@ricksteves.bsky.social is one of the coolest dudes on TV, anti fascist and pro legalization while being the best travel guy around. We’re watching him again while we plan our honeymoon trip!

Check out the trailer for CCC's Fun Police Season 3, where I make an appearance. It was great speaking with Bill about Canadian alcohol history and policy in this podcast, episodes start streaming March 5!

Imagine the CRA asking you trust it with auto-filing your taxes as a low-income person after watching it fine people $70,000 fits own autofill mistakes, getting majorly hacked several times, and knowing this system has failed in the UK. www.westernstandard.news/opinion/clem...

The most important thing you will read today and probably for a while. I’m so proud of my friends @janetbufton.ca and @tomgpalmer.bsky.social for working so incredibly hard and being so through with this.

If you want to see very real example of how much things will cost if a tariff is imposed, take a look at the much everything might cost: www.freetrade4us.org/trade-war-st...

Great, the 43 lbs of fentanyl that the US seized from the Canadian border of the 21,889 lbs total seized won't stand a chance

Christine Van Geyn of the Canadian Constitution Foundation and I are in The Hamilton Spectator talking about how important it is for provinces to immediately get serious about breaking down provincial trade barriers the more they realize that the USA is not a reliable trade partner.

This is the most inspiring thing happening in Canada right now. I used to be able to see this land from my office. Hard to imagine the transformation. youtu.be/zGJD9V10esQ?...

@janetbufton.ca and I once wrote a little something on this fantastic woman. Check it out: oll.libertyfund.org/publications...

What has happened to my friends @jkuznicki.bsky.social and @andycraig.bsky.social is unacceptable. These two people are some of the most intelligent out there, we need their voices. A campaign to try and invoke fear in those who speak their mind is truly a sign of moral failure and reprehensibility

Folks, if you haven't subscribed to @heardtell.bsky.social Substack yet please do, I'd appreciate it. This week, Good Talks w/DC reporter @ericmgarcia.bsky.social & on Canada tariffs/Trump/Trudeau w/ @sabineec.bsky.social plus conspiracy theories, my media appearances, & more heardtell.substack.com

Talking bout Canada @heardtell.bsky.social w/Canadian policy expert & Canadian @sabineec.bsky.social on tariffs, Trump, Trudeau & political/economic context iTunes podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify youtu.be/-NUzdNnZCq0 YouTube youtu.be/-NUzdNnZCq0 Substack open.substack.com/pub/heardtel...

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Had such a great time speaking with @heardtell.bsky.social about Trump and tariffs yesterday!

It is laughable that QC's latest bill is meant to show women are equal when they dont let women have the same rights by banning religious symbols, namely the headscarf, from those who work in government service. If men can wear whatever they choose, women should be able to as well. That's equality.

I'm hearing a lot of voices in Canada saying that it is patriotic to show Trump that we will go dollar to dollar and hit the USA with tariffs. The Team Canada approach should rather be one that would not make Canadians suffer more than they already are with affordability.

In case you missed it yesterday (spoiler alert, they did not)

NorthBayNipissing talks about our Trade War Store and quotes me saying Trump “is repeating disproven myths about tariffs ‘revitalizing’ old industries, balancing deficits, and paying off out-of-control government debt.” Check it out below.

Want to know if tariffs have ever worked before for the United States? Let's take a walk down memory lane in this thread 🧵

How do tariffs hurt consumers in both the USA and Canada? Well, here's a thread 🧵

@sabineec.bsky.social making the arguments that need to be hammered constantly to shore up opposition to tariffs and trade wars. NatCons won't be moved on these issues—they're not the target. Send this to people you know who care about the cost of living and access to the consumer goods they want.

New at The Hill from my friend @sabineec.bsky.social thehill.com/opinion/fina...

I am willing to bet that every man on X who complains that makeup is ruining women and they only look beautiful natural is following at least five insta models and liking all their posts. Cringe behaviour.

It's 2005 in Scarborough. You're riding in your friend's car with the windows down. Flow 93.5 is playing. Everything is perfect.

My interview on the dark history of the LCBO particularly in the case of Indigenous Ontarians and women and people of colour, the current failures of the alcohol retail system, and some potential alternatives to the archaic system Ontarians still have to put up with. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-af...

My blog for the CCC on why Ontarians shouldn’t get complacent with the liberalization of alcohol. For one, the LCBO should not be the only place you can buy vodka, gin, and whiskey. Ontarians should also rethink the LCBO as a retailer all together. Read more: consumerchoicecenter.org/ontarians-ca...

I also discussed this point with @sabineec.bsky.social on an episode of The Curious Task. thecurioustask.podbean.com/e/ep-243-nat...

The Hamilton Spectator published my piece on the LCBO and its ugly history of racism, sexism, and paternalism. I focus primarily on the way Indigenous Ontarians were treated up until 1959 and beyond. www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

One of the only things worth reading today

My toxic trait is buying the 48 pack of pretty highlighters from Costco and then two years later finding out I’ve only used two

This is honestly so terrible. These workers were put in dangerous situations and threatened because they are trying to make a living.

A late drop at @theunpopulist.net: part one (of two). I'll have more to say after a night's sleep but am sharing for late night and further-west readers.

New from @jbufton.bsky.social Janet Bufton and Tom Palmer at @theunpopulist.net www.theunpopulist.net/p/your-compr...

An important read from @jbufton.bsky.social and Tom Palmer, two people whom I consider to have greatly shaped my own ideas on liberalism. www.theunpopulist.net/p/your-compr...

I talked to OMNI about politicians scapegoating immigrants rather than actually fixing the housing crisis. Govt needs to deal with issues like zoning and red tape rather than just blaming newcomers and washing their hands of the problem. #cdnpoli

Excellent morning panel headed up by @jacobtlevy.bsky.social on postliberal critiques at #libcon24! #InstitutefortheStudyofModernAuthoritarianism

I sat down with @sabineec.bsky.social on the Curious Task podcast to talk about systemic racism and how it operates in the criminal system thecurioustask.podbean.com/e/ep-234-jon...

Leb girl advice: don’t buy fattoush chips for 5.99 a bag from the store. Just by the $1.20 pita bread, pull the pita apart into two sides and then toast both sides in the oven. Break them up when done. Poof, fresh and tasty and many dollars less. #themoreyouknow

I remember when people on the right used to be appalled with people displaying upside down flags, making arguments like soldiers died for this flag so it must be respected, so it is very strange for me that this has completely flipped now. When did it become permissible for people on the right?

Hey I’m back on Bluesky! @jbufton.bsky.social got me interested in coming back. So what’s been going on while I was away?

I wrote about why should listen to @sabineec.bsky.social's podcast and maybe, if you want to (but no one is going to force, we're not like that!), read some Shakespeare. Then reread some Shakespeare. And come talk with us about it.

There's this old book, Making of Star Trek, which was basically your entire source of info about the show if you were a geek kid in 1970 or so, and I was looking through it out of curiosity/nostalgia and anyway this is an ... interesting encapsulation of @georgetakei.bsky.social's childhood

My Templeton Tercentenary Fellow Lecture video is now available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdXi...

One of my favorite podcasts with one of my favorite people talking about one of my favorite novels (that even economists should read). @sabineec.bsky.social www.audacy.com/podcast/the-...

@mayfairtheatre.bsky.social is the best theatre in town, and now it’s on Bluesky! Follow them, Ottawans!

I also have comfy writing pants so I feel this deeply. Can't wait to read it!