Elysia Bryan-Baynes

Director of the Bishop’s Forum at Bishop’s Univerisity
Corus U Course Facilitator
Former Anchor/Reporter Global Montreal. Comic book collector.

[Elysia Bryan-Baynes @ebbaynes]

I am forever grateful for the confluence of choices, opportunities and decisions that led me to the @Global_Montreal family. Thank you to the team for the last 17 years, & for your dedication to local news. ❤️ You’ve sent me off with such care & warmth. I will miss you all.

[🇨🇦Wayne🇨🇦 @Reil76]

The Carney government just dropped a $3.2 billion food security strategy and it’s worth understanding what it actually does.

Right now, only 11 cents of every dollar you spend on groceries reaches the farmer who grew it. Five companies control 80% of the grocery market. And Canada exports billions in agricultural products while turning around and importing processed versions of the same food from the US at a markup.

This plan attacks that problem structurally. $1 billion goes toward food terminals and distribution hubs so independent grocers can buy directly from Canadian farmers, cutting out the middleman. The Competition Bureau gets a funding boost to go after the property control tricks big grocers use to block competitors from moving in nearby. And Farm Credit Canada gets $1 billion for domestic food processing so we stop exporting raw product and importing it back as something more expensive.

The targets are concrete: expand the Ontario Food Terminal by end of year, open two new food terminals and 10 regional food hubs by 2028.

This isn’t a handout to Loblaws. It’s infrastructure to break their stranglehold on the supply chain.

Will it fix your grocery bill overnight? No. But building real competition into the system is how you get lasting price relief, not a rebate that disappears after one quarter.

[Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette]

CAQ abandons bill to create Quebec constitution https://t.co/Yxu5os960I

[Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette]

Quebec’s language watchdog targets popular brunch spot over Yiddish word ‘nosh’ https://t.co/7Rwesu5XwF

[Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette]

Man charged with firebombing Westmount synagogue has court case delayed https://t.co/oqiQOJmBts

[Dr. Allison Wiltz @queenie4rmnola]

Anger is a human emotion. All people express anger, including Black women. The problem is that some assume we are either always angry or that our anger is irrational, rather than a response to injustice

[Crypto Tea @Cryptotea]

We are living in a time where intelligent people have to stay silent to survive

[Le Journal de Montréal @JdeMontreal]

À la rue après une «rénoviction», elle obtient plus de 37 000$ de son ancien propriétaire
https://t.co/lDVgvzAEMH

[Sue-Ann Levy @SueAnnLevy]

There is a disturbing trend in the media where those who dare report something politicians don’t want the public to know are muzzled or fired.
One must toe the party line.
It happened with me and John Tory in 2020.
It has happened with my colleague @BryanPassifiume.
Now this.

[blogTO @blogTO]

Toronto journalist Tina Yazdani axed from CityNews and the blowback was immediate
https://t.co/y3G34x0YNM

[Sûreté du Québec @sureteduquebec]

Fin de l'Alerte Amber. Les 2 garçons disparus à Trois-Rivières ont été retrouvés sains et saufs.

[General / Générale Jennie Carignan @CDS_Canada_CEMD]

Heartbreaking to learn of the tragic bus accident involving cadets and their instructors in Sainte-Rose-de-Watford, QC. Our thoughts are with the families, cadets and their staff during this time of great sadness.

[Elysia Bryan-Baynes @ebbaynes]

@calvinyonts @InternetH0F Sabrina. The Harrison Ford/ Julia ormond version

[Tim Micallef @tim_micallef]

Victoria Mboko 🇨🇦 with the match of her life…takes out the number 1 seed Coco Gauff on home soil! 👏🎾

[Elysia Bryan-Baynes @ebbaynes]

RT @Cmdr_Hadfield: These 4 are leaving Earth today for 6 months, with Zena @zenanaut as mission commander. International cooperation at its…

[Montreal Gazette @mtlgazette]

How volunteer sleuths from Rhode Island solved the disappearances of two Quebec men https://t.co/diBANoea4d

[CTV News @CTVNews]

French president Macron sues influencer Candace Owens over claim France’s first lady was born male https://t.co/oDCJeMNPw9

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

Harvard, U of T reach contingency plan for international students to take courses in Canada https://t.co/EHzePEzZAw

[Elysia Bryan-Baynes @ebbaynes]

@EScrimshaw He’s a private citizen. Like the many other incumbents who served our country but then ultimately lost their seat. Should taxpayers pay for all of them because some of MAY want to run again? I’m not understanding the petty/vindictive accusation. It’s a house for an MP 🤷🏿‍♀️

[Jagmeet Singh @theJagmeetSingh]

It's been the honour of my life to lead the NDP, and to represent the people of Burnaby Central.

Congratulations to Prime Minister Carney, and to all the other leaders on a hard-fought campaign.

I know this night is disappointing for New Democrats. 🧵