Chris MacLean

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What’s the biggest threat humanity faces right now?

@CTVNews Canadians, not just Tories… unless you are suicidally empathetic towards government.

Tories decry Liberal secrecy as government moves committee debate behind closed doors ctvnews.ca/politics/artic…

@nationalpost But @MarkJCarney, @FP_Champagne and @stevenmackinnon told us inflation is imaginary! 🤦‍♂️🫠

An item with a $100 price tag in 2015 costs more than $132 today nationalpost.com/feature/lostde…

@junonewscom Does this get released later? Is it still filmed? Do we need to submit a FOI request now? Or has Canada just officially become a Brookfield asset through hostile takeover?

BREAKING The Liberals voted to shut off cameras during an emergency health committee meeting on PrescribeIT, a defunct e-prescription program. Conservatives called for an Auditor General probe into $300M spent on the program, but Liberals moved talks behind closed doors.

@KirkLubimov They’ll say they’re only $500M over budget this quarter because they just offset it with $25B in “investment.”

Deficits are expected to be less than projected. Mark Carney: because we are good fiscal managers. Reality: According to the latest report on April, 2025 to February, 2026. * Budgetary deficit of $25.5B compared to $19.3B over the same period the previous year. * Revenues up 0.8% while program expenses up 2.1%. * Net actuarial losses increased by $900M which is a 23.9% increase. * Public debt charges $49.3B. What actually changed? Resource prices.

@franco_nomics @taxpayerDOTcom It’s a quick shell game to hide $25B of debt as investment so they can lie in the Spring economic update.

So the government is going to borrow $25 billion to create a fund to encourage Canadians to loan the government more money? Did Carney just create the first "wealth fund" that doesn't actually have any money? Just seems to me like a debt-fuelled corporate slush fund.

@MarkJCarney Another debt backed slush fund for the government to siphon tax money into their nepo-corps.

Introducing the Canada Strong Fund. Find out more: youtu.be/oRYaelwZj9Y

Why not just reduce taxes so tech companies want to come here and highly skilled people want to live here? That would be too logical though, right? This $890M, which will inevitably be double that because it’s the government, will be going to one of your crony corporations. They’ll either produce nothing or give you back a sweet gaming rig you can play Oregon Trail on that would have cost $500 if built by a private citizen. 🤦‍♂️🫡

We’re building the first public AI supercomputer, owned and operated in Canada, to power innovation across every sector. From healthcare to clean energy to startups scaling here at home, this is about making sure the future is built here. Applications are open. 🇨🇦 Nous construisons le premier superordinateur public dédié à l'intelligence artificielle, appartenant à et exploité par le Canada, afin de stimuler l'innovation dans tous les secteurs. Des soins de santé à l'énergie propre, en passant par les start-ups qui se développent ici même, notre objectif est de faire en sorte que l'avenir se bâtisse ici. Nous acceptons désormais les candidatures.

@JohnPaulDanko @PierrePoilievre @CPC_HQ The only danger Canada faces is the totalitarian creep of the Liberal party. The only division Canada faces is the half of our paycheques you take. Stop with the fear mongering, get out of our pockets and get us a deal with the US, so we can move on from your gaslighting.🤘🙏

Canada is facing a dangerous and divided world. For the past year, under the leadership of @PierrePoilievre - @CPC_HQ MPs have blocked, delayed and obfuscated all government business in committee. This is not opposition - its just partisan obstruction - and it ends now.

None of us voted for a lack of accountability in committees, especially for what may be the most adeptly corrupt Liberal Party in history. Stop with the power grabs, stop the New World Order rhetoric and stop using Canada as a Petri dish for Carney’s carbon based economy. It’s dangerous and divisive. Stop making deals with turncoat MPs and get the deal you were barely elected to: with the USA.

Our government is committed to working hard on an ambitious agenda to build Canada strong.   Liberals now comprise a majority of MPs in the House of Commons.   Prime Minister Mark Carney and his government are determined to work constructively both in the House and in parliamentary committees.   There is an undeniable, long-standing principle in Parliament: a party that has the majority of seats in the House also has a majority in committees.   For that reason, I intend to give notice of a motion that reflects this principle to be considered in the House in the coming days.

@NictauGirl @MarkJCarney Enjoy living on the edge in this dangerous and divided world! 🫡🙏

@ChrisMacVFX @MarkJCarney Poilievre can't even save himself, so sure, he'd be great. The Cons have all the maga ideas...happy days....and walking much closer to that cliff edge while staring lovingly at Pierre.

During the Global Financial Crisis, when there was a real risk of panic, I developed a practice called ‘forward guidance.’ The situation we find ourselves in today demands the same. Watch the full video on YouTube: youtu.be/uk2TZwkhi4E

@coreyhoganyyc I like this quote better: “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final and most essential command.” -George Orwell 1984

“Sometimes I find Canadians don’t actually realize how good they have it” “Across the Group of Seven, Canada’s probably in the strongest position fiscally” Bloomberg: IMF sees Canada’s fiscal position as strongest in G7 👇 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Anything would be better than what Carney has planned. Read his book. He wants taxpayers poor, obedient and dependent on the state while he institutes climate cronyism. Poilievre may not be the answer but neither is letting Carney use Canada to resurrect the GFANZ climate grift. If you believe Carney is the answer… like I said, lemmings and cliffs.😂

@ChrisMacVFX @MarkJCarney As opposed to the financial guidance from your economic genius, Poilievre? 🤣

Again, continuity is always going to be the downfall of these digital fever dreams. How many times the gopher/beaver’s back pack changes and the connection point of the Mini Gun (which shoots lightning)? Why is it a constant lightning stream then goes to a single shot weapon? Why is a mini gun shooting lightning in the first place? Why do the barrels change shot to shot? How many times does the beaver costume change? Once you realize these issues and that it’s impossible to go back in and change it, the use case fails.

True artists are going to use whatever tools they have to tell their stories. True artists don't ask for permission. It doesn't matter if it's AI or Traditional. Hollywood hates this because it limits their power and control. True artists love this.

@THR I would love to read the article or watch the video but your website is so abysmally overrun with pop ups ads, it's impossible.

A Former Anthropology Student From Los Angeles Might Be the George Lucas of AI hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n…

I saw the 70mm preview in Toronto last week. It’s one of the best films I’ve seen in the last 43 years. I haven’t been that emotional over a sentient inanimate object since Pooh Bear in Christopher Robin. And for the #VFX folks, there’s a non VFX VFX cameo. Keep your eyes open😂.

@chrizmillr Shout out to Paul and Mags too! Looking forward to seeing it!🤘

Some clarification here: "no green screen" doesn’t mean "no VFX”. There were, in fact, thousands of VFX shots in the film (2018!) Green screen is sometimes used in lieu of building sets or figuring out locations/lighting in advance, which can be noticeable if not done carefully, and is something we didn’t want to do. We built the entire interior of the Hail Mary ship - but within the ship, there were still wire and puppeteer removals and ceiling replacements, etc. When Ryan is outside on the hull of the ship, we shot him in front of a black background for space and a shifting hue background when he was up against the aurora of a planet which allowed for truer interactive light on him than a green screen would. The wide space exteriors and spaceship shots were entirely digital and beautifully done by ILM. Rocky was a seamless blend of puppetry and animation from Framestore. And other great work from many more. It really does take a village and we had the best of the best on our side.

@robocarnage @TDMckissick @TTChelps @oliviachow @fordnation Well Jimmy, when I'm not making the worst corpo films of all time, I ride the TTC almost every day. You'd be surprised how many of us evil filmmakers lead relatively normal lives.

Keep your head on a swivel, the issue is systemic now. You can't ride public transit in Toronto without at least one unsolicited interaction with drug use, cigarette smoking, public drunkeness, mental illness or belligerence. Toronto has become Gotham City. Public apathy, a complete void of municipal leadership and suicidal empathy are to blame. There's no one coming to save us, they're just coming to tax us.