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Same here. Currently on my second listen.

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New Music Friday continues with a new album from Chantal Kreviazuk, "Rockstar Joy." Been forever since we've had a new album from her.

iTunes page for "Rockstar Joy" from Chantal Kreviazuk

1. Rockstar Joy
2. Wasting My Time
3. Monster
4. G.I. Joe
5. Better Than You
6. Never Again
7. Happy For You
8. Meant What You Said
9. Transactional

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New Music Friday is also the new album from Troye Sivan, "She's the Best." He's done some creative videos with this album, even if songs like "Party" don't exactly have a lot of lyrics. Standout track so far is "Canada Dry."

iTunes page for "She's the Best" from Troye Sivan

1. She's the Best
2. Canada Dry
3. Party
4. I Do This For You
5. Cowboy
6. Embarassingly
7. Le Boy
8. Sex Star
9. Troye Meets World

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CBA/ABC National @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social · 9h

New Music Friday is the (Continued) edition of Carly Rae Jepsen's Day and Night, with eight new tracks. I am not a fan of this recent trend of putting out special editions a couple of weeks after the album is released, and I'm sure that this is Taylor Swift's fault. But. It's Carly Rae.

iTunes page of Carly Rae Jepsen's Day and Night (Continued), but only the additional eight tracks.

Disc 1
13. Reaching for a Star
14. Sixteen and Rising
15. Wedding Season
16. Lullaby

Disc 2
13. Yes
14. Muscle Memory
15l Love Depressed

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In cases where an offender and a victim are Indigenous, the Supreme Court of Canada says judges must consider the circumstances of both. nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...

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Supreme Court creates new sentencing test for Indigenous offenders and victims

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 10h

Also, shoutout to @lindsaytedds.bsky.social for her Victorian workhouse blog post which I again got to quote in this column, because it's just so good.

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 14h

ICYMI, my Loonie Politics column: Will Carney defend the monarchy in Quebec? #cdnpoli #MapleCrown

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 15h

New post: No tariff relief in sight with two parties in favour #cdnpoli (Sorry this is posted late. Been a busy day).

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 15h

No, all questions and answers during QP need to be within 35 seconds.

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 15h

And that was Friday #QP. And thankfully there are no sittings next week.

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Johns complains that east coast ferries (which are interprovincial) get more funding than BC ferries (which are provincial). Kelloway says they already provide substantial funding to BC. #QP

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Davies complains about job losses at Stelco and demands the government nationalise it. Bardeesy says this was a betrayal of the agreement and the company has been ordered to come up with a plan. #QP

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Gourde complains about non-disclosure agreements by Alto for expropriations. Leitão praises the project and that the Conservatives used to support it. #QP

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Ruff complains about gun owners not being able to ship firearms for collection without prior authorisation. Ramsay says this is news to him. #QP

Leslie asks about RCMP blocking hunters on a public road. Ramsay says this is a provincial matter. #QP

More lazy scripts about the “affordability crisis,” versus back-patting about benefits provided… #QP

Groleau back up to read the “cost of living crisis” script en français. Desrochers lists projects that will create jobs. Godin decries the job numbers before moving to the same script. Gobeil lists benefits available. #QP

Ellis Ross asks is the Pacific Link will go ahead if just one of 129 First Nations opposes it. Battiste reads some boilerplate about UNDRIP, but won’t really give a yes or no. #QP

Barrett decries delays to veterans disability benefit and the backlog. McKnight thanks him for his service and says that they have reduced wait times by 57 percent and lists other measures the department is taking. #QP

He only has 35 seconds.

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Kibble demands lower food prices. (So, he wants to do some about climate change? No? Well then…) McKnight talks about the school food programme and the GST credit. Same script from Bexte. Hogan first tells Albertans to vote in the referendum before reciting government supports. #QP

Aboulatif reads the same script. Church points to how many constituents in his riding received the enhanced GST credit. #QP

Kirkland laments that the government voted against their plan, which she claims would have lowered food prices. (Spoiler: It would absolutely not) Turnbull lambastes her for not supporting nuclear construction in her riding. #QP

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Barsalou-Duval takes exception to what Louise Arbour said about the monarchy in Quebec. Myles reads a statement that Quebeckers’ priorities are jobs and the economy. Barsalou-Duval then utters bullshit about a “foreign monarch.” Myles repeats his same talking points. #QP

Brassard now sanctimoniously thunders the same in English. Danko heckles “Say it outside, big guy!” Dabrusin recites her points about heat pumps. Danko keeps yelling at him to “Say it outside!” #QP

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Hardy tries to make the heat pump announcement into a conspiracy about Brookfield and the PM’s stock portfolio. Dabrusin praises heat pumps and how great they are to reduce home heating costs. On a follow-up, Provost says that this is “splitting hairs.” #QP

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Cooper returns to the job numbers. Turnbull recites benefits available to help Canadians. #QP

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Patrick Bonin takes over and calls C-39 a “fast-track to dirty oil” and calls on Liberal backbenchers to oppose it. Provost insists that they care about climate change and that they have to work with “all of Canada” to do so. (I wonder who that refers to…) #QP

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Gabriel Ste-Marie leads for the Bloc, and lambastes the government for sacrificing the environment in C-39, and needles that the Conservatives are supporting them in doing so. Dabrusin praises the heat pump announcement from yesterday and says C-39 will help HydroQuebec. #QP

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Jason Groleau also raises the job numbers, but en français. Desrochers reads some good news talking points about Churchill Falls and VIA Rail. #QP

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Vincent Neil Ho takes over to worry about job numbers and includes a sob story from a “constituent” in his riding. Church repeats the lines of volatility and that the government is doing what they can to support Canadians. #QP

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For context, the largest drop of jobs last month was in education services, which was largely attributed to the drop in international students. Also a big drop in health care and social services. These are not trade-exposed. #QP

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 17h

In the #HoC for Friday #QP. Mendès in the Big Chair. Garnet Genuis led off, decrying this morning’s bad job numbers, using apocalyptic terms. Turnbull reminded him we are in a trade war and they have cut taxes.

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It’s a pretty thick judgment at 308 paragraphs. #SCC

The hard copy of the judgment with a pen for scale.

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 18h

The #SCC ruled 5-4 to dismiss an appeal regarding the collision of sentencing for Indigenous offenders when the victim is also Indigenous. A new three-step test has been created for these sentencing situations. #cdnlaw

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Supreme Court of Canada | R. v. Cope

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David Reevely @davidreevely.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The auto sector lobbyists were on the Hill today to call for resumption of negotiations to get tariff-free access to the auto sector back. The UAW wants to maintain the sector 232 tariffs on the auto sector. Canada's auto sector needs to start rethinking the entire industry in this country.

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The trouble, you see, is that the U.S. now has two pro-tariff parties.

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No slight on you intended! I know that *you* are doing the work, but the record of your colleagues of late is not encouraging.

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An attack on the right to strike

For the evening crowd, my latest for @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social on the labour provisions of Bill C-39, and why they are seen as a way to undermine the right to strike #cdnlaw #cdnpoli

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