Ben Dachis

No more production cap meaning millions of barrels of new production No more net zero power regs meaning an explosion in AI data centre investment Pathway for 1.4 million barrels of Alberta crude to a deep water port bound for Asia Overhaul or repeal of most of the bad laws throttling investment Amazing

@yelich_ivana Wild that you, me, and Pat Sackville were in the same PO orientation meeting. Your ability to make it this long is incredible. Good luck on next steps.

@KenBoessenkool That is a universally true statement. It’s the most important “inside baseball” part of government nobody talks about, but drives so much

I feel we could all use a lesson on cash vs accrual accounting.

This is true

One day after meeting Danielle Smith, U.S. commentator Ben Shapiro ripped into Trump's tariffs telling his largely Republican audience of 25 million how tariffs will ratchet up the price of cars and are Trump's payoff to American unions for electoral support.

Canada not mentioned in U.S. threat assessment’s summary of fentanyl crisis theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

🇨🇦 Serious Times Require Serious Leadership. 🇨🇦 While constant threats against Canada from south of the border make daily news, the Trudeau-Carney Liberals have put party ahead of country as they try and hold onto power for a fourth term. That's why I have submitted my application for the @CPC_HQ nomination for the beautiful riding of Nipissing-Timiskaming! With 20 years of experience working at the highest levels of government, coupled with a desire to serve the community, I believe I can deliver results for the people of this riding. You can find out more about me at garrykeller.ca The nomination meeting has not yet been scheduled - stay tuned. We need a strong candidate able to take on the Trudeau-Carney Liberals here in Nipissing-Timiskaming, and we need an experienced representative who knows how to get things done in Ottawa. That's why I want to serve. Serious Times Require Serious Leadership. I hope I can earn your support!

Just checked my portfolio

I’ve long supported the CANZUK idea. What about you?

Canadians mocking America. More than fair. Just know, about 70% of us agree with ya.

The way we tax housing in Canada is a big part of the reason we have a housing crisis. We need to reform housing taxation, including the primary residence capital gains exemption.

@inumanak Does this require presidential signature?

Congress can end the trade war, and it takes less than a page. House Dems have introduced resolutions to terminate the national emergency that is being used to justify tariffs through IEEPA. Others can follow suit. The House switchboard: 202-224-3121

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Have to say that @jkenney would make a fine High Commissioner to the UK on behalf of Canada in a @PierrePoilievre government. His deep respect for the 👑and understanding of responsible government would be worthy assets for 🇨🇦in 🇬🇧

We are very grateful to the United States for all the support. I’m thankful to President Trump, Congress for their bipartisan support, and American people. Ukrainians have always appreciated this support, especially during these three years of full-scale invasion.

After Vance accused Zelensky of not saying thank you, Zelensky is now tweeting individual thanks to every single world leader expressing solidarity with Ukraine.

Mark Carney’s fiscal proposals amount to a semi-sophisticated sounding attempt to wiggle out of an invariable political economy problem. Yet they’re just another version of Justin Trudeau’s empty promise of three years of modest deficits. The significance of a balanced budget has never been primarily economic. The difference between a small surplus or deficit isn’t a big deal in the grand scheme of things. A balanced budget is a political economy pledge. It’s important because the pressures to spend more are always overwhelming. The commitment to bring revenues and outlays into precise balance is a Public Choice pushback to this pro-spending bias. It’s a signal to government departments, special interests, and others that the government intends to hold the line. The opposite is also true: the evidence from the past decade is that a loose fiscal policy invariably begets more deficits and debt. Indeed, Canadian economists underestimated this political economy case for balanced budgets when they minimized the risks of Trudeau’s deficits in the 2015 election campaign. In hindsight, it’s obvious that they gave license to the Trudeau government for the budget-breaking profligacy that has marked the past ten years. Which brings us to Carney’s proposal to separate the federal government’s operating and capital budgets and balance the former but run deficits in the latter. There will be an instinct among public finance economists to assess it in theoretical terms. But such analysis ignores the political economy risks of rationalizing a deviation from a balanced budget pledge. Carney’s proposal doesn’t just guarantee growing federal debt which it self evidently does. If the past decade under the Trudeau government is a guide, it’s also grants the political license for more spending and borrowing for the foreseeable future.

This is excellent. If Trump tariffs allow bold Canadian political leaders to finally have the courage and mandate to drive real growth within Canada, it may all end up having been worth it.

Little anecdote about Canadian “internal trade barriers” from my time in Quebec’s ministry of Finance. 🧵

What are the billions of property tax dollars collected by cities and towns being spent on? @spaikin asked Lindsay Jones (@AMOPolicy), Enid Slack (@imfgtoronto @uoftcities), @rorynisan (@FCM_online), and @BenDachis (@CleanProsperity) #onpoli youtube.com/watch?v=9HKP59…