You have to admire Slafkovský for not backing down, but he should never get into that situation given how valuable he is. Xhekaj and/or Struble need to draw a line under some names and settle this down. #Habs #GoHabsGo

Canada's trade negotiator says not all US trade issues may be resolved by July 1 Canada's chief trade negotiator to the United States, Janice Charette, said on Tuesday that she did not expect Canada and the U.S. to resolve all issues by July 1, but that ​would not mean the North A...

Canada's chief trade negotiator to the US, Janice Charette, said on Tuesday that she did not expect #Canada and the US to resolve all issues by July 1, but that ​would not mean the #USMCA would collapse. www.reuters.com/world/canada...

Superpower Suicide The geopolitics of our moment

@timothysnyder.bsky.social discusses Superpower Suicide buff.ly/QUxsV2e

Trump says he will extend Iran ceasefire until negotiations conclude The move has come at the request of Pakistan, the US president says, adding that Washington will continue its blockade of Iranian ports.

Trumps announcement that he has agreed to extend the ceasefire with Iran indefinitely is quite a turnaround.

I suspect Trump will walk back the "indefinite" part of this extension. Stay tuned for a flurry of confusing and contradictory Truth Social posts.

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Mexican companies are warned Trump tariffs will remain in place after USMCA review, sources say U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told industry groups in Mexico City that the countries ‘will never go back to a zero-tariff world,’ one source said

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has told Mexico’s auto and steel industries they should not expect the renegotiation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to remove President Donald Trump’s tariffs on their sectors buff.ly/oYCZBJp

#USMCA #Mexico #Canada #Cdnpoli

You know how the 🇺🇸USA has been bragging to the rest of us for, like, generations about what geniuses their Founding Fathers were in designing their sacred Constitution?
How they’d done away with tyranny thanks to all those fancy checks and balances?
Well …
🤷🙄🤷

Carney names advisory committee on Canada-U.S. economic relations as CUSMA review nears | CBC News Prime Minister Mark Carney has released the names of his new advisory committee on Canada-U.S. economic relations.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has released the names of his new advisory committee on Canada-U.S. economic relations.

The list includes experts, industry and union leaders and cross party retired high-profile politicians.
#cdnpoli #CanadaSky

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Canada plans to allow commercial space launches, reduce reliance on US Canada on Tuesday said it planned to permit commercial space launches, citing the need to capitalize on ​a lucrative market and build up industry as well ‌as cutting its reliance on the United States.

#Canada plans to allow commercial space launches, letting Ottawa regulate launches and re-entry, attract investment, and cut reliance on the U.S. The move targets a potential $40B industry and includes funding for a Nova Scotia spaceport. www.reuters.com/business/can...

Sure he will.

Trump says he will 'remember' companies that don't seek tariff refunds buff.ly/Y5TxyeQ

#tariffs

Iran war accelerates America’s breakup with the world President Donald Trump’s erratic moves aren’t helping.

Iran war accelerates America’s breakup with the world buff.ly/zYomVmU

Canadian woman shot dead in Mexico, authorities say | CBC News A ‌man shot a Canadian woman dead and ​injured several others ​before killing himself on Monday at Mexico's ​Teotihuacan pyramids, a popular tourist ‌and archaeological site outside of Mexico City, ac...

Canadian woman shot dead in Mexico, authorities say www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...

Ford says no one in Canada is scrutinized like he is after backtracking on $28.9M private jet purchase | CBC News Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters Monday that "no one in the country" is more scrutinized than he is, as he explained his government's rationale for buying a $29.9-million private jet before qu...

#Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters Monday that "no one in the country" is more scrutinized than he is.

"No one in the country" you say? Quite a claim.

First, you work for us and second, it's our money.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#OnPoli #Cdnpoli

Fans in Tampa yelling: “USA USA USA” in the Stanley cup playoff game against the Montreal Canadians. What a cringe sh!t. 🙄

Holy. Shit. This is Reid Wiseman's video he took with his iPhone while at the moon 🌙

Auston Matthews is waving every relationship red flag that he can at the Leafs. It’s time to get out Like in any relationship, a non-answer to a direct question is an answer in itself

I am no #MapleLeafs fan though I do enjoy the yearly "what's wrong with this team and how to fix it" discussions. This article tells it like it is.

Auston Matthews is waving every relationship red flag that he can at the Leafs. It’s time to get out buff.ly/o4eGTgv

Is there any realistic possibility that the sycophants that Trump has surrounded himself with will have the guts to trigger this?

Cathartic and dare-to-dream, but this seems like wishful thinking.

Raising concerns in a ‘Conversation’ about AI In the most recent event in the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada’s Conversations: sponsored by Charles Bronfman series, high-profile panelists explored the potentially disruptive effects of ar...

Panelists @yoshuabengio.bsky.social @astra.bsky.social @doctorow.pluralistic.net: "All the panelists were concerned over how AI is worming its way into our personal lives, from monitoring our online activities, gathering data on us, & replacing human relationships." giving.mcgill.ca/all-stories/...

Forward Guidance with Prime Minister Mark Carney YouTube video by Mark Carney

This isn't US bashing, it's aimed squarely at Canadians. We built an economy on convenience and status-quo assumptions, not resilience. When conditions changed, dependency became weakness. It’s realism and strategic signalling ahead of trade talks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk2T...

#canada

Forward Guidance with Prime Minister Mark Carney YouTube video by Mark Carney

🇨🇦Canada couldn’t have a Prime Minister better suited to the moment and to the foreseeable future than the one we have right now.
Do watch:

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I take your point on signaling and second-order effects. The wording echoes Davos but now names the U.S. directly. That looks like a deliberate reset of assumptions about dependence. Exactly what a cautious pragmatist like PM Carney would do ahead of policy shifts and tough negotiations.

Canada's prime minister says economic ties with US are a weakness that must be corrected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada’s strong economic ties to the U.S. were once a strength but are now a weakness that must be corrected.

PM Mark Carney bluntly says Canada’s U.S. economic dependence is a liability, and it’s time to break the habit. Free markets yes. Blind reliance no. apnews.com/article/cana...

#Economy #Cdnpoli #Tariffs #Canada

Sheinbaum vows to ‘defend Mexicans at every level’ amid anger at Trump over migrant deaths Sheinbaum has recently been taking a firmer stance with the US, defying pressures where other countries have caved

Mexican President Sheinbaum took a harder line against the US in the wake of mounting deaths of Mexican citizens in custody of US immigration. She wants investigations into the deaths of the 15 migrants. Mexican consulates will visit detention centers daily. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

SPECIAL REPORT - Your Neighbour Canada Has Changed And You're Not Going to Like What is Happening The unvarnished truth about Donald Trump, Big Business, Big Media

Here's a must read. SPECIAL REPORT - Your Neighbour Canada Has Changed And You're Not Going to Like What is Happening buff.ly/hWUPLF4

#Canada #cdnpoli #elbowsup

Canadian astronaut’s bon mots help heal wounds from French language row Jeremy Hansen praised for speaking French in space after Air Canada chief’s linguistic snub exposed tensions and drew rebuke from PM

Canadian astronaut’s bon mots help heal wounds from French language row buff.ly/XsFZkl3

#Canada #NASA

‘No regrets’: Venezuela’s Machado defends giving Nobel medal to Trump Maria Corina Machado gave Trump her Nobel Peace Prize after the US leader captured Nicolas Maduro.

Disappointing but not surprising - the knee was bent from day 1.

"Venezuela’s main opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says she has “no regrets” about giving US President Donald Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal."

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Iranian official says excessive demands made by U.S. are barrier to in-person talks Speaking at a diplomacy forum in Turkey on Saturday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh said Iran will not hand over its enriched uranium to the U.S.

Iranian official says excessive demands made by U.S. are barrier to in-person talks

Mind the Gap Ireland is the second richest country in Europe, and this week a single protest shut it down. Here's why.

Heard Sinéad on Pat Kenny this morning and had to read her Substack. This piece explains why #Ireland can be “rich” yet feel "broken". The viral graph hammers home the gap between tax windfalls and what the state actually delivers. Worth your time. www.butthistime.com/p/mind-the-gap

Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz, but Trump says blockade on Iranian ships and ports will stay in force Iran says the Strait of Hormuz is fully open to commercial vessels. But President Donald Trump says the American blockade on Iranian ships and ports will stay in force until Tehran reaches a deal…

Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz, but Trump says blockade on Iranian ships and ports will stay in force buff.ly/Ppcd0Aj

Alberta rejects commission’s proposed changes to province’s electoral map Government to propose motion to create MLA-controlled committee to redraw map, fuelling accusations of gerrymandering

"Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government has rejected an independent commission’s proposed changes to the province’s electoral map, fuelling accusations of gerrymandering." buff.ly/hfyiUX7

#Alberta