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Quick reminder while we're all worried about Canada's auto sector: Ford lost $8.2 billion last year. GM's profits fell 55%. U.S. steel manufacturers' profits dropped 30%. The trade war is expensive for Americans too. They're just not saying it as loudly. open.substack.com/pub/lenisp…
There’s a lot of heat around the CPC motion on immigration. This is a look behind the controversy — how the asylum system actually works, where costs build up, and what reform can realistically do. #cdnpoli #immigration open.substack.com/pub/lenisp…
I’ve been sitting with Mark Carney’s Davos speech. It’s not a sales pitch — it’s a warning about pretending the world still works the way it used to. transcript & video #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/lenisp…
Canada’s China trade reset is coming into focus. Ottawa signals future auto access will favour companies that build here while export relief lands fast for canola/ seafood. Same deal, very different regional reactions. #cdnpoli #TradePolicy #AutoIndustry open.substack.com/pub/lenisp…
Greenland isn’t suddenly strategic because of security — it’s strategic because climate change has made extraction, routes, and control profitable. Ownership sets the rules. That’s the story behind the headlines.
#cdnpoli #USpoli #climate #economy between-the-lines.ca/greenla…
Canada isn’t facing a hostile United States.
It’s facing an unsettled one — and that difference matters for trade, security, and sovereignty. medium.com/p/when-the-anchor…
Canada’s Food Banks Are at a Breaking Point
Shelves are thinning early. Demand is soaring. A look at why Canada’s food banks are under such strain this season. #cdnpoli #Canada #Food
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This week’s #SundayRead: Chapter 7 of A Quiet Reckoning. Alliances, autonomy, and the world shifting faster than our institutions can adapt. Canada’s choices matter now more than ever. #BookSky
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Canada’s Arctic is becoming the hinge of our sovereignty, climate resilience, and economic future. Part 2 of my Tidewater series looks at what’s changing — and what Canada must do now.
#Arctic #Canada #Sovereignty
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The world we are in at the moment
(1/4) The Trump administration is ordering the State Department to label countries with abortion access, LGBTQ+ protections, DEI policies, and even hate-speech safeguards as human rights violators.
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Free trade was sold as prosperity. Forty years later, we’ve lost industries, leverage, and much of our say.
If a deal isn’t worth the paper it’s written on, why act bound by it?
Food for thought from @readthemaple.
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#cdnpoli #Trade #Sovereignty
The rebellion isn’t in the streets — it’s in the mailbox.
Families are done paying for the planet’s mistakes.
🌍 When the Bill Comes Due #ClimateAction
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ALT A diverse group of silhouetted people standing on a ridge at sunrise, looking at a glowing Earth—symbolizing collective global responsibility and hope for climate action.
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The federal government’s new Build Canada Homes program is a welcome step in tackling Canada’s housing crisis.
I want to clear up a couple of misconceptions I keep hearing 🧵⤵️
Carney calls it a rupture, not a transition. Canada is pivoting from free-trade assumptions to mercantilist tools — a C$5B fund, Buy Canadian push, and EV pause. A seismic shift in trade strategy. #cdnpoli #ElbowsUp between-the-lines.ca/canada-…
Youth unemployment ≠ immigration.
No evidence TFWs displace young Canadians.
Scrapping TFWP would gut farms & tourism, not help youth.
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Canada helped invent modern AI. The question now: will families here see the benefits, or will we just rent them back from Silicon Valley? #Canada #AI #Tech between-the-lines.ca/ai-in-c…
When a shirt costs less than a sandwich, someone else is paying the bill. 👕🥪 Subsidies, waste, hidden costs distort what “cheap” really means. The real cost of #fastfashion isn’t on the price tag ,it’s in our water, air, & future. #ClimateActionNow medium.com/p/real-cost-of-ch…
Canada’s grocery shelves are full of imports—even when our fields are full. Municipal food policy can rebuild the “missing middle” with hubs, cold storage, and procurement. 🛒🌾 #canada #food #FoodSecurity
👉 Read more: between-the-lines.ca/municip…
Canada’s future can’t just be ships & steel. 🛠️
Nation-building means care, classrooms & farms too. 🌾🏥📚
Full piece 👉
#Canada #NationBuilding #CareEconomy #FoodSovereignty #cdnpoli
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This September, Canadian sovereignty and community resilience aren’t just policy words — they’re in farmers’ markets, schools, and community spaces.
What’s a good news win you’ve noticed this month? 👇
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