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I have it on pretty good authority he literally cried tears of blood after learning about the all the Portuguese colonizing Nfld back in the 1500s. Too swarthy.

[side note: anyone scrolling - this - is a much better read than the link up top. ty for the risky search azi.]

 

B.C. unlikely to follow Ontario's lead in slapping surcharge on power exports, premier says

"We're working with other premiers and with the federal government on how we can support the Team Canada approach with no-tariff responses," he said on March 5 about the possibility of B.C. imposing its own surcharges. [...]

Eby also said he is working on "contingency planning" should things escalate.

For example, he noted the impacts of Elon Musk's DOGE — Department of Government Efficiency — on B.C.'s power partners.

B.C.'s power grid is connected to the United States through the Bonneville Power Administration, an agency within the U.S. Department of Energy that both buys from and sells to British Columbia, as needed.

The agency is down hundreds of positions following mass firings by the Trump administration. [...]

Eby and Harrison both said B.C. has been hindered in the past because Alberta has its own regulatory scheme for managing power, focused around private providers, while B.C.'s grid relies on the publicly-owned B.C. Hydro.

But with increased interest in interprovincial trade, Eby said progress was being made on harmonizing standards to allow power to flow more freely across the Rockies, something Harrison applauded.

Eby also said similar conversations were happening with Yukon, where the barriers are more about geography and a lack of infrastructure rather than politics. [...]

B.C. has also announced plans to rapidly increase its own power supply both through the finalization of the Site C dam and the fast-tracking of several wind power projects across the province.

[–] StopTouchingYourPhone@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Racism is always so stupid.

For anyone skimming by who doesn't want to rtfa: Edmund Greggains' objection to Skippy's Canada First rally speech is that it had too many ~~not white~~ foreign-sounding names in it. Like Patel and Mohammad.

And here he is in a different rant on the same site getting frothy and self-defensive about coolie labour building Canadian railroads, black folk having to escape slave owners and other racist white industrialists even after escaping to Canada, Sikhs existing in Alberta... And here he is again upset about Brampton.

Basic aggrieved white subject using a precious imagined Canadian White Identity to feel important and embattled; upset at Poilieviere and Danielle Smith for not being racist enough. Trying at the end of OP's linked article to equate the Yankee threat of annexation with all those foreign-sounding names somehow taking over his Canada.

Only through acknowledging this will we be able to fight off mass immigration, restore our hereditary culture, and safeguard the future of a Canadian people and state.

Is this question rhetorical?

The guest was Réal Lavergne, president of the Ottawa chapter.

Charlie Angus is doing some heavy lifting. Respect.

We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to transition official government communications away from Twitter/X to more secure, community-regulated platforms that prioritise public safety, accurate information, and accessibility. We encourage the government to explore publicly accountable alternatives, including decentralised networks, to ensure reliable and responsible communication with Canadians. - 5359

We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:

  1. Ban the social media platform X on all government agencies' communication channels;
  2. Ban political candidates at all levels of governments to campaign, promote, disseminate, and share contents or messages under public or official capacity; and
  3. Publicly encourage private Canadian entities and users to use alternatives to communicate and interact with their audiences. - 6378

Enough signatures means a petition HAS to be presented in the HoC and a government response MUST be tabled. The "revoke Elon's citizenship" petition that got popular is the most symbolic gesture of these 3, but I think they're all for the same main purpose: make our elected reps talk openly and on the record about the seig heil in the room. If they legislate deplatforming his main propaganda arm, that's just gravy imo.

Wish there were actual punishments for misinformation instead of cost-of-doing-business fines.

From OP's link:

Undermining [local autonomy and community ability to veto major projects] with sophisticated, well-funded astroturfing campaigns is a common denominator linking several similar efforts that are taking place in Canada right now. Recent investigations have revealed a pattern of astroturf organizations, directed by individuals connected to conservative parties and/or the oil and gas sector, running “concerned citizens campaigns” in Regina, in Saskatoon and in Crowsnest Pass, Alberta.

These campaigns poison public discourse by flooding the proverbial “marketplace of ideas” with false and misleading information, to the point that it becomes effectively impossible to have a meaningful public conversation.

Leaving this link here in case anyone wanted a quick scroll of the Manning Centre approved media that amplifies all their shit.

Peat bogs are really important as far as global warming is concerned. Don't throw hazardous waste on top of them.

the Quebec minister of natural resources and forests introduced a bill to force the city to sell the land to allow the expansion to go forward

That's so fucked in the head.

“We are not the trash can of the United States,” Ruba Ghazal, an opposition member of Quebec’s parliament, said at a press conference. She said it is unacceptable for Quebec’s ruling conservative party to “expropriate a city to give it to Trump’s United States”.

20 months is incredibly lenient, given the givens. And it's with time served. AND there's a possibility of him serving some of that time here in Canada. The kid's been treated with kid gloves.

 

Keir Giles, a senior consulting fellow with the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House in London, says Putin's FSB has been casting a wide net for new agents since the invasion of Ukraine. It's all part of Moscow's push to harass and unbalance NATO nations.

"Russia will reach out and recruit anybody it can, because that is now very much cheaper and easier thanks to online access," said Giles. "The investment of time and resources in doing this is tiny compared to the potential results."

The end goal isn't necessarily to obtain secret information, or engage in sabotage, says Giles, but rather to sow fear, uncertainty and doubt. A goal that can be met even when spies are caught — or confess.

"Russia places very little value on the people that it recruits. They are disposable," he said.

Laken's family hope that he will soon return home, and have been told that quiet negotiations are underway to allow him to complete his sentence in Canada.

[A youngster was a Forces cadet and reservist, planned to join the army after his 18th birthday, and his dad's a retired master corporal. Warsaw regional court said they showed leniency due to his confession and cooperation. His mother's laywer is blaming Canada for letting the kid leave in the first place.]

[–] StopTouchingYourPhone@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Thanks for the heads up about fisherman brand. Never heard of them!

I remember Green Beaver's lip balm being decent, but they're not a stick like Burt's. Just searching with you:

The well site turned up this gem.

Attitude brand looks promising too.

[edit to add scentuals. I haven't tried their lip "conditioner" but have used other products from them in the past and been happy with em]

“I’m sure it’s going to affect me, but I don’t really know how. I’ll have to do some research,” said Richard Malone

Next week someone's gonna post google trending terms and we'll find out every second search was "what's a woke Canada tariff?"

[–] StopTouchingYourPhone@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Alternate source: Ford doubles down on threat to cut off energy to U.S. amid spectre of trade war

When Ford triggered the election in late January, he appealed to voters for the "largest mandate in Ontario's history" to help his government navigate four years of the Trump administration.

The PCs picked up 80 seats — a sizeable majority of 17, but only one more than at dissolution and three fewer than they won in 2022.

Despite the result and costly price tag, Ford said Monday the election was "100 per cent" worth it.

Well... yeah. He got a Superbowl ad for himself during an international crisis. He got to be CanadaMan on the world stage. Ontario having to shell out for our second provincial election in 3 years is a small price to pay.

[eta a clip from the newsbit]

"Damn Harris running for President did this! Dems really need to get back to their working class roots!" - MAGA, 2026

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