New from me. On Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Pierre Poilievre, Mark Carney and the budget. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Worth noting this section in today's report from the parliamentary budget officer. www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/publicati...

As a simple Canadian, I don't really understand the American reluctance to get rid of the Senate filibuster. Like it doesn't seem crazy that a governing, democratically elected majority should generally get to implement its promised agenda. Am I missing something?

Decades from now, when we look back on the Carney era, I think we'll remember it as a time period when everyone just started saying "tranche" all the time. bsky.app/profile/alex...

Guys, we are winning the trade war. www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

If I understand this post correctly, Toronto is debating whether to put an It Store in every neighbourhood. bsky.app/profile/grap...

Expanding Canadian LNG will increase domestic emissions and have uncertain implications for global emissions. Read the latest from @dalebeugin.bsky.social and SFU’s Nancy Olewiler ⬇️ climateinstitute.ca/will-canadia...

Many Canadian economists worry about our real GDP growth relative to the US counterpart over the last decade (often in per capita terms) while also worrying about Canada's federal deficits being too big. But you cannot have your cake and eat it too. Huge US deficits have been hugely stimulative.

Pat Martin was a visionary. bsky.app/profile/nyti...

The Conservative argument that the media should focus just as much attention on Nathaniel Erskine-Smith's comments about the budget raises an interesting question: Could a CPC MP dissent from the CPC line as much as NES does from the Liberal party line and remain in the CPC caucus?

Just throwing something out there: The last time a member of the Trudeau family resigned as prime minister and the subsequent government lost a budget vote, the result was that member of the Trudeau family returning and winning a majority.

Funny you should ask, @aaronwherry.bsky.social. Check out our brand new book on the topic: partyloyalty.ca

This Parliament wouldn't last more than a day. But it would be a very fun day. bsky.app/profile/line...

It's possible that Erskine-Smith has normalized dissent sufficiently — at least from him — that he can do stuff like this without it becoming a huge deal. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jtC...

one of my Big Media Takes is that a big reason big brained people get confused when there are giant political revolts over affordability is because the content industry is constantly focused on the newest outrage while an entire generation is on Year 11 of not being able to afford a home

Also, a reminder that it's very hard legislatively (and to some extent in international process) to scrap 2030/35 climate targets, which is likely why Ottawa is technically maintaining them while not really using them to drive policy or talking much about them unprompted. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments: One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.

There’s a lot of confusion circulating on industrial carbon pricing and food prices in Canada. Our fact sheet lays out why this cost-effective policy has essentially no impact on the price of groceries and other products. Here’s a short 🧵 climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...

Listening to a podcast. Heard again that this is the largest federal deficit ever run outside of the pandemic. Still nope. bsky.app/profile/aaro...

FIFA Puskas Award nominee at the #CanPL final, why the heck not 🥶🚲 📹 OneSoccer

New from me. On the importance of being d'Entremont and Jeneroux. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

It's a small graphic design detail, but the loitering guy on TTC signage is actually in front of the red slash, casually leaning against it, making him look *unbelievably* cool.

Doug Ford would be a boon to the NDP, apparently. (poll courtesy of @davidcoletto.bsky.social )

Want to feel old? The budget was tabled on Tuesday.

Who wants a very detailed poll-by-poll map of the last election you can go scour? Kyle Hutton put in the leg work and you can check it here! -> app.atlas.co/shared/uhOeG...

Ahead of COP30, I looked at the legacy of the Paris Agreement for this weekend's @theglobeandmail.com. Surprise! I found that the energy transition I've spent 20 years tracking is going to be the best mechanism to pursue Paris targets in the decade ahead www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

While researching my current column, I had trouble finding something PM Carney said in a speech in either Factiva or Google, so I tried asking ChatGPT-5 to search for it. This was its internal response. It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?

Canada’s working class is angry—and the right is speaking their language. As the NDP searches for its purpose in an age of grievance and self-interest, writer @cfhorgan.bsky.social examines the path forward: thewalrus.ca/how-poilievre-is...

"Conservative Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux announced Thursday he is resigning from the House of Commons, according to statement shared with CBC News, a decision that comes after rumours swirled this week that he was considering crossing the floor to the Liberals."

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

Second-biggest line item in the budget. Largely ignored this week because it was old news. bsky.app/profile/arad...

Upon taking office, the Doug Ford gov't introduced a law to cut the "carbon tax" which also obliged the government to create a climate plan & emissions targets. Now, they’ve repealed that duty—Ontario’s government no longer has to consider climate action. thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...

Perfect. bsky.app/profile/hock...

Uses of the word "productivity" in the last five budgets. Budget 2021 (726 pages): 39 Budget 2022 (304 pages): 18 Budget 2023 (270 pages): 9 Budget 2024 (430 pages): 63 Budget 2025 (490 pages): 131

A month ago, Ontario’s Auditor General told Doug Ford’s government to create a public, accountable climate plan with emissions-reduction targets — as courts have also ordered. Today, the government’s fall economic statement eliminates all legal obligation to do so. #onpoli

Last one. You'll need to wait for the full report for more and breakouts. Overall, would you say this budget will make people like you better off or worse off? Better off - 17% Worse off - 39% No impact - 24% Don't know - 20%

Reaction to: Boosting military and defence spending by $81 billion over five years (2025-26 to 2029-30) to meet NATO targets and modernize the Armed Forces Good idea - 54% Neither - 20% Bad idea - 19% Unsure - 7%

Just finished the Abacus Data post-budget survey ✅No change in vote intention ✅Carney net favourable +12 (largely unchanged) ✅28% unaware there was a federal budget ✅52% right direction, 48% wrong direction Details will be out this weekend on the Abacus Data website.

I imagine that Brits trying to understand a fractured party system could look at Canadian political history. Though recent Canadian history might suggest that party consolidation (at least under FPTP) is inevitable. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My main thought about this anti-feminism, tradwife, woke-gone-too-far trend is that it's presented as bold, new thinking And it is instead the same boring, lazy, heterodox-if-you're-in-1930, men-are-hunters pop psychology nonsense I've heard from old men shaking their fists in the pub after 5 pints

Okay, but what does Jean Chretien know about the original intent of the notwithstanding clause? nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/06/c...

Some relevant research on carbon-pricing and food prices. www.trevortombe.com/publication/...

I think probably these have been reported in various places, but maybe worth putting together in one place. While most federal departments have been asked to reduce spending by 15 per cent, a handful of agencies and departments have been told they only need to aim for two per cent. Those are...

My take on Carney's long-awaited and (to my eye) somewhat underwhelming Climate Competitiveness Strategy. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Me on Frontburner, with @davidcoletto.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...

New from me. Some initial thoughts on the 2025 budget. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

2015: "A $20-billion deficit?! That's crazy!" 2025: "A $78-billion deficit?! That's it?

Not enough people are talking about the actual biggest political story in North America this week. A majority of voters in the Yukon voted (in a non-binding plebiscite) in favour of moving to a ranked-ballot voting system. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

On the Carney government's climate competitiveness strategy, a lot of initial attention will go the oil and gas emissions cap, but worth noting how conditional its demise is...