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Canadian Border Now Fully Open

On October 1st 2022, the Government of Canada removed all COVID-19 border measures such as required proof of vaccination, random testing, and mandatory isolation for high-risk travelers. For the first time since early 2020, the Canadian border is operating under “normal” conditions. For example: Americans interested in visiting Canada no longer need to download the […]

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Pre-Entry COVID Test No Longer Required at Canadian Border

As of April 1st 2022, the Canadian border will no longer require a pre-arrival negative COVID-19 test from fully vaccinated travellers entering or returning to the country. Previously, a rapid antigen test or a PCR test indicating a person does not have COVID was required by border authorities. This rule change should encourage Canadians to […]

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US Land Border Opens to Canadians

After being closed for nearly 19 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on November 8th 2021 the United States land border officially opened to all fully vaccinated Canadians. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced they will be staffing their border at pre-pandemic levels, but warns that wait times may be longer than in […]

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When Will USA Border Open to Canadians?

On August 9th 2021, Canada opened its border to all fully vaccinated Americans allowing tourists from the United States to visit the country once again. The US border remains closed to Canadians, however, and American authorities recently extended the border closure until September 21st citing COVID-19 transmission rates south of the border as well as […]

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Where Can Vaccinated Canadians Travel?

Most Canadians are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Consequently, Canadians are starting to think about international travel again, and are beginning to research possible vacation destinations. This leads to the question, which countries can a fully vaccinated Canadian visit? As of July 2021, Canadian citizens who have received two doses of the Pfizer, Moderna, or […]


 
 

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Today’s Roundup: The CEO assassination

Posted  December 12, 2024  by  Anonymous

This gentleman is spot-fucking-on. The assassination of United Healthcare’s CEO by a highly intelligent Ivy League graduate dealing with chronic pain is a watershed moment in our history and an example of the Republican deregulation machine attacking i…

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Today’s News: The Trudeau government is “playing a bad hand as well as they can”

Posted  December 11, 2024  by  Anonymous

I was looking at X tonight, and saw that Maple MAGA is just delighted with the “Governor Trudeau” insult.Jerks!Here’s what I think happened: Trump saw all the praise in Canada for Trudeau’s dinner initiative, and saw how Trudeau charmed the other…

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CWAA today: Trump tries to troll Trudeau

Posted  December 10, 2024  by  Anonymous

Today’s edition of “Christ, What An Asshole” (CWAA):Donald Trump is once again “joking” about annexing Canada into the United States, this time calling Justin Trudeau the “Governor” of the “Great State of Canada.”

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Things I didn’t know: English reading; troops in Syria; Canadian oligarchy; and we have our very own wankpuffin!

Posted  December 10, 2024  by  Anonymous

In the category of “things I didn’t know”:First, isn’t this interesting:Next, I found out today that the United States still has hundreds, maybe thousands, of soldiers at bases sprinkled around the Middle East including military now active in Syria:Sig…

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Today’s News: What is wrong with our media, part umpteenth

Posted  December 9, 2024  by  Anonymous

You know how it feels when someone puts into words something you felt but couldn’t describe? Well, here’s an article from George Washington University professor Dave Karpf that describes exactly why the media have such problems covering politica…

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Big news from Syria tonight

Posted  December 8, 2024  by  Anonymous

The Syrian rebels are winning.The Washington Post provides this timeline article:

The shocking speed of Syria’s rebel advance against Assad: A visual timeline
Videos, photos and maps show how Syrian fighters mounted a stunning offensive against t…

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Today’s News: Trump is shooting himself in the foot

Posted  December 6, 2024  by  Anonymous

Once again, Trump is shooting himself in the foot. I think that he and his minions thought it would be terribly ballsey to make a whole bunch of controversial nominations right away for Cabinet positions and directorships, so he could swagger arou…

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Today’s News: Poilievre is just “hysterically harsh” now

Posted  December 5, 2024  by  Anonymous

Following Poilievre’s apparent rejection of Trudeau’s request for a united front against Trump, I’m reading some commentary about Poilievre and it ain’t pretty:Andrew Coyne / The Globe and Mail

Poilievre fumbles the Trump crisis: a missed opportunity …

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Waving the flag and putting country before party

Posted  December 4, 2024  by  Anonymous

On Tuesday, Trudeau told the opposition leaders to man up and fly in formation. I think the message was received loud and clear:  …Trudeau met with opposition leaders in his office on Parliament Hill on Tuesday to brief them on the sit…

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“Nice little country you’ve got here. Be a shame if something were to happen to it.”

Posted  December 3, 2024  by  Anonymous

Hey, sounds like that dinner was sorta creepy, doesn’t it?Some countries might go as far as mobilizing their troops over a statement like this

Canada’s political, business and media discourse will no doubt revolve around how we need to do more to appe…

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Today’s News: Wistful thinking

Posted  December 1, 2024  by  Anonymous
I suspect this is just wistful thinking, but isn’t it delightful that it maybe might be true?

Yeah, probably not:

But Ford likely couldn’t do a worse job than Poilievre is doing now:

Maple leaf milhouse lacks critical thought, patience, and well, ideas. He’s gonna be an abject disaster as prime minister.

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— Seafra (@woodward.ca) December 1, 2024 at 4:01 PM

Pretty pathetic when even Doug Ford has a more intelligent response to the PM’s visit. Poilievre stumbles when asked a question, resorting to insults and distraction, followed by changing the subject so he can repeat his mindless slogans. He then usually makes a hasty exit. He’s an embarrassment.

— Foolishly optimistic 🇨🇦 #CanadaSky (@ladyjaynes.bsky.social) December 1, 2024 at 7:44 PM

“I’m not the Prime Minister” – ya got that right, buddy!

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Follow-up on The Meat Loaf Summit

Posted  December 1, 2024  by  Anonymous

The Toronto Star had the skinny on the Meat Loaf Summit: Tonda MacCharles / The Toronto Star Inside Justin Trudeau’s surprise dinner with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida Trudeau and LeBlanc discussed trade and the border over din…

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Today’s news: Talking turkey about tariffs

Posted  November 30, 2024  by  Anonymous

Tonight, Trudeau flew to Mar-a-Lago to have dinner with Trump and talk turkey about tariffs. Now, Trump is a vain, stupid man and Trudeau is a progressive, a scholar and a gentleman, but both have great charm and both can use it ruthlessly wheneve…

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Today in The Stupid: Canada v. Trump

Posted  November 28, 2024  by  Anonymous

Canada got to see its premiers in action yesterday, facing the first of the many existential crises that will define the Trump Administration, and it wasn’t a pretty sight. Dale Smith / Routine ProceedingsRoundup: The virtual meeting with the prem…

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Greatest line in television history

Posted  November 28, 2024  by  Anonymous

“As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly”
And more here

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America’s attention-junkie shoots himself in the foot

Posted  November 26, 2024  by  Anonymous

Slapping a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico is like trying to rob a bank by threatening to shoot your own toe off.— Human☮🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸🌊 (@4HumanUnity) November 26, 2024

Trump wants to put massive tariffs on Canadian exports to the US: President-elect D…

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It’s always something. If it’s not one thing, it’s another.

Posted  November 25, 2024  by  Anonymous

So how come Canada is hosting nine Taylor Swift concerts?  Because when Trudeau invites you, you come:It’s me, hi. I know places in Canada would love to have you. So, don’t make it another cruel summer. We hope to see you soon.— Justin Trud…

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Funny stuff and animal crackers

Posted  November 23, 2024  by  Anonymous

This was the very first strip in Calvin and Hobbes, on Nov. 18, 1985 – all in all, I think Calvin and Hobbes was the world’s best comic strip. Moving on, some comments about the current scene:

I never wanted to live in interesting times.— Molly J…

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Ain’t he having some fun now!

Posted  November 22, 2024  by  Anonymous

Thanks, Justin!Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday a suite of new measures meant to alleviate some of the affordability pressures people have been experiencing in the post-COVID era — including a two-month GST holiday on some goods an…

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Today’s News: Calling out Dear Leader

Posted  November 20, 2024  by  Anonymous

CBC calls out the Conservatives version of “freedom”:Christian Noel / CBC

Poilievre’s office maintains tight control over what Conservative MPs say and do
Party staffers monitor caucus for signs of message indiscipline and fraternization with other MP…

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Today’s Roundup: Trudeau, Stoehr, Fallows, Sullivan, Wellman, plus a few tweets/posts

Posted  November 19, 2024  by  Anonymous

Following up from my post last week, I have been seeing more commentary lately which discuss misinformation and disinformation as the main problem that progressives now have in getting their messages out to the public. Several of the items I found for …

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Today’s News: Does Poilievre think he can bring a knife to a gun fight?

Posted  November 17, 2024  by  Anonymous

So Poilievre thinks bluster and combativeness will intimidate Trump? Or is he just trying to impress Canadians by boasting about what a great fighter he would be for the Canadian economy – you know, the economy he has been calling a disaster for t…

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Happening Now: a Liberal turn-around?

Posted  November 16, 2024  by  Anonymous

As Canada hunkers down to survive another Canadian winter, we may be starting to see some signs of a turn-around in Liberal fortunes. Liberals are trending a little higher in the polls:

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CPC: 39% …

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Canada v. Trump: The “Revenge Tour” begins

Posted  November 15, 2024  by  Anonymous

Well, that didn’t last long, did it? 
As much as I truly want to deny Trump any space in my head or in this blog, its just not going to be possible. 
I’m calling this presidency “Trump 2: The Revenge Tour” as his Cabinet appointments bring his priorities into focus, pointing toward some of the problems Canada will need to face during Trump’s presidency: 
– how will we help thousands (or tens of thousands) of refugees escaping Trump’s concentration camps? 
– how will we defend our resources of water, oil, and minerals from Trump’s greedy grasp? 
– how will we support our industries to survive Trump’s tariffs? 
– how can we avoid being sucked into Trump’s wars? 
The CBC’s weekly At Issue panel discussion last night discussed Trump. Naturally, Rosemary Barton trotted out the “well, we survived 2016 to 2020, didn’t we” and Chantal Hebert shut that down right quick – she said there will not be any comparison between the path Canada was able to take in 2016 to slide through the first Trump administration, and the existential threat to the nation that we now will face with the second Trump administration. Specifically, the panel talked about the likely refugee crisis at the US border, but they didn’t have any idea how Canada could or should handle it, except to agree that the “safe third country agreement” is now ludicrous. 

…While some of Trump’s nominations for top jobs fall into the general realm of what you might expect in any administration—folks like Marco Rubio to State or Mike Waltz to the NSC, Susie Wiles to White House Chief of Staff or John Sauer to Solicitor General — people you might disagree with but who you have to acknowledge were qualified to hold the jobs for which they had been nominated — some clearly were not so much nominations as they were tests. 
Nominating a TV talk show host with a history of advocating for war criminals to be Secretary of Defense or a guy with no health experience and head full of conspiracy theories, bad science and a brain worm to be Secretary of Health and Human Services or a woman of dubious loyalties to be the top intel official in this country or a guy who is fresh off being investigated for sex trafficking to be Attorney General are more than just affronts to our sensibilities or judgments. They are both a statement of the intent to tear down our bureaucracy as we know it (and do so in the service of bad policies) and they are a public showdown with every Republican in the United States Senate. 
Trump is saying “Accept my nominations no matter who they are, no matter what your concerns, no matter what your oath to the Constitution may require you to do. I am the last word and the law in Washington now. I set the standards. Advise and consent is a thing of the past.” 
While it is too early to tell whether the John Thune-led incoming Republican majority in the Senate will capitulate completely, it is already apparent that most of these completely inappropriate, dangerous nominees will, one way or another, end up in the jobs designated for them by Trump. Just as Stephen Miller will be Deputy White House Chief of Staff … and just as Elon Musk will play some kind of amorphous First Oligarch role despite all the concerns many have about him and his myriad conflicts of interest. 
Last week, when Trump won, I was concerned but felt it was important that we not borrow trouble, not anticipate and react to every possible threat he may pose. Now, a week later, some of the real threats are coming into focus. They should not be minimized. They must be seen for what they are.

And a few more problems:

🇨🇦WAKE UP, CANADA🇨🇦

Here’s PnPCBC’s David Cochrane bluntly confronting dumbfounded Conservative pundit Gary Keller today with a very chilling scenario for Canada under Poilievre.

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— Jeff’s Fact Checker (@thunderbayed.bsky.social) November 15, 2024 at 9:23 AM

Conservative Albertans are excited about the prospect of a Trump presidency. They’re almost certainly going to live to regret that. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/15/o…

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— Max Fawcett (@maxfawcett.bsky.social) November 15, 2024 at 9:23 AM

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Today’s News: Learning from the American nightmare

Posted  November 14, 2024  by  Anonymous

If we are going to save liberalism in Canada — the federal Liberals and maybe even Justin Trudeau also — then we have to reach Canadians and tell them the story of what Liberalism is. The more we learn about what went wrong with the Harris campa…

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Canadian Border Now Fully Open

Posted  November 24, 2022  by  Ben

On October 1st 2022, the Government of Canada removed all COVID-19 border measures such as required proof of vaccination, random testing, and mandatory isolation for high-risk travelers. For the first time since early 2020, the Canadian border is operating under “normal” conditions. For example: Americans interested in visiting Canada no longer need to download the […]

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Pre-Entry COVID Test No Longer Required at Canadian Border

Posted  April 2, 2022  by  Ben

As of April 1st 2022, the Canadian border will no longer require a pre-arrival negative COVID-19 test from fully vaccinated travellers entering or returning to the country. Previously, a rapid antigen test or a PCR test indicating a person does not have COVID was required by border authorities. This rule change should encourage Canadians to […]

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US Land Border Opens to Canadians

Posted  November 8, 2021  by  Ben

After being closed for nearly 19 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on November 8th 2021 the United States land border officially opened to all fully vaccinated Canadians. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced they will be staffing their border at pre-pandemic levels, but warns that wait times may be longer than in […]

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When Will USA Border Open to Canadians?

Posted  August 25, 2021  by  Ben

On August 9th 2021, Canada opened its border to all fully vaccinated Americans allowing tourists from the United States to visit the country once again. The US border remains closed to Canadians, however, and American authorities recently extended the border closure until September 21st citing COVID-19 transmission rates south of the border as well as […]

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Where Can Vaccinated Canadians Travel?

Posted  July 1, 2021  by  Ben

Most Canadians are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Consequently, Canadians are starting to think about international travel again, and are beginning to research possible vacation destinations. This leads to the question, which countries can a fully vaccinated Canadian visit? As of July 2021, Canadian citizens who have received two doses of the Pfizer, Moderna, or […]

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