Weekly Report: March 31st - April 6th 2025

The Week in Summary:

• The work week was fairly slow after coming back from spring break. My colleagues and I went to Chinatown on Monday to enjoy Pho City for a work lunch - a novelty I always enjoy. Also, we did March Mammal Madness over the last month at work, and I shared the last place award with another colleague. My poor saiga didn't make it. </3
• On weekday evenings, I got better at establishing a reading routine, played Age of Empires IV, went to the cafe and Alumni with Rand, and listened to some new albums I stumbled upon on RYM.
• For the weekend, Taylor and I got up to a bunch of different things. On Friday night, we made kouign-amann (a favourite I get with a london fog at a local bakery). We went to a Queer Eid celebration (hosted by Range De Pride) on Saturday evening at the Alcove Centre for the Arts. On Sunday, James came over to help Taylor and I with our taxes (which we often get H&R Block to help with), then we went down to Blackbyrd Myoozik in the late afternoon to buy a new record player for a really fantastic price. Other than that, we did a lot of the same things we often do: read books, listened to music, and played games. Though I will say, this weekend also brought about beautiful springtime weather!
• Oh, and a global trade war was triggered by a callous American autocrat. Economic analysts are speculating that there could be a looming SOMETHING and that SOMETHING rates will SOMETHING in the months to come, especially as the stock prices on the SOMETHING index continue to SOMETHING. As you can imagine by my dismissive attitude, I hold the view that stock brokers, financial speculators, and economic analysts are, generally speaking, a bunch of vultures preying on an unjust economic system that exploits the human soul to enrich profiteering modern-day feudal lords.

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The voters’ guide to the federal election: How to vote early, key dates, how to vote from abroad and more

The election campaign will likely be shaped by Canadians’ fear and anxiety around sweeping tariffs, especially as federal party leaders campaign around who is the most capable person to protect the country’s sovereignty and economy

The Globe and MailAbigale Subdhan