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Cultural policy has no place in trade deals – when we caved to Trump’s bullying on copyright in 2022, we lost. It’s time to take back the concession we made to the U.S. on copyright. albertapolitics.ca/2025/03/cult... #cdnpoli #Copyright #IntellectualProperty

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Canada has the largest Ukrainian population outside of Ukraine & Russia. Almost one third of them live here in Alberta. It’s been 48 hours since the appalling insult to Ukraine by Trump and yet the Premier of Alberta has been silent. Why?

submitted 1 day ago • 42 comments

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemns Trump's 'unjustified' 25% tariffs and says retaliatory tariffs on $155 billion of American goods will take effect at 12:01 AM EST if the U.S. moves forward tonight.

submitted 9 hours ago • 389 comments

Canada's response: $30B in initial counter tariffs $125B more counter tariffs in 21 days (giving time to shift sourcing) Non-tariff measures to be considered Some I've heard: canceling Starlink, rethinking procurement, high export tariffs or stopping energy / electricity / minerals.

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

Nate's back, and he's on fire 🔥 "You better believe it, I am very angry..."

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Reducing copyright length, eliminating patents, cancelling contracts with Musk, making US-owned companies ineligible for public sector procurements - even U.S. origin labelling rules. In responding, we have many non-tariff options, because this isn't really a trade war - it's a shakedown.

submitted 19 hours ago • 6 comments

The Breakdown creator happy, humbled and hopping right back to it www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

Going Live @8pm www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJXC...

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Seriously… We go away for two weeks and someone broke Camrose? H/t reddit #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

submitted 11 hours ago • 62 comments

I greatly appreciate the general vibe in Canada about Trump’s Tariffs is… Let’s fuckin’ go.

submitted 13 hours ago • 73 comments

I’ll go even further: Media orgs should boycott the speech. Beyond not even being a SOTU address—the original function of which was to induce deliberation—these events do little more than prostrate Congress to the President. That’s the central constitutional threat today. It should be rejected.

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

~Thanks again UCP! Between January 2020, and the end of last year, residential power costs rose more than 40% in AB. That’s approaching double the increase in New Brunswick, which suffered the second-highest increase, and compares with a national average of 14.2 per cent.

submitted 17 hours ago • 7 comments

These tariffs are an unjustified, direct attack on Canadian workers, families, and businesses. (1/4)

submitted 13 hours ago • 157 comments

I'm in trouble

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NEW: Alberta appoints a former Manitoba chief judge to review the AHS/Alberta Health saga. Final report due June 30 But not a public inquiry, won't have same subpoena powers. Scope of this investigation:

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NEW: Alberta has appointed Raymond E. Wyant, the former Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba, as the independent third party investigator into the procurement scandal. #yeg #yyc #ableg

submitted 13 hours ago • 2 comments

Trump is reportedly considering cutting off all help to Ukraine, while also promising 25% tariffs against Canada & Mexico tomorrow. Trump is appalling. But the passivity of so many Americans (including political and business leaders) in the face of Trump's destruction is the truly pathetic part.

submitted 14 hours ago • 27 comments

Isn't that cheerful news!

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Tariffs are coming down tomorrow As they come in, polling tells us the overwhelming majority of Canadians want us to hit back dollar for dollar against Trump's administration canadianpolling.substack.com/p/strong-maj...

submitted 16 hours ago • 25 comments

Going to be an interesting ride on the markets tomorrow - buckle up everyone! www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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Tracking the performance of the S&P 500 through 100 days of an administration because I don't want to grade.

submitted 19 hours ago • 103 comments

~A study by U.S. News & World Report has ranked Canada as the country with the fifth-highest quality of life in the world. Denmark&Sweden occupy the top two spots on the list, followed by Switzerland&Norway. The U.S. is 22nd. Vive le Canada!! #FuckTrump #NeverThe51st cultmtl.com/2024/09/cana...

submitted 1 day ago • 17 comments

The chance of America supporting anyone but Russia is fast disappearing.

submitted 19 hours ago • 31 comments

IMO, Zelenskyy has to view the U.S. as a hostile government now.

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

US assistance to Ukraine since 2022 totals about $120 bn. bbc.com/news/article... That's almost exactly the same amount as the crypto reserve enthusiasts want the US taxpayer to spend on the Trump crypto bailout. www.lummis.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

submitted 18 hours ago • 28 comments

#cdnpoli

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www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

submitted 19 hours ago • 2 comments

So... A UCP Minister stepped down because of conerns on government procurement, a train wreck of a budget with at least 1 UCP MLA condemning it... What else did we miss? Also, see you at noon for a special episode/update! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

submitted 19 hours ago • 135 comments

NEW: Moments ago, an Alberta Court terminated an injunction against Alberta politics podcast The Breakdown which led it to stop publishing

submitted 20 hours ago • 31 comments

Have you said "thank you" even once, Mister Bond?

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

old Soviet joke for our times: Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to. Guy says: “looking for an obituary.” Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.” Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”

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I rest my case for my thesis that Trump is intellectually impaired & incapable of abstract thinking. This isn't a judgment or smart-ass comment. It's a statement of reality based on observable behaviours. Wealth & privilege provided a mask for him along with opportunistic predators who enabled him

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Yup 😂 #uspoli

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In a world full of nasties being mercurial and malevolent to other, be the people sponsoring "Infuuts" for kids in hospitals. #Bikesky #LetTheChildrenPlay bsky.app/profile/film...

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Strange thinking that I used to live a 5 minute drive from those towers only a few years ago.

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Two Academy Awards for Dune 2, both thanking Villeneuve - a is a quiet criticism for not nominating him for Best Director (Personally, I think Dune 2 is one of the most amazing movies every made) #oscars

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Wow. Authoritarian censorship in Alberta right here. #Alberta #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #Canada #CanadaSky #cdnpoli 🇨🇦

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When Mike Myers wore his "Canada Is Not For Sale" t-shirt on SNL, he mouthed a secret code: "elbows up." It's a reference to the great Gordie "Mr. Elbows" Howe who punished those that messed with his team. You heard him Canada: elbows up. If anyone asks why, tell them that Mike Myers sent you.

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An excellent breakdown of the current coal corruption occurring within the UCP government, led by Brian Jean. Brian is claiming he is attempting to mitigate against $15 billion lawsuits while legal analysts say the Energy Minister is responsible for limit the losses… 1/2 elc.ab.ca/squeezing-di...

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Boats Lying at Low Tide at Facamp, 1881

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I guess the Academy is just giving wicked all the Oscar's tonight? Get on with it. #oscars

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