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🍁lesundini

@lesundini.bsky.social
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Apply Hanlon's Razor for sanity: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." Hitchens for efficiency "What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence." Use Occam for the rest.

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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Whatever the demand, growing or leveling, It makes CA look like a stable source for any products. A good aim now is aligning stable-countries with stable-countries in as many ways as possible. Bonus: it'll help all of us stay that way. #cdnpoli #carney #canada www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/w...
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Houthis Claim Attack on Aramco as Yemen Conflict Escalates (Gift Article)
The announcement plunges the Middle East deeper into war, as the Iran-allied Houthis have scored a series of triumphs in Yemen on the battlefield since the conflict was reignited.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A pretty good summary of the issues affecting unions and the handling of potentially damaging strike action. #cdnpoli #carney #canada www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0ef8547...
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Ottawa strikes a better balance on labour
The proposed changes are a sensible way to reduce economic harm from disputes
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
China is showing "energy superpower" - on the street. Not being one means being very vulnerable, as China's neighbours are finding out. We don't need enough to wield it but to be at the level of "defensive energy power" in several areas. #cdnpoli #usa #carney www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/b...
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China Stockpiled Oil, and Now It Could Dominate the Energy Landscape (Gift Article)
The war with Iran revealed just how much influence the world’s biggest oil importer has over prices and other countries’ supplies of jet fuel, gasoline and diesel.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NYT - 2 experienced european-beat journalists analyze the Can-EU partnership possibilities -- discussing the easy partnering to do and the harder things. #cdnpoli #carney #EU #cusma www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/w...
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E.U.-Canada Ambitions Face Reality Check as Trump Bristles (Gift Article)
The bloc’s offer of “associate member” status to Ottawa shows how U.S. allies are pulling closer together. But their plans face significant obstacles.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Do you want to know what's really going on in a trade negotiation and the prognosis for Canada-US trade deals? Butts & Moore were 'in the room' and don't hold back on the action. Informative and entertaining. #cdnpoli #carney #usa #cusma www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MNu...
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Moore-Butts: What Happens "Inside The Room"?
YouTube video by The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trump is throwing ketchup right now. The Fed did as expected, NYT has some good comments on reasoning and the expectation of more raises to come. #cdnpoli #usa #economy www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...
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Live Updates: Warsh and Fed Officials Are Expected to Raise Interest Rates Despite Trump's Demands (Gift Article)
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since 2023, by a quarter of a percentage point. The move puts its new leader, Kevin Warsh, at odds with President Trump.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The obvious is now hitting mainstream US news. Even a powerful economy can't hold up against a wide range of constant economic idiocy. It bodes well for canadian investment and bad for GOP in midterms. #cdnpoli #carney #maga www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/b...
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The World Economy Is Becoming Wary of the U.S. (Gift Article)
America’s position of global economic stability is starting to look shakier as the Trump administration piles on debt and doubles down on sanctions.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's a pretty rare case where we say "Boy, if only we could get the government to run this !" The gov is needed for some regs etc but operationally? PE responds to customers, Gov responds to voters, so uses the wrong source of influence. #cdnpoli #carney www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...
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Can Airports Run Better? Private Equity Tackles Travel | Working Knowledge
Amid a wave of airport privatization, PE ownership is linked to higher airport quality, according to an extensive analysis of international and regional airports by Sabrina T. Howell.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This isn't the most illogical or worst premised editorial the GM has done BUT if we ever lose the one that is then it'll definitely be in the running. Total drivel. #cdnpoli #carney #poilievre
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Yep. Trump is making everyone nervous. Hard to see how bonds aren't going to be pressured even more. #cdnpoli #Carney #usa www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/w...
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Dutch Central Bank Cuts Gold Reserves in U.S., Citing ‘Geopolitical Unrest’
The Netherlands moved some 90 tons of gold out of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, the second European nation this year to announce it had decreased or eliminated U.S. gold holdings.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Tariffs?! At this stage they're secondary in the issues between Canada and USA. Not unimportant, but presently they rank far below sovereignty concerns. #cdnpoli #altapoli #DanielleSmith
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I'm pinning this on the fridge. There's a lot of factors involved but some serve as good markers. It may help me understand what's coming down in the next while, including various political moves. #cdnpol #USA #carney www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/b...
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Bond Sell-Off Threatens to Squeeze Borrowers Around the World (Gift Article)
Government bond yields are hitting multi-decade highs, reflecting anxiety about debt levels, deficits and inflation. The effects will extend to mortgages, business loans and other types of credit.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It's getting impossible to keep up with the progress in solar. A big advantage of this approach is it uses areas that are otherwise useless anyway unlike field-based solar farms. #renewable #solar www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/c...
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Sun-Ways Is Testing Out Train Track Solar Farms (Gift Article)
A pilot program placing solar panels between the rails has proven successful enough that the idea is spreading to Italy, France and Korea.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Star has a reasonably well-sourced story of the flailing of the trade talks. It definitely needed rejection. #cdnpoli #carney www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
How long before some consolidation of the defectors? There's enough to form 3 new parties. The right does need a clear line between RWNJ's and standard issue conservatives. It would help the country if it carried over into PP's cons too. #cdnpoli #bcpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0ef8547...
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The shocking implosion of B.C.’s Conservative Party
Defections from the party are a boon to David Eby’s NDP government
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
You know the CPC has lost relevance when an NDP rep on 'Power and Politics' has to explain why Carney should accept speaking at the EU parliament rather than recall ours when the Cons have not proposed anything to discuss in a "here's what we'd do" way and just waste very valuable time. #cdnpoli
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Canada is stirring up a bit of self-awareness in americans. Frank Bruni's comment on Trump "Talk loudly and carry a puny strand of spagetti." and how he's weakened USA's international power and ability to influence. #cdnpoli #carney #Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...
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Opinion | The Pompous Proof of an America in Decline (Gift Article)
Even Machiavelli wouldn’t like Trump’s doings.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
CBC's Barton interview/showcase of Greer left us in the same situation as Hanomansing's 51st state promotion - that WE should do the factchecking online later rather than a reputed journalist actually serving the role of journalism to get us the facts -- or why are we tuning in. #cdnpoli #carney
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
CBC's Barton did her both-siding presentation of USA's Greers blathering non-answers AFTER the news was out that Trump had indicated last minute changes occurred. Jeeeez. CBC is soooo hard to support, much as it could be so good in theory. #cbc #cdnpoli #carney www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps...
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Trump reportedly suggests U.S. added conditions at 11th hour of negotiations as Canada hits back on tariffs
The federal government announced its plan for counter-tariffs on billions worth of U.S. products on Tuesday, while Donald Trump openly considered renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America."
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Rosemarie Barton does her CNN style 'interview'. Asking questions then allowing nonsense answers serve as a reply. Always disappointing. #cbc #barton #cdnpoli #carney www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuIc...
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CBC News: The National | Trump's trade rep disputes why talks collapsed
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Curse of Politics pod -- having an articulate, informed NDP, Conservative, and Liberal toss around what happened with the trade deal and political repercussions with a touch of humour. Great watch, enjoy, and learn pod. #cdnpoli #carney www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK74...
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War | Curse of Politics
YouTube video by Air Quotes Media
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Headline - "...while the United States offered Canada what it said was the best deal of any country, what Canada had to give up in exchange was seen as unthinkable." While still soft on the US demands, treating "ok, only one beating a day" as a US concession - it touches most issues. #cdnpoli
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The AI boom has risks beyond the obvious power and water issues. This article digs into a big one. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/b...
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How Big Tech’s A.I. Borrowing Binge Is Driving Up Bond Yields (Gift Article)
Analysts said the recent rise in Treasury yields partly reflected investor expectations that A.I.-driven growth could keep interest rates elevated.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Touching on some in-your-face problems that rising heat levels cause and the stop-gap actions. The world needs to get serious in both directions. #cdnpoli www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/w...
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As Europe Gets Hotter, Its Transportation Systems Struggle to Cope (Gift Article)
The continent’s railways and roads “were engineered for a climate that no longer exists,” one expert said.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Unfortunately for Cuba, this plan could work. This Castro seemed in pretty solid with the Trump cabal and would be a known figure in Cuba already. It never ends. #cdnpoli #maga #politics www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/w...
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How Raúl Castro’s Grandson, Raúl G. Rodríguez Castro, Became a Power Broker (Gift Article)
The Castro family envoy, Raúl G. Rodríguez Castro, who has been in talks with the Trump administration, was once named in a case targeting a Cuban smuggling ring.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This seems more important than any meaningless shakey agreement we get with the USA. Already predicting $70b in a few years which will be a nice foothold to have in the world's most populous country and it's fast-growing economy. #cdnpoli #canada #India www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0ef8547...
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Trump factor spurs Canada and India to make progress on trade negotiations
The two countries are discreetly making strides toward a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 07/08/2026
Canada adds 75,000 jobs in July as unemployment rate ticks down. Jobs numbers beat economists’ expectations in July, while the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in two years, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
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Canada adds 75,000 jobs in July as unemployment rate ticks down
Statistics Canada said the country is now up 181,000 jobs since April, and 196,000 from a year ago.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We need to get serious about the situation we're in. Trump's coming tariffs on hockey sticks etc are distracting us from the big picture of what's happening to world security. #usa #cdnpoli #Iran #Ukraine www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
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Opinion | The War That Could Swallow the World (Gift Article)
Whatever is happening in Iran, it isn’t working.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Ukraine has been ramping up it's attacks on the major on-line supplier in Russia. It's getting some attention. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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Ukraine hits more Wildberries facilities, continuing nearly two weeks of strikes on online retailer
Ukraine has struck over a dozen of the retailer’s depots, part of Kyiv’s aerial campaign aimed at undermining Russia’s war effort
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
No, the USA is not coming back. Kagan defends the tossing aside of the 'check and balance' role of USSC with a "Cons will be cons" shrug. 'Defend my club, the Court' takes precedence over 'defend the country and constitution'. #cdnpoli #usa #politics www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...
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Kagan Says Supreme Court Has Stood Up to Trump in Key Cases (Gift Article)
At an annual meeting of judges and lawyers, the liberal justice defended her conservative colleagues from criticism that they have rubber-stamped President Trump’s agenda.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
A truly canadian story in the NYTimes. Northern, immigrants, entrepreneurism, love of the land, so much of what we think of as 'canadian'. #cdnpoli #canada www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/w...
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Iqaluit, Canada’s Most Northern City, Gets Its First Bus Line (Gift Article)
Jacinto Marques left Angola for Canada’s frozen edge. Now he’s running a bus service in Iqaluit, the largest, and only city in Canada’s Arctic.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
An excellent writeup on the current battle that Wikipedia is in around the world but especially with Maga and the Trump administration. #usa #trump #journalism www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/b...
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Wikipedia Is Battling for the Soul of the Internet
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Many journalists are the original clickbaiters - to justify their pay. Writing skills do not depend on logical thinking skills. Althia doesn't see how "Davos" and "Maga" talks can sit side by side -- and need to -- without conflict. Embarrassing. #cdnpoli #carney www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs__...
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Reporter's Notebook -- Raj and Russo on Canada/Us and Much More
YouTube video by The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This as as good an explanation as any for why our politicians and the public, all through the political spectrum, are so spineless and mealy-mouthed about this situation. #cdnpoli #altapoli
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Prof Timothy Snyder explains it to Katie Couric at the "Fascism for Dummies" level. Walking through the parallels ( and direct ties) between what happened in Hungary and what is happening in the USA. Excellent, easy to listen to. #usa #maga #ucp #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U0I...
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Historian Timothy Snyder on Orbán's Defeat, Christian Nationalism, and What Trump Is Really Planning
YouTube video by Katie Couric
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Very good decision. We want parliament to work well and we need voices heard. #cdnpoli #canada #NDP #carney www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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NDP parliamentary funding reinstated a year after losing party status
The federal NDP caucus has had its parliamentary funding reinstated, a year after losing official party status in the April 2025 general election.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
When the caribou gets away do these same 'packminds' tell us "the wolves collectively decided to not catch the caribou"? It's a spin on Aesop's "sour grapes" . Just because you fail to get something doesn't mean you didn't want it. #cdnpoli #canada #election
wolves are closing in on a caribou.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
A Con, a Lib, an NDP walk into a bar . . . This podcast has helped keep me sane for quite a while. The regular political insiders in full casual mode, like an after-the-game pub gathering. Informative, funny, a bit vulgar ... just like real life. #cdnpoli #canada www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N-J...
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Majority Mark | Curse of Politics
YouTube video by Air Quotes Media
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I chuckled reading this. It was both a good "the ham-bone is connected to the thigh-bone" AND a quick summary of the breadth of the Liberal party today. #cdnpoli #carney #canada
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I was impressed with the 3 Liberal candidates for the 3 byelections and they certainly settled down any qualms about the party after witnessing all the hairpulling over the Gladu cross-over. #cdnpoli #Gladu #carney
The 3 Liberal candidates for the by-elections on Monday, April 13.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Karina Gould: There is nothing about Carney’s approach which is inconsistent with the party’s values. “We can be excellent stewards of the economy and also protect social programs and expand people’s access to social programs and rights and protect the environment,” www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
What's happening is not a secret but this is a good sampling from the USA with a bit from other authoritarian states like Turkey, Russia and Hungary. #gender #DEI #women NYT - I’ve Covered Women in the Workplace for 15 Years. Something Alarming Is Happening. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/o...
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Opinion | I’ve Covered Women in the Workplace for 15 Years. Something Alarming Is Happening.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
A 'must read' for all canadians. The 'straight from the horses mouth' leaves no need for second hand impressions. #alberta #cdnpoli #altapoli thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Among the Separatists | The Tyee
I wanted to learn the true target of their angry dreams. What I heard made me tremble for the Alberta I love.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
WHAT! Carney actually "cautiously pleased" the Sierra Club! Bluesky has been plastered with "Carney hates environment!" posts and articles for months. OK, wait ... is it April 1st back east? #carney #cdnpoli #green #ndp www.sierraclub.ca/canada-natur...
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Downpayment on Nature Would Make Canada Stonger: Nature Strategy (post-announcement release) - Sierra Club Canada
At odds with the Federal Government’s recent decision to subsidize Equinor’s Bay du Nord oil project to the tune of up to $1 billion. Bay du Nord is a project with a 16% chance of an extremely large o...
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
These seem like sound, implementable approaches on some environmental protection/enhancement. Good to see. #carney #cdnpoli #green www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
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Prime Minister Carney launches new nature strategy to protect Canada’s natural environment
The beauty of Canada’s natural environment is increasingly under threat.
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
"I fear we Americans are slipping away from (inconsistent and sometimes hypocritical) respect for international law toward an age where anything goes." - Slipping started 50 years with Reagan, now merely accelerating as downhills slides are wont. USA selfawareness gap is staggering. #USA #trump
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Max gives some clear explanations of some of the issues with our energy sector and exports. #cdnpoli
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Not much to disagree with in this analysis by Stéphane Dion. -- don't use UN as the metric - Our allies are roughly doing as we're doing, for the same reasons. and "I understand that reasonable people may come to a conclusion different from mine." #cdnpoli #iran open.substack.com/pub/sagecana...
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Guest Column: How to Take Sides on the Intervention in Iran
By Stéphane Dion, Diplomat in residence at the University of Montreal
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The Abacus link has various breakdowns by voter category. e.g. The majority of the 'base' of CPC is younger, male, highschool or less. Interesting data. #canpoli #CPC #canada abacusdata.ca/who-is-in-th...
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Who is in the Conservative Party "base" and how does it differ from other Canadians - Abacus Data
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🍁lesundini @lesundini.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
From "Canada.ca" website. "...federal public service by department or agency" totals: 2015 = 257K, 2025 = 357K. We can't possibly be getting 40% !! more service from the government over the last 10 years as things became more digitized and automated. Whaaa... happened? #cdnpoli #canada
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