Kevin Boon 🇨🇦

Guitar player, songwriter, writer
Big hockey fan. Canadiens & Leafs first, any Canadian team.
Canadian politics, culture, community. Love this country.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Michelle and I loved reading to this bright group of kids today!

We hope this new Chicago Public Library branch at the Obama Presidential Center will be a place where folks come to read, check out books, and connect with one another for years to come.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

PM Carney announces plans to build a new school and healthcare centre in Tumbler Ridge

[Reuters @Reuters]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a ticker-tape parade for NBA champion New York Knicks after their first title in 53 years

[Giorgia Meloni @GiorgiaMeloni]

A margine dei lavori del G7 di Evian, ho avuto un colloquio con il Primo Ministro del Canada, @MarkJCarney.
L’incontro ha permesso di passare in rassegna lo stato di attuazione del piano d’azione per la cooperazione rafforzata Italia-Canada, concordando sull’opportunità di consolidarla ulteriormente.

[Patrick Brown @patrickbrownont]

Good discussion tonight with @ianhanomansing on why booing the U.S. national anthem is both misguided and counterproductive. Our disagreement lies not with the American people, but with the misguided policies of the current Trump administration.

The United States remains our closest friend, our largest trading partner, and a nation bound to us by ties of family, geography, and shared democratic values. Poll after poll demonstrates clearly that the American public does not support these unwarranted attacks on Canada.

We must defend our interests with clarity and resolve, but we should never confuse a temporary political disagreement with the enduring friendship of the American people.
@checkupcbc

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[Kevin Boon 🇨🇦 @kboon]

@brianlilley Do you have another solution? It seems America's attempt at a solution failed. Do you propose invasion, troops on the ground, and tanking the world economy?

[Kevin Boon 🇨🇦 @kboon]

@FoodProfessor There is nothing wrong with a sovereign country expanding trade relationships with worldwide partners. Canada doesn't complain when the US trades with Europe or China and the same should be respected.

[TSN @TSN_Sports]

The Canadian anthem rings through the stadium as the game is set to kick-off!

[Samuel 🇲🇽 @resisres]

🚨🇲🇽 President Sheinbaum TURNED DOWN her World Cup ticket over the ridiculous prices, choosing to gift it away and watch Mexico's victory with the people at a free local screening instead.

[Devin Heroux @Devin_Heroux]

Canada’s March to the Match continues to work its way through the Toronto streets toward the stadiums.

Beautiful scenes as fans chant and cheer and high five fans who are lining the streets.

It’s going to be electric inside the stadium today.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

🇲🇽 The people of Mexico have already won the hearts of billions around the world. And honestly? The energy speaks for itself. ❤️

[Now Toronto @nowtoronto]

When the #WorldCup presented the host cities, FIFA fan fest attendees booed USA 🇺🇸, celebrated Canada 🇨🇦 and Mexico 🇲🇽 #FIFA #USA #Canada #Mexico

[Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo @Claudiashein]

Desde el Deportivo “Hermanos Galeana” en la Gustavo A. Madero. ¡Viva México!

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

President Claudia Sheinbaum celebrating Mexico’s win. This is how a president celebrates—not by sleeping. #worldcup #trump

[Wolf Blitzer @wolfblitzer]

As someone who grew up in Western New York on the border with Ontario, it was my pleasure to welcome Ontario Premier Doug Ford @fordnation to The Situation Room this week. I love Canada.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The World Cup begins tomorrow, and many will watch the matches. Soccer reminds us of something we must not forget: life is not a race to show off on our own, but a path we learn to walk together. Anyone who does not know how to pass the ball, even if they have talent, has not yet understood the game. Anyone who does not know how to live with and for others has not yet understood life. #ApostolicJourney

[Bella Morris @Belorris]

If Russia is banned from the World Cup for attacking Ukraine, why isn’t the United States banned for attacking Iran?

[Gordon Fielden @GordonFielden]

This is the largest sporting event on the planet, despite what some Americans may believe, and the decision to prevent Africa's leading referee from participating in the World Cup sends an extraordinarily damaging message about the United States and the direction in which it is heading.

I am genuinely astonished that FIFA has not lodged a formal protest with the United States Government and sought intervention to ensure that this referee, who is held in the highest regard within the international refereeing community, is granted a visa to undertake one of the most important roles in world football. For any referee, appointment to a World Cup is among the greatest honours the sport can bestow.

A person's country of birth should never be the sole reason for preventing them from entering a country to carry out a specific professional duty at a specific international event. Particularly when the President of the United States publicly assured the world that participants would be welcomed.

If nationality alone has been the determining factor, then this is a serious stain upon both the tournament and the host nation. It raises profound questions about fairness, equality of treatment and whether political considerations are now taking precedence over sporting merit.

The World Cup is supposed to bring nations together. Decisions such as this achieve precisely the opposite.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Somali soccer referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan arrived in his home country's capital, Mogadishu, to a rapturous welcome by fans and officials, after he was denied entry into the United States ahead of the World Cup https://t.co/bg7FaxN2tn