Stephen Lautens
@stephenlautens
Writer, communications consultant, legal gadfly, velvet jacket enthusiast. Big believer in the rule of law. Desperately trying to remain optimistic against all the odds. Posts are clearly my own.
There is no dealing with the U.S. under Trump. No contract or deal is ever final. No handshake is binding. There is no goodwill or honesty across the table. Nothing is too petty or small to use as an excuse for a tantrum. It's an abusive relationship with no bottom. Canada has had enough. #cdnpoli
"Patriots" wearing the cap eagle of Italian volunteers in Hitler's SS...
Earthquake reported in Ontario. The National Post must have said something nice about Carney. #cdnpoli
I had dinner this week with Hank Idsinga, retired Inspector of the Toronto Police and bestselling author of “The High Road”. In the grisly "small world" category, he worked the notorious Bruce McArthur serial murder case who buried his victims in the garden of friends of mine.
With Trump jerking us around about the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge, maybe it's time we "Strait of Hormuz" the competing Ambassador Bridge. #cdnpoli
You know what else is impossible to prove? Things that didn't happen.
Somehow I don't think LinkedIn's algorithm understands me very well...
Posted over on FB by disinformation scholar @marcuskolga.bsky.social. Russia's interest in Alberta separatism. #cdnpoli #ableg
I am amazed by the people who have been declaring on social media that they will not complete the census because it is an invasion of their privacy. The same people who happily post on Facebook and X about their divorce, medical and money problems, drinking habits, court troubles & family brawls.
At the Critical Minerals Summit talking about the future of green tech, EVs, clean energy investment, and resource independence.
Well, that will make the right-wing and Alberta separatist crowd rush to fill in their census forms... #cdnpoli
From meanwhileincanada.bsky.social (posted on FB): "A new report commissioned by the Alberta Federation of Labour... 29% of Albertans now rank as "highly disinformed"— nearly DOUBLE the national average. No other province even comes close." #cdnpoli
Honestly. It would be funny if it wasn't so predictable. #cdnpoli