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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦

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Political Science Prof and Laurier Research Chair | Federalism/Multilevel Governance | Political Economy | (Active) Transportation and Infrastructure Policy | Kitchener/Waterloo Region More at tinyurl.com/4pzjpykm

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 19h
I really love this show, and the second season has been excellent so far. Strongly reccomend checking it out if you haven't already.
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Not sure if it's wise to let a bad faith actor drive, instrumentalize and pre-empt the constitutional space while all others (Ottawa included) remain silent.... www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Premiers keeping cards close on constitutional changes pitched in Alberta referendum
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's counterparts across the country are keeping their cards close to their chest on where they stand on the major constitutional reforms Smith is sending
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Canadians deserve a voice in our country's direction -- and no matter what the CEO of Canada Inc. believes, our voice wasn't a one-and-done in a polling booth on April 28, 2025. #GiftLink 🎁 #CdnPoli www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
Carney has been keen to grab the lectern and discuss lofty issues — from Canada’s place in the world to the nature of global co-operation itself — at international forums such as the World Economic Forum and the European Parliament. But rather than merely address global policymakers and CEOs, he should talk to Canadians about these issues, too. Because the world can’t be changed by one man operating the machinery of one government: change comes from whole populations acting in common purpose.
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Confirms what motivated our call for a Royal Commission in early 2025, which could have facilitated this form of engagement: "Global Canada’s report should serve a more meta purpose: it clearly shows that Canadians are informed and interested, and that they want to be engaged on these questions."
thestar.com
Justin Ling: Mark Carney may appeal to vast swathes of the country, but there are some things about Canadians he doesn’t seem to get
Rather than merely address global policymakers and CEOs, the prime minister needs to talk to more everyday voters.
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There's yet another reason why Bill C-39 misses the point: We know from an abundance of research that it is not regulation per se, but policy "accumulation" that creates structural challenges esp. in the implementation process of projects and programs. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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I’m a former federal labour minister. This is what Mark Carney is forgetting about ‘Canada Strong’
Mark Carney is right that Canada must change. But there’s a key thing he needs to do first
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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Kitchener-Waterloo screening of 'Thinking Beyond the Market: a film about genuinely affordable housing' Tuesday 29 September 7:00pm University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy (10A Victoria St N, Kitchener) Co-hosted by @therecord.com Info & free registration here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/thinking-b...
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Thinking Beyond the Market: a film about genuinely affordable housing
Film Screening followed by Q&A with director Dr Brian Doucet and editor-in-chief of the Waterloo Region Record
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Less than a week ago, in his brilliant speech in Strasbourg, the PM quoted Goethe: "Goethe understood that ideals must be fought for, that values do not defend themselves".
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Also telling about the capacity of Canadian federalism to harmonize basic standards conducive to building the One Canadian Economy.
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Unlike in Canadian federalism, in Germany Land elections still have important implications for federal politics and the federal government itself. p.dw.com/p/5MpIa
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Germany's Merz under pressure as AfD eyes second state win
Exit polls have the far-right AfD leading the Social Democrats in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the Left Party ahead in Berlin. Merz referred to the outcome as "a disaster". DW has more.
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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
79% (!) turnout in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Turnout is rising in Germany, largely due to the AfD mobilising former non-voters en masse. Meanwhile, in Swiss regional elections, where constituent units actually have much greater fiscal power, turnout is falling, hovering ≈30% bsky.app/profile/tage...
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
How infrastructure ownership and governance matters. Textbook example for "path dependency", literally. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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In Canada's 'Railway City' the tracks end in the grass. Why a passenger rail revival isn't so simple | CBC News
Canada is spending billions to expand passenger rail after decades of decline, but torn-up tracks, lost corridors and a surviving network built around freight means communities trying to bring trains ...
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This problem of Carney's geopolitical pitch didn't get a lot of attention in Canadian coverage: many EU member states have considerable reservations about a stronger EU-CDN alliance, in particular "if this is supposed to replace the one with the US". www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/kana...
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Carney im EU-Parlament: Kanadas Premier sucht in Europa Hilfe gegen Trump
Mark Carney wirbt für eine neue Allianz zwischen Kanada und der EU. Selbst das Angebot, „assoziiertes Mitglied“ zu werden, begrüßt er. Der US-Präsident droht Europa bereits.
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sweeping, good analysis here. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Stéphane Dion: To get our new relationship with Europe right, Carney should look well beyond the Trump era
Canada needs to think beyond the Trump era.
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Team Canada approach worked for CETA. For any serious effort to go further, institutional reform of federalism needs to be put on the table - intergovernmental relations, in particular.
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
PM Carney’s speech today brings back many memories of my time as a student at Augsburg University, where we not only had interesting debates about what (shared) sovereignty means, but also a Prof who offered grad seminars on Goethe and politics.
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
So "form follows function" rather than "function follows form" approach. www.euractiv.com/news/canada-...
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Canada 'welcomes' EU membership-lite | Euractiv
Carney dismisses idea of the EU and Canada becoming a 'great-power rival – only with better manners'
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Bernd Lange MdEP @bernd-lange.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
2/2 Swiss-style economic integration model could be possible but it should politically go further: regular Canadian participation in consultations, closer exchange with the Commission and Canadian observers in @europarl.europa.eu. We need real involvement not just another summit.
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Manuel Müller @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu · 16/09/2026
What went down in Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the European Union address? Here is a collection of short analyses of the key issues of today's #SOTEU that I have edited for @foederalist.eu. Many thanks to all the wonderful contributors!
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is informative and useful.
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Opinion: If Canada joins the European Union show, it will only be from the upper balcony
It might be disappointing to some Canadians – or maybe a relief – but ‘associate membership’ to the EU doesn’t look like it would change much of anything
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
From Davos over Fortress North America back to Davos within 9 months - I suspect many Canadians have legitimate questions that deserve more than another Forward Guidance clip.
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Simone Tagliapietra @tagliapietra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
SOTEU speeches represent a good indicator of Europe's policy priorities. Here it is a quick overview of how priority areas have evolved since 2020. Tomorrow at 14:00-15:00 CET we will unpack the speech with Bruegel colleagues in a live podcast - link here: www.bruegel.org/event/sound-...
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Covers important points. What is missing though is the role of the provinces on the Canadian side: More often than not, Ottawa remains dependent on their compliance if it seeks to negotiate a “flexible framework allowing for varying degrees of co-operation across a wide variety of policy areas”.
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It’s a bit odd to talk about potential costs when in reality nobody has *any* idea what Carney actually has in mind, I can’t remember a single time in the past 50 years where one man was given such latitude to determine Canada’s future in the absence of *any* public debate or discussion.
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There are costs for Mark Carney’s closer ties with Europe
There could be a political cost in addition to the financial price tag for Canada’s proposed “unique alliance” with the European Union.
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The Canadian Shield Institute @canadianshieldinstitute.ca · 14/09/2026
We're going to hear a lot of talk this week about investment. But not all investment is created equal, as @vassb.bsky.social writes in the Toronto Star. The thing to watch is going to be whether Prime Minister Carney is drawing investment that leads to real growth. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Mark Carney wants to attract $1 trillion to Canada. It’ll only make sense if we fix this glaring problem
Investment within Canada should focus on building out the economy or funding infrastructure rather than mergers or bonds.
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The Canadian Shield Institute @canadianshieldinstitute.ca · 10/09/2026
Canada doesn't need more foreign direct investment. We need a better strategy for investment that drives real growth in the 21st century economy. Today we're publishing a new report looking at how investment has changed, and how Canada should adapt: canadianshieldinstitute.ca/reports/the-...
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I know what he's saying but extremely funny to say this about a country that was created as "British North America", didn't have its own foreign policy until the 1930s, judicial supremacy rested in London until after WWII, and couldn't amend its own constitution into my lifetime.
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Patrick Leblond (he/il) @prleblond.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A geopolitical sales pitch for Canada in a world of weaponized trade: “In a world of increasingly weaponized trade, Canada can be a haven, an insurance policy, a bridge to produce and move goods and services between Asia and Europe.” statecraft.org/wp-content/u...
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Good commentary in one of Germany's largest papers: a reminder that Europe has a (also historically grounded) moral obligation to support Canada against the Trump administration's attempt at economic subjugation. www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/kana...
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Trump führt „Krieg“ gegen Kanada. Es ist Europas Pflicht dem Land zu helfen
Mark Carney wird wohl ein europäisch-kanadisches Bündnis vorschlagen. Auch wenn das wie ein Angebot klingt, es ist eine Bitte um Beistand.
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Peter MacLeod @petermacleod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My latest commentary for the Toronto Star www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Alberta separatism isn’t just an Alberta problem. It’s a sign of a much deeper issue in Canadian politics
The collapse of political competition and winner-takes-all mentality has allowed fringe elements to hijack mainstream political parties.
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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
There is no such thing as "associated membership" of the EU. What are we even talking about? It can't be a customs union (Canada still has to trade with the US). We already have a rock solid defence alliance, an expansive trade deal and Canada is a member of Europe's space programme and Eurovision.
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I have more questions than answers (e.g. role of acquis communautaire, four freedoms etc.). But: past time to start pan-Canadian conversation b/c this is a key problem: "This is tectonic change by working groups and bureaucracy. It's terribly unsexy but terribly consequential nonetheless"
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Great article - we need less Bismarck, more Bentham because: "Canadian governance frameworks (are) in a creaky state."
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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reflecting further on @climateinstitute.bsky.social's analysis published yesterday. Not included in the figure below is what difference the Carney government has made to the 2030-2050 projections through weakening + abandoning climate policies and supporting projects that will increase emissions. /1
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I meant to repost this thread on one-way communication earlier this week. Mark Carney's "comms can't only consist of 'Forward Guidance' updates and occasional 1 question/1 follow-up question news conferences that enable msg control and block transparency." 🧵 bsky.app/profile/chri...
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It took Mark Carney almost two years and billions of dollars in concessions to recognize what was *immediately* obvious in Nov 2024: that Trump won’t keep his word. Going forward, Carney needs to explain this profound miscalculation, and if his strategy has changed to reflect reality.
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This: "Mr. Carney has, however, had time to produce a slick Forward Guidance video.... But YouTube is no substitute for press scrutiny. And YouTube is definitely no substitute for democratic accountability." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
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Globe editorial: The Prime Minister should make the House his home
Mark Carney needs to end his habit of ducking Question Period, and accountability to Parliament
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Frédéric Mérand @fredericmerand.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
As Mark Carney prepares his visit to Europe, allow me to republish my roadmap for Canada-EU rapprochement as well as a series of thoughtful responses by @ecsac.bsky.social colleagues. www.ecsa-c.ca/the-canada-e...
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The Canada-EU Future | ECSA-C
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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 10/09/2026
New piece out in The Walrus, taking a look at how Carneyian conservatism is reshaping politics and policy in Canada. thewalrus.ca/canadas-most...
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Canada’s Most Popular Conservative Is Mark Carney | The Walrus
His economic agenda has scrambled the political map. The question is how long it can last
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In other words: centralization is possible in Canadian federalism but only as long as it is intended to deregulate, coupled with the promise of attracting big investments. In that case, no provincial government barks. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Ottawa moves to reduce duplication in approval process for select large energy projects
Regulatory change, which new legislation will expand on, relates to such projects as oil sands extraction, some pipelines and transmission lines
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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Saxony-Anhalt went to the polls, with the AfD falling just short of a majority. Here are some takeaways based on the preliminary results across all 218 municipalities and local socioeconomic characteristics. A thread 🧵(1 /n) Full analysis + write-up: juliuskoelzer.de/saxony-anhal...
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A choice had to be made at around 1pm between continue watching live coverage of the Sachsen-Anhalt election or taking my two teenage boys to Ontario's West Coast for the afternoon. It was the right one.
Beech view of Lake Huron
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Watching the statements of all non-AfD party representatives being completely overwhelmed and repeating the same decade old talking points all over again leads me to one dire conclusion: If the AfD doesn't end up winning the absolute majority tonight, it may very likely happen next time.
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
What I've been learning from @steffenmau.bsky.social 's work: Despite contextual differences, the centre-periphery dynamics that allow political entrepreneurs to shape sentiments in the 🇩🇪East bear some resemblance with those present in Quebec (1960s) and Alberta today. www.spiegel.de/geschichte/a...
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(S+) AfD: Steffen Mau erklärt, warum die Wendezeit die Partei im Osten bis heute stärkt
Die Wendezeit prägt den Osten bis heute und stärkt die AfD, sagt der Soziologe Steffen Mau. Sie vermittle vielen das Gefühl, nun Avantgarde zu sein. Hier warnt er vor einer neuen West-Ost-Verteilungsd...
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 05/09/2026
Good morning to the maritimes and central Canada It’s Saturday afternoon in Magdeburg, Germany where thousands are gathering right now in Willy Brandt Platz for a large anti-AfD rally ahead of tomorrow’s election in Saxony-Anhalt
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A great contribution as usual. I'd add: Many have been calling for a "pan-Canadian" conversation to address this question (which also has a domestic dimension) for years. It never resonated, unfortunately. And the "Forward Guidance" approach is not helpful in this regard either, to say the least.
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Matthew Mendelsohn @mendelmatt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
We are not organized federally to combat this in a strategic way.
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
An evident threat for Canadian sovereignty. Yet, didn't make it on the list of 7 government priorities, as outlined in the mandate letter under the heading: "The Context: A Generational Challenge" www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...
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Ottawa issues comprehensive climate report that reflects country’s physical transformation
From retreating glaciers to wildfires and marine heat waves, climate change will likely become even more pronounced, assessment finds
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'd go farther. This report should be accompanied by a meeting -- call it a Summit -- of global leaders, led by a PM using his unprecedented global political capital to address the most pressing crisis ever, one that directly threatens Canadians. Instead, we're getting a sales conference.
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Carney government accused of burying climate report warning of worsening impacts
The report, which analyzes the impacts of climate change in Canada, was posted to a government website with no fanfare on Thursday evening ahead of the Labour Day long weekend.
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 04/09/2026
This kind of report should be accompanied by a press conference—not with some low-level bureaucrat, but with the prime minister. Flanked by all of his ministers. In prime time, with technical briefings. This report says we're facing unimaginable disaster, yet we didn't even get a briefing.
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