Brian Graff
@briangraff.bsky.social
Policy wonk, radical centrist and Canadian economic nationalist. Also a critic of immigration policy, YIMBYs and neoliberal urban planning policies.
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Brian Graff
@briangraff.bsky.social
· Nov 15
This is my first post here.
I plan to keep posting on X-Twitter for now, where I am @Graff2023
I plan to keep posting on X-Twitter for now, where I am @Graff2023
@eddiemuller.bsky.social Damn, I missed your triple bill last night on TCM, incl. Mick Jagger in Performance.
I hope that you mentioned that Scorcese used "Memo From Turner" by Jagger near the end of Goodfellas... great song with amazing slide guitar. Scorcese and Robbie Robertson had great taste!
I hope that you mentioned that Scorcese used "Memo From Turner" by Jagger near the end of Goodfellas... great song with amazing slide guitar. Scorcese and Robbie Robertson had great taste!
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
@eddiemuller.bsky.social Damn, I missed your triple bill last night on TCM, incl. Mick Jagger in Performance.
I hope that you mentioned that Scorcese used "Memo From Turner" by Jagger near the end of Goodfellas... great song with amazing slide guitar. Scorcese and Robbie Robertson had great taste!
I hope that you mentioned that Scorcese used "Memo From Turner" by Jagger near the end of Goodfellas... great song with amazing slide guitar. Scorcese and Robbie Robertson had great taste!
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The @policyalternatives.ca's annual Alternative Federal Budget brings together researchers and advocates from the whole spectrum of social movements. It shows we CAN afford the investments & services Canadians need. Check out the 2026 AFB: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc.... #canlab
Alternative federal budget 2026: Building true Canadian sovereignty - CCPA
What true Canadian sovereignty and independence might look like when the public good is at the heart of budgetary planning
www.policyalternatives.ca
October 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The @policyalternatives.ca's annual Alternative Federal Budget brings together researchers and advocates from the whole spectrum of social movements. It shows we CAN afford the investments & services Canadians need. Check out the 2026 AFB: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc.... #canlab
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Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate shows that, this week, the Earth is 1.9°C warmer than before we began burning fossil fuels.
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
We’re Touching 1.9°C - And It’s Only 2025
Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate by climate scientist Dr Karsten Haustein shows that, this week, the Earth ...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate shows that, this week, the Earth is 1.9°C warmer than before we began burning fossil fuels.
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
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Conservatives urged to soften stance after Poilievre’s comments on ‘despicable’ RCMP face backlash
Conservatives urged to soften stance after Poilievre’s comments on ‘despicable’ RCMP face backlash
The Opposition leader’s office instructed Conservative MPs on Monday to reinforce a more positive message about the nation’s police force.
www.thestar.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Conservatives urged to soften stance after Poilievre’s comments on ‘despicable’ RCMP face backlash
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Stellantis president summoned to Ottawa over plans to send 3,000 Brampton jobs to the U.S.
Stellantis president summoned to Ottawa over plans to send 3,000 Brampton jobs to the U.S.
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly "summoned" Jeff Hines to discuss next steps for the company, according to one source.
www.thestar.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Stellantis president summoned to Ottawa over plans to send 3,000 Brampton jobs to the U.S.
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ymmv on whether 1.4 percentage points is a lot or a little, but Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris both would have won if they’d done 1.4 percentage points better
October 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
ymmv on whether 1.4 percentage points is a lot or a little, but Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris both would have won if they’d done 1.4 percentage points better
Trump's economy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Empty shelves, higher prices’: Americans tell of cost of Trump’s tariffs
US consumers say price rises caused by president’s tariffs contradict his promise to make life more affordable
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Trump's economy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This makes sense - these massive users of electricity create few local jobs. Most of the jobs are in construction of the building and hooking things up, but most of the equipment is made outside of Canada and the owners are likely not Canadian either
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...
B.C. proposes industrial electricity rules putting resource development before AI, data centres
Under Bill 31, the province would also ban cryptocurrency mining, which has large energy demands
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This makes sense - these massive users of electricity create few local jobs. Most of the jobs are in construction of the building and hooking things up, but most of the equipment is made outside of Canada and the owners are likely not Canadian either
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...
My letter in the Globe.
The whole thing is there:
All the small things
Re “The big upside of thinking small on immigration” (Editorial, June 16): The issue I see is not that we need high population growth, or any growth.
Japan and China are shrinking, and...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
The whole thing is there:
All the small things
Re “The big upside of thinking small on immigration” (Editorial, June 16): The issue I see is not that we need high population growth, or any growth.
Japan and China are shrinking, and...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
Letters to the editor: ‘Expect U.S. presidents like Donald Trump on a regular basis.’ Letters to the editor for June 19
In today’s letters to the editor: The G7 and Donald Trump; foreign interference; drones; immigration; buy Canadian
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
My letter in the Globe.
The whole thing is there:
All the small things
Re “The big upside of thinking small on immigration” (Editorial, June 16): The issue I see is not that we need high population growth, or any growth.
Japan and China are shrinking, and...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
The whole thing is there:
All the small things
Re “The big upside of thinking small on immigration” (Editorial, June 16): The issue I see is not that we need high population growth, or any growth.
Japan and China are shrinking, and...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
I've said this for weeks: the way to defeat Trump is help with court cases. Get tariffs declared illegal:
At least five different U.S. court cases argue that Mr. Trump is acting contrary to law in using emergency economic legislation to impose border levies.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
At least five different U.S. court cases argue that Mr. Trump is acting contrary to law in using emergency economic legislation to impose border levies.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
How Canada could bolster U.S. legal efforts to curb Trump’s tariff powers
There are at least five U.S. court cases that would benefit from submissions by groups in Canada, lawyers say
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I've said this for weeks: the way to defeat Trump is help with court cases. Get tariffs declared illegal:
At least five different U.S. court cases argue that Mr. Trump is acting contrary to law in using emergency economic legislation to impose border levies.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
At least five different U.S. court cases argue that Mr. Trump is acting contrary to law in using emergency economic legislation to impose border levies.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
I had a letter in yesterday's Globe:
I have a big concern with rushing into any negotiations with Donald Trump...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
I have a big concern with rushing into any negotiations with Donald Trump...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
Letters to the editor: ‘It looks like we are going on bended knee as a supplicant to Donald Trump.’ Letters to the editor for May 5
In today’s letters to the editor: F-35 fighter jets; judicial independence; Carney-Trump meeting
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I had a letter in yesterday's Globe:
I have a big concern with rushing into any negotiations with Donald Trump...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
I have a big concern with rushing into any negotiations with Donald Trump...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
A comparison of Liberal and Conservative policies on immigration... actually, it is more balanced than I expected from this pro-immigration source.
www.cicnews.com/2025/04/libe...
www.cicnews.com/2025/04/libe...
Liberals vs. Conservatives: comparing proposed immigration policies ahead of the 2025 election
Immigration has emerged as a hot-button issue in Canadian federal politics. Both the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party have released their 2025 election platforms, detailing their policies on s...
www.cicnews.com
April 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A comparison of Liberal and Conservative policies on immigration... actually, it is more balanced than I expected from this pro-immigration source.
www.cicnews.com/2025/04/libe...
www.cicnews.com/2025/04/libe...
Great book I am reading - from 2006. I highly recommend it, but Haidt's later books are great too.
Don't worry, be happy
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues for a return to the wisdom of the ancients
James Flint
The Happiness Hypothesis
by Jonathan Haidt
www.theguardian.com/books/2006/j...
Don't worry, be happy
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues for a return to the wisdom of the ancients
James Flint
The Happiness Hypothesis
by Jonathan Haidt
www.theguardian.com/books/2006/j...
Review: The Happiness Hypothesis by James Flint
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues for a return to the wisdom of the ancients in The Happiness Hypothesis. Forget metaphors of information processing, says James Flint, it's all a question of horses a...
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Great book I am reading - from 2006. I highly recommend it, but Haidt's later books are great too.
Don't worry, be happy
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues for a return to the wisdom of the ancients
James Flint
The Happiness Hypothesis
by Jonathan Haidt
www.theguardian.com/books/2006/j...
Don't worry, be happy
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues for a return to the wisdom of the ancients
James Flint
The Happiness Hypothesis
by Jonathan Haidt
www.theguardian.com/books/2006/j...
My latest opinion piece - on Canadian defense policy.
dominionreview.ca/canadian-def...
dominionreview.ca/canadian-def...
Canadian Defence Policy: Playing The Percentages?
There are a number of times when I get suspicious about unanimity – when everyone seems to agree about something and there is no real dissent or criticism, except for voices so extreme or untrustwo
dominionreview.ca
March 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
My latest opinion piece - on Canadian defense policy.
dominionreview.ca/canadian-def...
dominionreview.ca/canadian-def...
Hmmm... now, why did I suddenly remember this song today?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPfe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPfe...
THE EXPLOITED - F*CK THE USA - HC WORLDWIDE (OFFICIAL HD VERSION HCWW)
YouTube video by HARDCORE WORLDWIDE
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March 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Hmmm... now, why did I suddenly remember this song today?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPfe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPfe...
Harper and Flaherty came out with a "fiscal update" that missed the mark in fall 2008, and had to do a proper Budget to stimulate the economy:
the Conservatives changed their plan to one in which a federal budget would be presented on January 27, 2009...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2...
the Conservatives changed their plan to one in which a federal budget would be presented on January 27, 2009...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2...
2008–2009 Canadian parliamentary dispute - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
March 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Harper and Flaherty came out with a "fiscal update" that missed the mark in fall 2008, and had to do a proper Budget to stimulate the economy:
the Conservatives changed their plan to one in which a federal budget would be presented on January 27, 2009...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2...
the Conservatives changed their plan to one in which a federal budget would be presented on January 27, 2009...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2...
If Bogart was still around today in Casablanca, he'd change the name of Rick's because of Trump.
February 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
If Bogart was still around today in Casablanca, he'd change the name of Rick's because of Trump.
This could easily be written about Toronto or Vancouver.
Australia has the same problem as Canada - governments that believe in high population growth and cramming more people into big cities that can't cope with the current population level.
www.macrobusiness.com.au/2025/02/melb...
Australia has the same problem as Canada - governments that believe in high population growth and cramming more people into big cities that can't cope with the current population level.
www.macrobusiness.com.au/2025/02/melb...
Melbourne will be unliveable in 30 years
Melbourne’s population has increased by around 2 million people this century. Melbourne’s population is projected to increase by another 3.5 million over the next 31 years to 9.0 million by 2056. This...
www.macrobusiness.com.au
February 27, 2025 at 5:51 AM
This could easily be written about Toronto or Vancouver.
Australia has the same problem as Canada - governments that believe in high population growth and cramming more people into big cities that can't cope with the current population level.
www.macrobusiness.com.au/2025/02/melb...
Australia has the same problem as Canada - governments that believe in high population growth and cramming more people into big cities that can't cope with the current population level.
www.macrobusiness.com.au/2025/02/melb...
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I was watching Trump's inauguration... every time Melania Trump was shown, I thought her fashion choice must have been the black spy in Spy vs. Spy!
January 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I was watching Trump's inauguration... every time Melania Trump was shown, I thought her fashion choice must have been the black spy in Spy vs. Spy!
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And so the Stormy Daniels case ends as it began. With unconditional discharge.
BREAKING: President-elect Trump receives a penalty-free 'unconditional discharge' sentence in his hush money case, formally making him a convicted felon days before inauguration. nbcnews.to/4g92AOt
January 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
And so the Stormy Daniels case ends as it began. With unconditional discharge.
The good news: Only citizens & landed immigrants can vote. It would be best if it was just citizens.
The bad news: It costs $350,000 to run, which is 5 times what it was a decade ago.
This is nuts. It keeps out candidates who have good ideas, but not well connected.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
The bad news: It costs $350,000 to run, which is 5 times what it was a decade ago.
This is nuts. It keeps out candidates who have good ideas, but not well connected.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Liberals set tighter rules for coming leadership race amid foreign interference concerns
Canada’s Liberal Party will pick a replacement for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on March 9, just weeks before Parliament is set to resume.
www.thestar.com
January 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The good news: Only citizens & landed immigrants can vote. It would be best if it was just citizens.
The bad news: It costs $350,000 to run, which is 5 times what it was a decade ago.
This is nuts. It keeps out candidates who have good ideas, but not well connected.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
The bad news: It costs $350,000 to run, which is 5 times what it was a decade ago.
This is nuts. It keeps out candidates who have good ideas, but not well connected.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Despite Trudeau staying on too long and being unpopular, his record will likely be seen much better in the long term:
- 3 election wins, particularly the first one.
- Stronger social programs - pharmacare, dentacare, daycare (much due to the NDP pushing for these)
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
- 3 election wins, particularly the first one.
- Stronger social programs - pharmacare, dentacare, daycare (much due to the NDP pushing for these)
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: History will not judge Justin Trudeau kindly. Nor should it
The Prime Minister’s ego was so massive, he refused to believe the country didn’t love him enough to give him a fourth term
theglobeandmail.com
January 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Despite Trudeau staying on too long and being unpopular, his record will likely be seen much better in the long term:
- 3 election wins, particularly the first one.
- Stronger social programs - pharmacare, dentacare, daycare (much due to the NDP pushing for these)
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
- 3 election wins, particularly the first one.
- Stronger social programs - pharmacare, dentacare, daycare (much due to the NDP pushing for these)
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
The TTC has extended the final day for using tickets and tokens to June 1, 2025
www.ttc.ca/riding-the-t...
www.ttc.ca/riding-the-t...
TTC to stop accepting tickets, tokens and day passes
www.ttc.ca
December 24, 2024 at 5:39 PM
The TTC has extended the final day for using tickets and tokens to June 1, 2025
www.ttc.ca/riding-the-t...
www.ttc.ca/riding-the-t...