Scotty Cameron
@scottycameron.bsky.social
Public budgeting, forecasting, and tax policy in Canada & all over.
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This story is bizarre. Mark Carney went to Oxford! No Oxford man would spell organized with an s.
FIRST READING: Mark Carney's bizarre insistence on using British spellings instead of Canadian ones
The 2025 budget spells organize as "organise," catalyze as "catalyse," recognize as "recognise."
nationalpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This story is bizarre. Mark Carney went to Oxford! No Oxford man would spell organized with an s.
One person could make a great Coke ad with a flip book of stick figures if it had a soul.
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
One person could make a great Coke ad with a flip book of stick figures if it had a soul.
Lesson from Carney’s budget is that there’ll be shrill histrionics whatever the deficit so might as well have gone for something actually ambitious
November 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Lesson from Carney’s budget is that there’ll be shrill histrionics whatever the deficit so might as well have gone for something actually ambitious
🐋 WHALE ALERT: $1M Polymarket bet placed at 9AM EST on Nancy Pelosi announcing her retirement
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🐋 WHALE ALERT: $1M Polymarket bet placed at 9AM EST on Nancy Pelosi announcing her retirement
With the billions in savings from drafting speaking points and treasury board submissions slightly faster we can finally afford display cases for our Fell For It Again awards 👍
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
With the billions in savings from drafting speaking points and treasury board submissions slightly faster we can finally afford display cases for our Fell For It Again awards 👍
We’re not a charity case. We’re a major market the U.S. needs and it’s time to start acting like it.
Sportsnet announces that there was an average of 10.9 million viewers watching World Series Game 7.
18.5 million Canadian viewers watched some or all of it.
An average of 25,984,000 viewers watched in the U.S, peaking at 31,543,000.
18.5 million Canadian viewers watched some or all of it.
An average of 25,984,000 viewers watched in the U.S, peaking at 31,543,000.
November 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
We’re not a charity case. We’re a major market the U.S. needs and it’s time to start acting like it.
Made a strange peace with it last night but today just want to puke
November 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Made a strange peace with it last night but today just want to puke
Despite the loss, expect to see an entire generation of Canadians named Ernie.
The craziest thing about Ernie Clement is that his legal name is just “Ernie,” not Ernest, not short for anything. And the second-craziest thing is that he has the single postseason hit record.
November 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Despite the loss, expect to see an entire generation of Canadians named Ernie.
I feel like we’re asking a lot from this guy
November 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I feel like we’re asking a lot from this guy
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waiting for the EU to start acting like a superpower
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
waiting for the EU to start acting like a superpower
Better team —> more money —> better team
We’re never losing again
Virtuous cycle of monopoly telecoms
We’re never losing again
Virtuous cycle of monopoly telecoms
The #bluejays are causing Canadians to use record amounts of data on their devices.
broadcastdialogue.com/blue-jays-fa...
broadcastdialogue.com/blue-jays-fa...
Blue Jays fans setting new records for data usage - Broadcast Dialogue
Rogers says Canadians have already smashed internet data usage records during the first three games of the Toronto Blue Jays run at the World Series.
broadcastdialogue.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Better team —> more money —> better team
We’re never losing again
Virtuous cycle of monopoly telecoms
We’re never losing again
Virtuous cycle of monopoly telecoms
Happy halloween friends
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Happy halloween friends
It’s amazing that when you’re a fan of a sports team that experiences success it means that you are also successful and athletic and deserving of as much if not more praise really
October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It’s amazing that when you’re a fan of a sports team that experiences success it means that you are also successful and athletic and deserving of as much if not more praise really
90% cortisol by volume
Blue Jays manager John Schneider confirmed that George Springer is expected to return to the lineup for Game 6 of the World Series.
(H/T Bob Nightengale)
(H/T Bob Nightengale)
October 31, 2025 at 11:26 AM
90% cortisol by volume
All the U.S. international tax and financial information exchange staff and systems are asleep (furloughed), post financial crimes
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
All the U.S. international tax and financial information exchange staff and systems are asleep (furloughed), post financial crimes
No reason the robot can’t call balls and strikes in the ump’s ear and have them say it out loud. Nobody gotta know.
October 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
No reason the robot can’t call balls and strikes in the ump’s ear and have them say it out loud. Nobody gotta know.
The whir of a million mouse movers booting up across the GTA
October 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The whir of a million mouse movers booting up across the GTA
Got called "chief seagull" for how quickly i swoop in on office snacks chat am I cooked?
October 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Got called "chief seagull" for how quickly i swoop in on office snacks chat am I cooked?
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drake turning off the game as it gets to 18
October 28, 2025 at 6:30 AM
drake turning off the game as it gets to 18
Because hey guess what it’s all bullshit
Trump on Monday was asked when those additional tariffs will kick in.
“I don’t know when it’s going to kick in,” he told reporters on board Air Force One. “We’ll see.”
globalnews.ca/news/1149617...
“I don’t know when it’s going to kick in,” he told reporters on board Air Force One. “We’ll see.”
globalnews.ca/news/1149617...
Trump says he won’t meet Carney ‘for a while’ over anti-tariff ad - National | Globalnews.ca
U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney are both in Kuala Lumpur to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit.
globalnews.ca
October 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Because hey guess what it’s all bullshit
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October 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Just way til you’re blinded by the freedom ballroom’s gold-leaf neo-baroque ornamentation in all its glory 🇺🇸
October 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Just way til you’re blinded by the freedom ballroom’s gold-leaf neo-baroque ornamentation in all its glory 🇺🇸
“Da yankees lose” was a flash in the pan but I’ll be saying “get the boys a pizza and some cokes” until the day i die
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
“Da yankees lose” was a flash in the pan but I’ll be saying “get the boys a pizza and some cokes” until the day i die
Whichever team's fans ate the most hotdogs in a season should get to start the world series with a designated runner on 2nd.
October 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Whichever team's fans ate the most hotdogs in a season should get to start the world series with a designated runner on 2nd.
No real beef with the Mariners. But have I listened to Julio Rodriguez screaming in the dugout 40 times this morning, drinking in every moment? The answer is straightforward and left as an exercise to the reader.
October 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
No real beef with the Mariners. But have I listened to Julio Rodriguez screaming in the dugout 40 times this morning, drinking in every moment? The answer is straightforward and left as an exercise to the reader.