Verification (establishing truth), Deliberation (arguing about it), and Accountability (binding power to it). When these work, you have substance. When they break, you slide into performance, and eventually, simulation, and people recognise this, even if they don't use a shared terminology.

I'll essentially just walk through the whole
"you only buy the solar panels and batteries once and then they harvest energy from the sun for free" thing, contrasting it with
"can't stop slurping oil outta the ground or all the machines stop" and stare intensely at camera while I ask which is better

Canada, like other western states, is worried about alienating Trump. But that just invites isolation next time, when it's your turn over the barrel, and everyone else stays silent for fear of alienating Trump.

Democracies worthy of the name must stand together for the rule of law, or fall apart.

I got a pair of Icetrax a few years ago and haven’t fallen once while using them, a real feat for me! Bonus they’re a Montreal company

icetrax.ca

Alberta needs immigrants - their drive, their entrepreneurial spirit, their artistic and creative talent, their hard work, their skills, their investment capital. And we’ve been proud to welcome refugees - from Ukraine and Eritrea, South Sudan and Myanmar and Syria. This hateful racism is not us.