@colbycosh I guess back in the day people just wouldn’t pay 8$ a loaf
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Roger Fudge
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Every other day I'm just quietly amazed by the difference between 2026 bread and ~1980 bread in (Canadian) supermarkets and restaurants. The fact is, I just don't think I ate good bread, ever, until I was in my 20s.
Patrick Collison@patrickc
There’s a lot of discussion in these parts about all the things that are degrading (public safety, disorder, architecture, institutions, …), but it is remarkable how much better food has gotten over the course of my lifetime. I was recently traveling in the UK, and even in small towns, the restaurants were consistently great. (I particularly recommend Isla in Durham.) Ireland has similarly improved by leaps and bounds. The US is very good these days. Has there ever been a better time to eat?
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Denying forced labour in China is as empirically dishonest as saying the sky isn't blue. It also contradicts previous Liberal legislation on the matter. Perhaps Mr. Ma has not gotten around to reading up on his new party's policies since crossing the floor to join them. #cdnpoli
Harrison Faulkner@Harry__Faulkner
WATCH: Hong Kong-born Canadian MP Michael Ma tells a career civil servant that claims of forced labour in Xinjiang, China, are "hearsay" and blatantly defends the CCP. Ma: Have you witnessed forced labour in Xinjiang? Yes or no? Witness: I work closely with Human Rights Watch, where researchers did witness it.
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And yes, I'm subtweeting this. Poof; goodbye any progress made on fighting and exposing Canadian antizionism. You just handed them a new weapon.
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One theme I've noticed in my study of rampant antizionism in Canada is how its actors have shamelessly exploited every last lever in our system that was intended to prevent the very extremism they practice. Human rights tribunals, civil liberties associations, workplace anti-racism mandates, anti-hate organizations, even Holocaust education: All of these have now become weapons and resources for people who glorify violence, rationalize hate and seek the corrosion of everything we hold dear as Canadians. Laith Marouf was an anti-racism trainer. Harsha Walia was head of the BC Civil Liberties Association.
Bill C-9 makes all of this worse, and I haven't the foggiest idea why its supporters can't see it. You're handing a loaded gun to your enemies.
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@colbycosh Direct correlation between left leaning activist judges and use of the NWC
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Classic move. If something that you've decided is good is unique to Canada, it's a sign of our innovative character & national genius. Liberal scholars in Coyne's camp often say exactly this, for example, of the Oakes test. "It's Canadian!" Not "Other countries don't need this!"
Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩@acoyne
My latest: Lots of other countries have charters of rights. None has anything like the notwithstanding clause. Somehow, they are able to get by without it. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
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All provinces are equal, but one is more equal than others
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@cselley We are collectively focussing on small controversies we can control so that we don't feel so unmoored by the rest of it.
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This is a really smart way to illustrate the rising costs and headaches for baseball fans to watch every game for your team. Quality work by Marchand and @danshanoff.
I think the future will be cleaner but it will still be a product catering to those with a lot of disposable income.
Andrew Marchand@AndrewMarchand
NEW: Yankees’ Netflix debut is latest example of sports’ complicated TV landscape nytimes.com/athletic/71447… via @NYTimes
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Dayton Webber, a quadruple amputee known for his achievements as a professional cornhole player, was arrested for allegedly killing his friend in Maryland.
The incident occurred during an argument in Webber’s Tesla, according to police. wapo.st/47pJLF8
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@jengerson @cselley In a not totally unrelated issue, pure frustration today trying to reach a real person at the cra
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Here's a picture of my daughter playing with the toys in the City of Calgary room set up to help adult city councillors and staff cope with the stress of attending the public hearing of the blanket re-zoning bylaw repeal motion today.
This is a serious country.
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@cselley If supply management is so great, why not do it for all Canadian industries
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Poor guy at the end of the video has no idea he inhaled fentanyl.
Should TTC chair Jamaal Myers resign due to the deteriorating state of the TTC?
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@blair8000a @sarobertsonca @CTVNews You should probably take over for her, you would do a much better job
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@sarobertsonca Vassy should stop being rude to politicians when she interviews them. Aggressively asking the same question 3 or more times (once or twice is sufficient) or endlessly pushing or just the tone of her voice on occasion. Perhaps that would help.
@CTVNews
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VASSY: I'd love it if all politicians didn't talk to me like I was an idiot, but I also don't know if it politically hurts them. I'm old enough to remember Pierre Poilievre eating an apple and staying 25 points ahead for months
BENZIE: He still lost
VASSY: He did, but I'm not sure that's why
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I mean FFS, ban it or don't. It's meaningless. Who TF is going to enforce it?
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Based on their combined recent track record of total success, this is bound to be a smash hit.
Toronto Star@TorontoStar
Toronto police chief, public safety minister to speak on plan to expand digital powers trib.al/L5exALa
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@yuanyi_z For someone who was worried about overcrowding, he wasn’t in much of a rush to leave
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@FoodProfessor Have you noticed the fuel surcharge when you ship something? It’s not small
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To the carbon tax intellectual mob now mobilized by the Prime Minister’s Office to defend the carbon tax,
You argue the carbon charge on diesel fell by ~21¢/L and suggest my analysis assumes a linear increase to 29¢/L. That’s convenient — but incomplete.
You’re isolating one component of a much broader cost structure and presenting it as the full story. It isn’t.
Food prices are not determined by what a truck pays at the pump alone. They reflect cumulative costs across the entire supply chain: refining, fertilizer, processing, refrigeration, logistics — all of which remain exposed to carbon pricing mechanisms.
And while you focus on a partial rollback in one area, you ignore two inconvenient truths:
1️⃣ Industrial carbon pricing is still very much in effect, and tightening
2️⃣ Energy costs overall are rising, amplifying cost pressures across the system
Cherry-picking a 21¢/L figure does not invalidate broader cost transmission. It simply narrows the lens.
With another carbon price increase coming April 1, Canadians deserve an honest conversation — not selective math.
This isn’t a comprehension error. It’s a refusal to look at the full system.
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@cselley Doesn’t seem right for a sitting judge to call people liars, does it? I mean, isn’t that what the trial is supposed to determine?
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lol oh no our confidence in the justice system!!
CityNews Toronto@CityNewsTO
Some legal observers say calls for an Ontario judge to apologize for suggesting three Toronto police officers lied and colluded in a high-profile criminal trial are inappropriate and undermine public confidence in the justice system toronto.citynews.ca/2026/03/18/cal…
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@TheTorontoSun @spiropap Tail wagging the dog again. Y can’t vandals be arrested?
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Queen's Park statues to be covered up ahead of further protests torontosun.com/news/local-new… Via @spiropap
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