M. Grégoire

ingénieur, tory canadien, citoyen du Grand Montréal
#FédiQC #Montréal #CanPol #cdnpoli #polqc #conservateur #conservative #fedi22

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2026-10-25 13:48:58 GMT

#DavidFrum predicts how the next recession may come: AI companies failing to earn enough revenue to pay their massive debt, interest rate rise and stock market decline, governments too indebted to do much to relaunch the economy.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=26OHrqmkBu8&si=1dotatuCPKIbs_wk
Canada is, fortunately, less indebted than many other countries. But our largest trading partner has debt around 125% of GDP, much of it the responsibility of the Trump White House.
#economics #recession #AI

2026-10-24 11:31:52 GMT

Law professor slams Ottawa's 'hands-off approach' about Constitution
https://nationalpost.com/news/law-professor-criticizes-ottawas-hands-off-approach-in-protecting-oath-to-the-king
“The government of Canada has a duty to defend the Constitution, both generally or when provinces exercise the power of unilateral constitutional amendment in ways that directly strike at Canadian institutions,”
I predict that the court will grant the injunction Prof. David has asked for before the National Assembly convenes.
#CanPol #cdnpoli #polqc
#NationalPost

2026-10-19 22:06:36 GMT

Canada spent $4.8M on unused Microsoft licences for government staff
https://nationalpost.com/news/feds-spent-4-8m-on-microsoft-licenses-that-government-employees-didnt-even-use-ctf
How about Canadian governments spend $0 on Microsoft licences? #LibreOffice would do the job, and the money we save on licences we could spend on providing training for the transition.
#CanPol #cdnpoli
#NationalPost

2026-08-25 11:56:50 GMT

The Wall Street Journal : "From @WSJopinion: President Trump’s latest tariff brawl with Canada will hurt consumers and employers in both countries for no good purpose https://on.wsj.com/4y3MMG1" | XCancel
https://xcancel.com/WSJ/status/2091960392650027474#m
#TrumpTariffs #WSJ

2026-08-21 12:33:27 GMT

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@nprofile…pfuj @nprofile…e965
Libraries and such are great, but thinking back to my youth, didn't kids used to hang around at the shopping mall? Do they still do that?

2026-07-28 13:11:25 GMT

Derek Thompson: "I talked to famed translator Emily Wilson about Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, in a wide-ranging conversation about shifting norms of translation, the strangeness of Homer's world, and the online discourse about the movie Here's what she said about the film:
- "It is a big spectacle, and it is a fun time at the movies. My teenagers really loved it, and it was fun to go with my teenagers. It’s a fun summer action movie.""
1/3
#EmilyWilson #TheOdyssey

2026-07-10 15:33:24 GMT

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@nprofile…3jwj Democracy works better with political parties — though #CanPol takes control by party leaders to an unhealthy extreme.
I disagree further with the idea that the Senate ought to be non-politicised; historically that hasn't been the case. It would be more accurate to claim that the Senate is supposed to be less partisan than the House.
#CanPol #cdnpoli

2026-07-10 12:39:13 GMT

#HowardAnglin : "“As Canada faces an increasingly divided and uncertain world, Canadians expect” … more politicised Senate appointments. Don’t get me wrong: I want political appointments, so I welcome this change, but the cynicism of the sales job is breathtaking 😂" | nitter
https://nitter.net/howardanglin/status/2074492971328622784#m
#CanPol #cdnpoli

2026-07-09 17:28:41 GMT

#DerekThompson: "The Atlantic’s new cover story by @rosehorowitch is absolutely definitive on the end of the age of reading in America—and the emergence of a new post-literate age in modern life Some core facts and anecdotes:
1. Reading is shrinking. The share of Americans who read for pleasure declined by 43 percent between 2004 and 2023. While Americans might see more words than ever [...] less than half of Americans read books, anymore. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/ "
https://nitter.net/DKThomp/status/2074837653363564911#m

2026-06-28 14:38:48 GMT

Alec Stapp: "It’s hard to find something economists agree on more than “rent control is a bad idea” And that’s because of empirical research results like this:" | nitter
https://nitter.net/AlecStapp/status/2070869827535696288#m
#RentControl #economics
https://m.f-h.co/cosocial-ca/media_attachments/files/116/828/221/211/297/137/original/01560cbf529636bc.jpg

2026-06-23 19:53:23 GMT

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@nprofile…twh5 Users should make a point of following people they disagree with, and then listening more than arguing with them.

2026-06-22 01:55:56 GMT

#StevenGuilbeault was on the most recent Corner Booth podcast. In an interesting moment, one of the interviewers opens the door for Mr. Guilbeault to attack the Americans and the Trump Administration for their know-nothing environmental policies, and he chooses a different path:
https://youtu.be/4Mx2wQRIYpM?si=5epiZ5TFOhPnRMeA&t=409s
#CanPol #cdnpoli #ClimateChange

2026-06-06 20:13:08 GMT

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@nprofile…kkfs Would "delusional" be more apt?

2026-06-01 10:29:40 GMT

I feel old when I watch the #AtIssue panel on #CBC. How many people under 50 watch anything on the evening news? The *CBC TV* evening news? The weekly *political panel*?
But when I watch #PeterMansbridge's #GoodTalk, I feel young again. Peter, Chantal and Bruce: back to the 2000s!
The main value for me is to get a sense of what the Baby Boomers are thinking. Judging from the most recent episode, it's not promising for #MarkCarney .
1/2
#CanPol #cdnpoli

2026-05-30 20:32:49 GMT

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@nprofile…twh5 ?? Is there a problem with the primaries in Maine?

2026-05-15 16:06:52 GMT

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@nprofile…twh5 I think it was more obvious before.
If you go to the website, each podcast they have indexed has a number, e.g., https://podcastindex.org/podcast/5083933
I believe you can subscribe to that podcast in the Fediverse by following that number [at] ap.podcastindex.org, e.g. @nprofile…xcfw .

2026-05-15 05:59:39 GMT

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@nprofile…twh5 It's from https://podcastindex.org/ . See, for instance, @nprofile…nu48 .
I'm subscribed to a few podcasts through the service, though I use a different program to listen to my regular podcasts.

2026-05-15 01:45:46 GMT

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@nprofile…twh5 There’s a website that turns the RSS feeds of podcasts into a Fediverse account. Not quite what you're looking for, but a step in the right direction.

2026-05-09 03:06:37 GMT

Nightmare on rat virus cruise: When the first passenger died, the captain said it was natural causes, so everyone hugged his widow - who died too - and that was only the start of the horror...
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15802895/Nightmare-cruise-rat-virus-horror.html
The #DailyMail is sensationalist, to be sure. But this is still the most detailed account I've read about the #hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship.

2026-04-30 19:03:15 GMT

#PaulWells interviews @nprofile…yvcw :
https://paulwells.substack.com/p/the-avi-lewis-interview
Self-recommending.
#CanPol #cdnpoli #NDP

2026-04-22 03:12:11 GMT

"Imagine, if you dare, a different Canada, a Canada where we’re not all hostage to the whims of a few for-profit grocery chains. Imagine a Canada that had cooperative non-profit alternatives, ones anchored in strong socialist and community ideals. A whole network, even, of purely local institutions owned by their customers and governed by member-elected boards. Any profits earned could go back directly to the members"
#ColbyCosh
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-paging-avi-lewis-canadas-communitarian-grocer-gets-food-inflation-too
#economics #cooperatives
#NationalPost

2026-04-13 11:53:03 GMT

Tasha Kheiriddin: Avi Lewis could spoil the Liberals' chances next election
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/tasha-kheiriddin-avi-lewis-could-spoil-the-liberals-chances-next-election
#AviLewis "was a nice guy, hardworking, charismatic and dedicated to his craft. He was as left-wing as it gets, but respected those with different views. He was a natural politician, even then. It’s not hard to see why he managed to win 56 per cent of the vote on the first ballot"
#CanPol needs a healthy #NDP ; the many Canadians with left-wing views deserve a voice.
#cdnpoli
#NationalPost

2026-04-11 22:51:00 GMT

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@nprofile…twh5 Truman Show? Maybe you should consider the possibility that the 1950s genuinely were a better time for ordinary people — not for everyone, of course not. People had less money and fewer goods, but community was stronger then, and community is what brings joy in life.
Have you ever read *Bowling Alone*?
Update: Possibly I'm misunderstanding your last post.

2026-04-11 22:18:13 GMT

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@nprofile…twh5 Paul Krugman wrote a column about how wonderful the society of the 1950s was. I think this is the one: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/19/opinion/krugman-the-twinkie-manifesto.html
Some things were better in the past, yes. Isn't it obvious that things don't monotonically improve?

2026-04-09 22:35:19 GMT

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@nprofile…63pg
Sure, but if a group with overall responsibility for government computers switches the OS it uses successfully, they may subsequently push the rest of the government in that direction.
@nprofile…pz53

2026-04-07 10:25:19 GMT

Did Canada really pass a law making at least ten million more people into citizens, without even a background check? I don't recall much debate about this last year; seems to me we should have given this some study.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bill-c-3-canadian-citizenship-by-descent-american-interest-9.7112724
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jamie-sarkonak-bill-c-3-the-liberal-gateway-to-making-canada-the-51st-state
1/2
#CanPol #cdnpoli #citizenship
#CBC #NationalPost

2026-02-13 13:51:17 GMT

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@nprofile…x9tq It's odd that the "Similar countries" include the US, Japan and Canada, in addition to the EU-27.

2026-02-08 12:30:27 GMT

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@nprofile…yxvf You've inspired me to follow the @nprofile…wv26 account. Can I comment there directly from Mastodon?

2026-01-23 00:51:23 GMT

The new version of @nprofile…zjgq , with the ability to view quote posts (#quoosts) is now available on #FDroid.
Thanks to @nprofile…a9wy and the other developer.
#tusky

2026-01-16 22:16:40 GMT

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@nprofile…kwuz How do they tell whether you're a citizen, even if you fully comply? Can they look up your citizenship status from the information on your driver's licence?

2026-01-14 22:46:48 GMT

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@nprofile…twh5 "Western Civilisation" refers to the cultures that are the descendants of Athens + Rome + Jerusalem. The borders of Western Civilisation are blurry, but it's still a meaningful concept.

2026-01-03 13:20:26 GMT

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@nprofile…zlca Have you seen any comments from Venezuelans yet?
In the news I've read (e.g., https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-maduro-venezuela-strikes-9.7032572 ), I haven't seen any, not even from the Venezuelan opposition.
#Venezuela

2026-01-03 13:12:39 GMT

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@nprofile…zlca Strongly agree. The US is a powerful country despite its system of government, not because it is a well-designed system.

2026-01-03 12:43:48 GMT

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@nprofile…44yz The invasion of Taiwan has never been held up by lack of moral authority — under the One China theory, Beijing has more justification to send in troops than the US had in Venezuela or Panama. The reason it hasn't yet occurred is because of the military difficulty of invasion.
#Taiwan #Beijing #China #PRC #uspol

2025-12-22 14:52:20 GMT

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@nprofile…gz5x Do you think it's worth trying to circumvent the paywall to read this?

2025-12-22 13:42:35 GMT

"Each of the posts were from accounts that had few followers and, in most cases, had posted few messages. That last quote was from an account that had been created in 2023, yet had posted just one message. Again, it appears that bots were attempting to drown out good news about Canada."
"We are nowhere near as divided as we seem, but determined foreign forces are using technology to cause and worsen division among us."
https://www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025/12/19/a-divisive-wave-of-disinformation
1/2
#CanPol #cdnpoli
#BrandonSun

2025-12-19 11:15:03 GMT

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@nprofile…efpk Humans are social animals, yes. Does Mr. Junger think humans in society are naturally egalitarian, naturally hierarchical, or does he take some other position?

2025-12-13 14:37:46 GMT

I'd like to install #Debian on my #RaspberryPi5.
https://raspi.debian.net/faq/ says, "We cannot plan for including RPi5 support at least until regular, upstream, mainline Linux kernels are able to boot on it." That's perfectly fair.
I wonder how close we are to having mainline #Linux kernels that work on the #RPi5? I see kernel 6.17 is now available in Unstable.
Among other distributions, it's supported by RaspberryPiOS (of course) and Ubuntu.

2025-12-01 00:02:00 GMT

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@nprofile…4unj Thanks for sharing.

2025-11-30 12:31:42 GMT

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@nprofile…w8de @nprofile…t5dz
I think that when someone opens a new restaurant, that serves the public good, and if the restaurant shuts down within the first five years, as about half of restaurants do, I don't want the person who started it up to lose her house.

2025-11-28 14:13:53 GMT

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@nprofile…s67t
Oil tankers would take the same route, no? We already have pipelines to take oil south.
@nprofile…7grj

2025-11-28 14:13:05 GMT

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@nprofile…s67t @nprofile…7grj
Depends on how deep the seafloor is, right? There's a lighthouse on rocks near the exit from Prince Rupert.
"The strait is listed by Environment Canada as the most dangerous body of water on the entire Canadian coast and the fourth most dangerous in the world. It is noted for strong winds, powerful tidal currents, frequent storms and shallow waters. During winter storms, waves can reach 10 to 20 meters and expose the sea floor."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecate_Strait

2025-11-28 14:04:58 GMT

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@nprofile…7grj
"The Port of Prince Rupert is the third busiest seaport in Canada by container volume and cargo tonnage" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Prince_Rupert
If the Hecate Strait is so dangerous, then how come we don't hear about any accidents with the container ships going in and out of Prince Rupert?
@nprofile…s67t

2025-11-28 14:00:42 GMT

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@nprofile…s67t
It has to absorb heat from its surroundings to boil, no?
@nprofile…quls

2025-11-28 13:54:25 GMT

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@nprofile…s67t
But, according to Wikipedia, it's shipped at -162°C. That must do something to the water...
@nprofile…quls

2025-11-28 10:42:28 GMT

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@nprofile…s67t @nprofile…quls
You guys have convinced me that it would be a bad idea to ship oil out of Kitimat.
I wonder what would happen if an LNG ship were to crash? Giant fireball? The LNG disappears into the sky? It freezes the sea?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNG_spill

2025-11-27 23:03:40 GMT

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@nprofile…s67t
But people do have the freedom to pray -- in private. This law is about state agencies and people ultimately employed by the state. Isn't it progressive to prevent them from using their public role to spread their personal religious views?
(To be clear, I'm opposed to the law.)
@nprofile…reh8

2025-11-27 22:55:10 GMT

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@nprofile…s67t Is secularism not a progressive value?

2025-11-27 19:52:04 GMT

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@nprofile…s67t We have oil tankers leaving Vancouver, to little complaint. Would it be any more dangerous for tankers to sail out of Prince Rupert or Kitimat?

2025-11-20 11:58:21 GMT

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@nprofile…s67t @nprofile…xxyv I suggest allowing users to sort by "primarily English", "primarily French" and "other".
(We Canadians would benefit from greater exposure to the other side of our linguistic divide, but most of us would probably prefer to choose an instance principally using a specific language.)

2025-11-20 02:07:45 GMT

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@nprofile…xxyv
But where are the francophone instances? What about https://qlub.social/ and https://jasette.facil.services/ ?

2025-11-09 20:09:24 GMT

Cory Doctorow versus Big Tech: 'Is the juice worth the squeeze?'
https://nationalpost.com/news/cory-doctorow-versus-big-tech
I only wish @nprofile…998y had been able to explain to the interviewer that having the ability to install whatever software you want on a device you own is very different from what we traditionally consider "theft".
#NationalPost

2025-11-05 16:17:24 GMT

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@nprofile…efpk
I think you were interesting by the essays of #JosephHeath I've linked to in the past. He co-authored *The Rebel Sell*, which was in part a response to *No Logo*: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rebel_Sell
(I confess that I have read neither book as yet.)

2025-11-04 10:45:12 GMT

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@nprofile…99mj Are you suggesting NYC ought to use preferential voting?
I do find it strange that they use it for the primaries, but not the main election...
#RankedChoiceVoting

2025-11-02 11:21:23 GMT

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@nprofile…mrzh Weren't pants/trousers invented because they're warmer than skirts/kilts? They came from the North, didn't they? Most people wearing pants in ancient times weren't wealthy enough to have horses, so I doubt that riding was the reason.
Someone who wears both could comment about relative warmth...

2025-10-14 20:25:59 GMT

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@nprofile…efpk There will never be peace in the Holy Land until both sides accept that they won't get everything they want -- even if that's unfair. There are extremists on both sides, but I think one side has shown more willingness to compromise than the other.

2025-10-14 20:11:16 GMT

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@nprofile…efpk I can imagine people on both sides of the conflict agreeing to that statement, seeing themselves as the ones under attack.

2025-10-12 00:49:07 GMT

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@nprofile…hyrk The pepe memes I'm aware of. Why are people protesting ICE by dressing as frogs?

2025-10-12 00:42:33 GMT

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@nprofile…hyrk "Frogs"?
Any discussion of the relative degree of compassion of the Right and the Left needs to discuss which group is more likely to give to charity and to volunteer.

2025-10-10 15:36:25 GMT

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@nprofile…kvc0 Does anyone like those disappearing scrollbars?

2025-10-09 10:01:04 GMT

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@nprofile…dc6s Some types of border integration are a good idea, others are bad. I can't express any opinion on this without knowing specifics.
Many bills are introduced into US legislatures as the equivalent of private members' bills, with very little chance of passing -- and this clearly isn't recent news as Congress isn't sitting presently.

2025-10-09 07:38:24 GMT

Feds table border bill without contentious search powers for police
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/liberals-table-new-border-bill-without-contentious-search-powers-for-law-enforcement?itm_source=index
Here's some positive news in #CanPol. Good work by the Opposition parties, and good for the Government in trimming this bill to eliminate the controversial elements. This is an example of Parliament working well.
#cdnpoli
#NationalPost

2025-10-02 18:28:39 GMT

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@nprofile…hyrk I've encouraged a few of my conservative brothers and sisters to come here, but mostly they're content on Twitter.

2025-10-02 10:11:38 GMT

Was there really an 1970s Northern England fad for early-Motown, baggy pants, tank tops, and amphetamines?
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/oxford-bags-pants
According to the video, they were break-dancing, sort of.
The world is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.

2025-10-01 20:47:14 GMT

Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) –
https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/econopocalypse/#subprime-intelligence
"This week, no less than the Wall Street Journal published a lengthy, well-reported story (by Eliot Brown and Robbie Whelan) on the catastrophic finances of AI companies: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-bubble-building-spree-55ee6128 The WSJ writers compare the AI bubble to other bubbles [...], and conclude that the AI bubble is vastly larger than any other bubble in recent history."
@nprofile…qz4x
#AI #economy #bubble

2025-08-28 19:57:08 GMT

#GlennLoury finally confesses: "I didn't vote for Kamala Harris. I didn't vote for Trump either. I voted for Cornel West."
(From his August Q&A; not an exact quote.)
#uspol

2025-08-17 12:43:54 GMT

Peak cinema - by Scott Sumner - The Pursuit of Happiness
https://scottsumner.substack.com/p/peak-cinema
"In this post, I’ll argue that the period from 1958 to 1963 is the artistic peak of filmmaking."
I have to confess that I've watched barely a handful of the films in this list — but the ones I watched were good. Someday...
Via #MarginalRevolution
#movies #films

2025-08-08 20:02:40 GMT

Now that #Ghost6 has been released, websites published using that version of Ghost are available on the Fediverse. Has anyone seen any worth following? Please reply with the account name if so.
Boosts encouraged.
@nprofile…cyge
#ghost

2025-07-18 13:19:08 GMT

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@nprofile…dc6s Disclosure in order to become a candidate? Maybe. But I don't think we should be too quick to expel people who've won elections...

2025-07-18 12:42:07 GMT

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@nprofile…dc6s I wouldn't say all politicians, but all cabinet ministers ought to put their savings into a blind trust; no single investment in the blind trust ought to be worth over say $1M; all options ought to be exercised when the blind trust is set up.
All politicians ought to disclose their major assets before being sworn in.
#CanPol #cdnpoli #ethics #politics

2025-07-08 16:44:17 GMT

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Gentlemen, I believe we're making progress. If I understand you correctly, you agree that neither Mr. Poilievre nor the CPC are Nazis, and rather you worry about scenarios in which a CPC government might become Nazi. Let me take your concerns in turn:
1. @nprofile…wuyc is concerned that the Trump Administration would turn a CPC govt Nazi. The fact that Pres. Trump showed in word and deed during elxn45 he prefers Mark Carney makes me doubt he would have more influence over Mr. Poilievre.
1/3
@nprofile…lgp0

2025-07-07 23:47:22 GMT

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@nprofile…wuyc You're not suggesting that Mr. Poilievre would lead a Nazi government, are you?
(I also disagree with the suggestion that he'd lead an anti-immigrant government, but that's not the same degree of calumny.)

2025-06-29 03:12:48 GMT

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@nprofile…q0wx Was it the SAAQ who paid? I didn't think they'd cover that sort of thing.

2025-06-28 11:51:06 GMT

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@nprofile…dc6s Isn't #MarkCarney doing more or less what you expected prior to the election?
#CanPol #cdnpoli

2025-06-28 11:27:51 GMT

Trouble in the Chinese #EV market, says #DrivingCa: a take-no-prisoners domestic price war.
"So, while BYD’s famously inexpensive Seagull costs about CAD$11,000 in its home market, it retails for a whopping CAD$35,000 in the U.K."
https://driving.ca/column/motor-mouth/chinas-electric-vehicle-revolution-on-the-ropes
A problem for manufacturers, an opportunity for buyers. Canadians should let Chinese EVs into our market in return for their building some factories here.
#TrumpTariffs #CanPol #cdnpoli

2025-06-19 01:33:38 GMT

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@nprofile…qz4x
There's an enormous potential for abuse in binding arbitration clauses, absolutely. But the legal system is also easy for people (with money) to abuse, as, e.g., patent trolls show.
Is there a better way to resolve disputes with some sort of arbitration? Or are the law courts as good as it gets?

2025-06-18 19:20:37 GMT

@nprofile…tq7q I see that the #Bridgy system to share posts between the Fediverse and Bluesky now allows server admins to opt-in for their instance (I don't know if that would still let individuals opt-out).
https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-121/
Is this something we want to consider for #CoSocialCa ? I'm in favour of using Bridgy personally, though I wouldn't want to force others if they preferred not to use it. How do other members of our community feel about it?
#BridgyFed

2025-06-14 03:26:34 GMT

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@nprofile…7c02
Interesting. It would be nice to see it from the inverse perspective though: what percentage of CPC/LPC/NDP/BQ voters didn't get vaccinated against #covid19?
I've read that some of the current measles outbreak seems to be linked to Mennonite communities: https://www.simcoereformer.ca/news/local-news/norfolk-health-officials-navigate-measles-outbreak-and-vaccine-hesitancy-in-religious-groups
Would measles and covid-19 vaccine hesitancy be closely correlated? Some people said they had concerns about the mRNA aspect of the latter, though perhaps they were just looking for excuses.
#vaccination

2025-06-14 02:32:03 GMT

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@nprofile…7c02 Do we know which groups are the least likely to vaccinate? Is it the anti-government Right? The granola Left? Certain religious groups? The population in general?
#measles

2025-06-13 15:33:43 GMT

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@nprofile…hyrk I've asked someone on Twitter to set up the bridge for her Bluesky account, but I can't find it. In fact, even her Bluesky account may have problems — though she followed the instructions apparently.
Can you find @asymmetricinfo , either on the Fediverse or on Bluesky?
I see that @nprofile…rxuy works now, so maybe it's just a matter of time.

2025-06-12 15:59:40 GMT

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@nprofile…hyrk I don't see their account available on the Fediverse, no.

2025-06-11 15:41:33 GMT

I was looking for the 50-year return period minimum daily mean temperature of Toronto [0] It's shown graphically on Fig A3.1.2 of CAN/CSA S6:19, but I wanted to get the figure tabulated or specified somewhere. Search engines failing me, I thought I'd ask Copilot, the LLM my employer recommends.
[0] Mean daily temperature = the average temperature over a 24 hour period; minimum = lowest such temperature in a year; 50-year = will arrive once every 50 years statistically.
1/2
#LLM #AI

2025-06-11 02:53:48 GMT

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@nprofile…7s46 "Old masthead"? Have they taken off the Junius line? Was it replaced by something else?
#GlobeAndMail

2025-06-06 18:57:57 GMT

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@nprofile…tte6
That's an impressively detailed alt-text.

2025-05-30 10:38:05 GMT

Let's go Oilers!
#HNOM

2025-05-28 14:27:00 GMT

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@nprofile…wuyc There are issues that have a lot of importance and relative consensus in Québec that are controversial elsewhere in the country, and vice versa. For instance, concern about integrating large numbers of immigrants and about "wokeness" in the universities are issues here.
#CanPol #cdnpoli #polqc

2025-05-28 10:03:53 GMT

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@nprofile…5nrt PGP keys definitely ought to have some standard best practice for naming, especially so you can identify private keys at a glance.

2025-05-22 20:58:03 GMT

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@nprofile…wuyc
I wasn't in BC in 2009. I had imagined that the second referendum was less supportive of electoral reform because memory of the 1996 and 2001 elections [0] had faded. But you think the parties -- presumably the Liberals -- worked for the defeat? Do you have any articles you could link to telling that story?
@nprofile…mkp8
[0] In which FPTP had produced some anomalous results.

2025-05-22 18:36:15 GMT

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@nprofile…wuyc
The difficulty was for people who weren't particularly interested in #ElectoralReform ; the vast majority of the public is unlike you and me in this regard.
It wouldn't be unreasonable to describe FPTP as "winner-take-all" if it were a one-time game; but it's a repeated game, so the incentives are different.

2025-05-22 18:28:01 GMT

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@nprofile…wuyc I was personally mildly positive about the BC-STV proposal; I sought to explain, not to convince my listeners one way or another. They could indeed understand, but they preferred a simpler system, which does have a certain wisdom for something as important as an electoral system.
The experience of the BC Citizens' Assembly does not convince me that it was a good model for proposing reforms... Yes, they were not beholden to the parties, but they lost touch with non-expert opinion.

2025-05-22 17:30:34 GMT

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@nprofile…wuyc I gave a presentation to the BC Citizens' Assembly. My main point was to argue against #ProportionalRepresentation .
The major flaw of the BC-STV system the Citizens' Assembly recommended was its complexity. I gave a presentation about it at a luncheon (before the referendum), and though the ballots were simple enough to use, the people I explained it to weren't comfortable with the way it converted votes into elected legislators.
#bcpoli
#ElectoralReform

2025-05-13 18:17:00 GMT

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@nprofile…dplv Yes, I predicted that Mr. Leitão would become Finance Minister. I hope he'll get into cabinet at some point in time.

2025-05-12 22:23:22 GMT

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@nprofile…wuyc
I believe my travel agent had notified VIA there'd be a passenger getting on in Kitwanga, so they were watching for the marker.
It took me seven days to cross the country, overnighting at a B&B in Jasper and the Royal York in Toronto. The rest of the time I just slept in the train. Quite the trip.
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2025-05-12 12:18:23 GMT

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@nprofile…wuyc @nprofile…n4vt @nprofile…mwdy @nprofile…2aaq
I took this train in late Summer 1995, and continued all the way to Truro, on my way to university.
I started at Kitwanga; a helpful guy from the band office set a marker next to the track to signal the train to stop. In Prince George I and a few other passengers got out and went to a bar close to the train station, since we were stopped for a couple of hours there in the evening. Passed through the Rockies in the dark, unfortunately.
#VIArail #Skeena #BC

2025-05-05 00:01:16 GMT

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@nprofile…hyrk Is that what Byron York says, or is that your assessment?
As an outsider, I think there's been excessive hatred of presidents from both parties as long as I remember.

2025-04-30 12:22:38 GMT

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@nprofile…dc6s I'm not in AB, so I won't argue with you about what politics looks like there.
But please, don't imply that everyone in the #CPC is a MAGA supporter. I assure you that it's not true where I am, and it's unhelpful when what we as Canadians should want is to drive MAGA supporters from influence in our major parties.
#CanPol #cdnpoli

2025-04-30 12:02:24 GMT

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@nprofile…dc6s People tend to see what they want to see — that includes me of course.
What I see is
* the #CPC's fundamental principles include not just Canadian independence but support for Parliament, the monarchy and our heritage
* a leader who has consistently rejected the 51st state threats
* a powerful and extended defence of Canada in the Flag Day speech
* a stated dislike of Mr. Poilievre from the White House
* federalist candidates and volunteers
Maybe it's different in AB.
#CanPol #cdnpoli

2025-04-30 10:17:02 GMT

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@nprofile…dc6s There are indeed traitors in this country [0]. If we want to attack the disloyal and keep their numbers low, it's very important not to throw the large group of the discontented into the same bin. It pushes the two groups together when we want to draw redlines.
For this reason, it's important to recognise that the #CPC is an ally against #separatism, and not to imply that the Conservative Party is loyal to Pres. Trump.
[0] I live in Québec after all.
#CanPol #cdnpoli

2025-04-30 09:43:00 GMT

Assembly to consider 'independence-oriented' options for West: Manning
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/preston-manning-to-pursue-western-assembly-after-liberal-win
Let me put it on the record that I've never particularly liked #PrestonManning. Even so, it's disappointing to learn he's assembling a political movement that will flirt with separatism.
Canadians ought to stay loyal – especially at the present moment — and reject the destructive idea of regional separation.
#CanPol #cdnpoli #abpoli
#NationalPost

2025-04-30 01:00:26 GMT

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@nprofile…wuyc Hmm. The population presumably includes permanent residents and citizens under 18, two groups that can't vote but which are significant in number. I feel like, for your purposes, you should keep the under 18s, but maybe exclude the permanent residents.