Ian Gunn

@giveashitnature Only to be killed by vehicles as they fly across the roads? I'm not convinced a lot of thought went into this idea.

Every single mile of highway and interstate median should be planted with native wildflowers to feed pollinators and birds. No more mowing grass.

@Gerry39464526 575,000. I want AB to stay in Canada, but a very strong message needs to be sent to Ottawa to wake the f-up.

When the signatures are all tallied up for the Alberta Independence petition what do u think the final number will be? Please share & comment with your prediction. I’ll go first, I think there will be 875,650 valid signatures. How about you?

@YukonStrong Until the bill is law, there is no case.

So why doesn't the CPC challenge this bill on constitutional grounds? very clear violation of free speech far more effective to fight this in court instead of cry about it in the house of commons

@cybertruck Moon dust/dirt/regolith is the nemesis of all things motorized. And those open wheel wells will need to be closed up.

We’ll need ultra tough & badass cargo vehicles on the Moon. Just saying

@gregbradyx Greg, this was really well said. I do hope you run again in Ajax. I hope the folks there take a good look at you and say, yeah, this person is principled, I can vote for him.

I am ready weigh in on the Pierre Poilievre visit to the Joe Rogan Experience. It may not be what you expect: 1. I was stunned at the tactic of not being critical of Mark Carney or how he's handling some hugely complex issues in Year 1 as our Prime Minister. That said, what a tactic. It shows a tremendous respect for how competition goes - you sometimes see it in sports, despite the fact we often revere athletes who cross lines & have a "win-at-all-costs" mentality - in this case, how can the strategy (being "strategic" isn't a criticism) be dumped on? Carney, it should be noted, didn't offer the same grace on Jon Stewart's show 13 months ago when he made up a ludicrous narrative about Poilievre's policy as the COVID pandemic began (he wasn't in government, nor was he CPC leader, even, at that point) - facts Carney conveniently left out, by design. 2. I thought he came in with a clear game plan to look through the front windshield of the car, & not the rear-view mirror. There is plenty to peck away at when any government's run the show for 8 years, 10 years, 12 years - without being explicitly critical, Poilievre laid out a case for, simply, a better way forward > unlock natural resources, don't just cut but obliterate red tape, & focus on intelligence & innovation. 3) "Canada is broken". Did that slogan fit for a moment in time? Maybe so, but it always had potential to be deemed negative, & certainly misinterpreted. Anyone listening to Rogan/Pierre would note - not only is that not said, but there's no inference that we have a problem we can't fix if we just decide we want to (& it only takes thousand of votes in a dozen ridings to do so - with the NDP at 2.7 percent in Ajax - I needed/need a mere 5,500 people to vote differently next time in a riding of 97,000 eligible voters. I'm hardly alone. 4) Indisputable that Pierre sounded like a very proud Canadian. I like that. We all SHOULD. I don't care who you are or what your beliefs are - if you go anywhere abroad, let alone spend 2+ hours on North America's most popular podcast, singing loudly about our heritage and traditions and potential will always win me over. Not everyone feels this way, & that's concerning - but I still think that's a very loud & shrill tiny minority that doesn't beam with pride when anyone reps us well south of the border. 5) This sounded like an optimistic man - far from a beaten man. Losing hurts. I hurt for quite a while after my run in Ajax. It's now the time of the year when the campaign started & the tough feelings are going to hit hard the next 5-6 weeks. Boo hoo. Those are mine & I will deal with them & push through. If Poilievre is still wounded from Election Night - you'd simply never know it. No sign in 140+ minutes of conversation that he's struggling, he's bitter, that he doubts himself - that's what I totally expected from knowing him now as I do. 6) He handled the Trump questions masterfully. When Rogan asked Trump’s controversial remarks regarding Canada becoming the 51st state, Poilievre was firm but measured. He defended Canadian sovereignty without sounding hysterical, using the phrase "Canada is not for sale" to assert national pride. Slam dunk. 7) I think we typecast so many people in the public eye. We define them, we box them in, & it just keeps life simple. I tell everyone I come across, & I can speak authentically because of two damned true things - A) I'm not a lifelong Conservative. I see strains of 80s Conservatism (I was too young to vote from all of the 80s & bit of the 90s) in the current Federal Liberals (far less so in the Ontario Liberals, I should note) & I want to be involved with a party that stands up for workers, cares about structure, will only police speech in very, very exceptional (& threatening) circumstances, & will let people live their lives as they see fit. I say all that to note, Pierre has evolved. How could he not? How are any of us the same person we were 5-10 years ago? From running in the Federal Election & having 26,000+ people mark an "X" beside my name (up from 13,200 the prior Election)....it changes you. More pride, more reflection, more humility, more confidence. I've never told the story of two things happening - and I owe all of this story arc of my life to Pierre Poilievre & Melissa Lantsman. Melissa was the first Conservative MP I told of my intentions - that we needed a change in Ajax & if I wasn't the only one who could win the seat there, I was one of a small group. She was awesome, is awesome - & I'm forever grateful for her belief in me. Massive fan. Pierre, I approached, on a busy morning after a radio chat w/ my colleague Alex Pierson - & I said exactly the same thing. I think we can make a huge run in Ajax (this was maybe 14-15 months before an Election that, at the time, was still supposed to be Fall 2025, so I was sure I had 19-20 months to be as organized as I could be). Pierre's response to me - "well, this is great news". And at the time....I wasn't even sure it was! All of this may happen, all of it may not. I am sure he's the Prime Minister we need, & I'm MORE sure because he's handled everything with such dignity, & class, & perspective, intelligence, & thoughtfulness ("intelligent" and "thoughtful" don't always match up together!). I thought he gave an impassioned, energetic, balanced, & reasonable perspective on where Canada is at, why we matter so much (to each other & to the world), & he's still up for the job - & for at least 20-24 months on end, the country seemed ready & certain to promote him to. That's that. Shouldn't be hard to find the link! Have a great weekend, all!

@JustNowReport I thought this was the show case from The Price is Right...

@niccruzpatane Clearly you don't live in a cold climate.

Unless you’re driving 500+ miles per day, you don’t need an EV with that much range. The average person drives around 37 miles per day. Current Tesla offerings provide way more than enough for the vast majority of people. On road trips, I can usually only drive about two hours before I need to get out, stretch my legs, etc. During that time, my car charges. It’s not the inconvenience people think it is. It doesn’t make sense to lug around a huge battery when most people don’t actually use that capacity.

@Teslarati longer range

Would you rather have: Faster Charging ⚡️ 🔌 OR Longer Range 🔋 🚗

@elonmusk @SawyerMerritt Except above the 49th Parallel from Oct to end of March, then it has to be nuclear. Love my solar, but those winter months, not enough sun..

@SawyerMerritt Solar/battery/EVs is the future

Growing global adoption of electric vehicles helped avoid the consumption of 2.3 million barrels of oil per day last year. By 2030, avoided daily consumption could more than double to 5.25 million barrels. “Electric vehicles are increasingly cost-competitive with gasoline cars. Oil volatility means EVs are a common-sense choice for countries wishing to insulate themselves from future shocks.” Daan Walter, analyst at Ember.

@cliff_gaetz Well said Cliff. Keeping calling it out as it is. We need more folks calling this media BS out for what it is.

I’m a Senior from Nova Scotia, and I don’t ever remember a Prime Minister of Canada receiving so much praise from our nation’s legacy media for things he said he’ll do, but hasn’t delivered. It’s nothing but state sanctioned propaganda paid for by taxpayers.

@Quillionis @elonmusk @farzyness Take them to a dusty environment line a mine and the speakers and connector get clogged. And Optimus is so much more 'open' than an iphone.

@_Gunzo_ @elonmusk @farzyness Current iPhones & Galaxy phones can be dropped in the toilet or bathtub and have no damage whatsoever

The way robotics will transform mining is hard to wrap your head around.

@kinsellawarren you mean the original decision of Justice Mosley, who was Deputy Attorney General federally before his appointment to the Bench, and was the formost authority on national security law on that Bench, then it being upheld by 3 judges of the FCA which is made up of mostly former feds, is BS? You do understand both those Benches are nortorious for siding with the Feds most of the time? Both Courts are primarily made up of former counsel for the feds in the Ottawa area. Then fact all of them to date have sided against the feds is saying something. It is not a national emergency because people block up streets in the downtown part of the capital during a protest. Simply because the Ottawa Police Service was entirely useless and let the protestors into the downtown core with their trucks creating the issue, doesn’t mean the Feds get to enact federal Marshall Law. Further, the Emergencies Act did not authorize the creation of a regime where without judicial oversight, the RCMP could just freeze (which is a seizure) bank accounts. Such a seizure under such a regime is a blatant violation of s.8 of the Charter and makes the RCMP a “Judge Dredd” type actor who is investigator, prosecutor, and judge. It flew directly in the face of the original SCC decision on s.8 of the Charter, Hunter v. Southam, which specifically prohibits such a scheme having found one just like it under the then Combines Investigations Act unconstitutional. The decisions of the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal are reminders to all that checks and balances do in fact work, particularly when the stakes are high, such as the threshold for the Federal Executive to invoke our federal Marshall Law statute. If the SCC were to overturn these decisions, it will be a tragedy for our constitutional democracy. There is a reason every single civil rights and civil liberties organization are against the invocation in the circumstances, even though many who run those organizations do not agree with the view of the protestors or their actions. The only BS decisions were the decision to invoke it in the first place, and the Kangaroo Court POEC who didn’t even have the authority to decide if its invocation was unlawful or not, but went on to declare it was to try and save the government face. Understand, the Feds tried to strike these judicial reviews arguing that POEC was final, and they rightly lost. This entire debacle took the rule of law and constitutionalism, and lit them on fire. It’s insane to me that any rational human being can look at this matter, and thing the invocation was legal. This is particularly so when all law enforcement and intelligence agencies concluded there were not national security threats. If you want to be able to invoke Marshall Law on the basis of a lower threshold, fine, table amendments and have the debate. Wear the actual policy and legislative choice of telling the Canadian public that the Federal executive will be able to seize power from Parliment over protests in the capital because they are blocking up streets and upsetting people living there. Don’t try and get the Courts to re-write the statute by judicial fiat to say something it doesn’t, or to apply to situations it does not.

@Brendan78354998 @kinsellawarren Really well said. Thank you for taking the time to post this.

Good. That FCA decision was BS. "Federal government appeals Emergencies Act use during convoy protest to Supreme Court | CBC News" cbc.ca/news/politics/…

@elonmusk @tslaming If they're called Agnus, Denise and Paula, the team gets extra credit!

@tslaming Starlink V3 has three separate chip designs by SpaceX that are very special

@buperac This man oils...

The suggestions made here are so elementary. It’s hard to take these people serious. 1. Increase temperature to increase flow. Ummm it has to run 525 km from Fort McMurray to Strathcona. How are you gonna keep the temperature up for that Journey? Also, why would you ever redirect your boiler energy from your production to heat the pipeline? Do they understand what they’re talking about? 2. Safely increasing pumping rates in pipelines. They want to ramp up the pumping station rate. You don’t think every single oil company has gone through the math on this one to find some additional capacity? Is the government going to buy a dozen new pumping stations for this? Have they even thought this through? 3. Reducing or delaying scheduled maintenance shutdowns to keep facilities online longer. If this causes issues down the road where their facility has a major breakdown, is the government going to pay for that? A lot of these companies have already changed their maintenance schedules and extended them to maximize it, do you think this engineering has changed over the past year? Maybe instead of ignoring the oil industry, and trying to retard it for the past decade, the government should’ve been more involved in increasing efficiencies. These people have no idea what they’re talking about and it shows.

@elonmusk @farzyness That's a lot of dust... Electronics and dust, as you know, don't play well together...

@farzyness True

In my life time it's Harper, but then Pearson is 2nd, not close, but right there. After that for 3rd in my life time, Martin, to be honest. He had to take all the pain that Chretien caused. Unfair to him, but politics is politics. If Pierre Poilievre can become PM, I think he'll be the best. I know my friends on the left don't agree, but I think he's the common sense person we need.

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@cvangeyn @cvangeyn, can the SCC say: we refuse to review? Or do they have to review?

Our statement on the Mark Carney government's decision to appeal the Emergencies Act case: theccf.ca/carney-asks-sc…

@DLeBlancNB Two out of the three were conservative election promises. Make sure you give them the credit. Yes?

The Making Life More Affordable for Canadians Act is now law. Here’s what that means: ✔️A middle-class tax cut, saving nearly 22 million Canadians up to $420 per person and a two-income family up to $840 this year. ✔️The removal of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) for first-time home buyers on new homes up to $1 million, and a reduction of the GST for first-time home buyers on new homes between $1 million and $1.5 million; and  ✔️The permanent repeal of the consumer carbon tax.   To learn more about these measures, visit: canada.ca/en/department-…

@RichardDias_CFA And getting Brent pricing (at least we better be) vs. WTI. It's a struggle how something so simple was missed for so long. So 100%, more pipelines.

Canada's Crude Oil Exports to the U.S. as a share of total continue to fall. It's amazing what a little extra pipeline to tide water can do. 🙄🙄🙄