Author: Cathie from Canada

…Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity… And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,

Here’s how I see it:  First of all, Canadian voters haven’t turfed Trudeau in three elections and chances are they won’t in the 2025 either.  The opinion polls are back and forth a bit – and who knows now what might be an issue in BC and Quebec and the

  I do keep wondering what, exactly, this China scandal is all about: Seriously. Watching journalists in Canada is like watching 7 year olds playing soccer. Just a gaggle of kids chasing the ball. No strategy or plan. Only focused on one ball while the world burns around them. —

Its the weekend, so here we go with some random stuff from the lighter side.  BBC News posted an very odd tweet about how the pandemic hadn’t really affected anyone’s mental health – and the internet immediately went nuts: I built my cat a mech suit out of cardboard. https://t.co/UKkfBQlsVm

I thought this was outstanding: And with a disturbing rise in anti-transgender hate here in Canada and around the world recently, I want to be very clear about one more thing: Trans women are women. We will always stand up to this hate – whenever and wherever it occurs. —

A batch of very good substacks this week.  When it comes to the news of the day, the conclusion of the Canadian columnists I read is this:  1. If China interfered in Canadian elections and the Liberals let them, then there needs to be an investigation and Trudeau would likely

First, here’s something I didn’t know: Reservation runway: Rising Cree designer makes New York runway debut — ‘The future is going to be Indigenous-led’: designer Scott Wabano /via @CBCMontreal https://t.co/5ADVQ8anAR — Treaty Commissioner (@TreatyOfficeSK) February 22, 2023 Fascinating article in The Atlantic: The Puzzling Gap Between How Old You Are

A year ago, Russia launched its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.  A year later, Ukraine still stands.  There is lots of commentary today about how Ukraine did this — Zelenskyy’s brilliant leadership, the indominable spirt of Ukraine’s people, the ineptitude and corruption of the Russian military, the unwavering and effective financial

I still love this cartoon, from a year ago.  Here’s one more great comment about the Rouleau report: So far it seems, according to Justice Rouleau, @JustinTrudeau’s worst fault regarding the convoy protest is that he said some things that some of the more sensitive protesters might have considered mean.

I know I’m pushing the season a little — six weeks until opening day! – but in honour of Superbowl Weekend, here’s some baseball stuff: Some of the worst baseball you’ll ever see pic.twitter.com/qURCSX3HtW — Shit Bsb Players Say (@ShitBsbPlyrsSay) February 11, 2023 I now subscribe to a substack newsletter

I noticed some of the kids from down the block coming home from school yesterday and one of them was wearing shorts …. Here’s some thoughtful, interesting, and funny stuff I have collected over the last week or so. First, the thoughtful: #Maddow20 years from now when all is said

The Public Order Emergency Commission report is due this month, but already we have an initial report from the Ottawa People’s Commission — a community initiative set up last June when it looked like official Ottawa just wanted to deep-six the whole miserable FreeDumb Convoy occupation and blockade experience. I