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@cbcwatcher Governments don't build pipelines successfully. They just need to get out of the way.

Christy Clark "You know, one of the reasons that I'm in Asia today is because Asian countries, democracies in particular are desperate for Canadian oil and gas and energy." "We spent 10 years between 2015 and 2025 with a government that did everything it could to stop resource development in Canada." "And the world is saying to us, where are you now we when we need you." Moore "There's no excuse. Get it done. There's genuinely no opposition to him getting this done from the left." @christyclarkbc @honjamesmoore

Guys. It’s happening. The Iranian people have begun taking their country back. An anti-regime combat unit successfully ambushed several vehicles belonging to the IRGC security forces and eliminated them. In the city of Nushabad, in Isfahan Province. x.com/visegrad24/sta…

@AMJalsevac @PaolaQP1231 They don't call it Chowtown for nothing!

Here we go. Inflate grocery prices to the extent that widespread food insecurity occurs. Instead of addressing the root causes of absurdly high food costs in Canada, treat the problem with socialism. Was this Mayor Dingbat's idea?

@nationalpost That is stupid - there is already a process in place to claw-back OAS based on last year's income. Frig off!

Canadians, including retirees, support trimming OAS for well-off seniors: poll nationalpost.com/news/canada/ca…

Israeli naval commandos just raided a school in Khiam, Lebanon and uncovered hundreds of Hezbollah weapons, missiles, explosives, and rifles. Alongside the weapons were items bearing the UNHCR logo. I guarantee you won't see this story on CNN or the BBC.

@RichardDias_CFA Perhaps he was talking only about public employees with excellent pensions? Weasel words that don't match the graph.

Finally, wages are continuing to grow more slowly than core inflation. This means negative real wage growth.

The Canadian economy added 45.6k jobs in January. The Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH) is the less timely but more reliable of the two labour market surveys.

@Pagmenzies @cbcwatcher I suspect it is clever accounting and aspiration, rather than improvements in readiness to fight a war.

Reading the reports on Canada meeting it 2% NATO commitment, it’s astonishing that this para only exists in an unsubsidized platform “No budget document, Estimates or Public Accounts indicates $60 billion was spent on military preparedness this budget year. NATO did not comment when asked if they attempted to verify the figure.”

@jec79 @FuhrMP @DavidMcGuinty @MarkJCarney Apples compared to oranges. Half the airforce can't fly. We are 15,000 short on CAF members. Expensive, inadequate - what a mess!

When Stephen Harper left office in 2014 we were spending less than 1% of GDP on defence. Liberal governments - including a Herculean push over the last year - have now doubled that. Congrats to @FuhrMP @DavidMcGuinty and @MarkJCarney.

@UNWatch Defund the UN!

UN chief Guterres demands U.S. and Israel end the war — but calls for Iran only to stop attacking “neighbors that are not parties to the conflict.” In other words, the head of the UN is fine with Tehran continuing to bombard Israeli civilians with missiles — every one a war crime.

@jonkay @PaolaQP1231 Follow the $$$$$.

5 years ago, Chief Rosanne Casimir of Kamloops First Nation in BC claimed she found 215 child graves. The whole thing was a lie. Not one grave has been found, despite Trudeau giving her $12m to look for them. But she still pretends, with a straight face, that the graves exist.

IRAN SPENT $150 BILLION ON TERRORISM! The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia delivered a sensational statement against Iran: $150 billion were directed straight into terrorism. Riyadh has launched a “nuclear” rhetorical strike against the mullahs. In his uncompromising speech, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman tore the mask off Iran’s so-called “government.” He called it what the regime truly is: a purely ideological terrorist machine. It does not care about its starving people. It only cares about missiles, proxies, and global chaos. After the disastrous 2015 nuclear deal, which provided Iran with $150 billion in sanctions relief, not a single dollar was spent on roads, schools, housing, or factories for Iranians. Every dollar went toward missile attacks on Saudi Arabia and financing terrorist organizations from Hezbollah to the Houthis and beyond. MBS didn’t stop there. He exposed how Iran still shelters senior Al-Qaeda leaders, including Osama bin Laden’s son, Hamza. He grew up under Iranian protection and is now being prepared to become the next face of global jihad. This is not a vague warning. It is a direct accusation from a major Arab power that is confronting Iranian missiles and proxy forces stretching from Beirut to Sana’a. Saudi Arabia is no longer pretending. They are coordinating with real partners to suppress these destructive ideologies before they engulf the Middle East, Europe, and the free world. Compare this with the cowardly Western approach that continues to appease Tehran while spreading death. Real leaders see the truth: Iran is not just a state—it is a terrorist state on the hunt. It’s time to treat it as such. No more money, no more deals, no more illusions. The Saudis have just said what many in Washington won’t: ENOUGH — AND THANK YOU TO OUR JEWISH ALLIES!

@kinsellawarren I don't believe they spent 2% on real defense. Half of our airforce can't get into the air. And we are what, 10,000 shy on CAF members? Receipts needed! Tampons in Men's washrooms don't count, either.

No previous government achieved this, I believe. It's a big deal.

@Feral999 @CanadasNFA This bozo will probably announce a 90 day extension. Like that would help!

Down to the wire—only FIVE days left. The Public Safety Minister wants you to know that it is your “CIVIC DUTY” to register and surrender for confiscation the private property you were once deemed safe to own, but no longer, due to vote considerations in Quebec. @CanadasNFA @Safety_Canada

@FoodProfessor Chow Down!

How should Toronto name its publicly-owned grocery stores?

@FoodProfessor Fantasy Island

Remember that time Chrystia Freeland had to save Mark Carney during the Liberal leadership debate when in French he said "We will work with Hamas. We all agree on Hamas" Freeland "No, we're against Hamas." Carney should sit out judgements on other's deficiencies in French

@WayneMathison My grandparents used to watch/listen to CBC, because that is all their TV/radio had to offer. My kid only watches CBC for one hockey game every couple of weeks. No one I like watches CBC TV except during the Olympics.

CBC Isn’t Being Attacked. It’s Being Ignored. And That’s Worse. There’s an old business rule most people learn the hard way: if your customers quietly leave, you’re already finished. No protest. No boycott. Just silence. That’s where the CBC is right now. You can spin it. You can defend it. You can fund it. But you can’t fake attention. We’re looking at a public broadcaster that calls itself the “voice of Canada” while pulling audiences so small they’d embarrass a local radio host. In some cases, tens of thousands of viewers in major cities. That’s not a dip. That’s a collapse. And here’s the uncomfortable part: Canadians didn’t lose interest in news. They lost interest in that version of news. Because when reporting turns into messaging, people notice. When coverage feels selective, people adjust. When tone replaces trust, people leave. Quietly. Now layer in Mark Carney. Carney’s entire pitch rests on a simple belief: that complex societies should be guided by centralized expertise. Managed from the top. Coordinated. Directed. Calibrated. Sounds efficient. Sounds smart. Sounds like it belongs in a white paper. But we already have a working example of that model in action. It’s called CBC. Centralized control Institutional messaging Weak accountability to audience demand Heavy public funding And the result? A broadcaster Canadians are walking away from in real time. That’s not a coincidence. That’s a signal. Here’s the reframe nobody wants to touch: CBC isn’t failing because it lacks resources. It’s failing because it lost the discipline of needing to be chosen. When your funding doesn’t depend on your audience, your audience eventually stops depending on you. That’s not ideological. That’s behavioural economics. Carney’s model doubles down on that exact structure. More planning. More coordination. More reliance on expert systems that assume compliance instead of earning trust. But trust doesn’t scale through authority. It scales through responsiveness. And that’s the part that’s missing. This is where the conversation usually derails into tribal nonsense. “Defund.” “Protect.” “Save public media.” Misses the point. The real question is simpler and harsher: What happens when institutions stop adapting because they don’t have to? You don’t get stability. You get drift. You don’t get unity. You get quiet disengagement. And you don’t get better outcomes by expanding that model across the country. You get more of the same, just bigger. I’ve run businesses. You learn this fast or you go broke: If people stop showing up, it’s not because they suddenly became irrational. It’s because you stopped giving them a reason. CBC stopped giving people a reason. Carney’s approach assumes the reason doesn’t matter. That’s the disconnect. Hard line: If an institution can’t earn attention, it shouldn’t demand trust.

@Casebradford Increase your consumption of fat, in conjunction with a low carb diet. Check out youtu.be/LLwyjIrDf6Q?si…

Which supplement would you recommend to a friend with low testosterone?

@MarcNixon24 That 1,000,000 number counts only the ones they know about, not all the ones imported illegally over the years. What a waste of time and money!

GUN BUYBACK REALITY CHECK Estimated 1 million firearms now restricted Only 51,000 guns turned in With 6 DAYS LEFT for compensation That’s 5% SUCCESS RATE 👀 🤪 Liberals are a JOKE

Kuwaiti Shocks UN: “Mr. Chair, Who are the real colonizers? A Jewish Kingdom ruled in Judea for a thousand years. We, the Arabs, took this land... Israel frees Gaza from Hamas and Iranians from the Islamic Republic. What Israel is doing to the IRGC—stopping a genocidal regime from acquiring nuclear weapons—is a gift to humanity.”