With the #olpldr race officially kicking off, I want Liberals to know that I am inviting the leadership candidates onto the Progress Canada Podcast for hour-long interviews on why they should be the next Premier of Ontario. Some are already scheduled. More to come! #onpoli
After the commander of the Artemis II Moon mission sent me a tweet shortly after landing back on Earth, I got to spend the weekend reading thousands of responses from people all over the world who were moved by this mission.
You can read my piece here: theresalubowitz.substack.com/p/we-rise-hi...
Well this has made my year. 🌎👨🚀
Dropping tonight at 8:30PM ET on YouTube and tomorrow morning on podcast platforms, here's our supersized 95-minute episode with veteran strategist Brian Topp on the path forward for the NDP after choosing a new leader this weekend.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei_k...
#ndp #cdnpoli
"The truth is that Nazi officials were one of the driving forces behind these policies. These policies weren’t designed to stop the fascists. They were designed by the fascists."
time.com/6998445/nazi...
Let's be clear - this means Poilievre is okay with every female Canadian athlete being forced to undergo genetic testing to compete in the Olympics. What ever happened to Conservatives being the party of freedom?
How Doug Ford is tackling rising poverty.
How Doug Ford is tackling youth unemployment.
Carney has made reshaping Canada’s place in the world a signature priority, but the federal government plans to cut the budget of the diplomats charged with implementing that vision by $1.83-billion, according to government documents.
www.hilltimes.com?p=495776
Ford isn't unbeatable. He has good timing. He's only hit 40+ during:
- His first year in office
- The first year of COVID
- After ending COVID mandates
- When Trump launched tariffs
When he's has to wear his record, his folksy mask falls and his poll numbers crater.
With fresh data from Statistica Canada, you can check out our March Youth Jobs Scorecard on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/progress...
Youth unemployment is the canary in the coal mine of the broader economy. Yet few are paying attention. That's why we've created The Youth Jobs Scorecard. It provides a data-driven audit of how Canada’s premiers are managing the economic future of the next generation.
I'm over at Gander Social now, who else is there?
With the NDP leadership race ending in March, our National Wrap-Up panel convenes to dissect the state of the contest following the final debate in BC.
Watch on YouTube at 12:00PM ET: youtu.be/c8l7-Pdzy54
(Scheduled between Canada's two medal matches in curling today!)
Very cool to see how many languages #CBC translates hockey game into. I was born on Moose Factory Island, home of the Moose Cree First Nation. So many homes there are decorated in hockey colours because kids are hockey obsessed (the Cheechoo family hails from there). #olympics
No matter the result, Poulin is the Greatest of All Time. (Clarkson Cup, Ottawa, March 5, 2017)
Doug Ford slashed and burned the post-secondary system in Ontario. Now he's raiding student grants to come up with enough funding to prevent the entire system from collapsing. Young people will pay the price. Read more on Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/progress...
#OLPLDR details:
🖱️ Online voting
🗳️ One-member-one-vote
🗓️ Feb 9 & July 3 official calls
💰 $150K candidate fee
🫰25% party tithe
🗓️ Nomination deadline July 31
🗓️ Membership deadline Sept 7
👨🎓 Student deadline Sept 25
🗓️ Final voting date Nov 20
🥇 Winner reveal Nov 21
#onpoli
So far, the clear frontrunner so far is Avi Lewis:
- 49% of all leadership donations
- Only he has donors in every province/territory
- More donors in ON than other candidates nationwide
- 77% of donors gave $100 or less
progresscanada.substack.com/p/what-q4-fu...
#ndp #ndpldr #cdnpoli
I spent some time with NDP leadership Q4 2025 fundraising data this afternoon. The full analysis is available on our Progress Canada Substack: progresscanada.substack.com/p/what-q4-fu...
#ndp #ndpldr #cdnpoli
The episode will also be available on all podcast platforms the following morning, Monday, February 9. Listen to our chat on your way into work as you wait for the party to announce the official rules of the race!
Ontario Liberal friends - on Sunday, February 8 (the eve of the start of the leadership race), tune in to my conversation with former Ontario Premier David Peterson about rebuilding provincial liberalism.
Hit 'Notify Me' on YouTube to get a reminder --> www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCA1...
As I do every year, I've compiled a list of #oscars nominations and their availability on Canadian streaming services, so you can get caught up before the ceremony on March 15.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
An article about the "Word of the day" being kafkaesque but they used an AI generated image of the word on a blackboard and it's spelled obviously wrong
Word of the day: kafkaesliue
While others laughed, some of us saw very clearly who he was 10 years ago.
Cat wandered in front of the camera during the #aurora long exposure
Even climate-denying governments see how lucrative the Arctic will become over the next few decades. Control over this region will dominant geopolitical focus for years to come. /5
As the sea ice opens up, the waters around Greenland (the Greenland and Norwegian Seas) will become the most direct route to continental western Europe through the Arctic. /4