@prleblond
CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa Senior Fellow @ Centre for International Governance Innovation & Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Research Fellow @ CIRANO
Why did nobody report to me the surely game-changer of the Conservatives coming out for CANZUK, which might make, ooh, about 0.001% GDP difference given we already have trade deals with each of them... www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/market...
A handful of Republicans in Congress & Supreme Court can end this nightmare any time they choose, and history will remember them as saviors of the republic, no matter what terrible things they did to US in last 10 years: insane we cannot find a few volunteers for this plum deal!
Markets are *very* unhappy about developments in Iran.
Until Trump can claim that “L’Etat, c’est moi !”, he’ll satisfy himself with “L’Etat, c’est à moi !”
Elon Musk * x @elonmusk X.com True iamyesyouareno • @iamyesyouareno • 2d Tucker: "Every other group in the world has a right to its own homeland except White people? What? Explain how that makes sense." White people deserve a homeland. FATI rOCKeL: SHOW 12:43 AM • 3/7/26 • 21M Views
Seems bad that these two guys who have the ear of the US president are out here promoting Richard Butler-style white nationalism.
Helluva way for the president to refer to dead soldiers — soldiers killed in a war he started.
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“Our government is treating the suffering of the Iranian people as a backdrop for our own entertainment, as if it’s just another piece of content to be swiped through while we’re waiting in line at the grocery store.”
Multiple news outlets are reporting a US attack on an Iranian #desalination plant.
If verified, this violates international law protecting #water systems during wars, and it sets a dangerous precedent, given intense dependence of Gulf countries on desalination.
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I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.
Our live blog on this shit show is up and running again. Just a mounting nightmare - as.ft.com/r/bbc5b47c-1...
“The US is roughly speaking oil independent… on net, we export petroleum products.”
That’s why this is less an ‘America is poorer’ story than an ‘Americans reshuffle who wins’ story. Drivers lose. Oil industry wins.
Two women pose outside and hold saplings. Text overlaid reads "No Sustainable Development Without Gender Equity."
When women aren’t included, sustainable development efforts risk leaving behind those who have the most at stake.
More than ever, policies, investments & initiatives need to prioritize gender equality & social justice to address barriers & deliver equitable benefits for women.
#IWD2026
Where does it say that the DTA will be a chapter in CETA? I don’t see how CETA can be reopened, since it would require new ratification by all. No one in their right mind would do that unless one member state officially notified the EU that it can’t ratify.
Cutting aid to spend on defence sounds great to the bloke down the pub
But it never works
Aid is a pittance compared to defence budgets. Cut the entire aid budget to buy two tyres on a fighter jet
Canada’s defence budget is ~$80bn or 16% of federal budget. Aid is $6bn or 1.2%
Again, the unifying 🧵 about Trump’s foreign policy is not realism or neo-royalism. It’s the extension of sexual assault/predation/partner abuse to IR. If he thinks you’re his macho pal, he’ll respect you/your sovereignty. If not, he’ll try to violate you & humiliate you. Epstein-ism, if you like.
It should be the lesson for China, and everyone else:
"The sudden and furious attacks by U.S. and Israeli forces on Iran this past week, including the killing of the country’s supreme leader, are confirming Xi Jinping’s worldview that hard power is king"
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We’ll soon be measuring the Pentagon by the number of countries it’s NOT striking.
@lbc.co.uk
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The only limit to his actions are his own morality: “Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death […] are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting until this moment”. How does this help Iranians? Trump seems no better than Khamenei at this point.
Canada’s boycott of US booze began a year ago with the first round of tariffs from the Trump administration. It has proven surprisingly durable. Read more in the Canada Daily newsletter.
This is interesting. But it is more interesting that Trump is rewarding Moscow for doing this by helping Russia sell oil, repeating Russian propaganda points, and senselessly burning through weapon stocks.
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RIP to Jesse Jackson. His funeral is today. I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.
Screenshot News Release Ontario Government March 4, 2026: Ontario Secures Groundbreaking National Energy Corridor Agreement
I want to be hopeful, but this should be part and parcel of a coherent, encompassing industrial strategy, developed within an institutional framework of cooperative federalism.
Unfortunately, we lack both. A problem for a project of this scope to materialize.
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SCOOP: Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data that the FBI then used to determine who was allegedly behind an anonymous account affiliated with the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, according to a court record reviewed by 404 Media.
First blog since Jan 2025. Inspired by a somewhat depressing interaction with my students.
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Now it all makes sense.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to Fox: “Due to the temporary global oil gap, we may also unsanction other Russian oil.”
NEW: Pardon seekers are routinely being asked to pay $1m+ to lobbyists & lawyers claiming access to Trump, often with bonuses if clemency is granted.
I investigated the Trump Pardon Industrial Complex, & detailed the backstory behind 1 interesting pardon.
This Carney statement is puzzling. If, as he says, we must accept "the world as it is" – including the purported failure of previous diplomatic efforts and of the international order – then why call for a diplomatic solution, de-escalation, and respect for international law?
China's tariff on Canada's canola seed exports lowered from 75.8% to 14.9%.
Earlier reports indicated this was where the levy was going after the Canada-China deal in January.
#cdnpoli #cdnecon
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