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I am a member of hear that there is a private club for insulting polar bears that meets at 1930 every second Tuesday....I am told it is quite a lot of fun

Exactly. And I trust each of those attendees to act in their own best interest at all times. The beauty of Brazil, India, and SA is it covers off 3 of the 5 BRICS countries, so there is an opportunity to insert a wedge. The downside risk of RUS and CHI having "friends" at the G7 table is...

It is a well crafted attendance list. In addition to Modi (confirmed, and it is high time to get over the outrage that was manufactured in order to win Sikh votes in a byelection), and MBS (unconfirmed), the following will also be attending: This is a fascinating aggregate counterweight to...

They are zipperheads, and from the second rate Bde, but do we need to disband the Royal Canadian Dragoons?

And to be more definitive, here is an analysis of the Act that governs all of this https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/posse-comitatus-act-explained

Quick google search: https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/what-to-know-about-trumps-deployment-of-national-guard-troops-to-los-angeles-protests/ The Governor of California summed it all up in this letter from his AG to SECDEF (that was posted here 52 mins ago (ie a few posts before you asked...

Government of Canada officials to hold technical briefing on defence and security priorities From: National Defence Media advisory June 8, 2025 – Ottawa, Ontario – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces Government of Canada officials will hold a virtual technical briefing for media to provide...

I am holding on to all of my spares (and my 3 black bettys) as currency in the coming collapse of civilisation

Apparently the Memo to Cabinet that led to all of this may have been written as a "replace all donations x2" approach....

Some strive to protect the country's interests, others attempt to strip it of its assets for personal gain.... Potato Pahtahto

No. There is no line item in the budget for AB for equalisation because it's not a thing. There is no actual transfer of funds from AB as a government to the Feds Albertans' have higher than average wages, and so Albertans pay more federal tax.

That is what happens when your Deputy Minister reports to (and is directed by) the Clerk of the Privy Council, and your COS reports to (and is directed by) the Prime Minister's Office and more specifically their COS. Ministers become the "on-air talent" who simply read from a script that they...

Do you mean this? If true, that is concerning...but is almost certainly not limited to Harvard Contracts between U.S. universities, China total more than $2 billion: investigation | The College Fix Note that Fox News has reported significant concerns amongst some Republicans over the...

Also true....

For close to 15 years (and certainly the last ten) Ministers (and the rest of Cabinet) have had next to know independent authority to develop policies etc. May as well have cardboard cutouts. It remains to be seen if the latest incarnations of the Liberals intends to push "power to the edge"...

Both approaches require an assumption that smoking or drinking coffee is undesirable or in some way questionable. The whole "five bucks a day" thing is fraught with social judgement. One could just as easily cast shade based on meat consumption, internet access, having children, driving at the...

When I met JT at the US Embassy after his first election, I was surprised to see that we saw eye to eye - as I am 6'4". He has a strong grip and moved a bit like an athlete.

Or if, say, the aircraft for the leader of a G7 nation crashed into a hangar..... https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/prime-minister-airbus-grounded-trudeau-1.5381367

Valid points, although at first blush I thought you were describing the discussions between US and Canada