oh my. Conservative leader Pierre #Poilievre called #DougFord this Monday to ask for his help in the upcoming federal election campaign, but the premier told him he would be "too busy governing Ontario".
Ford was also peeved at Poilievre’s refusal to send out a congratulatory message after the premier won his election last month. “It was ridiculous and childish. Conservatives should be happy when Conservatives win”
My hypothesis: Ford has designs on replacing PP when the later loses and gets turfed by The Party. He doesn’t want any of PP’s taint to rub off on him.
@Beltliner403 @Crispius @EricLawton Saw a new ad today about “Sneaky Mark Carney”. It looked & sounded like something someone in high school would submit as an assignment.
There is no requirement in the Official Languages Act that says federal MPs, including the PM, need to be bilingual. Remember the furore over Mary Simon being appointed GG when she didn’t speak French?
The only thing that would prevent Doug Ford from successfully becoming PM is the federal Conservatives not winning enough seats with him as leader.
@Sanderde @Crispius @EricLawton "There is no requirement in the Official Languages Act that says federal MPs, including the PM, need to be bilingual."
Thank you, Dave!
That puts more weight behind the rumour that Ford is hoping to step into Poilievre's shoes. Which means Doug Ford could conceivably be a Canadian PM. 😟
@Snowshadow @Sanderde @Crispius @EricLawton Similar to the idea that the guy running for Canadian prime minister should be required to pass a security check before given the keys to the castle.
There seem to be a number of old-timey "handshake" rules that today's Conservatives flout.
The OLA requires that government services to Canadians be offered in both official languages.
Parliament is not a government service but simultaneous translation is available during sittings.
The Constitution requires that laws be written in both official languages but there is no requirement that the bills be debated by members who are bilingual.
@paulbusch @Sanderde @Crispius @EricLawton It is nice have a bilingual leader, and one who sounds like they actually speak it, don't just read from a prepared speech.
@EricLawton Surely the guy who's flooded the province with booze & gambling ads knows a thing or two about betting on the winning horse. Looks like Doug is not taking a gamble on Pierre.
I understand that Indigenous people in Canada have no good reason to trust the colonial government, but I really hope that they will see some value in participating in this existential election.
The MAGA-Cons are nazis that MUST be kept from power, so every vote matters.
Participating in Canadian elections is exercising individual power for everyone that botes, it's not a capitulation to the colonial system.
This federal government, under Trudeau, has done more for reconciliation than the entirety of federal governments in Canadian history - it is a legacy Trudeau can be proud of.
"Earlier this week, a fringe far-right media outlet ran a hit job on Sasha Carney, child of Prime Minister Mark Carney. .. Candice Malcolm and her ilk do not actually care about getting it right, they care about whipping up fear and anger.. this story a ghoulish attempt to attack the child of a politician for their identity, all based on lies and innuendo, but it is wrong. All built on lazy reading and a lack of research.." #cdnpolibugeyedandshameless.com/p/you-…
@robertbenzie: NEW: Conservative Leader @PierrePoilievre called Doug Ford to ask for his help in the upcoming election, but the premier told him he would be too busy governing Ontario, the @TorontoStar has learned. #onpoli #cdnpoli
@stephanie @DavidM_yeg seems clear to me that Doug will run federally one day and doesn’t want to tie himself to previous conservative leaders that lost elections. As much as I hate the guy, he’s still in power because he’s good at the political game.
@dx “I want 10,000 tough guys, and I want 10,000 soft guys to make the tough guys look tougher! And here's how I want them arranged: tough, soft, tough, tough, soft, tough, soft, soft, tough, tough, soft, soft, tough, soft —”
There are differences between self-assured and arrogant, charisma and bullying, self-deprecation and self-promotion, humanist and asshole - and Poilievre hits the latter in each of those qualities. 🤷♂️
Holy shit… the USA is supposed to be a leader.. but it’s just a country with a disgusting govt and media who tout “The American dream,” to lure in vulnerable persons, so a private business will detain them in an inhumane environment so the govt pays them PER PERSON detained.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised his phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday in a social media post that outlined areas of engagement between the leaders regarding the war Russia started.
In response to tariff threats, stores here are putting #BuyCanadian maple leaf stickers on the shelves to mark made-in-Canada products -- although some of them might not actually be Canadian: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia…
Fave example of maple-washing is Campbells adding "designed in Canada" badges to their soup cans. The soup's made in the US, the badge just refers to the label design. i.redd.it/6axcr2sf9dme1.png
yeah, they're stressed out that Tim Hortons, even after being resold repeatedly still has a better claim on being Canadian, let alone A&W Canada, which is actually fully Canadian-owned. The franchisees will revolt if corporate doesn't stem the bleeding.
@how now It’s that circle with the leaf confusing store employees. That’s my guess. It’s trickery. If i see that “symbol” I look for the “imported by” or “prepared for” bc it’s certainly not “made in canada” or “product of canada”
Best bet.. don’t shop at those stores if you can find alternatives. Look at local farmers and see if any have online shops they sell through. Typically those will sell from other 100% canadian farmers and companies.. like www.indiefood.ca
Sounds more like Bozo47 is killing two burds with one stone: -hating on Lgbtq+ members -he probably doesn’t have the funds bc it’s the money he lost in a bad cripto stock investment
Dear #Loblaws, If you label your house brand’s products with “imported by” and “prepared for” Loblaws #Canada inc, but you don’t say where it’s imported from, who it’s prepared by, nor whether any ingredients are domestic, take the #mapleleaf off the dang shelf. That’s dishonest marketing you heathens.
@singletona no worries! and yes people around the world are ditching some US products not all of them sure.
But there are many local alternatives just as good or even better than the US ones.
Trump is promoting an America First agressive policy, we promote Europe first (and other democratic countries).
if you want to support our movement (and get better food) buy from EU and you wont regret compared to the american products, EU food is much better and healthy
@AlexLunaView it’s going to cost US citizens an arm and a leg to buy imports 🙁 and that’s what trump wants. He wants other countries to bleed their economy along with 99% of US citizens all for the 1% of rich US citizens.
@Andrew Singleton i have been equating him to a little child having a tantrum at the grocery checkout line because “I want that CANDY!”
Greenland turned their back altogether and now my new Cdn PM hit him with some Miss Rachel lol. Basically said “Catch a bubble former ally. I understand you’re having big feelings and care sooo much about your countries 1%, but I will not let you say unkind things to my country. I’m here to talk when you’re ready to make kind choices. Until then,… i’ll be over here with the EU and Britain.”
American cosmetics have no lead restrictions so a lot of products have lead & other poisons in them. For many years I've used Haushka skincare products. German company, EU quality. FWIW, lots of American women do this. Once they learn about the lead, they make the change.
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Do it. Crash our stock market until people get fed up with the 🍊 🤡 and we can be rid of him. (Yeah I know it's not that simple, but a wake-up call can't hurt.)
@Joan Albright im trying to apply online pressure to my canadian government for them to shut down import/export dairy with the US 😬 if we did that, cdn dairy farmers would be better off but your eggs would even more expensive
EPIC usage of the I did that sticker that I constantly see on gas pumps even in the small Arizona town I live in, despite the fact Biden did nothing to affect gas prices (and couldn't)- but man, this usage is epic. Can't wait to show my wife 😂
I have come to greatly dislike shopping at grocery chains. During this #tradewar with Bozo47, I’m more of a conscious consumer. I realize majoroty of #Loblaws’ house brands are packages and presented as “canadian” in sneaky ways, there is a #Cdnmapleleaf on the price tag claiming its canadian.
Only #cdn thing about it is the company who is selling it.. likely from the #US.
I vote for Canadians to up their personal monthly dairy quota (if you consume dairy), and our #federalgovernment discontinues all dairy import/export with the #US. Then allow our dairy farmers to fill the gap left behind by the low quality S#USdairy.
🇨🇦 "Pierre #Poilievre went to Canada's North, made promises about the North, without talking to the leaders of the North. Mark Carney sat down for tea and listened to the leaders of the North. That's Leadership. See the difference, #Canada?"
Those pictures tell a million words. Pierre's negativity has driven everyone away and he stands alone on a frozen runway looking as out of place in a parka as he would if he was wearing a tootoo. The plane behind him gives the impression he just popped in for the photos and is about to take off again.
Carney is with people, listening and looking them in the eye.
@MikeImBack "He has demonstrated a troublingly uninformed view on Arctic sovereignty and governance, and often paints regional collaboration as an obstruction, not an opportunity"
Sounds like #Poilievre, right? Actually from a 2014 G&M article on .... PM Stephen Harper, Poilievre's mentor & boss.
well if the plan is to let Russia take over the Arctic, then they don't really need to know much about it...maybe that ship #Harper found was gonna be in the way so he made sure Canada paid to get it removed 🤨
@MikeImBack The absolute most ironic part of the lost ship story is that the Inuit tried to tell them where to look and it took the searchers over 150 years to listen, or even ask.
A Russian-flagged vessel played a key role in Canada’s recent discovery of a sunken ship from the missing Franklin expedition, the Canadian Press reports.
Conservative Leader #neverpoilievre said Wednesday he's a "tough guy" well suited to take on U.S. President Donald Trump and that's why the American leader said he thinks it's easier to "deal with a liberal" in Canada than a conservative.
... Will this escalate into more racial tensions? Such as more activity under the likes like The Black Panthers or the empowerment of police race-based brutality?
@Xwenn.is.Newsing 2 years, nvm 4, is a long time when bozo47 is consistently making rapid fire changes every 1/2 days… but if he just force-deports whomever he wants… may not be many POC to rebel
Not exactly, my take is that the U.S. DEI programs are meant to ensure that those who are not kicked out because for there social or physical traits are able to gain equal social/job opportunities/footing than those who are already 'privileged (in this case, 'white Christian men')'. One can imagine getting fired from a job just because a woman is pregnant or is blackmailed to stay in the job while receiving acts of sexual harassment or forms of bigotry, for example. Point was DEI is meant to offer such protections since many may also come from poor upbringings (in this case, the privileged are the rich families) to enable them to get similar education/health tr eatment too.
I think that where it get dis-informed, especially by the 'right-wing intel' and 'bro-news' such as Charlie Kirk, is that narrative that the men of the U.S. felt neglected or dis-favoured. E.g. talks of freedom of speech -> sexual.verbal harassment or death threats. Try Grounded News or looking up on the opposite politics side's point of view and comparisons too, and not just Fox News, perhaps.
I’m not making a statement about anything anyone did in protest to Tesla right now.
I will say canceling food and medicine is violence, hidden behind paperwork.
Identifying with nazi ideology is promising more violence.
Nobody showing up at Tesla is mad about their cars.
But when Nazis start to take over the bar you figure out how to throw them out or it becomes a nazi bar. Everyone would prefer that asking politely for them to leave worked.
So no is the answer, since economists are generally required to be... let's say... "myopic" about everything so neoliberalism can keep eating us. Seems to be a multinational corporation, some of whose shareholders happen to be Canadian. IMHO, of course. Residual economic benefits, franchise owners, blah blah, yeah sure. Someone has to exploit temporary foreign workers.
youtube.com/watch?v=lXq-ueTJnk… The Conservative Party of Canada is breaking from decades of tradition. It won’t allow the media to travel alongside its leader as he campaigns for Canada’s top political job. #cdnpoli
The conservative’s opposing parties should do strategic planning, like not running candidates in unwinnable ridings. The conservatives will shout political cowardice, BUT this would allow journalists to begin using this phrase without being accused of bias. Conservatives don’t have the courage to face mainstream media. Their entire strategy has been to build a cone of ignorance catering to those “a little too easy to convince” and avoid any substantial policy ideas
Hypothically… if #Canadians boycotted #MolsonCoors, could the drop in sales force a reversal of the cdn/us mergers? Making Molson 100% Canadian again. 😈I’d very much like that #buycdn #boycott #molson #itsnotfullcdn
OTTAWA – As US President Trump’s unilaterally-launched trade war continues, Canadians have struck back with counter-tariffs on a valued American item: the little Canadian flag patches Americans put on their luggage while travelling abroad.
That dude should sit down and reassess his decision of not allowing press join him on his campaign. Looking sneaky AF, he is.
Trump-#Poilievre’s reverse psychology tactics are getting old. If there’s actually #Canadians buying into these blatantly poor attempts at manipulation, #Ipittythefoo
“#China carries out more executions than any other country in the world, according to Amnesty International, and regularly sentences foreigners to death, often on drug-related offences.”
🍃 is illegal in China. Possession of 5kg or more = ☠️ penalty Keep this in mind if you travel there.
#BestBaafarm… i chuckled at that!What a fantastic name for a sheep farm, eh! Located northeast of #Toronto, #Ontario, #Canada, this farm makes deliciously nutritious sheep #dairy products. You can find where to get their products at this link: bestbaa.com/pages/best-baa-far… They also have a delivery service!
#Saskatchewan’s contributions in the #CAN-#US #tradewar: Seeking diplomatic resolutions to tariffs while pursuing new international opportunities
I’m struggling here.. They have #Cameco.. a #Canadian mining company, whom has a US subsidiary with 2 mining locations in the US. Is that why the whole province is playing it safe?
Before Trump, large corporations would have labelled such information an illegal restraint of trade, because it gave consumers too much information about where and how they get their products. More has to change than removing Trumpism here and abroad.
Energy sector CEOs call on Canadian lawmakers to use emergency powers to speed key projects The letter comes as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens Canadian sovereignty and proposes massive tariffs on Canadian goods, including oil and natural gas. #energy #politics #law #Canada #US #Economy globalnews.ca/news/11088352/ca…
Product: Health Canada warns that relight candles available on Amazon.ca pose a fire hazard
Details: Relight candles are banned in Canada. These candles can spontaneously relight after being blown out and can re-ignite after disposal, posing a fire hazard.
The Alliston Creamery is a small, family-owned business. Located in Alliston, Ontario, approximately one hour north of Toronto, and 30 minutes southwest of Barrie, we are the last independent creamery in Ontario.
“Carney said Trump's tariff action has "called into the question the validity" of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), and there's a need for a larger conversation with the Americans about resetting the entire bilateral relationship, something that will only happen when the time is right.”
AKA, Canada is choosing not to entertain the tantruming toddler demanding a lolli in the supermarket checkout line, while screaming “give me your COUNTRY”, accompanied by a tiny footed stomp.
When 47’s downstairs brain can reconnect with their upstairs brain, then we’ll talk.
I’ve been hesitant to “take sides” regarding the civil war in Gaza. I’m Canadian and have zero say in the matter. Thus, I feel I cannot judge one side nor the other (tho I will judge tRump and his posse). Wanting to learn the history of this civil war, I began reading.
I am open to hear others’ thought, but so far this has been my take-away
“Is Palestine oldest or Israel? Taking stock. By more than 1,000 years, “Israel” predates “Palestine.” The land then became home primarily to an Arab population, again for more than a millennium. Both Jews and Arabs thus have a legitimate claim to the land. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has seen myriad wrongs and brutalities on both sides.” - Marguerite Newman, NCESC Geographic FAQ
Who lived in Palestine before Arabs? Prior to the Muslim conquest of Palestine (635–640), Palaestina Prima had a population of 700 thousand, of which around 100 thousand were Jews and 30 to 80 thousand were Samaritans, with the remainder being Chalce…
An astute move by Prime Minister Carney... and Conservatives are out there trying to make Canadians believe Trump when he says dealing with a Liberal government will be easier?
For months, senior officials have been discussing exporting Australia's world-leading JORN radar technology to the United States, but after Donald Trump's return to the White House, Canada saw an opportunity and leapt.
“There is no kill switch,” the Joint Program Office said. “The strength of the F-35 program lies in its global partnership, and we remain committed to providing all users with the full functionality and support they require.” They may be, but Rumper doesn’t care. He does w/e he wants.
A former senior federal procurement official warns that Lockheed Martin’s control of the warplane’s source code makes Ottawa vulnerable to the U.S. President
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in reply to Eric Lawton • • •My hypothesis: Ford has designs on replacing PP when the later loses and gets turfed by The Party. He doesn’t want any of PP’s taint to rub off on him.
And yes, I chose ‘taint’ on purpose.
You’re welcome. 😂😂
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in reply to William Hamilton • • •@Beltliner403 @Crispius @EricLawton Conservative leader #Poilievre knows he needs to win #Ontario and Quebec to win the federal election.
He's begged Ontario for help and was turned down
He not well liked in Quebec where he's chalked up the lowest approval rating in #Canada.
Pierre is desperate - watch for nasty, nasty election ahead.
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in reply to GG • • •Saw a new ad today about “Sneaky Mark Carney”. It looked & sounded like something someone in high school would submit as an assignment.
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“I vant to suck your blood, blah blah blah!” 🧛 😂
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in reply to *|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 • • •They have an updated one now. It’s more cartoonish. If you can believe that. 🙄
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in reply to *|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 • • •@Crispius @EricLawton Could Doug eliminate the prime ministerial dual language requirement?
Is it constitutional, or could he ram through a new language law using the notwithstanding clause?
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in reply to GG • • •There is no requirement in the Official Languages Act that says federal MPs, including the PM, need to be bilingual. Remember the furore over Mary Simon being appointed GG when she didn’t speak French?
The only thing that would prevent Doug Ford from successfully becoming PM is the federal Conservatives not winning enough seats with him as leader.
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in reply to Dave Sanderson 🇨🇦🍁 • • •@Sanderde @Crispius @EricLawton "There is no requirement in the Official Languages Act that says federal MPs, including the PM, need to be bilingual."
Thank you, Dave!
That puts more weight behind the rumour that Ford is hoping to step into Poilievre's shoes. Which means Doug Ford could conceivably be a Canadian PM. 😟
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in reply to Snowshadow 🇨🇦 • • •@Snowshadow @Sanderde @Crispius @EricLawton Similar to the idea that the guy running for Canadian prime minister should be required to pass a security check before given the keys to the castle.
There seem to be a number of old-timey "handshake" rules that today's Conservatives flout.
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The OLA requires that government services to Canadians be offered in both official languages.
Parliament is not a government service but simultaneous translation is available during sittings.
The Constitution requires that laws be written in both official languages but there is no requirement that the bills be debated by members who are bilingual.
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And speaking of simultaneous translation and laws being written in both official languages, this just popped up in my timeline:
“A federal public service union is condemning a move by Canada's Translation Bureau to cut its workforce by one-quarter over the next five years.”
cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/tran…
I should say so.
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in reply to Dave Sanderson 🇨🇦🍁 • • •@Sanderde yeah, I saw that. I am 100% against it!
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in reply to Dave Sanderson 🇨🇦🍁 • • •@Sanderde @Crispius @EricLawton
Anyone who remembers Diefenbaker speaking French would agree that being bilingual is not a requirement for Prime Minister....
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I know.... sigh....
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I searched YouTube but no luck. CBC must have some archived audio.
I remember Rich Little (really dating myself) doing an impression of Dief speaking French that was pretty funny.
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in reply to GG • • •Did you hear the cabinet swearing in?
Some did English and "French".
Cringe.
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in reply to Eric Lawton • • •@EricLawton Surely the guy who's flooded the province with booze & gambling ads knows a thing or two about betting on the winning horse.
Looks like Doug is not taking a gamble on Pierre.
#onpoli #cdnpoli #poilievre
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in reply to Eric Lawton • • •The Other Doug Jones 🇨🇦😎🖖 Elbows Up!
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