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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦
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Associate professor of economics at the University of Calgary. Former energy trader.

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2/This action will accelerate antipathy towards the United States throughout the world. What future ally can trust the US in light of this action? Even if the Democrats win in 2028, the possibility of a future Trump-like president means a permanent loss of trust.
January 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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2/ Regardless of whether the threat works, it represents the de facto end of NATO as an alliance. NATO functions because of credible commitments between allies. This action demonstrates that Article 5 is a dead letter.
January 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Yeah, and it’s 2.5% of nationally auto sales, potentially leads to production here down the road. And ultimately you can’t sustain an auto industry by keeping out cheaper and better competitors, you have to get better yourself.
January 16, 2026 at 4:08 PM
These are fantastic Stephen. Will definitely be borrowing for my course this semester!
January 12, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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3) @shastingssimon.bsky.social of University of Calgary says strained US relations will push Canada to reorient electricity trade away from exports to interprovincial trade, kick starting domestic long-distance transmission expansion www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
January 5, 2026 at 5:12 PM
nice work on the colour matching! and a powerful statement that those provincial sales rebates matter! I presume the drop coincided with QC pausing their rebates?
January 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM