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Rorschach of Political Comms: Politicians we like stick to their messaging and point out the important bits no matter the question, politicians we don't like ignore the question and say something that had nothing to do with it :) If he wanted to say something different (like "our focus right...

Well within their arcs, but is it worth the PM’s time/energy commenting, though? <former comms geekery>And even if CEO man wasn’t comfortable giving a nuanced message at a sensitive time in a language he’s not good at, there’s NOBODY in the AC exec suites who would speak good enough French for...

Necro thread bump with the final report out .... https://www.sportsnet.ca/more/article/canadian-sport-system-broken-unsustainable-commission-finds/ https://rdnewsnow.com/2026/03/24/future-of-sport-in-canada-commission-calls-for-sport-system-overhaul-2/...

We're not the only ones wondering, it seems ... https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/unclear-when-ottawa-will-complete-fighter-jet-review-saab-ceo/

Hasn't worked ideally in Holland, either .... https://www.socialeurope.eu/proportional-representation-is-breaking-dutch-democracy Meanwhile, back here at home, one solution to the "all them candidates on the phone-book sized ballot" problem ...

Meanwhile, the propaganda on the other side seems slick and multi-layered :)

That would also be discourse from people (activists) who may benefit from more inclusive definitions of bad guy than less, too - further amplified by politicians whose approach gets ammo from more, not fewer, estimated bad guys I vaguely remember “official” figures being in the dozens of...

Yes

AA should be considered closer to VOA than CBC re: direct government influence. Their source, though, IRN's Fars News Agency, is under U.S. sanctions and considered IRGC controlled/influenced, or at least a semi-official IRN government news agency - usual Wikipedia caveats apply...

The 700 figure pops up in a 2023 list of government committee recommendations as well as a 2023 CTV investigation quoting a lawyer saying, “We have about 700 names right now that either have temporary residence, permanent residence or citizenship that are in Canada and that are somehow regime...

One more data point in the horse race .... https://www.thewrit.ca/p/liberal-lead-holds-at-nearly-12-points

And if you want to see the panel :)

Even Toronto Star columnists had good things to say. https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/pierre-poilievre-is-playing-for-team-canada--with-mark-carney-as-captain/article_6cea5578-cdbc-482e-aa71-f594fc87188e.html...

"This time I mean it. Thank you for your attention."

Good question. US has bigger market/mil budget? More need for US political/other support/sucking up/avoiding more bullying? Other reasons we don't know? Also, wanting to get into bed =/= ending up in bed, especially with this administration these days - the latest as of about 2 weeks ago...