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Charles Breton
@cbreton.bsky.social
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Directeur/ED Centre d'excellence sur la fédération canadienne. centre.irpp.org
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Charles Breton @cbreton.bsky.social · 4d
Amen!
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Charles Breton @cbreton.bsky.social · 4d
Canada (and Québec) is still not over it. Won't be for a while. I guess not until she defends the rainbow jersey next year...checks notes... on a hard, hilly course in Montréal.
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Andrew Parkin @parkinac.bsky.social · 8d
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For Indigenous leaders and Canadians, the long path to reconciliation is steady but unfinished
New poll finds growing awareness of residential schools and improving relations
www.theglobeandmail.com
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Radio-Canada Info @info.radio-canada.ca · 11d
Magdeleine Vallières-Mill sacrée championne du monde en cyclisme sur route
La Canadienne remporte contre toute attente la course au Rwanda.
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Charles Breton @cbreton.bsky.social · 11d
Oh my. Magdeleine Vallières Mills est championne du monde de vélo sur route. Wow!
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Charles Breton @cbreton.bsky.social · Sep 8
En français aussi. Disons que ça tombe à point dans le contexte québécois.

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Texte: La politique industrielle n’a rien d’une science exacte : elle comporte inévitablement une part d’échec. Chaque intervention gouvernementale dans un domaine où le marché ne va pas comporte son lot d’erreurs. L’essentiel n’est pas d’éviter l’erreur, mais d’apprendre à en tirer parti pour éclairer les décisions futures. Or, comme on l’a souvent entendu lors de nos ateliers, le Canada échoue trop souvent sur ce plan : au lieu d’analyser nos ratés, nous les balayons sous le tapis.
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Charles Breton @cbreton.bsky.social · Sep 8
Really good piece by @stevelafleur.bsky.social as a prelude to a large conference and report on industrial policy.

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Canada’s industrial policy choices in the Trump era
Canada faces uncertainty under Trump. Can industrial policy help build resilience through strategy, evaluation and governance?
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Andrew Parkin @parkinac.bsky.social · Aug 20
Prairie residents feel region is gaining respect among Canadians, poll shows
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Prairie residents feel region is gaining respect among Canadians, poll shows
Some 39 per cent of residents believe their province is treated with the respect it deserves, up from 32 per cent last year
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · Aug 14
Charles Breton made a similar case here.
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Forty years later, we're due for another big rethink about Canada’s future
It might be time for the next federal government to bring back one of Canada’s most effective policy instruments: The royal commission, adapted for the 21st century.
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · Aug 14
We laid out the rationale for a RC in an open letter earlier this year, a letter that was supported by about 100 academic and non-academic co-signatories.

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Open letter to the next prime minister: We need a royal commission on Canada’s future
Canada thrived within a U.S.-led liberal international order after the Second World War, but that era is over. Our economic and security policies must evolve to meet modern threats.
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Charles Breton @cbreton.bsky.social · Aug 12
I’ll send some!
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Andrew Parkin @parkinac.bsky.social · Aug 12
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Who wants more government?
Why we shouldn’t assume that younger Canadians are moving to the right
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Charles Breton @cbreton.bsky.social · Aug 8
100% d'accord. Voici de l'excellent travail, tout en nuance, de @338canada.bsky.social comme d'habitude:
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Êtes-vous favorable à la souveraineté... ET prêt à voter oui ?
Si le camp souverainiste cherche un nouveau souffle, il le trouvera peut-être chez les jeunes électeurs — à condition de les convaincre de passer de l’idée à l’action.
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Charles Breton @cbreton.bsky.social · Aug 1
Without checking how she pronounces it, as a French speaker, I would definitely say the first syllable like the squi in squid. But you need to find the tréma on your keyboard. Maëva makes it even better!
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IRPP @irpp.org · Jul 30
How should we shape industrial policy amid global shocks, climate urgency & economic transition? Join us Sept. 16 in Ottawa for a conference devoted to the key issues facing Canada.

With keynotes from @noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev & Premier R.J. Simpson!

Register now! shorturl.at/Ljmy8
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Charles Breton @cbreton.bsky.social · Jul 30
Je ne sais pas ce qui m'avait pris, mais j'avais osé lui envoyer une suggestion lecture, du haut de mes 19 ans. J'avais même avancé que ça ressemblait à du Bukowski, qu'il aimait tant. Ma joie de lire sa réponse...même si c'était pour me dire que j'étais dans le champ! Je viens de retrouver ça.
réponse de Foglia: je connais Gutierrez - Animal tropical, Trilogie sale de la Havane - je connais Gutierrez et c'est pas Bukowski. Bukowski c'est un écrivain.
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Charles Breton @cbreton.bsky.social · Jul 29
Comme à chaque année je relisais des passages du recueil sur le Tour. Merci M. Foglia.
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IRPP @irpp.org · Jul 25
Canada is facing urgent challenges. How should we shape industrial policy in an era of global shocks, climate urgency & economic transition?

Join us Sept. 16 in Ottawa for Canada’s Next Economic Transformation, with keynotes @noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev & Premier R.J. Simpson!
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Canada’s Next Economic Transformation: Industrial Policy in Tumultuous Times - IRPP
Join the Institute for Research on Public Policy for Canada’s Next Economic Transformation: Industrial Policy in Tumultuous Times, a one-day conference to be held in Ottawa on Tuesday, September 16. C...
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Charles Breton @cbreton.bsky.social · Jul 24
Resentment! Though I guess resentment is resilient?
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Charles Breton @cbreton.bsky.social · Jul 23
In our Resilient Index piece we mention how Parti québécois voters in Quebec and UCP voters in Alberta have different outlooks when it comes to resentment towards their province's place in the federation, with UCP voters being much more resentful.
Distribution on the resentment index for PQ and UCP voters. UCP voters are coalescing toward the right hand side of the resentment index (i.e. more resentment) much more than PQ voters. On the scale of -6 to 6, the average for PQ voters is 2.3 while UCP voters are at 3.9.
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Charles Breton @cbreton.bsky.social · Jul 24
So like the Jets franchise actually being Utah while the current Jets are the Trashers?
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · Jul 23
The bid to reboot the Alberta PCs has a new wrinkle. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ex-UCP MLAs to join, rebrand Alberta Party instead of rebooting Progressive Conservatives from scratch | CBC News
Changing the name of an existing small party to the PCs would be easier than launching the Tory party anew, says Peter Guthrie.
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Charles Breton @cbreton.bsky.social · Jul 23
If you're curious about how this plays out in the other provinces, here are the distributions on the index based on provincial vote intentions. Here again we see the uniqueness of UCP voters. There is just no other group with such a one-sided distribution.
Graph show the distribution on the Resentment index for each province by provincial vote intentions.
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Charles Breton @cbreton.bsky.social · Jul 23
I found this, but no idea if that meeting ever happened.
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Charles Breton @cbreton.bsky.social · Jul 23
but I don't know if they ever did and the invitation was accepted.
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Charles Breton @cbreton.bsky.social · Jul 23
Excellent question! I don't know if this is the first time that a PM showed up to one of the two official CoF meetings (summer/winter). The CoF's founding agreement does mention that "The Council may decide from time to time to hold special meetings to which it may invite the Federal Government."
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Charles Breton @cbreton.bsky.social · Jul 23
You can find the report here:
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A Less Resentful Federation? Findings from the 2025 Provincial Resentment Index - Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation
The fourth edition of the Provincial Resentment Index shows that, on average, Canadians feel slightly less aggrieved about their province’s place in the federation than at any point since the index wa...
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