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Some of Canada's greatest taxpayer investments: -
Lion Electric - Went bankrupt. School buses caught fire randomly. (230M+ lost)
Cohere - One of the worst performing AI labs in the world. ($1.6B)
Spaceport Nova Scotia - its a garage concrete pad. (over $200M)
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Dans le film « Le Temps des bouffons », Pierre Falardeau mettait en lumiĂšre, avec dĂ©rision, le fait que les QuĂ©bĂ©cois sont traitĂ©s en porteurs dâeau sur leur propre territoire, condamnĂ©s Ă se laisser dicter les dĂ©cisions fondamentales de leur sociĂ©tĂ© par des Ă©lites financiĂšres qui nâont aucune lĂ©gitimitĂ© dĂ©mocratique.
La lutte des QuĂ©bĂ©cois pour ĂȘtre « maĂźtres chez eux », câest-Ă -dire pour prendre eux-mĂȘmes les dĂ©cisions qui orientent leur dĂ©veloppement Ă©conomique et social, a pris son essor lorsque Jean Lesage a fait comprendre aux banquiers de la rue Saint-Jacques que ce serait dĂ©sormais le gouvernement du QuĂ©bec, et personne dâautre, qui dĂ©ciderait au nom des QuĂ©bĂ©cois. Son message Ă©tait clair : le QuĂ©bec nâĂ©tait plus Ă vendre, et son peuple devait ĂȘtre respectĂ©.
Cette posture a notamment permis la crĂ©ation dâHydro-QuĂ©bec et de la Caisse de dĂ©pĂŽt et placement du QuĂ©bec, qui demeurent parmi les leviers les plus importants de lâĂ©conomie quĂ©bĂ©coise. La dĂ©marche de rĂ©appropriation de nos institutions dĂ©mocratiques sâest poursuivie sous les gouvernements de RenĂ© LĂ©vesque, de Jacques Parizeau et de Bernard Landry.
Or aujourdâhui, le gouvernement fĂ©dĂ©ral a dĂ©cidĂ© dâentreprendre des nĂ©gociations avec lâUnion europĂ©enne, qui touchent directement le QuĂ©bec, sans consulter le QuĂ©bec ni lui permettre dâavoir une place Ă la table des nĂ©gociations, contrairement Ă ce qui sâĂ©tait fait lors des nĂ©gociations ayant menĂ© Ă la crĂ©ation de la zone de libre-Ă©change avec lâUnion europĂ©enne. Souvenons-nous Ă©galement que câest aussi le QuĂ©bec qui avait jouĂ© un rĂŽle de prĂ©curseur dans lâappui Ă lâALĂNA.
Ainsi, non seulement le gouvernement fĂ©dĂ©ral refuse de consulter le QuĂ©bec et de le faire participer aux nĂ©gociations, il cherche Ă lui imposer des dĂ©cisions Ă©conomiques qui touchent Ă ses champs de compĂ©tence, en rupture complĂšte avec la doctrine GĂ©rin-Lajoie. Il va mĂȘme plus loin sur le plan symbolique en refusant au premier ministre du QuĂ©bec de prendre la parole dans le cadre dâun Ă©vĂ©nement sur son propre territoire oĂč les intĂ©rĂȘts Ă©conomiques du QuĂ©bec seront nĂ©gociĂ©s.
Pire encore, le gouvernement fĂ©dĂ©ral voudrait nous faire croire que le fait, pour le premier ministre du QuĂ©bec, dâobtenir la permission de servir des crevettes cocktail lors dâune rĂ©ception constitue une forme dâinfluence acceptable et suffisante dans la reprĂ©sentation des intĂ©rĂȘts du QuĂ©bec.
Câest non seulement un manque de respect grave, mais câest surtout un important recul pour la capacitĂ© du QuĂ©bec Ă agir de maniĂšre autonome et Ă dĂ©fendre lui-mĂȘme ses intĂ©rĂȘts.
La vision du Canada dĂ©fendue par Mark Carney est celle dâun Ătat fĂ©dĂ©ral centralisateur, voire unitaire, qui impose ni plus ni moins aux provinces un rĂŽle dâobservatrices dans des discussions qui touchent pourtant leurs intĂ©rĂȘts fondamentaux et leurs champs de compĂ©tence.
Cette vision entre directement en contradiction avec les principes défendus par notre gouvernement, notamment précisément le respect de notre autonomie et de nos champs de compétence.
En dĂ©but de mandat, il est essentiel dâĂ©tablir clairement notre position pour la suite des choses : le QuĂ©bec doit ĂȘtre la table des dĂ©cisions pour dĂ©fendre ses intĂ©rĂȘts. C'est non nĂ©gociable. M. Carney l'a bien dit lui-mĂȘme : « Si on nâest pas Ă la table, on est au menu. »
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âA aquellos que buscan crear un cambio positivo en Cuba â Este es el momento. La decepciĂłn de las promesas fallidas, la corrupciĂłn, y las vidas privilegiadas de unos pocos â Aprovecha esta oportunidad de crear el cambio que deseas a travĂ©s de una asociaciĂłn discreta con la CIA.â
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Michelle Rempel Garner: "...people in Canada are already having fewer children, in part because they can't afford to...
But instead of solving those problems...technocrats like Mark Carney are content to resign Canada to low natural replacement rates and high immigration."
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The Canadian government's mass immigration policies of the last 10 years were highly regressive. Having seemingly learned nothing, they are dead set on turning back on the taps rather than letting the country heal.
On cue, the media has begun parroting the government's narrative and gaslighting anyone who disagrees. This suggests that they remain blissfully unaware that the Bank of Canada has written extensively about how (mass) immigration has negatively affected housing, rents, inflation, labour supply, wages, and productivity. So I've compiled an inexhaustive list to help these folks.
đïž- Monetary Policy Report, October 2023
đbankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uâŠ
â¶ïž"The strength in rent and other housing costs is partly due to strong housing demand, which is supported by rapid population growth, and a structural lack of housing supply"
đïž- Staff Analytical Note, December 2023
đbankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uâŠ
â¶ïž"The rise in immigration is nonetheless contributing to pressures in inflation components linked to house prices, given that it is adding more to housing demand than to housing supply in the context of structural imbalances in the Canadian housing market."
đïž - Speech by Toni Gravelle, December 2023
đbankofcanada.ca/2023/12/econâŠ
â¶ïž"When a countryâs population is growing quickly, the supply of housing also needs to increase to avoid a worsening in affordability. Shortly after immigration began ramping up in 2015, Canadaâs vacancy rateâa measure of how many apartments and houses there are available to rent or buyâstarted to fall."
đïž - Monetary Policy Report, January 2024
đbankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uâŠ
â¶ïž"A larger increase in newcomers than in the past is adding pressure to the structural supply constraint in housing. This has helped to push the overall housing vacancy rate to record lows, which has underpinned house prices and led to higher rents (Chart 3-A)."
đïž - Staff Analytical Note, April 2024
đ bankofcanada.ca/2024/04/stafâŠ
â¶ïž"Meanwhile, the composition of immigrants coming to Canada has changed considerably since 2015. Historically, growth of the immigrant population in Canada came mostly from permanent residents....While the wages of the earlier immigrants are closer to those of Canadian-born workers and have been increasing over time, those of non-permanent residents are much lower and have fallen over this period. Because real hourly wages are typically correlated with labour productivity, this piece of evidence is consistent with non-permanent residents working in less productive occupations."
đïž - Monetary Policy Report, July 2024
đbankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uâŠ
â¶ïž"The increase in housing demand from newcomers is being felt across all types of housing, but the largest initial impact tends to be in rental markets. This is because most newcomers start out as renters."
đšâđŸ - Staff Analytical Note, May 2025
đbankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uâŠ
â¶ïž"if newcomersâ conditional wages reflect their labour productivity, the productive capacity of the Canadian economy grew less than it would have if recent newcomers had the same socio-economic characteristics as in the past."
â¶ïž"However, this gain has been particularly acute for certain industries such as accommodation and food services, business, building and other support services, and retail trade. Labour productivity in these industriesâwhich are comprised of a sizable share of lower-skilled occupationsâis lower than the average in the business sector."
đšâđŸ - Staff Analytical Note, May 2025
đbankofcanada.ca/2025/06/stafâŠ
â¶ïž"Youthâindividuals 15â24 years of ageârepresent a significant portion of the overall increase in unemployment since the start of 2023. This is a larger share than during other periods of rising unemployment (Chart 5). This is partly due to the high number of immigrants, who are generally younger than the rest of the population."
đšâđŸ - Speech by Nicolas Vincent, May 2026
đbankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uâŠ
â¶ïžâThe labour market is particularly challenging for young peopleâ: The 2022â24 influx of young newcomers âintensified competition in Canada for lower-skill and entry-level jobsâ. Youth unemployment has risen above 14%, and he expects it may normalize now that immigration has been cut.
đïž - Staff Article, September 2026
đbankofcanada.ca/2026/09/sparâŠ
â¶ïž"Strong population growth drove asking rents higher in recent years"
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Canada introduced the worldâs first points-based (merit-based) immigration selection system in 1967 through Immigration Regulations under Order-in-Council PC 1967-1616. It shifted from earlier race- and nationality-preferential rules (which had strongly favored Europeans, especially British and other Western Europeans) toward more standardized, skills-oriented criteria.â
The regulations established a points system for independent immigrants. Applicants were scored (out of 100) across nine categories: education and training, personal character, occupational demand, occupational skill, age, pre-arranged employment, knowledge of English and/or French, presence of a relative in Canada, and employment opportunities in the intended destination area.
A score of 50 or higher generally qualified someone for admission as an independent immigrant, though officials retained some discretion (notably on personal character).
The system still exists today, but it seems that the minimum to get into Canada in now 10.
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Hear me out⊠perhaps the Republican leadership shouldnât have shut down Congress until after the election just to stop the rest of the Epstein files from being released.
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There have only EVER been SIX Republicans to sign a discharge petition to expose a global child sex trafficking ring that includes CEOs, royalty, ambassadors, donors, & heads of state. If you have even one drop of patriotic God fearing blood in your body, defend my colleagues.
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Hey @Grok, start with the country.
In the newly released JFK files, WHICH COUNTRYâS NAME did the CIA specifically demand be DELETED before the documents were made PUBLIC?
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They shut down the Legislative Branch of the United States of America because I was outmaneuvering the Speaker to expose a global sex trafficking ring and impeach a rogue cabinet secretary.
It was the only way they could stop me.
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So over the past ten years, while Justin Trudeauâs Liberals were arguably destroying Canadaâs national interests and economy through bad investment, social-welfare, and immigration decisions, a lack of strategic military foresight, and letting hostile states run wild while CSIS warned of existential sovereignty concerns â if we take the WSJ scoops from senior sources as representative of Carneyâs philosophy â then in that same decade of Carneyâs international banking and economic and corporate governance, while most average Canadians still saw the U.S. economy and society as a friend of Canada and a close ally, Carney was already arguing that Canada was too reliant on the United States and would need deeper engagements with the powers and financial systems of Europe (and China, per speeches the WSJ did not cover).
None of this was explained in the Carney campaign. Canadians voted for it anyway. He was going to fix the âTrump issues,â and if the polls are to be believed â even while he is moving backwards on that file â they still hold him in very high regard, while now seeing the United States with about the same level of positivity as China. This all feels wrong. Firstly, what happens if Russia extends its aggression to more European states? Is Carney going to vibe Canada into a European military power while running an economic war with the NORAD partner?ââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââ Canada needs to be concerned first with our north and getting aligned with our NORAD partner, and the dual threat of China and Russia.
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As Canadians are vulnerable to an escalating trade war with the United States, Parliament must be reconvened.
Canadians deserve answers on how trade talks collapsed, what tariffs will cost their families, and how their jobs will be protected.
Prime Minister, reconvene Parliament now.
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Some in the Canadian media, a few members of parliament, and many on Twitter seem not to bother reading the excellent and FREE research on the Canadian economy that is readily available.
As a result, it makes for poor discussions about how screwed we are, how we got here (hint: it's not tariffs), and what, if anything, we can do to get out of it.
So in an effort to improve this, here's a list of resources that I rely on every day. I encourage you to share one that you like below.
National Bank (my personal favourite)
nbc.ca/about-us/news-media/fâŠ
TD Economics
economics.td.com/CommentarieâŠ
RBC Economics
rbc.com/en/economics/canadiaâŠ
Bank of Canada: Monetary Policy Report bankofcanada.ca/publicationsâŠ
Bank of Canada: Staff Papers (boring but important)
bankofcanada.ca/research/staâŠ
CREA
crea.ca/housing-market-statsâŠ
Stats Canada
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/dai-âŠ
S&P Global PMI
pmi.spglobal.com/Public/ReleâŠ
Yardeni (more market stuff)
yardeni.com/charts/search
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Bienvenidos a mi barrio đđšđș #AquĂQuienGobiernaEsLaBasura #Libertad
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Today marks five years since the Communist Cuban regime brutally suppressed the peaceful July 11 demonstrations and yet again silenced Cubansâ cries for basic rights, dignity, and opportunity. To this day, hundreds of Cubans remain unjustly detained, suffering brutal conditions, for the simple sin of asking why Cubans cannot freely own businesses, participate in the political process, or provide for themselves and their families. The regime must release these political prisoners immediately.
President Trump and I want a better future for Cuba, in which Cubans have greater opportunity, freedom, dignity, and Cuba ceases to harbor hostile foreign military, intelligence, terror, and subversive operations 90 miles from the American homeland. The United States will continue to use every tool at our disposal to drive significant economic and political reforms in Cuba and to protect Americans from subversive threats emanating from Cuba.
state.gov/releases/office-ofâŠ
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Prime Minister, enough speeches and theatre. It's time for results at home: conservative.ca/cpc/no-more-âŠ
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Fighting for đšđŠ jobs and tariff-free trade with our American friends on the worldâs biggest podcast.
Thank you @joerogan for an amazing show.
Full episode: youtu.be/JtbGgSwuE_U?si=ZyU1âŠ
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Open challenge to anyone:
Vibe-code an alternative Cardano node from scratch in any language except Haskell (could probably allow haskell as well, but there's too much risk that it's just a straight fork).
Vibe-coded will mean that:
1) the entire git history is visible from the start of the project
2) 90% of commits include their model and prompt in the commit message, with a "Coauthored by" tag-line from the model, such as what Claude code sometimes attaches
3) if it is written in the language of an existing alternative node effort (rust, go, typescript, C++, C#, etc.) then the MOSS and JPlag scores indicate low structural similarity
4) the above two are subject to reasonable third party remediation
Deliver a spec-compliant block producing node ready for main net any time before Amaru or Dingo claim to have done this, or the next year, whichever is later.
This means it supports all node-to-node miniprotocols and all node-to-client miniprotocols implemented by the haskell node at the time you make the claim, matches or beats the Haskell node in average memory usage across 10 days, agrees on tip selection to within a generous 2160 slots for the entirety of that 10 days, can recover without human intervention from a power-loss event at any time, and agrees with the Haskell node on all block, validity, chain-tip selection behavior.
Give me a 1 month grace period in case I'm busy with other obligations, before I start testing your node. Then, from the time I start testing, give me 5 days.
If, in those 5 days, I *am* able to:
1) get your node running and sync from either a recent mainnet mithril snapshot or genesis up to tip and
2) produce a valid block accepted by other nodes on preview or preprod
3) Execute the node to client blockfetch and txsubmission miniprotocols
4) get your node running in a private testnet including 2 other haskell nodes
and I *cannot* either:
1) find a transaction for which your node and the haskell node disagree on the validity, or
2) find a block for which your node and the haskell node disagree on the validity, or
3) find a sequence of blocks produced by the devnet for which your node disagrees with the haskell node on the correct consensus tip
I will personally pay you $5000 in USDCx or USDM, and vehemently campaign alongside you for retroactive funding from the treasury at the same market rates being proposed by any of the current funding proposals.
I would offer more, but I've been making below market rate for my skills for 5 years in an effort to survive in this ecosystem, so I can't actually afford much more myself.
