I hadn’t thought very highly of Carney before seeing this interview – and yes, I do believe now that he has the political skills and smarts to attract Canadians and beat Poilievre!#cdnpoli #LiberalLeadershipRaceThe fact Mark Carney has never held an el…

Jean Chrétien / The Globe and MailCanadians will never give up the best country in the world to join the U.S.

…To Donald Trump, from one old guy to another: Give your head a shake! What could make you think that Canadians would ever give up the best…

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This puts the LA fires into perspective, I think. I hadn’t realized the numbers were so large:These numbers blow my mind:
Population of LA County: 9.33M
Population of California: 38.97M
Population of the US: 334.9M

1 out of every 36 people in the US l…

The quote is from David Moscrop’s excellent piece today:  David Moscrop /It’s Time for Canada to Get the Bomb (Not Really)
Threats against Canadian sovereignty from the incoming Trump administration should, however, focus the national mind on…

Dark Justin is here! https://t.co/2FxRuJ5HAw

— Cathie from Canada 🇨🇦 ✍🏻😷🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 (@CathieCanada) January 7, 2025

When I saw this Trudeau tweet just now, I couldn’t believe it. 

Trudeau even dragged Poilievre into the fight:

Canada will never be the 51st state. Period.

We are a great and independent country.

We are the best friend to the U.S. We spent billions of dollars and hundreds of lives helping Americans retaliate against Al-Qaeda’s 9/11 attacks. We supply the U.S. with billions of dollars of…

— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) January 7, 2025

I would appreciate that anyone who is or hopes to be Prime Minister would find time in their busy schedule today to speak or post a rabid defense of Canadian sovereignty against the suddenly intensified threat to our independence.

— Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) January 7, 2025

Because this is serious, I think

“There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell Canada would become a part of the United States.” (Prime Minister Trudeau)
Believe me: the main, but unspoken, reason behind Trump’s threats to Canada is he wants its Water, a key natural resource of our’s, essential for our future, but lacking in the U.S..

— westcoastlouisa.bsky.social (@westcoastlouisa.bsky.social) January 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM

Laura, Laura, Laura…I respect your honest, clear-headed opinions…but Presidents can’t just annex another country. That takes an act of Congress and they won’t rubber-stamp it. We all knew #Trump was going to say batshit crazy things, why are we panicking when he does it?

— Ed the Sock (@EdtheSock) January 7, 2025

But Ed hasn’t recognized yet that authoritarians like Trump never respect any limitations, including whatever a bunch of Democrats in Congress might not want to happen.

Guess he’s Justout Trudeau now.— LunarLiv (@lunarliv.bsky.social) January 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM

Is it just me, but has the transition from “Trudeau must resign immediately” to “How dare Trudeau betray and abandon Canada by resigning at this incredibly…

   The rumour is that Trudeau will resign today.That typing you hear tonight is dozens of Canadian political journalists getting a jump on their “end of an era” political obits. But doesn’t it strike you as odd that there is nothing…

I’m normally against high taxes but I think we could balance the budget here via a 100-percent levy on morons

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— George Conway (@gtconway.bsky.social) January 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM

And Musk is obsessed with UK politics now:

Musk has been tweeting relentlessly about the UK govt for 7 hours straight

This is an incoming adviser to the US admin lest we forget, who basically lives in Mar-a-Lago

Musk’s radicalisation is intensifying, and still little sign Trump will dislodge him from his inner circle pic.twitter.com/ZlM99pkR1W

— Josh Self (@Josh_Self_) January 3, 2025

And now Jordan Peterson is talking to Pierre Poilievre: two bricks short of a load:

Absolutely batshit that Pierre Poilievre, who will probably be our next PM, is sitting down with present-day far-right grifter Jordan Peterson.

The alarm bells couldn’t blare any louder, folks!!!!!!

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— Rachel Gilmore (@rachelgilmore.bsky.social) January 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM

Two middle-aged white guys telling themselves there was no racism in Canada until “wokeism” imported it is just so patently absurd as to be comedic. Someone needs to call Poilievre on it.

— FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto (@fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social) January 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM

CBC seriously out here pretending Jordan Peterson is a serious human and journalist and that this interview wasn’t batshit insane.

Buckle up Canada, we are completely fucked.#CdnMediaFailed pic.twitter.com/LjMZYKFI9t

— David Brown (@OrbitStudios) January 4, 2025

I found this piece of great writing last summer, when we were in the midst of our own heartbreak, and it was just so thoughtful and meaningful: Cole Haddon / 5 am Story Talk We’re All Made of Horrible, Beautiful Scars Australian rocker …

Well, I don’t know whether Trudeau will leave or not, but I for one would really miss him:

Genuinely one the funniest jokes I’ve seen played on Trudeau.[image or embed]— Steve Boots (@steveboots.bsky.social) January 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM

If Trudeau was…

An epic book forward, by Caimh McDonnell in his book Disaster.

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Actually, this probably applies to 2025 also:The eerie strip I published at the end of 2019, just before the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/uqbgCxQEpa— Stephan Pastis (@stephanpastis) December 29, 2024

Looks like (almost) all Cana…

I’ve been calling Trump’s presidency “Trump 2: The Revenge Tour” and that is exactly what it will be. There is nothing so trivial that Trump can’t feel insulted about it. This is a guy who insisted the National Parks Service endorse his “bigg…

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crazy how fast photography progressed https://t.co/AgsFf9lCGX— Emo Philips (@EmoPhilips) D…

Trudeau is speaking softly, playing the long game with Trump. This is his only response to all the “51s5 State” bluster from Trump:Some information about Canada for Americans:https://t.co/EnI8CrF4cB— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) December 26, 2024

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In honour of Canada’s posties – I’m so glad they’re back, but I hope they can get the deal they deserve:
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This is a fascinating tour — oh, how much we will all miss Joe Biden:
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So now Trump is talking about the United States invading Mexico, buying Greenland and taking over the Panama Canal as well as Canada. Its nuts.For one thing, this: View on Threads
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America fucked around and they’re already finding out what they really elected:Can we just start using WTYS for “We told you so” to save character space over the next 4 years?— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 19, 2024

They thought they wer…

#IStandWithTrudeau2025 is trending tonight:
Good job. Now carry on fighting the good fight at least until we see where we’re at with the Trump/Musk situation by Inauguration Day and have the foreign interference report in hand at the end of January. No…

The government shutdown talk in the United States shows Trump for what he really is — a weak clown Oliver Willis / Daily Kos Billionaires lead GOP revolt against critical spending bill …Led by billionaires who have been appointed…

Rough math, Canada’s deficit is at like 2.1% of gdp….. A little context: The U.S is at like 6%, The EU guardrail is 3%.

The sky is in fact; not falling

#Cdnpoli

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— booth4scartown.bsky.social (@booth4scartown.bsky.social) December 16, 2024 at 1:36 PM

Correct, don’t let anyone tell you $61B is a terrible deficit. Canada has a larger population and much higher GDP than when Harper was PM.

There are reasons for Trudeau to step down. The budget isn’t one of them.

#cdnpoli #bcpoli #onpoli

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— elcanaco.bsky.social (@elcanaco.bsky.social) December 16, 2024 at 7:59 PM

 …last year’s deficit was larger than expected because the government booked a bunch of legal settlements—primarily for the Indigenous communities—onto last year’s books (which is probably also why the Public Accounts have been delayed). These were one-time costs, so that means the deficit can continue to decline in the future, and economist Armine Yalnizyan noted that this was essentially a gift to the next government because it’s off their books, and they can make it look like they were more prudent managers when that’s not necessarily the case. Nevertheless, the government didn’t try to tease or hint that this was coming, which really makes you wonder about whoever is trying to decide on their communications strategy.

With all the goings on, there’s probably no interest in why the 2023-24 deficit grew from $40B to $62B.

Just in case: ~75% due to contingent liabilities related to Indigenous rulings/awards; rest due to lower tax revenues.

Details: https://t.co/0VvSbWBIh9 #cdnecon #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/UlWIpKDJQW

— Trevor Tombe (@trevortombe) December 16, 2024

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The biggest ticket item in the FES is the extension of the Accelerated Investment Incentive. This is a huge deal.

This allows companies to save taxes when they invest, and only when they invest. It will cost $17.9B in foregone revenue over the next 6 fiscal years.

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— Kevin Milligan (@kevinmilligan.bsky.social) December 16, 2024 at 3:44 PM

Next, debt to GDP. We put on some debt during the pandemic. (Which was the right thing to do!) We have now knocked a few points off it. (Which is the right thing to do!). I’m hoping to see this trend continue in the FES. (It’s the right thing to do!)

We are nowhere near 1995 levels. This is fine.

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— Kevin Milligan (@kevinmilligan.bsky.social) December 16, 2024 at 1:00 PM

Finally, here’s the deficit to GDP. As a rough line, I’m pretty comfortable so long as the defict is under 2% of GDP. (We can run deficits of that size forever and still have Debt/GDP fall. Sustainable fiscal policy is about Debt/GDP.)

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— Kevin Milligan (@kevinmilligan.bsky.social) December 16, 2024 at 1:14 PM

And remember this, too:

Final report on foreign interference in Canada will be released no later than January 31, 2025.

Early election? sure, but not before the release of that inquiry. Too many rumors about Chinese, India, Russian interference & foreign countries wanting Pierre Poilievre elected.

— J Hunter🍁 (@MrJoKeR604) December 17, 2024

After a day of breathless anticipation, Trudeau is still Prime Minister tonight. But tune in tomorrow….Here’s Scrimshaw’s liveblog of what happened through this afternoon and caucus meeting: Liberals In Crisis LiveBlog: Freeland Resigns On The …

Enjoy some of the funny stuff and the words of wisdom that I have been collecting lately:

I passed it too, did you? pic.twitter.com/98U7kI62Ob— Jerseygirl #FBR 🟧 (@gggirl924) December 4, 2024

pic.twitter.com/pQfcrLu3Ua— Eric Alper 🎧 (@ThatEricAl…

So how does one prepare for a dictatorship?— Rocket’s Bitch (@Cheezydork74) December 11, 2024

Is everyone just whistling past the American graveyard right now?I’m seeing a lot of coverage of Trump’s incompetent, unqualified toady nominees for this …