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Trump administration 2024-2028

The political impact of the releases of documents confirming what has been known for years - that the investigative agencies tended to emphasize militating sources (even junk) and de-emphasize mitigating sources, at the expense of customary if not statutory procedures, and that the thumbs-on-the-scales went to the highest level - is going to be significant in the US, if not anywhere else. The usual drain-circling "you did it; don't bitch when we do it" that some people want to deplore without conceding and committing to what is necessary to stop it, will continue.

Whether or not anyone goes to court, let alone is convicted, won't matter much politically. But I suppose many people will continue to get bent out of shape over mere rumours deprecating Trump World, and demand convictions in court on the other side of the coin.
 
Pentagon will not attend next year's Halifax Security Forum


"The decision comes a week after the Defense Department pulled out of the high-profile Aspen Security Forum citing “the evil of globalism” and indicating the event did not align with the Trump administration’s defense policies."

Policies like reneging on treaties, lining the pockets of billionaires, taking away medical insurance from the poor, tossing people into concentration camps? So ya, I can see why they wouldn't want to be exposed to ideas that don't align with Trump.
 
Whelp, there goes the BC forest sector...


U.S. slaps 20.56% anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood lumber​

B.C. to be significantly affected in latest broadside from U.S. gov't on Canada's lumber industry​


The U.S. Commerce Department has decided to hike anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood to 20.56 per cent, with B.C. lumber organizations calling them unjustified, punitive and protectionist.

The hiked softwood lumber duties come amid the growing trade war between Canada and the U.S., and represent the latest blow to B.C.'s beleaguered forestry industry.

B.C. Forests Minister Ravi Parmar described the long-awaited rate hike as a "gut punch" for B.C.'s forestry industry which has seen thousands of workers laid off over the last few years.

 
deepblue202 said:
The BC forest sector needs to invest in machinery so they can fill orders from other parts of the world and maybe the government can lend a helping hand to move them towards this.
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One of the main issues is that there are no NDP MLAs in the rural/forest sector dependent parts BC.

None of the latte sipping, NDP voting, man bun/ Birkenstock wearing, tree hugging folks in urban BC care.
 
daftandbarmy said:
One of the main issues is that there are no NDP MLAs in the rural/forest sector dependent parts BC.

None of the latte sipping, NDP voting, man bun/ Birkenstock wearing, tree hugging folks in urban BC care.
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So the BC NDPs have out-Toronto’d Toronto?
 
Lots of questions regarding this interaction between the USCG and a Quebec fisherman.

www.newsweek.com

Canadian man furious after U.S. Coast Guard cross 'border' to arrest him

The detention of 60-year-old Edouard Lallemand has prompted outrage from him and his wife and raised questions about enforcement on shared waterways.
www.newsweek.com www.newsweek.com

The Coasties are typically better mariners than the USN and overall nicer people so this whole incident is weird.
 
McG said:
Maybe he actually was in the US?
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Quick map recce says there are multiple reference points to identify where the boundary exists (the Missisquoi Delta and the point just to the west of it, come to mind).

If the gentleman is correct in that he knows the area and has fished there before, I am likely to believe him that the USCG erred in their assessment of the situation.
 
I refer you to my post in the Canada/US Border Integrity thread.

FSTO: There is little current in Missisquoi Bay as it is not connected to the Richelieu River. Any current there comes from the Missisquoi River, which is a pretty trickle at this time of the year. Moreover, in the Richelieu River affected portion, the current makes you drift towards Canada, not the US. The Richelieu River empties the Lake Champlain into the St. Lawrence River, not the other way around.
 
Oldgateboatdriver said:
I refer you to my post in the Canada/US Border Integrity thread.

FSTO: There is little current in Missisquoi Bay as it is not connected to the Richelieu River. Any current there comes from the Missisquoi River, which is a pretty trickle at this time of the year. Moreover, in the Richelieu River affected portion, the current makes you drift towards Canada, not the US. The Richelieu River empties the Lake Champlain into the St. Lawrence River, not the other way around.
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You seem familiar with the area, do you think its more plausible he ended up in the States accidentally, was there illegally or the Coasties accidentally entered Canada?
 
Good2Golf said:
So the BC NDPs have out-Toronto’d Toronto?
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Yep, probably worse to some extent. Price of urban real estate/cost of living has extended the latte sippers’ influence due to urban sprawl. No better example for this than Squamish. More like North/West Vancouver than the Squamish of even twenty years ago. My aunt and uncle who had been there since ‘79 couldn’t take it anymore and moved to Sechelt.
 
PrairieFella said:
You seem familiar with the area, do you think its more plausible he ended up in the States accidentally, was there illegally or the Coasties accidentally entered Canada?
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Lots of border communities have had unofficial "agreements" for decades which, in the current environment, may no longer be observed. I would not be surprised if the occasional angler 200' inside US territorial waters was winked at before, but not any more.
 
Good2Golf said:
So the BC NDPs have out-Toronto’d Toronto?
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'What kind of BC resident are you?' Is a phrase that comes to mind... ;)

Frustrated resource-dependent voters turf urban-centric BC NDP​


The erasure of the BC NDP in much of the north and interior, as well as the breach of their Vancouver Island fortress, reveals a growing frustration – if not alienation – with the rapidly urbanizing NDP

The Oct. 19 election didn’t just confirm the rural-urban divide in B.C. politics, it expanded it.

The NDP’s rural caucus shrank to its smallest in a generation. While the BC Conservatives skyrocketed from zero MLAs elected under the party banner in 2020, to 44 ridings won last month. The Conservatives succeeded in capturing, and capitalizing on, the frustrations of voters who rely on resource industries to feed their families, pay their mortgages, and send their children to university.

northernbeat.ca

Frustrated resource-dependent voters turf urban-centric BC NDP

Embracing the BC Conservatives, resource-dependent regions revealed a growing alienation with the rapidly urbanizing BC NDP.
northernbeat.ca
 
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