Elizabeth Thompson
Investigative journalist, Parliament Hill reporter, mother & occasional baker of cookies.
- How is Prime Minister Mark Carney's government filling top job appointments? Several recent appointments haven't followed former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's reform and it won't say how it plans to appoint senators or the next governor general. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
- Canada is about to name its first ever foreign interference commissioner. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
- An interesting deep dive by @jonmontpetit.bsky.social into some of the messaging ICE is using in its recruiting ads that resonate with members of the far right. www.cbc.ca/news/ice-rec...
- Let's see. So far this morning: - ICE shoots a second person in Minneapolis. - Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariffs. - Trump praises the contribution of U.K. soldiers only two days after belittling the contribution of U.K. and Canadian soldiers to the Afghan mission. It's barely noon Eastern.
- Welcome from icy Ottawa. -30C.
- As I am watching from afar as events unfold in the U.S., why does it seem like citizens with cellphones are accomplishing more to check what is going on than the U.S’s traditional system of checks and balances like Congress and government departments and agencies? #politics #RuleOfLaw
- A few months ago, former NDP MP @charlieangus104.bsky.social was planning a quiet retirement and to write a book. Then U.S. President Donald Trump was elected and it all changed. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli #politics
- Prime Minister Mark Carney and Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon are continuing what has become a Canadian government tradition - short, fun, Christmas eve videos tracking Santa. They look like they had fun doing it. x.com/Transport_gc...
- Can an AI chatbot persuade someone to change their vote? A newly published study found it can. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli #politics
- Canadian travel boycott is hurting U.S. border states, says a new congressional report. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
- This story about Prime Minister Mark Carney's trip to Egypt in October sparked a few fireworks during Question Period today. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
- Prime Minister Mark Carney's last-minute trip to Egypt in October for the Gaza peace summit cost Canadian taxpayers more than $736,466 to charter a Bombardier business jet. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli
- An analysis by Julie Ireton and Valerie Ouellet of data obtained under Freedom of Information reveals that Ontario jails are about to hit an overcrowding record just as the federal government wants tighter rules regarding bail. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
- Alberta energy deal was last straw says former Canadian cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault. Says Canada won't be able to meet its 2030 climate change targets. #environment www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
- Canadian Heritage Minister and long time environmentalist Steven Guilbeault resigns his cabinet post over changes to #environment policies. Latest details here: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
- New location tool on X reveals the true location of account users but also contains errors, say experts. They say it could also endanger dissidents, journalists and others by revealing their locations or the fact they are using VPNs. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa calls for investigative journalists around the world to work together and collaborate. I'm in. gijn.org/stories/gijc... #gijn25
- Canada prepares to welcome Sweden's Royal Family to Ottawa later this week. Swedish flags flying alongside Canadian flags in front of Canada's Parliament buildings. #Sweden #Canada
- "Welcome to the wild west." A new #ICIJ investigation in conjunction with CBC, Radio-Canada and the Toronto Star reveals significant problems with Canada's existing system to stop money laundering using cryptocurrency. #CoinLaundry #finance #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
- Prime Minister Mark Carney's government had three annexes in the digital version of the budget that don't appear in the print copy of the budget. Here are five nuggets buried there that affect the lives of Canadians. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
- MPs urge Carney government to release governing documents for special agencies responsible for major projects, defence procurement & housing. Government says documents once considered public are now secret. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
- How exactly will Prime Minister Mark Carney's new special operating agencies on major projects, defence and housing work? Government is keeping the framework agreements that govern them secret. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli
- U.S. President Donald Trump says Ontario's anti-tariff ad featuring former President Ronald Reagan is "fake." Here's what three experts had to say. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli #politics
- Ontario's anti-tariff ad that angered Donald Trump is clever, effective and legally sound, say experts. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
- What exactly did former U.S. President Ronald Reagan say about tariffs. An Ontario government ad that included clips frm Reagan gets an angry response response from President Donald Trump. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
- Could AI replace political pundits? This company is hiring a Conservative political analyst to help train AI. work.mercor.com/jobs/list_AA...
- U.S bill calls for negotiations for more integration between Canadian, American border agents and for U.S. law enforcement to be able to operate in Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
- Interesting, particularly since Global Affairs has yet to respond to my questions about why they are updating the advisory now, months after Trump's executive order.
- The Canadian government has updated its travel advisory for the U.S., warning that those who have X listed as their gender on their passports could have problems at the border. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
- Elections Canada's wall map of the last federal election is out and with the exception of the rather large riding of Nunavut which is NDP orange, it is striking how much of the map is dominated by Liberal red and Conservative blue with a sprinkling of Bloc Québécois ridings in light blue in Quebec.
- The Canadian government has quietly introduced new guidelines that could result in thousands fewer animals being used for regulatory chemical testing in labs. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
- A lovely tribute to a great Canadian (and Canadien..)
- Interesting initiative to make the list available and searchable!
- I have wanted to do a Wednesday yoga class on Parliament Hill for years and finally got around to it today. It was a good class and an even better feeling that the seat of Canada's government is a place that welcomes dozens of people doing yoga on the lawn. ♥
- Prime Minister Mark Carney has been at the forefront of Canada's Elbows Up campaign to fight U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and threats to Canadian sovereignty. His elbow was up during a recent visit to a local humane society - in a very different way. 🙂 www.instagram.com/reel/DNs3rHw...
- A powerful story, beautifully told. Congratulations @dougsaunders.bsky.social and welcome to Canada Wazhma! Kudos to the Canadian diplomats and officials who made it possible. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
- Quebec's liquor board prepares to destroy $300,000 worth of American alcohol that risks expiring after the government pulled American liquor off the shelves to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
- Canada's first foreign interference watchdog will be named next month and a foreign agent registry will launch this fall, says federal public safety minister. Gary Anandasangaree denounces transnational repression from countries like China. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #ICIJ #ChinaTargets
- Who controls the food supply? Proposed changes to seed reuse rules risks reopening a long dormant debate over the right of farmers to reuse some seeds. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #Agriculture
- The number of Canadian-resident return car trips from the U.S. was down 36.9% in July 2025, compared with July 2024, reports Statistics Canada. "July 2025 marked the seventh consecutive month of year-over-year declines." U.S. resident car trips to Canada down 7.4% in the same period.
- Picked the first wild blueberries of the season. Perfect for pancakes.
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- U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra tells Power & Politics guest host Catherine Cullen that President Donald Trump calling Canada the 51st state can be considered a term of endearment. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
- Fascinating story.
- A day after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the U.S. would remove a 'revenge tax' in Trump's tax reform bill that could have penalized Canada because of its digital services tax (DST), Trump breaks off trade talks with Canada because of the DST. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
- Actor Ryan Reynolds to be made an officer of the Order of Canada on Canada's national holiday July 1. He is being honoured for his work on films like Deadpool but also for his philanthropic work. Singer Heather Rankin to also be made an officer. www.gg.ca/en/order-can...
- U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just shed doubt on the future of Trump's controversial 'revenge tax' in the Big Beautiful Bill. Posts that he has asked House and Senate to remove Section 899 following G7 tax deal. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
