Our riding is fairly consistently Liberal federally. But it's becoming obvious that the riding is increasingly moving to the right.

Carney consistently skips QP, media availabilities, broadcast interviews. I've seen enough to know it's a pattern. And it is Fordian.

I come from a family that votes Tory & did several times when I was young.

I'm in a riding that is PC provincially and will not, in the foreseeable future, go NDP or Green. I felt that voting Liberal was the best I could do. I just wish it wasn't so very obvious that the PM is an investment banker.

I'm with you on written (It's why, when I had more time, I transcribed a lot of pressers). I've got a strong bias toward print vs. broadcast media. I view it as a weakness given preferences & directions of the broader public. And it's not if they want it, it's to treat them as an important audience.

He's been leader for 5 minutes and polling pundits are already doing their part to ensure we never get anything except conservative policies.

I can't see any scenario I'd ever vote blue but the other 3 parties? For sure.

Yesterday was odd. The thing she finally blocked me over was something abt which my work experience allowed me to have a reasoned, knowledgeable discussion.

There seems to be 📉 distress tolerance among LPC partisans.

100%.

And I will state it again since I was told that I was 'NDP' yesterday: I belong to no political party. I am a swing-voter.

Whatever happens with Lewis' leadership, we all benefit when the national dialogue is expanded. Right-wing populism is very well-established in Canada and left-wing populism entering the chat is not a bad thing. We need to expand our imagination of what is possible with policy.

Ughhhh. I did not know that!

BREAKING: Avi Lewis wins the NDP leadership with a commanding majority on the first ballot.

Avi Lewis is the new leader of the NDP.

18/ As JP Morgan's briefing note says:

"Much like during COVID, the shock unfolds sequentially rather than simultaneously—a rolling supply disruption moving westward, dictated by shipping times and buffered unevenly by regional inventories."

14/ After these dates, the Gulf oil currently at sea runs out, and the next wave of deliveries will arrive later, costlier, and in smaller volumes from different producers.

13/ 🔺 Southern Africa / Indian Ocean — March 20th–April 1st (earliest)
🔺 East Asia — April 1st (China, Japan, Korea cluster)
🔺 Europe — April 10th
🔺 United States — April 15th (latest)
🔺 Australia/Pacific — April 20th (latest)

12/ Most deliveries from the Gulf are in the process of stopping between now and April 20th. Regions closest to the Gulf are feeling the impact first, with Europe, the US and the Pacific last due to the longer shipping distances:

6/ Together, these four nations absorb the vast majority of Persian Gulf output, reflecting Asia's structural dependence on Middle Eastern oil to fuel its industrial economies. China and India in particular are now far bigger consumers than in previous oil crises.

3/ Alhough shortages have already been seen, for instance in Australia, this has been due to excessive demand caused by panic buying rather than an interruption in supply. That is about to change.
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1/ The world is facing a 'ticking time bomb' from its supply of oil, according to a briefing note from JP Morgan. Physical scarcity of oil is about to unfold across the globe, spreading sequentially through April from east to west, causing major economic disruption worldwide. ⬇️

Don Davies: "There is a little something I'd like to clear up arising from my speech at the Press Gallery dinner. I erroneously said 'when Prime Minister Carney played hockey that he was a goalie.' I was mistaken, he's clearly a right-winger."

Doug Ford is endangering children.

"Four months after the Ontario government banned automated speed enforcement cameras, there has been a “significant uptick” in speeding in school zones in Ottawa, according to the head of the city’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee."

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I voted LPC last election & feel that makes me duty bound to advocate for policy I want to see. I didn't leave my critical-thinking or my responsibility as an engaged voter behind in the voting booth.

I'll call out policies I disagree with. I wish LPC partisans could occasionally do the same. 2/2

I will say this for the eleventy-billionth time: I'm a swing voter. I'm not partisan. Policy over party. I actually voted LPC last election.

You LPC partisans are your own worst enemy when you engage w/swing voters here. I can feel my psychological reactance 📈 with every interaction like this. 1/2

Ah, I just read your bio. I'm guessing you will always find an excuse. I'm not going to get into a back and forth with a Liberal partisan.

Have a good day.

What appears to be low priority for PM Carney is QP, press conferences and sit-down interviews. It doesn't need to be all of those. THAT is a choice.

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Comparing attendance records with similar time in office:

Carney - 29.2%
Trudeau - 46.1%
Harper- 64.2%

#CdnPoli

I’ll die on this hill: every repeat offender is in need of addiction support; and MOST 1st time offenders also. It’s not a lapse of judgement

I've been stuck on why a man with his history and all of his resources couldn't have made different choices. I think, fairly clearly, he is incapable of doing that right now. It looks like illness.

HOW is this real?

"The so-called “five-second rule” has been debunked in food safety, yet a similar mindset persists in surgical environments."

Who knew the five-second rule was an IPAC standard?