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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The emphasis is going to matter here. But: “What a FUCKING piece of work is man.”

Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We probably aren't heading toward another major global conflict. That's the good news. The bad news: I'm much less confident about that than I was only a few months ago. The trend lines are bad! In @thelineca.bsky.social, here's my best shot at explaining what might go wrong, and why.

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My latest column for @thelineca.bsky.social "None of what Harper is suggesting ought to be controversial. Canada is not being asked to make unusual sacrifices, unheard of in the annals of history. We’re being asked to function pretty much like a normal country and do normal-country things."

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"If Canada was in a trade war with a truly 'United' States, filled with terrible purpose like it was after Pearl Harbour or 9/11, the strategic move would be to hide in the outhouse until the big bad wolf had finished flattening our cottage. "But we aren't."

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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 15/09/2026

Opinion: Canada and Ukraine are partnering to build weapons that will be needed in future wars, writes @mattgurney.bsky.social. Both countries play to their strengths: Canada brings relative safety from Russian attack. Ukraine brings a degree of procurement efficiency to which we can only aspire.

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Matt Gurney: Mark Carney’s new Ukraine partnership lets Canada kill 2 birds with 1 drone deal

Building military drones in Canada will be a huge help to Ukraine — and Canada will get two huge assets in return.

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Because I suck at taking time off, my latest in @thelineca.bsky.social. I'm bored of the idiotic debate in this country between "We suck, we deserve this" and "We're perfect, but for Trump." It's neither. Trump is bad. We also have a lot of problems at home. www.readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurne...

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Matt Gurney: Trump didn’t cause most of our problems ... so let’s solve them

Most of what ails us, we did to ourselves. And the great news is, we can stop doing that.

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hey. Tired of these updates yet? I guarantee you that I am! One surgery down. Totally successful, beyond my hopes. Yay! But. Booo: another looms. I hate to see her suffer. But I thank God every day that we got to the surgeries at all. That’s rare. And was impossible when this all started.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 26/08/2026

"No one wants to get into a trade war with their neighbor, let alone one that happens to be the world’s largest economy. But all things considered, Carney is in just about the ideal political situation."

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The Trade War Trump Can’t Win

Trump thought his tough-guy act would force Canada to fold. Instead, it turned Mark Carney into a national hero.

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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 26/08/2026

The instinct of Canadian officials and bureaucracy to be factual with select information, while keeping much of it hidden from the public, will be at odds with the U.S.'s willingness to say pretty much everything and anything to win the info war.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/08/2026

Sticking it to Trump is polling among Canadians at levels normally reserved for claims as contentious as "ice cream is tasty."

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The Trade War Trump Can’t Win

Trump thought his tough-guy act would force Canada to fold. Instead, it turned Mark Carney into a national hero.

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Utterly incoherent message from the UAW here, saying the American autoworkers don't support escalation against Canada except they DO support... auto and heavy truck tariffs. uaw.org/uaw-presiden...

The UAW rejects any escalation on Canada, a country with strong unions and labor standards. If we’re going to increase tariffs anywhere, it should be on countries where automakers continue to offshore jobs because they can pay workers $3 an hour, force them to work in unsafe conditions, and crack down on independent unions.

Here at the UAW, we are fighting to end the free trade disaster. Free trade pits workers against each other across borders and is fueled by corporate greed. That’s why we will always support strategic tariffs, including the 232 tariffs on auto and heavy truck. Tariffs work, but only if they are deployed intentionally to protect workers and grow our manufacturing communities.

It’s time to permanently end offshoring and the race to the bottom. We need well-designed tariffs, and a comprehensive rewrite of the USMCA and other bad trade deals.

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is going to completely screw up the lyrics to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/08/2026

"It’s a trade war, apparently, between the two countries that ought to be the closest allies in the world." And the Canadians, contrary to what the administration may think, are not just going to fold. @mattgurney.bsky.social on Trump's hopeless trade war:

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The Trade War Trump Can’t Win

Trump thought his tough-guy act would force Canada to fold. Instead, it turned Mark Carney into a national hero.

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We aren’t just in a trade war. We are in an info war, too. This isn’t something we are normally good at due to our reflexive secrecy. But we need to win. That means going on the attack. Right now. Tell the world EXACTLY what happened. My latest in the @thestar.com. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

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Matt Gurney: Mark Carney should tell us more about what went wrong with Trump

It’s time to take it up a notch. Tell the entire world exactly what we were prepared to agree to and precisely what the Americans dropped on us at the

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

As promised in our Friday podcast (which we recorded BEFORE the deal blow up!), our main reaction is in our Sunday dispatch. And friends, we do a lot of reacting. www.readtheline.ca/p/dispatch-f...

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Dispatch from the Front Lines: Trade war!

Explain what happened. Open Parliament. Go full Info-War. No peace in our time, baby.

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

One of my iron rules is "don't call it a crisis unless you're actually gonna change your behaviour" because otherwise it's just sparkling panic Canada needs to get uncomfortable with its own complacency and fast.

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

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Matt Gurney: Mark Carney should tell us more about what went wrong with Trump

It’s time to take it up a notch. Tell the entire world exactly what we were prepared to agree to and precisely what the Americans dropped on us at the

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Slim Dude is usually wrong but I agree that my column today is good. Please check it out in the Star.

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"Any significant concession to the United States right now is suicidally reckless. Donald Trump cannot be trusted. A concession now simply sets the stage for America’s next demand." www.readtheline.ca/p/dispatch-n...

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Dispatch: No retreat, baby. No surrender

Yes, we are aware of the irony of quoting an American in this context. But, like, WHAT an American. Right?

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Great to be back in @thebulwark.com. A lot of this will be familiar to my Canadian readers, but I love speaking directly to Americans about this. Trump & Co. are epically wrong that nothing binds the "middle powers" together. They do, with their bonkers actions. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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The Self-Inflicted Decline of American Leadership

Team Trump is inadvertently convincing America’s allies that they need one another more than they need us.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Matt Gurney on how Trump hates all US allies with a passion: "Every speech, tweet, and leaked Signal chat expressing contempt for U.S. allies confirms to other nations and their leaders that America no longer guarantees safety but may now be a threat." We chose this.

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The Self-Inflicted Decline of American Leadership

Team Trump is inadvertently convincing America’s allies that they need one another more than they need us.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 06/08/2026

"Every speech, tweet, and leaked Signal chat expressing contempt for U.S. allies confirms to other nations and their leaders that America no longer guarantees safety but may now be a threat." We chose this. New from @mattgurney.bsky.social:

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The Self-Inflicted Decline of American Leadership

Team Trump is inadvertently convincing America’s allies that they need one another more than they need us.

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Also, my thanks to @davidmoscrop.com for being a good dude.

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

My best shot at explaining, at a macro level, just what the hell is going on between Canada and the U.S., and also within Canada as we try and figure out what to do about the U.S., in the @theguardian.com.

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Personal message from me. I've been quiet for a while and I'll be gone a while longer. See attached.

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

In a clip from the latest episode of The Line Podcast, Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson discuss Pete Hegseth's opportunistic, torqued but, alas, not entirely inaccurate criticisms of Canada. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lOq...

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Being dependent on the U.S. was a bad idea

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Matt Blair @mjmbca.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Great new Mr. Sub slogan.

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Feel very seen by this. Something I've realized about myself is that people lock-in in my minds at a certain age and then just stay there. (My wife will look 21 to me forever, God willing.) And I have weird mental whiplash moments where what my family and friends actually look like now get through.

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Surreal parenting moment today. I was walking home from an errand and way down the road, saw my son walking himself off to go meet some friends to play baseball at the park. It can't be. He's just a baby. Right? It goes so, so fast. But also. Can't remember life before. Sigh.

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

In the latest episode of On The Line, Matt Gurney and @davidshipley.bsky.social talk about how AI is rapidly improving, and even after you exclude hype that comes before IPOs, there are things here, for public safety and even religion, that we must take seriously. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-hb...

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The no-hype reason AI is getting scary

YouTube video by The Line

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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 12/06/2026

OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

From Jen Gerson, something at @thelineca.bsky.social that warms my heart: "It’s becoming clear to me that some Liberal backbenchers are only now starting to understand their predicament. They seem to think that their miraculous election comeback last year was some kind of vindication."

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

In this clip from the latest episode of The Line Podcast, Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson explain why they, and their Jewish friends, are extremely unimpressed by the government's new plan to fight antisemitism. New episodes are released every Friday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAfO...

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Carney's antisemitism plan isn't good enough

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 02/06/2026

Matt Gurney: Mark Carney should also work in coordination with the federal Conservatives. Neither party will love the idea, but Pierre Poilievre has already said that his party and his caucus will campaign to keep Canada united. www.hilltimes.com/2026/06/01/w...

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

In the latest episode of The Line Podcast, Jen Gerson and Matt Gurney explain why they were happy to see recent reports about Mark Carney yelling at his caucus. New episodes of The Line Podcast are released every Friday. Like and subscribe! youtu.be/YivufloniZA?...

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We're glad Carney yells at the Liberals

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

In the latest episode of On The Line, Jen Gerson and @jamespmcleod.ca talk about what Canada can actually do to keep sensitive government data safe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x0w...

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How Canada can have safe data

YouTube video by The Line

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

In the latest episode of On The Line, Jen Gerson and @jamespmcleod.ca talk about the most basic concepts of internet governance, and why you may actually want to be ruled by Ottawa, after all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgjN...

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Libertarians,. tech giants and ... Tims?

YouTube video by The Line

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Today, in @thelineca.bsky.social, we have Ariella Kimmel on what the PM should have said, but didn't say, when he addressed antisemitism in Canada. "What we got from Carney was the safe route with a speech to Jews, in a Jewish space, with little real cost and even less real consequence."

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Today, at @thelineca.bsky.social by Jen Gerson: "Nothing has annoyed me more to date than watching Conservatives stationed in Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal tut-tut their fellow Laurentian Elites, as if being Conservative made them immune to the same prejudicial bias."

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

In the latest episode of On The Line, Jen Gerson asks @jamespmcleod.ca to do a very difficult thing — explain what digital sovereignty is, and why it should matter to Canadians. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEGs...

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What the hell does 'digital sovereignty' mean?

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

In this clip from the latest episode of The Line Podcast, Jen Gerson explains why she felt she had to get into the fight to stop Alberta separatists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wInl...

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Sorry, Alberta. Jen's one of yours.

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

In this clip from the latest episode of The Line Podcast, Matt Gurney tells Jen Gerson what Canada buying Swedish planes for the air force is going to tell Donald Trump and the U.S. government. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyFL...

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Buying European planes is a message to America

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

In this clip from the latest episode of The Line Podcast, Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson talk about how the Trump White House is exploiting Canada ... but how we made it easy. youtu.be/KXfRfPJiAHs?...

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Canada let itself become weak

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

In this clip from the latest episode of The Line Podcast, Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson talk about developments in the U.S.-Canadian trade relationship, and Jen explains why she thinks Canadians don't actually care if Carney gets a deal with Trump. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff56...

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Carney vs. USA

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Matt Gurney @mattgurney.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

In a clip from the latest On The Line, Matt Gurney and @plagasse.bsky.social discuss the reported U.S. demands on Canada for more military support in North America. And why any Canadian PM, Liberal or Conservative, would want to say no. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T05l...

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Trump's demands on Canada

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