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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 4h

I did this, took like 30 min.
Points I kept hammering: domestic cloud, regulations around copyright and likeness rights, focusing on machine learning with concrete, real world uses (creating new drugs, etc), the damage done by slop, the need to listen to AI experts who are realists, not boosters.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 3d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 1d

Quebec's new 'Constitution Bill' doubles down on the absurd idea that a province can directly amend the national constitution. It purports to directly change the text of provisions of the Constitution Act, 1867, and repeal others.

Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 1d

Uhh, what is this unconstitutional horseshit?
"The constitution bill would also have the Quebec premier recommend who should be appointed the province's lieutenant-governor. ...
The new legislation would also rename the lieutenant-governor the "officer of Quebec.""
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Quebec tables draft constitution to affirm its 'distinct national character,' premier says | CBC News

The constitution, filed at the National Assembly on Thursday and lambasted by opposition parties as a piece of political theatre filed without proper consultation, includes language asserting Quebec’s...

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 1d

What if—and hear me out now—the guy who threatened to invade Canada DOESN'T deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?

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Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 1d

Carney on Canada's National School Food Program: "No child should go to school hungry or sit in a classroom all day wondering where their next meal will come from... Until today, this program was a pilot..so, we're announcing we'll move forward with the funding and legislation to make it permanent."

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citytechie 🇨🇦 @citytechie.bsky.social · 16h

We either pay competitive compensation vs. the private sector for the best, most competent individuals for the job, or we don't hire the best. These are agencies managing multi-billion dollar funds, which we need and want the best. Working for the public sector shouldn't be a major pay cut.

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citytechie 🇨🇦 @citytechie.bsky.social · 16h

Either you want the best, most competent individuals for the top job and willing to pay competitive compensation to the private sector or you don't.

🍁make it make sense @ocanadaeh.bsky.social · 1d

Douglas Guzman, the head of a new defence procurement office, and Dawn Farrell, the head of the new Major Projects Office, will each make more than $577,000 a year -- not counting performance pay.
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Carney defends paying 2 CEO appointees upwards of $577,000 a year

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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citytechie 🇨🇦 @citytechie.bsky.social · 17h

Even if we let them build here, we should require them to form a joint venture with a Canadian firm, license their technology to the Canadian JV, and structure the Canadian entity so that the US Cloud Act cannot be applied and that it is a separate entity and majority Canadian owned.

Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 17h

This does not look like a good idea: www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 17h

This does not look like a good idea: www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

www.cbc.ca

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citytechie 🇨🇦 @citytechie.bsky.social · 1d

Predictably, the Conservatives, the shills at the "Tax-payers Federation," and online trolls are framing automatic tax filing as socialist and that it will make lower income Canadians lazy.

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 1d

Automatic tax filing for low income, permanent school food program coming in budget: PM Mark Carney #Canada

PM Carney said the federal govt is renewing the “Canada Strong Pass” which lowers the cost for families to visit museums, historic sites, parks & travel.

www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Automatic tax filing, permanent school food program coming in budget: Carney

Prime Minister Mark Carney is announcing a series of affordability measures Friday, making good on some spring campaign commitments ahead of the fall budget.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 1d

Automatic tax filing for low income, permanent school food program coming in budget: PM Mark Carney #Canada

PM Carney said the federal govt is renewing the “Canada Strong Pass” which lowers the cost for families to visit museums, historic sites, parks & travel.

www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Automatic tax filing, permanent school food program coming in budget: Carney

Prime Minister Mark Carney is announcing a series of affordability measures Friday, making good on some spring campaign commitments ahead of the fall budget.

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Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 2d

Despite all your submissions, disappointed Council adopted the item without debate. With new cycling projects not moving forward and previous approvals put on hold, the (already modest) planned progress of Toronto's cycling network is at risk of being set back a decade.

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Protecting Public Investment and Advancing Interim Solutions Along Sheppard Avenue East - by Councillor Shelley Carroll, seconded by Councillor Jon Burnside (Ward 17)
* Notice of this Motion has been given.
* This Motion is subject to referral to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee. A two-thirds vote is required to waive referral.

Communications have been submitted on this Item.

Adopted

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 2d

“Canada’s energy minister says Alberta will need to get its neighbouring province on board in order to see its proposed pipeline project to the West Coast come to fruition.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Alberta will need B.C. government’s backing to build proposed pipeline: energy minister | CBC News

Canada’s energy minister says Alberta will need to get its neighbouring province on board in order to see its proposed pipeline project to the West Coast come to fruition.

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Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 8d

Former PBO on Canada's fiscal situation: "If you look at the numbers right now, a baseline deficit of a little over 2%, that's a third of what it is in the US and UK, and it's well below the OECD average. If you look at our debt-to-GDP ratio, it will be the lowest of the G7. ... We're sustainable."

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 2d

‘Stable’ reputation makes Canada attractive to investors, Minister Melanie Joly says #Canada #cdnpoli

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'Stable' reputation makes Canada attractive to investors, Joly says

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says Ottawa’s industrial strategy will leverage Canada’s reputation for stability to attract more foreign investment. Joly is at the Canadian Club Toronto today laying o...

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3d

Foreign companies will now require Beijing’s approval to export products that contain even trace amounts of Chinese-sourced rare-earth minerals, or that were manufactured using the country’s technology on.ft.com/4ofimM8

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citytechie 🇨🇦 @citytechie.bsky.social · 3d

Because the Chinese aren't going to build in the US, especially under this regime. Canada put tariffs on Chinese EVs to maintain US market access. Now that that is in doubt, we should let the Chinese EVs in and get as many benefits from that as possible. Even just to spite Americans.

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citytechie 🇨🇦 @citytechie.bsky.social · 3d

Or attract the South Korean, Japanese, and German automakers to move EV and battery production to Canada instead of the US. Like Hyundai. Similarly, for their defence and rail divisions. The Chinese would love to get an EV foothold in North America, & we can make that happen. The enemy of my enemy.

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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: Ontario's school boards have joined police chiefs, mayors and the municipal association asking the Ford government not to follow through with its plan to scrap automated speed enforcement. #OnPoli
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Ontario school boards join others telling Ford to reconsider speed camera ban | Globalnews.ca

The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association begged the province to 'improve and refine' the speed camera program, instead of 'dismantling a proven, life-saving safety system.'

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citytechie 🇨🇦 @citytechie.bsky.social · 3d

This is a solution to this: open the Canadian market to Chinese EVs on the condition that BYD forms a joint venture with a Cdn parts maker, sources materials from Cdn producers & builds a plant here. If the Big 3 want to move jobs to the US, buyout their Cdn facilities and take their Cdn staff.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 3d

Lutnick dismisses any prospect of auto deal between U.S. and Canada: sources www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

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Lutnick dismisses any prospect of auto deal between U.S. and Canada: sources

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is dismissing any prospect of a comprehensive auto deal with Canada, according to three sources in the room for when he made the comments.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 12d

#TrumpLies #Bullshit #FactChecked

Trump touts boom in U.S. auto plant construction, but carmakers' actions tell different story

Canadian auto industry disputes Trump's claims of factory relocations

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Trump touts boom in U.S. auto plant builds. Carmakers' actions tell different story | CBC News

Canadian auto industry disputes Trump's claims of factory relocations while EV commitments decline as industry focuses on gas-powered production.

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citytechie 🇨🇦 @citytechie.bsky.social · 3d

It's more like one wrong turn, and you are on an involuntary one-way trip to a gulag in El Salvador.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 3d

Amen. Very good. Read it.

Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 4d

Very good profile of Mark Carney, by @stephenmaher.bsky.social. Jives with what the Ottawa bubble says about him and the shoes memo too macleans.ca/politics/mar...

Mark Carney Is a Very Demanding Boss - Macleans.ca

His elbows-up enthusiasm won him the election. Now he’s governing like a Bay Street exec.

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citytechie 🇨🇦 @citytechie.bsky.social · 9d

Q: Will the federal gov't @mark-carney.bsky.social @melaniejolycan.bsky.social retaliate against GM? We gave auto corps relief on auto tariffs earlier in the year so long as they didn't move jobs out of Canada. They broke that understanding. Now, we should apply retaliatory tariffs on GM in full.

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 12d

As GM job cuts loom in Oshawa, one man is preparing to leave the #Ontario city he loves

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How GM's job cuts in Oshawa loom large over the Ontario auto city | CBC News

Some 2,000 workers are set to be laid off in January when General Motors cuts the third shift at its Oshawa, Ont., plant. Some are considering moving elsewhere, amid high unemployment rates in the cit...

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citytechie 🇨🇦 @citytechie.bsky.social · 14d

Canada should implement preclearance at major hubs in Europe and Asia and let partner/ally countries do likewise here. Make it easier to travel to and from Canada. Same for Nexus. If the US wants to end preclearance or Nexus, let 'em. We should implement our own with our other allies.

Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 14d

Call their bluff

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U.S. ambassador says Washington has to 'take a look' at airport pre-clearance, citing drop in Canadian tourism | CBC News

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said Washington may need to reassess airport pre-clearance as part of an at-times tense exchange during a forum with Canadian business leaders in Banff, Alta., ...

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citytechie 🇨🇦 @citytechie.bsky.social · 16d

Ww have NEVER had door to door delivery here in suburban Toronto. From the day we moved in in the mid-90s until now, we have always used a community box. $400M can be better invested than on a luxury for 4M. Closing suburban POs in overserved formerly rural areas from the 90s is hardly unreasonable.

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