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Today’s News: Poilievre wins, Albexit disastrous, Canada needs to toughen up, plus some short takes

Cathie from Canada January 31, 2026

So we will still have Poilievre to kick around some more Poilievre's big speech was tonight. And he won the leadership vote by 87.5 per cent. Sigh. I guess Canada…

ICE is Not Law Enforcement

rww January 30, 2026

So why, you ask, am I writing about what is probably the most obvious thing to all sane people. The answer is: to put a reasoned argument on the record.…

Episode 24: At the Edge of Entropy

brian gibb January 30, 2026

So, Trump Wants To Decertify Canadian-Built Aircraft

Unknown January 30, 2026

So, the latest Trumpian temper tantrum is that the US will decertify Bombardier built aircraft. On the surface, this is as ridiculous as it seems. Ostensibly, this temper tantrum is…

The Questions We Ask About AI in Education

Stephen Downes January 30, 2026

AI generated image, 100% human-authored text Artificial Intelligence has entered the world of education like an explosion, leaving us reeling in its wake. Everyone has questions: how could AI reshape…

Today’s News: "Albexit" sucks up to Trump, Poilievre flies to Calgary, the Premiers have a laugh, and Carney dials Heated Rivalry up to 11

Cathie from Canada January 30, 2026

Today's At Issue panel talks about Albexit and about Poilievre's leadership convention: TLDW: They talked about how the Alberta separatists compare to Quebec separatists, and this week's revelations that some…

Alberta separatists’ Washington junket – some dare call it treason, including B.C. Premier David Eby

David Climenhaga January 30, 2026

British Columbia Premier David Eby yesterday said what a lot of Canadians have been thinking – to wit, that the Alberta separatists gallivanting off to Washington to get the Trump…

The Technology is here. When will Ottawa, Alberta and the rest of the provinces realize it?

52ideas January 29, 2026

The Premier of Alberta often says that we are not ready for electric cars. She says that the technology is just not ready; and that electric cars don’t go far…

The Illegitimacy of Donald Trump’s Regime

Excited Delirium January 29, 2026

Is Trump's regime illegitimate? If yes, what can people do? The post The Illegitimacy of Donald Trump’s Regime first appeared on Excited Delirium.

The Power of the Powerless

himelfarb January 29, 2026

Whatever one thinks of PM Mark Carney’s Davos speech, it served to resurface Vaclav Havel’s Power of the Powerless just when we most need reminding of the power of collective…

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Stephen Downes January 29, 2026

(From my social media a month ago, but I lost it when I went to reference it, so I'm posting it here so I don't lost it again).I have written…

Honouring Our Capacity

Marie Snyder January 29, 2026

I've had several conversations this week about how to be in a time like this when the U.S. government is so overtly corrupted. I'm just the upstairs neighbour in Canada,…

Songs of Minnesota: ‘Singing through the bloody mist, We’ll take our stand for this land, And the stranger in our midst"

Cathie from Canada January 29, 2026

One of the great things I remember about the 60s was the music of revolution, that opposed the Vietnam War and celebrated rebellion. Right now, we are again hearing music…

Letting Pierre Poilievre re-up as federal leader at this fraught moment seems like a Conservative political suicide pact

David Climenhaga January 29, 2026

Pierre Poilievre is arguably the worst federal Canadian Conservative leader since … well, only since Andrew Scheer, actually. Still, he’s a political leader who blew a 27-point lead in public…

Wednesday Afternoon Links

Greg Fingas January 28, 2026

Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Jeremy Wallace examines China's massive - if messy - renewable energy revolution which stands to make fossil fuels obsolete in the very near future.…

Springsteen’s ‘Street of Minneapolis’

Excited Delirium January 28, 2026

A turning point for America? The post Springsteen’s ‘Street of Minneapolis’ first appeared on Excited Delirium.

Private Money In Politics Is The Root Of Our Rot

David Graham January 28, 2026

Nearly all the problems we are facing today share a common root cause: the role of money — and those who have too much of it — in politics.

We the North: Carney walks it forward, not back

Cathie from Canada January 28, 2026

So the Power and Politics discussion panel was complaining today that Carney hadn't produced a read-out about the conversation with Trump.And they mostly agreed that US treasury secretary Bessent got…

Tuesday Night Cat Blogging

Greg Fingas January 27, 2026

Reaching cat.

Tuesday Afternoon Links

Greg Fingas January 27, 2026

This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Adam Serwer offers a hopeful take on how Minnesota is proving MAGA social theory wrong, showing that the vast majority of people are…

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