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Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social · 5d

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As Canadians, we like to think we’re strong and free. But, when it comes to the wealth gap, we’re looking more like America Lite—better manners, but almost all the inequality.

#CdnPoli #CanadaSky #Wealth #EconSky

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Michael J. Prince @princepolity.bsky.social · 6d

Beautiful city. Resourceful and resilient people.
First visited a few weeks after the then Soviet military left in June 1991.

ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 6d

Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿 #TravelThursday #thursdayvibe
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Michael J. Prince @princepolity.bsky.social · 8d

For anyone familiar with Orwell’s book, Animal Farm, the key word in this sentence is the first one. Will “some” gradually become “few” and eventually, heaven forbid, “no”?

Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 8d

2025 in the U.S. of A., folks

JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 8d

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

Michael J. Prince @princepolity.bsky.social · 8d

Here a wedge. There a wedge. Everywhere a wedge-wedge.

Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 8d

Inflammatory and inaccurate garbage served up in an effort to terrify the congregation and rile them up into a frothy rage. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Poilievre claims Christians 'may be the number 1' victims of hate-based violence | CBC News

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Monday that Christians and their places of worship are being targeted and, if elected, he will crack down on religion-based hate.

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Michael J. Prince @princepolity.bsky.social · 10d

“There would be an end to everything, were the same man or the same body, … to exercise those three powers, that of enacting laws, that of executing the public resolutions, and of trying the causes of individuals.” Montesquieu 1748

Joanna Schwartz @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social · 10d

Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10d

79. American citizen.

Michael J. Prince @princepolity.bsky.social · 11d

The only Finnish word in the English language

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11d

The word sauna comes from which language? The Saturday quiz

From Japanese spiders and Spanish pirates to Get Brexit Done, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12d

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

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Michael J. Prince @princepolity.bsky.social · 25d

Proud to have been a part of this unique series over the years. 👇

Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 26d

How Ottawa Spends was such an incredibly useful annual book series, first published in 1981. It's really sad that Carleton's School of Public Policy and Administration phased it out in 2019.
I still use it frequently, but how nice would it be to have editions covering developments since 2019.

Screenshot of various book covers of How Ottawa Spends, edited by Carleton's School of Public Policy and Administration between 1981 and 2019

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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 26d

How Ottawa Spends was such an incredibly useful annual book series, first published in 1981. It's really sad that Carleton's School of Public Policy and Administration phased it out in 2019.
I still use it frequently, but how nice would it be to have editions covering developments since 2019.

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Michael J. Prince @princepolity.bsky.social · Sep 4

Look for what the first Carney budget contains and how it is received by Canadians, how the Conservatives respond, and how the NDP leadership candidates perform, and then watch what subsequent polls reveal in shifts…