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Yes and no. You cannot have a "mosaic" of first principles. Unless the institutions are strong and the citizens live their private lives in the belief of those first principles, a country is lost. This is the source of strength and where our differences become moot.
CARNEY: "Canada's founding insight is that unity does not require uniformity. That we can share a country without conforming to a single identity. That our differences, honestly acknowledged and respectfully navigated, are a source of strength."
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Interestingly the CPC and Liberals find themselves in close policy agreement. The question is, who do Canadians believe will actually implement these policies? Libs are first at bat so the proof will be in the pudding. If Libs call an election prior to implementing change, beware.
The Prime Minister told Davos he wanted to close the “gap between rhetoric and reality.”
Here’s how👇
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Invoking Havel, while appropriate in our foreign dependencies, was certainly hypocritical on the domestic front. As they say, two things can be right at the same time. While we push hard for national sovereignty we should do the same for the individual here at home.
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Carney is not advocating a "new world order", he's conceding it. Here's Lutnick's explanation on behalf of the US. Whether you like it or not, whether it's correct or not, it's rational and it's happening. youtube.com/watch?v=vKNRk1_-…
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I must agree here. "Free trade" trades the social contract a government has with it's citizens for short term gains. The failure I think, is that for free trade to work, you must have labour and tax agreements with the trading partners. We didn't, it was a race to the bottom.
Globalization has FAILED.
Secretary Lutnick at the World Economic Forum:
“The Trump Administration and I are here to make a very clear point—globalization has failed the West and the United States of America. It’s a failed policy… and it has left America behind.”
America is done exporting jobs and offshoring its future. We will no longer give in to globalization.
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Good to see President @EmmanuelMacron in Davos today.
Canada and France will always stand together for sovereignty, territorial integrity, and peace.
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At this point, who we allow to plunder our resources is the least of our problems. "In all relations with one's neighbours freedom is the result of being able to hold one's own" - Thucydides. Our freedom has been sold out for luxury beliefs and now we must play nice with the US.
this is precisely why Carney is headed China. If free trade with Canada is irrelevant to Trump, you have to go knock on other doors, it won’t replace what’s lost with the US and that relationship should be priority #1 but it would be negligent to not look to diversify.
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It's a power play. Venezuela owes China $50 Billion in oil backed loans and China is supporting Russia in the NATO proxy war. This hurt China economically, weakens Russia and most importantly reduces Chinese influence in the western hemisphere.
What you need to know:
1. It’s a war for oil. Full stop.
2. Trump, his family, and his friends will try to enrich themselves off it.
3. The GOP-led Congress has found another way to ignore its constitutional responsibilities.
4. It’s a far bigger deal than you think.
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When a top economist, who is a socialist, sounds the alarm, you better pay attention. Not only is Canada following the same path, we are betting our economy on Europe. Canadian media MUST report on this and Canadians NEED to understand this. @tristinhopper youtube.com/watch?v=R7gbCBWb…
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Ultimately, it's corruption. No system or organization is immune to it. The goal should be to decentralize and minimize government as much as possible, making accountability manageable.
I get that “capitalism” sounds like the boogeyman if you’re on the left, and “communism or socialism” if you’re on the right, but at the end of the day, both are just forms of authoritarianism and tyranny delivered by the government.
It’s time we stop treating the problem as ideological and recognize that those in power only want to keep and expand their power.
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I think what's really skewed the gap is that, unlike prior generations, businesses can easily grow globally with HUGE profits at relatively low margins. Starbucks store labour cost is 27% - on par for any privately owned cafe, a little high if you consider their prices.
A reminder that if the Starbucks CEO’s salary were divided equally among all Starbucks employees, each one would receive only about $5 more per week
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The ability of a government union to usurp the will of the people in a democratic country is not freedom. It should be unconstitutional. For a public union to take government money and feed it back to a political party is corruption and should be illegal.
Danielle Smith is using the notwithstanding clause to protect herself while crushing individuals' rights and freedoms.
That’s not freedom, that’s cowardice.
And Albertans won’t stand for it.
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Negativity sells. People need to understand this, especially young people before it becomes a self fulfilling prophesy. They're being sold a future of hopelessness that is grossly exaggerated by media companies trying to navigate an extremely competitive landscape.
It's not social media that's polarizing the US, says @mattyglesias, but the negativity bias, amplified by social media (particularly streaming video) algorithms. open.substack.com/pub/matthe…
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Mexico seeks more trade with Canada in face of Trump tariffs ctvnews.ca/world/trumps-tari…
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This is the wrong way to deal with Trump. You do not publicly challenge him to a fight - especially if you look weak (and we do). If the border demands are reasonable, you oblige. If he continues to be aggressive you retaliate hard with the tools you quietly prepared.
“We will not spend money in a country that wants to do economic harm to Canadians.”
B.C. Premier David Eby urges Canadians to reconsider travel and spending in the U.S.
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Dear Economists,
Why do countries behave like it's a act of war if you put tariffs on their products if ultimately, it doesn't come at their expense?
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Tony Katsabanis retweeted
which is why it's always "experts say" instead of "the expert consensus is that"
they use the former to imply the latter, which could easily be false as well
If you cast a wide enough net, it is possible to find an expert espousing literally any possible position you can imagine. The best part is that will include peer reviewed studies of all description and publication.
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