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RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - robkelk - 12-29-2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford wants to attract tourism to Niagara Falls
Because apparently Niagara Falls isn't getting enough tourists.
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - robkelk - 02-09-2026
Supreme Court rules lawyers can breach solicitor-client privilege to defend themselves
Quote:Writing for the majority, Justice Mahmud Jamal said that while solicitor-client privilege is a cornerstone of the justice system, lawyers are not "prodigal sons or daughters" of the law, and do not have to sacrifice their own freedom to protect a client's secrets.
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - Labster - 02-10-2026
Trump Says China Will ‘Eliminate The Stanley Cup’ In Rant Against Canada
I was wondering how the Stanley Cup got lost in Undocumented Features. Life imitates art, poorly.
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - robkelk - 02-16-2026
PM Carney taps former head of public service to spearhead CUSMA negotiations
We're ready to deal, having appointed somebody who ran the entire civil service under both Conservative and Liberal governments to lead the negotiations.
Is the USA ready to deal?
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - Labster - 02-21-2026
(02-16-2026, 12:33 PM)robkelk Wrote: PM Carney taps former head of public service to spearhead CUSMA negotiations
We're ready to deal, having appointed somebody who ran the entire civil service under both Conservative and Liberal governments to lead the negotiations.
Is the USA ready to deal?
The USA may not be ready to deal. It looks like Trump has interpreted the Supreme Court ruling to mean he can only impose tariffs on the entire world at once.
Or maybe if Canada doesn't come to the table, the U.S. will be forced to increase tariffs on China and the EU to 80%! How long do you think you can stand the pressure from all of your other trading partners to give in to the U.S.? It's our new negotiating tactic: for every deal you refuse, we shoot ourselves in one additional body part. How long can you live with that, eh hosers?
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - robkelk - 02-21-2026
(02-21-2026, 07:13 PM)Labster Wrote: How long can you live with that, eh hosers?
Just watch us.
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - classicdrogn - 02-22-2026
The Trump administration has clearly and repeatedly shown that you cannot make a deal with them, because they will abandon it as soon as it appeals to the wild hair across his royall hineyness today, and/or it looks like they can spin talking points to get away with it.
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - robkelk - 03-18-2026
Ottawa puts $200M into space launch pad in Nova Scotia
Announced by the Minister of Defence, so the Sovereign Space Launch program is part of our increased military spending.
Quote:He added that Ottawa does not want to be entirely dependent on third parties to launch rockets into space, but he did not name any specifically.
McGuinty also announced Canada plans to become a full member of the NATO Starlift initiative, a project to create a space-launch network to allow allies to send payloads into space on short notice.
The Halifax-based company Maritime Launch Services, which is building Spaceport Nova Scotia, will set up the site near Canso, N.S.
We could use a bit more infrastructure in Nova Scotia, though. while we could put launchers and satellites on barges and ship them from Halifax (the closest seaport with rail access) to Canso, it would probably be faster to put them on trains... which means they're going to have to replace some track that was pulled up a couple of decades ago. But that's an issue for when Spaceport Nova Scotia (yes, that's what Maritime Launch Services has named it) is closer to completion.
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - robkelk - 03-19-2026
Canada falls off the top twenty list of countries on the World Happiness Report.
This has never happened before.
Worse, we're trailing the USA. I don't remember that happening before, either.
Finland's at number 1. (This has happened before; it's their ninth year in a row at the top of the list, IIRC.)
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - robkelk - 03-29-2026
Avi Lewis wins NDP leadership race in decisive first-ballot victory
To which I thought, "The New Democratic Party had a leadership election this weekend?"
Anyway. The NDP is our left-wing party, and by left-wing I mean "Bernie Saunders would be comfortable there". Avi Lewis is the grandson of David Lewis, who lead the party in the 1970s. Now to find out whether he can make the party relevant again.
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - robkelk - 04-04-2026
How the Middle East war is already impacting mortgage rates in Canada
tl;dr: Roughly a quarter of Canadian mortgage-payers have to renew their mortgages this year. (Ever since Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, banks have not been allowed to offer anything longer than a five-year mortgage in Canada.) The market's instability because of mixed signals about the current war has driven up lending rates.
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - robkelk - 04-14-2026
We had three byelections yesterday.
It looks like they all went Liberal (including the one that this article says was pending), which means Carney has a slim majority in Parliament now.
For now.
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - robkelk - 05-11-2026
It's Census time! If you haven't already, get your access code out of the paper mail and complete the census on line with the conditions that apply on May 12.
Statistics Canada has put together a half-dozen Spotify track lists to complete the census to.
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - robkelk - 05-15-2026
Today, the Supreme Court of Canada made new law instead of ruling on existing law. This is very rare, and thus is very important.
National Post: Supreme Court rules that victims can sue coercive and controlling abusive partners for damages
Supreme Court: Case in Brief: Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia "These summaries are prepared by staff of the Supreme Court of Canada. They do not form part of the Court’s reasons for judgment and are not for use in legal proceedings."
Quote:Existing torts do not fully address the harm caused by coercive control in intimate relationships.(Emphasis in the original)
Five of the nine Justices agreed on the decision, one concurred on the key part of the decision, three dissented.
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - Labster - 05-24-2026
‘Canada is handing people over to ICE’
You guys, too! I thought we were the only ones, and I was starting to feel a little awkward about it.
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - robkelk - 05-24-2026
Oh, there's been a lot of talk about the Safe Third Country Agreement over the last couple of years. The problem is that nobody's willing to officially ask whether the USA is still a safe country.
Until somebody grows a pair and asks that question, we have to pretend that we still believe the USA will abide by its treaties.
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - robkelk - 05-28-2026
"Canada Strong will help Make America Great Again"
--Mark Carney, speaking to the Economic Club of New York, May 28, 2026
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - classicdrogn - 05-28-2026
A real freind will tell nyou when you're fucking up, so I'd hope so... That does of course also require that you listen and do something about it when they try, though.
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - Labster - 05-29-2026
Well, I guess if now Mark Carney professes a belief in MAGA, I have zero respect for that fucker. He can go burn in Hell.
I pray Canada can get a real leader soon, instead of another sycophant.
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - robkelk - 05-29-2026
He's a career banker. Did you really expect him to have liberal political views?
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - Labster - 05-29-2026
I expected him to actually not parrot fascists long after it had been proved they were fascist. It's fine to be conservative, I read lots of them, but it's not fine to promote fascism, ever.
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - Norgarth - 05-29-2026
what, are you talking about Carney's 'help America be great again' line? I took that as 'helping the US rebuild after Trump and his (many, man) flunkies are kicked out of office'.
Essentially saying Canada will help the USA when they start their recovery from the damage inflicted by Trump and his MAGA followers
RE: Meanwhile, in Canada... - classicdrogn - 05-29-2026
Same here - to actually be great, not putting a slogan on brightly colored hats to warn who's the biggest suckers while piloting the ship of state (ahem) bowsprit-first into a wood chipper,