Thx for this! As for me …
While this puts me in NDP territory, I suspect my views on a strong military, pro-Israel and better gun rules over no guns at all would, at best, leave me hard to place at a Team Orange dinner party :)
Sometimes coming from some who, not tooooo long in the past, seemed quite keen on the idea of a Canadian Foreign Legion.
If the French Foreign Legion can do it, it can be done here too. Now, how much time do you want to spend on “this is called a fork,” is another matter.
Is “special advisor” a cabinet post? If so, OK politics. If not, better than no AB voice in the boss’s ear to some, but not enough to satisfy others. We’ll see what PMMC & Co. let him do.
A bit more on the AI angle ....
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/openai-safety-reps-summoned-to-ottawa-after-bc-shooting-incident/
https://www.sasktoday.ca/national-news/why-forcing-ai-firms-to-report-online-threats-may-not-be-simple-11916978
Meanwhile, in Quebec City this weekend ....
https://www.guelphtoday.com/national-news/rally-against-federal-gun-prohibitions-buyback-planned-for-saturday-in-quebec-city-11916927
I'm a bit surprised to see Quebec as the site of enough of a rally to merit Canadian Press wire service attention.
Interesting bit of backstory/timeline on how USA and GBR int was not heeded pre-latest-USSR 2.0 invasion.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/feb/20/a-war-foretold-cia-mi6-putin-ukraine-plans-russia
Another problem: seemed UKR's government didn't believe the few mil folks who...
I suspect PMMC's info-machine might have been a bit more gracious and maybe a touch less ham-fisted in a social media response if Canada won.
Might have been a better narrative approach earlier on, but hey, not as sexy or screamy on the socials.
Survey says: "If it were possible, vast majority of Canadians would block QC (71%) or AB (79%) from separating"
https://angusreid.org/national-views-of-separation/
Highlights (including how proud folks are - and have been over time - to be Canadian) ....
... and survey details:
Granular...
One Canadian's take on USSR 2.0's quick-in-and-out-that-wasn't ...
https://www.delta-optimist.com/national-news/nothings-changing-calgary-man-recovering-in-ukraine-sees-no-end-to-war-11908281
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