These comments from the Minister are, at best, disingenuous. Boffins in the Treasury Board are huddled behind closed doors, calculating just how beneficial this is to the bottom line.
Re-upping this story from last week as WTI continues to climb this evening.
Why the volatile price of oil can help, or hurt, the Saskatchewan budget
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I honestly don't know how a government could screw this up so badly. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Iran may disintegrate in unpredictable ways.
I don't agree with everything Thomas Friedman says, but this column provides some depth and context. As he states, in the Middle East, the opposite of autocracy is not always democracy. Further, focussing exclusively on the disintegration of human…
Forest Bath
The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." — John Muir
Translating political speech
"Keep on fighting" means "I'm gone in six months". "Must be a wake-up call" means "I'm launching my leadership campaign". "Cheating" means we're so ego-centric and self important we will never understand why everyone doesn't love us.
For a sitting Prime Minister, blowing a 13,000 vote margin and slipping to third place is not a good thing, even if it is only a byelection. Things are about to get weird in the UK again
We say SK feeds the world, but we're not even feeding our own children! Time for change. www.ndpcaucus.sk.ca/over_one_in_...
Irish Times Columnist on a strange week for the monarchy:
"The answer is that even constitutional monarchies developed limits on arbitrary power, chief among them an independent criminal justice system and some kind of parliamentary accountability. The United States, on the other hand, has allowed…
2. Not describing AMW as “my brother” and pointedly ending on “Meanwhile, my family and I will continue in our duty and service to you all.” AMW is completely out in the cold. Not even considered part of the family any more. 🚮
Wow
The latest chapter in the long history of staffers taking the hit when things get tough: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Politics is such a funny business. People look invincible and events look inevitable, until they are not. You wake up one morning and people are writing about the stench of death surrounding your administration.
Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
Auschwitz Memorial @@Auschwitz....2h X Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
Lord, have mercy.
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SCOTT MOE’S OWN DATA SHOWS HE’S FAILING STUDENTS — FULLER CLASSROOMS, FEWER TEACHERS
Well said.
Carney: "We stand firmly with Greenland and Denmark and fully support their unique right to determine Greenland's future. Our commitment to NATO's Article 5 is unwavering ... Canada strongly opposes tariffs over Greenland"
Looking forward to reading if Moe's $300/year anti-EV tax has to go away.
(Why would he do that?)
#skpoli
Bloomberg reports that China is considering Canadian oil, rather than Iranian supplies, to replace Venezuelan imports.
Today has a real Tom Clancy novel feel to it. Not good.
Two social media posts. The first is from Keir Starmer and reads: “The UK has long supported a transition of power in Venezuela. We regarded Maduro as an illegitimate President and we shed no tears about the end of his regime. I reiterated my support for international law this morning. The UK government will discuss the evolving situation with US counterparts in the days ahead as we seek a safe and peaceful transition to a legitimate government that reflects the will of the Venezuelan people.” Below it is a post from Ed Davey that reads: “This cop out isn’t good enough. Standing up for international law means condemning leaders when they break it, whether that’s Vladimir Putin or Donald Trump.”
