Matt Gurney
@mattgurney.bsky.social
Toronto-based Canadian journalist. Co-founder and editor of The Line (readtheline.ca). Columnist and some-time reporter at various places.
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By @mattgurney.bsky.social RP Matt Gurney: The Carney salvation will be arriving 'slower than anticipated' www.readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurne...
Matt Gurney: The Carney salvation will be arriving 'slower than anticipated'
A man who ran as a national saviour is governing like an incremental optimizer. And we really shouldn't be surprised.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
By @mattgurney.bsky.social RP Matt Gurney: The Carney salvation will be arriving 'slower than anticipated' www.readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurne...
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Hoekstra is a pretty reliable barometer of what the Trump administration is thinking and feeling about Canada, @mattgurney.bsky.social writes www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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Hoekstra is a pretty reliable barometer of what the Trump administration is thinking and feeling about Canada
I think a lot of what’s coming out of Pete Hoekstra’s mouth, and Trump’s White House, is kind of bonkers, to be honest. But what’s important is that Canadians realize that Hoekstra is reliably and fai...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Hoekstra is a pretty reliable barometer of what the Trump administration is thinking and feeling about Canada, @mattgurney.bsky.social writes www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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By @mattgurney.bsky.social @thelineca.bsky.social RP Matt Gurney: Carney had a choice. He chose to own one of Trudeau's dumbest ideas www.readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurne...
Matt Gurney: Carney had a choice. He chose to own one of Trudeau's dumbest ideas
The gun confiscation plan is doomed that even the minister responsible knows it'll fail. The PM has chosen to proceed, anyway. To please Quebec.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
By @mattgurney.bsky.social @thelineca.bsky.social RP Matt Gurney: Carney had a choice. He chose to own one of Trudeau's dumbest ideas www.readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurne...
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This article by @mattgurney.bsky.social does a good job of articulating the tension I feel over the Edmonton Police publically opposing a plea deal the crown cut for a rather gruesome crime
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Matt Gurney: The Edmonton police did a shocking thing. Good. We need a shock
Unless we want to end up like the Americans, things need to change here, fast.
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September 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This article by @mattgurney.bsky.social does a good job of articulating the tension I feel over the Edmonton Police publically opposing a plea deal the crown cut for a rather gruesome crime
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August 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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It’s getting cold and dark at night. (Literally. Not a cry for help.)
Parliament is about to stumble back into session. Much outrage incoming.
Meanwhile: The Line is cranking back up to a full schedule. Don’t miss it.
Parliament is about to stumble back into session. Much outrage incoming.
Meanwhile: The Line is cranking back up to a full schedule. Don’t miss it.
a man with ice on his face is standing in a snowy field
ALT: a man with ice on his face is standing in a snowy field
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August 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It’s getting cold and dark at night. (Literally. Not a cry for help.)
Parliament is about to stumble back into session. Much outrage incoming.
Meanwhile: The Line is cranking back up to a full schedule. Don’t miss it.
Parliament is about to stumble back into session. Much outrage incoming.
Meanwhile: The Line is cranking back up to a full schedule. Don’t miss it.
It’s getting cold and dark at night. (Literally. Not a cry for help.)
Parliament is about to stumble back into session. Much outrage incoming.
Meanwhile: The Line is cranking back up to a full schedule. Don’t miss it.
Parliament is about to stumble back into session. Much outrage incoming.
Meanwhile: The Line is cranking back up to a full schedule. Don’t miss it.
a man with ice on his face is standing in a snowy field
ALT: a man with ice on his face is standing in a snowy field
media.tenor.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It’s getting cold and dark at night. (Literally. Not a cry for help.)
Parliament is about to stumble back into session. Much outrage incoming.
Meanwhile: The Line is cranking back up to a full schedule. Don’t miss it.
Parliament is about to stumble back into session. Much outrage incoming.
Meanwhile: The Line is cranking back up to a full schedule. Don’t miss it.
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Summer’s almost done. (Sorry. I know. But. It's just the reality.) Kids will be back in school soon, and so will The Line. Or, well, we'll be working fullt-time again. Sigh. You know what I meant.
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August 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Summer’s almost done. (Sorry. I know. But. It's just the reality.) Kids will be back in school soon, and so will The Line. Or, well, we'll be working fullt-time again. Sigh. You know what I meant.
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Summer’s almost done. (Sorry. I know. But. It's just the reality.) Kids will be back in school soon, and so will The Line. Or, well, we'll be working fullt-time again. Sigh. You know what I meant.
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August 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Summer’s almost done. (Sorry. I know. But. It's just the reality.) Kids will be back in school soon, and so will The Line. Or, well, we'll be working fullt-time again. Sigh. You know what I meant.
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This is probably one of the most important pieces I've written in years. A thank you to @mattgurney.bsky.social for the platform to share it and for helping fine-tune it.
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David Shipley: The food supply is a glaring cybersecurity weakness we aren't fixing
If you want to know how seriously Canada takes cyber defence, we spent two years on a bill that we accidentally invalidated via a parliamentary clerical error.
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May 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is probably one of the most important pieces I've written in years. A thank you to @mattgurney.bsky.social for the platform to share it and for helping fine-tune it.
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"The British could send a dead man’s papers across the ocean in five days. Ontario needed five weeks to send me my own documents from Ontario to Ontario."
Me, getting something off my chest, at @thelineca.bsky.social.
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Me, getting something off my chest, at @thelineca.bsky.social.
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Matt Gurney: We should do something about Canada's paperwork problem
I want to live in a country where noting areas where improvement is possible is taken as helpful feedback, not something akin to sedition.
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May 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"The British could send a dead man’s papers across the ocean in five days. Ontario needed five weeks to send me my own documents from Ontario to Ontario."
Me, getting something off my chest, at @thelineca.bsky.social.
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Me, getting something off my chest, at @thelineca.bsky.social.
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"Auto execs have not expressed any widespread intent to move factories to the U.S., citing the billions in costs and years to rebuild supply lines ... The total cost to U.S. consumers in the first year of tariffs on cars and parts will be $30 billion." t.co/YgKZynqPDD
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-us-auto-industry-appeals-to-trump-to-reverse-course-on-tariffs/
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April 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Auto execs have not expressed any widespread intent to move factories to the U.S., citing the billions in costs and years to rebuild supply lines ... The total cost to U.S. consumers in the first year of tariffs on cars and parts will be $30 billion." t.co/YgKZynqPDD
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From @ericatkins.bsky.social, @theglobeandmail.com: U.S. auto companies are begging Trump for a tariff reprieve.
"Trump’s plan to levy import taxes on auto parts by May 3 will drive up prices for buyers, destroy supply chains and cause layoffs."
The U.S. auto sector relies on Canada and Mexico.
"Trump’s plan to levy import taxes on auto parts by May 3 will drive up prices for buyers, destroy supply chains and cause layoffs."
The U.S. auto sector relies on Canada and Mexico.
April 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
From @ericatkins.bsky.social, @theglobeandmail.com: U.S. auto companies are begging Trump for a tariff reprieve.
"Trump’s plan to levy import taxes on auto parts by May 3 will drive up prices for buyers, destroy supply chains and cause layoffs."
The U.S. auto sector relies on Canada and Mexico.
"Trump’s plan to levy import taxes on auto parts by May 3 will drive up prices for buyers, destroy supply chains and cause layoffs."
The U.S. auto sector relies on Canada and Mexico.
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Need the low down on how many countries are setting up programs to welcome American academic refugees? On how Algeria is shifting from English to French instruction? On the financial risk of Armenia's new strategy for institutional mergers? Got you covered.
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The Fifteen: Friday, April 25, 2025 | HESA
Welcome back to the fifteenth edition of The Fifteen (fifteen squared?). The ongoing story in the world of higher education … Continued
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April 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Need the low down on how many countries are setting up programs to welcome American academic refugees? On how Algeria is shifting from English to French instruction? On the financial risk of Armenia's new strategy for institutional mergers? Got you covered.
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Weird morning so far: Trump insists there's been hundreds of deals between D.C. and Beijing over tariffs. China says there have been no negotiations.
"Trump said Xi had called him and asserted that his team was in active talks with the Chinese on a trade deal."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
"Trump said Xi had called him and asserted that his team was in active talks with the Chinese on a trade deal."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
China Rejects Trump Claim of Tariff Talks With Xi
President Trump said “we’re meeting with China” on tariffs, comments aimed at soothing jittery financial markets. But Chinese officials say no talks have taken place.
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April 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Weird morning so far: Trump insists there's been hundreds of deals between D.C. and Beijing over tariffs. China says there have been no negotiations.
"Trump said Xi had called him and asserted that his team was in active talks with the Chinese on a trade deal."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
"Trump said Xi had called him and asserted that his team was in active talks with the Chinese on a trade deal."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
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The UK is negotiating access to the EU's €150B defence fund. While a broad defence pact is expected on May 19, UK defence firms will require a separate agreement—and financial contribution—to participate.
“Of course, the French will try to complicate it for the Brits."
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“Of course, the French will try to complicate it for the Brits."
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UK must pay to join EU defence fund, says Brussels
Draft terms require non-EU nations to negotiate agreements before their defence industries can get access
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April 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The UK is negotiating access to the EU's €150B defence fund. While a broad defence pact is expected on May 19, UK defence firms will require a separate agreement—and financial contribution—to participate.
“Of course, the French will try to complicate it for the Brits."
www.ft.com/content/08a5...
“Of course, the French will try to complicate it for the Brits."
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Known as a “dirty” internet line by the IT industry, it connects directly to the public internet where the user’s information and the websites accessed do not have the same security filters or protocols that the Pentagon’s secured connections maintain.
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Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal, AP sources say
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer.
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April 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Known as a “dirty” internet line by the IT industry, it connects directly to the public internet where the user’s information and the websites accessed do not have the same security filters or protocols that the Pentagon’s secured connections maintain.
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Rutte's message lands just months after U.S. Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth openly deprioritized European security in favour of Asia and domestic defence.
NATO’s shift is no longer theoretical. It's underway.
How fast it goes is, alas, an open question.
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NATO’s shift is no longer theoretical. It's underway.
How fast it goes is, alas, an open question.
apnews.com/article/d76e...
NATO chief urges allies to do more and says their freedom and prosperity depend on it
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is urging the 32 member nations to devote more funds, equipment and political energy to the world’s biggest military alliance.
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April 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Rutte's message lands just months after U.S. Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth openly deprioritized European security in favour of Asia and domestic defence.
NATO’s shift is no longer theoretical. It's underway.
How fast it goes is, alas, an open question.
apnews.com/article/d76e...
NATO’s shift is no longer theoretical. It's underway.
How fast it goes is, alas, an open question.
apnews.com/article/d76e...
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NATO Sec.-Gen. Mark Rutte has issued his 2025 call to arms:
“Strength is the only safeguard of our freedom and prosperity.”
With the U.S. scaling back European commitments, NATO's European members are under rising pressure to carry the burden.
“Strength is the only safeguard of our freedom and prosperity.”
With the U.S. scaling back European commitments, NATO's European members are under rising pressure to carry the burden.
April 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
NATO Sec.-Gen. Mark Rutte has issued his 2025 call to arms:
“Strength is the only safeguard of our freedom and prosperity.”
With the U.S. scaling back European commitments, NATO's European members are under rising pressure to carry the burden.
“Strength is the only safeguard of our freedom and prosperity.”
With the U.S. scaling back European commitments, NATO's European members are under rising pressure to carry the burden.
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From: @reuters.com U.K. PM Starmer is on the verge of sealing a new defense pact with the EU — aiming to rebuild post-Brexit ties and access the bloc’s €150B rearmament fund. This move comes as Trump’s tariffs strain global alliances. www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...
UK PM Starmer nears EU defence pact in shadow of Trump trade talks
Britain is edging towards a new defence agreement with the European Union that officials on both sides hope will help to improve post-Brexit ties following U.S. President Donald Trump's upending of security and trade alliances.
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April 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
From: @reuters.com U.K. PM Starmer is on the verge of sealing a new defense pact with the EU — aiming to rebuild post-Brexit ties and access the bloc’s €150B rearmament fund. This move comes as Trump’s tariffs strain global alliances. www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...
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Turn protectionist, or double-down on free trade? For @politico.eu, @camgijs on the tension within the EU on how to best answer America's turn against trade.
“We need to change our mindset, otherwise we'll miss out on the advancement of the world.”
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“We need to change our mindset, otherwise we'll miss out on the advancement of the world.”
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Trump’s tariff war empowers Europe’s free traders
Even the EU’s most protectionist countries are realizing that they need new friends to trade with as their oldest ally goes rogue.
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April 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Turn protectionist, or double-down on free trade? For @politico.eu, @camgijs on the tension within the EU on how to best answer America's turn against trade.
“We need to change our mindset, otherwise we'll miss out on the advancement of the world.”
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“We need to change our mindset, otherwise we'll miss out on the advancement of the world.”
www.politico.eu/article/us-d...
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A @thelineca.bsky.social podcast with @mattgurney.bsky.social and Jen Gerson; to me, the podcasts are great, regardless of their length: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5b9...
Poilievre wins dumb debate on points
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April 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A @thelineca.bsky.social podcast with @mattgurney.bsky.social and Jen Gerson; to me, the podcasts are great, regardless of their length: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5b9...
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By @mattgurney.bsky.social with @marcuskolga.bsky.social RP On The Line: Our politicians can't abandon Canadians to foreign attacks www.readtheline.ca/p/on-the-lin...
On The Line: Our politicians can't abandon Canadians to foreign attacks
ALSO: Are we ACTUALLY ready to build energy infrastructure in this country?
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April 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
By @mattgurney.bsky.social with @marcuskolga.bsky.social RP On The Line: Our politicians can't abandon Canadians to foreign attacks www.readtheline.ca/p/on-the-lin...