The Cuffe

I hope both the helicopter pilot and this lineman get paid a lot of money to do this. Talk about having balls of steel!

@WarRoomArchives x.com/retro_anime/st… We’re almost there. May there be no mercy on our souls.

Drone warfare has reached such a level that many fighters have lost hope of escaping or resisting. For example, the final strike on the barracks is terrifying.

"Parents want their kids to learn how to read, to write, to do math... they don't want them to become social justice woke warriors." Our government is taking action with Bill 25 to keep politics and ideology out of the classroom, protect critical thinking, and ensure schools remain focused on education.

@Smil3yAngel Geez girl. It’s not like you’re new here. Every step until it hits your mouth is taxed.

Hey Pierre, have you ever done any grocery shopping? Taxes on food have been exempt since 1991 😒

@CTVNationalNews Till a Russian or Chinese air balloon floats over.

Canadian military aims to show it can go it alone in the Arctic ctvnews.ca/canada/article…

@junonewscom @KevinWaugh_CPC I’d rather see football than some aweful puppet show on repeat from the CBC. Disney used to be the only thing on Sunday, and American cartoons dominated most of Saturday morning. Now it’s a problem?

Conservative MP @KevinWaugh_CPC, a former CTV News broadcaster, says Bell Media is shifting away from local news toward U.S. programming. "I see NFL football on CTV stations on Sundays," he said, pointing to cuts in weekend newscasts. "I asked the CRTC: Is that allowed?"

@sarobertsonca 2-3 years from now.

Steven MacKinnon says he thinks a rocket could be launched from Canada within two to three years.

@CTVNews Reverse bootlegging has began in the UK.

This country will soon place a lifetime ban on cigarette sales for people born after 2008 ctvnews.ca/world/article/…

@nationalpost So doctors are saying that everyone that isn’t a doctor doesn’t know how to doctor and shouldn’t read Web MD?

97% of Canadian doctors report having to counter harm caused by false online information nationalpost.com/news/canada/97…

Oh my God, how hilarious is this? The X account of @RenewDemocracy that just gave Freeland, who illegally seized Canadians bank accounts and was part of a government that violated Canadians Charter rights a "Hero of Democracy award" has been suspended. 😂😂😂😂

@the_jefferymead @BernieSanders First, it was the millionaires. Then Bernie became one. Then, it became the billionaires that needed taxing. Maybe we should make it easier for them to re-invest their capital so I can start my business and employ more people in my community. That’s equity.

@BernieSanders Maybe, just maybe, it’s time for you to focus on creating more wealth. Not seizing it.

According to a recent poll, 77% of voters support raising taxes on billionaires. Maybe, just maybe, at a time of unprecedented income and wealth inequality, it’s time for Congress to listen to the American people and pass a wealth tax on billionaires.

So the EU wants to ban teens from social media — except for LGBTQ+ content? What a nuanced way to “protect children” online.

@WisdomKeeper6 @WeAreCanProud While that is a good thing, kids growing up with a passion in developing these tools and technology are going to be looking from the outside. Ultimately, it will lead to more people moving away from Canada to pursue passions

@DarrenCuffe @WeAreCanProud It starts in elementary school. Parents are best to homeschool if they can.

#REPORT: Newfoundland and Labrador's Memorial University is searching for a research chairs in AI Arctic navigation, computational biochemsitry, and genomic mapping. The postings stipulate that White men are banned from holding these positions.

BREAKING: The Islamic Republic is preparing to hang eight women. Not a word from the international community or so-called human rights organizations.

My latest @financialpost article is out - and it starts with a scene that perfectly captures Canada’s current fiscal approach: “There’s a scene in the 1988 comedy The Naked Gun where Leslie Nielsen’s Lt. Frank Drebin waves his arms in front of a fireworks factory that has just exploded and calmly tells the horrified crowd, ‘Nothing to see here, please disperse.’” “I’ve often thought about that scene as I’ve watched Mark Carney’s government handle the federal budget process. Behind Drebin, chaos; in front of him, reassurances. The gap between the two is the joke.” That gap is becoming harder to ignore. During the Liberal Party’s coronation of Carney as leader, he promised to split the federal budget into operating and capital accounts - “a deceptive practice with a long history of failure.” As expected, the definition of capital became “ridiculously broad,” allowing routine spending to be reclassified to make the operating budget look great! The Parliamentary Budget Officer noticed, calling it “overly expansive” and estimating capital spending was overstated by “roughly 30 per cent — or $94 billion.” Under a more realistic approach, “the ‘day-to-day operating balance’ would remain in deficit every year through 2029-30.” And the fiscal anchor? “The PBO also pegged the probability that Carney’s deficit-to-gross-domestic-product anchor held at just 7.5 per cent. That isn’t a fiscal anchor; it’s a fiscal wish.” At the same time, the government reshaped the budget process — “moving the budget cycle from the spring to the fall…without a parliamentary study and debate.” That matters because “a fall budget forecast is likely to be less reliable.” Even the timing raises questions. “It’s worth noting that April 28 is two days before the personal tax filing deadline…You could not design worse timing.” Then comes the messaging support. When these changes were introduced, “this was accompanied by [two] tidy International Monetary Fund (IMF) comments crowing about the so-called positives…” That pattern continued, with recent IMF comments describing Canada as “the cleanest dirty shirt.” “Three quotes of IMF praise in six months.” And with a spring update on April 28? “I’m expecting a fourth one on April 29. The fireworks should be great.” All while the message remains: “building the strongest economy in the G7.” But the data tells a different story. “Canada saw a net capital outflow of more than $1 trillion — the largest capital exodus in Canadian history.” “For every dollar in, two dollars left.” Which brings us back to Drebin. “Operating and capital split? Nothing to see here. Budget cycle adjusted without parliamentary study? Please disperse.” “A fiscal anchor with a 7.5 per cent probability of holding? Move along.” “The government is waving its arms and telling Canadians not to look.” And in the end: “The difference between The Naked Gun and Carney’s fiscal strategy is that one of them is knowingly funny.” financialpost.com/personal-finan…

@incognitohibou @JCCFCanada x.com/desireeamerica… Oh, you’re Toronto Tom. The guy that knows everything? The SME of all things retail?

@DarrenCuffe @JCCFCanada Does this “snoop on your phone and profile your spending habits to determine your capacity to pay more”? -NO- Source: ME a subject matter expert in retail technology.

Imagine going to the grocery store and paying a higher price than the person in front of you for the exact same product simply because the store was able to snoop on your phone and profile your spending habits to determine your capacity to pay more? That’s part of the new regime known as surveillance pricing – where price tags can change digitally based on demand and much more. The Justice Centre is exploring the wide impact of AI on the freedom of Canadians and will be speaking out more on this subject in the coming weeks. westernstandard.news/news/in-depth-…

@CTVNationalNews x.com/newsroomgc/sta…

WestJet cuts flight capacity due to jet fuel costs, following Air Canada's lead ctvnews.ca/calgary/articl…

@CTVNationalNews What about the increased flights to China announced today? Any comments on fuel costs there?