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Fred played a role in getting Mr Harper elected. If he doesn’t count as “conservative” then conservatives will never win.

APPLEBAUM: Orbán now serves as Putin’s puppet in Europe. He blocks EU money to Ukraine, blocks sanctions on Russia, spreads Russian propaganda about Ukraine. No surprise that Russia supports him. The real surprise is that JD Vance is going to Hungary to endorse him.

Canada and the provinces refuse to permit it to be used in that way here. Only country in the world that does that, I believe.

@tylermeredith @NATOCanada The NORAD Cmder’s comments are being taken out of context. The RCAF needs jets with AESA radars to meet today’s NORAD threat and is likely to need Stealth too in the future. Canada is adding AESA radars to 36 CF-18s at the cost of $1.5B, a step we could have skipped.

Fascinating that @NATOCanada has deleted this tweet. 👀 It was a weird take since the American commander of NORAD said to Congress just last month that 5th generation aircraft aren’t needed for North American defence. Seems relevant to making a decision. #cdnpoli

Avi Lewis wins on first-ballot, exactly as I said it would happen. Now watch all the provincial NDP pay the price.

@CDNPolicyHawk @PrairieVeteran DND/CAF had many previously approved projects & ongoing programs which previously had insufficient funding allocated. They increased the funding for these programs and that helped a lot. For example C-130J In-Service Support is going through a hump for Blk. 8 upgrades.

@PrairieVeteran Well, the GDP went up, so it wasn't that. And NATO hasn't changed the rules about including Coast Guards in defence spending, so it likely wasn't that. We did build some buildings, and basic landscaping like planting trees is part of that type of project... so some of that.

Did LOWERING the GDP help the Liberals meet their 2% quota?🤭🤔🤔🤔 Or was it just adding the Coast Guard and planting some trees? Makes sense to me.

The World's Dumbest Tariff Has Been Revealed “Trump’s 50% tariff and removal of an exemption for Canada drove producers there to send US-bound shipments to Europe instead. In just a few months, Aluminerie Alouette – North America's largest smelter – saw its European sales rise from 4% of production to 57%. Rio Tinto Plc largely stopped shipping Canadian aluminum to the US, and even Alcoa diverted around 100,000 metric tons to non-US destinations.” bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

@InvestorsFriend @politicalham Because freedom of navigation is enforced by governments using their navies. Canada participates in these activities.

@politicalham Why should "Canada" (as a government) be involved? It is up to corporations to take the risk of LNG shipments. The job of government is to insure that pipes and plants are built in an environmentaly sound manner and that landowners on pipe routes are dealt with fairly. Period?

Global Oil System Rife With "Chokepoints" Like the Strait of Hormuz Canada shouldn't assume its oil and LNG can reach Asia unimpeded. #cdnpoli #abpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/global-oil-s…

@DavePerryCGAI @NATO @NationalDefence A good start and a lot happened this year of which DND/CAF can be justifiably proud. Next year 2% of GDP will likely be a larger number and the changes to the CAF even more visible.

One week left in FY 2025/2026 which means 7 days remaining for Canada to hit the 2014 @NATO investment pledge of spending 2% of GDP on @NationalDefence There's enough optimism on this that it now seems likely.

@PrairiePersp @Prominent_Bryan The infrastructure exists but on major highways, (not much in MB). In Ottawa where it gets cold my 2021 EV has 145,000 KM on it. I road trip it often including to Toronto, London, twice to Halifax, and once to NYC. Cold has an impact but not a major impediment.

@Prominent_Bryan Until the infrastructure is in place, EVs simply cannot win. I think they’ll win in niche areas, but there’s a large market that simply can’t look at EVs due to their winters.

People who think EVs won't win are delusional They are the same people who initially wanted to keep their BlackBerry instead of using the iPhone

To reduce our military’s reliance on foreign suppliers, Canada’s government is gearing up domestic production and building out our supply here at home.

I am once again begging people not to simply divide the contract value by the quantity and assuming that's the unit cost. 20-40% of any military contract is typically in-service support, spare parts, accessories, training, all necessary additional spending above item cost.

“LNG Canada…has ramped up production and exports to Asia this ‌month, The LNG project in Kitimat, BC, has exported five cargoes in the first 11 days of March, already exceeding half its total February volume, the data shows. A sixth shipment is due to depart on Tuesday.”

Mines and what you can do against them. A beginners guide.

@CDNPolicyHawk @NoahGairn Indeed, I’m looking for indications this government is willing to short-circuit the entire process. If they’re not, CAF modernization will take a very long time, and the promised industrial outcomes won’t materialize. However, I expect you’re correct.

@HillsDW @NoahGairn Doubtful. I think it's an industrial investment, not a purchase order. The AEW project isn't far enough along to announce a bidder. Not unless cabinet short circuits the entire process.

Well seems like today will be good for Bombardier if they're excitement is anything to go off of

In 1943, Paris - a woman sits in a Gestapo interrogation room, her feet bleeding, her body broken. The officers across from her know she's holding secrets. Names of British agents. Locations of resistance safe houses. Intelligence that could dismantle entire networks across France. They've already started the torture. Her toenails are being removed, one at a time. Soon they'll use heated irons on her back. They'll lock her in darkness for weeks. They'll promise her life in exchange for just one name. She's a 30-year-old mother of three. Not a soldier. Not a spy by training. Just a French-born housewife who was living quietly in England until Hitler's armies swallowed her homeland. That's when Odette Sansom made a choice that most of us will never have to make. She left her three daughters behind and volunteered for Britain's Special Operations Executive, the shadow organization built to sabotage Nazi operations from within. The SOE didn't want career military. They wanted people who could disappear into occupied territory. People who spoke native French. People willing to accept that capture likely meant torture and execution. Odette knew the odds. She volunteered anyway. By 1942, she was operating in occupied France under the codename "Lise," coordinating resistance cells, organizing sabotage, funneling intelligence back to London. She worked alongside Captain Peter Churchill, building networks that struck at German supply lines and communications. For months, they were ghosts. Then a collaborator sold them out. Now she's in this room. In this chair. Facing men who have perfected the art of breaking human beings. And here's what they don't understand: Odette Sansom has already decided she won't break. Not for pain. Not for promises. Not even to save her own life. Because she knows that every name she gives means another agent tortured. Another resistance fighter executed. Another family destroyed. So she gives them nothing. Through months of interrogation. Through agony most of us can't fathom. Through solitary confinement and death threats. Nothing. The Gestapo eventually realizes they can't break her. They send her to Ravensbrück concentration camp, condemned under "Night and Fog" protocol, prisoners meant to vanish without trace. She survives more than a year there by convincing the commandant she's related to Winston Churchill. It's a complete lie, but it keeps her alive. When Allied forces arrive in 1945, that same commandant tries using her as a bargaining chip. The moment they reach American lines, Odette identifies him as a war criminal. He's arrested on the spot. Britain awarded her the George Cross, the highest civilian honor for courage. The citation was clear: for refusing to betray her comrades despite torture that would break nearly anyone. Then in 1951, someone stole the medal from her home. Months later, it arrived in the mail with an anonymous note. The thief had researched what it represented and couldn't live with keeping it. Even criminals recognized what that medal meant. Odette Sansom Hallowes lived to 82, spending decades honoring fallen comrades and embodying quiet strength. She always insisted she'd simply done what anyone should do. But that's not true. What she did was extraordinary. She proved that the most powerful resistance to tyranny isn't violence. It's the absolute refusal to break, no matter the cost. 📷© Imperial War Museums (Restored & Colorized) © Daughters of Time #drthehistories

What an incredibly brave person!

Congratulations on a hard-fought and well-earned silver, @TeamCanada. You made your country proud 🇨🇦

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