About 20% of US oil consumption comes from Canada. This is our biggest export. The Trump tariff will only increase the price of gas in the USA. Not likely to happen. Unless Trump turns to his buddy Putin for a special deal on Russian oil.

In retrospect it seems clear that Trudeau’s visit to Florida to kiss Trump’s ass may have backfired. This kind of fawning reverence is unbecoming for the leader of a G7 nation.

Krugman’s sayonara . He’s right about the decline in trust but what he and many others miss is the fundamental shift in the media landscape. Social media has thousands of different lenses through which people can find the reality they’re most comfortable with . www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...

Opinion | My Last Column: Finding Hope in an Age of Resentment

Where have all the good vibes gone?

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This level of insult demand response. Not from Trudeau but by parliament of Canada. Trump taunts Trudeau by calling him 'governor' of 'a great state' - CBC News

Missing the Mark? Lower-income individuals least likely to be eligible for $250 govt. cheque; 45% say GST holiday would help - this headline tells the story

Stories like these illustrate the major weakness of US compared with Canadian health care. It has little to do with private treatment and everything to do with health insurance. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/o...

Opinion | What Doctors Like Myself Know About Americans’ Health Care Anger

As a doctor, I’ve been on both sides of frustrating health care debacles.

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Under Legault the constraints on religious freedom would reach alarming levels. How do you police praying in public spaces? Someone makes the sign of the cross and gets thrown in jail? These facist tendencies are offset by new lows in his personal polularity . www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Canadians slowly coming around to support for the 2% defense spending proposal.

Very good read for anyone interested in deeper trends in society. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

RFK Jr. Is a Bellwether

Kennedy embodies several trends across politics, science, and society, which require careful attention to understand how America is changing

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Canadians assess the impact of the Trump presidency.

Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud

With the Trump victory, a whole new chapter has opened in American and world history. Trump’s vote count was only a couple million ahead of 2020. Harris’s defeat was as much about Democrats staying home as opposed to a massive swing to the right. But the winners get to define the moment.