David Graham
@daviddbgraham.bsky.social
Free software advocate. Train and transport nerd. Small plane pilot. Avowed ruralist. Former MP.
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Interchange Canada is a little-known program in which corporations embed employees in the federal government while they stay on their sponsor’s payroll. There is precious little public information about who has participated in this program whose very existence raises serious ethical questions.
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Interchange Canada And Embedded Corruption
Interchange Canada is a little-known program in which corporations embed employees in the federal government while they stay on their sponsor’s payroll.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Interchange Canada is a little-known program in which corporations embed employees in the federal government while they stay on their sponsor’s payroll. There is precious little public information about who has participated in this program whose very existence raises serious ethical questions.
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The United States is considering requiring the submission of five years of social media history in order to apply for an Electronic System for Travel Authorization form, a de facto visa that many countries, including Canada, now require. There is no obvious reason to gather the vast quantities o...
Eventually, There Will Be Another Nuremberg
The United States is considering requiring the submission of five years of social media history in order to apply for an Electronic System for Travel Authorization form, a de facto visa that many coun...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The United States is considering requiring the submission of five years of social media history in order to apply for an Electronic System for Travel Authorization form, a de facto visa that many countries, including Canada, now require. There is no obvious reason to gather the vast quantities o...
I recently came across one of the most ridiculous headlines I have seen in a world full of ridiculous headlines: “Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s costing the economy.” It is one of several assertions I have seen recently about consumer behaviour that underlines how ut...
End-stage Capitalism's Meal Break
I recently came across one of the most ridiculous headlines I have seen in a world full of ridiculous headlines: “Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s costing the economy.” It ...
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December 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I recently came across one of the most ridiculous headlines I have seen in a world full of ridiculous headlines: “Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s costing the economy.” It is one of several assertions I have seen recently about consumer behaviour that underlines how ut...
One of the anachronistic and unnecessary requirements of Canadians, Americans, and residents of many other countries at income tax time is the need to file their taxes. The information the government requires is, for the most part, already in the government’s possession. The tax code is excessive...
Tax Fairness Starts With The Forms
One of the anachronistic and unnecessary requirements of Canadians, Americans, and residents of many other countries at income tax time is the need to file their taxes.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
One of the anachronistic and unnecessary requirements of Canadians, Americans, and residents of many other countries at income tax time is the need to file their taxes. The information the government requires is, for the most part, already in the government’s possession. The tax code is excessive...
One of the greatest and most realistic movies about Canadian politics is Guibord s’en va-t-en-guerre, a comedy about an indepedent rural Quebec MP who must cast the deciding vote in a minority parliament over whether the country goes to war. It is a reminder of the relevance and importance of loc...
Guilbeault s’en va-t-en guerre
One of the greatest and most realistic movies about Canadian politics is Guibord s’en va-t-en-guerre, a comedy about an indepedent rural Quebec MP who must cast the deciding vote in a minority parliam...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
One of the greatest and most realistic movies about Canadian politics is Guibord s’en va-t-en-guerre, a comedy about an indepedent rural Quebec MP who must cast the deciding vote in a minority parliament over whether the country goes to war. It is a reminder of the relevance and importance of loc...
Communism is a limit on wealth; socialism is a limit on poverty; capitalism is a limit on those limits; democracy is a limit on capitalism; and fascism is a limit on democracy. ...
Congress's Bizarre Assertion On Socialism
Communism is a limit on wealth; socialism is a limit on poverty; capitalism is a limit on those limits; democracy is a limit on capitalism; and fascism is a limit on democracy.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Communism is a limit on wealth; socialism is a limit on poverty; capitalism is a limit on those limits; democracy is a limit on capitalism; and fascism is a limit on democracy. ...
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (MBS) visited the Trump White House last week and went home with a deal to buy American F-35 fighter jets. In Canada, we are reconsidering our plan to do the same, and with good reason. ...
It's Time For Canada To Get A Gripen
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (MBS) visited the Trump White House last week and went home with a deal to buy American F-35 fighter jets. In Canada, we are reconsidering our pl...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (MBS) visited the Trump White House last week and went home with a deal to buy American F-35 fighter jets. In Canada, we are reconsidering our plan to do the same, and with good reason. ...
Donald Trump may reach his untimely political end over some of the emasculating relevations still to come in the Epstein files, but the dictatorship he has created is not about to follow suit, and there are serious implications for Canada. ...
Epstein's Legacy: Trump to Vance, Poilievre to Jivani?
Donald Trump may reach his untimely political end over some of the emasculating relevations still to come in the Epstein files, but the dictatorship he has created is not about to follow suit, and the...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Donald Trump may reach his untimely political end over some of the emasculating relevations still to come in the Epstein files, but the dictatorship he has created is not about to follow suit, and there are serious implications for Canada. ...
Interstellar travellers would have to check on Earth thousands of times to have a hope of dropping by in our era -- and if they arrived today, they probably wouldn't want to stick around. ...
The Time Element Of Fermi's Paradox
Interstellar travellers would have to check on Earth thousands of times to have a hope of dropping by in our era -- and if they arrived today, they probably wouldn't want to stick around.
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November 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Interstellar travellers would have to check on Earth thousands of times to have a hope of dropping by in our era -- and if they arrived today, they probably wouldn't want to stick around. ...
Nova Scotia MP Chris D’Entremont’s floor crossing last week has put the Conservatives into a bit of a tizzy. When the roles were reversed, they were positively gleeful. Unfortunately for them, floor-crossing is a strength, not a weakness, of Canada’s democracy.
One of the most famous floor cross...
One of the most famous floor cross...
Floor Crossing Is Part Of Democracy
Nova Scotia MP Chris D’Entremont’s floor crossing last week has put the Conservatives into a bit of a tizzy. When the roles were reversed, they were positively gleeful. Unfortunately for them, floor-c...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Nova Scotia MP Chris D’Entremont’s floor crossing last week has put the Conservatives into a bit of a tizzy. When the roles were reversed, they were positively gleeful. Unfortunately for them, floor-crossing is a strength, not a weakness, of Canada’s democracy.
One of the most famous floor cross...
One of the most famous floor cross...
Reposted by David Graham
I'd like to express my gratitude to ex-Liberal MP David Graham (@daviddbgraham.bsky.social), who regaled my first-year UAlberta poli sci students with tales from his term in office as well as thoughtfully answered their questions about current events and the future of Canada, U.S., and the world.
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I'd like to express my gratitude to ex-Liberal MP David Graham (@daviddbgraham.bsky.social), who regaled my first-year UAlberta poli sci students with tales from his term in office as well as thoughtfully answered their questions about current events and the future of Canada, U.S., and the world.
While we consider mega projects to build up Canadian sovereignty next to a United States government gleefully starving its people, artificial intelligence and automation are driving us down the road toward an even greater cataclysm that we need to get ahead of.
On Thursday, Tesla’s board, fearin...
On Thursday, Tesla’s board, fearin...
Unchecked Capitalism's Inevitable Conclusion
While we consider mega projects to build up Canadian sovereignty next to a United States government gleefully starving its people, artificial intelligence and automation are driving us down the road t...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
While we consider mega projects to build up Canadian sovereignty next to a United States government gleefully starving its people, artificial intelligence and automation are driving us down the road toward an even greater cataclysm that we need to get ahead of.
On Thursday, Tesla’s board, fearin...
On Thursday, Tesla’s board, fearin...
Canada does not need a second 2025 election, but Pierre Poilievre desperately needs his third kick at the can this year. And he needs to make it Mark Carney’s fault, which will be a tougher sell after yesterday.
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s first federal budget is bringing home...
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s first federal budget is bringing home...
Poilievre Needs An Election
Canada does not need a second 2025 election, but Pierre Poilievre desperately needs his third kick at the can this year.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Canada does not need a second 2025 election, but Pierre Poilievre desperately needs his third kick at the can this year. And he needs to make it Mark Carney’s fault, which will be a tougher sell after yesterday.
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s first federal budget is bringing home...
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s first federal budget is bringing home...
With the United States government now shut down for a full month while Republicans take away food assistance and medicare from vast swaths of the American population, Donald Trump has a new distraction: nuclear weapons testing.
Through the noise, you may have missed the announcement that the Uni...
Through the noise, you may have missed the announcement that the Uni...
Dry Humour at the End of Empire
How to Gift a Burial Crown and Call It Respect
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November 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
With the United States government now shut down for a full month while Republicans take away food assistance and medicare from vast swaths of the American population, Donald Trump has a new distraction: nuclear weapons testing.
Through the noise, you may have missed the announcement that the Uni...
Through the noise, you may have missed the announcement that the Uni...
Donald Trump’s tax breaks to Americans add up to about $1 trillion per quarter, and overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest. It is no surprise, then, that the wealthiest are thanking him with relatively modest contributions to the new White House ballroom. There are numerous calls for the next pres...
Keep The Ballroom
Donald Trump’s tax breaks to Americans add up to about $1 trillion per quarter, and overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest. It is no surprise, then, that the wealthiest are thanking him with relatively...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Donald Trump’s tax breaks to Americans add up to about $1 trillion per quarter, and overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest. It is no surprise, then, that the wealthiest are thanking him with relatively modest contributions to the new White House ballroom. There are numerous calls for the next pres...
Doug Ford is playing a long game. He has, in the past, openly supported Donald Trump and, as with so many, discovered that the Leopards Eating Faces Party will eventually come for your face too. For him, though, there is opportunity to become a leopard.
Ford has been positioning himself as a kin...
Ford has been positioning himself as a kin...
Doug Ford's Long Game
Doug Ford is playing a long game.
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October 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Doug Ford is playing a long game. He has, in the past, openly supported Donald Trump and, as with so many, discovered that the Leopards Eating Faces Party will eventually come for your face too. For him, though, there is opportunity to become a leopard.
Ford has been positioning himself as a kin...
Ford has been positioning himself as a kin...
Last weekend’s massive NO KINGS protest across the United States with shadow protests in several other countries is a funny one for us Canadians. We have a King, after all. A real hereditary king who adorns our money and in whose name all of our official documentation exists, from laws to corpora...
America's Constitutional Monarchy
Last weekend’s massive NO KINGS protest across the United States with shadow protests in several other countries is a funny one for us Canadians.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Last weekend’s massive NO KINGS protest across the United States with shadow protests in several other countries is a funny one for us Canadians. We have a King, after all. A real hereditary king who adorns our money and in whose name all of our official documentation exists, from laws to corpora...
On Thursday, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said that the “leadership of the RCMP is frankly just despicable when it comes to enforcing laws against the Liberal government.” Coming just weeks after the indictment of former FBI director James Comey south of...
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Poilievre's Descpicable Attack
On Thursday, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said that the “leadership of the RCMP is frankly just despicable when it comes to enforcing laws against the Liberal government.” Coming just weeks af...
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October 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
On Thursday, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said that the “leadership of the RCMP is frankly just despicable when it comes to enforcing laws against the Liberal government.” Coming just weeks after the indictment of former FBI director James Comey south of...
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Prima facie, Maria Corina Machado is an excellent choice for the Nobel Peace Prize. But the more I learn about her, the more I realise Trump actually won this round. ...
The Nobel Peace Prize's Big Miss
Prima facie, Maria Corina Machado is an excellent choice for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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October 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Prima facie, Maria Corina Machado is an excellent choice for the Nobel Peace Prize. But the more I learn about her, the more I realise Trump actually won this round. ...
This week’s visit by Mark Carney to the White House has brought sharp focus onto the collapsing empire to our south, and the bullet we so narrowly dodged domestically on April 28th. ...
Canada Dodged A Bullet In April
This week’s visit by Mark Carney to the White House has brought sharp focus onto the collapsing empire to our south, and the bullet we so narrowly dodged domestically on April 28th.
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October 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This week’s visit by Mark Carney to the White House has brought sharp focus onto the collapsing empire to our south, and the bullet we so narrowly dodged domestically on April 28th. ...
Donald Trump twice referred to annexing Canada into the United States during a half-hour press conference from the White House yesterday, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney sitting right there next to him. ...
Again With The 51st State
Donald Trump twice referred to annexing Canada into the United States during a half-hour press conference from the White House yesterday, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney sitting right there n...
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October 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Donald Trump twice referred to annexing Canada into the United States during a half-hour press conference from the White House yesterday, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney sitting right there next to him. ...
Being a Canadian today feels an awful lot like being in Austria in the mid 1930s, in the years leading up to Anschluss. After watching last night’s performance by Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump at Marine base Quantico, I am left wondering how this absurdity will... www.davidgraham.ca/p/how-will-i...
How Will It End?
Being a Canadian today feels an awful lot like being in Austria in the mid 1930s, in the years leading up to Anschluss. After watching last night’s performance by Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump at Mari...
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October 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Being a Canadian today feels an awful lot like being in Austria in the mid 1930s, in the years leading up to Anschluss. After watching last night’s performance by Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump at Marine base Quantico, I am left wondering how this absurdity will... www.davidgraham.ca/p/how-will-i...
The root cause of the social dysfunction allowing the rise of authoritarian leaders is a fundamental lack of progressive ambition. ...
Progressives Lack Ambition
The root cause of the social dysfunction allowing the rise of authoritarian leaders is a fundamental lack of progressive ambition.
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September 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The root cause of the social dysfunction allowing the rise of authoritarian leaders is a fundamental lack of progressive ambition. ...
Somewhere around 1000 detainees held at Alligator Alcatraz have disappeared. ...
They're Disappearing Them
Somewhere around 1000 detainees held at Alligator Alcatraz have disappeared.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Somewhere around 1000 detainees held at Alligator Alcatraz have disappeared. ...
In the year leading up to his bid for re-election, the president sought to sow doubt about the legitimacy of the voting machines and voting system throughout his country. Following his defeat, he planned a coup and his supporters attacked and ransacked the country’s national legislature. Now he ...
Consequences Are Possible For Coups
In the year leading up to his bid for re-election, the president sought to sow doubt about the legitimacy of the voting machines and voting system throughout his country.
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September 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
In the year leading up to his bid for re-election, the president sought to sow doubt about the legitimacy of the voting machines and voting system throughout his country. Following his defeat, he planned a coup and his supporters attacked and ransacked the country’s national legislature. Now he ...