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"This decision now stands as binding precedent. It places real legal constraints on future governments and ensures that the Emergencies Act cannot be repurposed as a political convenience. It restores the act to what Parliament intended: a narrow, exceptional tool, not a blunt instrument against dissent.
The government spent millions defending the indefensible. It lost completely. And in doing so, it handed Canadians one of the most important civil liberties rulings in a generation.
That is worth celebrating.” @cvangeyn nationalpost.com/opinion/chr…
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#BREAKING Parliament's Budget Watchdog Says Carney's Fiscal Rules Deliver "Very Little Fiscal Discipline."
"How can the court be seen to be objective when the chief justice has already denounced the organizers of the trucker convoy as would-be anarchists?"
Pereceived bias at the Supreme Court
How can Chief Justice Richard Wagner be objective about whether the govt's use of the Emergencies Act was constitutional, when he's already used the same rhetoric condemning the trucker protests as the government did?
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"The chief justice’s comments on the protests and the motives of the protesters are a classic example of why judges should not comment on cases and issues that are likely to come before them." @SCC_eng
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The government cannot simultaneously claim that they have "brought immigration back under control" while also insisting it wasn't broken prior.
Otherwise, why would it need to be brought under control?
Pollster Mario Canseco (Research Co) on the BC election and David Eby:
Undecideds remain unusually high (still ~10%, down from 15% earlier this month—twice the level of the last scheduled election). People are “still upset with David calling this election in the middle of the fall”
The NDP’s planned attack—painting the Conservatives as too close to Trump or having separatist leanings—“just didn’t pan out.” Voters shifted to concerns about the economy, jobs, housing, and healthcare, turning the race into “a referendum on the record of the NDP in government”
Eby’s party “has had a difficult time trying to establish that emotional connection with voters that worked two years ago.” Canseco is watching whether this mirrors Quebec, where a similar anti-Trump approach collapsed once the emotional link failed
“Nothing would surprise me about the way this province will vote on Saturday.” @mario_canseco
Ouch! Mainstreet + latest Leger both show the same story: Conservatives leading, NDP stuck or sliding, and time running out for Eby
New Mainstreet: Among decided voters: Conservatives 41.7%, NDP 36.0%, Greens 14.6%, OneBC 5.0%, Centre BC 2.6%
That’s a ~6-point Con lead. With leaners it’s still Con 39.5% to NDP 34.1%. All respondents: Con 38.4%–NDP 32.2% with 10.6% undecided. Previous Mainstreet (Sep 30–Oct 1) had Cons even higher at 44.7%–37.2%
Latest Leger (Oct 20–22): Conservatives 44%, NDP 39%, Greens 13% — a 5-point lead, up from their earlier October poll (Con 42–NDP 40). Greens bounced back to September levels.
Across recent polls the pattern holds: Conservatives ahead in the low-to-mid 40s, NDP in the mid-to-high 30s, Greens taking a serious chunk (often 10–15%)
The snap election call itself is unpopular (Mainstreet: 52.6% disapprove). Cost of living remains the top issue... by a significant margin
Eby’s been out every day whiffing the ball while the Conservatives have largely run out the clock. The numbers haven’t moved in his favor in the home stretch. Election day is Saturday. The trend is not Eby’s friend #bcpoli @dave_eby @LDoerkson
Ouch! Mainstreet + latest Leger both show the same story: Conservatives leading, NDP stuck or sliding, and time running out for Eby
New Mainstreet: Among decided voters: Conservatives 41.7%, NDP 36.0%, Greens 14.6%, OneBC 5.0%, Centre BC 2.6%
That’s a ~6-point Con lead. With leaners it’s still Con 39.5% to NDP 34.1%. All respondents: Con 38.4%–NDP 32.2% with 10.6% undecided. Previous Mainstreet (Sep 30–Oct 1) had Cons even higher at 44.7%–37.2%
Latest Leger (Oct 20–22): Conservatives 44%, NDP 39%, Greens 13% — a 5-point lead, up from their earlier October poll (Con 42–NDP 40). Greens bounced back to September levels.
Across recent polls the pattern holds: Conservatives ahead in the low-to-mid 40s, NDP in the mid-to-high 30s, Greens taking a serious chunk (often 10–15%)
The snap election call itself is unpopular (Mainstreet: 52.6% disapprove). Cost of living remains the top issue... by a significant margin
Eby’s been out every day whiffing the ball while the Conservatives have largely run out the clock. The numbers haven’t moved in his favor in the home stretch. Election day is Saturday. The trend is not Eby’s friend #bcpoli @dave_eby @LDoerkson
Experienced trade lawyer Mark Warner (Ontario gov negotiator on company deals + prior Stelco work) just exposed to CBC’s Andrew Nichol the parts Minister Joly’s framing skips
On Joly’s demand letter and “binding commitments”:
“I have difficulty reconciling the way she characterizes… with my experience… Truth is somewhere in the middle… to say they don’t have a defense is a little ridiculous.”
On the supposed pledge to push for tariff-free US access:
“I can’t imagine anyone agreeing to anything like that.” Company is instead arguing for Fortress North America against cheap foreign steel (⅔ of Canada’s market)
Context ignored: deal done pre-Trump win/tariff war; Carney walked away from talks; PM now in Turkey (a source of those imports) discussing free trade; Americans’ point is Canada undercuts US prices while filling its own market with foreign steel
On Joly’s “no act of God or market change can relieve them”:
“She’s an advocate and a judge will decide… She doesn’t get to decide that.”
Warner’s take: get back to the table and stop the theater. Mark’s the one who’s actually negotiated these agreements. Joly isn’t @MAAWLAW @melaniejoly
Once upon a time, “Don’t meddle in another country’s elections” was filed under Common Sense
Now Ottawa has to send Canadian diplomats in Washington two bulletins reminding them not to pose for photos with candidates, pick sides on social media, or take meetings with anyone actually on the ballot
Apparently “stay neutral during the midterms” has been reclassified as advanced material that requires a refresher course. Progress
How David Eby drove BC gas prices to the highest in Canada:
* Carbon tax hikes (17¢/L)
* Ongoing Low Carbon Fuel Standard (~18¢/L hidden cost)
* Sky-high provincial + TransLink taxes
Then he snaps at reporters over the high cost of gas (that drives up food prices) instead of owning it 🤡 @Dave_Eby
SCC will hear Emergencies Act appeal
A friendly reminder that in 2022 hearings, Justice Minister Lametti said the government partly relied on CBC reports of foreign funding for the Freedom Convoy to justify the Act
“CBC reported… that there was foreign funding…” — Lametti
Freeland was also pressed on early CBC donor claims
Foreign funding was later debunked
CBC regularly platformed Justin Ling, whose Toronto Star piece framed the protests as “something darker” and amplified later-debunked threat and extremism claims (including an arson link police cleared).
CBC aired them largely unchallenged and has never acknowledged it
CBC stood by its core foreign-donation reporting. History will not be kind
🚨SCC Emergencies Act appeal granted!🚨
“What we saw recently on Wellington Street here is a small beginning of anarchy, where some people decided to take other citizens hostage, to take the law into their own hands, to not respect the mechanism. […] I find that worrying.”—SCC Chief Justice Richard Warner
We will get to see what the other SCC justices say...
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This article reminded me to look at Canadian sulphur exports. The commodity is Canada's biggest winner from the Hormuz conflict, with export revenues more than tripling in the first six months of the year, rising 213 per cent to $2 billion (and 2025 was already a great year).
Canadian sulphur exports are now worth nearly five times its diamond exports and are nearly *at parity* with its uranium exports.
Sulphur exports were worth only $415m for all of 2024.
Sulphur, a vital input for mining, farming and chipmaking, is in short supply. The damage around the world is only beginning to show economist.com/finance-and-ec…
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Why can’t the Parliamentary Press Gallery ever ask questions like this?
Per @nspector4
“Governments should not push parents into lifestyles they wouldn’t otherwise choose. Nor should child-care policies be presented as beneficial to families when the benefit is more about the government’s bottom line.”
Peter Jon Mitchell, Andrea Mrozek: Child-care policy should serve families, not just the economy policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/…
Canada spends near the top among 32 universal systems yet ranks 30th for doctors, near the bottom for beds/MRI/CT, and last on key waits. Fraser Institute report, Oct 20
CBC hasn’t covered it. Global News did. So did locals and independents
When the taxpayer-funded broadcaster ignores comparative data showing our expensive system underperforms peers, it keeps the debate stuck on “more funding” and shields the status quo from real reform pressure
Selective silence shapes opinion @brodiefenlon
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The Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave to hear the Emergencies Act case and we are ready to fight! 💪 We've got the best arguments and the best lawyers. Buckle up everyone because we're heading to Ottawa!
BREAKING: the Supreme Court of Canada has granted the Carney government's appeal of the Emergencies Act case.
See here: decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc…
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Warner really needs to recuse himself.
His public comments have created a clear perception of bias -- even if he is still capable of handling the legal case dispassionately.
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Today marks 12 years since the terrorist attack on Parliament Hill—a tragedy that claimed the life of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and shook our entire nation to its core.
On that dark day, a gunman assassinated a member of the Honour Guard at the war memorial before storming the Hall of Honour, just steps from where Members of Parliament had gathered. It was more than an act of violence—it was an assault on our democracy and the values that define us as Canadians.
As hate and division continue to rise across the country, this anniversary serves as a solemn reminder of the dangers of radicalization and extremism.
Our leaders must take concrete steps to deter, disrupt, and confront the ideologies and division that endanger the safety and cohesion of this country.
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Nothing against Urback but the Globe really needs a columnist based in Alberta theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
