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3. The Energy 'Nuclear' Option

One of the most valuable assets in Canada's arsenal is energy:
Vermont, New York and Maine significantly rely on electricity sold to them by neighbouring Canadian provinces. BC and Manitoba also supply energy to western and Midwestern regions of the US.
Booze, oil and orange juice: How Canada could fight Trump tariffs
As Justin Trudeau warns Canadians they could face "difficult days" ahead, here are four options for retaliation.
www.bbc.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Today we launched the Pledge for Canada.
We have voices from across the political, cultural, labour, Indigenous spectrum.
We are building a movement to maintain pressure on our leaders not to sell out our nation or our values.
Please sign and join the movement.
engagement-canada-pledge.ca
Pledge for Canada | Engagement pour le Canada
engagement-canada-pledge.ca
January 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Juno Beach, June 6, 1944.
When Americans and Brits were still struggling in the water, young Canadians were clearing the Nazis out of Normandy.
This is who we are.
We wouldn't sell out our country or any other nation to thugs.
Go ask the people of Normandy.
They will tell you what Canada means.
January 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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“On Tyranny author Timothy Snyder warned us. “Do not obey in advance,” he wrote, explaining that those who do are teaching authoritarians what they can get away with. But not everyone who should have gotten the message has heard him. Here are just a few examples:”

open.substack.com/pub/america/...
The Rich, The Powerful, The Cowardly
We are witnessing media companies, journalists and billionaires bowing down to Trump and his hostile takeover—seeking access, favors and security. They are doing us a favor.
open.substack.com
December 16, 2024 at 6:53 PM
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December 16, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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We have a peculiar historical event shaping up where the oligarch billionaire class is about to fleece this country while most of their supporters are working people who are convinced that they are on their side because they hate migrants & trans people.
December 12, 2024 at 11:38 PM
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Tyson Cole. #NewYorkerCartoons
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December 16, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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The revelation that the owner of the Los Angeles Times now wants to be able to veto or edit any coverage of Donald Trump and is considering instituting some sort of creepy "bias meter" has got to be up there

🔗: www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
December 15, 2024 at 12:46 AM
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Chinese vessel hits BFAR ship with laser six times www.inquirer.net/422855/chine...
Chinese vessel hits BFAR ship with laser six times
An unidentified Chinese vessel struck a BFAR ship with a “high-intensity laser” in the West Philippine Sea last week.
www.inquirer.net
December 12, 2024 at 2:04 PM