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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

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NEW: Buoyed by increasing support in the West, ⁦‪@MarkJCarney‬⁩ has opened up a bigger poll lead over ⁦‪@PierrePoilievre‬⁩ in the April 28 vote. The latest from the Signal, the ⁦‪@TorontoStar‬⁩’s aggregator. #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

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Mark Carney’s Liberals open up a larger lead over Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives, poll analysis suggests

Buoyed by increasing support in the West, Mark Carney's Liberals have opened up a bigger poll lead over Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives in the April 28 vote.

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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

"Canadians are all home. What is Poilievre talking about "bringing it home"? Trump's MAGA? We don't want it in Canada!" 👀 Watch full OShow Scandal Panel here 🔗 youtu.be/aLXx13Yd62A?si… #ElbowsUp #canadavotes2025 🇨🇦

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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Things are so cray cray that by popular demand the boys are back tomorrow on The OShow Scandal Panel to talk Tariffs, Poilievre, Carney and all the issues and madness of this election and time in our country! @keithleslie.bsky.social @markcripps.bsky.social always bring the 🔥🔥 #CanadaSky #Cndpoli 🇨🇦

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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

🇨🇦 "Carney's a serious dude and now Trump knows that we'll never be 51st State! Trump is now acknowledging that he needs Canada." OShow Scandal Panel on Canada US tariffs, Carney, Poilievre, Ford and Smith's betrayal 🔗 youtu.be/nFm-37HH-2A?... #ElbowsUp #CanadaElection #cdnpoli #CanadaSky #Onpoli

THE OSHOW SCANDAL PANEL: Did Carney Work Trump? Is Poilievre Done? Will Danielle Smith Split Canada?

YouTube video by The OShow with Laura Babcock

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL: THERE IS A LOGISTICAL PROBLEM FIGURING OUT USMCA COMPLIANT PARTS, WILL BE DETERMINED AT LATER DATE

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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

⁦‪@PierrePoilievre‬⁩’s first-ever call to Doug Ford was last Monday. That’s two and a half years after Poilievre became ⁦‪@CPC_HQ‬⁩ leader. On Friday, Ford reminded ⁦‪@OntarioPCParty‬⁩ MPPs they will be too “swamped” to help Poilievre. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

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Doug Ford says his ‘absolutely swamped’ MPPs won’t have time to campaign for Pierre Poilievre

Premier Doug Ford is reminding Progressive Conservative cabinet ministers and MPPs they will be too "swamped" with their day jobs to help Pierre Poilievre in the federal election campaign.

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Keith Leslie @keithleslie.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Former Premier Kathleen Wynne rejoins the On The Ledge panel, with Tim Hudak @DaveTrafford John Wright and me, looking at the upcoming election and Doug Ford's role in fighting Trump's tariffs after a new federal government is elected. youtu.be/w6gdEWubK04?...

Did Doug Ford Just Spend $189M on a Cabinet Shuffle?

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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

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🇨🇦"We are under attack from United States! We have new Prime Minister Mark Carney and would be fools as a nation to let petty squabbles or past issues keep us from aligning behind our new leader to deal with this bully!" NEW OShow with @trueeager.bsky.social #CanadaSky 🔗 youtu.be/vsjhDjaQn6g?...

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Keith Leslie @keithleslie.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Politically Speaking podcast with Kathleen Wynne, John Tory, John Wright, @davetrafford.bsky.social and me, looking at Mark Carney's resounding win as Liberal leader and PM-Designate. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

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The Carney Coronation Resets the Federal Liberal Party

Podcast Episode · NOW and NEXT · 2025-03-10 · 54m

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Keith Leslie @keithleslie.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Your On The Ledge panel - John Tory, TimHudak, Dave Trafford and me - dig into the Ontario election results (after getting over the shock of Trump's Oval Office assault on Zelinsky). youtu.be/5VVTrwNQ2Wg?...

Winners, Losers and What's Next for Doug Ford's 3rd Majority Government

Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

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"The People of Ontario didn't give him what he wanted. Ford failed to get 'strong historic mandate' after 200M expensive election. He got what he had before. His win was really about fear of Trump." OShow Scandal Panel on Trump, Poilievre, Ford #CanadaSky #Ontario 🇨🇦 🔗 youtu.be/ukeTiTZIIuY?si…

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Keith Leslie @keithleslie.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

We're back, talking Doug Ford and the Ontario election. youtube.com/watch?v=4hy0...

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

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Doug Ford's on track to win an improbable third majority in Ontario. Now it's a race for second and official party status! Check out today's edition of On the Ledge. @amandagalbraith.bsky.social @keithleslie.bsky.social John Wright and John Tory are at the table! www.spreaker.com/episode/who-...

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Who's got the advantage in the race for second place in the Ontario election?

In this episode of On the Ledge - your Daily Ontario politics podcast: The Grits appear to be making some gains at the expense of the New Democrats. But it's n

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Keith Leslie @keithleslie.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Congratulations Alexander Stewart on your 2025 Juno nominations for Pop Album of the year and Breakthrough Artist!

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Keith Leslie @keithleslie.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

It's a real thing! x.com/Acyn/status/...

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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

"Nobody loves Donald Trump more than Doug Ford! If you are fooled by Captain Canada shtick just look at the videos!" OShow Scandal Panel on why Ford is still doing deals with Elon even after Trump's threats to annex our country #Onpoli #CanadianSky 🇨🇦 🔗 youtu.be/xlBBaMwnoWc?si…

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Brian Platt @brianplatt.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

The latest, according to my info: - Canadians expecting 25% tariffs on all but "energy," which is 10%. That word was used, not specifically oil. To take effect Tuesday. - Canadians were warned not to retaliate, but this is not the first time they've been told that. Canada will still retaliate.

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Keith Leslie @keithleslie.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The Ontario election is underway so in today's podcast @laura-babcock.bsky.social @markcripps.bsky.social and me look at the campaigns and discuss the disappointing foreign interference report. youtu.be/xlBBaMwnoWc?si…

OSHOW SCANDAL PANEL: Is Poilievre Panicking? Will Ford Pay a Price for his Cynical Snap Election?

YouTube video by The OShow with Laura Babcock

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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

A must-read in the ⁦‪⁦‪@TorontoStar‬⁩ from Dan Rath, co-author of Not Without Cause, the searing cautionary tale about the ill-advised 1990 snap election call that saw the defeat of a government that had been leading in the polls. #onpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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Doug Ford is courting disaster with an early election

Ontario's premier is defying history with his unnecessary early election call and inviting unintended consequences.

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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

🎯 "Poilievre doesn't have Trudeau to yell about anymore. He's not best on economy with Carney in. He's off-putting. He doesn't have statesmanship high ground. He's not the Man of the Moment". OShow Scandal Panel on why Poilievre time has passed youtu.be/kykmHvhss3M?si… #CdnPoli #NeverPoilievre 🇨🇦

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Keith Leslie @keithleslie.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

In our first podcast of 2025, your On The Ledge panel - Dave Trafford, Kathleen Wynne, Tim Hudak, John Wright, and me - discuss Doug Ford as Captain Canada and wonder what impact Mark Carney will have on the Conservatives' huge lead in the polls. t.co/LBB0Klo7ID

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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

🇨🇦 OSHOW SCANDAL PANEL "Ford had spotlight but when Carney did The Daily Show interview social media exploded. Stroke of genius!" Can Carney unite Canada? Is Poilievre in trouble? Will Ford call election? Are Canadians standing up to Trump? 👀 youtu.be/kykmHvhss3M?... #Cndpoli #Carney #Onpoli 🇨🇦

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Keith Leslie @keithleslie.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The OShow with Laura Babcock, Mark Cripps and me, looks at Doug Ford successfully donning the Captain Canada hat, and wonder how much Mark Carney can change Liberal fortunes. youtu.be/kykmHvhss3M?si…

THE OSHOW SCANDAL PANEL: Can Carney Unite Canada? Is Poilievre in Trouble? Will Ford Call Election?

YouTube video by The OShow with Laura Babcock

John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

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New from me at TVO: Couldn't let the week end without talking about NYC's congestion charge and the lamentable political consensus in Ontario against something that works. amp.tvo.org/article/opinion-why-wont-ontario-talk-about-the-one-method-proven-to-reduce-congestion

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OPINION: Why won’t Ontario talk about the one method proven to reduce congestion? | TVO Today

No political party with a shot of forming government supports road pricing, even though it works. Instead, we fight about a bunch of stuff that doesn’t.

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Here's my new piece. It's a deep dive into why Millennials have been infantilized and why teenagerness has been extended into young adulthood: it's a tool of social control to render entire generations incapable of organizing to fight back. noraloreto.substack.com/p/inventing-...

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Inventing the whiny, entitled Millennial

How avocado toast became a weapon of generational warfare that stripped Millennials of the autonomy and capacity to resist.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 07/01/2025

NEW: President-elect Trump suggests he would not rule out using military force to acquire the Panama Canal and Greenland, and “economic force” to annex Canada.

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Trump suggests he could use military force to acquire Panama Canal and Greenland and 'economic force' to annex Canada

Trump said he would not use military force against Canada.

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

We solve the housing crisis, give @bonniecrombie.bsky.social kudos for her LTT exemption plan and wonder whether #DougFord will really pull the plug on US bound power. Check out this week’s edition of On the Ledge - your Ontario politics podcast. youtu.be/dtfrMMJVmnI?...

It's SIMPLE! You can't solve the housing shortage IF YOU'RE NOT BUILDING HOUSES!

Keith Leslie @keithleslie.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

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Your On The Ledge panel - @davetrafford.bsky.social, Tim Hudak, Kathleen Wynne, John Wright, and me - dig into the Auditor General's damning report. youtu.be/KKaTDXgA2hA?...

Ford's offensive on FOX while the AG has the Premier on the defensive

Keith Leslie @keithleslie.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

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You're making a real difference every weekend for people who desperately need help Laura. Governments are failing to stop homelessness from getting worse.

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Mark Shaw 🇨🇦✌️🇪🇺 @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Ontario politics is frustrating because the lesson of 1943-1985 was “Liberals and NDP refused to cooperate for 40 years” And we learned nothing and we’re just going to do that again.

Ontario Election results over time.
PCs won 1943 - 1985

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Keith Leslie @keithleslie.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Your On The Ledge panel, Dave Trafford, John Wright, Tim Hudak and me, digs into the NS election results and Doug Ford's emotional reaction to Trump's 25% tariffs. On YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. youtu.be/zZhkjyoV0Q8?...

Trump's got Doug and Justin TARIFF-ied

John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

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New from me at TVO: Ontario is gently poking at the idea of nuclear power plants in new places. That's going to be harder than recent projects have been. amp.tvo.org/article/can-ontario-get-nuclear-power-plants-built-in-new-places-were-about-to-find-out

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Can Ontario get nuclear-power plants built in new places? We’re about to find out | TVO Today

The province may not need community approval to build a plant anywhere it wants to. But it’ll be easier on elected officials if they can persuade a local council to express support.

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 28/11/2024

Canada is deeply dependent on nuclear power but has no place to store the toxic waste. After a 14-year search, Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and Ignace, Ont. — northwest of Lake Superior — have been selected as the preferred site for it. via @fatimabsyed.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/ontario-nucl...

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Canada’s nuclear waste could go to northwestern Ontario | The Narwhal

Nuclear waste from across Canada could be sent to Ignace, Ont., northwest of Lake Superior, pending environmental approvals

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Keith Leslie @keithleslie.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Not one mention of oil in reports by ABC News, CBS News, or NBC News on Trump's threatened 25% tariffs on all Canadian (and Mexican) imports. Canada has some work to do on its messaging.

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Alina Cameron @alinacameron.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Ah memories. Northern MPPs Greg Rickford and Kevin Holland still block autism families from meeting with them - years later. Over 50,000 kids are stuck on a waitlist for core autism services. #50KIsNotOk #Onpoli #onted #WeHaveReceipts www.country1053.ca/2019/11/07/1...

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Families Rally At Rickford Event

A small group of northern Ontario families gathered with signs outside of the Prince Arthur Hotel where Minist...

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

If you’re an #onpoli watcher, you might enjoy On the Ledge - your Ontario politics Podcast. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/o... youtu.be/bNvrdffCjew?...

Marit Stiles wins the message war in Question Period

Keith Leslie @keithleslie.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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My first BlueSky post is the latest edition of our weekly Ontario politics podcast "On The Ledge," with Dave Trafford, Kathleen Wynne, Tim Hudak, John Wright and me. Give us a listen/view. youtu.be/bNvrdffCjew?...

Marit Stiles wins the message war in Question Period