Conservatives aren’t listening to Harper’s warnings about avoiding India politics, @johnivison.bsky.social writes. nationalpost.com/opinion/ivis... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

Costa Rica’s quaint notion of a country with no army is under pressure.

Really interesting conversation here and report on how Canada can be more strategic, and less reactive, in its relationship with the US. www.wilsoncenter.org/event/matter... ppforum.ca/wp-content/u...

/ New: The US has used its defence production act, yet again, to fast-track funding for a mineral project in Canada. Illustrating the sense of urgency that prevails south of the 49th parallel on this issue. www.defense.gov/News/Release...

If Trump wants our “post-national” country more than we do, we should just give it to him.

Little different from me - the Canadian connection to Sir Ernest Shackleton on his 150th birthday. johnivison.substack.com/p/the-quest-...

Dutch politician Frans Timmermans made an excellent speech, deserving of a wider audience, that says we are already in the early stages of a war against authoritarianism, like it or not. open.substack.com/pub/johnivis...

Dutch politician Frans Timmermans made an excellent speech, deserving of a wider audience, that says we are already in the early stages of a war against authoritarianism, like it or not. open.substack.com/pub/johnivis...

Defense department confirms Canada bought a $44 million anti-tank system without testing it, only to find it doesn’t work as expected. Result- CAF in Latvia will be without effective anti-tank capability until well into 2026. nationalpost.com/opinion/libe...

People should take a leaf out of the Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy, which had the words: “Don’t Panic” printed on its cover in large, friendly letters. nationalpost.com/opinion/john...

Another wake-up call to ready for war as Canada slumbers on. A report by the Business Council notes Canada’s rivals are investing heavily, while Ottawa has failed to spend on military capabilities, @johnivison.bsky.social writes nationalpost.com/opinion/ivis... Find out more at Nationalnewswatch.com

The war in Ukraine is at its most dangerous stage, yet Canada’s Liberals are spending billions on cheap, electoral bribes, rather than on shoring up its defenses. As Tim Cook’s new book, The Good Allies, shows, it was not always like this.

@johnivison.bsky.social It’s not ‘cancel culture’ to silence people who encourage terrorism nationalpost.com/opinion/john... Indeed

Terri Garr’s death sent me back to One from the Heart, the Francis Ford Coppola movie in which she starred. Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle made for an unorthodox duo but they knocked it out the park. youtu.be/2sglrbx6rVo

Iraq is set to lower the age of marriage to nine-years-old. In my latest Substack column, I argue Islam needs its own Reformation, not to mention Enlightenment. open.substack.com/pub/johnivis...

An introduction. Scotsman who ended up as a political columnist at Canada's National Post. Now living in Costa Rica but still covering politics for the Post, and at johnivison.substack.com/p/fly-straight. Author: The Education of a Prime Minister and The Riotous Passions of Robbie Burns.

I am currently reading The Complete Memoirs Of Ulysses S. Grant and am pleased to report the Republic has been this fucked before and survived. 🧐 🇺🇸

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In the Other Place, I re-posted something by Led By Donkeys entitled: How Musk Broke Twitter and Helped Elect Trump. Over the following days, I lost hundreds of followers. Probably a coincidence.... Hoping the grass is greener and the sky bluer here.