Cestui Que Takes
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@CestuiQueTakes
Catholic. Lawyer. Formerly of the Alberta bar, now in Toronto.
BREAKING: Trump administration has launched effort to ‘dismantle’ the International Criminal Court, per WSJ
I’m old enough to remember when the big-brained boys were telling us that a Russia-led sphere of influence in Eastern Europe was the wave of the future and America needed to learn to live with that.
@gdholtby @TristinHopper I personally worked with 100+ doctors and surgeons. They would often only get 1 or 2 days of public OR time a month as their services would get rationed by the system. They all wanted to see more patients if they could just be paid to do so. A shortage is not our actual problem.
PM defends bridge deal - the optics aren’t great, obviously. But, from the critics, what would you have done differently? Suppose we could have kept it shut and waited to see if midterm pressure might have softened Trump’s demands, but it would be generate 0 revenue in that case
Reminder of how we got here on the Howe Bridge. Opposition from special interests in Michigan meant Harper agreed in 2012 to fund the project or it wouldnt get built. Always relied on US honouring the deal, Trump didn’t, he had leverage, here we are. windsorstar.com/news/local-new…
Reminder of how we got here on the Howe Bridge. Opposition from special interests in Michigan meant Harper agreed in 2012 to fund the project or it wouldnt get built. Always relied on US honouring the deal, Trump didn’t, he had leverage, here we are. windsorstar.com/news/local-new…
This is not a positive thing for Canada (or Australia or New Zealand for that matter). It’s due to making the price of homes shoot up due to artificial scarcity. While that may have helped the balance sheets of Boomers and Gen Xers, it’s created a massive underclass.
Toronto Deputy Mayor Mike Colle strong arms his way into the Toronto Police media briefing to say that people who shoot up public festivals should be "put away for 20 years"
The Conservatives just started a “boomer caucus” to advocate for seniors. Meanwhile the Liberals have a youth caucus of MPs in their 20s, many of which were handpicked by Carney to lead the future LPC.
Increasingly convinced this is just learned helplessness. It’s a 4 hour drive and costs 45 dollars with a 30mpg car. 90% of Americans would rather drive themselves, in the comfort of their own car, with the freedom to stop anywhere for any reason.
@cselley Which “disinformation” is popular on “the left”— is it equally believed among anyone left of the CPC or is there a spectrum of disinformation aimed at/actually believed by those who support moderate/PC, Liberal, and ND parties?
@cselley Which “disinformation” is popular on “the left”— is it equally believed among anyone left of the CPC or is there a spectrum of disinformation aimed at/actually believed by those who support moderate/PC, Liberal, and ND parties?
imagine going back to 1832 and explaining to chief justice John Marshall that the tribal sovereignty he enshrined in Worcester v. Georgia would give the Cherokee Nation the freedom to build hyperscale AI data centers without state interference
It's like the courts are run by Johnny English or Inspector Clouseau. Just look at this: drug runner from abroad was granted bail ($50k) on an ankle GPS with passport seized to keep him in-country. Now, you might think that someone with cross-border crime connections would be well positioned to flee the country without a passport if he took the simple step of cutting off his ankle bracelet, and you would be right! But that didn't occur to the court I guess, and now the guy has somehow fled the country without his passport.
