In Ojibwe our words for ‘elbows up’ are ‘doskwaan ishpiming’. Canada 🇨🇦 1st we will never be 51st state! Music by Thunder.

My promise to Canadians: I will stand up for you.

My response to President Trump's announcement today:

BREAKING: In a shocking development Canada announces it will build a coalition of countries who share their values to build their economy and trade opportunities and will exclude the United States. “If the U.S. no longer wants to lead, Canada will.”

We are about to run “Canadians in Conversation” on the divisive issue of residential schools, at Democracy XChange 25. Can citizens have meaningful conversations on the issues that divide us as a nation? We’ll find out this afternoon

Join Canadian International Council and KAS Canada on April 29, Toronto for a full day event, at Campbell Conference Centre! The event will discover geopolitical significance of Greenland, and NATO's strategic positioning in the Arctic. Register to the event:

Vladimir Putin is a war criminal. His latest brutal attacks on Kyiv must be condemned in the strongest terms. Canada will always stand with the brave people of Ukraine in their fight for democracy and territorial integrity.  Putin can, must and will lose. Ukraine can, must and

Being a teacher is a great privilege. Watching each student make their mark on the world has been inspiring — they should be incredibly proud of all they've achieved. My students give me hope—and we need to join them in uniting, protecting, and building Canada. 🇨🇦

My take on the international team PM Carney has appointed to Cabinet: a new team with a new mandate for change. The scale of change required is enormous cbc.ca/player/play/vi…

Canadian Jewish pro-peace group JStore inviting Canadians to thank PM Carney for the coordinated position Canada, the UK and France have taken in support of international law in Gaza jspacecanada.ca/thank_pm_carne…

The big foreign policy news in today’s Speech from the Throne: Canada will assemble a “coalition of the willing” of fellow liberal democracies - that does not necessarily include the U.S. cbc.ca/player/play/vi… I explained the significance to the CBC’s Andrew Nichols

Israel's provocative settlement response may force Canada to back up its words | CBC News 2 experts say Canada must either sanction Israel or lose credibility. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

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Ukraine's devastating attack on Russia today shows, again, that the return on the investment for NATO of its support for Ukraine is very good. More support could bring an even better return.

One week ago until the G7 Summit. This afternoon CBC News Network had me on to comment about the invitation extended to Indian PM Modi

Welcome to the first G7 Summit of the leaderless world. cbc.ca/player/play/vi…. In my comments to CBC, I proposed we judge its success by whether the principal news coming out of the summit is about the decisions made by the group, or the antics of one participant.

I learned that the name for Calgary in the language of this land is Moh'kinstsis - the elbow in the river. You can see the bend below me

Something interesting is happening now that the U.S. has abandoned democracy promotion. The vacuum it has left has created space for activists from the Global South to take the lead. Democracy promotion will be all the better for it. My OpEd in the Globe: theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…