Mikewpg1ca
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Canada has to stop driving with the brakes on
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Canada has to stop driving with the brakes on
The next prime minister should look seriously at reviving Trans Mountain's Northern Leg pipeline project
open.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Canada has to stop driving with the brakes on
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"...to put it simply, incarceration reduced re-offending for this particular sample of kids involved in serious and violent offences."
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Study finds incarceration leads to reduced rate of reoffending
Spending time behind bars reduced the rate of reoffending for B.C. youths, according to a new study out of Simon Fraser University.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
"...to put it simply, incarceration reduced re-offending for this particular sample of kids involved in serious and violent offences."
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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It’s getting insulting how much they’re talking about this. Everyone can read the budgets they’re proposing, they increase deficits
US Commerce Secretary Lutnick: The goal is to balance the budget.
February 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It’s getting insulting how much they’re talking about this. Everyone can read the budgets they’re proposing, they increase deficits
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russia is a kleptocratic dictatorship, an economy and political system in decline under a government that stopped investing in human capital decades ago.
the united states alliance with europe is far more valuable and should be treated as such by american leaders.
the united states alliance with europe is far more valuable and should be treated as such by american leaders.
February 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
russia is a kleptocratic dictatorship, an economy and political system in decline under a government that stopped investing in human capital decades ago.
the united states alliance with europe is far more valuable and should be treated as such by american leaders.
the united states alliance with europe is far more valuable and should be treated as such by american leaders.
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The Cook Islands said it has formalized cooperation pacts with China, including an action plan for a comprehensive strategic partnership and an agreement covering exploration for seabed minerals.
Cook Islands Says It Has Signed Cooperation Pacts With China
The Cook Islands said it has formalized cooperation pacts with China, including an action plan for a comprehensive strategic partnership and an agreement covering exploration for seabed minerals.
www.bloomberg.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The Cook Islands said it has formalized cooperation pacts with China, including an action plan for a comprehensive strategic partnership and an agreement covering exploration for seabed minerals.
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Most importantly: the timing is wrong
This is a lame-duck PM's Hail Mary pass. We should stick to the original plan: build high-frequency rail first, develop the ridership and expertise, then transition to HSR
Less romantic, more realistic
5/6
This is a lame-duck PM's Hail Mary pass. We should stick to the original plan: build high-frequency rail first, develop the ridership and expertise, then transition to HSR
Less romantic, more realistic
5/6
February 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Most importantly: the timing is wrong
This is a lame-duck PM's Hail Mary pass. We should stick to the original plan: build high-frequency rail first, develop the ridership and expertise, then transition to HSR
Less romantic, more realistic
5/6
This is a lame-duck PM's Hail Mary pass. We should stick to the original plan: build high-frequency rail first, develop the ridership and expertise, then transition to HSR
Less romantic, more realistic
5/6
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The process is wrong
It emphasizes consultation and engagement. But you can't build HSR through consensus
Successful systems made hard choices early about routing, land acquisition, and station locations, while California tried to please everyone
Look how that worked out
4/6
It emphasizes consultation and engagement. But you can't build HSR through consensus
Successful systems made hard choices early about routing, land acquisition, and station locations, while California tried to please everyone
Look how that worked out
4/6
February 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The process is wrong
It emphasizes consultation and engagement. But you can't build HSR through consensus
Successful systems made hard choices early about routing, land acquisition, and station locations, while California tried to please everyone
Look how that worked out
4/6
It emphasizes consultation and engagement. But you can't build HSR through consensus
Successful systems made hard choices early about routing, land acquisition, and station locations, while California tried to please everyone
Look how that worked out
4/6
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The team is wrong
Alto's executives have virtually no rail experience
The one exception? Their Chief Project Officer, who ran Spain's HSR expansion. She should be CEO
We need to be poaching talent aggressively from successful systems, not recycling domestic flacks
3/6
Alto's executives have virtually no rail experience
The one exception? Their Chief Project Officer, who ran Spain's HSR expansion. She should be CEO
We need to be poaching talent aggressively from successful systems, not recycling domestic flacks
3/6
February 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The team is wrong
Alto's executives have virtually no rail experience
The one exception? Their Chief Project Officer, who ran Spain's HSR expansion. She should be CEO
We need to be poaching talent aggressively from successful systems, not recycling domestic flacks
3/6
Alto's executives have virtually no rail experience
The one exception? Their Chief Project Officer, who ran Spain's HSR expansion. She should be CEO
We need to be poaching talent aggressively from successful systems, not recycling domestic flacks
3/6
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The structure is wrong
Alto relies on a fragmented consortium of private companies. Every successful HSR system—in France, Japan, Spain—was built by a strong, centralized public agency that developed deep expertise
We're copying California's failures instead
2/6
Alto relies on a fragmented consortium of private companies. Every successful HSR system—in France, Japan, Spain—was built by a strong, centralized public agency that developed deep expertise
We're copying California's failures instead
2/6
February 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The structure is wrong
Alto relies on a fragmented consortium of private companies. Every successful HSR system—in France, Japan, Spain—was built by a strong, centralized public agency that developed deep expertise
We're copying California's failures instead
2/6
Alto relies on a fragmented consortium of private companies. Every successful HSR system—in France, Japan, Spain—was built by a strong, centralized public agency that developed deep expertise
We're copying California's failures instead
2/6
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Canada just announced "Alto", a Toronto–Quebec City high-speed rail plan
I'm a rail enthusiast and frequent VIA rider. But this plan is doomed to fail
Here's why 🧵
1/6
www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/canada-sho...
I'm a rail enthusiast and frequent VIA rider. But this plan is doomed to fail
Here's why 🧵
1/6
www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/canada-sho...
Canada Shouldn’t Build High-Speed Rail
It is still the time in this fair land for that railroad not to run
www.changinglanesnewsletter.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Canada just announced "Alto", a Toronto–Quebec City high-speed rail plan
I'm a rail enthusiast and frequent VIA rider. But this plan is doomed to fail
Here's why 🧵
1/6
www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/canada-sho...
I'm a rail enthusiast and frequent VIA rider. But this plan is doomed to fail
Here's why 🧵
1/6
www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/canada-sho...
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Dark Pence is back.
February 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Dark Pence is back.
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Trump is now repeating russian talking points and saying this is his own position. What we're witnessing isn't a negotiation but the Trump administration's attempt to reset the US-Russia relationship into an imperialist partnership.
www.yahoo.com/news/donald-...
www.yahoo.com/news/donald-...
Donald Trump claims Zelensky only has a 4% approval rating
Donald Trump claims Zelensky only has a 4% approval ratingSource Reuters
www.yahoo.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Trump is now repeating russian talking points and saying this is his own position. What we're witnessing isn't a negotiation but the Trump administration's attempt to reset the US-Russia relationship into an imperialist partnership.
www.yahoo.com/news/donald-...
www.yahoo.com/news/donald-...
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Chinese warships in waters 150 nautical miles east of Sydney
https://www.ft.com/content/fda734fc-6023-4ad9-b3ae-33234ee40505
https://www.ft.com/content/fda734fc-6023-4ad9-b3ae-33234ee40505
Chinese warships in waters 150 nautical miles east of Sydney
‘Unprecedented’ manoeuvre comes as Beijing projects power further in Pacific
www.ft.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Chinese warships in waters 150 nautical miles east of Sydney
https://www.ft.com/content/fda734fc-6023-4ad9-b3ae-33234ee40505
https://www.ft.com/content/fda734fc-6023-4ad9-b3ae-33234ee40505
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Worse than Munich 1938.
When Chamberlain appeased Hitler, Germany had the strongest military on the continent and hadn’t launched a big attack.
Now, US has the strongest military on the continent, and Russia is weakened from 3 years of war.
This isn’t from fear and hope, it’s helping the aggressor.
When Chamberlain appeased Hitler, Germany had the strongest military on the continent and hadn’t launched a big attack.
Now, US has the strongest military on the continent, and Russia is weakened from 3 years of war.
This isn’t from fear and hope, it’s helping the aggressor.
If Joe Biden said this, the entire Republican Party would be yelling about Munich/1938/appeasement, & it would prompt nonstop front page headlines about whether he was mentally unfit to be president.
"You should have never started it" -- Trump to Ukraine, which very much did not start the war
February 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Worse than Munich 1938.
When Chamberlain appeased Hitler, Germany had the strongest military on the continent and hadn’t launched a big attack.
Now, US has the strongest military on the continent, and Russia is weakened from 3 years of war.
This isn’t from fear and hope, it’s helping the aggressor.
When Chamberlain appeased Hitler, Germany had the strongest military on the continent and hadn’t launched a big attack.
Now, US has the strongest military on the continent, and Russia is weakened from 3 years of war.
This isn’t from fear and hope, it’s helping the aggressor.
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it’s the best day putin has had since the invasion
February 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
it’s the best day putin has had since the invasion
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Today these people are deported on military planes to Panama, meanwhile any Afrikaner is automatically accepted as a refugee
February 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Today these people are deported on military planes to Panama, meanwhile any Afrikaner is automatically accepted as a refugee
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This might be Trump's greatest lie ever: That Ukraine started the war with Russia.
That Trump has now shame we know, but what about the US people?
Why does the US accept a president so obviously works against the US & for Russia?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebi-...
That Trump has now shame we know, but what about the US people?
Why does the US accept a president so obviously works against the US & for Russia?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebi-...
US, Russia agree to end the war in Ukraine
YouTube video by ABC News
www.youtube.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This might be Trump's greatest lie ever: That Ukraine started the war with Russia.
That Trump has now shame we know, but what about the US people?
Why does the US accept a president so obviously works against the US & for Russia?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebi-...
That Trump has now shame we know, but what about the US people?
Why does the US accept a president so obviously works against the US & for Russia?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebi-...
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"The Liberals who would be prime minister can’t seem to accept that tired, expensive and unproductive ideas are the opposite of what Canada needs right now."
February 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
"The Liberals who would be prime minister can’t seem to accept that tired, expensive and unproductive ideas are the opposite of what Canada needs right now."
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Manitoba to spend $2M on inquiry into Winnipeg's police headquarters www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Manitoba to spend $2M on inquiry into Winnipeg's police headquarters | CBC News
Manitoba plans to spend $2 million on its inquiry into the construction of Winnipeg's police headquarters, the NDP government plans to announce Tuesday morning.
www.cbc.ca
February 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Manitoba to spend $2M on inquiry into Winnipeg's police headquarters www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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BREAKING: President Donald Trump said he will announce 25% tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum on Monday.
Trump Plans to Announce 25% Steel, Aluminum Tariffs on Monday
President Donald Trump said he will announce 25% tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum on Monday.
www.bloomberg.com
February 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
BREAKING: President Donald Trump said he will announce 25% tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum on Monday.
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europeans are officially over it
February 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
europeans are officially over it
Trump is a fool, but he might actually get this country to wake up and do some things it should have done long ago. ex. Build a E-W pipeline, align inter-provincial regulations (trade barriers), diversify trade partners, etc.
February 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Trump is a fool, but he might actually get this country to wake up and do some things it should have done long ago. ex. Build a E-W pipeline, align inter-provincial regulations (trade barriers), diversify trade partners, etc.