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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦

@geoffypjohnston.bsky.social

Canadian journalist. International Affairs Columnist at The Kingston Whig-Standard. Occasional guest commentator on Canadian radio. Website: GlobalReport.ca

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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦@geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 14h ago

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... “Robertson helped lead coverage of 11 federal elections, 3 Canadian-hosted Olympic Games &. 2 Quebec referendums…the 1985 Air India bombing, 1989 Montreal massacre & the Sept. 11 attacks. He also helped share inspiring stories such as Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope.”

Lloyd Robertson, former anchor of CTV and CBC's flagship news programs, dead at 92 | CBC News

Lloyd Robertson, who delivered the news to Canadians in an authoritative and unflappable manner for more than 40 years as anchor for the flagship news programs of CTV and the CBC, has died. He was 92.

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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦@geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 14h ago

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Veteran Canadian broadcaster Lloyd Robertson dead at 92 | CBC News “While straight-laced on air, Robertson wasn't overly fussy with his image…As to SCTV's newscaster ‘Floyd Robertson,’ he told CBC he thought the portrayal by Joe Flaherty was ‘marvelous.’”

Lloyd Robertson, former anchor of CTV and CBC's flagship news programs, dead at 92 | CBC News

Lloyd Robertson, who delivered the news to Canadians in an authoritative and unflappable manner for more than 40 years as anchor for the flagship news programs of CTV and the CBC, has died. He was 92.

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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦@geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 14h ago

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... “His audience believed him and they trusted him. He set the bar for those who anchored newscasts across the country and he will always be remembered for that,” Peter Mansbridge, former chief correspondent for CBC News, said of his friend Lloyd Robertson.

Lloyd Robertson, former anchor of CTV and CBC's flagship news programs, dead at 92 | CBC News

Lloyd Robertson, who delivered the news to Canadians in an authoritative and unflappable manner for more than 40 years as anchor for the flagship news programs of CTV and the CBC, has died. He was 92.

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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦@geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 2d ago

The virtual world already has a far right social media site that platforms: Nazis, Jew haters, Muslim haters, misogynists, anti-Vaxxers, MAGA, climate change deniers, & every other conceivable wingnut & crank. @BlueSky must not allow this site to go down that same dangerous virtual path!!!

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦@geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 2d ago

In Jan. 2025, I joined @andypinsent.bsky.social on CFRA Ottawa to talk about lower global vaccination rates & the importance of protecting children against vaccine preventable diseases.  CFRA Live - The importance of childhood immunizations - 580 CFRA omny.fm/shows/580-cf...

CFRA Live - The importance of childhood immunizations - 580 CFRA

They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. And when it comes to childhood immunizations, it can be easy to forget just how important they are. Geoffrey Johnston, an International Affair...

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My IRL friends call me Chris@christyceeck.bsky.social · 2d ago

"When it comes to social, economic, and environmental policy, [the Carney government] is following through on its promise to “nation-build” with a sweeping program of austerity, deregulation and cuts," writes @lukewsavage.bsky.social. #GiftLink 🎁 #CdnPoli www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

But we should also consider the possibility that Carney’s apparent promise of a new and more independent global posture was never really genuine in the first place. When the prime minister gave his big speech in Davos earlier this year, what many heard was a stirring call for a new progressive internationalism in the age of Donald Trump. But, as I argued at the time, what he was really saying was that middle powers like Canada can no longer afford to ground their actions in the pursuit of idealistic notions like human rights. This, not incidentally, is more or less how the government has sought to justify its own right-leaning domestic agenda as well: its abandonment of climate targets and gutting of environmental regulations; its tax cuts for the wealthy; its slash and burn attitude toward the public sector; and its overzealous embrace of AI. Both at home and abroad, the Trump threat serves as a pretext for a form of would-be pragmatism that is really just conservatism by any other name. Within its own borders, Canada is increasingly being run less like a country and more like a business. On the world stage, it is barely even pretending to care about concepts like international law and human rights. This also helps explain the very stark difference between the prime minister’s campaign rhetoric and his incessant pursuit of cosy relations with Washington.
James 🇨🇦@jemotluk.bsky.social · 3d ago

"In 2025 millions of Canadians rallied behind what they took to be a promise of renewed economic sovereignty and progressive nation-building. Over the past year, the government they elected has effectively delivered the exact opposite." #cdnpoli

Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦@geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 2d ago

In Jan. 2025, I joined @andypinsent.bsky.social on CFRA Ottawa to talk about lower global vaccination rates & the importance of protecting children against vaccine preventable diseases.  CFRA Live - The importance of childhood immunizations - 580 CFRA omny.fm/shows/580-cf...

CFRA Live - The importance of childhood immunizations - 580 CFRA

They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. And when it comes to childhood immunizations, it can be easy to forget just how important they are. Geoffrey Johnston, an International Affair...

omny.fm

Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦@geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 5d ago

www.thewhig.com/opinion/wild... According to the Climate Change Institute, Indigenous Peoples are disproportionately affected by wildfires. “Eighty per cent of majority-Indigenous communities in Canada are located in fire-prone regions.”

Wildfires devastate First Nations

Northern Ontario First Nations’ chiefs have called for an official inquiry into the Ontario government’s response to the wildfires.

thewhig.com

Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦@geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 3d ago

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... ‘In an email to CBC News, the Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness said that as of 9 a.m. PT Sunday, there were 42 evacuation orders affecting about 4,000 properties and 40 evacuation alerts covering another 4,500 properties.’

Okanagan Lake wildfire doubles in size as new evacuations ordered across B.C. | CBC News

At a news conference Sunday, B.C.'s director of wildfire operations, Cliff Chapman, said more than 5,000 people have been evacuated across the province in the past 24 hours.

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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦@geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 5d ago

www.thewhig.com/opinion/wild... PM Mark Carney insists that Canadians can’t afford to meet GHG emissions reduction targets. Yet the most vulnerable communities are paying the highest price for wildfires & government policies that prioritize the fossil fuel industry over climate action.

Wildfires devastate First Nations

Northern Ontario First Nations’ chiefs have called for an official inquiry into the Ontario government’s response to the wildfires.

thewhig.com

Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦@geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 5d ago

www.thewhig.com/opinion/wild... According to the Climate Change Institute, Indigenous Peoples are disproportionately affected by wildfires. “Eighty per cent of majority-Indigenous communities in Canada are located in fire-prone regions.”

Wildfires devastate First Nations

Northern Ontario First Nations’ chiefs have called for an official inquiry into the Ontario government’s response to the wildfires.

thewhig.com

Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦@geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 5d ago

www.thewhig.com/opinion/wild... PM Mark Carney insists that Canadians can’t afford to meet GHG emissions reduction targets. Yet the most vulnerable communities are paying the highest price for wildfires & government policies that prioritize the fossil fuel industry over climate action.

Wildfires devastate First Nations

Northern Ontario First Nations’ chiefs have called for an official inquiry into the Ontario government’s response to the wildfires.

thewhig.com

Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦@geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 5d ago

‘I’m enraged that I wasn’t heard’: Indigenous mom speaks out after Stage 3 cancer diagnosis #MedicalRacism #Colonialism  www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

‘I’m enraged that I wasn’t heard’: Indigenous mom speaks out after Stage 3 cancer diagnosis

Jilleen Niles sits in a bed at the Ottawa Hospital, fatigued from five hours of chemotherapy, but determined to speak out to prevent others from sitting in the same spot.

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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦@geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 6d ago

www.thewhig.com/opinion/wild... “If Prime Minister Mark Carney is giving up on reducing Canada’s GHG emissions, will the federal government, in cooperation with Ontario, at least significantly increase efforts to help First Nations communities become more resilient to wildfires?”

Wildfires devastate First Nations

Northern Ontario First Nations’ chiefs have called for an official inquiry into the Ontario government’s response to the wildfires.

thewhig.com