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Pádraig Kerr 🇨🇦
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🇨🇦 Proud Canadian | Retired and Recovering Lawyer | Senior University Law Lecturer | Pickleball addict | #Habs Fan | Cancer Survivor |Post mostly about news, current events and law |
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January 31, 2026 at 1:06 AM
B.C.’s Pattison says ICE warehouse sale won’t proceed
B.C.’s Pattison says ICE warehouse sale won’t proceed
A company owned by British Columbia billionaire Jimmy Pattison says it will not be selling a Virginia warehouse to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which planned to use the site as an…
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January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest
Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest
Dispiriting, deadly and unrevealing – there is a decent documentary to be made about the former model from Slovenia, but this one is unredeemable
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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Notícia da BleepingComputer

"CIRO confirms data breach exposed info on 750,000 Canadian investors" #bolhasec
CIRO confirms data breach exposed info on 750,000 Canadian investors
The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) confirmed that the data breach it suffered last year impacts about 750,000 Canadian investors.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Legendary Canadian actress Catherine O'Hara dead at 71 buff.ly/bYnru86

#RIP #Canada
Legendary Canadian actress Catherine O'Hara dead at 71 | CBC
Updates
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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I just started a SCHITT'S CREEK rewatch, literally the day before yesterday, and every single one of her line readings as Moira Rose is a gift.
This is so crushing.
January 30, 2026 at 6:23 PM
TSX is dropping like a stone. Holy crap.

#cdnpoli #Canada
January 30, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The first of what will certainly be many 1 star reviews: "To call Melania vapid would do a disservice to the plumes of florid vape smoke that linger around British teenagers. She calls herself a “mother, wife, daughter, friend”, yet is only depicted preening and scowling." buff.ly/TKMpdNF
Melania Trump is a scowling void of pure nothingness in her ghastly film – review
Hitting cinemas as the streets of America remain filled with the angry and grieving, the vulgar, gilded lifestyle of the Trumps makes them look like Marie Antoinette skulking in her cake-filled…
www.independent.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 5:26 PM
The "Very Stable Genius" tanks the markets (again). Must be Friday.

#TSX tumbles more than 900 points amid gold slump after Trump picks new Fed chair buff.ly/oKeoxTy

#Canada #Cdnpoli #markets
TSX tumbles more than 900 points amid gold slump after Trump picks new Fed chair
Index on track for its biggest one-day drop since April tariff scare; Bombardier skids after Trump threat
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Carney won’t say whether #Canada would align its trade policy with the U.S. in the #CUSMA review. #Mexico will likely keep its more conciliatory approach, but hitching ourselves to the U.S. clearly isn’t a sustainable or wise long‑term strategy.

www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

#cdnpoli
Carney won’t say whether Canada would align trade policy with U.S. as part of USMCA revision
U.S. and Mexico have already agreed to formally start discussions about possible changes to the pact
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:11 PM
#Carney won’t say whether #Canada would align trade policy with #US as part of #CUSMA revision buff.ly/BLnGPh3

#cdnpoli
Carney won’t say whether Canada would align trade policy with U.S. as part of USMCA revision
U.S. and Mexico have already agreed to formally start discussions about possible changes to the pact
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January 30, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The Australian Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL) system looks interesting.

Think you're buying Canadian? That grocery item may actually be from the U.S. buff.ly/SvjB8B4

#Australia #Canada #cdnpoli
Think you're buying Canadian? That grocery item may actually be from the U.S. | CBC News
The push to buy Canadian is loud and clear, but are those local-looking products the real deal? CBC Marketplace exposes how some popular foods that seem Canadian are actually made in the U.S. Experts...
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Why are Britain and other countries reluctant to join Trump’s Gaza board of peace?
Why are Britain and other countries reluctant to join Trump’s Gaza board of peace?
Why are Britain and other countries reluctant to join Trump’s Gaza board of peace?
www.independent.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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So airliners that American carriers have already paid for, imported and put into use will “hereby” be grounded, cancelling thousands of flights and ruining millions of Americans’ travel plans.

IN YOUR FACE, CANADA!
January 30, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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Gift link

China's winning the electric car race, and we're not allowed to partake

www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
I Test Drove a Chinese EV. Now I Don’t Want to Buy American Cars Anymore.
Amazing battery range, customizable interiors and sleek software—our columnist fell in love with a Xiaomi SU7 Max after driving it for a few weeks.
www.wsj.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Faculty strike at Laurentian University threatens to derail winter term
Faculty strike at Laurentian University threatens to derail winter term
Classes and all other academic activities have been cancelled as professors seek to regain ground after a 2021 pay cut
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January 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Trump says he’s decertifying all aircraft made in Canada “until such time as Gulfstream, a Great American Company, is fully certified, as it should have been many years ago.”

He’s also threatening new tariffs on Canadian aircraft sold in the U.S.
January 29, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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Schumer caved.

Congrats MAGA and ICE.

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Democrats and White House Reach Deal to Avoid Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:28 PM
I so surprised (sarcasm).

"Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said she won’t demonize the roughly one million Albertans who are open to separation after B.C. Premier David Eby said #Alberta separatists who went to Washington in search of political support are engaging in treason."
Smith defends Alberta separatists after Eby’s ‘treason’ remarks
Alberta Premier says she doesn’t want to demonize or marginalize people when they have legitimate grievances
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January 29, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The tariff threat that Canada can squelch today - internal trade barriers

"The bad news is that political leaders, chiefly the provincial and territorial premiers, are unwilling to take definitive steps."

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#Canada #cdnpoli
Globe editorial: The tariff threat that Canada can squelch today
Donald Trump’s trade war is a problem for this country’s economy. The premiers’ refusal to tear down internal trade barriers is an even bigger one
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January 29, 2026 at 10:30 PM
'Respect Canadian sovereignty', Carney tells US officials after they meet Alberta separatists buff.ly/pZUWmWb

#Canada #cdnpoli
'Respect Canadian sovereignty', Carney tells US officials after they meet Alberta separatists
Alberta separatists have held three meetings with members of the Trump administration to discuss their push for independence
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January 29, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Carney says he expects US administration to respect Canadian sovereignty buff.ly/FClOUiO
January 29, 2026 at 9:00 PM