Larry Stene

@suestroud @rparmar_BC NDP have held the reigns for a while, now. Building our Future with the Nat-Gas, TMX, Mines, Sky-Train expansion, etc. We need a strong focus on our Forest Industry, especially in the Center & North of our Prov. Memory's get short. Minister Parmar. Don't let them forget.

@SteneLarry @rparmar_BC They dug the massive hole our #healthcare system is still digging out of. Ditto for housing. Ditto for education.

Gordon Campbell’s record? Mass firings of health care workers and teachers. Privatizing public services. Deep cuts to mental health care. Austerity for working families. Gordon Campbell’s record is the BC Conservative playbook. #bcpoli

@BradWestPoCo We need to provide space for safe Industries in appropriate locals. There is a reason they don't usually put Pulp & Paper Mills too close to pops. The need for clean water & the storage of large quantities of Chlorine. The railway bringing this product, needs consideration also.

I often hear municipal colleagues decry the lack of seriousness with which they’re treated by provincial & federal governments - and then they make decisions like this. Chemtrade produces the vast majority of the chlorine used for water purification in western Canada & was subject of a disinformation campaign by an American rival. If our country ever wants to stand on its own two feet, we must have places for critical industries to operate. I would welcome Chemtrade, and the hundreds of family-supporting jobs they produce, to Port Coquitlam.

@onceagainmoore @nnamanichi93717 @BRICSinfo They are shadowing your fleet in the Gulf. The Chinese are fully capable of defending themselves. No one needs to attack the USA. Sadly & deeply disturbing, you appear to be destroying yourselves. This Admin's claims require some scrutiny. Rest of the Globe is aware of the facts.

@SteneLarry @nnamanichi93717 @BRICSinfo I didn't say anything about winning a war. I said China has no blue water navy. They are unable to project force more than a few miles from shore. The US defeated all the weapon systems that the Chinese sold to the Iranians

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇨🇳 US Treasury Secretary Bessent says China will no longer be able to get oil from Iran.

@atrupar @SaraEisen Credibility can be a fleeting thing. @cnbc You there for your looks? Time to hold these simple-minded Conmen to account. Your Nation is actually relying on you to be an Honest Broker. This Crucial business channel is becoming a Fox News, by allowing such gaslighting.

EISEN: We are you so sure inflation will not creep higher? There's oil prices and gas prices, but we've also seen fertilizer prices rise, which could impact food prices BESSENT: Well, we've also seen a lot of things fall. We're seeing groceries start to come down, healthcare start to come down

@onceagainmoore @nnamanichi93717 @BRICSinfo Not sure where you source your info, but just do a simple Grok, or Google search. It is not 1980. NO one wins a war win China. Everybody loses. Would be foolish to try.

@SteneLarry @nnamanichi93717 @BRICSinfo 2million army that can't go anywhere but on foot. China has no blue water navy. They do not have a modern navy. It cannot stray far from their shores. They are a regional power in their corner of the world.

@Stubblejumper6 @trainofangels00 @JustinTrudeau @MarkJCarney Trudeau got two lines of Bitumen to the South Coast & a line of Nat-Gas to the North Coast. During a Global Pandemic. While you were complaining. Harper had 10 yrs without progress, brought in the Carbon Pricing. Not that the Party's are very different. It's the Team that counts.

@trainofangels00 Isn’t it interesting how @JustinTrudeau ‘s “no business case” has converted @MarkJCarney ‘s “ultra deep leverage”. The Lieberals have gas lighted Canadians. Canada cannot survive on taxes, it need $$$B’s in resource exports. Ottawa is full of self important dumba$$s

A few months ago, most observers believed the U.S. held a massive upper hand in trade talks with Canada, with stalled negotiations, Trump’s tariffs, and heavy Canadian export dependence making Ottawa look vulnerable ahead of the 2026 USMCA review. That has COMPLETELY changed under Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has assembled a top-tier negotiating team led by veteran diplomat Janice Charette and quickly delivered diversification wins, new trade pacts, and, as we all know by now, a very strong majority government. Canada’s ultra deep leverage in energy (70% of U.S. crude imports), critical minerals, and U.S. market access—once underestimated—is now extremely amplified by credible alternatives and cold, patient strategy, leaving the Americans in a VERY precarious spot: higher inflation risks, supply disruptions in key sectors, and diplomatic isolation as Canada builds alliances elsewhere. #cdnpoli #USMCA #Tariffs

@uzzell_cindy @maddenifico Education is a beautiful thing.

@maddenifico Fuck China....I mean Canada.

Elbows up, Canada! Congrats to PM Mark Carney on sweeping three special elections on April 13, 2026. This is a direct mandate to resist America's insane and incompetent buffoon. In several key ways, this is a rebuke of Trump.

@nnamanichi93717 @BRICSinfo 2 million men/women standing Volunteer Army. 20 more million in the reserve. Modern Navy & Airforce. Nuked to the hilt. Best choice would be for USA & China find a path to work together for all of us & the planet. May be our only chance. Don't see Western Leadership ready, Yet.

@BRICSinfo Don't get xi involved in this war or you'll regret, America has suffered more loss already and making China another enemy will bring you more harm

@JonMerleAbner @JasonLavigneAB Have you been? Worked regularily there over 20 yr span. China is a Socialist+>Capitalist Nation run by a semi Meritocracy, beholding to their folks. & it shows. Modern middle class thriving but having similar affordability pressures. They looked hard for the source. Inconclusive.

@SteneLarry @JasonLavigneAB CommunistCHINA created and released Covid19

Did you know that when Mark Carney’s signature first appeared on Canada’s $20 bill in 2008, that $20 had the buying power of $20. Today, that same buying power would require about $29.70. Put another way, today’s $20 bill only buys what about $13.48 bought in 2008. That is how much value Canadians have lost in the dollar since Carney first signed that note. The bill may still say $20, but its real value has been hollowed out. Source bankofcanada.ca/rates/related/…

@agrariangrrl @CJCau @JamesTate121 You are purposely blind if you think your Prov doesn't get Fed Health Educ Infras etc $'s & then you all come retire in the Okanagan. See how that works? No matter how one splits it, Ontario & Quebec provide the Lion's share. End of the day, those taxes are paid by all Canadians.

@SteneLarry @CJCau @JamesTate121 Your argument is falling apart. Healthcare is Provincial. So is Education. So is firefighting. Our village got money for a water treatment plant from the Fed, for which I am grateful, but Sask sends more money to Ottawa per capita and receives less GIS than other Provinces.

What was meant to be a show of force has spiraled into a full-blown agricultural disaster. T.r.u.m.p’s latest potash tariffs were designed to pressure Canada, but instead they detonated inside America’s own farming heartland. In an emergency meeting at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a senior Trump adviser reportedly admitted the unthinkable: the policy had backfired so badly that American farmers may not survive the growing season. Canada wasted no time. As the world’s largest potash supplier, Ottawa redirected exports to Asia and Europe within days, locking in billion-dollar contracts and tightening its grip on the global fertilizer market. One Canadian official mocked the situation bluntly, saying that if the U.S. doesn’t want Canadian potash, the rest of the world gladly will. On the ground in Iowa, the consequences turned personal. A U.S. farmer broke down during a live interview, explaining that without Canadian potash, crops simply cannot be grown at scale. The result is stark: Canada posts record profits and cements its status as the undisputed “fertilizer king,” while the United States loses control of a critical supply chain at the worst possible moment of the planting season. Analysts are already calling this the worst trade failure of Trump’s year — a pressure tactic that ended up crushing the very people it claimed to defend.

@agrariangrrl @CJCau @JamesTate121 Load of BS. Anyone in the Potash Industry need Healthcare? Schools for their kids? Need to get into Trades? Drive on hi-ways? Forest fire fighters saving those community's all come from local districts? Have a nice life in that small village you've created for yourself. Cheers.

@SteneLarry @CJCau @JamesTate121 Some of us paddle harder buddy. Alberta and Saskatchewan contribute disproportionately to the federal pot from which OAS/GIS are paid.

@agrariangrrl @CJCau @JamesTate121 Possibly or you just can't see it yet. Give it time. You collecting a Federal Pension, CPP & or OAS yet? If yes or no, the realization that we all paddle in the same canoe, will come. Cheers.

@SteneLarry @CJCau @JamesTate121 Rather than pointing out that you were wrong about the 'managerial' role, you double down. You are mistaken.

@mec_triste @RAH_NYC @JamesTate121 Sad for the laid off Auto Steel Aluminum & Lumber workers. The Tariff education for every US Industry & small business operation, is starting to hit home. Without our inputs of resources & labour, the USA will find it difficult to compete globally. No Canada inputs, No Great USA.

@RAH_NYC @SteneLarry @JamesTate121 The only farmers I’m sad for are those that voted against Trump. By 2024 they knew the measure of the man. I feel for all those who voted against him but those who voted for him or couldn’t be arsed to vote 🤷🏻‍♂️

@agrariangrrl @CJCau @JamesTate121 As long as Saskatchewan doesn't get up & leave I am good with the laws. But that Potash Industry didn't get started without Federal support. As with Oil Hydro Mining Forestry, it took & takes taxpayers from NFLD to BC. Taxes from those same Industries keeps this Nation humming.

@SteneLarry @CJCau @JamesTate121 Describing it as "management" is disinformation.

@agrariangrrl @CJCau @JamesTate121 Agree Sask manages the Industry. The Feds could buy. Every resource in Canada belongs to ALL Canadians. No matter the Province, no matter the Resource. No Industry gets built in this Nation without the combined Efforts, Infrastructure, Education, & Taxes paid from all Canadians.

@CJCau @SteneLarry @JamesTate121 Calling BS. Its Saskatchewan's Potash and Sask's decision. Ottawa has been pressuring Nutrien (Canada’s largest potash producer) to shift more exports overseas — but this is a policy push, not a rapid redirection of shipments.

@COFI_INFO Great topic. Sawmills & Pulp Mills are Crucial employers of our youth. It can be a jump start for any career, leading into heavy machine operation, trades, etc. The hurt has been happening for decades. Fewer Independent Sawmill owners. For multiple reasons, under both Govts.

Karen Brandt from Mosaic Forest Management moderated a candid conversation with mayors from across BC on how forestry supports local economies — and what’s needed to ensure long-term resilience. Forestry is local, and essential. Thank you to the mayors for their insights: Brad West, Mayor of City of Port Coquitlam Leonard Krog, Mayor of City of Nanaimo Maria McFaddin, Mayor of City of Castlegar @BradWestPoCo @cityofnanaimo @CityofPoCo @castlegarcity #COFI2026 #BCForestry #SustainableForestry #BCpoli

@jamie_saris @JamesTate121 We're diversifying. Can't change the address. US economy falters, without our inputs. Not good for anyone. Unless they invade, we are wise & strong enough as a Nation to deal with the circus. The crazy Pirate shit & Wars will not be forgotten-forgiven. Must be hard, for expats.

@SteneLarry @JamesTate121 Born in US, lives in Ireland permanently. MangoMussolini didn’t get 50%. He did, though win big in rural areas. Also, it’s not a “fever”. Swathes of White America r sick. Canada needs to diversify bc US is never more than a few years away from a Trump for the next few elections.

@jamie_saris @JamesTate121 Ireland. Morning. 50% of the vote, is not a landslide. 2029 comes round, think Canada will have zero trade with the US? Still be 60+%. Not sure China will replace what this US Admin is trashing. 2 million+ Cdn jobs still rely on that trade. This fever will pass. Mid-terms coming.

@SteneLarry @JamesTate121 Those wrathful farmers voted for Trump. They cheered when Trump threatened Canada with invasion and laughed at the chaos he caused with tariffs. Canada owes nothing to angry morons with red caps.