globalnews.ca/news/1162247... Maybe this makes all the sense in the world from a business perspective but the timing is ... Fortunately, we now have a competitor in my region. They're about to lose a lot of business here.

Trump's moves on Greenland are extremely dangerous for Canada. If NATO invokes Article 5, then Canada will essentially be at war with the US and America can use that to justify a preemptive invasion.

Just a reminder that Pierre Poilievre also threatened to politicize our central bank, firing the chair/governor for similar reasons to Trump wanting to fire Powell. It's the one position that must be apolitical to avoid the taint of currency/market manipulation. www.nbcnews.com/business/mar...

Where are all the so-called "good" billionaires in this hour of need? Where is the money to save PBS and Sesame Street? Where is the money to buy CNN and MSNBC so they can be maintained as objective news sources? Where are the donations for progressive and Dem candidates to counter MAGA fascists?

A lot of Canadians want us to cut TFWs and foreign students and reduce immigration. Why not do the opposite - cut immigration and instead achieve immigration targets entirely through TFW and student programs? People with skills, experience, and the right work ethic? Something to consider.

On the one hand, Marty Supreme looks like an interesting piece of entertainment - the kind of thing I'd enjoy. On the other, if going to see this movie in any ways enriches Kevin O'Leary or boosts his already overinflated ego, I have no choice but to avoid it. Horrible casting choice.

I don't have an X account anymore - has anybody done a deep dive into Canadian pundits to find out where they're really from?

Technical question about those websites where cookie warnings/approvals pop up every single time - do they not see the cookie from the previous visit? Is it a new cookie every time? Does it not read my browser settings to accept cookies? Or is this just a "cover our ass" thing by websites?

I'm sure most BCers would prefer a bottom slogan of "Sudden Stops." Seriously Alberta, if you miss your turnoff then pull over and wait for a gap or drive to the next turnoff. Also, our speed limits do apply to trucks. Even lifted ones with broken turn signals. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Republican/Trump logic: "Don't vote for Mamdani, he will destroy New York!" Also: "If you vote for Mamdani, we will destroy New York!"

@davidebybc.bsky.social Do NOT run a tariff ad without clearing it with the PM or other provinces. Our goal should be to fly below the radar until the economy crashes or Congress either wakes up or goes blue. There's nothing to be gained poking the demented old man. We can't stand on our own yet.

A long time ago, Canada had stakes in its biggest companies - Petro Canada, Air Canada, CN, de Havilland, the Saskatchewan Wheat Board, etc. Provincial governments owned utilities and telecoms.

One question that's been bugging me is who the hell starts a major renovation and construction project in mid-October? I know they'll tent the area at some point, but that's for finishing work. It's a lot tougher working through a cold, wet winter.

Watching all the furor over Trump's white house demolitions reminds me that 24 Sussex needs to be torn down and replaced 20 years ago - but governments have passed on doing what's necessary because they didn't want to be accused of wasting taxpayer money on a mansion.

This is the problem with media today - Noem's TSA video IS political, it's not just airports "saying it's political." This isn't an "alleged" situation. It is very clearly what it is - so call it that way. apnews.com/article/tsa-...

Can anyone explain why the market hasn't tanked due to Trump, his tariffs and our declining confidence in the state of the world? I assume it has something to do with monopolies, stock buybacks, retail investors outnumbered by funds and institutional investors that can afford to hold, etc.

There are a lot of causes for Canada's housing crisis - high immigration, demographics, urbanization and people moving to cities, foreign buyers, money laundering, speculation, zoning, high construction financing costs, shortages of certain trades, the overall high cost of building, etc.

Typical Canadian conservative right now: "We want the federal government to invest in pipelines, stop immigration, meet our NATO commitments, protect the north, hire more doctors, build more housing, keep criminals in jail, force addicts into mandatory treatment AND we want to pay lower taxes!"

Just so everybody is clear, Trump and company WANT people to protest ICE. And they will absolutely make sure any protest escalates by provoking protesters or seeding their own agents into the mix to start fires and loot so they can justify a permanent presence of military on the streets.

Every day it becomes more clear that MAGA is just a way for mediocre white men to recover the power they've lost to talented minorities and women. Instead of finding a place in the progressive, modern world, they're instead turning back the clock to a time when they top of the food chain.

This is what I'm talking about. While I hate arguing with conservatives online, we have to challenge their bullshit use of the word "they" - there is no fucking "they" who shot Kirk or Trump. One Groyper acting alone does not equal every democrat and progressive in America. There's no plot here.

1) We really need to stop jumping to conclusions about shooters and wait for the facts. 2) The right needs to stop saying "they" when someone attacks a conservative. There's no fucking "they." It wasn't "they" who shot at Trump or Kirk. The left didn't do this or unite somehow to call for this.

If Trump was remotely presidential he'd be giving a speech or sending out a message on Truth calling for people on all sides of the political spectrum to calm down, reminding everyone that they're Americans first and it's okay to agree to disagree. Instead, I fully expect him to make things worse.

@mark-carney.bsky.social Can we spare a water bomber? x.com/GovPressOffi...

We should send a water bomber (obviously when we have one to spare). Not only would that be funny, it would make a point about climate change, and reinforce our longstanding friendship with reasonable states and Americans. x.com/GovPressOffi...

Whatever happened to "LA is rioting, criminals have taken over, we need to send in the National Guard & Marines to restore order!" At what point will MAGA stop being outraged by all the life-and-death panics and overinflated statements? There has to be a limit where people stop being impressed?

There's lots of support for ditching supply management on Reddit right now, people want cheap cheese more than they want Canadian farmers. However, the bigger issue is food security, and how we feed our people in a crisis of some kind if we rely entirely on food imports.

www.heather4leader.ca Heather McPherson's website is up. If I were to give one piece of advice, it's to refocus on workers. If we're turning towards Europe, let's start off by emulating European vacation days - start with 3 weeks, go up to 4 after 5 years. It's good for the economy.

financialpost.com/real-estate/... Prices are not coming down unless this goes on for years, anybody who owns right now will just wait for prices to come back. The last big shock in 2008 took all of six months to recover.

@donvdavies.bsky.social Are you seriously going to vote against the throne speech? What kind of mandate do you think you have for maybe bringing down (another) government before it even gets started? Canada is under attack so stop playing games. You can lead, follow or get out of the effin way.

Nobody seems to know where Justin Trudeau is right now. Or Melania. Both seemed to disappear off the face of the earth. Just saying that would be kind of funny.

As a perpetually disappointed Leafs fan, it's been obvious what's wrong with the NHL for a long time - the current salary cap is far too low and takes the fans and fan support out of the equation. It doesn't account for differences in regional cost-of-living (e.g. Van vs. Columbus) or tax systems.

Now that Trump has ended the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, this one should be a piece of cake. One hot "Stop it!" coming in on Truth Social. www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

financialpost.com/news/economy... Oh, oh, I know this one! Is it because American-owned, Trump and Poilievre supporting PostMedia will draw attention to it at every opportunity?

Stop normalizing this idea or giving it oxygen. I know CBC is trying for fair and balanced here but there should be limits - a bunch of sore losers and secessionist morons don't need our validation. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

One valid complaint against the Liberals in the last election was how the increase in immigration affected housing prices and availability. But it's not the only issue: * Demographics - Canada has ~10M seniors and boomers still living in their homes. One day those homes will be on the market again.

100 days of corruption. To sum up, holy fucking shit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbF0...

At least we got an answer to this question: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

To everyone expecting Carney to swoop in and fix all of our problems, our problems are too big - e.g. 10 million seniors, 30-year housing crisis, Trump - for any one leader or term. The next 4 years are about managing the crises. It's going to be bad - but maybe less bad with good leadership.

1/5 All the ... let's call them "conspiracy enthusiasts" in my FB feed are posting about Carney's WEF ties and this being a hostile takeover by a global conspiracy designed to collapse our country from within. To break that down:

@thebreakernews.bsky.social is posting extremely partisan "news" stories and turning off the comments so nobody can offer any opposing views or clarifications. Following the page doesn't help. That's biased propaganda, not dialogue. Either turn on the comments or go away.

@markcarneyforpm.bsky.social, @jagmeetsingh.ca and @yfblanchet.bsky.social should threaten to bow out of the next debates unless the debate commission gets its shit together on media representation and accreditation. What a shameful post-debate scrum that was, Canadians were denied fair coverage.

Anybody else think that now would be a good time for Blackberry to get back into the phone market? I miss my Key2. I'm sure a lot of people would go back if it was an option.

Watching the histrionics over Buttongate is surreal. I get that it wasn't good, but it was more in the line of a prank at a conservative insider event than any serious attempt at election interference. Apparently all the parties do this kind of thing to each other. It's real world shitposting.

The fact that Trump has shut up about making Canada the 51st state proves Poilievre is in the global far-right neo fascist club. Trump is helping him by staying quiet.

Someone clearly told Poilievre he needs to smile more to appear more human, but after watching some of his recent appearances and his randomly-placed grins it's clear he's not sure when it's appropriate. It's unnerving.

Maclean's just arrived with 26 pages on Poilievre and Byrne, zero on Carney, Singh or any of the other candidates. I'm cancelling immediately, it's one thing to have a slight bias but this was over the fucking top by a mile. Disgusting. macleans.ca/longforms/wh...

Which is it critics? Is Mark Carney an elite Oligarch who will sell us out to his hedge fund buddies or is he a radical woke Marxist globalist who will sell us out to the WEF anti-oil agenda? Or does it depend on the audience?

This is the new narrative that CPC is pushing through PostMedia, which is an excellent time to point out that 1) PostMedia isn't impartial, 2) Poilievre has declined to get his security clearance, 3) China isn't threatening us with tariffs and annexation. torontosun.com/opinion/colu...