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"This decision now stands as binding precedent. It places real legal constraints on future governments and ensures that the Emergencies Act cannot be repurposed as a political convenience. It restores the act to what Parliament intended: a narrow, exceptional tool, not a blunt instrument against dissent. The government spent millions defending the indefensible. It lost completely. And in doing so, it handed Canadians one of the most important civil liberties rulings in a generation. That is worth celebrating.” @cvangeyn nationalpost.com/opinion/christ…

@itsrobroberts Ha! Waste not

@cbcwatcher I heard that too! You had to wonder what they did with the rum after its task was done.

Went to visit my neighbour this evening, Major-General Robert Ross — aka the guy who burned down the White House.

@Chargabar Have you heard of the "mostly private" British media? 🤪

@cbcwatcher Have you ever heard of the BBC? 😂

UK vs Canada: Why a Free, Competitive Press Matters The CBC piece points out the procedural differences — but skips the biggest accelerator: media Britain’s raucous, mostly private press (tabloids, broadsheets, left and right) is cutthroat. Scandals explode instantly, polls dominate headlines, leaks flow freely. MPs feel the heat from voters and act fast to dump failing leaders Canada’s landscape — led by government-funded CBC plus concentrated heavily government subsidized private media — is docile, less adversarial and holds the opposition to a higher standard than the government Combined with iron party discipline and leader-controlled nominations, pressure builds slower and stays contained Result? UK leaders face relentless public scrutiny that fuels quick internal revolts. Canadian ones can ride out storms longer A genuinely independent, competitive press doesn’t just report failure — it forces accountability. That’s a feature, not a bug @brodiefenlon

@nspector4 That would be a great name for his podcast!

It’s never, “we have a climate crisis, so here’s these technological innovations we think we should fund to make things better, greener and cheaper”. It’s, “we have a climate crisis, so we need to ban capitalism, massively expand the size of government, and tax you more”.

“There are disastrously misguided policies, and then there are inexplicably disastrous misguided policies. Liberals’ plan to intervene in the BC real estate market vaults well over that line. It may be the worst idea of Mark Carney’s prime ministership.”theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editor…

Economist Thomas Sowell was once a Marxist, but now he advocates for free markets. "What was your wake-up to what was wrong with [Marxism]?" @RubinReport asked him. "Facts," Sowell replies. Here’s why I admire Sowell:

A referendum is not a “dangerous bluff.” It is democracy. For a Prime Minister to use threatening language against Albertans for seeking a lawful vote on their future is improper, revealing, and deeply troubling. This is why Alberta needs the power to decide for itself. LetAlbertaDecide.com

@ThrillaRilla369 Rambo

I need a very specific tough sounding name for a tiny chihuahua puppy Not Rocky 🐕

@terrynewman Does Aislin get paid by the pylon?

Of course there's a pylon. Would it really be Montréal without one?

@EricRStPierre Ahem... clip credit?

Even the CBC panel is saying they’ve “never seen anything like this… ever.” Carney’s crew using their stolen majority to ram bills through with zero real debate, backdating rules so only they can amend, and dismissing critics as “tin foil hat people.” That’s not governing, that’s arrogance on steroids while regular Canadians keep getting hammered on gas, housing, and groceries. Alberta filing that pipeline application on July 1 can’t come soon enough. Real pushback starts when the provinces stop waiting for permission. What do you think? Does this finally wake some people up, or do they keep carrying water for the same crew?

As Carney cozies up to the sponsors of Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis, Qatar and Iran... "Israel’s defence attaché is departing for home and will not be replaced at the country’s embassy in Canada – a sign, experts say, of an erosion of bilateral relations with Ottawa as ties remain strained over Gaza. Colonel Ilan Or is returning to Israel at the end of July, the embassy said. The responsibilities will be taken over by a “cross-accredited” attaché based in the country’s U.S. embassy, Israel’s Ministry of Defence said in a statement. Iddo Moed, Israel’s ambassador to Canada, said the last time his country did not have a defence attaché posted in Ottawa was 14 years ago, in 2012." @stevenchase @StephanieLevitz

China's spies are stealing Japanese technology, while Chinese ships are trying to take control of Japanese controlled islands. The Chinese government is also trying to use rare earths to wreck Japans economy. The CCP is using every vector it can to attack its neighbor.

"Shaffer leans on an internal Public Safety Canada memo, obtained under access-to-information law, warning that opening the market to "high-risk vendors" invites connected cars that "collect significant amounts of data on Canadians, which can have intelligence value." Her account of the official response is withering. Asked how Canada would protect drivers, the chief of the defense staff, General Jennie Carignan, told reporters only that "we don't have a lot of Chinese vehicles so far," and Defense Minister David McGuinty said he would raise the question with base commanders. The danger, in her telling, runs well past cars. A congressional probe found hidden communications equipment inside Chinese-made cranes at major American ports; the same cranes are common in Canadian harbors, where Transport Canada began assessing the risk in 2023. More worrying still are solar power inverters — the devices that feed renewable energy into the grid — of which China supplies about 70 percent worldwide. American investigators have identified undeclared communication components inside some Chinese inverters that experts warn could be used to switch them off remotely and destabilize power grids." @ProfBShaffer @scoopercooper

Developing story off the Southern Gulf Islands in British Columbia.

45 years ago today, we lost Terry Fox, just one month before his 23rd birthday. Though his life was far too short, his legacy continues to grow with each passing generation. Today, on behalf of a grateful people in @CityofPoCo and beyond, we humbly laid flowers at Terry’s resting place in the community he called home. Thank you, Terry. Port Coquitlam will always carry your spirit forward.

@Dfildebrandt Learned experience moving to Los Angeles?

Trudeau lecturing Finland about what it means to be Finish.

Heh...semble que la CBC est plus ouverte à des opinions différentes que @LP_LaPresse... Cc @F_Cardinal

"And the Carney government still clings to Trudeau-era policies that raise the cost of Canadian energy projects. These include tighter methane regulations, which will cost the energy industry tens of billions of dollars, and an industrial carbon tax hike that adds costs to transporting, processing and producing energy in Canada—a burden not imposed by other major energy producers around the world. Indeed, investment in Canada's oil and gas sector has weakened significantly, plummeting from $84.0 billion in 2014 to $35.7 billion in 2024—a 57.5 per cent decline after inflation. And 2026 investment is expected to continue that trend. The last thing Canada needs is policies that continue to deter investment and leave fewer resources to explore new fields, expand critical infrastructure and provide reliable energy. As demand for reliable energy grows, Canada’s potential as a global provider of energy security remains largely untapped beyond the U.S. market. Ottawa must enact competitive policies that attract investment and allow producers to supply the energy the world demands." — Julio Mejía and Tegan Hill @FraserInstitute