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@cultmtl Thank you Pierre Poilievre for uniting the left in Canada. I wish you a very long tenure in your current role. Keep doing what you do best.

Pierre Poilievre and Maxime Bernier are Canada’s most unpopular party leaders.

@deAdderCanada Spot on!

@KenBoessenkool Best unpacking of the issues I’ve read. Thanks!

This is the most important, most brilliant, and most well written thing you could read today. If you’re an Albertan, or a Canadian, and read nothing else, fine. Just read this. Goodness me. Every word. readtheline.ca/p/clarke-ries-…

@YourAnonNews He’s not a billionaire. Please keep him in the US. Canadians can’t stomach him anymore

Shark Tank Billionaire Kevin O'leary says 2 people fighting data centers in Utah are Chinese agents. Turns out its just 2 local girls in Utah, they make a hilarious video calling him the fuck out

@Aaronpete_ @timthielmann I listened to this debate twice as it is the first open dialog displaying (some) opposing views on the difficult topic of reconciliation. Really well done.

SHOCKING DEBATE: Should We Reconcile at all? I debated @timthielmann on whether Canada should be pursuing reconciliation policies at all. Many are going to get mad at me for 'platforming', and for even having this conversation - but I vehemently disagree with them. I did this debate for a few reasons: 1. As citizens we must be able to debate all policies being pursued by our government. 2. I am as close to a free speech absolutist as you can get. 3. To reduce polarization we must be willing to engage and debate ideas respectfully, and thoughtfully which is why I created this show. Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/Py3Ktn4iEkc

@acoyne Excellent explanation of the separation hallucination

They never do. Read The Morning After, by Chantal Hebert and Jean Lapierre. Twenty years after the 95 referendum, the major players *still* hadn’t figured out what they would have done in the event of a yes vote. It was all just bluff and improv. But anyone who does try to game the thing out with any rigour pretty quickly comes to the conclusion that it can’t be done: not unilaterally/illegally, and not by negotiation/constitutionally. That needs to be communicated to people. But what needs to be communicated even more is that the whole enterprise is illegitimate; that there is not, and cannot be, any such thing as a right to secede from a democratic country (which is why virtually no democratic country recognizes such a right); that threatening to do so to blackmail your fellow Canadians is as morally bankrupt as it is practically futile; that the attempt to invoke democratic principle in its defence is bogus — you cannot vote to help yourself to something that isn’t yours, namely the territory of Canada — while the right of self determination simply folds in on itself: if Albertans or Quebecers have a right to self determination, do Edmontonians or Montrealers? For that matter, do Canadians? Or is the proposition that the vast majority of Canadians must simply stand mute while their country, which tens of millions have built over several centuries, is blown apart by a single vote on a single day by a small fraction of the population? Even if either Alberta or Quebec had been sovereign states prior to entering the federation, that would not hold water: once you’ve dissolved your sovereignty in the larger entity, you can’t reconstitute it. It no longer exists. There’s nothing to reconstitute it with. But it’s just gaga to make such claims with regard to a province that, like Alberta, was itself the creation of an Act of the Parliament of Canada, or like Quebec, of the Parliament of Great Britain — and then only the relatively minor rump that was carved out of the pre-existing Province of Canada at Confederation. Two thirds of the present-day territory of the province of Quebec was added after Confederation — again, by acts of the Parliament of Canada. So there’s no actual likelihood of Canada breaking up, even if there is a referendum in either or both provinces, and even in the vanishingly unlikely event that either or both of them managed to win a “clear majority” on a “clear question.” What is possible is that either or both of them might land themselves in a ruinous, divisive, and possibly violent mess, whose costs would mostly be borne by their own citizens. But we do not make that prospect more likely by rushing to make offers to dissuade them from leaving or going to great lengths to show “the federation works.” The committed hardliners regard such offers with contempt while the cynical blackmailers regard them as a baseline from which to make further demands. Neither is anything achieved by saying “fine, go.” Acquiescing in the theft of Canadian territory and the destruction of the federation hardy counts as a “tough” position. No, the proper stance is to advertise, well in advance, that neither exercise will be regarded as conferring any right to secede of any kind; that whatever we might be willing to talk about afterward, it would not be secession. It might not even be as advantageous as the status quo.

@peggy_blair Keep up the good work people

Researchers find 42% drop in Canadians visiting US metro areas amid Trump 2.0 theguardian.com/world/2026/may…

@glen_mcgregor He will be sorely missed.

US ambassador to Canada Peter Hoekstra was scheduled to speak at the Canada Strong and Free Network (nee Manning Centre) conference in Ottawa this morning but his name has been removed from the online schedule and his profile dropped from the speakers' page. Not clear yet why.

@cultmtl Please don’t go! You’re the man who united the left in Canada.

“As Pierre Poilievre’s favourability hits rock bottom, a growing number of Conservatives want him to step down as party leader.”

@deAdder Brilliant

@sarobertsonca we want you to stay exactly where you are…leader of the opposition in perpetuity. The CPC will never gain power with you at the helm. Thank you for creating a 2 party system

Pierre Poilievre: "The club of Liberal elites who dominate this town and every microphone in it. They dominate the political panels and talk shows. They control the airwaves. All of this to enhance their privilege. And that is exactly why they want to stop and change me."

@deAdder AI has no ‘original’ thought. It ingests everything, pays for nothing. A few will get rich off it, the rest, especially those who create content will get f-d.

This is outright stealing, by @deAdder Substack open.substack.com/pub/deadder/p/…

@natnewswatch Not exactly leverage, but if we want something to throw away and get nothing in return for… how about offering them Pierre Poilievre?

Poilievre: Carney should state what 'leverage' Canada has in trade talks nationalnewswatch.com/2026/05/03/poi…

Not exactly leverage, but if we want something to throw away and get nothing in return for… how about offering them Pierre Poilievre

@LukaszukAB Quality speakers to shape impressionable young minds. Hoekstra, especially, brings really refreshing perspective.

What can go wrong??? Ottawa event for young conservatives with the following speakers: -Danielle Smith -Mike Pompeo - former Trump secretary who supported overturning 2020 election -Poilievre -Pete Hoekstra - US ambassador. Fan of tariffs on Canada canadastrongandfree.network/event/csfn-ott…

@bruceanderson Dogs=pure joy

Happy lad

@mjmauboussin @sfiscience Actually, AI is coming for your wallet. A handful of people will get wildly rich.

I loved the article, "AI Isn't Coming for Your Job. It's Coming for Your Mind" by Tom Slater at Baillie Gifford. h/t Ian McKinnon, chairman of the board of trustees @sfiscience. Points about mastery and cognitive diversity are particularly relevant. Worth discussing in professional and educational contexts. bailliegifford.com/en/uk/individu…

@cultmtl He’s toast. With the Liberal majority and three years to go, they’ll let him keep the seat warm for awhile then get the knives out at an appropriate time. Maybe next time they’ll get an appropriate mainstream leader who actually has a resume and ditch the Maga North crowd

“Amid rumours of more floor crossings, a growing number of Conservatives want Pierre Poilievre to step down as party leader.” cultmtl.com/2026/05/majori…

@colewhogan @PierrePoilievre We’re number two! We’re number two!

Ottawa, ON –The Conservative Party of Canada announced today it raised over $9.4 million in the first quarter of 2026, marking the Party’s second-best non-election Q1 fundraising result on record. Under @PierrePoilievre, Conservatives continue to build strong grassroots support. In Q1 alone, 40,410 contributors gave a total of $9,430,682. As Canadians struggle with the rising cost of housing, food, and fuel, tens of thousands are choosing to back the Conservative vision with their hard-earned dollars.

@sarobertsonca Groucho Marx: “Is this a private party or can anyone make a fool of himself?”

Pierre Poilievre: "On every single economic issue I have been proven right. On every single economic issue, this Liberal Prime Minister has been proven wrong."