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Today in Ottawa, the editors of Without Diminishment were pleased to be hosted at the House of Commons and to share their vision of conservative cultural renewal with MPs, staff, and the Leader of the Official Opposition.
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Tobias, CEO of Shopify on What Canada needs to do to get economically out of the proverbial ditch...
Martin Pelletier@MPelletierCIO
Someone please make him Prime Minister.
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@sarobertsonca … Short Answer is … well..because.. we dropped the CUSMA ball ..
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Japan's Ambassador to Canada Kanji Yamanouchi says continued access to the U.S. market, as provided for under CUSMA, is essential for current and potential increased Japanese investment in auto manufacturing in Canada.
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PM Carney on Honda EV plant and attracting investment to Canada: "This is the time to be bold. Have confidence, move forward, open up. That's what we're doing, and we'll continue to get that investment, despite the efforts of the Americans."
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Every day, 12 Canadians are diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, and Canada continues to have one of the highest rates of MS in the world.
That is why campaigns like #TakeActionforMS matter. I was pleased to welcome representatives from MS Canada to my office to discuss the importance of supporting research, raising awareness, and standing with the Canadians and families affected by this disease.
Thank you for the important work you do and for taking the time to visit Parliament Hill #cndpoli
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🚨 Canada is supposedly “leading the G7” while Canadians are rationing groceries, businesses are fleeing, #investment is drying up, and people with full time jobs are wondering why survival suddenly became a luxury subscription service.
🤔 Maybe the problem isn’t that Canadians are too pessimistic. Maybe it’s that government press releases and lived reality are now existing in separate dimensions?
Catherine Swift joins @StephenLeDrew to unpack the growing gap between the economic story #Ottawa tells and the one Canadians are actually living every day. Including how government accounting tricks and carefully polished numbers can make things look healthier than they really are.
Because according to Liberal logic, if you redefine enough #liabilities and repeat “strong economy” often enough, the #factory closures and food bank lineups become imaginary.
Modern governance. Very sophisticated stuff.🤨
#cdnpoli #Economy #IMF #MarkCarney #CostOfLiving #Inflation #Business @WorkingCdns
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Good Christ, what??
Michael Geist@mgeist
Last week, I wrote about government plans to provide millions in tax credits for news operations of giants like Bell and Rogers. Now Culture Minister @MarcMillerVM says “it’s not a question of if, but how” and put a potential price tag on it. $6 BILLION?! x.com/mgeist/status/…
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@RossMcKitrick Dr. RMc
So can you help decode what this new CMIP7 scenario might do for Canada and Policy?
We based a few decisions on 8.5 .. perhaps fixing the lower limits (strike price) on carbon trading business’s.. etc.
Could it move lower?
rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/rcp85-is-off…
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A quick summary of a v. important new paper by my friend and colleague Dr. John Christy. John is old-school: he doesn't just take the data available online, he goes to the sources and checks it all, fills in missing entries and extends it to new lengths historically. The result is a far more complete picture than the typical extreme event attribution study that relies only on ERA-5 going back to 1950.
Electroverse@Electroversenet
A new study of U.S. temperatures from 1899 to 2025 uses 40 million daily records across 1,211 stations It finds extremes have declined. The most intense heat remains in the 1930s. In 1936, about 22% of stations recorded all-time highs. No modern year comes close. Heat waves peak between 1930 and 1944, then drop and only partly recover. The long-term trend is flat to down. Cold extremes also decline, but mostly at night. This is largely a product of urbanization over the decades, which traps heat and so lifts overnight lows. Overall, the extreme temperature burden is down about 30%. U.S. temperatures are less extreme today, not more.
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@JarrydJaeger Incredible isn’t it. Almost like a sad face painted on a balloon.
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What sort of moron looks at this guy and thinks “that’s the leader I want”
FFS
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As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Expo, I was touched and humbled to receive a special email today; an endorsement from an elder statesman of BC, and an icon of Kamloops politics, itself.
18 years of distinguished service, serving under 4 premiers. A former Speaker of the Legislature. The minister responsible for Expo ‘86: the event that put B.C. on the global map and arguably paved the way for BC to credibly bid on the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
And a fine man, who “taught me the ropes” when I was the youngest MLA & youngest cabinet minister in Gordon Campbell’s government all those years ago.
Thanks, Claude.
His email follows.
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I have been following the competition for the next leader of the BC Conservative Party very closely, and I have reached a clear conclusion.
There is only one person truly qualified for the job: Iain Black.
He has the knowledge, the experience, and the courage needed to bring British Columbia back to where it should be.
It will take a strong and capable leader to clean up the mess left behind by the NDP. Anyone who takes the time to read Iain’s plan will see that he has addressed all the key issues. Government spending will be brought under control, an unnecessarily bloated cabinet will be reduced to what is essential, and there will be no more wasteful giveaways.
I was in provincial government for many years, most of them at the cabinet table. When Iain joined us there, it was immediately clear to me that he had what it takes. The other candidates in the race are good and sincere people, I am sure, and they mean well—but the real question is whether they can deliver the results British Columbians need starting day one. Iain also has the character and acumen to navigate the province through future events we cannot foresee.
This time, we must vote for the leader who can back up his promises with real action. Iain Black is that leader. His track record at the Vancouver Board of Trade, along with his many successes in the private sector, speaks for itself.
I urge all Conservatives to take a close and serious look at Iain Black’s plan. I am confident that when you do, you will see—just as I have—that he is the leader we need at this critical time.
Sincerely,
Claude Richmond
Ex Minister of Tourism (including Expo 86), Social Services and Housing, Forestry, Speaker of the Legislature, and ex-Minister of Unemployment and Income assistance.
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@sunlorrie The only things that’s come down in the world of Climate ..is the extreme climate scenario that gave huge, scary, and unrealistic results (RCP8.5) ..the one Canada uses.
It has now finally been laid to rest
Bjorn Lomborg@BjornLomborg
We used to have an extreme climate scenario that gave huge, scary, and unrealistic results (RCP8.5) It has now finally been laid to rest New CMIP7 scenarios expect much lower emissions through the 21st century Great read from @RogerPielkeJr rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/rcp85-is-off…
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EDITORIAL: Feds’ climate plan a $200-billion flop
Government attempts to lower emissions have essentially flatlined since 2020 torontosun.com/opinion/editor…
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@KarlDHarrison @AmazingZoltan Listen to either debate.. the only candidate that listened and heard and responded to the spirit of the question(s). Was @iainblackbc .
Pretty much everyone else reached into their bag of sound bites..
Same with the @Aaronpete_ and @AnthonyRussoBC interviews..
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@AmazingZoltan Have you lost your mind?
She’s brittle, prickly, unqualified, absent any discernible sense of humour or humility, supercilious and unlikeable.
Pro - SOGI
Pro - safe supply
Pro - vaccine mandates
And then there’s this shower of lunatics.
Which box did she tick?
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Caroline Elliott checks all the boxes except for one thing: no political experience. We already have a Prime Minister with no political experience and British Columbia is a province dealing with disaster in every direction. I don't know how her campaign gets around this issue.
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@GG37374104 @cbcwatcher A few months back … Japans ambassador.. said…CUSMA and access to USA markets is essential..
And today Japan’s Honda 👉 “Dumplings over Flowers”.. or …Profit is more important than appearances.
It’s a FAFO moment for Joly..
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Japan's Ambassador to Canada Kanji Yamanouchi says continued access to the U.S. market, as provided for under CUSMA, is essential for current and potential increased Japanese investment in auto manufacturing in Canada.
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The Canada Strong Fund investments of tomorrow. Spend more to lose even more.
Anas Alhajji@anasalhajji
WOOW! 🔴🔴🔴 Honda to shelve $11bn Canada EV plant as demand sputters
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@cbcwatcher @ryangerritsen Flash back.. to .. march1st this yr..
This is all about CARNEYS..CUSMA..CATASTROPHE
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Japan's Ambassador to Canada Kanji Yamanouchi says continued access to the U.S. market, as provided for under CUSMA, is essential for current and potential increased Japanese investment in auto manufacturing in Canada.
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Flashback 2 years, 2 weeks -"We bet big!" - Justin Trudeau
Trudeau "Yes, there are politicians who sit back and say, no, no, no, no, no."
Could we please get just one of those?
Trudeau "We beat out China for the first time anyone's ever passed in front of that, because Canada is making deliberate investments in the future."
Trudeau wasn't fact checked either... @JustinTrudeau
cbcwatcher@cbcwatcher
"Honda Motor is set to freeze plans to build an electric vehicle factory in Canada, Nikkei has learned, as sluggish U.S. demand pushes it to put hybrids at the center of its North American strategy. The Japanese automaker had decided in May last year to postpone by two years construction of the plant and an accompanying battery factory in Ontario. Their plans were first announced in April 2024 and were originally slated to start up as early as 2028. Seeing market conditions as unlikely to improve in the short term, Honda decided to indefinitely suspend the project, and has entered talks with the Canadian government. Scrapping it entirely is on the table, depending on how North American EV policies move. Honda had expected to invest a total of 15 billion Canadian dollars ($11 billion) in the EV plant, with a planned capacity of 240,000 vehicles a year, and the battery factory. It had acquired the land and was set to receive financial support from Canada."
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Barry Neufeld says he rejected a settlement for speaking out against gender ideology that later escalated to a $750K fine.
He is appealing the decision and seeking interveners.
"I'm standing on the side of truth [and] that truth will prevail," Neufeld told Juno News.
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@HanyaToderoff That’s was a referendum question designed to fail.
Did any province vote in favour of it?
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According to the records: NO!
The 1992 Charlottetown Accord referendum was not a multi question referendum. It was a single question national referendum.
The Question:
On October 26, 1992, Canadians were asked to vote "Yes" or "No" to one question:
"Do you agree that the Constitution of Canada should be renewed on the basis of the agreement reached on August 28, 1992?"
“NO” was the answer.
What was in that August 28, 1992 agreement?
“On August 28, 1992, the Canadian federal, provincial, and territorial governments, along with Aboriginal representatives, reached a unanimous agreement on a package of proposed constitutional amendments known as the Charlottetown Accord.
Unveiled in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the agreement was designed as a second attempt to secure Quebec's consent to the Constitution Act, 1982, following the failure of the Meech Lake Accord in 1990.
Key Components of the Charlottetown Accord
The Accord was a comprehensive reform package that included the following:
Canada Clause: Entrenched a statement of fundamental values in the Constitution, including the recognition of Quebec as a "distinct society"within Canada and the recognition of Indigenous peoples' inherent right to self-government.
Aboriginal Self-Government: Recognized Indigenous governments as a "third order of government" in Canada, along with federal and provincial governments.
Senate Reform: Proposed a "Triple-E" Senate (elected, equal, and effective) with each province having 6 senators, and equal representation for territories.
Division of Powers: Decentralized powers to the provinces, giving them exclusive jurisdiction over forestry, mining, and culture, and limiting the federal spending power.
House of Commons Changes: Increased the number of seats to reflect population growth, guaranteeing that Quebec would never have fewer than 25% of all seats.”
The Federal Government continues to do whatever it wants never taking into account the voices of the people.
Politicians serve the Corporation of Canada and the Oligarchy.
We, the people, are merely the tax slaves.
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🔔 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐲𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚.
There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”
Søren Kierkegaard
themythiscanada.com
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@TheophanesRex @MVdlJCardinal Remember this?
There is always more than one reason… and Japan is very good the art of negotiating or “saving face” as it applys to Canada..
x.com/ctvqp/status/2…
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Japan's Ambassador to Canada Kanji Yamanouchi says continued access to the U.S. market, as provided for under CUSMA, is essential for current and potential increased Japanese investment in auto manufacturing in Canada.
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Honda to shelve $11bn Canada EV plant as demand sputters
I wonder if former environment ministers Guilbeault and McKenna are available to comment.
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WOOW! 🔴🔴🔴 Honda to shelve $11bn Canada EV plant as demand sputters
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Oh good lord...
John Rapley: Our pension funds must be sovereign wealth funds, too – even if pensioners take a hit theglobeandmail.com/business/comme…
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✔️It’s difficult to say because the sources like the Canadian Encyclopedia frequently mislead the people with misinformation. The truth is often covered up.
This is a brief summary from other sources - how accurate?
On October 26, 1992, Canadian voters rejected the Charlottetown Accord in a national referendum, with 54.4% voting "no".
This proposal, a package of constitutional amendments aiming for Quebec’s consent to opt out of the 1982 Constitution, was defeated after failing to gain a majority in six of ten provinces.
Key details of the 1992 referendum and the Accord:
Purpose: The Accord sought to address constitutional disputes by recognizing Quebec as a "distinct society," guaranteeing Indigenous self-government, and reforming the Senate into an elected body.
Opposition: Despite backing from all ten provincial premiers, the federal government, and numerous indigenous leaders, it was rejected due to widespread dissatisfaction within the political establishment, with critics seeing it as too complex or favoring certain groups over others. (Interesting)
The referendum failed (54.4% "No"), leading to a loss of momentum for major constitutional reform and prompting the resignation of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
No mention is made of Mulroney being caught doing deals in back rooms and collecting grift under the table.
Harper used our tax dollars again to pay for Mulroney’s legal bills. (Mulroney also had an alcohol problem which was never addressed.)
And again it was Harper that declared Quebec an independent nation in 2006!using a word salad to ensure that the corporate oligarchs in Lower Canada could continue to clean up at the trough.
Paybacks & rewards work among the political elite regardless of party lines.
That’s how the games are played.
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