Political scientist | International Relations, Political Psychology, Research Methods | Find me watching college football (USC), at the gym, or at the movies.
Montréal, Québec
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Mark Paradis 🇨🇦 retweeted
So to confirm 2 loss Bama is.
1 spot ahead of undefeated UCLA.
2 spots ahead of 1-loss Notre Dame, who just beat the #1 team in the country.
3 spots ahead of Texas, who has the same amount of losses and way more impressive wins.
5 spots ahead of 2-loss Tennessee, who beat the shit out of them.
6 spots ahead of 1-loss defending champion Indiana, who dropped 5 spots after a bye.
Sureeeeeeeeeeeee
Mark Paradis 🇨🇦 retweeted
Winning has to matter.
UCLA is in the Big Ten, a Power 4 conference. They scheduled a P4 opponent on the road in non-conference play and beat them by 21.
They beat #16 Oregon on the road.
They beat 6-3 Wisconsin by double digits.
Until (or if) they lose a game, they shouldn’t be behind 2-loss Alabama.
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This is how politics should work!
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I hope they move forward on this.
Something we considered but regrettably never got done during the Harper Conservative government.
Ottawa plans to expand CSIS’s powers to spy abroad, a possible first step toward Canada’s own CIA or MI6.
A senior official says PM @MarkJCarney wants independent foreign intelligence, admitting Canada has been a “net importer,” according to The Globe and Mail.
Mark Paradis 🇨🇦 retweeted
2100 = three generations from now.
To get to 100 mil from 42 mil in 74 years entails population growth of a little less than 1.2 per cent per year. Actual population growth over the last 74 years: 1.44 per cent per year.
So the scary, scary proposition that this professional fear-monger would like you to lose your mind over is ... to slow down population growth by about a fifth.
No doubt if you had told people in 1952, when the population was less than 15 million, that Canada's population in 2026 would be nearly 42 million, they would have panicked, too. How will we ever feed all those people? How will we ever employ them? etc In fact, employment grew faster than population (4x vs 2.9x). Per capita GDP has more than quadrupled. etc etc.
Or rather no, probably they wouldn't have panicked. Because our politics had not yet been overrrun by such chronic bed-wetters.
Mark Paradis 🇨🇦 retweeted
Reminder that Canada under the Harper government *did* raise the OAS eligibility age.
Had Trudeau not reversed this courageous reform, we would be spending $11 billion less on OAS by 2029, according to the PBO.
When OAS was created in 1952, the benefit began at age 70. Life expectancy was 68, and the ratio of workers to retirees was 8 to 1.
Eligibility is now at 65, with life expectancy at 81, and the ratio of workers to retirees down to 3 to 1.
The current system represents a massive, unjust intergenerational transfer of wealth which is obviously unsustainable.
Mark Paradis 🇨🇦 retweeted
Who saw this coming when the Big Ten expanded?
UCLA, USC, Oregon: 22-5,
14-4 in conference
Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State: 16-11, 8-10 in conference
Mark Paradis 🇨🇦 retweeted
New majority's top priority: repealing tariffs on Canada. wsj.com/politics/elections/d…
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Those who are more upset about not seeing Russian hockey teams play in Canada than they are about Russia butchering people in Ukraine need to rethink their ethical priorities.
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There is no EU membership with EU taxes, regulations and immigration rules being proposed. You’re fighting against your own fabrications. It’s bloody ridiculous.
Mark Carney and the Liberals are pushing for membership with the EU while Canadians struggle to afford everyday life.
Conservatives say no to EU membership. No EU taxes. No EU regulations. No EU immigration rules. No EU digital ID requirements for Canadians: conservative.ca/cpc/reject-e…
Mark Paradis 🇨🇦 retweeted
The CFP selection committee picks and chooses when it wants to use its own protocols.
This week, it decided to apply them differently to Alabama and Tennessee. Indiana and Notre Dame. Utah and UCLA.
For no good reason!
On these egregious rankings: nbcsports.com/college-footba…
Mark Paradis 🇨🇦 retweeted
Atlantic Division standings via points percentage. You really don’t want to have a losing/winless streak in this division. Crazy competitive.
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Six former Quebec premiers are joining Canada’s Prime Minister, Mark Carney, at the Canada–European Union Summit in Montreal: Jean Charest, Lucien Bouchard, Pierre-Marc Johnson, Philippe Couillard and Christine Fréchette.
They accepted the invitation. They will be at the table.
Canadian and European political leaders, current and former premiers, diplomats, mayors, Indigenous leaders, entrepreneurs, academics, scientists, artists, and union and association representatives are gathered, representing sectors including finance, trade, law, industry, energy, mining, transportation, aerospace, defence, telecommunications, artificial intelligence, education and culture.
Mark Paradis 🇨🇦 retweeted
Invitation reçue, invitation acceptée.
Je prends part ce soir à Montréal au souper du Sommet entre le Canada et l’Union européenne.
Malgré la chaise vide du premier ministre, je représenterai le Québec dans le cadre de mes nombreuses discussions avec les invités présents, notamment les représentants de l’Union européenne et du gouvernement fédéral.
Notre position demeure la même, soit une vision nationaliste, fédéraliste et ouverte sur le monde, dans la continuité de la doctrine Gérin-Lajoie.
C’est le type de leadership que nous exerçons au PLQ : bâtir des relations avec nos partenaires économiques, d’ici et d’ailleurs, pour faire avancer le Québec.
#PLQ #PolQc – at Montréal, Québec
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David Cochrane: Are you worried it could deter some possible investment from coming to Canada?
Mélanie Joly: No, serious people abide by the law.
Mark Paradis 🇨🇦 retweeted
Encore une fois, PSPP pratique la politique de la chaise vide. Bouder le sommet Canada-UE ne fait pas avancer nos intérêts, il ne fait que reculer le Québec.
Le mandat du PQ est à peine entamé et il est clair que son approche en matière de relations internationales consiste à créer des conflits avec le gouvernement fédéral, plutôt que d’être à la table et de promouvoir les intérêts politiques et économiques du Québec.
Il faut répondre présent. Être absent, c’est être perdant.
#polqc #plq #assnat
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Mark Paradis 🇨🇦 retweeted
PM Mark Carney "Il (Paul St-Pierre Plamondon) a été invité au dîner, il a refusé."
Au sujet du sommet UE-Canada:
"Nous avons eu trois consultations avec la délégation du Québec, déjà, en ce qui concerne l'accord avec l'UE.
C'est sa décision de laisser une chaise vide, encore."
@PaulPlamondon , allez-vous nous priver, pour créer des chicanes inutiles avec Ottawa, de représentation diplomatique?
Vous auriez pu rencontrer tous les gens importants de l'UE dans les coulisses du dîner, faire des contacts importants pour le Québec, et vous nous en privez?
Le Québec a un besoin criant de diversifier son économie, pas d'un PM qui adopte des positions absolutistes pour mousser l'indépendance du Québec- dont les Québécois ne veulent pas!
Cessez de faire la diva, et gouvernez!
#cdnpoli #polqc
🚨🚨 « C'est sa décision de laisser une chaise vide », dit Mark Carney au sujet de @PaulPlamondon.
tvanouvelles.ca/2026/10/27/s…
If the PQ's goal is to win a majority, this isn't the right approach.
Given public opinion polling and the election results, demonstrating an ability to make gains for Quebec by working with Ottawa is the best way to gain votes.
Petty performance politics will alienate voters.
Le choix du Québec de ne pas être à la rencontre d'Ottawa aujourd'hui est un choix assumé et réfléchi.
Notre position est simple : le gouvernement du Québec rencontre les nations autochtones directement, de nation à nation, sur notre territoire. (1)
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