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We become nationalistic only when it is necessary to protect ourselves against the aggression of the United States.

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Carney has so far been successful at many things. Beginning Monday, he will have to start managing Alberta secessionism, which doesn't look easy. www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-north/...

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Mark Carney, who has never sat in Parliament and has only been a politician for four months, led his Liberal Party to victory. Now comes the hard part. @stephenmaher.bsky.social explains the challenges that lie ahead for Carney and his minority government. www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-north/...

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I think people voted for Fanjoy because he is the kind of candidate who would call to congratulate his opponent.

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Q. ‘Has Pierre Poilievre called to congratulate you?’ A. ‘I haven’t heard from him. I don’t know that he will. That’s up to him.’

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The King might come to give a speech www.gzeromedia.com/will-king-ch...

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For my American friends that want a greater understanding of our electoral system, here you go. Most of this is not an exaggeration.

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Right?

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I went to Alberta to investigate separatism, and attended my first rodeo ricochet.media/politics/sep...

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REPORT: Cape Bretoners right some friggin' mad after Post runs front page ad disguised as endorsement

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Rolling Stone discovers that Canada's Conservatives are generally verboten from speaking to the press (and ravages them for it.) www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 52 days ago • 25 comments

I enjoyed spending some time in Montreal looking into the state of the Quebec sovereignty movement

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It's a high bar, but this from @radleybalko.bsky.social might be one of the most fucked up things I've read in the new Trump era. For context, this TX lawyer had just had an informal conversation with a family caught up in ICE raids. Seriously. Read this. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...

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Here’s my profile of Liberal Leader Mark Carney - who is, depending on how you look at it, a shrewd strategist or unbelievably lucky, or both in this particular moment. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/9bc9b25...

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The casting call for this ad seems to have been posted on Facebook on Monday for a shoot in Kanata the same day x.com/CPC_HQ/statu...

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Halifax used to have five partisan dailies, closely associated with parties. The monopoly broadsheet era brought a new approach, influenced by “impartial” wire service style. It may now be ending but has the audience abandoned non-partisan outlets? I’m not sure.

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Why Conservatives can’t seem to crack Canada t.co/pdzo1fNoZs

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Really enjoyed this podcast by Adrian with @stephenmaher.bsky.social. I'm looking forward very much to following the podcast and listening to every episode.

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Donald Trump has made Les Québécois love the Maple Leaf, at least for now www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-north/...

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Many not concerned about face-eating leopards

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Americans are giving the world to China

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Good morning! Are you struggling to engage with the federal election? Listen in while acclaimed political journalist @stephenmaher.bsky.social breaks it down on former CBC host and journalism professor Adrian Harewood’s new podcast. We’re soft launching today, links below, lots to come! Subscribe!

submitted 69 days ago • 1 comment

Interesting NORAD stuff here www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dNI...

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

I just learned that the art department for the 1984 version of DUNE paid tribute to David Lynch’s love of Bob’s Big Boy by presenting him with a handmade custom figurine of the BBB mascot wearing an Arrakis stillsuit.

submitted 73 days ago • 29 comments

USA = off the itinerary for the foreseeable future ps the drawings of her fellow detainees are lovely.

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I think the problems Poilievre is having now were foreseeable. From Nov 2023: www.ipolitics.ca/opinions/poi...

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It looks like the strong disapproval of Trudeau for the past two years masked the underlying weakness of the Conservative electoral coalition, and as soon as he was gone, the mask started to come undone, revealing a country that, for demographic reasons, has a natural tendency to elect progressives.

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Well written by @stephenmaher.bsky.social (cant find it on his feed) www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-north/...

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Congratulations to Nieman alum @stephenmaher.bsky.social, named as a finalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for his book “The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau.”

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Pierre Poilievre’s plans for the CBC look like vandalism, not policy www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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“You cannot get anything by kissing the feet of the people of the United States.” — Sir John A. Macdonald

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Je vous recommande cet article de La Presse : De la houle et des vagues en Nouvelle-Écosse lp.ca/dN13Il?shari...

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This speaks volumes: Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada. leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03... munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...

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"The Conservatives have been angling for Trump to change his message. The question now is whether Canadians will buy it." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @stephenmaher.bsky.social

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The news last night about Danielle Smith asking Trump for a pause came as I was working on a column partly about Poilievre's people kicking around a similar idea.

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Call it anecdotal, but my Canadian friends who are cancelling their US travel are not doing it because of tariff worries at all; they’re doing it because the US government is currently actively threatening Canada’s sovereignty and economy and they’re all justifiably furious

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This is new: “A source with direct knowledge of the discussions told NBC News that Trump is heavily focused on Canada in conversations with aides, who believe he is completely serious about making the country the 51st state—even with Trudeau out of power” www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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