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  1. Ron in Regina

    Canadian Federal Election Outcome October 20th (or 27th?), 2025.

    Well, in the national best interest, like the trans Canada railway and the trans Canada highway…trans Canada pipelines probably aren’t gonna happen under this administration. While previously touting his pledge to make Canada an “energy superpower,” Prime Minister Mark Carney went further on...
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    Mark Carney (Trudeau Liberal Replacement) as PM

    The Liberals will trumpet the large number of new faces in Carney’s 28-member cabinet (plus 10 secretaries of state) — there are 15 MPs who have never served before. But the top tier of ministers — the ones sitting in the front row at the swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday — were all former...
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    Trudeau announces Amira Elghawaby as Canada's first representative to combat Islamophobia

    A citizen of Yemen who has appeared at Gaza protests in Toronto, Al-Sewaiee was initially arrested in Mississauga, Ont., by Peel Regional Police on April 15 for uttering threats. Shouldn’t that be an immediate deportation? “Thanks for coming, you broke the law, now get out!?” Four days later...
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    Kelly McParland: How decades of Liberal indifference created Danielle Smith

    http://apple.news/AgTkTySw5QYiJNfm8YCf6iQ Alberta Premier Danielle Smith didn’t hide her dismay at Prime Minister Mark Carney’s choice of Toronto-area MP Julie Dabrusin as his new environment minister on Tuesday. “I am very concerned the prime minister has appointed what appears to be yet...
  5. Ron in Regina

    Mark Carney (Trudeau Liberal Replacement) as PM

    Speaker of the House? All Familiar faces in the front seat….
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    Alberta GTFO?

    http://apple.news/AnHF_VdBQSCa4uORAm5zhFQ Hodgson takes over at energy and natural resources from Jonathan Wilkinson, who had served in cabinet since 2019, first as environment minister and then later at natural resources. Carney will be hoping that Hodgson can soothe relations between Ottawa...
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    Mark Carney (Trudeau Liberal Replacement) as PM

    This could be interesting or a complete stone wall, but time will tell: http://apple.news/ANJuobSIxT9u4AyH_PSWsvQ Hodgson takes over at energy and natural resources from Jonathan Wilkinson, who had served in cabinet since 2019, first as environment minister and then later at natural resources...
  8. Ron in Regina

    Trudeau announces Amira Elghawaby as Canada's first representative to combat Islamophobia

    I’m not blindly backing anybody, and in this thread about Trudeau’s appointee, I do post weird stories about this conflict that do happen in Canada, like this one: http://apple.news/AvW9IJuw3SPWbRIUnmWbljg This is sort of the new normal now though, so it’s barely even newsworthy.
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    Mark Carney (Trudeau Liberal Replacement) as PM

    The new Cabinet is appointed as follows: Shafqat Ali, President of the Treasury Board Rebecca Alty, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National...
  10. Ron in Regina

    Mark Carney (Trudeau Liberal Replacement) as PM

    Freeland is one of about 20. I hear you.
  11. Ron in Regina

    Mark Carney (Trudeau Liberal Replacement) as PM

    Today (this morning actually) is when we’re suppose to learn the punchline to Carney’s newest cabinet ministers. http://apple.news/AvJp9f014RwWcgCHPjv5mkA http://apple.news/AeEBanYdnTPW_MBuglUUvWw The swearing-in ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m.
  12. Ron in Regina

    Trump 2.0

    President Donald Trump on Monday praised Qatar for offering his administration a free luxury jet, but current and former U.S. military, defense and Secret Service officials said he will likely have to waive existing security specifications to be able to use the plane. The luxury jet was moved...
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    Mark Carney (Trudeau Liberal Replacement) as PM

    Yeah…the Bloc already committed to supporting him for the first year for some reason, so…
  14. Ron in Regina

    pope croaked

    Foreign to what? Or where? It was the Vatican I’m assuming, so Latin? Or Italian?
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    Mark Carney (Trudeau Liberal Replacement) as PM

    Is this an effort to remove the appearance at least of the Trudeau Stank off the Liberals under Carney, who himself was hand picked buy…Justin Trudeau? Carney will be presenting a “small, focused” cabinet of less than 30 ministers and up to 10 secretaries of state, with half of the entire team...
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    Alberta GTFO?

    Rookie Liberal MP Corey Hogan fully accepts that the Liberals have a long way to go to build up credibility in Alberta, after failing to grow their seat count in the province. He adds that one silver lining is that Ottawa-Alberta relations have nowhere to go but up from their dismal state under...
  17. Ron in Regina

    The Tarriff Hype.

    I didn’t see that anywhere in the news story….So only time will tell. Maybe America realizes that China is more diversified trade wise than they thought? Maybe China has been planning for a potential pivot like this for a generation? Officials in Beijing cut key interest rates and took other...
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    The Tarriff Hype.

    Tariff reductions are bigger than expected and Bessent says ‘neither side wants to decouple’ http://apple.news/AQ81JHLAvQientTzVaqygRA The world’s two biggest economies unwound for now most of the tariffs they had imposed on each other since April in a tit-for-tat battle that was threatening to...
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    Alberta GTFO?

    Sorry ‘bout the length (48 minutes), & I haven’t even listened to it myself yet, but it’s the full podcast mentioned above a couple of posts. Albert introducing Bill 54 Tuesday, & here’s CBC’s take on this (that I also haven’t watched yet): (YouTube & How realistic is an Alberta separation? |...
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    Alberta GTFO?

    http://apple.news/A_iplUqppQw2zVkAFRthmDw http://apple.news/Aj8nZS-7kSLSzX1J-pdqrKw We know he’s refused to repeal Bill C-69, the Impact Assessment Act, and he can’t even bring himself to say the word “oil.” When he did during one of the Liberal leadership debates, he struggled to even get the...