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Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social · 1h

Announcement from PM Carney moments ago and this is good news. I've been working on this issue with @saulschwartz.bsky.social and @agenestgregoire.bsky.social for years. We've documented how many Canadians don't file and miss out on or loose benefits, .. 1/3

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 1h

ICYMI, my latest for @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social: What's on the Supreme Court of Canada's docket this fall? #SCC #cdnlaw

What’s on the Supreme Court of Canada’s docket this fall?

Following a ceremonial opening and debut of new robes, a busy sitting with 20 appeal hearings is underway

nationalmagazine.ca

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 1h

Roundup post: Cold water on that fantasy pipeline #cdnpoli

www.routineproceedings.com

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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 3h

Mark Carney has chosen deeper integration with the United States. There can be no clearer sign than his decision to reject Canada’s longstanding anti-BMD position. Most worryingly, he is continuing to act as if a fascist US and Canada comprise a “we”.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Canada should seek central role for NORAD in Golden Dome or risk marginalization, MPs told

Ottawa and Washington are still working out how such a defensive system would function within the existing bilateral structure

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 4h

Totally normal official response.

Steven Cheung

President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives.

He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will.

The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace.

Quoting The Nobel Prize:

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 5h

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 11h

For the late/west coast crowd, my latest for @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social: What's on the Supreme Court of Canada's docket this fall? #SCC #cdnlaw

What’s on the Supreme Court of Canada’s docket this fall?

Following a ceremonial opening and debut of new robes, a busy sitting with 20 appeal hearings is underway

nationalmagazine.ca

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 11h

For the late/west coast crowd, my @xtramagazine.com column: The premiers violating your Charter rights don't want the courts to weigh in #canqueer #cdnpoli

The premiers violating your Charter rights don’t want the courts to weigh in | Xtra Magazine

When it comes to the Notwithstanding Clause, premiers opposed to the federal government’s factum are showing their true colours

xtramagazine.com

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 12h

Unsaid in this is that Poilievre is also using way less French than he did in the previous parliament during QP, FWIW.

Carney speaks far less French than English in speeches, analysis shows | CBC News

A comprehensive analysis by Radio-Canada reveals that less than one-fifth of the content of the prime minister's speeches since he was elected has been in French.

www.cbc.ca

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 15h

For the evening crowd, my latest YouTube episode, where @lindsaytedds.bsky.social and I talk about the effects of austerity that nobody wants to talk about when they're giving debt-to-GDP figures without context #cdnpoli

The Problems with Austerity

YouTube video by Dale Smith

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 16h

A couple of days late to this, but I do want to quietly say that this remains @nigella.bsky.social's only book that is not available in the Canadian iTunes/Apple Books store, which makes me sad.
cc @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
www.nigella.com/latest/domes...

DG 25! | Latest | Nigella Lawson

www.nigella.com

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 16h

For the evening crowd, my @xtramagazine.com column on the conservative premiers who don't want the courts to weigh in when they use the Notwithstanding Clause to violate Charter rights #canqueer #cdnpoli

The premiers violating your Charter rights don’t want the courts to weigh in | Xtra Magazine

When it comes to the Notwithstanding Clause, premiers opposed to the federal government’s factum are showing their true colours

xtramagazine.com

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 16h

He wouldn't even pay lip service to safety or guardrail regulations.

Moebius Stripper @moebiusstripper.bsky.social · 17h

Thought experiment: if our minister of AI (sigh) owned a lot of stock in the big AI companies, what would he be doing differently?

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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 19h

It's really too bad there are no governments responsible for housing in the Toronto area.

www.tvo.org/article/anal...

TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts

www.tvo.org

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 16h

Well that party is certainly going well...

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 17h

B.C. Conservative Leader Rustad confirms search of MLA phones to find leak nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/09/b...

B.C. Conservative Leader Rustad confirms search of MLA phones to find…

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

nationalnewswatch.com

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 17h

Hey BSers! I'll be doing a Q&A episode on my channel this weekend. Have a #cdnpoli question for me? Leave it on the Patreon, or in the replies below.

Upcoming Q&A Episode | Dale Smith aka @journo_dale

www.patreon.com

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 18h

#QP Recap: Trillion dollar fallacies, redux #cdnpoli

www.routineproceedings.com

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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 19h

When it comes to the Notwithstanding Clause, premiers opposed to the federal government’s factum are showing their true colours, writes @journodale.bsky.social

The premiers violating your Charter rights don’t want the courts to weigh in | Xtra Magazine

When it comes to the Notwithstanding Clause, premiers opposed to the federal government’s factum are showing their true colours

xtramagazine.com

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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 20h

I was hoping that this would be the outcome. Justice for Mme. Pelicot.

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 20h

Some MPs are really halting in their script-reading today. #QP

a drag queen is sitting on a couch holding a drink and talking on a cell phone .

Alt: Brooke Lynn Hytes rolls her eyes.

media.tenor.com

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 21h

New column from me at @xtramagazine.com: The premiers violating your Charter rights don't want the courts to weigh in #canqueer #cdnpoli

The premiers violating your Charter rights don’t want the courts to weigh in | Xtra Magazine

When it comes to the Notwithstanding Clause, premiers opposed to the federal government’s factum are showing their true colours

xtramagazine.com

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 22h

Don't sleep on Róisín Murphy.
A song like "Overpowered" talking about how you can't get over someone because of the oxytocin in your brain is pretty stellar. (To say nothing of the fact that Lady Gaga egregiously stole from her early and often).

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI, my Loonie Politics column: The Alberta Next panel was not an exercise in democracy #cdnpoli

The Alberta Next panel was not an exercise in democracy - Loonie Politics

Danielle Smith may think that she’s being super clever in trying to incite a separatism referendum.

looniepolitics.com

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 1d

Or, hear me out, the provinces need to step up and do their fucking jobs and fund their own services properly. They are not helpless. They can raise their own revenues.

The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 1d

Canadians could be facing a “perfect storm” in mental health challenges due to insufficient supports and a trend of growing economic stressors—which will need to be addressed through greater federal funding.

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

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