Reposted by Stephen LautensJason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Stephen Harper has, as we've long awaited, weighed in against Alberta separatism. But man oh man, do I have to strongly quibble with him claiming sentiment was zero when he was PM. Here's a 2014 poll putting belief in separation at 23%, which is where it sits now. nationalpost.com/opinion/step... 34350141
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 14hGrandpa can't figure out how to turn on his camera for a Zoom meeting of G7 leaders. "It the button in the corner. It looks like a little camera. Bottom corner. No the other one... Now you're on mute. Click the microphone symbol. Oops. He's disconnected himself." 1212
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Make it a confidence motion. I dares ya. #cdnpoli 2144
Reposted by Stephen LautensBrant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pathetic….. 1527222305789
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Carney and Liberals hit new long term high. Liberals at 50 percent support, Carney at 62 on preferred PM tracking. #cdnpoli niknanos.substack.com/p/carney-and...niknanos.substack.comCarney and Liberals hit new long term high. Liberals at 50 percent support, Carney at 62 on preferred PM tracking.Latest Nanos weekly federal political tracking 0186
Reposted by Stephen LautensMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026No matter what happens in the 2026 midterms -- or even the 2028 presidential election -- Canadians will never trust the United States the way it used to. The north remembers. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/29/o...nationalobserver.comAmerica still doesn't understand how deep the rift goesMemo to our friends (and yes, our enemies) to the south: the problem isn’t just Donald Trump. It’s you 37480170
Reposted by Stephen Lautens🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 29/09/2026CBC leaves out important context: Stelco is owned by U.S.-based Cleveland-Cliffs. An American parent is restructuring its Canadian operations while citing American tariffs. The Canadian job losses are real. So is that context. 🔗 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... 33237134
Reposted by Stephen LautensCheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🤣🤣 Belarus does not have any available volumes of potash fertilizer for supply to Western markets. All of the country’s production has already been sold under contract. todaypress.tv/en/world/luk...todaypress.tvLukashenko turns to the West: “We don’t have even a single ton of goods to sell” — TodayPress.tvBelarus does not have any available volumes of potash fertilizer for supply to Western markets. All of the country’s production has already been sold under contract. TodayPress TV 3426084
Reposted by Stephen LautensDan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 18/09/2026Step 1: Slip Trump a copy of the 1951 Defense Agreement, but with the name changed. Step 2: Describe it in the most favorable light possible, since he won't read it anyway. Step 3: Trump goes on "Truth Social" and proclaims himself a genius negotiator. 29832241
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026We all have that one friend who always makes everything about themselves. #cdnpoli 5419
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026One of Canada's advantages is that we know a lot about the US. We follow their news and politics, get their TV channels, travel there. But Americans know nothing about us. They don't understand our politics, history or values. They constantly misjudge us, but we understand them completely. #cdnpoli 33417112
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Let's see. AI is embedded in our power grid, water supply systems, and the US military command and control. Aside from that... #SkyNet 1121
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 17/09/2026When are we going to start addressing real problems, like Bigfoot? 4205
Reposted by Stephen LautensGerald Butts @gmbutts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Believe me when I tell you Mark Carney writes his own speeches. Today’s was a rhetorical work of art. 2428588
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"So, what makes you think you would be a good fit for the FBI?" 2181
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I guess no Canadian aluminum for their F-35s and no Canadian toilet paper for the Pentagon... #cdnpoli 3335397
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It seems like the 21st Century may belong to us too. #cdnpoli 1183
Reposted by Stephen LautensX Solitude ∞ 🍁🇨🇦 EH! @solitudex.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🍁🇨🇦💪👏👏👏👏👏👏😎🇨🇦🍁 23917
Reposted by Stephen LautensThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“Alberta pays no money to Quebec, or to any other province. The Alberta government, like other provinces, receives huge transfers from Ottawa to help pay for health care and other programs.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...thetyee.caNo, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The TyeeThe vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give. 19451193
Reposted by Stephen LautensAndrius Kubilius @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · 16/09/2026Visionary and strategic @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu statement: Canada to become first EU Associate Member and join European Security Council. Will bring big bilateral benefits for 🇨🇦&🇪🇺 and major global geopolitical consequences. Europe is becoming centre of gravity of like-minded global democracies! 37025
Reposted by Stephen LautensUrsula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 16/09/2026Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social, we want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible. I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the EU. And create a common prosperity and economic security space. 39172931979
Reposted by Stephen LautensDr Argue FT @whatsthepointsk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Canada EU ‘associate member’ “Europe and Canada believe in democracy. That power does not belong to the strongest, the richest, or the loudest – but to all of us,” she said. “Democracies have the freedom to choose with whom to work.” 'associate member' of the EU www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...euronews.comCanada to become first 'associate member' of the EUThe status announced by von der Leyen during the State of the Union is an entirely new one, with details yet to be made clear. The European Commission’s President also proposed a new alliance with Ott... 1166
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Local man opposes things that no one is suggesting. #cdnpoli 76828
Reposted by Stephen LautensKrista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026... ... ... I give up. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...bbc.com'Maybe they'll shoot you' - Carney recalls Trump's gift of White House keyThe Canadian prime minister said the exchange “sums up” the Canada-US relationship. 3133
Reposted by Stephen LautensDon Cochrane 🇨🇦 @doncochraneyow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026There is no way that Carney is suggesting that Canada have any more than a strong relationship with the bloc. The latest CPC talking points are that he is going to give up our sovereignty. Some kind of mobility and trade agreement would be fantastic.theguardian.comCanada should become an EU state in all but name. Here’s how to make that a reality | Fabian ZuleegFrom the UK to Japan, so many countries need to quickly be brought inside the European tent without the rigours of full membership, says economist Fabian Zuleeg 43815
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026That's money out of the pocket of Ambassador Bridge owner and Trump supporter Matthew Moroun. #cdnpoli 1379
Reposted by Stephen LautensThe Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026True, or ‘the perception’? And of course Trump breaks another treaty. “A 1967 treaty banned weapons of mass destruction in orbit.” www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comUS confirms for first time it has deployed space weaponsThe US Air Force Secretary says the weapons are necessary to defend the country against enemy action. 1116690
Reposted by Stephen LautensPOLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 15/09/2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has urged the 10 EU countries that have yet to ratify the bloc’s trade deal with Canada to do so, as he seeks closer ties with Europe after trade talks with Washington collapsed.politico.euCarney presses 10 EU countries to ratify Canada trade dealThe Canadian prime minister is seeking to deepen ties with Europe amid a trade war with the U.S. 511334
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026“Associate Status” with the EU sounds better than "friends with benefits", but same diff. #cdnpoli 1133
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"One of these things is not like the other..." #cdnpoli 3147
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Speak for yourself. I have prided myself on being personally difficult to deal with since the 3rd grade. #cdnpoli #USpoli 4274
Reposted by Stephen LautensThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Doctors Without Borders say Israel just bombed one of their clearly marked vehicles 👇🏽 (Will 🇺🇸 media even mention this?) 541344739
Reposted by Stephen LautensRoger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Don Jr's extravagant 3-day wedding was bankrolled by Russian oligarch and Putin crony Umar Kremlev, per @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/dona...propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 60571224
Reposted by Stephen LautensJeff Roach @jeffroach.ca · 13/09/2026Clear, insightful post unlike most of the "our leader is better than your leader" take on the #tradewar, that isn't: sologi.co/3ToYc8x "These two strategies cannot coexist. That is the collision. Not tariffs. Not trade balances. Not China." #Cdnpoli #politicssologi.coCanada Isn't Turning to China. It's Doing Something Much More Dangerous.The fight over Canada isn't about trade. It's about whether a sovereign country can diversify its way out of dependence — and what happens to American power if it does. 22313
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It also pushes some grocers to lie and maplewash to deceive shoppers. #cdnpoli 44111
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Trump himself didn’t know three minutes before he said it. 0124
Reposted by Stephen LautensRaw Story @rawstory.com · 11/09/2026President Donald Trump made the crowd at the GOP convention in Dallas take a pledge to vote in the midterms on Thursday night, which included a stipulation to "cheat like hell.bit.lyTrump leads GOP convention in pledge to 'cheat' in midterms: 'So help me God!'President Donald Trump made the crowd at the GOP convention in Dallas take a pledge to vote in the midterms on Thursday night, which included a stipulation to "cheat like hell.""Please raise your right hand!" Trump commanded. "I pledge, to the greatest president in the history of the United States, ... 114225
Reposted by Stephen LautensCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Burns. 253178404294
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 11/09/2026On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, I recall how I might have been in the World Trade Center that day. My newspaper column from 2003. lautens.com/columns/arch...lautens.comLautens Oldies But Goodies - 2003 072
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 11/09/202615 times Trump promised voters free money. Number of checks (cheques) delivered? Zero. 0113
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 10/09/2026US President ruling by decree, captive & subservient Supreme Court, rampant corruption & self-enrichment, extra-judicial & unaccountable secret police, cronyism, media threatened into compliance, gerrymandering, disenfranchising & vote-rigging. Yes, US democracy is on life-support. #cdnpoli #USpoli 32913
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"Inner circle"? It's called a cabinet meeting. #cdnpoli www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...ctvnews.caCarney convenes inner circle with Canada-U.S. trade war at fever pitch. Live updates here.Prime Minister Mark Carney will convene his cabinet today in Banff, Alta., a day after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Canada is 'dying' to make a trade deal. 6377
Reposted by Stephen LautensMark Gerretsen @markgerretsen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026How uncomfortable have we become with the complexity of our own history? 119369140
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"After being thrown down the reactor core by Darth Vader, two stormtroopers, big strong guys, they grabbed me under the arms - 'got to get out of here!' - and they literally lifted me up, and they started running with me out of the Death Star." 3156
Reposted by Stephen LautensScam Egg @redliberation.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Canadians are the best possible allies and the worst possible enemies 1155
Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Now that the U.S. has given us a list of things that will hurt them, time to impose our own export duties on this list of things they've decided they need. #cdnpoli 5407