Karen Strong 🇨🇦
@karenstrong.bsky.social
Gen X vibes, leftie dog whisperer, ocean gazer in the Maritimes. Addicted to podcasts, books and turning gardens into jars of joy. Professional overthinker.
In Writing, Before the Money Moves:
Ottawa is preparing to buy Army LUV, up to $4.99B. A "Canadian supplier" can mean an office with 2 people, not a plant. It doesn't say where they must be built or for how long. Stellantis showed what happens next. In writing, before the money moves.
Ottawa is preparing to buy Army LUV, up to $4.99B. A "Canadian supplier" can mean an office with 2 people, not a plant. It doesn't say where they must be built or for how long. Stellantis showed what happens next. In writing, before the money moves.
October 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
In Writing, Before the Money Moves:
Ottawa is preparing to buy Army LUV, up to $4.99B. A "Canadian supplier" can mean an office with 2 people, not a plant. It doesn't say where they must be built or for how long. Stellantis showed what happens next. In writing, before the money moves.
Ottawa is preparing to buy Army LUV, up to $4.99B. A "Canadian supplier" can mean an office with 2 people, not a plant. It doesn't say where they must be built or for how long. Stellantis showed what happens next. In writing, before the money moves.
Ottawa checked who owned Canada's new drone supplier before it signed.
Eighteen days later, American money arrived. Nobody has said whether anyone checked again.
New at karenstrongwrites — Eighteen Days at the Gate.
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/eighteen-d...
Eighteen days later, American money arrived. Nobody has said whether anyone checked again.
New at karenstrongwrites — Eighteen Days at the Gate.
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/eighteen-d...
October 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Ottawa checked who owned Canada's new drone supplier before it signed.
Eighteen days later, American money arrived. Nobody has said whether anyone checked again.
New at karenstrongwrites — Eighteen Days at the Gate.
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/eighteen-d...
Eighteen days later, American money arrived. Nobody has said whether anyone checked again.
New at karenstrongwrites — Eighteen Days at the Gate.
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/eighteen-d...
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Canada bought Canadian trains.
Tariffed U.S. locomotives.
Left U.S. tank cars alone.
Three different choices in one rail sector, in one September week.
The interesting part is what happens when you read them together.
The Locomotive and the Tank Car
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/the-locomo...
Tariffed U.S. locomotives.
Left U.S. tank cars alone.
Three different choices in one rail sector, in one September week.
The interesting part is what happens when you read them together.
The Locomotive and the Tank Car
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/the-locomo...
September 23, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Canada bought Canadian trains.
Tariffed U.S. locomotives.
Left U.S. tank cars alone.
Three different choices in one rail sector, in one September week.
The interesting part is what happens when you read them together.
The Locomotive and the Tank Car
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/the-locomo...
Tariffed U.S. locomotives.
Left U.S. tank cars alone.
Three different choices in one rail sector, in one September week.
The interesting part is what happens when you read them together.
The Locomotive and the Tank Car
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/the-locomo...
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🔭 Cocoon Nebula Wide Field
📅 2026-09-21
© Piotr Czerski
Src: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
#NASA #APOD #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Space
📅 2026-09-21
© Piotr Czerski
Src: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
#NASA #APOD #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Space
September 21, 2026 at 4:35 AM
🔭 Cocoon Nebula Wide Field
📅 2026-09-21
© Piotr Czerski
Src: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
#NASA #APOD #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Space
📅 2026-09-21
© Piotr Czerski
Src: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
#NASA #APOD #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Space
Canada bought Canadian trains.
Tariffed U.S. locomotives.
Left U.S. tank cars alone.
The interesting part is what happens when you read them together.
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/the-locomotive-and-the-tank-car
Tariffed U.S. locomotives.
Left U.S. tank cars alone.
The interesting part is what happens when you read them together.
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/the-locomotive-and-the-tank-car
September 20, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Canada bought Canadian trains.
Tariffed U.S. locomotives.
Left U.S. tank cars alone.
The interesting part is what happens when you read them together.
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/the-locomotive-and-the-tank-car
Tariffed U.S. locomotives.
Left U.S. tank cars alone.
The interesting part is what happens when you read them together.
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/the-locomotive-and-the-tank-car
Von der Leyen: Canada-EU partnership is “not against anyone else.”
Trump: it “could be considered a hostile act.”
Allies strengthening ties is apparently hostile now.
Unless the stronger ties are the problem.
Trump is telling on himself.
Trump: it “could be considered a hostile act.”
Allies strengthening ties is apparently hostile now.
Unless the stronger ties are the problem.
Trump is telling on himself.
September 17, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Von der Leyen: Canada-EU partnership is “not against anyone else.”
Trump: it “could be considered a hostile act.”
Allies strengthening ties is apparently hostile now.
Unless the stronger ties are the problem.
Trump is telling on himself.
Trump: it “could be considered a hostile act.”
Allies strengthening ties is apparently hostile now.
Unless the stronger ties are the problem.
Trump is telling on himself.
Something genuinely unusual happened today.
The EU proposed Canada become its first-ever associate member — a new relationship they would define together.
Arctic. Energy. Defence. Critical minerals. AI and compute.
This could become a very different transatlantic relationship.
#CanadaEU
The EU proposed Canada become its first-ever associate member — a new relationship they would define together.
Arctic. Energy. Defence. Critical minerals. AI and compute.
This could become a very different transatlantic relationship.
#CanadaEU
September 16, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Something genuinely unusual happened today.
The EU proposed Canada become its first-ever associate member — a new relationship they would define together.
Arctic. Energy. Defence. Critical minerals. AI and compute.
This could become a very different transatlantic relationship.
#CanadaEU
The EU proposed Canada become its first-ever associate member — a new relationship they would define together.
Arctic. Energy. Defence. Critical minerals. AI and compute.
This could become a very different transatlantic relationship.
#CanadaEU
Yesterday I published It’s a Lake.
Yesterday JD Vance also went campaigning in Kansas.
Anyway.
Oh look. Kansas. 😇
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/its-a-lake
Yesterday JD Vance also went campaigning in Kansas.
Anyway.
Oh look. Kansas. 😇
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/its-a-lake
September 15, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Yesterday I published It’s a Lake.
Yesterday JD Vance also went campaigning in Kansas.
Anyway.
Oh look. Kansas. 😇
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/its-a-lake
Yesterday JD Vance also went campaigning in Kansas.
Anyway.
Oh look. Kansas. 😇
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/its-a-lake
Lake Ontario is not suffering. It's a lake.
Chrétien said it Sept. 7. Then came the receipts: Bombardier threatened, Kansas Republicans pushing back, tariff exemptions carved out.
He called the flailing before it unfolded.
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/its-a-lake
#cdnpoli #CanadaUS #Tariffs
Chrétien said it Sept. 7. Then came the receipts: Bombardier threatened, Kansas Republicans pushing back, tariff exemptions carved out.
He called the flailing before it unfolded.
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/its-a-lake
#cdnpoli #CanadaUS #Tariffs
September 14, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Lake Ontario is not suffering. It's a lake.
Chrétien said it Sept. 7. Then came the receipts: Bombardier threatened, Kansas Republicans pushing back, tariff exemptions carved out.
He called the flailing before it unfolded.
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/its-a-lake
#cdnpoli #CanadaUS #Tariffs
Chrétien said it Sept. 7. Then came the receipts: Bombardier threatened, Kansas Republicans pushing back, tariff exemptions carved out.
He called the flailing before it unfolded.
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/its-a-lake
#cdnpoli #CanadaUS #Tariffs
Heads up, started publishing at karenstrongwrites.substack.com. A series on the Canada–U.S. trade war, built from tariff schedules and public records. Analytical, not partisan. 1st piece went up yesterday. 2nd lands today. I've spent months on the research and I'd rather share it than sit on it.
September 14, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Heads up, started publishing at karenstrongwrites.substack.com. A series on the Canada–U.S. trade war, built from tariff schedules and public records. Analytical, not partisan. 1st piece went up yesterday. 2nd lands today. I've spent months on the research and I'd rather share it than sit on it.
Canada tariffed the washer, not the dryer.
The washer leads to Clyde Ohio. The tariff line leads back to February 2025.
Add together and a seemingly tiny customs distinction becomes a window into how Canada built its 8 September response.
The Washer, Not the Dryer.
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The washer leads to Clyde Ohio. The tariff line leads back to February 2025.
Add together and a seemingly tiny customs distinction becomes a window into how Canada built its 8 September response.
The Washer, Not the Dryer.
karenstrongwrites.substack.com
September 13, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Canada tariffed the washer, not the dryer.
The washer leads to Clyde Ohio. The tariff line leads back to February 2025.
Add together and a seemingly tiny customs distinction becomes a window into how Canada built its 8 September response.
The Washer, Not the Dryer.
karenstrongwrites.substack.com
The washer leads to Clyde Ohio. The tariff line leads back to February 2025.
Add together and a seemingly tiny customs distinction becomes a window into how Canada built its 8 September response.
The Washer, Not the Dryer.
karenstrongwrites.substack.com
Why I Signed Petition e-7531 to Have U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra Declared Persona Non Grata in Canada
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Why I Signed Petition e-7531 to Have U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra Declared Persona Non Grata in Canada
The U.S. ambassador’s documented pattern of dismissing Canadian sovereignty, attacking Canada’s response to Trump, and the troubling connections surrounding Alberta separatism.
karenstrongwrites.substack.com
September 13, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Why I Signed Petition e-7531 to Have U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra Declared Persona Non Grata in Canada
karenstrongwrites.substack.com/p/why-i-sign...
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Yes, you’re right! Please fix this Mr Trump! What a moron.
Donald Trump calls Canada’s exchange rate with the U.S. ‘unacceptable’
www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
Donald Trump calls Canada’s exchange rate with the U.S. ‘unacceptable’
www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
Donald Trump calls Canada’s exchange rate with the U.S. ‘unacceptable’
In a post shared to Truth Social on Sunday, Trump added it has 'been that way for years.' However, the U.S. president did not elaborate on what he meant by the post.
www.ctvnews.ca
September 6, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Yes, you’re right! Please fix this Mr Trump! What a moron.
Donald Trump calls Canada’s exchange rate with the U.S. ‘unacceptable’
www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
Donald Trump calls Canada’s exchange rate with the U.S. ‘unacceptable’
www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
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What Canada refused in the "trade deal." Incidentally, we already have one that expires in 2026 called CUSMA/USMCA, the US has just been violating it. Not just Trump either, as I have recently found out, Biden too. Trump is just louder about it...
What Canada refused in the "trade deal." Incidentally, we already have one that expires in 2026 called CUSMA/USMCA, the US has just been violating it. Not just Trump either, as I have recently found out, Biden too. Trump is just louder about it...
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August 27, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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What Canada refused in the "trade deal." Incidentally, we already have one that expires in 2026 called CUSMA/USMCA, the US has just been violating it. Not just Trump either, as I have recently found out, Biden too. Trump is just louder about it...
What Canada refused in the "trade deal." Incidentally, we already have one that expires in 2026 called CUSMA/USMCA, the US has just been violating it. Not just Trump either, as I have recently found out, Biden too. Trump is just louder about it...
Down to the wire - Free citizens email letters kit tailored by province - public link no need to have substack premierscitizenkitaug19deadline.substack.com/p/premier-le...
Premier Letters - Tariff Deadline Wednesday 19 August
Thirteen ready-to-send letters, one per province and territory. Free, nothing to sign up for, nothing for sale.
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August 16, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Down to the wire - Free citizens email letters kit tailored by province - public link no need to have substack premierscitizenkitaug19deadline.substack.com/p/premier-le...
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A war crime and also strategic nonsense. Millions of Iranians are short of water — and the entire region depends on desalinization facilities that Iran could destroy. If we strike water facilities and they respond in kind elsewhere millions of lives are at risk.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w...
Analysis of Satellite Image and Videos Suggest Precision U.S. Strikes on Iranian Water Facility
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2026 at 3:27 PM
A war crime and also strategic nonsense. Millions of Iranians are short of water — and the entire region depends on desalinization facilities that Iran could destroy. If we strike water facilities and they respond in kind elsewhere millions of lives are at risk.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w...
