Tag: Canada
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Our Day
Today is our day. It is Canada Day, July 1. We became a country, in 1867, 158 years ago, if my math is right. I remember many, many years ago, when it was called Dominion Day, where we had an inferiority complex, a little brother complex to our neighbour to the south. Well, that is…
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Trade Deficit Thingy
How is this whole trade deficit thingy working for you Donald? Do you remember back in February when you started talking about raising tariffs against the whole world, including those penguins in the South Pacific. The deficit then exploded up to $141 billion in March because US importers were stocking up on goods, ahead of…
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Travel Advisory
The US state department has issued a number of travel advisories lately for Americans travelling abroad. Well, they issued another one yesterday. Yes, they issued a travel advisory for Americans travelling into Canada. In all fairness, the advisory indicates that it’s still relatively safe to travel, in Canada, but Americans should take precautions. But why…
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Mark’s Mandate
Justin Trudeau, at the beginning of each Parliament, would issue mandate letters to each of his cabinet ministers. The mandate letter would identify goals for that minister to accomplish, in his or her department. Mark Carney issued just one mandate letter to his entire cabinet. It will be interesting to see whether the goals identified…
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Pariah?
The following is a portion of a joint statement issued by the government of the UK, France, and Canada, in response to Israel’s escalation of its offensive into Gaza “We strongly oppose the expansion of Israel’s military operations in Gaza. The level of human suffering in Gaza is intolerable. Yesterday’s announcement that Israel will allow…
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Similarities Mate
No, these are not two couples lining up at a pool bar. These actually are Australians voting in their federal election that was held on Saturday. The burning question is where do they carry their ID? The Australian Labour party is projected to be reelected today, with a possible majority, defeating the right wing Liberal-National…
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Whole Lotta Love
Mark Carney and the liberal party is giving Donald Trump a whole lotta love, on this election morning. If they were still some undecided, voters left, Trump may have just pushed them to the liberals with another statement on annexation that he made this morning. “Elect the man who has the strength and wisdom to…
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Trust Gone
Would you buy a used car from this man? The one on the right, not the portrait. The Trump tariff circus continues. It is a circus in that he has flipped and flopped, all over the place, in the past couple of months. Does anyone know what he’s gonna do tomorrow? No. Not even his…
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Trump’s Gift
We are five weeks away from our election. The number one issue remains Trump’s tariffs and Trump’s annexation threats. this is created an overwhelming wave of patriotism that the liberals have seized upon. Once behind by 20% in the polls, the liberals have surged ahead to a point where they actually might form a majority…