more. And yet, the changes since then mean this time could end up being worse. Gift link.
worldpoliticsreview.com
Ethiopia’s Next Civil War Won’t Be Like the Last One
Accusations of foreign meddling highlight the changed landscape in the region since the end of the two-year war in Tigray in 2022.
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 28/09/2026
remarkably quick journey from "do I need WhatsApp so I can communicate safely" to "do I need to take WhatsApp off my phone and factory reset it so I can communicate safely"
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
With horrific residential school denialism, incl yesterday when white nationalists came to Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc, let us all show up in a good way to honour Survivors on TRC Day Compilation of TRC gatherings in the lower mainland and resources for all ages www.weavingourworlds.ca/truth-and-re...
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Truth and Reconciliation Day 2026
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is observed annually on September 30 to honour residential school survivors, their families, and the children who never returned home. TRC Day was establi...
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The UN chief who refused to hush climate change. Lovely tribute here of outgoing UN Secretary-General António Guterres, by @chrishatch.bsky.social. Guterres has been an outstanding UNSG; always insistent on telling the truth about the emergencies we face. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/28/o...
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The UN chief who refused to hush climate change
Outgoing UN Secretary-General António Guterres has been outspoken about climate change while occupying his office. The message from his last General Assembly address is a remarkably practical one: we ...
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 28/09/2026
Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon once pledged to be the antidote to the PQ’s xenophobia. Today, writes Martin Patriquian, he’s an “ideologically rudderless ambitionist” leading a hardline nationalist movement. ow.ly/hW1E50ZS5W8
On the left: Black and white images of politician Paul St-Pierre Plamondon crowded around each other on a red background. On the right: text that reads “How Paul St-Pierre Plamondon learned to stop worrying and blame immigrants. The Parti Québécois leader built his comeback on the bigotry he once condemned.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“.. Very good one sentence summary of the economy.” - Kyra Scanlon
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