Theresa Lubowitz

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

What Q4 Fundraising Numbers Tell Us About the NDP Leadership Race With the membership deadline now passed, but the total number yet to be made public, party watchers must turn to fundraising totals to get a sense of how the race is playing out.

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

What Q4 Fundraising Numbers Tell Us About the NDP Leadership Race With the membership deadline now passed, but the total number yet to be made public, party watchers must turn to fundraising totals to get a sense of how the race is playing out.

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

Rebuilding Provincial Liberalism in Canada with Former Ontario Premier David Peterson YouTube video by Progress Canada

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

One of the most crucial corridors is the Bering Strait between the US and Russia, a body of water just 2.4 miles across that separates the two nations. Whoever controls that Strait controls the fastest route to Europe for all Pacific trading nations. /3

When Pacific nations ship through the Arctic instead of traditional routes through the Southern Hemisphere to reach Europe, they cut the nautical miles they must by travel by more than half. /2

Over the last year, I've been taking a number of policy courses on the global Arctic. A big focus was the impact of climate change on sea ice and shipping routes. /1

That's one of my favourite shots in the whole show because of how it's cropped.

Legendary Bluesman Buddy Guy on His Buzzy Movie Role in ‘Sinners’: ‘It’s a Dream Come True, to Be Honest… I Did It to Help the Blues’ (EXCLUSIVE) Bluesman Buddy Guy talks about getting his big break as an actor, at 88, in the horror film 'Sinners,' and why he did it to help keep the blues alive.

"Damn right, he’s got the blues… and the scars to show for it. ' variety.com/2025/music/n... #HATM

Noga Landau knows what she's doing with shows about young adults. Spotted this reference immediately. #StarfleetAcademy

Very excited about this.

The Ontario Liberal Party has confirmed that Bonnie Crombie is stepping down as leader immediately and will not wait until the end of the still yet to be started leadership race.

Connor and Hudson present the award for Best Female Supporting Actor - Television!

These remind me of the Antarctic Hägglunds I got to ride in several years ago in Christchurch that they use during Antarctic expeditions.

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.