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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 18h
One in three Canadian payments run through Moneris. Now, RBC and BMO have sold the company to an American private equity firm. What does it mean for our data to be running through an American entity amid a trade war? thewalrus.ca/selling-moneris
On the left: Photo of a person tapping a credit card on a card reader. On the right: text that reads “What does the sale of Moneris mean for data sovereignty? Moneris manages one in three Canadian payments. US private equity is buying it.”
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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Beautifully written, and terribly depressing. If you are, or ever have been, a worker you should read what the federal government's plans to build Canada Strong is proposing to do to federally regulated workers' rights. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Mark Carney says he’s protecting Canadian workers. It’s Orwellian doublespeak
Subject to ministerial review, the right to strike is likely to be much weakened by Bill C-39.
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The Canadian Shield Institute @canadianshieldinstitute.ca · 28/09/2026
Overall, Canadian pension funds don't invest much in Canada. But when you dig into the numbers around equity investing — and particularly private equity, which would capture high-growth companies — the numbers are dire. Read the full analysis here: canadianshieldinstitute.ca/updates/cana...
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Canadian pensions investing in Canadian companies: It's even worse than you think | Canadian Shield Institute
Canada’s eight largest pensions, known as the Maple 8, are world renowned and envied for the Canadian Model. When other countries have looked to...
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 28/09/2026
Ontario’s funding of for-profit medical imaging (MRI) and surgical services is increasing wait time and threatening public health care. New report by @alonghurst.bsky.social for @policyalternatives.ca #onpoli #onpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Not adding up: Surgical and diagnostic privatization in Ontario | CCPA
The Ontario government favours for-profit delivery of surgeries and medical imaging, but the evidence shows this isn't good health policy
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Don’t forget about your local council race. Mayoral politics get all the (limited) oxygen but a councillor can affect your neighbourhood even more. Do they want to solve city wide problems but opt their ward out of the solutions? We’ve got a few of those. My @thestar.com column this week.
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Shawn Micallef: Toronto election: Here’s why you should pay attention to your local council race
In an election year Toronto’s differences are smoothed out and can be overlooked by mayoral candidates who need to deliver uncomplicated ideas, to the whole city, as quickly as possible.
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The Canadian Shield Institute @canadianshieldinstitute.ca · 22/09/2026
“The EU has done so much over the past few years on digital sovereignty, on reducing their dependency on Big Tech,” Canadian Shield Institute Managing Director @vassb.bsky.social says. “I hope we can borrow from them.” www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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What EU Membership Would Mean for Canada
It’s not clear what an “associate” might be, but closer ties are attractive amid Trump’s threats.
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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How is " Fast approvals" = "start constructing before approvals" any different than demolishing the East Wing of the White House to build a vanity project? I'll wait for the soaring oratory about private investment. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Althia Raj: Whatever good is in Mark Carney’s Building Canada Strong Act is poisoned by the toxic rest
The Mark Carney government frames this law as part of its “Canada Strong” plan — and frankly, some parts are good — but toxic with good is still bad.
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Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health @shiftaction.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A federal court has ruled that a case brought by young Canadians to hold the federal government to account for a plan to achieve its climate targets can proceed to a hearing. The government had sought to strike the case before it could proceed to a full hearing #cdnpoli
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Carney government dealt an early blow in climate litigation | CBC News
A federal court refused to strike down a climate lawsuit brought against the Carney government by Canadian youth.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We’ve already had fake AI-generated “neighbourhood” campaigns in Toronto. Now this.
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 20/09/2026
Oh, this is a big deal. www.vanguarddefence.ca/p/canada-for...
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Canada formally applies to join UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force
Canada is moving from observer status to membership in a rapid-reaction defence pact built around the North Atlantic, Baltic and High North
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Vince Beiser @vincebeiser.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My latest in @theguardian.com : Trump says the US doesn’t need Canada. But it’s the source of key minerals for the military www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump says the US doesn’t need Canada. But it’s the source of key minerals for the military | Vince Beiser
Trump himself has acknowledged the US need for Canadian aluminum – and has largely exempted metals from tariffs
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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Genuine Q: when does the UN decide to leave New York?
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Linda McQuaig @lindamcquaig.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This has nothing to do with standing up to Trump. Carney is exploiting our loathing of Trump to remake Canada in interests of corporate elite. #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Linda McQuaig: Carney is using our loathing of Trump to remake Canada in alarming ways
As long as Donald Trump hovers menacingly over the country, Carney has enormous leeway to remake Canada in ways that would — under normal circumstances — alarm many Canadians.
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 16/09/2026
Potash is a major source of revenue for Saskatchewan, much of it driven by exports to the US. But as writer and former public servant Dale Eisler argues, protecting that market can’t be prioritized over Canada’s broader interests. thewalrus.ca/potash-trump-trade-war
On the left: an image of a green bulldozer underground in a mine. On the right: text that “Canada has a weapon in Trump’s trade war. It’s potash. American farmers need it. Let’s use that dependence to fight back”
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 15/09/2026
Extremely timely stuff from @vassb.bsky.social in The Walrus. How much foreign ownership is too much? How do we court investment that grows our economy, without just selling off critical capacity? It's possible, but we need a smart strategy. thewalrus.ca/canada-forei...
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Canada Is Losing the Fight Against Foreign Ownership | The Walrus
We worried about Americans controlling our mines and factories. Now they dominate our digital economy
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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"One of the biggest business tax policy changes in half a century" as per the Director of Policy to the Minister of Finance. www.canada.ca/en/departmen... I guess we're getting so much cash from higher oil prices that we don't need the extra revenues? Cuz we have no pressing needs in housing/care.
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Government of Canada introduces new Productivity Mega Deduction to boost Canada’s advantage as the most competitive G7 country for new business investment - Canada.ca
To boost business investment, enhance certainty and simplicity for businesses, and strengthen Canada’s tax competitiveness, the Government of Canada proposes to implement the Productivity Mega Deduction, which will provide immediate expensing for a broad-based range of depreciable property on a permanent basis. Immediate expensing allows taxpayers to fully write off the cost of an investment in the year that it becomes available for use. This powerful investment incentive will create the conditions for an extended period of higher investment—a Canadian investment supercycle.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
So does this end up playing differently than Kathleen Wynne privatizing Hydro One. (Genuine question!)
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Canadian Climate Institute @climateinstitute.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hundreds of people joined us last week for our Ask Me Anything webinar on Canada's Changing Climate report 2026 with report co-author Dr. Chris Derksen. If you missed the webinar, you can view the recording here: ow.ly/GGEI50ZNo3g
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AMA: 2026 Canada's Changing Climate Report
Learn about the latest science about how Canada's climate is changing and find out how we can prevent the worst outcomes.
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Matthew Mendelsohn @mendelmatt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/radio/justas...
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Digital sovereignty has come up in trade talks, but what does it mean? | CBC Radio
Tensions between Canada and the United States have raised concerns about Canada's digital sovereignty, but what does that term mean, and how can Canada promote it? Experts say it's about making sure C...
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Everything this government does begins (and often ends) with one calculation: how can we help the oil and gas industry? Not workers. Not Albertans. Not even businesses. Just one industry -- one that's clearly captured this government.
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Canadian Climate Institute @climateinstitute.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW: Canada’s emissions are now more than 20 years behind on the country’s 2030 target. Our latest analysis shows the policy choices that have Canada lagging and explains how to get back on track. 👇 440megatonnes.ca/insight/net-zero-c…
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The Canadian Shield Institute @canadianshieldinstitute.ca · 10/09/2026
Canada doesn't need more foreign direct investment. We need a better strategy for investment that drives real growth in the 21st century economy. Today we're publishing a new report looking at how investment has changed, and how Canada should adapt: canadianshieldinstitute.ca/reports/the-...
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Canadian Climate Institute @climateinstitute.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Canada’s economic growth and climate goals don’t have to be in conflict. The next federal budget should make clean growth and innovation a central part of the country’s economic strategy. Read more from Don Drummond, Peter Phillips and Kate Harland ow.ly/QpQF50ZLAwH
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If the federal government caves and the US finds that this red line can be crossed, what other economic concessions will the Trump Administration demand of Canada? New OPINION for Perspectives Journal: perspectivesjournal.ca/canada-us-independent-policy
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Canadian Climate Institute @climateinstitute.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
With a federal budget set for this fall, the choice isn't growth or climate—it's whether Canada builds a real clean growth & innovation plan or bets against the global energy transition, write Don Drummond, Peter Phillips & Climate Institute's Kate Harland⬇️ ow.ly/L3GG50ZKNlE
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Canada doesn’t need to abandon climate efforts in the name of growth or unity - The Hill Times
The next federal budget should clearly lay out a clean growth and innovation plan as part of its economic strategy. Otherwise, this government risks betting against the global energy transition or the opportunity for Canada to be a competitive player in the growing clean market.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A genuinely interesting question how much closer to the EU we'll get so long as we persist with dairy & poultry supply management. Evidence-free opinion: Carney might manage political permission for "end supply management but keep 10,000% tariffs on US dairy specifically" in current circumstances
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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Check out the facts on the economic/political advantage potash gives us in the trade war, in my piece from Friday (gift link) www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?... We "have the cards" if we choose to play them. (Yes, I spell out the resistance from the provinces --and it's limits)
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Gift-redeem
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 07/09/2026
After trade talks with the US collapsed, Carney declared that Canada is “at war.” Staring down Donald Trump’s tariff threats, writer Peter Jones argues Canada may not be able to outmuscle the American economy, but it can exploit its political divisions. ow.ly/EpiK50ZJZ3e
On the left: Photo of US president Donald Trump saluting. On the right: text that reads “Canada can make Trump regret this trade war. We can’t match American economic firepower. But we can make the fight hurt.”
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 07/09/2026
In an August 17 letter to Mark Carney, Ontario premier Doug Ford named Iowa among eight states that could face additional retaliatory tariffs if Canada-US trade talks failed, saying they should feel “the full force of Canada’s response.” ow.ly/rHYc50ZJZ7o
On the left: an illustration of a map of the US with red game pieces being placed on it by an arm draped in red Canadian-flag plaid. On the right: text that reads “Which Trump-supporting states will feel Canada’s tariff fury? Republicans may lose support in the midterm elections in key battlegrounds”
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Yes, but please think of the oil company shareholders! www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Canadians should prepare for a 5 C hotter future, report warns | CBC News
The federal government's new report summarizing the latest science on climate change warns that under current climate policies, the impact on Canadians will likely be "far from benign."
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Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Canada’s Changing Climate Report 2026 Over 100 experts and nearly 1,500 pages, "striking feature of the report is the high degree of certainty that ties so many diverse effects to fossil-fuel emissions as the primary driver of climate change." www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...
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Ottawa issues comprehensive climate report that reflects country’s physical transformation
From retreating glaciers to wildfires and marine heat waves, climate change will likely become even more pronounced, assessment finds
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Todd Julie @toddjulie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Shawn Micallef: Doug Ford has waged a Trump-like war on bike lanes. Here’s how Toronto can fight back
Ford’s war on bike lanes is a culture war. From protests to narrowing roads, here is how Toronto can fight back.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It’s pure culture war hostility, Jake. www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
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Doug Ford’s government rejected Toronto’s proposals to restore traffic lanes and keep bike lanes: sources
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the province walked away from compromises to restore traffic lanes while keeping bike lanes on major streets.
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 02/09/2026
"We are seeing the erosion of public health care in [Alberta], and just yesterday we heard Quebec's premier say that she is interested in her province following down that same path [of privatization]." @alonghurst.bsky.social #PublicHealthCare #HealthcareForAll #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Health-care groups rally against 2-tier health care
Canadian and provincial health-care groups are calling on the federal government to stop Alberta from allowing physicians to practise in both public and private systems. As the CBC's Troy Charles expl...
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Gaining a majority in mid-2026, the Carney government was free to pursue economic growth to achieve greater independence from US-Canada ties. Yet this single-minded agenda misses much of what Canadians expect and need from their federal government.
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What Kind of Country do Canadians Want? | Perspectives Journal
Gaining a majority in mid-2026, the Carney government was free to pursue economic growth to achieve greater independence from US-Canada ties. Yet this single-minded agenda misses much of what Canadian...
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 31/08/2026
New from @policyalternatives.ca Missing in action: Federal leadership on post-secondary funding: The federal government needs to reclaim its role as a leading funder of universities and colleges in Canada #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Missing in action: Federal leadership on post-secondary funding | CCPA
The federal government needs to reclaim its role as a leading funder of universities and colleges in Canada
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A weekend column from me, about a national economy strong enough to survive Trump, but a danger of becoming even more resource-reliant than we already are. www.thestar.com/business/opi...
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Adam Radwanski: Canada’s economy can survive almost anything Donald Trump throws at us — but there could be a price to pay
The future of Canadian manufacturing, and whether we can seize it enough to thrive rather than just survive, is what’s really at stake, writes Adam Radwanski.
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Tyler Meredith @tylermeredith.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Since we are in for the long fight with Trump, what’s the economic strategy that comes next? @jrobson.bsky.social Ginny Roth and I, tackle this great Q in 90 minutes of deep policy nerd-dom. On this week’s @airquotesmedia.bsky.social Herle Burly youtu.be/QdzRoICHz6A?... #cdnpoli #cdnecon
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Canada's Policy Path Forward with Meredith, Robson, and Roth | The Herle Burly
YouTube video by Air Quotes Media
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Very ironic that one of the biggest contributors to Canada's strong 2Q GDP report was a 27% increase in vehicle exports to the US. That reaffirms my point in this @thestar.com commentary: Trump's Jan. 1 doomsday threat to our auto sector is pure theatre thestar.com/business/opi... /2
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The auto trade war Trump started is slowly destroying the industry he promised to save
Since Trump's 2024 election, the U.S. has shed nearly 40,000 auto sector jobs — six times more than Canada lost, writes Jim Stanford. A tariff war is not winning, it's self-sabotage.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New from me at TVO, on the possibility of a longer trade war (or perhaps a new normal) that might be fatal to Canada's auto sector. www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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ANALYSIS: Can Ontario’s auto sector outlast a trade war? | TVO Today
A permanent shift in North American trade might create winners. But car manufacturing probably won’t be one of them.
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Canadian Climate Institute @climateinstitute.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
New study from Pembina Institute shows that Saskatchewan’s decision to extend coal power will cost twice as much as renewables and storage, and will lead to higher electricity rates and higher emissions. ow.ly/jRJM50ZFRVP
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 26/08/2026
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Carney to address E.U. Parliament in push to grow non-U.S. ties
Prime Minister will make the speech in France next month and attend E.U. President’s State of the Union address
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 26/08/2026
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Eby says Canadian retaliation to U.S. trade war should include non-tariff measures
B.C. Premier suggested walking away from buying American fighter jets, hampering shipping of Montana’s thermal coal
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 25/08/2026
As trade tensions reignite, Doug Ford is reviving a threat from an earlier phase of the Canada-U.S. trade war: cutting off electricity exports to the U.S. Can he really do that? What would the impact be? And how much power does Ontario export anyway? @fatimabsyed.bsky.social has answers:
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Ford’s threat to cut power to U.S. amid trade war, explained | The Narwhal
With Canada-U.S. trade war escalating, Ontario Premier Doug Ford could use electricity as leverage against U.S. President Donald Trump
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 26/08/2026
The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs. Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too. Luckily, I have a guide for that.
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Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is major. Jason Kenney is putting the heat on the traitor Danielle Smith. She has undermined every effort by Canada to take the fight to Trump. Now Kenney is taking the fight to her. nationalnewswatch.com/2026/08/25/e...
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Ex-Alberta premier Jason Kenney says oil needs to be on the table in…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
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Stephen Marche @stephenmarche.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If you woke up wondering what Canada does next, there's a show that deals with how Canada keeps its sovereignty in the new world disorder. Eight episodes. Trade. Alliance networks. Military. Technology. Influence. gloves-off.ca
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Gloves Off
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Todd Julie @toddjulie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This seems like a good time to launch that sovereign wealth fund.
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Todd Julie @toddjulie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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PM Mark Carney speaks to media after suspension of Canada-U.S. trade talks – August 22, 2026
YouTube video by cpac
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Quislings gonna quisling
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