Leblanc’s answer: “The challenge is to get the Americans to a position where they want to make a deal that’s in the interest of both economies.”

Here’s what a option (3) mean: a Canada picks a base tariff on the US menu of demands (the lower the base tariff, the greater the removal [or non-imposition] of regulations and laws that the US doesn’t like). This last option is the worst one for the Canadian economy in the medium to long term.

A bunch of people and bikes outside at the Halifax oval

A small pylon dressed up as a raccoon with a yellow safety vest and bow in its hair

Huge turnout for the #KidicalMassHFX Spring Social at the oval today. Lots of humans and a few raccones. It was really nice getting to see everyone. I think it's safe to say bike season has started

If you’re an artist in #NovaScotia, you may want to talk with Tim.

Why would ICE be allowed in Canada during the World Cup, armed or not (or at any other time)? It makes no sense. Are all countries sending their own immigration enforcement to Canada, too?

Hi! Submit a paper to our collection! Offshore wind, climate change, range shifts, future proofing research surveys, training the next gen of fisheries scientists, new modelling approaches, examining natural mortality, coastal community resilience, trade & tariffs, ... send 'er in! #AtlanticCanada 🦞

This depressing parade continues.

Halifax updating plan for safer transportation system that reduces reliance on cars | CBC News After nearly 10 years, Halifax’s plan to create a safer, healthier transportation network where fewer people rely on cars is getting an update.

"Halifax should not be widening roads or co-funding highway upgrades with the province, but rather focus on reducing car trips and allocating more road space for transit and safe pedestrian and cycling routes." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Halifax buses are not fit for purpose, and relying on them for anything with a time stamp is officially causing major anxiety in my daily life.

It won't function well without substantial investment in mass transit, particularly bus rapid transit. Most suburban and rural commuters have no choices other than cars so would be disproportionately affected by your proposals.

Halifax investigating employee's conduct after road rage incident caught on camera A driver with a dashcam is seen blowing their horn repeatedly at a municipal truck that turned right on red before a verbal confrontation

Halifax investigating employee's conduct after road rage incident caught on camera
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Interested in learning about how I use archival records to tell stories?

I'll be giving a short talk at the Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia this Saturday!

#halifax #halifaxhistory #novascotia #novascotiahistory

As a student I got to live on the peninsula for under $700 a month (pre-2010). I very much do not expect my kids to be able to ever study or live in Halifax. 💔

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: March 28 will be the biggest protest in US history. Find your local No Kings event to make clear you're part of The Resistance to this regime’s brutality at home, pathetic ineptness, perpetual lying & their illegal war in Iran. ✊https://app.sosha.ai/s/39HA7UDd

An image of an intersection with no right on red where the pedestrian walk signal and the right turn arrow are lit up at the exact same time, encouraging drivers to please turn right and run over a few people trying to cross the road

Image from Halifax Reddit. Sometimes it feels like HRM is *trying* to kill pedestrians in crosswalks

Nova Scotian university students are on strike - Halifax Examiner This will be the first organized, province-wide university student strike in the history of Nova Scotia.

it is a affirmative and extremely empowering action that this strike represents, and is STRIKING deep fear into the very heart of the regresive proto- maga policies of the so called premier tim houston, i applaud their successful efforts www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/n...

Another bold, first class city advancement. Schools with no libraries and limited/no music after gr 5. Halifax Regional Arts, gone.

City = province ???

FIRST READING: Carney was elected to save the economy. It's only gotten worse Lost jobs, stagnated productivity, and Mexico now claims the title as the largest U.S. trading partner.

The quality of editorials in the NP is collapsing. Do the writers even know how to analyze data? Drawing conclusions from an employment report simply because they don’t like it, isn’t serious analysis. Can we stop calling NP a newspaper, it isn't one. It is an ideological tabloid. #cdnpoli

Ontario to introduce bill exempting Premier, cabinet from FOI requests Government’s proposed changes follow its loss of court battle over call logs for Ford’s personal cellphone

I am begging my fellow Canadians to take a break for a second from obsessing about American corruption to focus on our home grown versions.

Ford is a corrupt crony goon who has done countless shady backroom deals. He wants to remove one of our most powerful tools to hold him accountable. Fuck that!

How not to war This article questions why the West hasn't learned from failed interventions since the end of the Cold War. It argues that in the wake of the failure of ‘e

I wrote this article, “How Not to War” in 2022, exploring how the lesson that technology cannot conquer the ‘fog of war’ to create costless victory or replace the hard work of politics and diplomacy is never learned.

Feels kinda relevant.

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And the live blogs seem too much like stenographer for officials now as opposed to an investigative forum.

An Open Letter to Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and Hants East MLA John A. MacDonald - Halifax Examiner Your actions in the form of these budget cuts are mean and hateful and tell African Nova Scotians that we do not matter in the eyes of your government.

'Your government’s disdain for Black people in this province speaks loud and clear through these latest cuts.'
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It occurs to me that if university administrations reject shared governance, then why should academics do labor for free in the Faculty Senate?

Most decisions *of importance* are now made by administrators, while the Faculty Senate deliberates over when activity hour should be.

#academicsky

Transit workers’ union worried Halifax micro-transit plan could cannibalize bus routes Halifax’s micro-transit plan may have received a green light from council but the transit worker's union wants them to pump the brakes.

Patricio Garcia, the president of the Amalgamated Transit Union, has a lot to say about HRM’s microtransit plan.

“They are not looking at the actual problem they have, which is that transit worked when I started in 2007 but doesn’t work now. It doesn’t serve the citizens of this city well.”

Most people with real jobs cannot effort to live close to workplaces and requires these commuting options. It will only make it tougher for business to find people able to work.

They are essentially the same as Smith or Maple MAGA minus the social conservative othering so far.

Understanding the Homelessness Crisis (with data, of course) YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd

Although I’ve been involved with homelessness policy for decades, I’m NOT an expert at it. Very few city planners are. @nerd4cities.bsky.social admits it’s out of his wheelhouse too, but I appreciate his data-driven approach here. Spoilers: rent rates are key & housing SAVES public money.

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Arts and culture in Nova Scotia left reeling from 'unprecedented' cuts - Halifax Examiner "It's going to be absolutely devastating."

"Museums, Casario noted, provide rural jobs and draw tourists, but they are also crucial to their communities.

'The province needs to understand that a lot of these museums are community hubs, and they offer programming outside just the museum experience — for seniors, youth, kids,' Casario said."

Is this a better option than better BRT along this corridor? It will mainly be useful for persons from well off suburbs who are working downtown as others will be dumped into our poorly designed and under resourced transit system to transfer elsewhere.

Ottawa incentivizes electric vehicle purchases; Nova Scotia makes them more expensive HALIFAX — As Ottawa incentivizes Canadians to buy electric vehicles or hybrids, Nova Scotia is making it more expensive to drive them. Nova Scotia’s budget tabled on Monday includes a $500 fee for ele...

A clear sign of the policy direction of the NS conservative gov. Disincentivize sustainable economic and environmental measures, while promoting resource based industries through deregulation. This is not the way to build a better future. Ultimately, all Nova Scotians will pay a heavier price.