We are looking for Canada’s future in the policies of the 1990s and 2000s - commerce over the common good, private over public, and feeding a homegrown plutocracy trying to be as vile as their US counterparts. this doesn’t strike me as a wise plan
Matthew Mendelsohn
@mendelmatt.bsky.social
Living on the north shore of the Great Lakes. 🍁 #WeTheNorth #TrueNorthStrongAndFree #AlwaysCanada #Never51 #ElbowsUp I work to create pathways to wealth and ownership for working Canadians. #econsky #cdnpoli #cansky www.socialcapitalpartners.ca
These oil giants are part of the reckless lobby pushing the fantasy that more drilling in the North Sea will bring our bills down - when all it will do is fatten the bank accounts of big oil corporations like BP, while households in the UK agonise over rising energy bills. 1/2
Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social · 13h agoMajor oil firms make $93bn profits in just 3 months amid war and climate crisis. They shift profits, dodge taxes, fuel poverty and inflation. They don't bear the social cost of their business. Forever holding people/govts to ransom. Polluters must pay. Need windfall tax now.
A short 🧵 on the WestJet / CUPE disruption (Disclosure - I am a CUPE member of another unit (UofT)) Collective bargaining worked. Great news for everyone it’s now over. 1/n #cdnpoli
Can AI deepfake detectors always reliably prove whether an image is real or not?
Buddy used his café to rally his town to break up Canada. Folks decided to buy their coffee elsewhere. He went out of business. Treason doesn't pay. Check out this article. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Separatist Café Owner's Cold Lake Business Goes Under Due to Hosting Separatist Events
This is just a warning shot to Albertans who think separation is the answer to our problems. This guy thought so, and it led his customers to separate from his business.
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Can a man create a coherent critique of Canadian universities using nothing but US data and case examples? Of course not, but leave it to the Macdonald-Laurier Institure and this chud to try.
Degrees of decline - Credential creep, lost trust, and the reckoning facing Canada’s universities: David Polansky for Inside Policy | Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Federal and provincial governments should remind their administrators that Canadian universities exist primarily for educating Canadians and especially high-calibre international students; they are no...
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There are so many good elements to this story but I will highlight 1 (or is it 2?): popular democratic mobilization against stupid ideas still works sometimes, and the Toronto Liberal caucus stepped up, applied political pressure and was effective at getting results.
Ben Spurr@benspurr.bsky.social · 2w agoBig news: Federal government grounds Billy Bishop airport expansion www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
I wrote a similar column months ago about Toronto’s mayor + Ford. Other candidates boast of skills to “work w other levels of govt” but that’s easy. Fighting well — pushing back strongly when needed, winning hearts/minds — takes skill & courage. Much harder.
Peggy Blair@peggyjblair.bsky.social · 2w ago100% this. We've been making concessions to try to deal with Trump's threats/extortion since Carney was first elected, hoping the extortionist will change. It's the definition of insanity. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/24/o...
John Turner was right. Walter Gordon was right. Mel Watkins was right. Herb Grey was right. I could go on. Great episode! Now is the time for the Great Untangling.
Stephen Marche@stephenmarche.bsky.social · 2w agoEfficiency made the global economy faster. But did it make us weaker? In Ep 4 of Cross Check, we ask what a more resilient Canada looks like — from supply chains and ownership to infrastructure, innovation, and economic sovereignty. Watch it here: youtu.be/WPWOyrk7mNU
Skocpol. Skocpol. Skocpol. We have forgotten what politics is. It is not policy. That is not what moves people.
Omar Wasow@owasow.bsky.social · 2w agoWhy has DSA grown? One argument from this research: not just ideology, but organization. Strong membership plus ongoing and continuous participation in social movements creates credibility, committed volunteers, political skills, and durable electoral capacity. www.niskanencenter.org/inside-the-d...
This is now one of the greatest bits in the history of comedy. Right up there with who's on first, dead parrot, and the Aristocrats!
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3w agoI try not to overdo this bit but ... my man is begging for it. Let's go.
Here @acoyne.bsky.social, as usual, nails it: "If there’s nothing we can do – if we lose no matter what – then we might as well do what we want." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: There is no appeasing Donald Trump, or deterring him
Trump’s latest tariffs have liberated Canada, in a strange sort of way
theglobeandmail.com
So was Carney misleading Canadians to try and take the heat off, or was he misled by his officials when he made wrong statements about the agreement? Either way, this is Not Good.
New details on Gordie Howe Bridge deal confirmed, following confusion caused by Mark Carney remarks
The money the Canadian government is sharing with the U.S. represents the “net revenue” generated by bridge activity after operating costs have been paid, a federal source has clarified.
thestar.com
We'll need to monitor implementation, but pressure from a variety of quarters, including the Competition Bureau and advocates leaders like @keldonb.bsky.social @vassb.bsky.social @rwasserman.bsky.social (and us!) can lead to positive change. Keep it up! www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Empire to stop using some property controls after scrutiny from regulators, politicians
Sobeys parent company will stop enforcing exclusivity clauses on properties identified in a Competition Bureau court order and in Manitoba
theglobeandmail.com
I mean I guess. But standing ready to renegotiate CUSMA with a belligerent partner who will regularly violate said CUSMA seems like a pretty big problem. Businesses will never again have the certainty that a trade agreement putatively provides. We need to move on.
Armine Yalnizyan@armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 2w agoCarney's response to the latest 50% tariff concept of a plan www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
Not the kind of climate change column I’ve normally written, or want to write, but I felt I had to. www.thestar.com/business/opi...
I've covered climate policy for years. The haze over Toronto finally shattered my optimism
The wildfire smoke has choked my faith in Canada's climate future, writes Adam Radwanski. We used to at least be trying. Now we're betting against energy transition.
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Who is buying Canadian businesses and how they run them is an important policy question. Changing ownership patterns -- more financialized, more driven by shareholder returns -- are transforming the Canadian economy. And not for the better. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: Private equity is buying up Canada’s disaster economy. Consumers will suffer
Natural disasters and personal emergencies represent a recession-proof growth industry, where consumers have few alternatives
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Stephen Marche podcast: Some VALUABLE INFORMATION about who the trade war is actually existential for, and why (the threats to us make sense now- they come from a place of fear): youtu.be/yENeibC2FxE
3. How Canada Wins at Trade
YouTube video by Gloves Off with Stephen Marche
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I’m always reluctant to directly attribute any one weather event to climate change. But Canada’s current fossil-fuel boosterism does hit a bit harder while considering whether we have to keep our 6-year-old home from the baseball camp he’s been excited about, because of potential record heat.
Clearly and obviously true. There are still some Canadians with influence who don't get this yet, but their number shrinks more every day. Good luck to my American friends.
@kristinekenyon.bsky.social · 4w agoBasically we have to pull a Hungary-level wipeout: win so big they can’t steal the election. Read the whole piece, then make sure you’re registered to vote (and ready to shut the country down when he fakes a “national security threat”). www.againstallenemies.net/p/the-electi...
I'm been wondering if it would come to this and apparently it has. huge move from cloudflare, which hosts a fifth of all websites on earth.
Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search
The nuclear option is gaining traction as web traffic collapses and Google refuses to negotiate with content creators
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Good. More. Faster. Carney government excludes U.S. bidders from $4.9B contract share.google/6B5zk63EPXmc...
Carney government excludes U.S. bidders from $4.9B army vehicle contract
Canada's secretary of state for defence procurement defended a decision on Wednesday to narrow the contest for at least 1,600 new light utility vehicles for the army to two Canadian
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This is a good day to talk about our southern neighbours and their revolution, not out of a desire to insult them on a day that should be full of hotdogs, bunting and fireworks, but because our history is shared and we too often let their version of events into our brains. 1/19
This is how you do it. This is what we should be talking about rather than “no one’s doing anything,”
“Previous administrations wanted the #US to lead in ( #AI). This one wants to dominate. That shift from leadership to #dominance is the key to understanding most of what the Trump administration has done over the last eighteen months & what it means for #Canada” app.cyberimpact.com/newsletter-v...
The Rupture
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Volpe: The federal government isn't getting enough credit right now and doing a very solid job of keeping the lid on these potentially volatile negotiations with a president who doesn't like to be shown up in public.
Gander shouldn't be using that. It's a really bad strategic choice.
Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · last mo.Signed up for that new Canadian @gandersocial.ca platform – not sure I will continue using it Shared a link from CBC News only to discover Gander adds ideological bias labels for news orgs based on ratings from a dubious American website called “Media Bias Fact-Check”…
But the threads are loosening. Beware voices that are actively trying to push us in this direction, including the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and the National Post.
James McLeod@jamespmcleod.ca · last mo.I am so glad that Canadian politics operates in a way that has largely avoided turning the Supreme Court into an arena for partisan politics.
