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August 29, 2014

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Allan W Janssen





 
The Pulse of Canada
 

 
 

Waving the flag and putting country before party

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

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...
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Today’s News: Wistful thinking

 
 

Follow-up on The Meat Loaf Summit

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 tr...
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Today’s news: Talking turkey about tariffs

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 ...
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Today in The Stupid: Canada v. Trump

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 virt...
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Greatest line in television history

"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

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

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 ...
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Funny stuff and animal crackers

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 in...
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Ain’t he having some fun now!

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 G...
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Today’s News: Calling out Dear Leader

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

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

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...
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Happening Now: a Liberal turn-around?

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: (Support me by subscribing/donating) Fe...
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Canada v. Trump: The “Revenge Tour” begins

 
 

Today’s News: Learning from the American nightmare

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 wr...
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Today’s News: Canadafornia, and other ways to survive the Trumpocalypse

As we watch the United States take a right turn and go sailing off the Trump cliff, I have been looking for articles and tweet threads that give advice on what for God's sake we can do about it. Here's the initial batch th...
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Stories from the Internet: Two Horses’ Asses

"Stories from the Internet" is an occasional series.Here's a story I saw on Facebook:  The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge...
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Today’s News: Canada remembers.

The Taking of Vimy Ridge, Easter Monday 1917 by Richard Jack ...Supported by a creeping barrage, the Canadian Corps captured most of the ridge during the first day. The village of Thélus fell during the second day, as did the ...
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Today’s News: Refugees, and kindness

Remember this? That terrible photo of Alan Kurdi, age 3, washed up on a beach in Turkey when he and his family tried to escape Syria in 2015. That little drowned child is one of the main reasons Harper lost the 2015 electi...
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Walking away from Trump’s America

Well, I don't know if this feeling is just my own, or something others share. But I realized today that I just don't care what Donald Trump does anymore. In his first administration, every day there was a "he said WH...
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Today’s News: More comments on the Trump election – Jonathan Chait, Tom Scocca, Cooper Lund, Jimmy Kimmel, Mark Hamill, and Black Cloud Six

More comments about why the Trump election happened, and how to (maybe) survive it:New York magazine, Jonathan Chait: Trump’s ‘Unprecedented and Powerful Mandate’ Is a Lie Do not surrender in advance. ...There is a quadre...
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Today’s News: What the hell happened, and what will happen next?

Here are some tweets and comments and blog posts, reading the tea leaves.The election: No More Mister Nice Blog Steve M Trump is toxically masculine......Trump is seen by millions as a capable problem-solver because most A...
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Oh, dear….America has just Brexited itself

So sad. America just Brexited itself.— Cathie from Canada 🇨🇦 ✍🏻😷🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@CathieCanada) November 6, 2024 And the impact of a Trump win on Canada is incalculable -- on tarrifs, cross-bord...
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NEXUS

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...
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Canada border testing

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 indicat...
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USA Border

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 ...
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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 authoriti...
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International travel

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,...
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