Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 9hAgree. But, also, I would love to see the feds do a giant bulk purchase from New Flyer. We have a world leading electric bus maker in Winnipeg. The feds have fiscal capacity. Seems like an easy win very much in step with the supply-side approach the Carney team has taken to emissions reductions. 473
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 10hWhat the "don't build towers" people are actually saying is "move to Alberta," even if they don't know it. 27511
Reposted by Steve LafleurShannon Proudfoot @sproudfoot.bsky.social · 14hThis is a spectacular story - intricate, grounded in history, weaving together the personal and political - on the two separatism movements Canada is currently facing, and why they've always been with us. By Eric Andrew-Gee: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...theglobeandmail.comA country with its elbows up faces separation threats on two frontsIn Alberta and Quebec, Canada’s national unity paradox hits home 0134
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 22hAmerican values. youtu.be/ovwHkb1wEfU?...youtu.beThe House I Live InYouTube video by Library of Congress 030
Reposted by Steve LafleurAdam Mongrain @adammongrain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026He's right and he's right to say it. 1282
Reposted by Steve Lafleurkit spooks 👻 @kitsparks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026this is a good thread! part of why we need to keep reminding people that we’re still in a housing crisis is different polities are succeeding (a bit) on different fronts Halifax is building apartment buildings, still needs more and faster, and also is building almost no condos and houses 162
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Part of why I suddenly veered back into housing policy is one too many people essentially told me the work is done. 2554
Reposted by Steve LafleurJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A quick vocab lesson for the president: if you buy something from me, then we have a "trade deficit". It doesn't mean you got ripped off. It doesn't mean it's unfair. All it means is you ended up with more stuff and I ended up with more cash. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwJqtzkwYQE 29415114
Reposted by Steve LafleurLes Perreaux @perreaux.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Samedi, j'ai eu le plaisir d'assister au lancement de la version française de Les deux rives de la Birdtail. C'est l'histoire de deux communautés, l'une autochtone, l'autre un village Manitobain, unies par une rivière et par l'histoire. 1103
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I would resent the new $344.99 Sportsnet + fee a lot less if I didn't have to sit through repetitive political ads during hockey games. 010
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I don't think this is how dark horses work. 🏒 110
Reposted by Steve LafleurAaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Canada already has free trade deals with the United States and Europe. The deal with the U.S. was negotiated with the current president. The U.S. is currently violating that deal with tariffs. www.cnbc.com/2026/09/29/j... 47925
Reposted by Steve LafleurMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We’re referring Alberta’s Calgary-Red Deer-Edmonton high speed rail strategy to the Major Projects Office. It’s time to build the infrastructure that matches our ambition. 56663129
Reposted by Steve LafleurLes Perreaux @perreaux.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For those who were wondering « why would someone go to that trouble » in the matter of my unidentified writer. www.turkiyetoday.com/world/exclus...turkiyetoday.comExclusive—Fake AI columnist dupes Canadian press to target Moroccan dissidents, and a Turkish 'middleman' - Türkiye TodayThe phantom writer communicated exclusively via email and rarely phoned Canadian publications, who were oblivious until Türkiye Today unraveled the matter 43918
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Wrote a thing years ago that may be strangely relevant today. Related: I'm going to fire the old newsletter up again soon. www.northofbloor.ca/p/this-isnt-...northofbloor.caThis isn't Geddy Lee's Toronto anymoreA lot has changed since Rush's 1982 hit Subdivisions 070
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This place needs more sports content to compete with the bad place. So I'm going to view it as my civic duty to engage with all hockey content, no matter the team. 🏒 361
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Tell ya what, Donnie. If you can paddle from Rochester to Toronto, you can rename it. 050
Reposted by Steve LafleurStephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We can have values or realism; it is pretty hard to have both, even when we should & can avoid extremes. I think what the Carney government is trying to convey is that we will be making some pretty inconsistent compromises to survive. But it doesn’t sound as tidy. apple.news/AeALbv3ypTU2...apple.newsAnand tells UN Canada is courting more partners as ‘great powers’ retreat from economic co-operation — The Globe and MailForeign Affairs Minister says Ottawa can no longer afford to depend on a single partner as it renews ties with China and India 33910
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026As someone who is deeply invested in America becoming a friendly neighbour again, I am begging you to get this guy on the ticket. 1112
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Over-reliance on American digital technology is a systemic risk to my household. [Send help!] 140
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 27/09/2026TIL Robbie Robertson wrote The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down while doing research about the American civil war in the Woodstock, Ontario public library. 352
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Bought a case of a fancy porter from Godspeed in covid times, thinking I'd have a big party to celebrate the end of the pandemic. Since then, many of the people I planned to invite have moved away, had kids, yada yada. So I've been trickling them out slowly. Opening the last of them tonight. 040
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Between March and November, I show up everywhere with cold brew. Including interviews for my last two jobs. I'll keep doing it cause it's a free country and anyone who cares if I'm drinking coffee isn't worth working for. 350
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Must read commentary by @perreaux.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Steve LafleurChris Neill 🐧 @chrisneill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026And as noted that high demand means they have the (tax free) capital gains to afford a move to somewhere with the neighbours further away. Or go out for coffees/dinner more often in their walkable neighborhood (using one of many ways to make the gains liquid). bsky.app/profile/stev... 191
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Let's assume this couple's home appreciated by a million dollars over the past 50 years (honestly, conservative). Their home has essentially earned 20k annually because it's in a growing city. Growth comes with tradeoffs for residents, but they *are* getting paid for it. 4294
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Thing about Leafs fans is that they are really and truly annoying. Don't even have to hate or care about the team. It's how they can top this list without success. 230
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If the CEO of a credit union makes a joke that exacerbates diplomatic tensions that are harming the state, of course you need to fire her. Just wild that those tensions are wholly created by the sitting President, who faces no accountability cause he's a special lil guy. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caCEO who posted about wearing 'Lake America' sweatshirts to Halifax is no longer CEO | CBC NewsThe Michigan tourist who recently went viral over a Facebook photo where she and three family members appeared to be wearing "Lake America" sweatshirts has parted ways with her employer. 3346
Reposted by Steve LafleurJustin Ling @justinling.ca · 24/09/2026Le Pen got a $10 million Russian loan, which was instrumental in getting her party to where it is now. 6253112
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The best part about their meteoric rise is they booked small music festivals across the country before they got famous and sold em all out. www.cbc.ca/music/events...cbc.caQuebec duo Angine de Poitrine wins 2026 Polaris Music Prize | CBC Music EventsAngine de Poitrine, the masked and ornately costumed band from Saguenay, Que., has won the 2026 Polaris Music Prize. 3153
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 23/09/2026They're calling him the Judge Dredd of Ballrooms. 040
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Walking down King Street. A dude with a virility enhancing muffler punched the gas and stunk up the place. Blew right by a cop in an SUV, who didn't react at all. He went on to peel left like he was fleeing the cops (assuming cops would chase a beloved motorist). Anyways. Tough on crime. Amirite? 180
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I guess I should be writing about this rather than tweeting, but the airport privatization discussion is entirely divorced from reality on both sides. By the rhetoric, you'd think that either the prospect of European-style airports threatens the Canadian social fabric or it's a panacea. Unmoored. 1110
Reposted by Steve LafleurThe UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net · 22/09/2026At Five, We Are More Necessary Than We Ever Wanted to Be On our milestone birthday, we’re doubling down on the fight for liberal democracy By @shikhadalmia.bsky.social www.theunpopulist.net/p/at-five-we-…theunpopulist.netAt Five, We Are More Necessary Than We Ever Wanted to BeOn our milestone birthday, we’re doubling down on the fight for liberal democracy 064
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Imagine you were a car insurer and decided to get rid of all of your customers who hadn't been in car accidents. 314030
Reposted by Steve LafleurFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 22/09/2026"OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman gave Trump's super PAC a whopping $25 million" is one of those things that could really stand to be pointed out more:finance.yahoo.comOpenAI exec becomes top Trump donor with $25 million giftThe super PAC will help fund Republicans' midterm election battle. 491576674
Reposted by Steve LafleurThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/09/2026"'We have confirmation due to communication between Kate and Wilber that he’s in Pearsall for interrogation and still has the bullet lodged in his body. He’s received no pain medication and had to sleep on the floor.'"lnk.thebulwark.comICE Shot a DoorDash Driver in the Back in AustinRather than getting him medical help, they carted him off to an ICE detention complex—and the bullet is still in his back. 32517228
Reposted by Steve LafleurAaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I think we need to have a national conversation about the meaning of the phrase "flooding the zone." I don't think it was meant to refer to simply a government doing a number of things in a short period of time or at a relatively brisk pace. 87810
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If this is the future American consumer tech is selling, I'm not sure people are going to buy it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...nytimes.comIt’s Raining Boxes: Amazon Drones Overwhelm a Texas Suburb (Gift Article)In Richardson, a fleet of drones has started to deliver goods quickly. But the noise is drowning out life for some residents: ‘We can’t live like this.’ 021
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 21/09/2026www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/eb1e1af...theglobeandmail.comHow U.S. tariffs are driving Canadian brewers toward Chinese aluminum cansThe shift offers a potential lifeline to small brewers struggling with rising packaging costs 0102
Reposted by Steve LafleurSenator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I keep meeting smart informed Albertans who tell me they do not intend to vote, because they don’t want to legitimize the process, or because they know the premier is not bound by the results. But what if making us give up on voting is the whole point? My argument to vote - no matter the absurdity. 34395191
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Thought I was clever offering to pay for drinks at a friend's potluck rather than hauling stuff to Hamilton. A mutual noted that I'm a known as "somewhat capricious guest," so no one expects participation. I thought it was hilarious. My partner did not. So I'm on a bus to Union with a cheese board. 340
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Because the TTC often decides to just cancel the two streetcar routes I use, I often find myself in Ubers. Ever since some orange asshole decided to rename the lake in my front yard, I've decided to switch over to the European rideshare option. Need more riders on the platform to get more drivers. 1100
Reposted by Steve LafleurCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19/09/2026WaPo statement: @washingtonpost.com 146858216
Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 19/09/2026www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...nytimes.comLive Updates: CNN and MS NOW Reporters Denied White House Access After Trump Announces Ban (Gift Article)President Trump announced a ban on Friday on the outlets, whose coverage he deems unfair. The move will likely be challenged in court. 032
