Apacho
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Apacho
@pachoco.bsky.social
Freeland is no longer doing any work as MP, yet she has not formally resigned her seat, leaving people in University-Rosedale without representation. This is not OK.

ca.news.yahoo.com/freeland-say...

#cndpoli
Freeland says Ukraine can have economic 'transformation' as Ottawa pledges NATO funds
Former federal minister Chrystia Freeland says Ukraine can become an economic juggernaut by taking up the opportunities the country missed after its 1991 independence from the Soviet Union. Her commen...
ca.news.yahoo.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Canada has borne the brunt of the damage from US tariffs so far, with its long-run economy -2.0% smaller in real terms. China’s economy is -0.2% smaller, ~1/2 as large as the hit to the US. The UK’s is 0.2% bigger thanks in part to the benefits of US-UK trade deal.
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July 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Banning Hikvision, banning TikTok, tariffs on Chinese EVs, being "dismayed" because a private company buys Chinese ships...

Our government is clearly falling in line with US policies, including its trade war with China.

#tradewar #cndpoli #elbowsdown
July 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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The OECD and G20 have been working rules that will prevent multinational corporations from avoiding taxes that was mostly in place in 2023 - this week Donald Trump blew that up. Here's some background:https://cupe.ca/progress-international-tax-fairness
July 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In the last few years our "industrial strategy" was providing huge subsidies to a pipeline and to car-makers. Moving forward, it seems to be more pipelines and military re-industrialization. But, is it all just corporate welfare?

substack.com/home/post/p-...
Canada's Corporate Welfare Bums Are Ripping Us Off: An Interview With Author Laurent Carbonneau
A new book critiques the long history and present practice of corporate subsidies — and reveals what they really cost us.
substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In the U.S. you can change governments, but you can't change policies.

#iran #israel #ImperialWars
June 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Mark Carney is taking advantage of the moment to push through some pretty sketchy legislation - democracy can be slow and messy, but we get better outcomes when we take the time to be messy: engagementcanadapledge.substack.com/p/trusting-d...
Alex Himelfarb and Craig Scott: A bad bill, and a goodbye
With support from the opposition Conservatives, the Liberal government is steamrolling Bill C-5, a bill of enormous consequence that will not get the serious scrutiny it deserves.
engagementcanadapledge.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM