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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 19m

Joly’s comments (“invested millions”) seem to indicate that at least some funding was delivered under an agreement that included requiring the continued operation and expansion of several plants, including the Brampton one.

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Jim Abraham @yhzweatherguy.bsky.social · 44m

Showers, rain or drizzle most likely in NB & W NS today. Northeast winds increase Friday and Saturday allowing light showers or drizzle to persist in onshore flow over SE NB-PEI and N NS.
Clears Sunday then a few more significant rain events starting Tuesday next week.

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 1h

Didn’t Lohr get really huffy at the idea that he’d just copied HRM’s plan? Relying on him not to want to run out front and take credit doesn’t seem stable.

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 1h

“NSPCs win a massive majority then schism because of a dilapidated suburban shopping mall” not likely but actually on the board now

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 11h

Someone tell Blanchet

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 11h

“The reality is that there is no fiscal crisis. No precipice.”

Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 15h

This is a really useful table from the folks at IFSD — especially if we're about to talk a lot about public debt and the cost of carrying that debt.

www.policymagazine.ca/budget-2025-...

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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 15h

This is a really useful table from the folks at IFSD — especially if we're about to talk a lot about public debt and the cost of carrying that debt.

www.policymagazine.ca/budget-2025-...

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 13h

Step 1: sue them - www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Step 2: take all their stuff

Step 3: get someone else to make better cars with their stuff

Ottawa threatens legal action against Stellantis | CBC News

The federal government is threatening automaker Stellantis with legal action if the company doesn't "respect its obligations" to Canadians, according to a letter obtained by CBC News, years after the ...

www.cbc.ca

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 14h

IME it will only give you ferry routes if you start near the ferry. Once you get on a bus, any bus, it will suggest 30 minute plus walks over a quick transfer through the ferry and then to a second bus.

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 15h

Yup, I've had exactly the same problem. Even if I specify the arrive or depart times, which makes it take traffic into account on its projections, it force-excludes the ferry. Apple maps does the same thing. Its incredibly annoying.

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 15h

Self-financing my ass, this is why you don't do "dynamic scoring" on budget items.

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 15h

www.cbc.ca/news/politic... - You know, Darren Major, you can figure out whether the Bloc's proposed measures would be "self-financing". Spoilers: they're not, especially not the OAS increase.

Don Davies also continues to be extremely unserious. "Read my mind or it's election time!"

Opposition parties are pitching their own ideas ahead of Carney’s first budget | CBC News

The Liberal government will need the co-operation of at least one other party to pass its budget — and the opposition benches are starting to signal what they want to see when the federal financial pl...

www.cbc.ca

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 15h

We need to Morbius it.

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 17h

Rosemary Barton would like you to understand that absolutely no politician in Canada would campaign on such base and puerile conspiracy theories. Please ignore the seventeen posts by Pierre Poilievre about it on X, the everything site, in the past month. Its rude to bring those up.

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 18h

Every year, millions of low-income Canadians miss out on benefits they’re entitled to.

We’re stepping in — with new Automatic Federal Benefits. Canada’s new government will pre-file taxes for up to 5.5 million Canadians, getting them back money that would otherwise go unclaimed.

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 20h

Sure, because the past decade or so of environmental strategy has consisted of either trying to trick people into eating their peas or figuring that sooner or later malnutrition will spontaneously trigger worldwide veganism.

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 20h

Yes, the idea that we can just sneakily do good policy and if we don't tell people about it they won't notice is a bad one. Everything needs marketing.

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 20h

"What do you believe inflation is" should be a mandatory question before anyone is allowed to complain about inflation. Because there's some *wild* ideas out there.

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 22h

Wow surely nobody would keep repeatedly increasing the tariffs then

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 22h

BESSENT: ONE TIME PRICE ADJUSTMENT FROM TARIFFS IS NOT INFLATIONARY

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 20h

Florida’s solution has been to push the risk onto the government, which kicks the can down the road.

I agree with @lurkerenvoy.bsky.social that the best messaging is benefits. Electrification IS better. That plus renewables solves the problem. @techconnectify.bsky.social is great at selling this.

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 20h

This is why I like Carney's framing of "a rupture" - which creates a situation where there's no option of "keep doing what we are", but also where there's no clear right answer. I think Stellantis is going to regret subjecting their plants to 10,000 Tariffs Grandpa's whims, but maybe not!

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 22h

How can an modern wind & solar project in Canada compete with industrial supply at $2 / MWh?!? Yes, only Hydro-Québec gets that pricing, but I believe that far below-market price carve-outs like that have widespread competitive consequences.

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 22h

I wasn't aware of the details here, though the financial arm-twisting is quite familiar from reading accounts of various 19th century railroad projects.

I also think this is an important piece of why Canada's so bad at renewables projects!

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 22h

This is exactly what I'm planning on doing with our older daughter, who is being prepped through exposure to the Tiffany Aching books.

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 22h

More fodder for my theory that Canadian politics involves a delicate balance of regional interests that are *strongly* in tension and also largely unknown outside of the affected regions.

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 23h

Your audience demands more Canadaposting.

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