Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁
@wallylms.bsky.social
International Trade Analyst, Transportation enthusiast, Public interest advocate. Family man. Posts are my own. Reposts & Likes don't necessarily mean endorsement. Also wallylms on the platform formerly known as Twitter.
First, big difference between US being SEEN as an adversary by Canada & Canada being
TREATED like one by the US.
2nd, the true cultural break that needs attention is the one in the US that allowed this White House to break 100's of years of democratic norms to the detriment of Canada & elsewhere.
TREATED like one by the US.
2nd, the true cultural break that needs attention is the one in the US that allowed this White House to break 100's of years of democratic norms to the detriment of Canada & elsewhere.
Tariffs come and go. Trust doesn’t.
A U.S. senator warns of a 'cultural break' — Canadians no longer seeing Americans as trusted friends and neighbours, but as adversaries.
That’s the real damage.
And it won’t be easy to undo.
#cdnpoli #TrumpRegime #USpoli
A U.S. senator warns of a 'cultural break' — Canadians no longer seeing Americans as trusted friends and neighbours, but as adversaries.
That’s the real damage.
And it won’t be easy to undo.
#cdnpoli #TrumpRegime #USpoli
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
First, big difference between US being SEEN as an adversary by Canada & Canada being
TREATED like one by the US.
2nd, the true cultural break that needs attention is the one in the US that allowed this White House to break 100's of years of democratic norms to the detriment of Canada & elsewhere.
TREATED like one by the US.
2nd, the true cultural break that needs attention is the one in the US that allowed this White House to break 100's of years of democratic norms to the detriment of Canada & elsewhere.
As aspiring autocrats try to dominate the narrative, #Canada becomes the nation that restores faith in democracy while showing that countries are meant to about how people work together and inspire us all to do great things with an eye to benefit the many including those beyond its borders.
I want to hear your uncomfortably big ideas for Canada!
November 23, 2025 at 5:47 AM
As aspiring autocrats try to dominate the narrative, #Canada becomes the nation that restores faith in democracy while showing that countries are meant to about how people work together and inspire us all to do great things with an eye to benefit the many including those beyond its borders.
A country as big as ours means buying Canadian has challenges as this @vancouversun.bsky.social piece shows. Steel tycoons setting up snitch lines paying $1,000 awards doesn't help. #cdnpoli #cdnecon
vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
Why 'Buy Canadian' is a tough sell for B.C. when it comes to construction steel
Buying Canadian is a laudable goal to support Canadian domestic industries while under U.S. tariffs. But for steel, it's not so easy
vancouversun.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A country as big as ours means buying Canadian has challenges as this @vancouversun.bsky.social piece shows. Steel tycoons setting up snitch lines paying $1,000 awards doesn't help. #cdnpoli #cdnecon
vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
This makes me feel old but really, this also maybe just tells you how many vending machines there are in Japan.
Hear me out. Every time you share wrong answers you are helping to sabotage the LLMs that will eventually scrape your answer. But also it is a completely true thing that we used to store files in vending machines to keep them cold while away from home.
November 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
This makes me feel old but really, this also maybe just tells you how many vending machines there are in Japan.
CBC Debaters is still great (thx @patterdad.bsky.social)! On if it's better to plan or wing it, Graham Chittenden concludes:
In Canada, 2nd degree murder, the spontaneous kind, minimum sentence of 10 years.
1st degree is 25 which means you get 10 years for killing someone and 15 for scheduling it. 🤣
In Canada, 2nd degree murder, the spontaneous kind, minimum sentence of 10 years.
1st degree is 25 which means you get 10 years for killing someone and 15 for scheduling it. 🤣
November 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
CBC Debaters is still great (thx @patterdad.bsky.social)! On if it's better to plan or wing it, Graham Chittenden concludes:
In Canada, 2nd degree murder, the spontaneous kind, minimum sentence of 10 years.
1st degree is 25 which means you get 10 years for killing someone and 15 for scheduling it. 🤣
In Canada, 2nd degree murder, the spontaneous kind, minimum sentence of 10 years.
1st degree is 25 which means you get 10 years for killing someone and 15 for scheduling it. 🤣
Heard on CBC radio this morning about yesterday's snow. Problem for Toronto being ready for winter this year is their (and Canada's) Boys of Summer were still active until just last weekend! Wanted a better ending though 😞
#BlueJays
#BlueJays
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Heard on CBC radio this morning about yesterday's snow. Problem for Toronto being ready for winter this year is their (and Canada's) Boys of Summer were still active until just last weekend! Wanted a better ending though 😞
#BlueJays
#BlueJays
Canadian farmers, already hit by China's 100% pea tariff since March, now has India imposing 30% duty as of Nov 1st.
@reuters.com reported yellow peas were to be duty free until next March 31, but India's farmers pushed the govt to curb imports.
#cdnecon #cdnpoli
www.producer.com/crops/india-...
@reuters.com reported yellow peas were to be duty free until next March 31, but India's farmers pushed the govt to curb imports.
#cdnecon #cdnpoli
www.producer.com/crops/india-...
India slaps 30 per cent import duty on yellow peas | The Western Producer
India has imposed a 30 per cent duty on yellow pea imports with a bill of lading date on or after Nov. 1, 2025.
www.producer.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Canadian farmers, already hit by China's 100% pea tariff since March, now has India imposing 30% duty as of Nov 1st.
@reuters.com reported yellow peas were to be duty free until next March 31, but India's farmers pushed the govt to curb imports.
#cdnecon #cdnpoli
www.producer.com/crops/india-...
@reuters.com reported yellow peas were to be duty free until next March 31, but India's farmers pushed the govt to curb imports.
#cdnecon #cdnpoli
www.producer.com/crops/india-...
Rick Monday all over again (retire and burn all Dodger #16 uniforms)
November 2, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Rick Monday all over again (retire and burn all Dodger #16 uniforms)
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Doctor Who,” or “Transformers".
October 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Doctor Who,” or “Transformers".
Sad that Ken Dryden passed away before this #WorldSeries. Like Dryden when he led the defeat of the Big Bad Bruins in 1971, Trey Yesavage started with the #BlueJays late in the season to shut down the defending champion #Dodgers in shocking fashion! (& could he be rookie of the year next season?)
October 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Sad that Ken Dryden passed away before this #WorldSeries. Like Dryden when he led the defeat of the Big Bad Bruins in 1971, Trey Yesavage started with the #BlueJays late in the season to shut down the defending champion #Dodgers in shocking fashion! (& could he be rookie of the year next season?)
Way to go #BlueJays!
Odd things for this #WorldSeries:
As Buck Martinez said, since the season was started by the #Dodgers in Japan back in March, going back to Toronto, it'll be the first to start & end in a foreign country.
And it's largely been a Red & White championship for both teams! 🇨🇦 🇯🇵
Odd things for this #WorldSeries:
As Buck Martinez said, since the season was started by the #Dodgers in Japan back in March, going back to Toronto, it'll be the first to start & end in a foreign country.
And it's largely been a Red & White championship for both teams! 🇨🇦 🇯🇵
October 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Way to go #BlueJays!
Odd things for this #WorldSeries:
As Buck Martinez said, since the season was started by the #Dodgers in Japan back in March, going back to Toronto, it'll be the first to start & end in a foreign country.
And it's largely been a Red & White championship for both teams! 🇨🇦 🇯🇵
Odd things for this #WorldSeries:
As Buck Martinez said, since the season was started by the #Dodgers in Japan back in March, going back to Toronto, it'll be the first to start & end in a foreign country.
And it's largely been a Red & White championship for both teams! 🇨🇦 🇯🇵
Bills to also terminate tariffs on #Canada and other countries are planned to be voted upon later this week, however, the Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives are expected to keep blocking any legislation to end Trump's tariffs.
#cdnpoli #cdnecon
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
#cdnpoli #cdnecon
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Senate passes bill to terminate Trump tariffs against Brazil
The Republican-led U.S. Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would overturn President Donald Trump's tariffs against Brazil by terminating the national emergency he declared in July in retaliation for Brazil's prosecution of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, for an alleged coup attempt.
www.reuters.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Bills to also terminate tariffs on #Canada and other countries are planned to be voted upon later this week, however, the Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives are expected to keep blocking any legislation to end Trump's tariffs.
#cdnpoli #cdnecon
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
#cdnpoli #cdnecon
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Thanks @brittlestar.com & Lisa B
No matter the motive, note being completely selfish & narrow minded is much easier. Autocrats also resort to power to overcome opposition or challenges rather than bother being considerate by addressing the concerns of others. 1/2
www.brittlestar.com/p/good-deeds...
No matter the motive, note being completely selfish & narrow minded is much easier. Autocrats also resort to power to overcome opposition or challenges rather than bother being considerate by addressing the concerns of others. 1/2
www.brittlestar.com/p/good-deeds...
Good Deeds, Bad Motives?
This week on Politics Is Broken, Brittlestar & Lisa dive into the strange world of good deeds done for all the wrong reasons.
www.brittlestar.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Thanks @brittlestar.com & Lisa B
No matter the motive, note being completely selfish & narrow minded is much easier. Autocrats also resort to power to overcome opposition or challenges rather than bother being considerate by addressing the concerns of others. 1/2
www.brittlestar.com/p/good-deeds...
No matter the motive, note being completely selfish & narrow minded is much easier. Autocrats also resort to power to overcome opposition or challenges rather than bother being considerate by addressing the concerns of others. 1/2
www.brittlestar.com/p/good-deeds...
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At Yonge & Dundas Jays fans are obeying the pedestrian scramble, as is the custom & returning to sidewalk each light cycle.
October 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
At Yonge & Dundas Jays fans are obeying the pedestrian scramble, as is the custom & returning to sidewalk each light cycle.
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“ #Canada wants to be a place that preserves and promotes #science, in stark contrast to what’s happening in the #UnitedStates right now.”
“Its mission is to reverse decades of #scientific #braindrain by offering salaries, lab space, and collaboration opportunities to promising young #researchers around the world.” www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Canada’s brain gain: A scientific migration amid U.S turmoil
More than 600 scientists – about half from the U.S. – ‘raise their hands’ as they compete for positions at a Canadian Hospital.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“ #Canada wants to be a place that preserves and promotes #science, in stark contrast to what’s happening in the #UnitedStates right now.”
Timely for trade talks for those countries but especially for #Canada since PM Mark Carney is in Washington to meet with POTUS today reportedly to talk about at least steel tariffs (so aluminum would fit as well). #cdnpoli #cdnecon
Uh oh; "A fire at Novelis’s Oswego, N.Y., plant, which supplies about 40% of U.S. auto industry aluminum, will disrupt automakers for months"
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Fortunately, imported aluminum can fill the void and mitigate this massive domestic supply chain disrupti-
Oh.
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Fortunately, imported aluminum can fill the void and mitigate this massive domestic supply chain disrupti-
Oh.
October 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Reposted by Wallace Oyama 🇨🇦 🍁
Uh oh; "A fire at Novelis’s Oswego, N.Y., plant, which supplies about 40% of U.S. auto industry aluminum, will disrupt automakers for months"
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Fortunately, imported aluminum can fill the void and mitigate this massive domestic supply chain disrupti-
Oh.
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Fortunately, imported aluminum can fill the void and mitigate this massive domestic supply chain disrupti-
Oh.
October 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Uh oh; "A fire at Novelis’s Oswego, N.Y., plant, which supplies about 40% of U.S. auto industry aluminum, will disrupt automakers for months"
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Fortunately, imported aluminum can fill the void and mitigate this massive domestic supply chain disrupti-
Oh.
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Fortunately, imported aluminum can fill the void and mitigate this massive domestic supply chain disrupti-
Oh.
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A new NDP leadership candidate is talking about workers and class politics, and drawing on his credibility as a labour leader.
Have we got a live one, here?
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/the-ndp-le...
Have we got a live one, here?
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/the-ndp-le...
The NDP Leadership Race: A Labour Party Leader From....Labour?
Canada's left party may be undertaking the bold experiment of indulging in overt, unapologetic class politics. Risks include energizing members and winning.
www.davidmoscrop.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A new NDP leadership candidate is talking about workers and class politics, and drawing on his credibility as a labour leader.
Have we got a live one, here?
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/the-ndp-le...
Have we got a live one, here?
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/the-ndp-le...
Consider also how populists rely on characteristically simple but faulty solutions to complex problems. Populists need power to overcome these policy faults as well as opposition which is why they can't afford to lose political support, libertarian or otherwise.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
Why do populists backtrack?
I look at the role of libertarians in thwarting some of their most egregious acts of overreach.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
I look at the role of libertarians in thwarting some of their most egregious acts of overreach.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
TACO, meet DACO
Why populists like Donald Trump and Danielle Smith keep 'Chickening Out'
open.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Consider also how populists rely on characteristically simple but faulty solutions to complex problems. Populists need power to overcome these policy faults as well as opposition which is why they can't afford to lose political support, libertarian or otherwise.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
His victory in the World Championship 35 km race walk last week was wonderful already.
His speaking out against the Enhanced Games is even better.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
His speaking out against the Enhanced Games is even better.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'Valueless spectacle': World champion Evan Dunfee speaks out against Enhanced Games | CBC News
The world gold medalist from Richmond, B.C., is using his elevated profile to speak out against a new sport venture that does not ban or test for performance-enhancing drugs.
www.cbc.ca
September 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
His victory in the World Championship 35 km race walk last week was wonderful already.
His speaking out against the Enhanced Games is even better.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
His speaking out against the Enhanced Games is even better.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Hi @sentimentbot.bsky.social! You have me curious.
September 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Hi @sentimentbot.bsky.social! You have me curious.
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I would be keeping an eye on this process. And if I were a trade-exposed sector, or a US-owned subsidiary located in Canada, I would be working hard to get US owners, US clients & US suppliers to be visible and vocal in this process.
US begins review of trade deal with Canada and Mexico on.ft.com/484RCJt
US begins review of trade deal with Canada and Mexico
Washington calls for comments from businesses ahead of possible renegotiation of the USMCA
on.ft.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I would be keeping an eye on this process. And if I were a trade-exposed sector, or a US-owned subsidiary located in Canada, I would be working hard to get US owners, US clients & US suppliers to be visible and vocal in this process.
On Trump's push to create "Fortress North America", @economist.com closes this piece with the following:
September 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
On Trump's push to create "Fortress North America", @economist.com closes this piece with the following:
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I put together a primer on Charlie Kirk — and paid some special attention to his relationship with Nick Fuentes and the Groyper movement.
There's no hot takes or sweeping declarations. Just some useful background. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-was-ch...
There's no hot takes or sweeping declarations. Just some useful background. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-was-ch...
Who Was Charlie Kirk, Anyway?
Kirk occupied a uniquely powerful place in the MAGA movement
www.bugeyedandshameless.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I put together a primer on Charlie Kirk — and paid some special attention to his relationship with Nick Fuentes and the Groyper movement.
There's no hot takes or sweeping declarations. Just some useful background. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-was-ch...
There's no hot takes or sweeping declarations. Just some useful background. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-was-ch...