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John Michael McGrath
about 4 hours ago
New from me at TVO, on the reheated leftover that is "Fortress North America" and incidentally some odd FT coverage of Canadian politics:
www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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ANALYSIS: What does Ontario gain from Fortress North America? | TVO Today
The Ford government’s plan is familiar — and carries familiar risk.
https://www.tvo.org/article/analysis-what-does-ontario-gain-from-fortress-north-america
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Is Carney lying about not having an opinion on the airport expansion? He seemed to be supporting it in March.
#cdnpoli
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Carney calls Ford’s Billy Bishop jet plan a ‘very interesting vision’
The prime minister said removing the City of Toronto’s say over the island airport’s future would create ‘efficiency’
https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-hall/carney-billy-bishop-jet-very-interesting-vision-12077104
about 5 hours ago
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Carney resurrects Harper's cuts to refugee healthcare funding - no wonder Conservatives feel at home in the Liberal caucus
#cdnpoli
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Althia Raj: The Carney government cut health-care funding for refugees. Here’s what that looks like to Olivia
Until last month, the Canadian government covered the health-care costs of asylum-seekers. When it imposed fees, it left one Toronto mother with tough choices about how to provide for her
https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/the-carney-government-cut-health-care-funding-for-refugees-heres-what-that-looks-like-to-olivia/article_c1270391-a56e-48dc-9f1e-9534ab7fdc6d.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=user-share
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Producers around the world are scratching their heads and wondering why Mark Carney is selling Canadian culture out - I wonder why Canadians are allowing him to sell us out
#cdnpoli
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Carney’s online streaming act about-face is a blow to middle-power solidarity
After his rousing Davos speech, Carney’s cave in to entertainment conglomerates is a set back
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/article-carneys-online-streaming-act-about-face-is-a-blow-to-middle-power/
1 day ago
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"The Canadian government has not said why Ottawa has not imposed sanctions on Mr. Goutorov’s UAE company, or why it has not imposed penalties on Mr. Goutorov himself." - perhaps because morality does not exist in a militarized economy
#cdnpoli
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Canadian businessman accused of aiding Russia sanctioned by EU, but not Ottawa
The government hasn’t said why it hasn’t imposed sanctions on Guerman Goutorov or his company, Streit Group
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-guerman-goutorov-streit-group-russia-ukraine-war/
1 day ago
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Carney dines with the billionaire oligarchs in May and in June he does their bidding like a good little poodle and serves up Canadian culture and Canadian sovereignty. It's embarrassing.
#cdnpoli
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Ottawa to direct CRTC to scrap demands for streamers to fund local news, niche broadcasters
The move would roll back the implementation of the Online Streaming Act, which has become an irritant in U.S. trade talks
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-crtc-online-streaming-act-marc-miller/
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James 🇨🇦
John Clarke
4 days ago
#Housing
, as a social need, can't continue to be treated as a commodity and left in the hands of greedy
#developers
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Last November the government announced it was cutting $2.7 billion from Canada’s International Assistance Envelope over four years despite Mr. Carney’s pledge during his 2025 election campaign that he would not cut foreign aid.
#cdnpoli
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Canada part of global retreat on foreign aid
OECD says 2025 marked historic decline in aid
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-part-of-global-retreat-on-foreign-aid/
3 days ago
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Yuliya Komska
5 days ago
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Carney has announced a new AI strategy to ramp up adoption of the tech-bro-touted technology in a way that he says “serves all Canadians.” But BIG questions are lingering about how this aggressive ramp up will play out in a world where data centres guzzle water and destroy the environment:
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Why not have a binding referendum in the next municipal election on the issue?
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
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Mark Carney promises ‘consultation process’ over future of Billy Bishop airport
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he has not "formed an opinion" on Premier Doug Ford's contentious expansion plan for Toronto's Billy Bishop airport and is promising a "consultation process" with
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/mark-carney-promises-consultation-process-over-future-of-billy-bishop-airport/article_9243e8ff-0d0c-4a45-8a33-c32388ec0d0e.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=user-share
4 days ago
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Carney to caucus - I just don't give a shit about your concerns
#cdnpoli
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Althia Raj: ‘He yells’: Mark Carney’s focus has Liberal MPs bristling
A prime minister with a penchant for centralizing power does not want to be challenged, Althia Raj writes.
https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/he-yells-mark-carneys-focus-has-liberal-mps-bristling/article_f2abbdb9-5c04-440c-8e37-a0c54e0a18a0.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=user-share
5 days ago
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AMAZON earned $13 Billion on subscriptions last quarter alone but Mark Carney is going to subsidize them with $600 Million of tax payer funds just so Amazon doesn't have to spend a few million of their profit on Canadian content
#billionairesbutler
#cdnpoli
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Netflix spent $15Billion on content creation why would they need to raise subscription fees because a few million of that would need to be spent in Canada? The PM is either a fool or in the pocket of the billionaires
#cdnpoli
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Ottawa says CRTC's new cash requirements from streamers risk price hikes for Canadians | CBC News
The federal government will direct its broadcast and telecommunications regulator to revisit a recent decision to triple the funds that streaming services like Netflix must contribute to Canadian cont...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/government-crtc-review-online-streaming-9.7221787
5 days ago
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WTF? Canadians already have put their own money into it - $25 Billion of their own money.
#cdnpoli
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Carney wants you to invest in his Canada Strong Fund — if only we knew how it will work
PM Mark Carney's rollout of the Canada Strong Fund has been so half-baked, writes Adam Radwanski, that it’s failed to generate any buzz after he made it the centrepiece of
https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/sovereign-wealth-fund/article_a6ce6f69-17cc-4a4a-bb7b-25401d237417.html
10 days ago
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While ordinary Canadians buy the fiction of "elbows Up" Carney pushes his true agenda of turning Canada into a vassal state - to quote the Sex pistols - "ever get the feeling you've been cheated?"
#betrayal
#cdnpoli
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Carney walks a tightrope on Fortress North America as trade review looms
U.S. and Mexican officials are meeting next week in Mexico City for the first formal round of USMCA talks – notably without Canada at the table
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-carney-walks-a-tightrope-on-fortress-north-america-as-trade-review/
13 days ago
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Apparently to save Canada from Trump, Carney morphs into a mini Trump- the billionaire’s butler
#cdnpoli
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Carney government eying curbs on right to strike, labour leaders warn
The Carney government is contemplating changes to Canadian labour law that several unions say aims to designate more workplaces as "essential services" and curb the right to strike while undermining
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/carney-government-eying-curbs-on-right-to-strike-labour-leaders-warn/article_5923c835-c7b2-4420-84ed-0f41ff90074b.html
19 days ago
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John Clarke
20 days ago
Sorry
#orcas
but you're getting in the way of the 'national interest,' defined by Mark
#Carney
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www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Orcas could be casualty in Carney’s push for pipeline, environmental groups fear
Rush to develop fossil fuel infrastructure in Canada collides with laws meant to protect endangered species
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/19/canada-orcas-oil-pipeline-mark-carney
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Stripping Canada down and selling off the parts to bulk up a slush fund for billionaires. Canada strong? Or DOGE North?
#cdnpoli
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Carney government signals it’s open to selling Canadian ports
Buried deep in the pages of a discussion paper released Friday is the announcement that the government is open to and seeking a report on the potential amalgamation of certain
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/carney-government-signals-its-open-to-selling-canadian-ports/article_bf0a5397-7b33-478d-8eeb-11c25b176762.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=copy-link&utm_campaign=user-share
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"They are trying to do an end run around the Specie at Risk Act and at the same time, they’re trying to tell the public how much they’re investing in Canada’s nature.”
#cdnpoli
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Carney government proposal targets extinction protections for endangered killer whales off B.C. coast
The orcas’ habitat has been affected by shipping traffic causing physical and acoustic disturbances, pollutants in the ocean, and declining food stock.
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/carney-government-proposal-targets-extinction-protections-for-endangered-killer-whales-off-bc-coast/article_f0da6bac-3a97-43a3-91e4-d9578503b04f.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=copy-link&utm_campaign=user-share
26 days ago
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“They’re cutting things that affect public safety like Weatheradio and also radar science ..." Nothing says Nation building like cutting things that affect public safety while offering Billionaires tax cuts
#cdnpoli
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Environment Canada disbands radar research team amid cuts to weather services
Reductions could hamper Canada’s ability to track severe weather events, experts warn
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-environment-canada-disbands-radar-research-team-amid-cuts-to-weather/
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Rachel Gilmore
about 1 month ago
Althia Raj is doing some of the most important reporting out there right now, exposing how Carney is dismantling any semblance of Canada’s progressive values. Pharmacare, child care, now the environment… Please, pay attention. He’s eviscerating environmental laws worse than Harper. Than HARPER!!!
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If progressive Liberals are upset with Carney's pro-business, right wing anti environment agenda they should cross the floor to another party - like the
#NDP
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#cdnpoli
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Althia Raj: Mark Carney runs roughshod over the environment: ‘It’s worse than what Harper did’
The prime minister plans to make it easier to kill off endangered species and pollute waterways in the name of fast-tracking private-sector development projects, Althia Raj writes.
https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/mark-carney-runs-roughshod-over-the-environment-its-worse-than-what-harper-did/article_1fa59928-a8d5-481a-896b-405c86a466d1.html
about 1 month ago
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The only two explanations for this would appear to be gross incompetence or deep corruption on the part of the Ford government
#onpoli
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Assessment of Therme Ontario Place bid cited Aecon as 'construction partner,' but no partnership existed
An Aecon spokesperson said the two companies did discuss a potential collaboration at the time, but nothing was finalized.
https://www.thestar.com/business/assessment-of-therme-ontario-place-bid-cited-aecon-as-construction-partner-but-no-partnership-existed/article_6c656ba3-baf2-42d7-8c4a-aeec299c4be2.html
about 1 month ago
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How exactly does selling off public assets to foreign interests to raise money for a slush fund to subsidize the exploitation of Canadian resources by foreign interests make Canada strong?
#cdnpoli
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Mark Carney suggests he’s open to foreign investment in Canadian airports
Canada is willing to let foreign investors buy stakes in Canadian airports, Prime Minister Mark Carney suggested Wednesday, as the federal government considers trying to raise money to fuel its
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/mark-carney-suggests-hes-open-to-foreign-investment-in-canadian-airports/article_69b3b44c-fe3a-4b4c-a66d-962ca0a253ff.html
about 1 month ago
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Ever the Billionaires butler Carney doubles down on failed economic policies to benefit his Bay Street bosses
#cdnpoli
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Mark Carney compares his sovereign wealth fund to Norway’s. Canadians are smart enough to see it’s far worse
Back in August 2015, while still trailing the NDP in some polls, Justin Trudeau pulled off an impressive political feint. Having committed himself to a balanced budget just a few
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/mark-carney-compares-his-sovereign-wealth-fund-to-norways-canadians-are-smart-enough-to-see-its-far-worse/article_465e4b7e-5017-45d8-a22c-1eb5374bddfe.html
about 1 month ago
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Carney has bamboozled Canadians into thinking he’s progressive when in fact he is nothing more than a butler for the billionaire class
#cdnpoli
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Progressive-left outlets sound the alarm over Carney's 'technological utopianism', urge NDP to join AI backlash
Here’s what the activist media is reporting on this week.
https://www.ipolitics.ca/2026/05/03/progressive-left-outlets-sound-the-alarm-over-carneys-technological-utopianism-urge-ndp-to-join-ai-backlash/
about 1 month ago
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦
about 1 month ago
Jimmy Kimmel has outdone himself this time! This pharmaceutical ad about Felon47 is hilarious! 👏👏👏👏👏😂👏👏👏👏👏
#ReZyne
#JimmyKimmel
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#cdnpoli
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CRA refunding $647-million collected from cancelled digital services tax
Legislation to repeal the Digital Services Tax Act received royal assent in March, clearing the way for the CRA to refund companies that had already paid the tax
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/globe-advisor/advisor-news/article-cra-refunding-647-million-collected-from-cancelled-digital-services/
about 1 month ago
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John Clarke
about 1 month ago
Do as I say and not as I do.
#DougFord
#RemoteWork
globalnews.ca/news/1181649...
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Doug Ford regularly worked from home after ordering civil servants back to office | Globalnews.ca
A copy of the premier's itinerary obtained by Global News shows that over five weeks from early January, Ford took a range of meetings at his house or virtually.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11816493/doug-ford-remote-work/
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"Lee, who spent 24 years with the federal food regulator before retiring in 2021, estimates misweighed meat costs Canadian shoppers millions of dollars annually" - a good way to fight affordability would be for Carney to stop billionaires from ripping off hard working Canadians
#cdnpoli
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CBC investigation finds grocers Loblaw, Sobeys overcharging for underweight meat — again | CBC News
A CBC News secret shopping investigation has — once again — uncovered how several Loblaw-owned and Sobeys-affiliated stores are overcharging for underweight meat, despite claims last year that the gro...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/loblaw-sobeys-meat-weight-9.7158279
about 2 months ago
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Values? We don’t need no stinkin values.
#cdnpoli
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Althia Raj: Mark Carney’s latest floor crosser tests more than the size of the Liberal tent
A day before Liberals gather in Montreal for their convention, the prime minister embraced four-term Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu to the Grits’ caucus.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/mark-carneys-latest-floor-crosser-tests-more-than-the-size-of-the-liberal-tent/article_06a9f201-c67c-4640-8d9a-6886ed7a9491.html
2 months ago
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Mark Carney's special skills appear to be talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and also standing upright without a spine
#cdnpoli
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Carney attends fundraiser co-hosted by MP who cast doubt on Chinese human rights abuses
PM says Michael Ma apologized, Canada has strong measures to stop goods made with forced labour from entering the country
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-carney-fundraiser-michael-ma-chinese-human-rights-abuses/
2 months ago
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The Globe and Mail
3 months ago
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UN committee criticizes Canada for not filling corporate human rights abuses watchdog role
Carney government has left the top ombudsman position vacant for 10 months
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-un-committee-criticizes-canada-for-not-filling-corporate-human-rights/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
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A reminder that the Canadian government is allowing ICE to operate inside Canada- elbows up???
#cdnpoli
#wrongendup
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Olivia Chow wants to ban ICE agents during FIFA World Cup in Toronto
Canada is expected to draw one million visitors including athletes, coaches, officials, volunteers and fans.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/olivia-chow-puts-forth-motion-to-ban-ice-agents-during-fifa-world-cup-in-toronto/article_f7579e68-823e-4410-9c5c-e4b7ddbce55c.html
3 months ago
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“The Canadian authorities are very aware that the vast majority of people who get returned are ending up in detention."
#cdnpoli
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Pushed into ICE detention: Canada sent this Haitian man back to the U.S. despite his claim he qualified for asylum
The 25-year-old had all the documents to prove his relationship with an "anchor family member" — his aunt — in order to make the refugee claim. But she was out
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/pushed-into-ice-detention-canada-sent-this-haitian-man-back-to-the-u-s-despite/article_95da9cb8-b5f6-4e3e-848e-a7618f19729c.html
3 months ago
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Doug Ford attempts to place his government above the law.
#onpoli
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Ontario to introduce bill exempting Premier, cabinet from FOI requests
Government’s proposed changes follow its loss of court battle over call logs for Ford’s personal cellphone
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-freedom-of-information-requests-premier-cabinet/
3 months ago
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Inspiring to see a leader standing up for international law - unlike Canada.
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Spain's Pedro Sánchez hits back at Trump threat to sever trade saying 'no to war'
Spain's prime minister delivers a strong rebuttal to US President Donald Trump's threat to end trade with his country.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93wwq1n542o
3 months ago
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If only our PM had values that were deeper than the ink on the cheap paperback cover of his autobiography
#wrongendup
#cdnpoli
add a skeleton here at some point
3 months ago
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Kai, a very old GenX 🇨🇦
3 months ago
“The Canadian government, in supporting this aggression, is only legitimizing a future of forced annexation by the United States.”
#cdnpoli
#canada
#iran
#usa
#boycottusa
#fascistusa
#racistusa
thewalrus.ca/iran-foreign...
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Eight Experts on What You’re Not Being Told about the War in Iran | The Walrus
The questions that aren’t making it into the battlefield dispatches
https://thewalrus.ca/iran-foreign-policy-experts
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It's like we're living inside an episode of Yes Minister
#cdnpoli
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Carney says Ottawa’s position supporting U.S., Israeli strikes on Iran was taken with regret
But the U.S. and Israel have acted without engaging the UN or allies, leaving the question of where things will go from here, the Prime Minister said
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-carney-us-israeli-strikes-iran-position/
3 months ago
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Is Canada involved? It appears likely.
#cdnpoli
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Mark Carney’s government needs to give us the full truth about our involvement in Iran
You cannot embed Canadian officers in U.S. war-fighting headquarters and then wash your hands when missiles fly, writes Lloyd Axworthy.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/mark-carneys-government-needs-to-give-us-the-full-truth-about-our-involvement-in-iran/article_5213594b-ab4e-49de-9dbb-ffab6bb84b87.html
3 months ago
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Philip Gourevitch
3 months ago
A crucial variable in this war is whether these monarchies start running out of interceptors before the Iranian regime runs out of projectiles. At current burn rates, it could be very soon.
www.wsj.com/world/gulf-s...
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Gulf States in Race Against Time to Repel Iran’s Onslaught
There are only so many air-defense interceptors available to knock down an almost limitless number of drones.
https://www.wsj.com/world/gulf-states-in-race-against-time-to-repel-irans-counterattack-96c16802?st=WWsGrS&reflink=article_copyURL_share
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"The Carney government is making a choice to prioritize trade over the public safety of Canadians"
#cdnpoli
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Supriya Dwivedi: Mark Carney’s trip to India might be good for the economy. Is it good for Canadians?
Threats to Canadians' safety cannot be swept under the rug.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/mark-carneys-trip-to-india-might-be-good-for-the-economy-is-it-good-for/article_10b759ea-0269-4289-9615-0dc9f6a7c348.html
3 months ago
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Nothing says Nation Building quite like destroying the environment
@mark-carney.bsky.social
#cdnpoli
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Canada not on track to meet any climate targets, study finds
Country has moved away from its climate goals thanks to ‘a slackening of policy effort over the past year’
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canada-climate-targets-net-zero-emissions/
4 months ago
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James 🇨🇦
Rachel Maddow
4 months ago
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
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ICE eyes detention facility at warehouse owned by firm with Montreal ties
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering using a warehouse in Roxbury, N.J., owned by a firm with roots in Montreal, as part of a major expansion of its immigration detention infrastruc...
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/ice-eyes-detention-facility-at-warehouse-owned-by-firm-with-montreal-ties
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#cdnpoli
#onpoli
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ICE has offices in five cities across Canada. What are they doing here?
While ICE did not respond to the Star's inquiries about Canadian operations, experts say the field offices are not authorized to carry out independent investigations or carry out immigration enforceme...
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/ice-has-offices-in-five-cities-across-canada-what-are-they-doing-here/article_81c4d8f7-2a2d-4c76-a164-f1eaa8088f08.html
4 months ago
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James 🇨🇦
Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦
4 months ago
In other words, appeal to hatred. It's something being tried in Canada, too. But I think our multi-party Westminister parliamentary system is more robust to it. As well, we are not subject to: (a) years-long election campaigns (b) unlimited political donations (c) rampant gerrymandering
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Let me get this straight when Trump hurts Ontario with tariffs Ford wants Americans to support us but when Trump oppresses and kills those same people Ford sees it as an opportunity for Ontario business to profit.
#onpoli
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Doug Ford says armoured vehicle sales to ICE are beyond Ontario’s control
Premier Doug Ford says there's nothing he can do about an Ontario company selling armoured vehicles to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency as controversy rages over the killing
https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-ford-says-armoured-vehicle-sales-to-ice-are-beyond-ontarios-control/article_abdbe10a-88e1-4fbe-bb63-657a0fb07e96.html
4 months ago
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Carney ejected from Trump's Board of Evil for not showing up to the first meeting held in the Riddler's Lair in Switzerland
#cdnpoli
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Trump withdraws Carney’s invitation to Board of Peace
Move follows Carney’s absence from the first meeting of the board and a speech widely viewed as a rebuke of Trump’s global agenda
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-politics/article-trump-withdrawing-carneys-invitation-to-board-of-peace/
5 months ago
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