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@denisebatters 2MM+ Firearms licence holders have their rights violated every day. Where is my settlement? thegunblog.ca/2017/04/17/gun… via @TheGunBlog

@TicTocTick Safety? I'm not aware of anyone protesting US Government policy who had their bank accounts seized.

Canada has introduced new legislation that could force the tech companies like Apple and Facebook and Google to hand over Canadians’ personal data on their phones to the local police — many of these police are themselves not Canadian so it raises serious questions about safety.

@MkUltraAddict @jkenney @Citizen004 Leftists trying to confuse US energy security and the refuting of nonsensical arguements as sedition will have the opposite effect of what you desire.

@SeriouslyDWiB @jkenney @Citizen004 Separatists trying to get the US to invade Canada sounds a lot like sedition

Shutting down TMX is a point I've heard before and it's a stretch. Give up the tolls? Abandon stock for BC refineries? Vancouver is the countries largest port and Prince Rupert is Canada's sixth largest port with goods that need to cross Alberta. And Manitoba and Saskatchewan have to get grain and potash out. BC would be isolated if a deal wasn't reached. That's a point that has never landed with me. The interests to make a deal would be reciprocal.

@jkenney @Citizen004 You actually think the US would stand by and let the Federal Government block their energy imports? The US would turn the lights out in this country in minutes.

Of course it would not be in the commercial interests of the federal government to suspend shipments on Trans Mountain (TM.) But that’s not the point. The point is that in a worse case scenario, such as an Alberta unilateral declaration of independence (UDI,) Canada would have enormous leverage, including the ability to block Alberta energy exports. This is most obviously the case re: federally-owned TM. Apart from their ability to reduce or stop shipments, do you really think the federal or BC governments would continue to advance Trans Mountain optimization, which is currently the best bet that we have for increased egress? Do you really think the federal government would maintain its MOU commitment to support the construction of a de novo West Coast pipeline? Even if it wanted to, federal paramountcy over interprovincial pipelines, grounded in 92(10)(a) would cease to exist following secession, so BC governments could find ways to block operation or construction of pipelines going through their territory, with Alberta having no recourse to Ottawa. Currently all of our pipelines exports to the US pass through other Canadian provinces first. That includes the incomplete KXL route, which passes through Saskatchewan. Since the Republic of Alberta would be starting without an equivalent to the 1977 Canada-U.S. Transit Pipelines Treaty, Ottawa could also suspend the operation of those other pipelines, e.g. the Enbridge Mainline. Canada and BC could also extract further concessions (eg tolls or tariffs) in order to allow Alberta natural gas to feed into the growing number of West Coast LNG terminals. Separatists respond to these realities by saying “don’t worry - we’ll build pipelines to the US and export from there!” First of all, who is “we?” What companies are going to risk tens of $ billions to spend years building a new system of pipelines in the midst of such massive political and legal uncertainty, including the risk of a Biden style revocation of pipeline permits by the US? Secondly, the separatists seem completely unaware that the left wing US West Coast governments have effectively blocked the export of carbon intensive fuels from their ports. That’s why US produced thermal coal is exported from the Port of Vancouver, BC. Strange but true: Canada’s West Coast ports are far friendlier to hydro carbon exports than West Coast US ports! All of this effectively gives Ottawa the clear upper hand in prospective negotiations over everything, e.g.: -debt allocation; - valuation & sale of federal assets (such as military bases, RCMP facilities, federal lands, including airports, etc.;) - allocation of CPP assets; - continuation of OAS / GIS benefits; - termination of citizenship; - export access to the Canadian market; - partition of Alberta per the predictable demands of democratic majorities in Edmonton, Calgary, Indian Reserves & elsewhere;) - support for or blockage of Alberta’s accession to critical international bodies & treaties, like CUSMA, or IATA to allow for international flights, etc.; and - countless other issues. I agree that exercising its massive leverage in such a scenario would be damaging to Canada. But it would be far more damaging to Alberta. Whatever grievances Albertans have with Ottawa cannot be remedied by becoming a landlocked statelet. The vast majority of Albertans know this. It is beyond absurd that we are going to spend the next several months, and possibly years to come, arguing endlessly over this.

@DanielTyrie The only country in the world claiming to become an emerging superpower by negotiating other countries to take their best from them.

FYI India uses trade deals to get immigration concessions for skilled professionals, temporary workers, and students as a means of dispelling their excess population. The last thing Canada needs is a closer relationship with India.

@ABFedLabour Can I protest the ever expanding amount of overly paid, under worked, government workers?

🚨 BREAKING: Albertans are set to take to the streets THIS FRIDAY in what could be the largest organized protest in the province's history. From every corner of Alberta, people are taking to the streets to protest everything from the cost of living and healthcare cuts to AI data centres and the promotion of separation. This isn't a protest for one issue. It's everything at once, because it's all connected.

@brianlilley Notice the back drop. Probably the first time in the last 10 years any of our politicians have delivred a similar conference without it looking like the UN in the background. Very telling.

Deport them all.

@MPelletierCIO Hasn't worked for Porsche.

Looks like a good short here $RACE

@TheTradingNinja Definate proteinmaxxing going on there.

Chef Ninja

@PierrePoilievre So, you are waisting your time, and the attention span of the electorate, on a meaningless symbolic vote? You are so bad at this.

The vote to protect private property rights and homeowners in B.C. and across Canada is RIGHT NOW. Sign to defend your home and your property: conservative.ca/cpc/protect-pr…

@brianlilley Isn't most of Toronto rioting about something or other at any given time?

Who is with him?

@felixprehn Lockheed Martin and Northrup stand to lose most under this scenario. Not sure why they are on your list.

Intelligence sources say Cuba has lined up 300 attack drones within range of US soil. The US is now wide open to a drone strike, so Trump is about to fund defense companies that can build the protection against it. 8 stocks I believe positioned to win those contracts:🧵

@ctkulp @joe_warmington 1. The list keeps shrinking. No new sales of hanguns or AR's for the last 6 years. 2. AR's permanently in safe until October destruction. Handguns only to range and back. No exceptions. 3. LOL 4. Smuggled from US.

@joe_warmington US Citizen here. Can you remind me: are Canadians allowed to have guns? If so, what are the conditions imposed? Did these Indians meet those conditions? If not, where did they get their guns?

Extortion bust in Peel leads to 17 non-Canadians charged | Toronto Sun torontosun.com/news/local-new…

@brianlilley Why not. After all, she has the best education suitcases of Airbus cash can buy.

The Ford government has lost a good one here. Minister Mulroney has always been described by me as the most well briefed minister in the room.

@PierrePoilievre Weak and ineffective messaging. You are so bad at this.

Encore une fois, Mark Carney et les libéraux nous imposent une hausse de taxe. Ils prévoient maintenant de rendre l'accès aux services de diffusion en continu plus cher pour les Canadiens. Les conservateurs demandent au gouvernement libéral d'abandonner la hausse de la taxe Netflix et de laisser les Canadiens regarder leurs émissions préférées sans se ruiner. Appuyez-nous : conservateur.ca/cpc/mettons-fi…

@PierrePoilievre @SukhmanGillASL @specurran More pandering = less votes. How do you not see this yet?

With MP @SukhmanGillASL and North Vancouver—Capilano Conservative candidate @specurran to recognize how the Persian community, here in Greater Vancouver and across Canada, has brought strength, courage, and an enterprising spirit to our country. They deserve a government that stands with them against IRGC terrorists, deports foreign criminals, and supports their fight to live in freedom and peace.

@RampCapitalLLC Add Dustin Johnson smashing 8-balls throughout the round.

Enhanced Games but it’s Tiger Woods faded on Percocet vs John Daly loaded on 15 Jack & Cokes

@MPelletierCIO Lets not forget the government buying mortgage bonds to keep the whole scam running.

For my American followers what’s happening in Canadian real estate market is absolutely wild. Federal government policy opened the flood gates with 11 million (permanent immigrants, temporary residents, refugees, international students, and temporary workers) or equivalent to 32% of the total population in just over a decade. This is having all kinds of implications.

@MPelletierCIO Bush 41 was celebrated for his Iraq war but lost his chance at a second term in a grocery check out.

The Middle East is where US Presidents go to end their term and their party’s term. Strange how they never learn. 🤷 • Carter: Camp David win, but Iran hostage crisis sank his re-election. • Bush 43: Iraq invasion & endless occupation fueled war fatigue and GOP losses. • Obama: Libya intervention, red-line Syria failure, ISIS rise after Iraq pullout. • Biden: Chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal & Israel-Hamas fallout damaged Democrats. Even so called “successes” (Gulf War, Abraham Accords) rarely save the party at home. The region chews up political capital faster than any other.

@mario4thenorth Fully paid for by Canadian taxpayers: international.gc.ca/country-pays/i…

A third world country has a palace. Canada had a mould/asbestos infested house that we’re afraid to demolish. We spent nearly $5 million getting rid of it instead of tearing it down. It’s time to ignore sunk costs. 24 Sussex is an embarrassment. This should not be a political issue. And I would never attack the Liberals for tearing it down & building something we can be proud of. For under $20 million, I could build an award-winning, 25,000 sq ft palace with the most incredible finishes ever seen. The state of Sussex is a perfect representation of the state of Canada: Feelings over decisive action. Being politically correct over common sense. Wasteful spending to get nowhere, fast. To see us send billions overseas instead of building at home is exactly why we are, where we are.

@MPelletierCIO Was that filmed in the Glenco Club parking lot?

Oil investors heading into the weekend.