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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The useful idiot is surprised he got conned by someone who’s been conning people his entire life. 🥴

FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 18h

Schiff is visiting Canada, not just Alberta, as part of a trade delegation for crissake.. he also went to Ottawa; 'Canadians feel betrayed by Trump's attacks on Canada and the 51st state nonsense. More to the point, the (Trump) tariffs hurt people on both sides of the border.' - Adam Schiff

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 18h

WE get Mark Carney, more progressive, more prosperous, more enlightened and more democratic. THEY get Danielle Smith, poorer, more regressive, less democratic and even stupider.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 18h

THEY get tourists to go to their Big Valley ‘Creation Science’ Museum; WE get tourists who aren’t too stupid to understand what 'science' is. WE get scientific fact. THEY believe men lived in a fishes' stomach, climate change is a hoax, vaccines are worse than the viruses and a fetus is a ‘baby.’

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 18h

THEY pay no sales tax. WE don’t have to pay their absurdly high user fees. WE get new affordable housing; THEY get a trailer up on jacks in the bush in the outskirts of Ft McMurray for $1 million. THEY get guns and ammo piled up to their eyeballs; WE read the news about them shooting each other.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 18h

THEY get non stop TV ads for junk food, obesity and soaring out of pocket health care costs; WE get the best arable farmland, fresh fruits, vegetables and healthier. WE get hybrid cars - THEY get gas guzzling 4 Wheelers and bumper sticker festooned pick-ups with moose antler gun racks.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 18h

WE get the best beaches and fresh water; THEY get oily tar ponds and tar sands water and air pollution. WE get universal healthcare; THEY get booted off American private insurance company claims lists. WE get classy Muskoka chairs. THEY get hillbilly chairs made of buck’s teeth and critter bones.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 18h

WE get the vibrant culture of Quebec and multicultural diversity; THEY get their cowboy hats, rubber boots and greasy overalls. WE invest in Kindergarten, public education and green technology; THEY sell out to polluting American corporations. WE get good weather; THEY get minus 45.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 18h

And if Alberta separated? Then what? I guess.. - THEY get the Republic of Hee Haw and Nickleback. WE get East Coast style pleasantness. WE get professionally accredited, certified teachers. THEY get Maw & Paw Kettle's Jesus home schoolin.’ WE get meat and food inspections, THEY get listeriosis.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 19h

This nitwit repeatedly says America 'doesn't need' Canada, but then says he wants to take it over. Gee .. Stupidity of that aside, after he gets clobbered in the midterms he will be a dipshit, still, but also a lame duck dipshit unable to even control his own 50 states, let alone a 51st. #FckTrump

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 19h

I think what Fraser is saying here is that data centres are gonna happen, we will be storing Canadian's data in them, and that the current guardrails (big tech policing itself) is not going to work, and we need better guardrails than that, because essentially it is a national security matter.

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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

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Pam M 🇨🇦 @pam111.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I'd love to see the bike lane removal protests turn into a full-blown general strike against the Ford government that results in his resignation. #ONpoli

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 20h

It's part of the Conservative Party political agenda of privatizing EVERYTHING (including public schools and healthcare) so that the 'woke' and the 'DEI' government employees are all fired (for not being the 'right' colour and/or religion) and replaced by employees of White Jesus corporations.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 20h

I believe some steps Carney has taken are; - reducing foreign steel imports so our steel producers control our market - reducing tariff free imports to reduce cheap steel from overseas - ditto countries we have no free trade agreement with - 25% tariff on all steel imports that we do take in etc.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 20h

Exactly. Ontario taxpayers ante up about 40% of ALL of the revenues going into Ottawa coffers for programs such as equalization; next up; Quebec taxpayers at about 24% or 25%. Alberta taxpayers ante up maybe half of that, yet by their magical calculations somehow they 'pay for' QC social programs..

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Which is why I suppose nationalization is now being debated by trade experts and legal scholars etc.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

So when Albertans yell they 'pay for Quebec's social services,' it's bullshit, they don't; instead of bawling imaginary tears about being 'ripped' off by Quebec, Albertans should be in the streets demanding such services from Danielle Smith, but nooo .. she's more interested in stupid referendums.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

As for Albertan criticism of Quebec, the issue isn’t really that Quebec has programs like affordable daycare and lower tuition, it's that Alberta, with GDP per capita about 40% over the national average, and maybe even better able afford such services, chooses NOT to offer them to Albertans.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Also misunderstood by AB separatist nitwits, is that the inclusion of oil-rich Alberta into the calculation raised the national standard significantly. Under the old formula, Ontario was the top-performing province. Soaring oil prices for example is beyond the control of Ontario's government.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Next, eligibility for equalization is based on a province falling below a national income standard; it is NOT based on how much a province spends, runs a deficit or surpluses. ie, a small province like PEI could run budgetary surpluses, yet (small tax base) be unable to meet the national standard.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

So NO province, NOT Alberta or any other province, sends a 'cheque' or a specific amount of money to Ottawa to be used for equalization. DOES NOT HAPPEN. Taxpayers in EVERY province have contributed to OTTAWA for equalization (and every federal program) from the day the program started.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

DEAR ALBERTA SEPARATION dingbats; Equalization is NOT funded by the provinces, or specifically by 'Alberta.' It's a FEDERAL program from Government of Canada’s general revenues. Ottawa collects this tax revenue IN the provinces, not FROM the provinces; a subtle difference lost on these nitwits.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

If anything it is the other way around, Canada used as a dumping ground for cheap third-party overseas foreign steel, which is why we put import limits on non-U.S./non-Mexican steel.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I wouldn't say Canada was ever even 'dumping steel' into the USA in the first place. Even the US Dept of Commerce (2020) said that some structural steel, supposedly 'dumped,' wasn't subsidized. And these days, Trump's stupid tariffs have reduced exports into the US considerably.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

People are claiming that Elon Musk messed with Starlink in Ukraine because Trump asked him. I think a more likely reason is that Ukraine damaging Russian data centers embarrassed Elon by showing how many of his Twitter followers are nonexistent and how much traffic on Twitter is driven by bots.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Interestingly, Germany wisely vetoed the use of referendums, having seen how the Nazis made such a creative use of them.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

My name is not the reason we're paying $5/gallon for gas. My name is not the reason you can't afford your groceries. My name is not the reason you can't afford your mortgage or rent. My name is not the reason you can't see a doctor. Their policies are the reason.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Yeah, whatever. And frankly I couldn't really care less. Canadians bands like the Tragically Hip and Blue Rodeo didn't have to, or necessarily even want to, 'make it' in the USA in order to be popular (and outstanding) recording artists with long and legendary careers. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

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Joni Mitchell is officially American after 6 decades living in U.S. | CBC News

More than six decades after leaving Canada, legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell has officially become a U.S. citizen. The announcement has drawn mixed reactions given her outspoken political vie...

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Referendums are the last refuge of the despot; - loaded questions for desired responses, thus not exactly a democratic exercise; voter turnout is often poor. They allow elected representatives to avoid responsibility and can weaken constitutional protection of minorities. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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ANALYSIS | Who else besides Danielle Smith is saying 'yes to the nine' in Alberta's referendum? | CBC News

Alberta's premier put immigration and constitutional questions on the ballot as easy winners. UCP officials worry she might lose some of them.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Funny how 'socialism' is just fine, dandy and A-OK with these MAGA Republicans (and here in Canada with Conservative Party) thieves when it transfers wealth UP the income ladder from poor to rich - instead of down it from rich to poor - the direction it is supposed to go in a CIVILIZED democracy.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Under Trump: -Gas prices are up 43.7% -Grocery prices are up 3.7% -Household electricity prices are up 12.7% -Healthcare costs are up 14.6% -Childcare costs are up 7.6% -Rent is up 5.1% and mortgage rates are at 7.6% Tired of "winning" yet?

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14/10/2026

Trump promised to end inflation on day one. But his inflation has nearly wiped out all wage gains since January 2025.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

MAGA nitwits (including PP's convoy clowns and AB separatist dingbats) think socialism, communism and fascism are one and the same thing up there in their pointy empty heads. 'Socialism' and social services (social democracy) are NOT the same, but poorly educated MAGA dingbats conflate them.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Exactly. In fact the opposite should be true. Government should never be run 'like a business.' Government is to provide services, not make a 'profit.' When biz-knobs claim govt should be 'run like a business - it's code for hacking programs, privatization, and pocketing (profiting from) public $.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Ya well Trump also touts the crap that Canada is allowing a massive amount of “criminals and mentally ill people” to cross the border.. And Canada has cracked down on the foreign steel thing - with a 50% surtax on products from non-free trade agreement countries etc

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Or how science works or even how reality works for that matter. ..

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

'In 2024-25, nearly $1 billion in OSAP went to students at PRIVATE career colleges' '95 cents of every new dollar went to PRIVATE career college students' And after Doug Ford said he was too broke for public system student OSAP, calling it 'unsustainable.' CROOKED. ontarioliberal.ca/ontario-libe...

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Ontario Liberals Call for Minister Quinn’s Resignation Over OSAP Scandal and Mismanagement

The official site of the Ontario Liberal Party

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

If this Kennedy birdbrain cannot understand the scientific principles behind immunity and therefore the rationale of vaccination, then he has no business even talking about it. Damning vaccines, one of humankind's greatest inventions, is not just arrogant and insipid, but spectacularly stupid.

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Switzerland and Canada tie for top position in the world with net +36% positive perception. US ranks 128th (-16%), just above Iran (-17%). Israel ranks 132nd (-24%), just below North Korea (-19%). www.niradata.com/global-count...

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Global Country Perceptions 2026

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Poorly educated Alberta separatist dingbats think Alberta literally cuts a cheque to Quebec and pays for that province's social programs, when IN FACT equalization comes from a combination blend from ALL Canadian tax payers. Oh, and Ontario's ante up BY FAR the most (40%) and Quebec's (25%) of it.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

American owned 'Canadian' media says 'Doug Ford froze OSAP at private colleges,' as if to be praising him, LEAVING OUT the part that Ford got caught handing out 95% of HUNDREDS OF MILLION$ in OSAP to select private schools -after saying govt was too broke for public ones. lfpress.com/news/queens-...

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Ontario halts student aid at private career colleges

Students at Ontario's 24 publicly-funded colleges are unaffected.

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