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@DisneyTory @ParlCharlie The Amending Formula is actually just three DOJ articling students in a trenchcoat.

@ParlCharlie The Charter is cool and all, but I am here for the Amending Formula 😎

On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - April 17, 1982: Her Majesty signs something on Parliament Hill. Also, and perhaps relatedly, Happy Birthday to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms! 🎂 :p

@Cody_FE98 @NoahGairn I will not be satisfied until I see a Hanwha ad above a urinal at a bar.

@NoahGairn Kind of crazy especially with the ad campaign and promotion Hanwha has been doing you’d expect us to not keep pushing for more from both bidders.

And nobody is happy about it. I can say that much.

@Kootenay_Mc @NoahGairn Defense Investment Agency?

@NoahGairn I think the new ministry of defense contracts (whatever the fuck it is called) is trying to show that they negotiated a better deal, when the reality is that we want them to make the process FASTER!

@SGTWipper1Each I have a newborn, so getting screamed at to wake up and do something every couple of hours at unreasonable and unpredictable intervals, then immediately falling back asleep first chance I get.

What skill from the Military do you use the most in your civilian life?

@DirtyHarry8080 @alanfryermedia I suspect crown would zero in on the “done or omitted by them in their official capacity” element of the offence. Add the complicating factor of parliamentary privilege and I would be surprised if there were a path to conviction simply for enticing an MP to caucus with a role.

@alanfryermedia I’m not a lawyer either but I’m a police officer. I have laid this charge and have a conviction on record. This fits to what the Liberals are doing👇

I’m not a lawyer so I’m entitled to ask. Is this even legal? “There are offers on the table ranging from committee appointments to hints of a cabinet post and even an offer of a judicial appointment.” torontosun.com/opinion/column…

@NoahGairn @m_Janelle A Ferret. I will not be taking questions.

@m_Janelle Whats the funniest solution we could stick the Jaguar turret on

*cough* MEDCAV *cough*

@IWeatherON It knocked my Golden Retriever over. I came into the living room and found him just lying there.

#BREAKING: 3.9 Magnitude Earthquake northwest of Ottawa A small earthquake has shaken parts of Southern Quebec and Eastern Ontario this afternoon. According to Natural Resources Canada, the 3.9 moment magnitude quake hit at 12:36pm approximately 19km north-northeast of Shawville, Quebec. It occurred at a depth of 13km, which is fairly shallow by earthquake standards. While this is considered a minor quake, it is certainly strong enough to be felt by those in close proximity to the epicenter. We have already received many reports of it being felt in Petawawa, Pembroke, Renfrew, and Ottawa. So far, no damage is being reported. Did you feel the earthquake? Let us know! - Alannah

@ThomasWatsonCD @JohnBouras3230 SECONDS!

Canadian Forces are always on the move. Chinook loading time 🇨🇦

@DisneyTory @MikeTheNavyGuy1 I'll shoot you a DM

@brihard @MikeTheNavyGuy1 What’s the focus of your studies?

Just submitted my last term paper of the semester at RMC. Two years down, baseline theory course, and electives are done. The only course left for me is Research Methods this Fall, then my attention turns to preparing for my comprehensive exam studies.

@DisneyTory @MikeTheNavyGuy1 Good stuff! Definitely timely given CAF expansion. And yeah, I’m struggling with having to tick off certain mandatories but not wanting to miss particularly good courses… I might be biting the bullet on a two course semester in the fall if if I can hate myself enough to do it.

@brihard @MikeTheNavyGuy1 My thesis will examine the relationship between the Chief of the Defence Staff and the Minister of National Defence and how their relationship influences the military in areas of policy, personnel and procurement. 2/2

@Simplyt66442038 @mercoglianos Because it’s not selective- USN only intends to stop ships visiting Iranian ports. Hitting a VLCC that sailed out of Kuwait would be, in the language of international maritime law, a ‘dick move’. Also, mines persist and become a problem post-conflict.

@mercoglianos Why aren’t we executing an aerial mining campaign instead? It’s simpler and more effective

So how can the United States enforce a maritime blockade of Iran? 1️⃣ The US will issue a Notice to Mariners announcing the blockade of all Iranian ports along the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman 2️⃣The US will identify all ships currently in ports and monitor those heading to Iranian ports. 3️⃣They will warn off ships heading to Iranian ports. 4️⃣Ships that leave Iranian ports will be identified by the US and monitored. 5️⃣Expect the Navy and Marines off the Tripoli ARG to perform vessel seizures in the Gulf of Oman, in a manner similar to the ops against Venezuelan tankers. The seized ships will probably be sailed to Diego Garcia. NOTE: This is my opinion, based on recent operations, and I have no firm evidence what will happen.

@phildstewart *Cue every USN skipper in CENTCOM frantically reading up on prize law*

US Central Command issues notice to seafarers about the blockade going into effect in less than two hours, warning any vessel going to or from Iran is "subject to interception, diversion, and capture." The blockade "encompasses the entirety of the Iranian coastline to include but not limited to ports and oil terminals", the note said, adding that humanitarian shipments including food, medical supplies, and other essential goods would be permitted, subject to inspection.

@DisneyTory @MikeTheNavyGuy1 Oof! I’m working through an MA one course at a time with a full time job and that’s a slog. Two in a semester’s gotta be rough. What’s the PhD gonna be in?

@MikeTheNavyGuy1 Thanks! Two courses per semester this year was a slog, but I got it done.

Next Trump will demand that NATO assemble a fleet to force the U.S. to lift the blockade.

@TankerTrackers @mercoglianos

Wait. What???

@aakashgupta @steffanwatkins *laughs savagely in infantry”

The scariest finding in this paper: the subjects couldn't tell it was happening. UPenn ran this study on 48 healthy adults. One group slept 8 hours. Another slept 6. Another slept 4. For 14 straight days. They tested cognitive performance every 2 hours from 7:30am to 11:30pm. The 6-hour group's reaction times, working memory, and sustained attention deteriorated on a near-linear curve. By day 14 they were performing at the same level as someone who hadn't slept at all in 48 hours. The 4-hour group hit that threshold by day 6. Here's the part that should unsettle everyone who thinks they "do fine" on 6 hours: the subjects' self-reported sleepiness flatlined after the first few days. Their brains kept getting worse. Their perception of how impaired they were stopped updating. The cognitive decline was invisible to the person experiencing it. The researchers found a hard threshold. Any wakefulness beyond 15.84 hours in a day produces cumulative neurobiological cost. That cost compounds every single day you exceed it and does not reset with a weekend of sleeping in. About 35% of American adults sleep less than 7 hours a night. 40% of those get 6 hours or less. In 1942 that number was 11%. We built an entire professional culture around a sleep schedule that this paper says is functionally equivalent to pulling consecutive all-nighters. "I'm fine on 6 hours" is the most common response to sleep research. The first thing chronic sleep debt destroys is your ability to notice chronic sleep debt.

@thewarylemming @johangreg @MountainDreami2 They already achieved a majority. Numerator over denominator - with three seats vancant, Gladu brought them to 171/340. They could pass any bill and survive any confidence matter already. The byelections will just lock it in.

@johangreg @MountainDreami2 It would be smarter politically to wait until after the byelections when you've already achieved a majority to deflect the undoubtedly planned whiny divisiveness from the CPC...

Rumour has it the Prime Minister will introduce a few more floor crossers during his keynote address this afternoon 👀 #LPC2026

@Arturmaks Weird timing but it checks out. UOttawa was just Nicholas and Laurier being Nicholas and Laurier. Looks like one of the regulars from Waller St may have flashed a pellet gun at someone. McGill sounds like a minor security thing that was misinterpreted. Bizarre coincidence.

Weird that both University of Ottawa and McGill had security incidents on the same night.

@JFFITZPATRICK @MarcLevesqueEco @CherylR09307747 Government spending, such as on salaries, is still a component of GDP. If there’s a productivity concern around public sector employees, fair enough- but the standard GDP formula isn’t where you’ll find it laid out bare.

@MarcLevesqueEco @CherylR09307747 I would suspect that the intent was 'productive' from an economic perspective, that is output to GDP vs cost to GDP from public sector. Its that balance that LPC socialist agenedas have thrown off given which sector contributes to output supporting other.

Not productive labor “The number of private and public sector workers was little changed, though the number of workers in the public sector has been growing at a faster rate on a yearly basis.” cbc.ca/news/business/…