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Had a great time chatting with @spaikin about my book about Richard Nixon's secret 1957 visit to Canada on @TheAgenda #cdnpoli #cdnhist youtu.be/YKOOsSyM83I?si…

@DMichaelTripi Getting close to Nixonian levels...

NEW: Trump approval rating on economy reaches all-time low of 29%, lowest of either of his terms and lower than Joe Biden’s lowest rating. -Reuters

@fordnation A colossal bad idea. Merit should be 1st criteria for appointment. Its why, despite some challenges, our judges remain largely respected, neutral & model used by several other countries... last thing we want? ...some partisan Premier doesn't support rule law involved #cdnpoli

Ontario deserves a real say in the appointment of judges making critical decisions on issues like bail reform, which directly impacts public safety in our province. This week, I joined several other premiers writing to Prime Minister Carney asking for judicial reform that respects provincial interests across Canada.

@dman0067 @FoodProfessor So you agree he's wrong to ascribe all inflation to Canadian government policy & now you want talk abt how much its responsible? That's called fallacy of reference where you alter basis of argument because you're losing. Putting words into someone else mouth is also rhetoric...

@Tomharri @FoodProfessor It is providing an actual, valid, comparative not baseless speculation.

New inflation data will be released in Canada tomorrow. Two predictions. 1⃣Food inflation will fall to around 6%. 2⃣Many media will likely turn to the usual roster of liberal-leaning experts who will blame everything under the sun for higher food prices—except public policy.

@angwytweet @TLNewmanMTL Not only reason. He mimics Trump tactics & policies on the regular. & then tries to deny it...people are not as stupid as you seem to think & can see it for themselves...

@Tomharri @TLNewmanMTL The only reason Canadians might associate Poilievre with Trump is because Liberal-biased pundits like Reid make that association over & over, devoid of any facts to back it up. He subscribes to the Liberal playbook of, if you say it over & over, people will totally believe it.

What even is this?

@MoxeeMeg @NatashaMontreal @brianleecrowley Sure it does. 1st King was 2nd son of Count of Boulogne. Bohemond de Taranto was bastard became prince of Antioch. Ill favored son Robert Curthose was reject of William Conqueror. Too many of them in the feudal system & not enough land. So they used the Popes Bull as excuse...

@Tomharri @NatashaMontreal @brianleecrowley History does not support your post

The Crusades were not random wars of aggression. The Crusades were the Eastern Christian response to centuries of Islamic conquest. They were primarily defensive wars. In early Christianity there were five centers of high authority: Rome, Alexandria, Constantine, Antioch, and Jerusalem. Each one had a Bishop and administered a large region, both politically and religiously. The origins were Apostolic and the cities were the core seats of Christian authority. Islam rose out of the Arabian Peninsula in the early 600s. Almost immediately after consolidating power in Arabia, the Muslim state launched rapid military expansion against its neighbors from 632 onward. Islam took 3 out of 5 of the Patriarchal Holy Sees (Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem) in the 7th century. The Crusades were the Eastern counteroffensive. The Muslims had conquered the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) and were in Tours, France by 732. It took over 700 years for the Spaniards to expel the invaders. The Reconquista was a parallel Western front. The Ottomans laid seige to central Europe for hundreds of years. They took the Balkans and Constantinople fell in 1453. Vlad Tepes of Wallachia (reimagined in modern times as the horror character Dracula) fought them off heroically for 6 years and drove them out of his principality. They laid seige on Vienna in 1529 and were expelled from Vienna 160 years later. Only Rome remained from the original Holy Sees after 1453 when Constantinople fell. Things you don't learn in school these days.

@Citizen004 @colbycosh In a system based stare decisis judges change the law, including the Consitution, all the time... thats part of how it is designed...

No harm in asking. The SCC did exactly that when it decided to reverse decades of jurisprudence flowing from its own decision in the Alberta Reference and give "constitutional benediction" to the right to strike. [decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-cs…]

@TorontoStar What is @fordnation so desperate to keep hidden? Backroom deals? Corruption? Criminal behaviour?

Doug Ford accuses privacy commissioner of politicizing his changes to access to information law trib.al/uRM1VaZ

@globeandmail No one reasonable believes his partisan lies... #onpoli

Ford says privacy commissioner is ‘politically driven’ in opposing changes to FOI laws theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

@rhondaforoshawa You mean the completely unrealistic & non binding motion you introduced as a fundraising stunt...

🚨BREAKING: Liberals vote against supporting Oshawa auto workers and strengthening Canada’s auto industry. Today, the Liberals voted against our Conservative opposition motion calling for a tariff-free Canada–U.S. auto pact. Our Conservative auto plan would remove the GST on Canadian-made vehicles, require automakers to build in Canada to sell here duty-free, and harmonize regulations with our North American partners so that the Canadian auto industry can stay competitive. Instead, the Liberals chose more inaction and uncertainty for Oshawa auto workers.

@WalshFreedom @jmbprime I fear you are right, in all of this...

He will stop at nothing to try to fuck with and cancel the midterms. Nothing. And when the midterms happen, and when he & his party get obliterated (one of his favorite words), he will never accept the results, he will say the election was “stolen,” and he will stop at nothing to delegitimize the entire election. And when your children ask you why he will do all of this, tell them the truth - because he’s democracy’s enemy and he’s a traitor to this country.

@PpollingNumbers @PoliticsFan2005 Exactly. & they will use undemocratic means to make sure they hold onto power. Bet on it.

Which party do you trust on democracy 🔵 Democrats 43% 🔴 Republicans 28% YouGov #A - A - 3/19

His MPs & former MPs have never stopped with the misinformation & personal smears of opponents, partisan rhetoric putting party before country, & amplifying conspiracy theories so perhaps not surprising #cdnpoli

@LibArtsAndMinds @bradlavigne You mean the 'new', 'new' & now again, 'new' Leader of the Opposition... who changes his attitude & tone as often as needed...?

Sigh, JP Tasker has his tire pump out again. @bradlavigne was far more diplomatic than me on that. They're discussing Poilievre, again. Poilievre has been himself in Ottawa for 20 yrs. This shift to the 'genuine' Polievre (quoting Amanda Galbraith), is absolutely bizarre. #PnPCBC

@DashaBurns @politico They don't have anybidea what they are doing...

SCOOP: The Trump administration is quietly weighing Iran’s parliament speaker as a potential partner — and even future leader — as it looks for a diplomatic endgame. An administration official tells me he’s a “hot option,” but says they’re still “testing” multiple candidates. Full story: politico.com/news/2026/03/2… w/ @EliStokols @diana_nerozzi

@TorontoStar He's not wrong, but that doesn't give him right to cover up his actions - if he's seeking to hide breaches of law, its illegal...

Doug Ford says he would handily win re-election as he defends keeping cellphone records secret #onpoli trib.al/BpJ7Pg4

@barnes_law @acoyne Trump will never let this happen...

Dems starting to open up double-digits leads for the midterms, which would result in 240+ Democratic House seats and 52+ Democratic Senate seats. Biggest blowout in the modern era.

@Gray_Mackenzie Sounds like another load of nonsense from our official Opposition... can these folks not get it together & start acting like a government in waiting...instead a bunch of high school model Parliamenters... #cdnpoli

CPC MP Sandra Cobena says the CPC plan to vote against the new nominee for PBO Annette Ryan This is not because of Ms. Ryan’s qualification Cobena says but because they believe that previous Interim PBO Jason Jacques is the “rightful PBO,” despite his term expiring #cdnpoli

@IvisonJ @kinsellawarren Yea. & let's hope nothing worse. Could be a while though.

A lot of people are going to go to jail when this culture of impunity comes to an end.

@BraddrofliT @CailinasEirinn The fear of nuclear annihilation...

Most people aren’t saying this but I will. Americans are drastically underestimating how serious things are right now. And by the time it’s obvious to everyone… it’ll be too late. What are people missing?

@atrupar @kinsellawarren He won't allow a loss. He's got too much to lose. And will do whatever it takes to avoid being held accountable.

"If I were a Republican running for Congress, I would be shaking, because there's nowhere to hide if you're a Republican running for Congress and President Trump is in this bad of shape among independents and Americans overall on the economy" -- Harry Enten on Trump's historically terrible numbers