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🚨Mark Carney asks Elon Musk to invest in Canada. 😂🇨🇦 This may be the most brutal summary of the Canadian economy yet.🤔

After writing a nuanced piece on a new UN-linked study suggesting that some climate models are now pointing to warming scenarios that may be less extreme than initially projected, La Presse, a paper I contributed to for free for 25 years, chose to attack me today instead of engaging with the substance of the argument (links below). I was quickly portrayed as a climate skeptic, which is simply false. I have repeatedly stated, publicly and clearly, that climate change remains one of the greatest threats to global food systems. La Presse's Philippe Mercure never contacted me for comment or clarification before going on the offensive and attaching labels that do not reflect my views. That is deeply disappointing. What concerns me most is the growing tendency among some media voices to frame every discussion around climate through fear and polarization. Mercure, Francis Vailles, and others seem far more interested in dividing people and reinforcing narratives than encouraging thoughtful debate around how environmental policies impact farmers, processors, and food affordability. The reality is this: there is not a single person I know in the food industry who does not care about the environment, from farmgate to store and restaurant. Not one. Farmers and food processors live with environmental realities every day. But supporting sustainability also means following evolving science, adapting policies when evidence changes, and finding pragmatic ways to reduce emissions without undermining food production or the competitiveness of our agri-food sector. Science evolves. It always has. We should be mature enough as a society to discuss new findings openly instead of trying to discredit anyone who raises legitimate questions about policy direction or economic consequences.

@FoodProfessor @nacroix Ça me surprendrais, il me semble impartiale 😏

En passant, 70 % du salaire de Philippe Mercure à La Presse est couvert par un programme de subvention du gouvernement fédéral. J’imagine que cela a dû influencer son regard critique à mon égard.

Le billet de Philippe Mercure sur mes commentaires au sujet du rapport sur les changements climatiques me donne raison, sans le dire. Mais il tombe dans un alarmisme très prévisible et plutôt juvénile. J’aurais aimé qu’il m’appelle pour obtenir mes commentaires, mais bon…

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@ProtonVPN Thank you

Bill C-22 empowers the government to order VPN providers in Canada to retain metadata for up to a year. The EU's highest court has struck down this type of mass data retention legislation twice already, suggesting it won't stand up to scrutiny: 1. eff.org/node/81899 2. ccdcoe.org/incyder-articl… We're going to reiterate this one more time: there is no universe in which Proton VPN compromises its no-logs policy.

@Pat77432407 Pathétique, incroyable

2 000 $ DE TICKETS POUR AVOIR RÉPARÉ UNE FUITES D'EAU : LA STUPIDITÉ DU QUÉBEC EXPOSÉE C'est le genre d'histoire qui fait bouillir le sang de n'importe quel entrepreneur ou citoyen doté d'un minimum de gros bon sens. Voici le choc frontal entre la bureaucratie rigide et surtout stupide, et la réalité. Une fuite d'eau majeure chez un client. S'il n'agit pas, les dégâts matériels vont s'aggraver. Pourtant, la sécurité publique d'Outremont (les deux spécimens aux allures d’une comédie cheap avec Guy À.) débarque et lui donne un premier billet d'infraction parce qu'il travaille un jour férié. La ville s'attendait visiblement à ce que l'entrepreneur dise au client de « laisser l'eau couler » en attendant un jour ouvrable. La menace (ridicule) de menottes La sécurité municipale d'Outremont (qualifiée de « wannabe police ») menace d'appeler le SPVM (Service de police de la Ville de Montréal) pour faire arrêter les travailleurs parce qu'ils refusent de cesser les travaux d'urgence. Le revirement : Quand le vrai SPVM arrive sur les lieux, les policiers rappellent poliment aux agents municipaux qu'ils s'occupent d'affaires criminelles, pas de chicanes de règlements municipaux. Le SPVM refuse d'embarquer dans le jeu, salue l'entrepreneur et quitte les lieux. La double taxe sur le travail (plus de 2 000 $ de constats) Frustrés de ne pas pouvoir faire arrêter l'équipe, les agents municipaux sortent le grand jeu des permis introuvables un jour férié. Ticket #1 943 $ pour avoir stationné le véhicule d'urgence sans permis. Ticket #2 143 $ Pour « occupation du domaine public sans autorisation ». Pourquoi ? Parce que le camion est considéré comme une « extension du chantier » puisque les gars y prennent leurs outils. Pourquoi ça enrage autant ? On parle de 2 086 $ d'amendes au total. L'entrepreneur demande à l'agent comment obtenir ce fameux permis d'occupation un jour férié alors que tout est fermé, et l'agent est incapable de lui répondre. Un système québécois parfois si lourd et déconnecté qu'il en vient à criminaliser le travail honnête et l'entraide d'urgence. Au lieu d'encourager un entrepreneur qui règle un problème, la bureaucratie municipale choisit de le punir sévèrement. C’est ça le Québec, continuez de défendre cette province de clowns.

@MarkJCarney He ben… tu fais ma journée pis je suis pas un tamoul

En ce Jour commémoratif du génocide des Tamouls, nous pensons aux dizaines de milliers de civils tués durant la guerre civile au Sri Lanka et aux survivants, aux familles et aux communautés qui ont tant souffert, y compris de nombreux membres de la diaspora tamoule au Canada.

🚨 Big Tech just told Trudeau & Carney’s Liberals to pound sand!! Apple flat-out said:
“We will NOT build a backdoor into our products. Ever.” Meta, VPN companies, and even American Republicans in Congress are warning Canada: Bill C-22 (the sneaky “Lawful Access Act”) is a full-on privacy killer. They want forced “technical capabilities” — code for backdoors into your encrypted data. ⛔️ Banking records. ⛔️ Health files. ⛔️ Private messages. Everything. ❌ This isn’t “public safety.”
✅ This is a totalitarian power grab dressed up in nice words. Apple, Meta, and cybersecurity experts see it for what it is:
A backdoor for the government today = a backdoor for hackers and hostile states tomorrow. Liberals keep saying “if you’ve done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide.” Meanwhile every major tech company is screaming: NO ❌ This is what happens when a government thinks it owns your life. Drop a 🔥 if you’re done with the surveillance state. #cdnpoli #BillC22 #LiberalSurveillance #PrivacyTheft #CarneyAuthoritarian #CanadaFirst

Looney Tunes hasn’t aged well

That cartoon of someone going from slightly left of center to somehow right wing describes the average American

🚨 CANADA’S INDUSTRIAL COLLAPSE under @MarkJCarney — With receipts 🧾 📍 Honda Alliston, ON → Cancelled— $15 Billion 📍 Stellantis Brampton, ON → Moved to Illinois — $500 Million in aid pocketed 📍 Stellantis Windsor Battery Plant → Sold stake for — $100 📍 GM CAMI Ingersoll, ON → PERMANENTLY CLOSED — $2 Billion retool gone 📍 GM Oshawa, ON → Production moved to Indiana — $280 Million lost 📍 Ford Oakville, ON → EV production moved to USA — $2.3 Billion gone 📍 Northvolt Quebec → BANKRUPT — $7 Billion evaporated 📍 Invista Kingston, ON → Moving to Texas — 500 jobs gone 📍 Umicore Ontario → Shifting to Poland & South Korea — $260 Million gone 🇨🇦 TOTAL INVESTMENT LOST: 💰Over $50 Billion Ottawa’s response? Press releases. Photo ops. A delusional PM who thinks your gas is cheap. “We are a Energy Superpower 🇨🇦 Clean Energy is needed to build a Sustainable Prosperous Economy ?🤔🙇🏻🚨 This is managed decline with a price tag. 🇨🇦 RT until every Canadian sees this 👇 #CdnPoli #AutoIndustry #Honda #GM #Ford #Stellantis #Ontario #Manufacturing #MarkCarney #Canada

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While U.K.'s PM Starmer is facing growing pressure to resign amid a sluggish U.K. economy, PM Carney’s popularity is at a record high — despite Canada arguably being in worse shape on several key metrics, including unemployment, productivity, private-sector growth, and food inflation. Wonder why...

Interesting how Canadian media largely ignored this new climate scenarios paper published by mainstream climate scientists (Link below). The study doesn’t deny climate change, but it does acknowledge that some of the extreme warming pathways heavily used for years are now viewed as less plausible. That matters enormously for energy policy, agriculture, food security, infrastructure, and affordability debates. Instead of discussing how climate modelling assumptions are evolving, we continue to get simplistic “net zero at all costs” narratives. Science is supposed to evolve. Public debate should too.

@FoodProfessor @Martyupnorth Propaganda machine

"La Presse ended my 25-year column, which I wrote for free, for saying out loud what many Canadians are thinking quietly. Subsidies given to private media are a partisan issue, fostering more editorial bias. And now, Ottawa wants to give the media another $6 billion. I’m not surprised."

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@FoodProfessor Sans tarder… Ils mettent l’accent en plus sur l’urgence d’agir. On a pas besoin de plus de gouvernements dans nos vies au contraire

Almost 57% of La Presse readers in Montreal believe launching a government-run grocery chain is a good idea. No words.