John Geiger

Now more than ever Ducit amor patriae Love of country leads me Motto of @RCGS_SGRC @CanGeo 🇨🇦

Support for a CANZUK alliance: 🇨🇦 Canada: 72% support / 16% oppose 🇦🇺 Australia: 68% support / 19% oppose 🇳🇿 New Zealand: 75% support / 18% oppose 🇬🇧 UK: 70% support / 22% oppose (February 2026 Public Opinion Analysis) canzukinternational.com/2026/03/public…

For generations Albertans have made astonishing sacrifices to build Canada, to defend it, and even to die for our country as the truth North strong and free. But some rich Canadians who spend half the year sunning themselves in Arizona are going to take a break from their regular golf-and-happy-hour routine to drop by and sign a petition, in a foreign land, to tear apart the country built by their ancestors. For shame.

I am honoured to receive the Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s Gold Medal, and proud to share the stage with my friend the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien as we discussed Canada’s  remarkable history, our shared values, and our enduring sovereignty.

Harper, Chrétien call for national unity to confront Trump theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…

Some basics about Chagos for BBC reporters, Sky anchors and others coming new to the debate. 1. The Chagos Islands lie half-way between Africa and Indonesia, and host a key Anglo-American military base on the main island, Diego Garcia 2. France ceded the archipelago to Britain in 1814 separately from Mauritius; the islands were always a distinct territory, though, lacking suitable facilities, their administration was sited in Mauritius 3. To put the issue beyond doubt, Mauritius permanently renounced any claim to the islands in 1965 in return for a cash payment from Britain 4. It eagerly trousered the money, its first post-independence PM, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, explaining that he had been glad to sell any theoretical right to “territory of which very few people knew, which is very far from here, and which we had never visited” 5. Mauritius is indeed 1337 miles from the islands, and began to press its claim again only when it grew closer to China in the early 2000s 6. The barrister it hired was Philippe Sands, a co-founder of Matrix Chambers and a close friend of Keir Starmer’s, who has always been cagey about what conversations they have had about Chagos 7. Far from providing a mandate for the deal, the Labour manifesto explicitly promised the opposite (see graphic) 8. Starmer justifies the surrender by pointing to a non-binding resolution by a UN court, which included a Russian and a Chinese judge, and whose jurisdiction had been expressly denied in disputes between Commonwealth or former Commonwealth states 9. In November, a different UN body issued another non-binding resolution, this one ordering the transfer to be halted, but Labour did not change direction 10. The party may have a guilty conscience, for it was Harold Wilson’s government that removed the 1800-odd inhabitants from the islands after 1968 to make room for the base 11. Chagossians, who now number around 10,000, do not see themselves as Mauritians and overwhelmingly oppose the transfer 12. British and American generals have expressed reservations about the deal, warning that a future Mauritian government might lease adjoining islands to unfriendly powers 13. The base has proved its strategic value many times, lying as it does lies within reach of four of the seven global choke points that funnel maritime traffic: the Bab-el-Mandeb, the Straits of Hormuz, the Malacca Straits and the Cape of Good Hope 14. Mauritius has no navy and admits it cannot protect the territory 15. At the same time, it wants commercial fishing in the matchless marine conservation zone around the islands 16. A Freedom of Information Request shows that the payments to Mauritius will total £34 billion 17. Mauritius says that this money will wipe out its national debt and still allow tax cuts 18. Opponents of the Bill want Chagossians themselves to decide the issue in a referendum 19. If the deal falls, Britain will be under a moral obligation to allow Chagossians to settle the outer atolls (see video in next post) 20. Providing for a permanent settlement will cost (on the government’s figures) one sixth or (on the actual figures) around one fiftieth as much as Labour wants to hand to Mauritius 21. The transfer cannot go ahead without both parliamentary ratification and the formal approval of the US, neither of which has been secured

We were full of anger. They were our people. They were the Queen's islands. They were our territory. We thought the days had gone when anyone belonging to United Nations attempted to take someone else's territory by conquest. Those dictators were stupid. They misjudged us.

@LaureenHarper Wow! Brilliant.❤️

First hike of the year was a good one. Lots of vertical and a thigh-burner on the way down. The views from King Creek Ridge are amazing. I think Mount Wintour looks like a mountain the Grinch would live on.

This is good - Canada speaking up for respect of sovereignty in the Arctic. Lets be clear - if Mr Trump were to succeed in grabbing Greenland against its clearly expressed wishes, the.Canadian Arctic would be next.

Great new ⁦@CanGeo_Travel⁩ story by ⁦@marinacjimenez⁩! ⁦@CanGeo⁩ share.google/Ic00wrXOTzp2xR…

Source: the Guardian share.google/noppSjlJutgMYj…

Norway's Fram Museum opens exhibit dedicated to Shackleton's last ship Quest. share.google/9ujW7eBEhIjbZd…

With his ultimatum that Ukraine surrender to Russia, Trump finally wins a prize: The Neville Chamberlain award for betraying peace, freedom, and justice.

Excellent news. Canada requires sovereign capability: Saab CEO confirms talks with Ottawa, Bombardier for Gripen fighter jet production theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

Not often you’ll here this from this account, but: listen to President Reagan on how disastrous high tariffs are for this country!

Great that you saw them! I saw @poguesofficial in Toronto a couple nights earlier. Great concert.

CBC reports on #montypython The Lumberjack Song: He has bothered scones for tea. #scones #highheels ⁦@RCGS_SGRC⁩ ⁦@CanGeo⁩ Source: CBC share.google/fRwQn7FwAPgfVQ…

Royal Canadian Geographical Society acquires new globe highlighting Canada and ignoring Trump edicts ⁦@RCGS_SGRC⁩ ⁦@CanGeo⁩ theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…

Hi kids .. #HandmaidsTale (the book not the series!) has just been banned in #Edmonton…don’t read it, your hair will catch on fire! Get one now before they have public book burnings of it.

Where are the headlines? This mother in Iran is about to be hanged and I really feel helpless seeing silence from the big names, the anti-war activists in the West, the feminist leaders, the so-called free world leaders. Her only “crime”? Fighting for freedom and dignity for her son and a better future. The regime wants to kill her for wanting justice. And the world looks away. Why are the global justice and feminist movements silent? Where are the protests? This is not about politics. This is about basic humanity. What does it mean for justice, when those who once marched against oppression turn their eyes away from a woman who seeks nothing but fairness and humanity? This execution is not only her death sentence, it is a test of our collective humanity. #SharifehMohammadi