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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It shouldn't: TV cable in Slovenia includes the Russian propaganda station Russia Today, RT. It is run by Putin's people. (Travelling in the country presently)

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"" Ebikes are insanely great technology. Cheap, rugged and reliable, they're basically bicycles that abolish hills. Once you've gotten accustomed to an ebike ..you'll never go back." The mileage is great: 625 km per $1 (390 miles).

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Cycling with our Slovenia Senior Cycling Team*. Brag: 623m climb today, 65km. Ebikes are a very lovely way to travel. *SSCT is formerly known as the Normandy Senior Cycling Team. (Not a real team).

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

American Dictator board game. Like Monopoly but you can buy golf courses, supreme court judges, draw a "quiet piggy" card, get abducted by ICE, buy a pardon. Didn't see if there was a pervert card or not. m.youtube.com/watch?v=MltU...

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AMERICAN DICTATOR Board Game

YouTube video by E-Up Games

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In central Europe on an cycling trip just now. Random conversations: "Welcome to the EU" "So sorry about the Americans" "the Americans want to destroy the EU so they can divide Europe with Russia" "we can't feel sorry for them"

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Canada & the USA: "Repairing this massive breach is not up to us. If there is to be a return to a “mutually beneficial” relationship, it must come from the USA. And we aren’t talking tariffs." It's about a failed USA political system that lets a maniac threaten us with violence. (Charlie Angus)

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"FREE, made-in-Canada app that finds the lowest stress routes for any bicycle trip.. instead of.. a Google route that might not distinguish you from a car, Cycling Guide is designed for cyclists who want to feel safe on their journey." Limited cities so far: AppStore, GooglePlay. cyclingguide.org

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Cycling Guide Foundation – Low-stress cycling experiences

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Big Canadian grocery stores have been protecting their monopolies for decades & overcharging consumers. This is a partial fix. They no longer can stop others from openning grocery stores nearby on land they develop nor stop others from selling similar products. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

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Sobeys parent Empire agrees to end property controls. Here's how it's a win for consumers | CBC News

Canada's Competition Bureau has reached an agreement with Sobey's parent company to have the grocery giant strictly limit or stop using property controls after the agency found the practice to be an...

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"The preachers have retreated, and the perverts have taken over" "positions of power in the Trump world sometimes seem to go hand in hand with sexual assault allegations for men, and very specific kinds of surgical enhancements for women" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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In its push to subordinate women, the American right is embracing raunch

Conservatives long promoted a politics of sexual prohibition. Now such morals have been shed in favor of male domination

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There are many bad things in the world. Some of them solved by smashing things. Like this teapot Which spills more than half of what it pours down its side.

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Chatbots are merely mathematics, a statistical word guessing progra.. A chatbot is an "it". "when we interact with an AI, we hallucinate [a fake] person on the other side of the interaction. Those hallucinations are far more common and far more consequential than any AI-generated "hallucinations""

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

WhatsApp profiles you via meta-data: age, finances, job, religion, medical problems, your contacts' phone & email. Shares with FaceBook, Instagram, Threads, even if you don't have those apps. It auctions ads for you to vendors in microseconds who know the max you'll pay. snugg.social/en/blog/meta...

snugg.social

The Meta Surveillance Empire: What WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram & Threads Actually Know About You

WhatsApp claims encryption protects your privacy. But Meta still knows who you talk to, when, and how often—and shares it across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

AI doesn't make any money. It's profitless: "the evidence that they're faking their finances is very strong". So the AI companies want governments to let violate anti-monopoly laws by the pretense that AI could kill us. pluralistic.net/2026/09/16/b...

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Pluralistic: How an AI moratorium can save AI bosses (16 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"If you use WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram & Threads..you're feeding a single interconnected surveillance machine" including: -Medical conditions -Religion -Relationships, family, kids -Finances -What you buy & if they can increase your prices -transportation -Employment snugg.social/en/blog/meta...

snugg.social

The Meta Surveillance Empire: What WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram & Threads Actually Know About You

WhatsApp claims encryption protects your privacy. But Meta still knows who you talk to, when, and how often—and shares it across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Signal is private. The problem with WhatsApp: owned by Facebook (Meta). Even though your messages are private, Facebook can see who vou talk to when, and where. They use this info to profile who you are: show you ads, set prices you will pay. WhatsApp is free because YOU are the product.

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There is no breaking point. There's just people posting things that they hope might be the breaking point. None of them actually are willing to break anything to make the point. None of this means anything: "this is huge", "Boom!", "they are furious about <something>", "finally", s/he got him!"..

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Delusional: that an election for some of their federal government representatives this fall will change anything for the USA. Electing a not-Trump president between trump's 2 terms fixed nothing. So he's actually not the central problem- he's merely a sign of the deep sickness of that country.

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Systemic racism: Woman dies because Canadian Indigenous Affairs health benefits failed its treaty obligation to fund follow-up to open heart surgery. The program is bad- often pays less than normal medical rates, puts up so many barriers to patients & professionals. www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

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NAN blames Ottawa for death of Miranda Mamakwa of Fort Severn

Advocates are demanding “immediate, public accountability” after the death of Fort Severn First Nation member Miranda Mamakwa.

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Your big SUV or pickup truck is dangerous. 10,376 pedestrian crashes studied "•Every additional 100 kg of vehicle weight increased pedestrian fatality odds by 6%. •Every additional 10 cm of vehicle height increased pedestrian fatality odds by 11%." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is the part many Americans -- including the Bezosites at the Washington Post -- don't understand. Canadians don't see this just as a Trump thing. It's that America elected him twice, and the second time with an even bigger mandate. The problem we're addressing is America, not Trump.

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Canadians overwhelmingly support increasing Canada's ties to the EU. 81% yes. It's the only way forward with the USA going backward. Our former closest friend.

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In any country bound by rule of law, this would be investigated as a national security risk & criminally- aren't Russian oligarchs under sanctions bc of illegal was on Ukraine? America has ties to Putin via his henchman oligarch paying for Trump son's wedding. www.cbc.ca/news/world/d...

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Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding celebration partially funded by Russian oligarch, couple confirms | CBC News

Donald Trump Jr.'s new wife, Bettina, is confirming that her May wedding weekend celebration was partially funded by a man with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Good idea. "Australia and New Zealand could follow Canada in becoming "associate members" of the European Union, the president of the European Parliament has suggested." Sensible, rules based democracies, who are against corruption, should work together. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

abc.net.au

Australia could follow Canada as EU 'associate member', parliament president says

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has welcomed the prospect of Canada becoming the first "associate member" of the European Union, as the president of the European Parliament has hinted Australia an...

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Laurence Thompson @thompsonlg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“Carney proposed 🇨🇦 & Europe pool sovereign data & compute, & combine to build independent payment systems, defence industries & energy & critical mineral supplies – to ensure that great powers couldn’t use their dominance over those areas to coerce them. Carney didn’t name the US…he didn’t need to.”

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Carney’s Davos speech diagnosed the problem. His EU speech lays out the cure

In Strasbourg, the Prime Minister sketches out how Canada and Europe can shore up defences against U.S. power

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is America's serious mistake: USA must respect Canadian independence. "This is about sovereignty." "Canadians are united that nobody is going to tell us what language we speak, no one is going to dictate our culture or with whom we can strike agreements" www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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Carney says Europe, Canada aren't 'fair-weather allies' while rebuking Trump's tactics | CBC News

Prime Minister Mark Carney says a "deeper partnership" between Canada and Europe is necessary to hedge against great powers encroaching on the sovereignty of smaller nations.

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The USA is in a steep decline" "Analysts warn that a US withdrawal from the western Pacific, as recently suggested by a think tank, would weaken deterrence and strengthen China's position." www.dw.com/en/us-asia-w...?

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US allies in Asia alarmed as think tank calls for pullback

Analysts warn that a US withdrawal from the western Pacific, as recently suggested by a think tank, would weaken deterrence and strengthen China's position.

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

EU president Von der Leyen: "We see the world with the same ⁠eyes: from AI to climate change, from the Arctic to geopolitics. And ‌we have stood together: on Ukraine, on defense, ⁠on raw materials & on supply chains..above all.. 🇪🇺Europe & 🇨🇦Canada believe in democracy" www.dw.com/en/von-der-l...

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Von der Leyen eyes Canada as EU's first 'associate member'

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said the bloc and Canada saw the world with the same eyes. At her annual State of the European Union address, she said the bloc was dealing with an "openly hostile world....

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Seems true: Who ever speaks louder speaks the truth. Facts don't matter.

"Im sorry, Jeannie, your answer was corrert, but Kevin shouted his incorrect answer over yours, so he gets the points."

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New organization. These schools are usually right-wing, religiously motivated. Many have lasting 'issues' from attending (including me, >50 years ago) "A survivor-led coalition dedicated to truth, accountability, and lasting change for those harmed by Canada's independent schools." www.siscc.ca

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SISCC — Survivors of Independent Schools Coalition Canada

Advocating for survivors of abuse in independent schools across Canada.

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Canada doesn't have to win the trade war with the bullying Americans. We just mustn't lose. Which we won't. Not a chance. And we won't forget.

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If you buy new clothing, do you wash if before wearing it? The internet is full of "experts agree", but who are these experts? I don't tend to. (But I also drink from dirty glasses and eat with my hands, being a careless person with bad habits)

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Useful distraction from their failures. When governments point their fingers at migrants, immigration and ethnic communities over housing, employment, public safety, national culture & social cohesion, they lie by turning highly diverse populations into a single political narratives.

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Is it a fantasy that if WW3 happens, it will be EU & allies against the USA & Russia? as they seek to divide other countries & their resources between them. "Canada seeks 'unique alliance' with EU, Carney says...exploring an "associate membership" with the bloc." www.dw.com/en/canada-se...

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Canada seeks 'unique alliance' with EU, Carney says

Mark Carney clarified Canada's EU ambitions amid a WSJ report that Ottawa was exploring an "associate membership" with the bloc.

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"What was demanded by the United States was a direct attack on Canada's sovereignty. But is that just a negotiating tactic to put massive pressure without long-term consequences? ... it's not much of a negotiation. It's basically an ultimatum, which you could draw parallels with Russia, of course."

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Trump-Putin. USA-Russia. Scarily similar. While a USA invasion is not imminent, the annexation rhetoric & trade war has Canadians thinking about it. "What happens when you live beside a vastly more powerful neighbour that starts to treat your sovereignty as conditional?" www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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ANALYSIS | Zelenskyy's comparison of Canada to Ukraine is imperfect — but it matters | CBC News

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Canada's deteriorating relationship with the United States "dangerous" and pointed to Ukraine as a warning. The comparison is imperfect, but increasingly difficult to dismis...

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The talk about AI is very dumb, likely FOS. Perhaps it sells better when it's thought to be dangerous? Otherwise how can companies be firing workers & replacing them with AI chatbots while also freaking out at thoughts that AI has "a 10% chance of ending humanity"? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

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Would a 'kill switch' stop artificial intelligence going rogue?

As the heads of the biggest AI companies in the world call for a "kill switch" to be mandated, an expert says it's only a "distraction".

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If you're at work and you decide to make a political statement in front of people you work with as well as customers, does your employer have the right to discipline you? even if the majority of customers endorse what you said? It isn't about free speech is it?

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If you've had any inflammatory eye problems, or have auto-immune conditions be cautious about getting tattoos. "Tattoo-associated uveitis is a potentially sight-threatening condition driven by a presumed immune reaction to tattoo ink." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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<em>Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology</em> | RANZCO Journal | Wiley Online Library

Background Tattoo-associated uveitis is a potentially sight-threatening condition driven by a presumed immune reaction to tattoo ink. Case numbers may be rising as tattooing becomes more popular. Au...

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

""AI" is a synonym for "low quality." No one ever said, "Oh, great, they replaced their customer service department with AI chatbots!"" "My teenager and her friends use "That's so AI" as a shorthand for "That's low-effort shit."" pluralistic.net/2026/09/14/c...

pluralistic.net

Pluralistic: But do you use keyboard shortcuts? (14 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Pivot away from the USA. "Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada plans to begin discussions for a "unique alliance" with the European Union..as he gears up to address the European Parliament this week...suggested Canada take on a new title of "associate member."" www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

cbc.ca

Carney says Canada planning to discuss 'unique alliance' with EU, but not membership | CBC News

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada plans to begin discussions for a "unique alliance" with the European Union — but not membership — as he gears up to address the European Parliament this week.

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🇨🇦Alex Mackenzie travelled from Montreal to Pacific Ocean 1793, 20 yrs before 🇺🇸Louis & Clark. Henry Kelsey to Rocky Mtns ~1690. Radisson & Grosseilliers ~1670 rivers in the west, north of 🇨🇦-🇺🇸 border that flow to Hudson bay & Arctic Ocean. This is partly why Canada and the USA are separate countries.

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

They fed it hacking instructions & it hacked. The AI didn't "go rogue." It did what it was designed to do because OpenAI ran it with without human checking after each instruction to ensure it hadn't gone off the rails so they trashed acompetitor's servers. pluralistic.net/2026/09/12/g...

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Pluralistic: LLMs are real, AI is fake (12 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Strong economic move away from USA: They're discussing EU letting Canada’s goods, services & workers involved in strategic supply chains such as energy, AI, defensecritical minerals, underwater cables, data centers, cloud storage new satellites, all move freely. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

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Carney pushes idea of making Canada ‘associate member’ of EU, WSJ reports

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney wants closer links with the European Union and is exploring whether his country could become an “associate member” of the bloc, The Wall Street Journal reported on ...

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