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There is no economy without a plan to address the Climate Crisis.
Democracy and The Charter of Rights and Freedoms define us as Canadians. A healthy population with universal public health care .
Democracy and The Charter of Rights and Freedoms define us as Canadians. A healthy population with universal public health care .
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I regret to inform you that the Globe and Mail's opinion section is at it again.
This time it's the Fraser Institute's Kenneth Green getting a byline -- and using it to spread any number of obvious falsehoods.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
This time it's the Fraser Institute's Kenneth Green getting a byline -- and using it to spread any number of obvious falsehoods.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: Mark Carney, master of the policy bait and switch
A closer examination shows the decision to scrap the mandate follows a pattern of climate-related changes
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February 18, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I regret to inform you that the Globe and Mail's opinion section is at it again.
This time it's the Fraser Institute's Kenneth Green getting a byline -- and using it to spread any number of obvious falsehoods.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
This time it's the Fraser Institute's Kenneth Green getting a byline -- and using it to spread any number of obvious falsehoods.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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More receipts.
The Globe shouldn't be letting this sort of abject and obvious nonsense slide.
The Globe shouldn't be letting this sort of abject and obvious nonsense slide.
February 18, 2026 at 5:19 PM
More receipts.
The Globe shouldn't be letting this sort of abject and obvious nonsense slide.
The Globe shouldn't be letting this sort of abject and obvious nonsense slide.
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Thanks to @thewalrus.ca for this reprint of my piece on anti-trans hate and misinformation being pushed out online in response to the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge. thewalrus.ca/tumbler-ridg...
Tumbler Ridge Is Being Used to Spread Anti-Trans Misinformation | The Walrus
The mass shooting has become fodder for a broader campaign against an entire group
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February 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Thanks to @thewalrus.ca for this reprint of my piece on anti-trans hate and misinformation being pushed out online in response to the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge. thewalrus.ca/tumbler-ridg...
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Doug Ford cancelled over 750 green energy projects in Ontario in 2018 and told us it didn't cost taxpayers anything - only for us to find out later it cost us at least $230 million.. the uneducated corporate clown should have been punted as soon as we found that one out..
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February 18, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Doug Ford cancelled over 750 green energy projects in Ontario in 2018 and told us it didn't cost taxpayers anything - only for us to find out later it cost us at least $230 million.. the uneducated corporate clown should have been punted as soon as we found that one out..
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CANADA 🇨🇦🥌 FOR THE WIN
Homan delivers a draw to the four foot for the win. That was a battle. It’s an 8-7 victory over Italy.
Canada is now 5-3 at the Olympics and will play Korea in their final game.
Homan delivers a draw to the four foot for the win. That was a battle. It’s an 8-7 victory over Italy.
Canada is now 5-3 at the Olympics and will play Korea in their final game.
February 18, 2026 at 9:08 PM
CANADA 🇨🇦🥌 FOR THE WIN
Homan delivers a draw to the four foot for the win. That was a battle. It’s an 8-7 victory over Italy.
Canada is now 5-3 at the Olympics and will play Korea in their final game.
Homan delivers a draw to the four foot for the win. That was a battle. It’s an 8-7 victory over Italy.
Canada is now 5-3 at the Olympics and will play Korea in their final game.
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There is one last day of short track speed skating at the Olympics. On Friday.
Canada sits at five medals as a team. They want to break the all-time Canadian record of six at one Games.
And there are two medal events left: the men’s relay and women’s 1500m.
Canada sits at five medals as a team. They want to break the all-time Canadian record of six at one Games.
And there are two medal events left: the men’s relay and women’s 1500m.
February 18, 2026 at 10:00 PM
There is one last day of short track speed skating at the Olympics. On Friday.
Canada sits at five medals as a team. They want to break the all-time Canadian record of six at one Games.
And there are two medal events left: the men’s relay and women’s 1500m.
Canada sits at five medals as a team. They want to break the all-time Canadian record of six at one Games.
And there are two medal events left: the men’s relay and women’s 1500m.
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USA wins it in overtime.
To end an unforgettable day of hockey at the Olympics.
Canada now plays Finland on Friday in the seminal. USA plays Slovakia.
To end an unforgettable day of hockey at the Olympics.
Canada now plays Finland on Friday in the seminal. USA plays Slovakia.
February 18, 2026 at 10:41 PM
USA wins it in overtime.
To end an unforgettable day of hockey at the Olympics.
Canada now plays Finland on Friday in the seminal. USA plays Slovakia.
To end an unforgettable day of hockey at the Olympics.
Canada now plays Finland on Friday in the seminal. USA plays Slovakia.
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There are just four days of Olympic competition left here in Italy.
The marquee event on Thursday features another instalment of Canada 🇨🇦 vs USA 🇺🇸 for women’s hockey gold.
Rest up folks. It’s gonna be a time. Good night sports fans.
The marquee event on Thursday features another instalment of Canada 🇨🇦 vs USA 🇺🇸 for women’s hockey gold.
Rest up folks. It’s gonna be a time. Good night sports fans.
February 18, 2026 at 11:17 PM
There are just four days of Olympic competition left here in Italy.
The marquee event on Thursday features another instalment of Canada 🇨🇦 vs USA 🇺🇸 for women’s hockey gold.
Rest up folks. It’s gonna be a time. Good night sports fans.
The marquee event on Thursday features another instalment of Canada 🇨🇦 vs USA 🇺🇸 for women’s hockey gold.
Rest up folks. It’s gonna be a time. Good night sports fans.
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We’re honoured to announce the launch of Right of Passage, a new digital platform by Canadian Geographic that explores the critical role of wildlife corridors and ecological connectivity across 🇨🇦.
Explore the platform, 👀 the 🎥 + learn how you can help keep wildlife connected👉 bit.ly/cangeorighto...
Explore the platform, 👀 the 🎥 + learn how you can help keep wildlife connected👉 bit.ly/cangeorighto...
Home - Right of Passage
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April 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We’re honoured to announce the launch of Right of Passage, a new digital platform by Canadian Geographic that explores the critical role of wildlife corridors and ecological connectivity across 🇨🇦.
Explore the platform, 👀 the 🎥 + learn how you can help keep wildlife connected👉 bit.ly/cangeorighto...
Explore the platform, 👀 the 🎥 + learn how you can help keep wildlife connected👉 bit.ly/cangeorighto...
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Parts of Ontario will never recover from Ford's Con govt. He's destroyed much-loved public spaces by allowing his rich friends to develop them.
Our deficit is over $13B. Our services are being slashed to the bone with little to no accountability as to where taxpayer dollars are going.
Our deficit is over $13B. Our services are being slashed to the bone with little to no accountability as to where taxpayer dollars are going.
February 18, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Parts of Ontario will never recover from Ford's Con govt. He's destroyed much-loved public spaces by allowing his rich friends to develop them.
Our deficit is over $13B. Our services are being slashed to the bone with little to no accountability as to where taxpayer dollars are going.
Our deficit is over $13B. Our services are being slashed to the bone with little to no accountability as to where taxpayer dollars are going.
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PATRIQUIN: "Fundamentally, I think most Conservatives, outside of Mr. Jivani apparently, realized that Canadians aren't anti-American. They're anti-Trump. And why are they anti-Trump? Well, read the room, Jamil ... he's threatened to annex us."
February 18, 2026 at 12:38 AM
PATRIQUIN: "Fundamentally, I think most Conservatives, outside of Mr. Jivani apparently, realized that Canadians aren't anti-American. They're anti-Trump. And why are they anti-Trump? Well, read the room, Jamil ... he's threatened to annex us."
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JENEROUX: "Quite honestly it was the speech in Davos ... it felt disingenuous and quite simply wrong to be sitting on the sidelines anymore. So I reached out to the PM's office and will be joining his caucus and I couldn't be more proud to be here."
February 18, 2026 at 6:24 PM
JENEROUX: "Quite honestly it was the speech in Davos ... it felt disingenuous and quite simply wrong to be sitting on the sidelines anymore. So I reached out to the PM's office and will be joining his caucus and I couldn't be more proud to be here."
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Mélanie Joly on Pierre Poilievre accusing the Liberals of trying to get a majority through 'dirty backroom deals': "He just needs to be able to keep his own MPs in his own party. It's his own problem."
February 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Mélanie Joly on Pierre Poilievre accusing the Liberals of trying to get a majority through 'dirty backroom deals': "He just needs to be able to keep his own MPs in his own party. It's his own problem."
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JOLY: "Pierre Poilievre has to explain why his MP, Jivani, went to Washington to basically say that the Trump tariffs were justified, even though he is the MP for Oshawa ... clearly he's not capable to control his caucus or to defend Canada's interests."
February 18, 2026 at 7:45 PM
JOLY: "Pierre Poilievre has to explain why his MP, Jivani, went to Washington to basically say that the Trump tariffs were justified, even though he is the MP for Oshawa ... clearly he's not capable to control his caucus or to defend Canada's interests."
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HIS NAME IS STEVEN DUBOIS
And he just won gold for Canada, keeping the golden streak alive now at four consecutive days.
It’s his fifth Olympic medal. Outstanding.
And he just won gold for Canada, keeping the golden streak alive now at four consecutive days.
It’s his fifth Olympic medal. Outstanding.
February 18, 2026 at 8:43 PM
HIS NAME IS STEVEN DUBOIS
And he just won gold for Canada, keeping the golden streak alive now at four consecutive days.
It’s his fifth Olympic medal. Outstanding.
And he just won gold for Canada, keeping the golden streak alive now at four consecutive days.
It’s his fifth Olympic medal. Outstanding.
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Scientists are sounding the alarm over the spread of bird flu across Antarctica, with a leading Chilean researcher telling AFP Tuesday of an observed strain “capable of killing 100 per cent” of infected fauna.
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Bird flu ravaging Antarctic wildlife, scientist warns
Scientists are sounding the alarm over the spread of bird flu across Antarctica, with a leading Chilean researcher telling AFP Tuesday of an observed strain “capable of killing 100 percent” of infecte...
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February 18, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Scientists are sounding the alarm over the spread of bird flu across Antarctica, with a leading Chilean researcher telling AFP Tuesday of an observed strain “capable of killing 100 per cent” of infected fauna.
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
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🇨🇦 Canadians rally past 🇨🇿 Czechia in OT. But Sidney Crosby's was lost with an apparent leg injury.
#Olympics
#Canada
#Czechia
#Hockey
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#Olympics
#Canada
#Czechia
#Hockey
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Mitch Marner sends Canada into semifinals with thrilling overtime goal | CBC Sports
Mitch Marner scored in overtime as Canada survived a scare from Czechia, advancing to the Olympic semifinals with a 4-3 win in the extra period.
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February 18, 2026 at 6:31 PM
🇨🇦 Canadians rally past 🇨🇿 Czechia in OT. But Sidney Crosby's was lost with an apparent leg injury.
#Olympics
#Canada
#Czechia
#Hockey
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#Olympics
#Canada
#Czechia
#Hockey
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Well. I guess Jeneroux has reconsidered his retirement.
That statement:
That statement:
February 18, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Well. I guess Jeneroux has reconsidered his retirement.
That statement:
That statement:
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JENEROUX: "After further reflection with my family, and conversations with colleagues and constituents, I will be continuing to serve in Parliament — and I will be working with PM Carney as a part of his new government to help build our country's strength as we face the challenges ahead."
February 18, 2026 at 3:48 PM
JENEROUX: "After further reflection with my family, and conversations with colleagues and constituents, I will be continuing to serve in Parliament — and I will be working with PM Carney as a part of his new government to help build our country's strength as we face the challenges ahead."
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Full marks to Czechia who pushed Canada to the brink.
And a gutsy win for the Canadians who lost captain Sidney Crosby and faced adversity for the first time at the Olympics.
Character building win as the move into the semifinals.
And a gutsy win for the Canadians who lost captain Sidney Crosby and faced adversity for the first time at the Olympics.
Character building win as the move into the semifinals.
February 18, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Full marks to Czechia who pushed Canada to the brink.
And a gutsy win for the Canadians who lost captain Sidney Crosby and faced adversity for the first time at the Olympics.
Character building win as the move into the semifinals.
And a gutsy win for the Canadians who lost captain Sidney Crosby and faced adversity for the first time at the Olympics.
Character building win as the move into the semifinals.
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MITCH MARNER THE HERO
What a move. What a goal. What a player.
He sends Canada into the semifinal. Oh baby for sure.
What a move. What a goal. What a player.
He sends Canada into the semifinal. Oh baby for sure.
February 18, 2026 at 6:17 PM
MITCH MARNER THE HERO
What a move. What a goal. What a player.
He sends Canada into the semifinal. Oh baby for sure.
What a move. What a goal. What a player.
He sends Canada into the semifinal. Oh baby for sure.
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GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL
CANADA 🇨🇦 WINS IT IN OVERTIME
MOVING ON AT THE OLYMPICS
EXHALE CANADA
CANADA 🇨🇦 WINS IT IN OVERTIME
MOVING ON AT THE OLYMPICS
EXHALE CANADA
February 18, 2026 at 6:13 PM
GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL
CANADA 🇨🇦 WINS IT IN OVERTIME
MOVING ON AT THE OLYMPICS
EXHALE CANADA
CANADA 🇨🇦 WINS IT IN OVERTIME
MOVING ON AT THE OLYMPICS
EXHALE CANADA
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It is big news that Minister Champagne was invited.
"...which non-euro area ministers are normally excluded".
"As the rules-based international order is fading, Canada’s government is firmly committed to deepening our relationship with the EU and its Member States".
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"...which non-euro area ministers are normally excluded".
"As the rules-based international order is fading, Canada’s government is firmly committed to deepening our relationship with the EU and its Member States".
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
What’s a Canadian doing in discussions about the euro?
François-Philippe Champagne was the special guest at Monday’s meeting of euro area finance ministers in Brussels – the first time a Canadian representative had been invited to this restricted format, ...
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February 18, 2026 at 10:41 AM
It is big news that Minister Champagne was invited.
"...which non-euro area ministers are normally excluded".
"As the rules-based international order is fading, Canada’s government is firmly committed to deepening our relationship with the EU and its Member States".
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
"...which non-euro area ministers are normally excluded".
"As the rules-based international order is fading, Canada’s government is firmly committed to deepening our relationship with the EU and its Member States".
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Canadian provinces seem to be posting large deficits.
In light of this trend could we have an Economist break down the math for us. I suspect that once again Federal $$'s were not used as designated for Health and Education. How much $$ spent on private health care? on lawsuits?pet projects?
In light of this trend could we have an Economist break down the math for us. I suspect that once again Federal $$'s were not used as designated for Health and Education. How much $$ spent on private health care? on lawsuits?pet projects?
February 18, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Canadian provinces seem to be posting large deficits.
In light of this trend could we have an Economist break down the math for us. I suspect that once again Federal $$'s were not used as designated for Health and Education. How much $$ spent on private health care? on lawsuits?pet projects?
In light of this trend could we have an Economist break down the math for us. I suspect that once again Federal $$'s were not used as designated for Health and Education. How much $$ spent on private health care? on lawsuits?pet projects?