Max Cameron
@maxcameron.bsky.social
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Department of Political Science & School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, UBC
As a result of the illegal war on Iran, Canadaâs oil giants are raking in billions they didnât earn and donât deserve. Itâs time to stop war profiteering and return money back to Canadian families and communities. Take action:
350.org/canada/theyp...
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Big Oil profits. We pay. Time to fix it.
Canadians are struggling to pay for gas and cover their bills â while Big Oil shareholders pocket billions in excess profits. It's time to stop war profiteering and return money back to Canadian fami...
https://350.org/canada/theyprofitwepay?source=bluesky&
11 days ago
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Experts say Canada should co-ordinate Western Hemisphere response to Maduro's ouster
OTTAWA - Foreign policy experts say Ottawa should reach out to nations threatened by the United States to co-ordinate a response to the Trump administration's ouster of Venezuela's autocratic ruler
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/experts-say-canada-should-co-ordinate-western-hemisphere-response-to-maduros-ouster/article_1315bc62-e229-5c0e-b682-a03a415a3f8e.html
4 months ago
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hemisphere-response-to-maduros-ouster/article_1315bc62-e229-5c0e-b682-a03a415a3f8e.html
4 months ago
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UBC professor on U.S. capturing of Venezuelan president | Watch News Videos Online
Watch UBC professor on U.S. capturing of Venezuelan president Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
https://globalnews.ca/video/11598498/ubc-professor-on-u-s-capturing-of-venezuelan-president/
4 months ago
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4 months ago
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Who is Delcy Rodriguez?
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
https://youtu.be/CXh_NKkk2g4?si=ROme3SX70RwaIb9h
4 months ago
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reposted by
Max Cameron
Latin American Studies Association
7 months ago
ÂĄParĂs nos espera! đ«đ· LASA2026 llega a la Ciudad de la Luz. Planifica tu viaje y descubre el encanto de ParĂs. CrĂ©dito del vĂdeo: Paris je t'aime â Tourist Office
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Max Cameron
Latin American Studies Association
6 months ago
Nueva ediciĂłn de Forum: "Oligarchic Republics in Latin America" AnĂĄlisis y perspectivas sobre los retos contemporĂĄneos de AmĂ©rica Latina. Vol. 56, NĂșm. 4 disponible ya. LĂ©elo completo aquĂ đ forum.lasaweb.org/issues/vol56-issue4
#LASAForum
#LatinAmericanStudies
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This is brilliant. And deeply concerning.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: This is what the opening move of the U.S.âs attempted annexation of Canada could look like
A Trump annexation effort would likely start in the North. Itâs time to take the possibility seriously and have a hard conversation about Canadaâs maritime Arctic sovereignty
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-trump-us-annex-canada-arctic-maritime-sovereignty/
7 months ago
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Max Cameron
Callan Hummel
7 months ago
If you want federal funding judged by a committee of your peers with high success rates, UBC Political Science is hiring an endowed chair in democracy and SFU is hiring in political psychology
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
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Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign âCompactâ to Get Funding Preference
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/politics/trump-college-funding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qU8.nnzA.GKcT_a9j3mYC&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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"It's bananas if we allow a tiny, perennially angry minority to drag the whole province through a deeply divisive debate,â - Jason Kenney on the sovereignty referendum in Alberta.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/15/n...
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Jason Kenney says a sovereignty referendum in Alberta would be 'deeply divisive''
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney doesnât mince words when asked about possible Alberta separation.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/15/news/jason-kenney-says-sovereignty-referendum-alberta-would-be-deeply-divisive
8 months ago
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Max Cameron
UBC Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions
9 months ago
â ïž@heiditworek.bsky.social and
@cjten.bsky.social
recently presented to the BC Special Committee on Democratic and Electoral Reform - using research from collaboration with
@meo-cdmrn.bsky.social
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@maxcameron.bsky.social
, former CSDI Director, also testified. đSee more:
www.leg.bc.ca/parliamentar...
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David Moscrop is absolutely right. Canada must insist that we have an independent foreign policy and will not have our foreign relations dictated by the United States. See his "Is Canada A Country, Or The 51st State?"
open.substack.com/pub/davidmos...
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Is Canada A Country, Or The 51st State?
The Carney government must not cede more ground to the Trump administration by backing down on recognizing the state of Palestine.
https://open.substack.com/pub/davidmoscrop/p/is-canada-a-country-or-the-51st-state?r=9v7hg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
9 months ago
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Max Cameron
Charlie Angus
10 months ago
No wonder the people of Ottawa kicked this guy into the unemployment line. For 3 weeks the capital was occupied. Citizens were threatened. Businesses were forced to shut from harassment. Poilievre brought the donuts. Canada is dealing with threat from Trump while Poilievre whines about the convoy.
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Caving to Trump does not pay. Canada should retaliate proportionately.
add a skeleton here at some point
10 months ago
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Mi entrevista con Javier Torres sobre Trump, Canada, y la polĂtica de EEUU.
www.youtube.com/live/SDZI7Rw...
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TensiĂłn entre CanadĂĄ y EE.UU. en la era Trump: anĂĄlisis con Maxwell Cameron | Al Filo
YouTube video by La Mula Stream
https://www.youtube.com/live/SDZI7Rwouk4
10 months ago
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It is always worth reading what Stewart Prest says!
theconversation.com/what-if-albe...
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What if Alberta really did vote to separate?
An independent Alberta would be a landlocked, oil-exporting nation. It would have to enter into long and painful negotiations with Canada and the U.S. over every aspect of its new status.
https://theconversation.com/what-if-alberta-really-did-vote-to-separate-257214?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Impact%20Report%20for%20University%20of%20British%20Columbia%20June%202025&utm_content=Impact%20Report%20for%20University%20of%20British%20Columbia%20June%202025+CID_3863910d8b6e2f549df7a6535ce523bd&utm_source=campaign_monitor_ca&utm_term=What%20if%20Alberta%20really%20did%20vote%20to%20separate
10 months ago
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"The petition...supposes that being on unceded [Musqueam] territory and not saying anything about it is not political, and that acknowledging it is political...of course, itâs no more political to acknowledge it than to be there without acknowledging it."
thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...
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Free Speech at UBC: âWe're Watching This Case Very Closelyâ | The Tyee
Profs petitioned BCâs Supreme Court to stop land acknowledgments and other âpoliticalâ statements by the university. Thatâs dangerous, says a BCCLA lawyer.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/27/Free-Speech-UBC/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email
10 months ago
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"The grand story of freedom isnât just about the loss of the republican ideal of independence to an ascendant liberalism; itâs about the invention of the ideal of free self-creation by liberals and socialists, who continue to squander their contribution even now."
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Quentin Skinner and the Contested History of Freedom
Over a long career, Skinner has sought to reclaim the idea of republican liberty for the modern age. But his work also raises the question: free for what?
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/quentin-skinner-history-of-liberty/
11 months ago
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Sobre democracias de baja calidad.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpLs...
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Maxwell A. Cameron. Democracias de Baja Calidad.
YouTube video by Anselmo Flores Andrade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpLs_GAVpOg
11 months ago
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Coloquio IdA-MEAE-EULAC-AFD 2025 | Institut des Amériques
www.institutdesameriques.fr/es/cycle/col...
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Coloquio IdA-MEAE-EULAC-AFD 2025 | Institut des Amériques
Estrategias internacionales y justicia medioambiental. Europa. América Latina. Caribe
https://www.institutdesameriques.fr/es/cycle/coloquio-ida-meae-eulac-afd-2025
11 months ago
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"Twitter use is related to decreases in well-being, and increases in political polarization, outrage, and sense of belonging..."
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Twitter (X) use predicts substantial changes in well-being, polarization, sense of belonging, and outrage - Communications Psychology
Data obtained from a 7-day experience sampling method in a sample of US American users of Twitter (now X) shows short term relationships between Twitter use and wellbeing, sense of belonging, and expe...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-024-00062-z
12 months ago
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LASA Guillermo O'Donnell Democracy Award and Lectureship: Michelle Bachelet Date & Time: May 24, 2025 10:15 AM Pacific Time. LASA San Francisco Marriott Marquis, B2 Level, Golden Gate B.
12 months ago
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This is a very sweet conversation, one Carney alluded to in his victory speech.
www.cpac.ca/leaders-tour...
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Mark Carney Meets with Gander Residents Who Helped After 9/11
In Gander, N.L., Liberal Leader Mark Carney meets with Beulah Cooper and Diane Davis, two residents of the town that helped American travellers after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The city of Gander she...
https://www.cpac.ca/leaders-tour/episode/mark-carney-meets-with-gander-residents-who-helped-after-911?id=9a47dd32-e020-42f3-be04-93298da0d0c7
12 months ago
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I think Carney could have been better prepared for these questions: how will a throne speech by King Charles play in Quebec? And how does inviting the sovereign from another country to open our parliament protect our sovereignty? To be clear: there are good answers.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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King Charles will visit Canada, deliver throne speech to open Parliament | CBC News
King Charles will travel to Canada later this month and deliver the speech from the throne on May 27, it was announced Friday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/king-charles-canada-visit-1.7524946
12 months ago
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In his election night speech, Mark Carney channelled Aristotle. He said: "We become just by doing just acts, brave by doing brave acts. When we are kind, kindness grows. When we seek unity, unity grows. When we are Canadian, Canada grows."
globalnews.ca/news/1115459...
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Read the transcript of Prime Minister Mark Carneyâs victory speech - National | Globalnews.ca
Prime Minister Mark Carney, projected to form the next federal government, spoke to an excited crowd in Ottawa on Tuesday morning.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11154593/canada-election-mark-carney-victory-speech/
about 1 year ago
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Max Cameron
The Tyee
about 1 year ago
U.S. President Donald Trumpâs punitive tariffs and threats of annexation have unleashed an unprecedented wave of pride and indignation among Canadians. Itâs a curious thing for a mild-mannered country.
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The New Patriotism. Where Do You Sit? | The Tyee
The surge in Canadian pride invites a question. Whatâs the right kind of love of country?
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/04/18/New-Patriotism/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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The New Patriotism. Where Do You Sit? | The Tyee
The surge in Canadian pride invites a question. Whatâs the right kind of love of country?
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/04/18/New-Patriotism/
about 1 year ago
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The New Patriotism. Where Do You Sit? via
@thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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The New Patriotism. Where Do You Sit? | The Tyee
The surge in Canadian pride invites a question. Whatâs the right kind of love of country?
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/04/18/New-Patriotism/
about 1 year ago
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Joan Baez joins the resistance to oligarchy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVpp...
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Joan Baez and Neil Young, The Oligarchy Tour ïżŒ
YouTube video by SFTheOtherSide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVppco0QnD8
about 1 year ago
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âEE.UU. avanza hacia una democracia vaciada como la de PerĂșâ: Maxwell Cameron
En entrevista con Javier Torres en el programa "Al Filo" de #LaMulaStream, el politĂłlogo Maxwell Cameron alertĂł sobre los riesgos que enfrenta la democracia en Estados Unidos y comparĂł el descontento ...
https://lamula.pe/2025/04/02/democracia-vaciada-eeuu-maxwell-cameron-x/redaccionmulera/
about 1 year ago
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Trump y el fin del equilibrio de poderes | Maxwell Cameron en Al Filo
YouTube video by La Mula Stream
https://www.youtube.com/live/F31qcdRpb88?si=3TJYRMJ6M8RztvkR
about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
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Universities and university professors have a right and a duty to defend academic freedom and the condition of existence of the university. This article provides chilling examples of the consequences of their failure to do so.
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Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
https://www.chronicle.com/article/what-autocrats-want-from-academics-servility?sra=true
about 1 year ago
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Max Cameron
Jo-Marie Burt
about 1 year ago
Acompåñanos este miĂ©rcoles 26 de marzo a las 4 pm ET para LASA Dialogues. Escucharemos a distinguidos expertos analizar los riesgos y desafĂos que enfrenta la comunidad Latinx en los EEUU bajo la administraciĂłn Trump.
@lasabluesky.bsky.social
@weareunidosus.bsky.social
@ameliafv.bsky.social
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Nowadays, we need more conservatives like this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSa5...
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How the Elite rigged Society (and why itâs falling apart) | David Brooks
YouTube video by Alliance for Responsible Citizenship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSa52TR9tCA
about 1 year ago
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On the use of the word oligarchy:
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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We Shouldnât Be Afraid to Call the US What It Really Is: an Oligarchy
Across the ideological spectrum, anger toward the superrich is a major source of movement energy.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/oligarchy-elon-musk-bernie-sanders/?custno=&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Weekly%202.28.2025&utm_content=A&utm_term=weekly
about 1 year ago
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See the report from the David Suzuki Institute called "Silencing Science." I'm very pleased to have contributed with an interview with James Hoggan. The report is essential reading for anyone interested in overcoming the toxicity in our public discourse.
www.davidsuzukiinstitute.ca/silencing-sc...
about 1 year ago
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Mis comentarios sobre Trump y su amenaza contra CanadĂĄ.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RFU...
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CanadĂĄ se toma en serio que Donald Trump quiera anexionar su territorio
YouTube video by DW Español
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RFUKXpa_Kc
about 1 year ago
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Good review of Adam Kinzinger's talk at UBC
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/14/o...
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The profound disconnect between American and Canadian identity
What Adam Kinzinger's talk really drove home is the fundamental difference between our two countries. Kinzinger strikes me as a decent man with a strong moral compass. But heâs American to the core an...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/14/opinion/profound-disconnect-american-canadian-identity-kinzinger
about 1 year ago
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Canada needs to crack down on drugs and guns crossing the border...from the US.
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Trump complains about Canada â but new data shows spike in U.S. drugs and guns coming north | CBC News
Trump says Canada is the problem when it comes to drugs. New data from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) shows this country has a reason to worry about what's pouring in from the U.S.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-complaints-drugs-guns-border-1.7457605
about 1 year ago
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I enjoyed speaking to a very congenial and distinguished group of concerned citizens in Probus today. My topic was oligarchy in the Americas. DM me if interested.
about 1 year ago
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Trump tariff threats boost expressions of national pride in Canada. I suspect the pride was always there but the crisis has made folks feel the need to show it.
angusreid.org/pride-in-can...
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Pride in Canada rebounds in face of Trump threat; working to reduce interprovincial trade barriers seen as key to response -
Percentage saying they are âvery proudâ to be Canadian jumps from 34 to 44 per cent vs. December February 5, 2025 â It has been a whirlwind past week in Canada-U.S. relations, after announced tariffs ...
https://angusreid.org/pride-in-canada-tariff-trump/
about 1 year ago
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Canadians are on the frontline of resistance to fascism. Can we feel some pride in that?
over 1 year ago
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Worth reading what Jim Stanford says about the impact of the Trump tariffs on Canada.
www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...
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Monday, January 27, 2025 Episode Transcript | CBC Radio
Full text transcript
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/monday-january-27-2025-episode-transcript-1.7443159
over 1 year ago
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My comment on the spat with Colombia: âColombia has had an incredibly close friendship with the United States. Trump is ignoring all of that. History doesnât seem to matter to him...We should be watching this very carefully.â
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol...
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Trump uses tariffs as a foreign policy weapon and heâs willing to strong-arm an ally into submission
President Gustavo Petro responded with tariff threats of his own. But eventually he relented
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-politics/article-trump-uses-tariffs-as-a-foreign-policy-weapon-and-hes-willing-to/
over 1 year ago
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Oligarchy, pure and simple.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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Trump assembling US cabinet of billionaires worth combined $340bn
President-elect tapping mega-rich backers for positions that will give them power to cut spending on public services
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/06/trump-us-cabinet-billionaires
over 1 year ago
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My conversation with Jas Johal.
megaphone.link/CORU8139923483
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Should Canada be Americaâs 51st state? by The Jas Johal Show
https://megaphone.link/CORU8139923483
over 1 year ago
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Worth a read.
www.revistaquehacer.pe/14
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Tiempo muerto | Revista Quehacer
NÂș 14 JULâSET 2024
https://www.revistaquehacer.pe/14
over 1 year ago
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My thoughts on the Trump tariffs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpj3...
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Trump tariff will hurt both Canada and US, business leaders say
YouTube video by Global News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpj32_zmF6I
over 1 year ago
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