Well, there's your problem right there! Your spirited, thoughtful, and inspirational exhortation won't fit on a red baseball cap!
Have you tried "Drill baby drill!"?
Ottawa to remove many federal exceptions from Canadian Free Trade Agreement
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Have you tried "Drill baby drill!"?
Never been able to wear one of those. I can wear a helmet, hard hat, bandanna, etc…but never a ball cap ‘cuz it bugs me how much it limits my vision.
The Conservatives might be right when they argue that Carney is the wrong port in a storm. It is certainly hard to look at our dire economic indicators and think that giving the party who produced them another go is the right call.
MacDougall: Welcome to the ‘change’ election — where everyone is ‘change’
The Trump tempest has voters seeking a safe habour. As Carney distances himself from past policies, Poilivre needs to keep that in mind.
Maybe we should make y'all the fifty-second state, and Greenland the fifty-first.
That way, your PM'll only be a governor. And nobody knows (or cares) from governors. Hell, I can't rightly recollect who MY governor is.
That way, your PM'll only be a governor. And nobody knows (or cares) from governors. Hell, I can't rightly recollect who MY governor is.
52nd? What about Panama? They’re gonna feel neglected.
That is exactly what Trump is hoping for. Naturally, the radical left will play into his hand and then claim they won.
Canada is doing exactly what Trump wants. Pipelines, critical mineral deveopements, LNG, arctic ports, Canadian tariffs on China...
Did I miss anything?
China’s retaliation? Canadians boycotting American products? A century of relations down the toilet? The potential cancellation of the F35 contract, or 80% of it anyway?
Look at it with fresh eyes. EVERYTHING Canada is doing to retaliate against Trump is exactly what Trump wants. Who would love an an active Port of Churchill or Gray's Bay that Carney is running wit? US Navy maybe? Who needs more Nickle and cobalt? US weapons manufacturers? REEs US or Canada? Pipelines and oil Ports? Sure that opens up 250000 rail oil tankers.
The list goes on. How do we pay for it? Tariffs. Where is the tariff money going? To you and me?
We can take it out of this whole carbon tax bullshit scheme that they’ve been sucking out of us for the last seven years.
Fund war minerals and fuel.
I'm still in the circle but outer edges. If we are economic war, why would US still be investing in Canadian energy?
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Are they investing in Canadian (the country) energy (?) or Canadian (the future state) energy?Fund war minerals and fuel.
I'm still in the circle but outer edges. If we are economic war, why would US still be investing in Canadian energy?
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Cool. But doesn’t answer the questions…
Fund war minerals and fuel.
I'm still in the circle but outer edges. If we are economic war, why would US still be investing in Canadian energy?
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Both Canada and US are in war mode. Everything now on the table to be dug up or projects promoted as neccessity is war orientated.
We've had this conversation a couple months ago but involved an economic union and protecting the Arctic. Its still going ahead but the approach change but the bill of goods hasn't. Have you not heard Carney on Churchill and Gray's Bay as necessary to move grain and potash. Really? We need another potash terminal? Neptune and Pt Moody both built to handle several more mines isn't good enough?
What's the truth?
Now all we need is Trump to say "we'll give a $100K moving bonus to any brainiac who leaves Canada for US. Id love to see thresponses from GoC. How hard will they fight to stop the brain drain?
So…who’s serious about what? Have the stripes been exchanged for polkadots (?) or a slightly different shade of stripes?
Do we really want to sell more oil to China and the rest of the scumbags Russia was supplying?
(YouTube & LILLEY UNLEASHED: Carney won't repeal anti-pipeline legislation)
So…who’s serious about what? Have the stripes been exchanged for polkadots (?) or a slightly different shade of stripes?
(YouTube & Bill C69 Dude)
That’s a good question. Outside of Canada & the US, I’ve heard the world is bigger than China & the country’s that Russia was supplying, but that’s a damn good start, if we’re looking at more than just oil or natural gas, etc…but a journey of 1000 miles begins with the first pipeline in a direction, other than just south.
Imagine if we sold it for just the difference between the world price and what we sell it to the Americans for? You know, in an “America is subsidizing Canada” sorta way.
Imagine if Canadian oil fueled these ships.
Whether Trump likes it or not, some hot new torpedo bats are Canadian
In fact Quebec City's B45 Baseball company says 12 Major League players are already using their new bats with more placing orders
Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Published Apr 02, 2025 • Last updated 13 hours ago • 3 minute read
Toronto Blue Jays Davis Schneider uses the torpedo bat made by B45 Baseball in Quebec City, during 2nd inning action against the Washington Nationals in Toronto, on April 2, 2025.
Toronto Blue Jays Davis Schneider uses the torpedo bat made by B45 Baseball in Quebec City, during 2nd inning action against the Washington Nationals in Toronto, on April 2, 2025.
Perhaps, no one should tell President Donald Trump, but some of those torpedo bats making a splash in Major League Baseball might be considered cross-border imports.
The makers of these hot new torpedo bats are not only swinging for the fences but sending baseballs flying across the border from Quebec into the United States.
It’s safe to say this tiny baseball B45 bat company not only hit a major-league grand slam but they have done it in both of Canada’s official languages — primarily with Canadian yellow birch wood harvested mostly in Quebec.
People are going batty over these odd-looking baseball bats that some believe offer players more power from the plate.
And some of these torpedo bats are being manufactured in Canada. While some of the yellow birch — Quebec’s official trees — are harvested are in Maine, near the Quebec border, most are Canadian.
“This is an all-Canadian operation,” said Marie-Pier Gosselin, general manager of B45 Baseball in Quebec City.
Proudly.
Don't tell President Donald Trump some of those torpedo bats making a splash in Major League Baseball are cross-border imports.
B45 Baseball in Quebec City, is the company that makes torpedo bats.
The motto and slogan of their company, which is partially owned by former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher and Quebec product Eric Gagne, is “First to believe.” And believe they did when MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt came to them with an idea to change a bat’s barrel — at the point where it’s the fattest — so the ball explodes off the bat.
Time will tell. So far these torpedo bats have been the talk of the first week of the 2025 major-league season where they’ve been used by players to hit 20 home runs so far.
“We got on board right away and started making them about a year ago,” said Gosselin. “We had no idea all of this would happen.”
But it did fit in well with their mission statement which is “to remain the leader in the manufacturing of baseball bats and equipment recognized for their absolute quality and innovation for both professional and amateur players.”
These torpedo bats are part of that innovation. With three American competitors also in the race for the future, B45 is not the only company making them. But the company was among the first and “we are the only company using yellow birch,” said Gosselin.
They have more major league players using their torpedo bats than they have people making them.
“We have 10 employees,” she said. “We have 12 players using them so far.”
Both may grow.
“We have had 35 orders come from players so pretty soon there will be 50 players using them.”
Current Toronto Blue Jays hitter Davis Schneider is one of them.
“Who doesn’t love a big barrel,” No. 36 told Sportsnet, adding it feels like swinging any other bat.
Photographer Ernest Dorozsuk took some cool images of Schneider swinging the B45 bat, but so far, Schneider hasn’t hit a dinger with a torpedo.
Either way, it’s an exciting time for this cool little group swinging above their weight.
“Back in 2004, forest engineers from Quebec City, Canada, hardly believed that yellow birch would make exceptional baseball bats” but Gosselin said they “joined their knowledge with the experience of professional baseball players to handcraft the first ever bat made out of yellow birch, a wood that possesses extraordinary physical characteristics.”
While there may be issues ahead — Trump’s trade war or a possible ban of torpedo bats — Gosselin doesn’t think either will stop their growth as there are players in many markets looking for their bats. It reminds one of the curved hockey stick craze of Chicago Black Hawks legends Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull back in the 1960s.
Those sticks changed the game of hockey, and this new bat will do the same for baseball. Some are saying it’s the biggest innovation to the game in 100 years.
The rest is history, as they help write a new chapter for America’s pastime by hitting some big home runs of their own.
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In fact Quebec City's B45 Baseball company says 12 Major League players are already using their new bats with more placing orders
Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Published Apr 02, 2025 • Last updated 13 hours ago • 3 minute read
Toronto Blue Jays Davis Schneider uses the torpedo bat made by B45 Baseball in Quebec City, during 2nd inning action against the Washington Nationals in Toronto, on April 2, 2025.
Toronto Blue Jays Davis Schneider uses the torpedo bat made by B45 Baseball in Quebec City, during 2nd inning action against the Washington Nationals in Toronto, on April 2, 2025.
Perhaps, no one should tell President Donald Trump, but some of those torpedo bats making a splash in Major League Baseball might be considered cross-border imports.
The makers of these hot new torpedo bats are not only swinging for the fences but sending baseballs flying across the border from Quebec into the United States.
It’s safe to say this tiny baseball B45 bat company not only hit a major-league grand slam but they have done it in both of Canada’s official languages — primarily with Canadian yellow birch wood harvested mostly in Quebec.
People are going batty over these odd-looking baseball bats that some believe offer players more power from the plate.
And some of these torpedo bats are being manufactured in Canada. While some of the yellow birch — Quebec’s official trees — are harvested are in Maine, near the Quebec border, most are Canadian.
“This is an all-Canadian operation,” said Marie-Pier Gosselin, general manager of B45 Baseball in Quebec City.
Proudly.
Don't tell President Donald Trump some of those torpedo bats making a splash in Major League Baseball are cross-border imports.
B45 Baseball in Quebec City, is the company that makes torpedo bats.
The motto and slogan of their company, which is partially owned by former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher and Quebec product Eric Gagne, is “First to believe.” And believe they did when MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt came to them with an idea to change a bat’s barrel — at the point where it’s the fattest — so the ball explodes off the bat.
Time will tell. So far these torpedo bats have been the talk of the first week of the 2025 major-league season where they’ve been used by players to hit 20 home runs so far.
“We got on board right away and started making them about a year ago,” said Gosselin. “We had no idea all of this would happen.”
But it did fit in well with their mission statement which is “to remain the leader in the manufacturing of baseball bats and equipment recognized for their absolute quality and innovation for both professional and amateur players.”
These torpedo bats are part of that innovation. With three American competitors also in the race for the future, B45 is not the only company making them. But the company was among the first and “we are the only company using yellow birch,” said Gosselin.
They have more major league players using their torpedo bats than they have people making them.
“We have 10 employees,” she said. “We have 12 players using them so far.”
Both may grow.
“We have had 35 orders come from players so pretty soon there will be 50 players using them.”
Current Toronto Blue Jays hitter Davis Schneider is one of them.
“Who doesn’t love a big barrel,” No. 36 told Sportsnet, adding it feels like swinging any other bat.
Photographer Ernest Dorozsuk took some cool images of Schneider swinging the B45 bat, but so far, Schneider hasn’t hit a dinger with a torpedo.
Either way, it’s an exciting time for this cool little group swinging above their weight.
“Back in 2004, forest engineers from Quebec City, Canada, hardly believed that yellow birch would make exceptional baseball bats” but Gosselin said they “joined their knowledge with the experience of professional baseball players to handcraft the first ever bat made out of yellow birch, a wood that possesses extraordinary physical characteristics.”
While there may be issues ahead — Trump’s trade war or a possible ban of torpedo bats — Gosselin doesn’t think either will stop their growth as there are players in many markets looking for their bats. It reminds one of the curved hockey stick craze of Chicago Black Hawks legends Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull back in the 1960s.
Those sticks changed the game of hockey, and this new bat will do the same for baseball. Some are saying it’s the biggest innovation to the game in 100 years.
The rest is history, as they help write a new chapter for America’s pastime by hitting some big home runs of their own.
WARMINGTON: Whether Trump likes it or not, some hot new torpedo bats are Canadian
Don't tell President Donald Trump some of those torpedo bats making a splash in Major League Baseball are cross-border imports.
hopefully aaron will help the leafs.Whether Trump likes it or not, some hot new torpedo bats are Canadian
In fact Quebec City's B45 Baseball company says 12 Major League players are already using their new bats with more placing orders
Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Published Apr 02, 2025 • Last updated 13 hours ago • 3 minute read
Toronto Blue Jays Davis Schneider uses the torpedo bat made by B45 Baseball in Quebec City, during 2nd inning action against the Washington Nationals in Toronto, on April 2, 2025.
Toronto Blue Jays Davis Schneider uses the torpedo bat made by B45 Baseball in Quebec City, during 2nd inning action against the Washington Nationals in Toronto, on April 2, 2025.
Perhaps, no one should tell President Donald Trump, but some of those torpedo bats making a splash in Major League Baseball might be considered cross-border imports.
The makers of these hot new torpedo bats are not only swinging for the fences but sending baseballs flying across the border from Quebec into the United States.
It’s safe to say this tiny baseball B45 bat company not only hit a major-league grand slam but they have done it in both of Canada’s official languages — primarily with Canadian yellow birch wood harvested mostly in Quebec.
People are going batty over these odd-looking baseball bats that some believe offer players more power from the plate.
And some of these torpedo bats are being manufactured in Canada. While some of the yellow birch — Quebec’s official trees — are harvested are in Maine, near the Quebec border, most are Canadian.
“This is an all-Canadian operation,” said Marie-Pier Gosselin, general manager of B45 Baseball in Quebec City.
Proudly.
Don't tell President Donald Trump some of those torpedo bats making a splash in Major League Baseball are cross-border imports.
B45 Baseball in Quebec City, is the company that makes torpedo bats.
The motto and slogan of their company, which is partially owned by former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher and Quebec product Eric Gagne, is “First to believe.” And believe they did when MIT physicist Aaron Leanhardt came to them with an idea to change a bat’s barrel — at the point where it’s the fattest — so the ball explodes off the bat.
Time will tell. So far these torpedo bats have been the talk of the first week of the 2025 major-league season where they’ve been used by players to hit 20 home runs so far.
“We got on board right away and started making them about a year ago,” said Gosselin. “We had no idea all of this would happen.”
But it did fit in well with their mission statement which is “to remain the leader in the manufacturing of baseball bats and equipment recognized for their absolute quality and innovation for both professional and amateur players.”
These torpedo bats are part of that innovation. With three American competitors also in the race for the future, B45 is not the only company making them. But the company was among the first and “we are the only company using yellow birch,” said Gosselin.
They have more major league players using their torpedo bats than they have people making them.
“We have 10 employees,” she said. “We have 12 players using them so far.”
Both may grow.
“We have had 35 orders come from players so pretty soon there will be 50 players using them.”
Current Toronto Blue Jays hitter Davis Schneider is one of them.
“Who doesn’t love a big barrel,” No. 36 told Sportsnet, adding it feels like swinging any other bat.
Photographer Ernest Dorozsuk took some cool images of Schneider swinging the B45 bat, but so far, Schneider hasn’t hit a dinger with a torpedo.
Either way, it’s an exciting time for this cool little group swinging above their weight.
“Back in 2004, forest engineers from Quebec City, Canada, hardly believed that yellow birch would make exceptional baseball bats” but Gosselin said they “joined their knowledge with the experience of professional baseball players to handcraft the first ever bat made out of yellow birch, a wood that possesses extraordinary physical characteristics.”
While there may be issues ahead — Trump’s trade war or a possible ban of torpedo bats — Gosselin doesn’t think either will stop their growth as there are players in many markets looking for their bats. It reminds one of the curved hockey stick craze of Chicago Black Hawks legends Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull back in the 1960s.
Those sticks changed the game of hockey, and this new bat will do the same for baseball. Some are saying it’s the biggest innovation to the game in 100 years.
The rest is history, as they help write a new chapter for America’s pastime by hitting some big home runs of their own.
WARMINGTON: Whether Trump likes it or not, some hot new torpedo bats are Canadian
Don't tell President Donald Trump some of those torpedo bats making a splash in Major League Baseball are cross-border imports.
