Short rant. Prices do not “rise” or “fall.” Prices increase or decrease they do not physically move. Water levels rise and fall but do not “recede.” Floodwaters, however, may recede. And in English it’s acceptably pronounced “Tear-bun” not “Terra-bone.” Pls go about your day.

Sens lose. Habs win. Life is good.

I look at what Canada could do to help open the Strait of Hormuz over at The Line: open.substack.com/pub/theline/...

Another cyclist. Another vulnerable road user’s life threatened. 😡 Let’s see if the Mayor of Performative Empathy emerges from his burrow. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

All new homes in England, not a geography known for its sunny clime. Wouldst the same idea overcame Canada.

Important read.

Wow Kate Harrison on PnP just now suggesting Cherry being promoted by the party for the Order of Canada should not be controversial in Québec. Clueless. Utterly clueless about a quarter of Canadians.

'Tired of Winning': When Iran Promised $200/Barrel Oil, Trump Lost His War open.substack.com/pub/energymi... How Canada Can Still Lose The risks for Canada in this war are antiseptic by comparison. But the mistakes we’re being asked to make could shape our economy, our sovereignty for years…

US was more than two years late to defending the UK and Europe in WW2, so maybe plan to sail to the Strait in summer 2028?

The solution is right here 👇. We just have to buy it 41 times. 📸 @railfans.ca

Well this is a deeply unsettling read for your Friday evening.

So Poilievre just took his policy proposals that went nowhere in an election a year ago and is now pitching them in Europe. Huh.

#Sens should move Tkachuk before the deadline. Only 1 full season left on his contract and he’s unlikely to resign here. Team isn’t improving. Move him. Get max value now.

OMG #Ottawa! Why is *everyone* not on the canal?

How to understand war with Iran? We must get away from propaganda. Facts suggest two interpretive frameworks: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the United States. snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack...

There’s nothing more important than the safety of our residents.” Which is why I will protect our precious RTOR. Cars must be able to turn right without restrictions imposed by people concerned only for their own safety and that of the un-car-ed.

When Danielle Smith claimed 80% of federally picked judges had donated to Liberals, that was way higher than any figure I'd researched. I dug into it. Could confidently write here: "It is not true. The single media source Smith got that fact from has since corrected it." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“Let’s do Brexit again but this time make it an order of magnitude more destructive and xenophobic”

Edmonton MP Matt Jeneroux will NOT resign his seat in Parliament. Instead, he'll cross the floor from the Conservatives to the Liberals, PM Carney just said. x.com/MarkJCarney/...

entre 2012 et 2024 « personne n’est décédé sur une piste cyclable. Mais les 27 cyclistes qui sont morts dans des collisions se trouvaient sur une chaussée non protégée » « les correctifs à apporter risquent d’être de donner davantage d’espace aux vélos »

New petition is out (via Bruce Fanjoy) for every Federal party leader to be required to have their security clearance. Sign, sign, sign peoples. #CDNPoli #Canada www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Paging Mark Carney.

Today’s Conservative Party of Canada would not choose Harper as leader over Poilievre. That’s how extreme their base has become.

Read this and remember every time Poilievre claims he’d have made a deal by now and slags Carney for going too slowly.

Jamil Jivani’s best friend 👇

Devastating op ed by Vanessa Gentile in @thestar.com condemning the Ford government deliberately making our roads less safe: "Five years on, I am still writing because Alex cannot. And because no one else should have to." Shared via @cycletoronto.bsky.social act.gp/4a9L8Z6

I can now forgive Bruce for his last album.

Mark is promoting the only reliable public transit system in Ottawa. Good on him.

Sutcliffe positions himself as “The Devil You Know.”

Up next… Demands US military bases in Cdn north. Wait for it.

Prior to the meeting none were smokers.

Councillor Tim Tierney is wrong about ‘Chronic No-Voters’ in his Ottawa Citizen Op/Ed on Saturday. His opinion would be easier to take seriously if the comments weren’t coming from someone with a 15-year track record of being a reliable yes-man for every budget. 1/21

Giving $1 million of city money to pay for private security in the Byward Market is outrageous. All it will do is displace more unwell people into Centretown and surrounding communities. And announcing this at a press conference before consulting council? Not cool. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Flashing back to the distain, dismissal and outright venom the Mayor and some Councillors spit at the Charge and PWHL reps during committee.

I love that Poilievre went into his big chance to defeat the govt full elbows down.

Who’s going to ask the Mayor if he or his OSEG buds have chipped in ? @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social

I love how the Mayor of Lansdowne just disappears on this and many other issues. No personal political advantage to be gained = DGAF.

War is horrible, and a tragedy that damages everyone involved. The best possible way to honour the victims of war is to devote ourselves to finding ways to avoid ever fighting another war.

Hope tomorrow is garbage day at Stornoway ‘cause there’s going to be a lot of smashed furniture and broken dishes by morning.

The Mayor and Councillors treating the PWHL and Charge – the only true rent paying tenant of the arena – as an adversary put their corruption and hypocrisy on full public display. Frankly, if I owned the Charge, I’d be starting a process to move the team after today’s shitshow. #Lansdowne

It is journalistic malpractice for CTV/BellMedia’s Vassy Kapelos to have the Cdn Automobile Mfgrs Association lobbyist on her show slagging the govt’s response to Stellantis and GM shuttering plants w/o disclosing he reps ONLY the Detroit big three. Really appalling journalism.

The words “Ford plans changes” have become triggering for millions of Ontarians.

Sooooo… there’s fentanyl in the ad? www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

From the Reagan Library itself, watch the full 5:10 ofr President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t5Q... (Re-post!)

My comments on Lansdowne 2.0 The total cost, the so called ‘cost of doing nothing’, the engineer reports on building conditions, and the alternative are all discussed. www.betterlansdowne.ca/more_info?ac...

Entire thread also applicable to the Canadian auto sector Canada’s go-to economic strategy is a desperate, futile struggle to recreate supposed halcyon days. We throw endless money and effort at protecting corporations from inevitable change, instead of working out where they fit in new realities

The Spy Who Came in from The Lada.