Retired health executive, community volunteer ,lucky husband,and proud father
Sydney Nova Scotia
Joined February 2014
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Truck carrying mail, milk and alcohol to isolated Canadian island held at U.S. border ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new-brun…
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The myth Alberta 'subsidizes' the rest of Canada is the most powerful meme in the separatist armoury. But it's utterly false. I show that most Albertans get more back from federal programs than they personally pay in federal taxes, for @TheTyee: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/09/1… #abpoli /2
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Sydney, N.S., residents question flood mitigation measures following heavy rainfall ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nova-sco…
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This is bigger than a boycott now. 🇨🇦
TIME reports:
69% are choosing Canadian products even when they cost more.
55% have stopped buying specific American brands.
$10 BILLION could be redirected back into Canada’s economy every year.
Trump wanted to pressure Canada.
Instead, he reminded Canadians that our wallets have power.
Keep buying Canadian. 🇨🇦
time.com/article/2026/09/09/…
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Fall morning in St. John’s looking toward the Narrows of the Harbour. This was one of those sunrises where the sky just kept getting better as the light came up.I liked the way the fall leaves and branches framed the view looking toward the Narrows and houses along the hillside.
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US subsidizes dairy yet uses Canadian stumpage system as excuse for massive levies on Cdn lumber, even tho 3rd party panels rejected argument this was subsidy. US dairy comes into Canada free of duty. I’m tired of hearing about dairy from US negotiators
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The greatest in Canadian boxing history.
Never knocked off his feet, even by the great Muhammed Ali.
What a warrior.
He died on his 89th birthday today.
Adios, George.
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My latest, on Canada as outlier: the only country in the G7, and one of very few in the OECD, in which the far right is not a serious political player. Pierre Poilievre deserves some of the credit, although Jamil Jivani may be about to change that. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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Tariffs are Making America Expensive Again. Here are just a few examples.
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Canadian airports which hosted stranded flyers on 9/11:
Halifax: 47 aircraft
Gander: 38 aircraft
Vancouver: 34 aircraft
St. John's: 21 aircraft
Winnipeg: 15 aircraft
Pearson: 14 aircraft
Whitehorse: 13 aircraft
Calgary: 13 aircraft
Mirabel (QC): 10 aircraft
Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier: 9 aircraft
Stephenville (NL): 8 aircraft
CFB Goose Bay (NL): 7 aircraft
Dorval (QC): 7 aircraft
Edmonton: 6 aircraft
Regina: 1 aircraft
Yellowknife: 1 aircraft
Deer Lake (NL): 1 aircraft
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OP-ED: Concern growing over the future of New Waterford healthcare redevelopment saltwire.com/cape-breton/op-…
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Chris Selley: Trump has killed Canada's anti-monarchy delusions nationalpost.com/opinion/chr…
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A Canadian Oberon-Class Diesel Submarine Built in the 1960s and Worth About $80,000,000 Slipped Past an Entire US Navy Carrier Group. The Umpire Declared the $5,500,000,000 Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Sunk. - 19FortyFive share.google/JqbS15YtyX44UPA…
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Someone has left this note - and this lighter! - at the Halifax grave of Maj.-Gen. Robert Ross, the British military man who burned down the White House.
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here's a plot of US trade balance for 2000-June 2026 in automotive sector compiled from monthly US data, showing the major trading groups: Canada, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, EU and Other.
It is impossible to look at this data and arrive at the conclusion that Canada is the problem.
There are long-term large structural automotive trade deficits with EU and Japan, and now South Korea. All three groups are large automotive exporters with virtually no imports. There's an obvious reason why they didn't retaliate to US tariffs: why bother? they don't import any US automotive anyway.
The big structural change in past 25 years has been the development of an enormous Mexican surplus in automotive. Mexico imports of US automotive are minute in comparison to their exports, so, once again, why bother retaliating.
Canada, on the other hand, is a very large importer of US automotive - the largest in the world. Its automotive industry is integrated with the Michigan industry. Both are adversely impacted by the huge Mexican export trade.
But whatever else this data shows, it doesn't show that Canada is "ripping off" anybody.
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Premier Doug Ford, who recently had a meeting with Loblaw CEO Per Bank, now calls on consumers to "put pressure" on Loblaw, Metro, Sobeys, Walmart etc. to buy Ontario / Canadian products.
#onpoli
