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And it sounds like they're counting on him not changing his stripes, hoping that gets them another win. We'll see ...

Just heard some of the commentariat say the folks who want PP to stay in place the most are Team Red.

Politically, a bit of a "can't win." Make concessions to move forward, and you get either "go along to get along in the long run" vs. "fucker's spineless." Stand your ground and get bullied harder, and you get "fuck that other guy - we can take what he throws at us" vs. "saving face at the...

Meanwhile, no more USA-sourced information in Cantonese into CHN .... https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/30/us-funded-radio-free-asia-halts-cantonese-service-in-face-of-trumps-funding-cuts/ ... with most of the listeners apparently in Hong Kong, which was handed back to CHN 28 years before the day...

Couple of billion via Canada from seized USSR 2.0 assets in UKR's in box .... https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/4009950-ukraine-receives-about-usd-17b-from-canada-funded-by-frozen-russian-assets.html

I agree he'd be bashed about by POTUS47's backs & forths too, but I don't think even he would have flipped out against Trump & Co.

Team Red DID run someone last time 'round, but with dismal results .... For SURE those'll be things to watch. I'm also intrigued re: how PP's going to thread the separatism needle during statements on the campaign trail, given it'll come up no matter what. So far, as of this post, no...

For every action .... https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/6/30/china-claims-canadas-order-for-hikvision-closure-damages-trade-relations https://www.asiafinancial.com/china-protests-over-canadas-move-to-shut-down-hikvision...

STAFF NOTE: Since this is separate from the day-to-day discussion/critique of the government of the day, but not quite like Poilievre's leadership journey, starting a new thread here. If it leads to another leadership race, we can decide then where to put the content. Enjoy...

Thing with that, though, is everybody's happy when a government they like tells cops what to do, but not so happy when a government they don't like does the same thing.

"Impossible" may be a strong word*, but they did pass a law to keep supply management out of trade talks, after a similar law disappeared with proroguation late last year - here's what passed: https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/45-1/c-202 Unanimous "yes"** on third reading in the House, Royal...

If enough people wanted to spend the extra money to build in the Boreal bits of the Canadian Shield, and provinces were willing to build roads to the remote bits, yeah, they’d have houses there. That’s how the market’s supposed to work, no?

Harvard study: Chinese Arctic investments "exaggerated" (full study attached) https://www.belfercenter.org/research-analysis/china-arctic-investments More from regional/industry media here ... https://maritime-executive.com/article/report-china-s-investments-in-the-arctic-are-exaggerated...

So far, decree's only out via the Prez's Info-machine in Ukrainian (original UKR text also attached) - Chrome translation below: Next stop: ratification by UKR's parliament ... https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/29/zelensky-signs-decree-for-ukraines-withdrawal-from-anti-landmine-treaty-a89609

A few lessons from a Slovak who says he's worked drones in the UKR theatre .... https://warontherocks.com/2025/06/i-fought-in-ukraine-and-heres-why-fpv-drones-kind-of-suck/ Also archived here https://archive.is/DpPck Key takeaways: (Based on this guy's alleged experience) not as effective...

Available land =/= easily/affordably developable land, though.

Say no more, dude :) https://archive.is/fMOQ8

Am I the only one thinking about the joke where the storesman says everything that's missing in the inventory happened to be in the building that burned down when I read this headline (from IRN state media, archived link only)

Ooopsie (also archived here) .... https://www.cp24.com/news/2025/06/27/ontario-taking-over-4-school-boards-including-tdsb-following-spending-probes/ This from the info-machine (full statement attached):

Signs of hope? https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/liberals-taking-fresh-look-at-online-harms-bill-justice-minister-says/article_90d09c82-fb0c-55a7-9c68-3284f2a47b50.html We'll see how the "fresh look" goes, then. Also on the DoJ front ...