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Dale Smith
This is encouraging to see.
For the late/west coast crowd, my @xtramagazine.com column: At Pride flag raising, Mark Carney celebrates doing the bare minimum for Pride #canqueer #cdnpoli
"Carney shows no signs that he plans to follow up any of the words he spoke with actions, making it hard to believe that his support for Pride is anything more than the absolute bare minimum as prime minister,"
That column again:
For the evening crowd, my latest episode on what was meant by a "post-national country," which still makes people have meltdowns online #cdnpoli
This from @acoyne.bsky.social is pretty great.
In my March 24th column, I suggested that Carney was going to smother CORE because it was politically inconvenient for him.
Today he announced he was doing just that. But he still insists he's fighting forced labour (while he signs deals with China and Qatar).
For the evening crowd, my @xtramagazine.com column where Carney patted himself on the back for doing the absolute bare minimum at this week's Pride flag raising #canqueer #cdnpoli
For the evening crowd, my Loonie Politics column: Arbour makes a key point about diversity #cdnpoli
The Conservatives are now trying to fundraise off of their "what is the definition of a woman" stunt at committee.
But remember, the Conservatives aren't Maple MAGA. Perish the thought.
The Prime Minister’s remarks on Parliament Hill this week are a lot of talk, but not much action
"We are all here together, we are defending the state, we are the same and we have absolutely the same rights, regardless of any prejudices held by people from the 15th century," President Volodymyr Z...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is eliminating a watchdog position responsible for investigating allegations of human rights violations committed by Canadian companies operating abroad.
