John Ivison @johnivison.bsky.social · 05/06/2026How long do I have to live in Canada to be purlaine in your eyes, Charlie? I am a citizen, have lived more of my life in Canada than in Scotland and have four Canadian children. Would that qualify in Charlie Angus’s Canada? 320
Reposted by John IvisonNational Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 05/06/2025Conservatives aren’t listening to Harper’s warnings about avoiding India politics, @johnivison.bsky.social writes. nationalpost.com/opinion/ivis... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.comnationalpost.comJohn Ivison: Conservatives aren’t listening to Harper’s warnings about avoiding India politicsWooing Sikh voters while turning a blind eye to Khalistani sympathizers worked well for Poilievre's party during the election. 062
John Ivison @johnivison.bsky.social · 15/01/2025nationalpost.com/opinion/mark...nationalpost.comJohn Ivison: How Carney plans to win the Liberal leadership and hold Poilievre to a minorityHe'll oppose the carbon tax and oil and gas emissions cap, while hoping to turn his elitist experience from a negative to a positive 320
John Ivison @johnivison.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Costa Rica’s quaint notion of a country with no army is under pressure.cigionline.orgHome 150
Reposted by John IvisonAlex Panetta @alexpanetta.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Really interesting conversation here and report on how Canada can be more strategic, and less reactive, in its relationship with the US. www.wilsoncenter.org/event/matter... ppforum.ca/wp-content/u...wilsoncenter.orgMatter More: A Canadian Strategy for a Changing United States 253
Reposted by John IvisonAlex Panetta @alexpanetta.bsky.social · 14/12/2024/ New: The US has used its defence production act, yet again, to fast-track funding for a mineral project in Canada. Illustrating the sense of urgency that prevails south of the 49th parallel on this issue. www.defense.gov/News/Release...defense.govDepartment of Defense Makes Investment to Strengthen the Tungsten Supply ChainThe Defense Department announced a $15.8 million award to Canadian company Fireweed Metals Corp. 122
John Ivison @johnivison.bsky.social · 11/12/2024If Trump wants our “post-national” country more than we do, we should just give it to him.nationalpost.comJohn Ivison: With our ‘post-national’ leader it’s no wonder Trump thinks we aren’t a real countryTrudeau has undermined the idea of citizenship that held us together, with its sense of obligation, sacrifice and collective mission. 410
John Ivison @johnivison.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Little different from me - the Canadian connection to Sir Ernest Shackleton on his 150th birthday. johnivison.substack.com/p/the-quest-...johnivison.substack.comThe Quest and the Endurance: tales of Antarctic heroismAn upcoming biopic of Sir Ernest Shackleton, featuring Tom Hardy, is set to build on the great explorer's legend 241
Reposted by John IvisonJohn Ivison @johnivison.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Dutch politician Frans Timmermans made an excellent speech, deserving of a wider audience, that says we are already in the early stages of a war against authoritarianism, like it or not. open.substack.com/pub/johnivis...open.substack.comWanted: great leaders in times of turmoilThe West needs to rekindle the values our forebears fought and died for 064
John Ivison @johnivison.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Dutch politician Frans Timmermans made an excellent speech, deserving of a wider audience, that says we are already in the early stages of a war against authoritarianism, like it or not. open.substack.com/pub/johnivis...open.substack.comWanted: great leaders in times of turmoilThe West needs to rekindle the values our forebears fought and died for 064
John Ivison @johnivison.bsky.social · 28/11/2024 Defense department confirms Canada bought a $44 million anti-tank system without testing it, only to find it doesn’t work as expected. Result- CAF in Latvia will be without effective anti-tank capability until well into 2026. nationalpost.com/opinion/libe...nationalpost.comJohn Ivison: Liberals pick petty point-scoring over answers on protecting Canadian troopsQuestions on the anti-tank system deserve considered response because it gets to the heart of Canada’s procurement problem. 010
John Ivison @johnivison.bsky.social · 27/11/2024People should take a leaf out of the Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy, which had the words: “Don’t Panic” printed on its cover in large, friendly letters. nationalpost.com/opinion/john...nationalpost.comJohn Ivison: Trump's tariffs are shameful, but Canada has given him easy targetsThe only response possible is to be civil, positive, flexible and emphatic that Canada will defend itself if necessary. 010
Reposted by John IvisonNational Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 25/11/2024Another wake-up call to ready for war as Canada slumbers on. A report by the Business Council notes Canada’s rivals are investing heavily, while Ottawa has failed to spend on military capabilities, @johnivison.bsky.social writes nationalpost.com/opinion/ivis... Find out more at Nationalnewswatch.comnationalpost.comJohn Ivison: Another wake-up call to ready for war as Canada slumbers onA Business Council of Canada report notes Canada’s rivals are investing heavily, while Ottawa has failed to spend on military capabilities. 055
John Ivison @johnivison.bsky.social · 22/11/2024The war in Ukraine is at its most dangerous stage, yet Canada’s Liberals are spending billions on cheap, electoral bribes, rather than on shoring up its defenses. As Tim Cook’s new book, The Good Allies, shows, it was not always like this. 131
John Ivison @johnivison.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Terri Garr’s death sent me back to One from the Heart, the Francis Ford Coppola movie in which she starred. Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle made for an unorthodox duo but they knocked it out the park. youtu.be/2sglrbx6rVoyoutu.beTom Waits & Crystal Gayle - Take Me Home (rare mix - duet - Outtake One From the Heart - subtitle)YouTube video by Rainsch 75 120
John Ivison @johnivison.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Iraq is set to lower the age of marriage to nine-years-old. In my latest Substack column, I argue Islam needs its own Reformation, not to mention Enlightenment. open.substack.com/pub/johnivis...open.substack.comIslam needs its own reformationIraq's parliament wants to marry off nine-year-old girls, based on Sharia law 021
John Ivison @johnivison.bsky.social · 14/11/2024An introduction. Scotsman who ended up as a political columnist at Canada's National Post. Now living in Costa Rica but still covering politics for the Post, and at johnivison.substack.com/p/fly-straight. Author: The Education of a Prime Minister and The Riotous Passions of Robbie Burns.johnivison.substack.comFly Straight...in a strictly political sense 111
Reposted by John IvisonDave Abbitt @thedaveabbitt.bsky.social · 13/11/2024I am currently reading The Complete Memoirs Of Ulysses S. Grant and am pleased to report the Republic has been this fucked before and survived. 🧐 🇺🇸 4067507410
John Ivison @johnivison.bsky.social · 14/11/2024In the Other Place, I re-posted something by Led By Donkeys entitled: How Musk Broke Twitter and Helped Elect Trump. Over the following days, I lost hundreds of followers. Probably a coincidence.... Hoping the grass is greener and the sky bluer here. 010