From "Canada.ca" website. "...federal public service by department or agency" totals: 2015 = 257K, 2025 = 357K. We can't possibly be getting 40% !! more service from the government over the last 10 years as things became more digitized and automated. Whaaa... happened? #cdnpoli #canada

The real problem isn't Trump. That's like blaming Ronald McDonald for what they serve at McD's. He's good at representing the perspectives of many americans, both sides of the aisle. His Davos comments on #canada and EU countries could be said (more diplomatically) by the bulk of them. #canpoli

"Prime Minister Mark Carney is going to China next week to discuss trade with President Xi Jinping, just as American power is moving hard and fast to curtail or eliminate Chinese influence in the Western Hemisphere." #cdnpoli #cdnnews #MarkCarney #geopolitics

The Democrats in the USA need to watch and learn what an an actual protest looks like. It's not Maddow's cheery rave about "300 people lined the streets in Detroit". With the size of the USA any protest under a million is a yawner at fingerwagging level. #USA #MAGA

Hold it. Last year the useful dupe #hanomansing , over big protests, spent 2 hrs of $C taxpayer funded airtime holding interviews with 51st state promoters 'to both-side the issue'. Now he has a problem when he sees what that actually looks like. WHAT is he still doing on #CBC? #cdnpoli

I've been wondering how the research was coming along. It's a pop culture favourite so this should likely have been expected. Are we staying on top of it? #cannabis #canada #cdnpoli www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/h...

200,000 readers, 21st century's best movies. . . hmmm.... maybe this list explains a few things I fail to understand about the USA. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

It would have been any easy contest to win -- "Which 5 premiers are battling to have the power to wield the Notwithstanding Clause to suit their political needs?" #cdnpoli #canada #premier www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

More and more of these ripples from Trump's policies will shake up industries and how other countries try to protect themselves. #tariffs #canada #EU www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/b...

Sorely needed, but obtaining a clear ruling is likely going to be tough. At the rate 'notwithstanding' is used and threatened to be used ( such as by PP ) we're running pretty low on actual rights we have. #cdnpoli #canada #notwithstanding #SCC www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A use for AI that could be trusted enough to be useful. We know translating on the fly is not going to be accurate so we'd be aware of potential mixups but it's to be much better than not having a clue about what is being said. 5 languages right now. #ai #technology www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/t...

Crime Severity Index is lower in 2024 than in 2006 but it's been lower. It's below 2023 levels. Although it's miles from the hell-hole status that PP blathers about I'm glad #Carney is going to make some 'tightening up' moves. #PP #cdnpoli #crime www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-62...

It's ironic that a key villain in the climate disaster we're facing is somewhat accidently becoming a leader in ways to go green. The numbers in this report are eye-opening. Cost reduction and efficiency are giving other nations a way out. #cdnpoli #china #renewable www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/c...

Push - test reaction / Push - test reaction. We've seen Trump doing the same thing, sometimes getting no pushback and sometimes getting enough to have him soften the bold move. In both cases, it's working and needs better responses. #cdnpoli #russia #trump #putin www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...

If NASA cuts sample return trip, China has one up in 2028 with 3 year return. Lots of news stories in many fields have a "and China .." comment. As the USA backs off anything but getting back to the 50's culturally, china is pushing hard. 🇨🇦, grab US scientists. #nasa #mars bbc.com/news/article...

PP and Eby "blame the other" pandering aside " Ending temp workers will make labour issues worse and do nothing to solve housing or healthcare problems. The USA anti-immigrant moves is already showing that. #cdnpoli #canada #bc #Eby #PP www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

Nah, they just believe their proper role is pregnant in the kitchen, but they don't insist on barefoot - at least not publicly. #canada #cdnpoli #PP #cons

Sure, improve the temp worker program but to peddle PP's propaganda at the same time is disgusting. Yes, in BC the NDP must defend it's flank from the far right but there are very constructive ways to do it without pandering to them. #Eby #bcpoli #canada www.castanetkamloops.net/news/BC/5704...

What would be a way to support secondary education in canada in times of cuts, to build long-lasting ties and friendships internationally, to boost our economy in general? NOT THIS. Seems like a 'shoot at foot' strategy. #canpoli #cdnpol #eduction #students #economy www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Once you don't accept trans people as 'just people' then it's a few easy moves from 'no trans in womens sport' to this. No doubt Alta and Sask premiers are on the mailing list. "First they came for ...." is not just a poem. #cdnpoli #canpoli #maga #fascism #alta www.breitbart.com/politics/202...

Good snapshot of what military threats China has and some which are anti-USA specific. The cold war backyard bunkers were driven by this type of thing. Jeeeez. #china #usa #military #cdnpoli www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Even as Trump readies the military for Chicago the Mayor can only muster a protest in the 'hundreds' ! Those still interested in democracy and realizing how it's vanishing are still scarce. It maybe too late but it's still worth the fight. #trump #fascism #ucp #usa www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...

Roadtrip prowl. Last week of Sept, a 5-7 day loop in southern Alta. 1A from Canmore, motels stops not pre-planned. Any favourite interesting spots I'm likely to miss? #roadtrip #alta #POI #drumheller #waterton #canmore #canada

What a wildly incorrect conclusion. On almost every point Trump has in fact proved enormously successful: he's already outright fired tens of thousands in the bureaucracy and replaced its upper echelons with incompetents and corrupt bagmen, he has sent the military into cities,... 1/n

We have our wildfires, they have this. It looks like the old clips from the 1930's 'dustbowl' years. Not that it'll change any political mind there or in Alberta. #canpoli #climate #usa www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is a USA story but it has a good variety of things we need to watch out for in Canada. A bit of a roadmap of trouble spots. #canpoli #canada #china www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/n...

Just the headline should shake non-Maga folks. The wiggle room for breaking loose from the fascist grip down there is tightening. Yet no real sign that it's a fear to the bulk of them. #usa #fascism #maga #canpoli www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

Another MAGA move as it heads back to the dark ages, step by step. Imagine moving away from a scientific breakthrough that "... is now being tested for personalized cancer vaccines, autoimmune therapies and treatments for rare diseases." #medicine #mRNA #Maga www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...

Simple time-tested methods to deal with brutal summer heat. Hopefully we'll see some of this in 'northern' cities now being hit with it. #heat #spain #cooling www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/w...

This is great news for 15 million americans. It's interesting that they don't know WHY it works. As a know-nothing I'm fine with that. I don't know how aspirin works. #medicine #liver #treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/w...

There 6+ million people in the DC metro area. It's a yawner until - at least- 10% show up at a protest. Anything less is like a drive-by protest in effect. #usa #fascism #trump

Ok, Canada, EU, Australia, NZ,... democracies of the world have to decide if we're worth saving. Now. #canpoli #Ukraine #USA #canada www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

A very well laid out critique of the nonsense that PP is spreading. Sorts out the issues clearly and concisely. Well done. #canpoli #canada #poilievre

While the boycott is a good political strategy, the list of reasons to not cross into the USA includes many personal risk concerns. The article points to several cases that are known. #canpoli #USA #boycott #ICE www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Ahhhh, it's "to draw more diners to the restaurant, both for financial reasons ..." Yes, you're running a business, not a class on culinary philosophy. I doubt if Olive Garden 'believes in' bread sticks. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/d...

City by city, Trump gets Americans conditioned to accept the military acting against US citizens. Protests when the midterms hit will easily be handled, as will getting to the polls in swing districts. #usa #uspoli #fascism www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

The Boy Scout reasoning to stick to status quo seems to be fighting reality but that isn't too much of a surprise. They don't have a track record of looking after the youngsters under their watch. #canpoli #canada #scouts #children www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It's hard to keep up, but this does help. Those are rather loose 'deals' in blue though. #canpoli #tariff #trump #economy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/b...

Again, closely following the fascist playbook. It's the 'going along' of a large part of the population that is always needed. #trump #fascism #usa www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...

This should be standard law for all minorities re the USA. Alberta may need to be added to the list, if not now, then soon. #canpol #canada #LGBTQ2S+ www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

We need more of this. Non-politicians spelling out what is going on in the US. It'll help bolster the defense against our Maple-Maga and give the fence-sitters in the US a bit more ooomph to get with the push-back while there's hope it'll do some good. #canpoli #canada www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Our mind tricks us. Winning by 1 vote seems more unusual than winning by, say, 217 but of course it's not. #canpoli #canada

Hmmm, it makes quite the list of changes. Wariness. No one-career focus on education. More awareness of the blurriness of the world: gender, sexuality, your choice of culture, etc. Randomness of outcomes. "do X and it causes Y". Good plans can fail, bad succeed. It's still a bad plan. - . ...

Post WWII, which was a generation after the Empires collapsed, there were several pools of economic theory searching for real-world footing. Variations of Friedman's has been tried several times and always fails miserably. That won't stop it's cult following, like Poilievre. #cdnpoli #poilievre

If we vote for somebody promisinng to override our Charter Rights over an non-issue, we need to wake up and think how fast they'll rip away rights when there is an an actual issue where they don't like the Supreme Court. If Americans are to blame for trump, so will we for Poilievre. #cdnpoli

We can't get distracted by haircuts, 'trust the polls', whether to remove Charter right via the notwithstanding clause-Yikes! or anything thing else. None of those matter if we mishandle the Canada-vs-Trump world we're in for the foreseeable future by listening to Poilivre & Smith. #cdnpoli

Other than tariffs "Mr. Poilievre has avoided mentioning other Trump policies, partly because of similarities with his own, including Mr. Poilievre’s pledge to fight against “woke ideology” by withholding federal funds to universities, " #canpoli #cdnpoli #poilievre www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/w...

I want my DEI back ! Now! Come on. Doesn't have to be a black VP ( eye liner doesn't count) or even a gay Transport Secretary but please, please, . . . maybe somebody who loves ballet or figure skating. #usapoli #cdnpoli #canada

Odd headline. There are no CPC candidates with views other than extreme - that's the entry level position. This article doesn't even mention PP's own far-right positions, convey buddies, diagolon co-marchers, etc. #cdnpoli #poilivre #cpc thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

"Why not end the uncertainty that is paralyzing both sides of the border and that is also costing us jobs today," Poilievre pledges an immediate renegotiation of CUSMA trade agreement if he's PM. I'm not sure which Lucy scenario best depicts his delusions. #cdnpoli #elxn2025