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Instead of speaking to Cdns yesterday about a new middle power approach to foreign policy following its intro at Davos, Carney used his remarks to tell us what Cdn identity is. It was a stump speech.
Frankly, I found yesterday's speech patronizing. It's sovereignty threats on many of our minds.
Frankly, I found yesterday's speech patronizing. It's sovereignty threats on many of our minds.
January 23, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Instead of speaking to Cdns yesterday about a new middle power approach to foreign policy following its intro at Davos, Carney used his remarks to tell us what Cdn identity is. It was a stump speech.
Frankly, I found yesterday's speech patronizing. It's sovereignty threats on many of our minds.
Frankly, I found yesterday's speech patronizing. It's sovereignty threats on many of our minds.
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There's a reason Carney wanted loud applause and a performance of domestic statesmanship the same week he brings the axe down on thousands of public servants.
If his speech to Canadians had included ANY of the key msgs he delivered at Davos, it would have made more sense.
Strange comms strategy.
If his speech to Canadians had included ANY of the key msgs he delivered at Davos, it would have made more sense.
Strange comms strategy.
January 23, 2026 at 10:10 PM
There's a reason Carney wanted loud applause and a performance of domestic statesmanship the same week he brings the axe down on thousands of public servants.
If his speech to Canadians had included ANY of the key msgs he delivered at Davos, it would have made more sense.
Strange comms strategy.
If his speech to Canadians had included ANY of the key msgs he delivered at Davos, it would have made more sense.
Strange comms strategy.
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Measles is coming back. Polio will be back. COVID never went away.
The "you do you" approach to public health is an abject failure. The rejection of Science, Engineering and Industrial Hygiene by too many "leaders" has led us to this point.
People will die needlessly.
The "you do you" approach to public health is an abject failure. The rejection of Science, Engineering and Industrial Hygiene by too many "leaders" has led us to this point.
People will die needlessly.
I’ll be on PBS Newshour tonight discussing measles. We’ll likely lose our elimination status, and I expect more big outbreaks in 2026. The MMR vaccine is safe, effective and, you might be surprised to learn, very popular.
January 23, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Measles is coming back. Polio will be back. COVID never went away.
The "you do you" approach to public health is an abject failure. The rejection of Science, Engineering and Industrial Hygiene by too many "leaders" has led us to this point.
People will die needlessly.
The "you do you" approach to public health is an abject failure. The rejection of Science, Engineering and Industrial Hygiene by too many "leaders" has led us to this point.
People will die needlessly.
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I still see journalists - even Canadian ones - explaining the Canada/U.S. breakup to foreigners, saying that when Trump first started his 51st state rhetoric, we thought he was joking. Who thought that? I never did, not for a second. He'd already declared war on us with tariffs FFS.
January 23, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I still see journalists - even Canadian ones - explaining the Canada/U.S. breakup to foreigners, saying that when Trump first started his 51st state rhetoric, we thought he was joking. Who thought that? I never did, not for a second. He'd already declared war on us with tariffs FFS.
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It took China 13 years to get 1 million EV chargers built. More recently, it went from 10 to 20 million chargers in just 18 months.
insideevs.com/news/785055/...
insideevs.com/news/785055/...
China’s EV Charging Network Expansion Hit Warp Speed In 2025
The number of public and private EV chargers in the country went from 10 to 20 million in 18 months, much faster than before.
insideevs.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:39 PM
It took China 13 years to get 1 million EV chargers built. More recently, it went from 10 to 20 million chargers in just 18 months.
insideevs.com/news/785055/...
insideevs.com/news/785055/...
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« Un service public, ce n’est pas seulement un poste budgétaire. C’est une bouée de sauvetage pour les collectivités et les familles », affirme Sharon DeSousa, présidente nationale de l’AFPC.
syndicatafpc.ca/services-pub...
syndicatafpc.ca/services-pub...
Les services publics heurtés de plein fouet alors que des milliers de postes sont abolis
<p paraeid="{307b0db8-3ee0-4ff7-9bb0-5303712758c4}{31}" paraid="736308799">Plus de 5 000 fonctionnaires fédéraux représentés par l’Alliance de la Fonction publique du Canada (AFPC) ont reçu cette…
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January 23, 2026 at 8:15 PM
« Un service public, ce n’est pas seulement un poste budgétaire. C’est une bouée de sauvetage pour les collectivités et les familles », affirme Sharon DeSousa, présidente nationale de l’AFPC.
syndicatafpc.ca/services-pub...
syndicatafpc.ca/services-pub...
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“Public services aren’t just a budget line — they’re a lifeline for communities and families,” said Sharon DeSousa, PSAC national president.
Read more: psacunion.ca/federal-cuts...
Read more: psacunion.ca/federal-cuts...
Federal cuts hit core services as thousands of PSAC members receive affected notices
<p paraeid="{307b0db8-3ee0-4ff7-9bb0-5303712758c4}{31}" paraid="736308799">More than 5,000 federal public service workers represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)…
psacunion.ca
January 23, 2026 at 8:15 PM
“Public services aren’t just a budget line — they’re a lifeline for communities and families,” said Sharon DeSousa, PSAC national president.
Read more: psacunion.ca/federal-cuts...
Read more: psacunion.ca/federal-cuts...
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even borders guards are like "hey that's not cool bro"
"The national president of the Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) says they fear new AI technology isn't being directly used to assist their officers."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"The national president of the Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) says they fear new AI technology isn't being directly used to assist their officers."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'Major risk' of bias against some groups with Canadian AI border screening, expert warns | CBC News
The technology will help identify compliant travellers faster and free them up to focus on unknown and higher-risk travellers, according to the CBSA. It's expected to launch at land ports of entry by ...
www.cbc.ca
January 23, 2026 at 6:03 PM
even borders guards are like "hey that's not cool bro"
"The national president of the Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) says they fear new AI technology isn't being directly used to assist their officers."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"The national president of the Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) says they fear new AI technology isn't being directly used to assist their officers."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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"Relax. This is all according to Carney’s brilliant 4D chess strategy. Wait and see see. Just keep quiet, trust that Father Knows Best, and it will all be just fine. The most important thing is that Poilivre is worse."
Here it comes. The US administration is intervening directly in Canada's internal politics to try and bring about the breakup of the country. This demands a forceful response.
Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 23, 2026 at 5:02 PM
"Relax. This is all according to Carney’s brilliant 4D chess strategy. Wait and see see. Just keep quiet, trust that Father Knows Best, and it will all be just fine. The most important thing is that Poilivre is worse."
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Canada cannot afford to ignore this. It is a flagrant violation of our sovereignty.
January 23, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Canada cannot afford to ignore this. It is a flagrant violation of our sovereignty.
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Here it comes. The US administration is intervening directly in Canada's internal politics to try and bring about the breakup of the country. This demands a forceful response.
Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 23, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Here it comes. The US administration is intervening directly in Canada's internal politics to try and bring about the breakup of the country. This demands a forceful response.
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-laughs nervously in Ukrainian-
So er, I don't want to be alarmist my Canadian friends but it's not a GREAT sign when the superpower next door starts talking about how the people of a resource rich region of yours yearn for the freedom to join them and suggesting referendums...
So er, I don't want to be alarmist my Canadian friends but it's not a GREAT sign when the superpower next door starts talking about how the people of a resource rich region of yours yearn for the freedom to join them and suggesting referendums...
Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 23, 2026 at 4:27 PM
-laughs nervously in Ukrainian-
So er, I don't want to be alarmist my Canadian friends but it's not a GREAT sign when the superpower next door starts talking about how the people of a resource rich region of yours yearn for the freedom to join them and suggesting referendums...
So er, I don't want to be alarmist my Canadian friends but it's not a GREAT sign when the superpower next door starts talking about how the people of a resource rich region of yours yearn for the freedom to join them and suggesting referendums...
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Carney uninvited to join Trump’s ‘Board Of Peace’ alongside Putin, Netanyahu, Lex Luthor, Megatron
Carney uninvited to join Trump’s ‘Board Of Peace’ alongside Putin, Netanyahu, Lex Luthor, Megatron
WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. President Donald Trump disinvited Prime Minister Mark Carney from his newly-established "Board of Peace", comprised of Trump, various war criminals, authoritarian strongmen, and...
www.thebeaverton.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Carney uninvited to join Trump’s ‘Board Of Peace’ alongside Putin, Netanyahu, Lex Luthor, Megatron
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Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are set to be cut from ECCC as Prime Minister Mark Carney's government takes a chainsaw to the public service. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/23/n...
Feds target hundreds of Environment and Climate Change Canada workers putting 'public safety and the environment at risk'
Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are being at Environment and Climate Change Canada received workforce ad...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are set to be cut from ECCC as Prime Minister Mark Carney's government takes a chainsaw to the public service. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/23/n...
Yes he is. And he’s doing that before the Early Retirement Initiative comes into force. That initiative could have seen more than enough volunteers. So cruelty is the point.
Mark Carney’s off making big speeches to distract from how he’s gutting the public service and by extension the capacity of the federal government.
Alarming news for Canadians: www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
January 23, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Yes he is. And he’s doing that before the Early Retirement Initiative comes into force. That initiative could have seen more than enough volunteers. So cruelty is the point.
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The deepest cuts seem to be at Global Affairs, where more than 1,600 staff responsible for working on how Canada engages with the world were affected... the same week Carney got widespread acclaim for proposing far reaching and deep engagement with other countries to counteract US hegemony?
January 23, 2026 at 5:37 PM
The deepest cuts seem to be at Global Affairs, where more than 1,600 staff responsible for working on how Canada engages with the world were affected... the same week Carney got widespread acclaim for proposing far reaching and deep engagement with other countries to counteract US hegemony?
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Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are set to be cut from ECCC as Prime Minister Mark Carney's government takes a chainsaw to the public service.
Feds target hundreds of Environment and Climate Change Canada workers putting 'public safety and the environment at risk'
Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are being at Environment and Climate Change Canada received workforce ad...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are set to be cut from ECCC as Prime Minister Mark Carney's government takes a chainsaw to the public service.
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Shooting ourselves in the foot, again.
#CdnPoli
#CdnPoli
Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are set to be cut from ECCC as Prime Minister Mark Carney's government takes a chainsaw to the public service.
Feds target hundreds of Environment and Climate Change Canada workers putting 'public safety and the environment at risk'
Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are being at Environment and Climate Change Canada received workforce ad...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Shooting ourselves in the foot, again.
#CdnPoli
#CdnPoli
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Is it a coincidence that PM Goldman Sachs addressed Canadians yesterday (with what was essentially an election stump speech utterly divorced from his msging at Davos for people he considers much smarter apparently) during a week that his slashing and burning of the public service becomes apparent?
January 23, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Is it a coincidence that PM Goldman Sachs addressed Canadians yesterday (with what was essentially an election stump speech utterly divorced from his msging at Davos for people he considers much smarter apparently) during a week that his slashing and burning of the public service becomes apparent?
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There is no bargaining with such people; the only recourse is firm, principled, unwavering opposition. That is true for Americans who wish to retain — or at this point restore — their democratic institutions.
It is true for Canadians as well.
It is true for Canadians as well.
January 23, 2026 at 5:41 PM
There is no bargaining with such people; the only recourse is firm, principled, unwavering opposition. That is true for Americans who wish to retain — or at this point restore — their democratic institutions.
It is true for Canadians as well.
It is true for Canadians as well.
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Carney's rupture is a simple one: the US under its current leadership recognizes neither law nor friendship. For the US President and the people around him, there is no such thing as law, only power. There is no such thing as friendship; the world consists only of predators, lackeys, and prey.
January 23, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Carney's rupture is a simple one: the US under its current leadership recognizes neither law nor friendship. For the US President and the people around him, there is no such thing as law, only power. There is no such thing as friendship; the world consists only of predators, lackeys, and prey.
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Federally, the @mark-carney.bsky.social government must summon the US ambassador for an explanation and, barring a complete retraction and an apology, expel him in protest.
Provincially, Alberta government needs to pick a side. Are Premier Smith and the UCP loyal to Canada, or separatists?
Provincially, Alberta government needs to pick a side. Are Premier Smith and the UCP loyal to Canada, or separatists?
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Federally, the @mark-carney.bsky.social government must summon the US ambassador for an explanation and, barring a complete retraction and an apology, expel him in protest.
Provincially, Alberta government needs to pick a side. Are Premier Smith and the UCP loyal to Canada, or separatists?
Provincially, Alberta government needs to pick a side. Are Premier Smith and the UCP loyal to Canada, or separatists?
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Make no mistake, America is coming for Alberta. This requires a response at the federal, provincial, and community level. Federally, the government must summon the ambassador for an explanation and, absent a complete retraction and apology, expel him.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Bessent pans Carney, cheers on Albertan separatism amid growing US-Canada rift
“People are talking,” Bessent said. “People want sovereignty. They want what the U.S. has got.”
www.politico.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Make no mistake, America is coming for Alberta. This requires a response at the federal, provincial, and community level. Federally, the government must summon the ambassador for an explanation and, absent a complete retraction and apology, expel him.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Mark Carney's radical speech isn't matching up with his policies www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Mark Carney Knows the Old World Is Dying. But His New World Isn’t Good Enough.
The Canadian prime minister offered a radical analysis of the collapse of the liberal world order. His response to that collapse is unacceptably conservative.
www.thenation.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Mark Carney's radical speech isn't matching up with his policies www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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Carney’s Davos speech may sound good in the abstract. But if you focus less on the diagnosis and more on the prescription, it starts to fall apart. Especially if you focus on its implications for Canada. It offers Canadians not an independent path forward, but a slow decline into vassalizarion.
January 23, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Carney’s Davos speech may sound good in the abstract. But if you focus less on the diagnosis and more on the prescription, it starts to fall apart. Especially if you focus on its implications for Canada. It offers Canadians not an independent path forward, but a slow decline into vassalizarion.