Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
@savethecbc.bsky.social When will the CBC join Bluesky?!
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view profile on Bluesky Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
@savethecbc.bsky.social When will the CBC join Bluesky?!
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
Can we clone this woman!?! Love @margaretatwood.bsky.social #AlbertaPoli #WakoPolitics #WildWildWest #Regression
Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ (@savethecbc.bsky.social) reposted
📚 Margaret Atwood just clapped back at Alberta’s book ban with satire: Two “perfect” kids live selfishly ever after… while The Handmaid’s Tale comes true and Danielle Smith loses her job for rolling back women’s rights. 👉 r.pebmac.ca/https://www.... Defend books. Defend culture. Defend CBC.
Jodie 🇦🇺 (@jodie.sheshed.rocks) reposted
And yet Nancy supports and voted for a pedophile/rapist to be President. And yet Nancy mocked E. Jean Carroll. #SheShed
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
Quality journalism. An excellent take on #Canadas new #PM Thanks to serious 🖊️ writers at @thewalrus.ca thewalrus.ca/who-is-mark-... Who Is Mark Carney, Really? | The Walrus
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
Alberta rewriting order banning school library books to protect classics: Smith - The Canadian Press #Smith smiling about banning books 📚 You can’t make this up 🤦♀️ Who said going back to the dark ages was something to smile about? 🤢🤢🤢 #AbPoli #SmithDisaster #Alberta
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
… — Why Vance Was Always the Succession Plan open.substack.com/pub/dissenti... Called it! #Truth  “This was never about Trump. It was never even about faith. It’s about power: raw, durable, generational power. Religion is just the cover story. Trump is just the distraction. Vance is the vessel.”
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
Unbelievably astute speech -listen to the end. #GovernorPrtitzker #Chicago Amazing!! 👏 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 x51 #Resist #Fightback #StandUp #America
BlueB-liever (@brucemseymour.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
PS, anyone else who's totally had it with 'meanstream' media of any effing ilk, tv-radio- digital, sanewashing the insufferable giberish spewing from the regime, it's not you darling, listen to JB... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q04p... Governor Pritzker!
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
Amazing!! 👏 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 x51 #Resist #Fightback #StandUp #America
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
You bet 😃
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
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rabble.ca (@rabble.ca) reposted
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Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪😖😖😖😖😖😖🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Cathy (@cat736.bsky.social) reposted
Very exciting
NPR (@npr.org) reposted
Canadian residents made just 1.7 million return trips by motor vehicle back into their country from the U.S. in July, a nearly 37% decline over the same month in 2024, according to Statistics Canada.
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
💯 #Agreed « A firm hand and an olive branch… » #CanUS #Canpoli #FairTrade policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/au... Canada holds firm in Trump’s tariff war after no-deal outcome
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
« This is something difficult for many Canadians to accept – that it is no longer self-evident that their neighbour to the south is a country of the rule of law and due process. » My sentiment exactly. @theglobeandmail.com
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
Agreed: #CanadaBoycottt « But at this point, Mr. Trump’s unprovoked economic bullying and attacks on Canadian sovereignty and culture are no longer the only problem. The issue has also become what he is doing to his own country. » 👇 @theglobeandmail.com
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
« Advocates describe ‘heartbreaking’ verdict in Hockey Canada trial » @theglobeandmail.com #Disgust #Disturbing #Despicable Where is the Justice!?
Cheri DiNovo (@cheridinovo.bsky.social) reposted
Yes!! Hope!! US liquor sales have plummeted from 32 million a month to 67000. Good for us! Let’s do more of this… we have the minerals, the resources and the talent right here in Canada
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
lp.ca/lnqV5r?shari... Oui!!! 👏 « Pour qu’un boycottage fonctionne, il faut qu’il embête, qu’il irrite, jusqu’à devenir, si possible, insupportable et déstabilisant. »
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
Je suis d’accord avec cette analyse et profondément dégoûtée par notre système judiciaire. #victimesviolencesexuelles Je vous recommande cet article de La Presse : Quel impact sur les victimes de violences sexuelles ? lp.ca/mKYAQz?shari...
The New Yorker (@newyorker.com) reposted
Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
Not posted in A while but this one is worth a watch and a share youtu.be/Ztx0Bch3h9s?...
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
Watching America implode in real time. In my own lifetime. Surreal and sad.
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
Just the beginning peeps. America is over
WPSN-Canada (@wpsn-canada.org) reposted
🌍 It’s #WorldEnvironmentDay — a global call to restore and protect our planet. Women, girls, and gender-diverse people face the harshest climate impacts but are often excluded from decision-making. #wps #climatejustice #cnap3 #worldenvironmentday #feministforeignpolicy #genderandclimate #unscr1325
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
It’s gotta hurt for real to ever make an impact on the surreal happenings in the US right now. Sorry not sorry. Canadians will dig in their heels - 4 years is about the right amount of time to boycott America.
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
For a second I thought this headline was a reference to the tRump regime. 😝 Sorry at #BBC. Too good to pass up.
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s gotta hurt for real to ever make an impact on the surreal happenings in the US right now. Sorry not sorry. Canadians will dig in their heels - 4 years is about the right amount of time to boycott America.
Adam van Koeverden (@avankoeverden.bsky.social) reposted
On National Indigenous Peoples Day, we honour the enduring histories, cultures, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis, and we reaffirm our partnership in reconciliation. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
Solidarity (@unheardnomore.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Actually, this started months ago and without TRUE resistance it was allowed to continue. Come on people - speak up, stand up, join peaceful protests, boycott enabling companies & media outlets that do not report truth or cower to the dictator. #RESIST
EL PAÍS (@elpais.com) reposted
“Entiendo que gran parte de la responsabilidad del caos mundial proviene de mi país [EE UU]. Me avergüenzo de mi país y pido disculpas", declaró Michael Douglas. "Me disculpo con mis vecinos de Canadá y México, y también con los países de la Unión Europea y la OTAN”
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
It is about how we dress up despotism, not despotism itself. @mmflint.bsky.social “Trump the pyromaniac entertains us as we go down.”
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
Congress is a club on the take from billionaires and corporations. The courts are appendages of corporations and the rich. The press is an echo chamber of the elites, some of whom do not like Trump, but none of whom advocate the social and political reforms that could save us from despotism.
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
But the rot and corruption has ruined all of our democratic institutions, which function in form, not in content. The consent of the governed is a cruel joke.
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
I agree with everything in this article. Decline… disastrous end to the American Empire. And it is just the beginning. “It is tempting to personalize the decay, as if ridding ourselves of Trump will return us to sanity and sobriety.”
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
And Niagara “Trius” Chardonnay is only 128Km Away… c’mon ! #_NoReason #PriceGouging @roxdeevey.bsky.social @francisbeaudet.com @thestar.com
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
Whats’ up with paying as much for a local glass of wine as the bottle?! #Really #Toronto #PorterAirlines
Philosopher Jersey Flight (@jerseyflight.bsky.social) reposted
I assure you, more than half of America is capable of apathetically streaming itself into fascism.
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
This is a #divorce Canada 🇨🇦 resists. #EconomicWarfare #PMCarney stronger calculated Strategy #StandUp
Bob says: GOP == CRIME (@yd52.bsky.social) reposted
All current evidence suggests that trump's top-level objective is total destruction of the USA. Every action trump takes inflicts more destruction on the US republic, including government, business and education. #USDemocracy
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
Trump says he's doubling steel, aluminum tariffs to 50% starting next week - Global News Double down #Canadians #StandUp
Steve Liesman (@steveliesman.bsky.social) reposted
Court strikes down trump reciprocal tariffs www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
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Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
Bono says 'the whole world is in awe' of Canada, takes shots at Pierre Poilievre and Donald Trump - Toronto Star “The world needs more Canada 🇨🇦 “ says #Bono
Le Monde (@lemonde.fr) reposted
En direct, guerre à Gaza : 55 morts dans les deux derniers bombardements ; l’armée israélienne émet un ordre d’évacuation pour Khan Younès
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
Word of the day #Grifter
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
F--k the New York Times. I just canceled my subscription.
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
There's nothing holy about writing discrimination into the law.
mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social (@mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social) reposted
Today, I welcomed our Ottawa Charge to celebrate making it to the Walter Cup Finals by flying the Ottawa Charge flag high at City Hall. In just their second PWHL season, this team has inspired so many in our city— on and off the ice, with their leadership, sportsmanship, and community spirit.
City of Ottawa (@en.ottawa.ca) reposted
Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla are visiting #OttCity next week! Significant traffic and transit impacts are planned for Monday, May 26 and Tuesday, May 27. Some temporary road closures expected, including areas around the Ottawa International Airport. Details: bit.ly/4ka1QLG
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
So happy @en.ottawa.ca finally on @bsky.app It’s happening people! Get off #nastyX!
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
Inside Carney’s PMO where ministers get called out, punctuality matters, and patience is on short supply - National Post Rigour and professionalism with high expectations from ministers. About time! #PMCarney #PMO #CanPoli @nationalpost.com.web.brid.gy
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
From @lapresse.ca “So we saw this ignorant woman give the order to expel a quarter of Harvard's students. As a symbol of authoritarianism, it's perfect.” #StandUp #Harvard #Authoritarianism #tRumpRegime
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
lp.ca/8NIrxg?shari... “On a donc vu cette ignorante donner l’ordre d’expulser le quart des étudiants de Harvard. Comme symbole de l’autoritarisme, c’est parfait.” #Harvard #RegineAutoritaire
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
fortune.com/2025/05/20/d... Another #techbro hitting the dust in my books. Bye 👋 bye #Duolingo #CancelledSubscription
Mark Carney (@mark-carney.bsky.social) reposted
Good to speak with President Claudia Sheinbaum today about our strong trade relationship. Free trade between Canada and Mexico has been a source of prosperity, jobs, and strength. We’re going to protect that critical partnership in the face of global economic shocks.
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
« Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum have agreed to immediately start working more closely in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the looming renegotiations » #AboutTime www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol... @theglobeandmail.com
La Presse (@lapresse.ca) reposted
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
Suite… @lapresse.ca 7. Tirer profit de l’exode des cerveaux et des intellectuels expulsés des EU. Ouvrir la porte au recrutement des meilleures têtes de la recherche au monde! Bravo à Mme Laura-Julie Perrault.
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
Suite @lapresse.ca 5. Se positionner comme chef de fil dans l’humanitaire et le développement en adoptant le modèle de « soft power » et d’investir dans nos ONG CAN 🇨🇦 sur le terrain 6. Ne pas rester les bras croisés alors que la cour pénal internationale est démantelée. C’est notre héritage.
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
Suite: 3. Plus de diplomates alors que nous sommes au 15e en rang de nombre de diplomates au G7 pour contribuer aux relations commerciales et au développement 4. Tirer profit du Sommet du G7 pour tisser de liens et se positionner pour s’ouvrir à des alliés comme la Corée du Sud et l’Australie ….
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
lp.ca/1vzgxv?shari... Excellent article sur la politique étrangère du #Canada de la @lapresse.ca Faits saillants: 1. Internationaliser nos citoyens par les études extérieures 2. Diversifier nos relations tout en augmentant notre présence militaire, commerciale et diplomatique …
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
This is such a ridiculous #Smith #fantasy #fabrication/ #farout #farce. I can barely contain myself. And I am an Albertan. #StandUp people!
Cheri DiNovo (@cheridinovo.bsky.social) reposted
Will someone please tell Alberta separatists that: NO you won’t get oil and gas subsidies from Canada No you won’t get CPP And NO you won’t get a Canadian passport Grade 10 civics?
NPR (@npr.org) reposted
José Mujica, the charismatic former guerrilla fighter who later went on to lead Uruguay and became known as "the world's poorest president" for his austere lifestyle, has died at 89.
APTN News (@aptnnews.bsky.social) reposted
Mary Bryton from Whitefish River First Nation in Ontario, closed Tuesday’s cabinet swearing-in ceremony with a rendition of O Canada sung in English, French and Anishinaabemowin. Take a listen.
APTN News (@aptnnews.bsky.social) reposted
Mark Carney unveiled his first cabinet as elected prime minister on Tuesday. For more on the cabinet appointments, APTN News spoke with Cody Groat, a Mohawk assistant professor of history and Indigenous studies at Western University in London, Ontario.
Le Devoir (@ledevoir.com) reposted
20% moins d’Américains ont traversé la frontière terrestre vers le Québec en avril.
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
Quote of the Day from Canada’s Globe and Mail: Another influencer, Charlie Kirk, said the new pontiff was an “Open borders globalist installed to counter Trump.” And to that I say: “Hallelujah!!!” #PopeLeo #LeaderofthePeople @theglobeandmail.com
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
Il y avait beaucoup de contenu. Le Programme de #Carney ✅ Pas se mettre à genoux devant Trump… ✅ Il n’y aura pas de fumée blanche… ❎ pas de grandes attentes avec Trump à la première rencontre ❎ d’autres chats à fouetter ✅ conseil des Ministres prochainement #ChantalHébert
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
Premiers jour de @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social « Pas un point de presse pour faire des bulles de savon » dit Chantal Hébert Le Gouvt du #Canada ne chômera pas! #PoliCan youtu.be/BSu8r0qfcaA?...
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
So sad 😞 To me she is not qualified to speak on behalf of #Albertans. She is using the same tactics as #tRump and media is lapping it up like it was truth #SpeakUp!
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
As a former #Albertan and a proud Canadian citizen I strongly take offence and find it immensely insulting what the premier of #Alberta is claiming as generalized sentiment in this province. #Abpoli #Canpoli #StandUp #Alberta #CallHerOUT! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
Danielle Smith has got to go … back to Mar-a-Lago #Canpoli #Abpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
Yes! #StandUp #Alberta www.facebook.com/share/r/16Kt...
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
#Climate #CanadaSpotlight "Mark Carney former central banker, respected backer of global climate action, expected to keep country’s emissions falling... June’s G7 summit in oil-rich Alberta will test his international credentials". @climatechangenews.com eldik.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/mr/sh/1t6...
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
I’ll say one thing about the #2025election in Canada 🇨🇦 was disappointing in #Ontario still too early to call it. Though calling it a nite .. for now
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
Nail biting evening. What is going on in Atlantic Canada 🇨🇦???? +++ « Pas la soirée anticipée » Brian Gallant
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
I would vote 4 you federally!! Think about it!! That’s next!!! 🧡🧡🧡🧡
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
Here’s hoping 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞x 10 provinces and 3 territories. Let’s do this #Canada for #Democracy!! #Canpoli #Abpoli #Time4RealChange
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
Awww #Solidarity I hear yah. Here’s hoping 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞x 10 provinces and 3 territories. Let’s do this #Canada for #Democracy!! #Canpoli
Adam MacVicar (@adammacvicar.bsky.social) reposted
Here is some information from Elections Canada on the adjustments being made to ballot counting this evening in anticipation of a higher voter turnout. www.elections.ca/content.aspx...
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
Him and his buddy Putin
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social) reply parent
Gabrielle Lepage (@gabbylepage.bsky.social)
Ça me déçoit de voir le vandalisme des panneaux électoraux. La pression monte à #Gatineau. #ElectionsCanada2025