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Ian Masters🇨🇦

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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If I (being a Canadian) owned a second home in Florida, I wouldn't wait to see if this passes, I'd sell now and never go back. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/world/f...
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Florida weighs ditching property taxes and sticking Canadians with the bill | CBC News
Florida voters are weighing whether to scrap residential property taxes and the state's governor has a solution to that potentially huge revenue loss: tax Canadians more.
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This would spike diesel prices in Canada. Carney should be threatening a crude export ban if the White house takes this course. If they will not sell us diesel, we shouldn't sell them crude. #cdnpoli Trump seriously considering U.S. diesel export ban amid supply crunch share.google/FUX2GGmn0tX0...
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Trump ‘very seriously’ considering diesel export ban as global supply crunch worsens
Analysts warn an export ban could backfire, pushing up global diesel prices and potentially triggering higher U.S. gasoline prices as refiners adjust.
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Le golfe du Saint-Laurent se termine au détroit de Cabot, entre Port-aux-Basques (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador) et le cap North (Cap-Breton).
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trump drove NATO into crisis mode, and now we have this face saving deal that changes nothing that they already had, just so MAGA trolls can post meme maps with American flags imposed over Greenland. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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Trump says deal struck to boost U.S. military presence in Greenland | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he has a deal with Denmark to bolster the U.S. military presence in Greenland after months of threatening to take island by force from the NATO ally.
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Does Preston Manning not understand that actions speak louder than words? #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Preston Manning baffled by people who view Alberta premier as a separatist, he says | CBC News
Conservative elder statesman Preston Manning says he's baffled that some view Alberta Premier Danielle Smith as anti-Canada given her vocal support of Confederation.
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Perhaps this move will create some jobs and bring in some revenue to government coffers, or maybe private operators will automate and cut jobs. Eitherway I think ultimately traveller's will end up paying more. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Canada's 4 largest airports to be opened up to private investment, Carney says | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will open up Canada's four largest airports to private investment, but that Ottawa will maintain ownership of "underlying land and assets."
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Is VOCM deliberately ratcheting up the irony in this picture of Lela Evens next to Wakeham? I mean she's crossed the floor twice before and already threatened to quit Wakeham's cabinet just 4 months ago. #nlpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I think it's a different Kettle of fish. If Alberta were to exert its own Sovereignty, I can't see Albertians being allowed to vote or send MPs to Canadian parliment. Much like how NLers never retained their British nationality when it joined confederation.
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Canada eyes ‘associate member’ status with EU amid US tensions, WSJ reports | Euronews share.google/RhXcAFyWp5XC...
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Canada eyes ‘associate member’ status with EU amid US tensions
Carney reportedly seeks ‘associate’ EU membership as Ottawa-Washington ties hit fresh low. He will address the European Parliament next week. #EuropeNews
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This could be huge to snowbirds if Canadians could live in Spain, Italy or Croatia year round. Who would buy a house in Florida when you can only stay 6 months of year? #cdnpoli www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A deal similar to Norway's may lead to greater labour mobility between Canada and the EU. Maybe lead to direct flights between St. John's and Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam? #nlpoli Canada eyes ‘associate member’ status with EU amid US tensions, WSJ reports | Euronews share.google/hTEh8XZ8iirV...
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Canada eyes ‘associate member’ status with EU amid US tensions
Carney reportedly seeks ‘associate’ EU membership as Ottawa-Washington ties hit fresh low. He will address the European Parliament next week. #EuropeNews
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
How awesome would it be if they held a second meeting in Fortune, NL to illustrate how close or nations truly are? #cdnpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
As a Canadian looking from the outside looking in on the debate: If Alberta were to seperate, there is no way in hell I would support them keeping their Canadian citizenship. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Passport, please: Would Albertans keep Canadian citizenship in a hypothetical independent state? | CBC News
As questions around the logistics of separation loom ahead of the Oct. 19 Alberta referendum on whether or not to kickstart the legal process of exiting Canada, the question of citizenship remains a m...
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Well probably most of that trade activity would go through Halifax and Montréal...
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
An economic partnership with Europe would be an boon for NL and the Atlantic provinces. Perhaps Port expansion in Bay Bulls, fixed link to Labrador, expanded ferry service to NS, Southern Quebec Highway, and TCH twining in NL could be added to the major projects office? #NLpoli #Cdnpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A competent western leader should pressure the countries supplying Russia with fuel instead of asking Ukraine to alter their defence strategy. Trump calls on Ukraine to stop targeting Russian refineries as both countries trade strikes - CBS News share.google/KgxWgYKibOtG...
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Trump calls on Ukraine to stop targeting Russian refineries as both countries trade strikes
Civilians were killed and injured overnight into Sunday as both Russia and Ukraine kept up large-scale drone strikes.
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My hope is this leads to a seperatist party in Alberta on both federal and provincial level that fractures the conservative movement into pieces. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta separatists expect a win, regardless of numbers that say otherwise, poll suggests | CBC News
A political scientist and pollster say that mismatch of expectations has consequences for what comes next and Albertans shouldn’t expect this issue to be put to rest with this one vote.
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Fuel prices are going up again tomorrow in NL. The debate boils down to some blame Trumps war in Iran, dwindling strategic reserves and Russia forced to import refined products, while there are still others that blame Carney for taxes that have been in place for the past 40 years. #cdnpoli #nlpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"There are times when we will disagree. There are also times when we have to recognize that something is bigger than those differences,” the news release said. “For Gander, September 11 is one of those times.” Obviously the feeling wasn't mutual... #cdnpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Facebook is really pushing the right wing Quisling accounts to our feeds now. I don't follow any of these accounts yet they show up in my feed constantly. They block real Canadian news and replace it with this shit. Perhaps a Facebook ban in Canada should be considered? #cdnpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
PP condemned them but you still have CPC MP but hurt that the media calls the AfD "Far right" #cdnpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
So Trumps threatens to ban Bombardier in the USA. I say all the more reason to dump the F35 and buy Gripens that Bombardier would manufacture. #cdnpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Can Trump even skate? #cdnpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Gees I kind of Agree. NAFTA/CUSMA is dead so why allow TN visas anymore? #cdnpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I think the anger you see in some conservative commentators online with the "Elbows up crowd" is that with Trump's tariffs and 51s state threats, it makes it appear that Carney is using the same strategy that Western Conservative leaders have been using on Ottawa for the past 50 years. #cdnpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Fed won't cut interest rates? Try extortion!
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Right wing are ramping up the Meme's now that Carney has asked for a little dignity and decorum from US officials. I would love it if Carney announced a reduction in Canada's F35 order or a firm commitment to Saab for a tranch of JAS Gripen Es in response to their belligerence. #cdnpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Conservative MPs are out in force today taking credit for the gas tax freeze. Hoping their supporters fall for the oldest trick in the politics. Get your message out ahead, and claim victory when to the Govenment does what it was most likely to do. #cdnpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In actually I think Carney's success is a combination of 3 things: 1 conservative maliciousness south of the boarder, 2 conservative incompetent north of the boarder and his own hard work and perseverance. #cdnpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We can only hope that Putin's jet has some mid-flight emergency and is forced to land in Gander for that to happen.
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The dufus in charge down south claims the "Bank of Canada" has branches in the USA. Is it even possible to make a deal with an administration that dosen't live in reality? #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
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Donald Trump mistakes Bank of Canada for retail bank | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday implied the Bank of Canada was a commercial bank with locations south of the border, not a Crown corporation based up north.
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
While Conservatives point to Canada's lagging GDP per capita compared to the U.S., they ignore that U.S. national debt is growing at a far higher rate. #cdnpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The perfect response would be to invite the cadet and instructor to sit next to the American Ambassador when he attends the 25th anniversary commemoration of the 9/11 attacks in Gander, NL. #cdnpoli #nlpoli www.cbc.ca/news/world/p...
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Canada's top soldier expresses pride in 'who we are' after Hegseth singles out young cadets | CBC News
The Canadian cadet and her instructor singled out by U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will be the ones to decide how — or even if — they will respond to a controversial social media post, says Canad...
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Perhaps organizors can invite the cadet and instructor that Pete Hegseth insulted to sit next to Hoekstra? #cdnpoli #nlpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra to visit Newfoundland for 25th anniversary of 9/11 | CBC News
U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra will be among the dignitaries heading to central Newfoundland this month to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I thought the RNC loved the first ammendment? www.cbc.ca/news/world/r...
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Republican Party revokes CBC/Radio-Canada media accreditation for upcoming midterm convention | CBC News
Chuck Thompson, the head of public affairs at CBC, says the public broadcaster is reviewing the Republican National Committee's "disappointing" decision to revoke CBC/Radio-Canada press accreditation ...
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I see tons of FB clips of Joe Kernen bring up Canada's GDP/capitia to Leblanc and Freeland. Is he not concerned with USA's exploding debt-to-GDP ratio, accelerating inflation or self inflected reputation loss aswell? #cdnpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
If you ever want evidence that VOCM is just a PC party mouth peice: This entire story is Lela Evans disputing the head line. There is no reporting of Dempster's concerns. #nlpoli Area MHA for Cartwright-L’Anse au Clair Feels ‘Shut Out’ of New Hydro Projects | VOCM share.google/wXt6KvwOQpNU...
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Area MHA for Cartwright-L’Anse au Clair Feels ‘Shut Out’ of New Hydro Projects
The chair of Team Labrador, formed a few weeks ago in the wake of the hydro deal with Quebec, says the MHA for...
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Every move by Trump seems to intentionally push Canada towards China. I think Canada can build another pipeline to Vancouver before they can find a oil major willing to spend billions on infrastructure in Venezuela only to sell their oil "at cost". #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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Trump's Venezuelan oil deal: What we know and how it could impact Canada | CBC News
Several questions about the U.S. deal to develop vast Venezuelan oil reserves remain unanswered, and a rapid and large-scale increase in production is unlikely. But experts say increased exports from ...
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Every right-wing influencer on FB is calling Carney a liar while taking Trump's surrogates at face value. Let’s not forget this administration lies about everything: elections, foreign policy, even basic pool maintenance. You lay with the dogs you get up with fleas. We see you itching #cdnpoli ​
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Does Trump own any golf courses in Canada we could expropriate? We could always put a road through it... #cdnpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
In the true spirit of petty diplomacy, let's take the high road: honor the 47th president by renaming our local landfills and sanitation facilities in his honor. ​Canadian Donald Dumps has a nice ring to it. ​#cdnpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The American owned Quisling Media known as the National Post is quick to throw out the wet blanket on trade retaliation. #cdnpoli The one problem with Canada threatening to cut off U.S. electricity | National Post share.google/cr3wc6fyDpQZ...
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The one problem with Canada threatening to cut off U.S. electricity
Some months, Canada is more reliant on U.S. electricity than the other way around
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I think if Canada acts too heavy handed in our response it will only ferment anti-Canadian sentiment in the USA and strengthen Trump's hand domestically. Our response has to be measured, reasonable and fair. If Trump continues to escalate then those cards may be played when appropriate.
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Don't put word in my mouth, I never said anything dame thing about his rights.
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I think the issue is the audience. Sure criticize at home, not abroad.
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Conservative MPs are showing us that they are the Quisling party. #cdnpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I think loyalty programs should be illegal. They aren't free, you are paying extra for those points and to be data mined. And, if you dont participate you're paying extra for no benefit. If government wants to restore affordability, thats a good place to start. #cdnpoli
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Once the Gordie Howe bridge opens, I think Doug Ford should consider conducting some much need road maintenance in front of the Ambassador Bridge. It might cause some lengthy delays but I'm certain its critical needed. #cdnpoli share.google/emj0Y8AMwd2C...
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How new Gordie Howe bridge deal compares with 2012 pact. Here's a breakdown of how things will work | CBC News
Feeling lost when it comes to recent news about the Gordie Howe International Bridge? Earlier this month, Canada and the U.S. announced a fresh pact to open the bridge connecting Ontario and Michigan....
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Ian Masters🇨🇦 @ianmasters.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Do anyone else think this strategy of cheerleader Trump's gansterism might backfire on Conservatives? Like it feels rather unpatriotic, to say the least. #cdnpoli
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