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"Do you want fries with that? Or should we begin a process to determine by consultations with all people, reading this menu, whether or not a side dish should be obtained, and if so, should it be french fries?" — Matt Gurney
#MattGurney #JenGerson #TheLineCA
#Alberta #DanielleSmith #Referendum #Chaos
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/the-line-podcast-alberta-wakes-up -
"Do you want fries with that? Or should we begin a process to determine by consultations with all people, reading this menu, whether or not a side dish should be obtained, and if so, should it be french fries?" — Matt Gurney
#MattGurney #JenGerson #TheLineCA
#Alberta #DanielleSmith #Referendum #Chaos
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/the-line-podcast-alberta-wakes-up -
"Do you want fries with that? Or should we begin a process to determine by consultations with all people, reading this menu, whether or not a side dish should be obtained, and if so, should it be french fries?" — Matt Gurney
#MattGurney #JenGerson #TheLineCA
#Alberta #DanielleSmith #Referendum #Chaos
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/the-line-podcast-alberta-wakes-up -
"Do you want fries with that? Or should we begin a process to determine by consultations with all people, reading this menu, whether or not a side dish should be obtained, and if so, should it be french fries?" — Matt Gurney
#MattGurney #JenGerson #TheLineCA
#Alberta #DanielleSmith #Referendum #Chaos
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/the-line-podcast-alberta-wakes-up -
"Do you want fries with that? Or should we begin a process to determine by consultations with all people, reading this menu, whether or not a side dish should be obtained, and if so, should it be french fries?" — Matt Gurney
#MattGurney #JenGerson #TheLineCA
#Alberta #DanielleSmith #Referendum #Chaos
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/the-line-podcast-alberta-wakes-up -
"So I guess we’re doing this, eh? I mean, of course Alberta is holding a secession referendum. It’s Alberta; the province that consistently exhibits the inverse of one of Paul Wells’ most-famed Rule of Politics. To wit: “1: For any given situation, Canadian politics will tend toward the least exciting possible outcome.” Okay, well. Yeehaw, I guess. Alberta hits different."
#JenGerson: Saddle up, Alberta. We're referendum-ing
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-saddle-up-alberta-were -
"So I guess we’re doing this, eh? I mean, of course Alberta is holding a secession referendum. It’s Alberta; the province that consistently exhibits the inverse of one of Paul Wells’ most-famed Rule of Politics. To wit: “1: For any given situation, Canadian politics will tend toward the least exciting possible outcome.” Okay, well. Yeehaw, I guess. Alberta hits different."
#JenGerson: Saddle up, Alberta. We're referendum-ing
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-saddle-up-alberta-were -
"So I guess we’re doing this, eh? I mean, of course Alberta is holding a secession referendum. It’s Alberta; the province that consistently exhibits the inverse of one of Paul Wells’ most-famed Rule of Politics. To wit: “1: For any given situation, Canadian politics will tend toward the least exciting possible outcome.” Okay, well. Yeehaw, I guess. Alberta hits different."
#JenGerson: Saddle up, Alberta. We're referendum-ing
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-saddle-up-alberta-were -
"So I guess we’re doing this, eh? I mean, of course Alberta is holding a secession referendum. It’s Alberta; the province that consistently exhibits the inverse of one of Paul Wells’ most-famed Rule of Politics. To wit: “1: For any given situation, Canadian politics will tend toward the least exciting possible outcome.” Okay, well. Yeehaw, I guess. Alberta hits different."
#JenGerson: Saddle up, Alberta. We're referendum-ing
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-saddle-up-alberta-were -
"So I guess we’re doing this, eh? I mean, of course Alberta is holding a secession referendum. It’s Alberta; the province that consistently exhibits the inverse of one of Paul Wells’ most-famed Rule of Politics. To wit: “1: For any given situation, Canadian politics will tend toward the least exciting possible outcome.” Okay, well. Yeehaw, I guess. Alberta hits different."
#JenGerson: Saddle up, Alberta. We're referendum-ing
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-saddle-up-alberta-were -
In reference to the third "Constitutional question" in the 2026 Alberta referendum [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Alberta_referendum]:
That is the "I want to divorce you, but I still want to live in your house, sleep with you regularly, and own half your stuff" amendment. ... — #MattGurney
#TheLineCA #TheLinePodcast #JenGerson #AlbertaReferendum
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In reference to the third "Constitutional question" in the 2026 Alberta referendum [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Alberta_referendum]:
That is the "I want to divorce you, but I still want to live in your house, sleep with you regularly, and own half your stuff" amendment. ... — #MattGurney
#TheLineCA #TheLinePodcast #JenGerson #AlbertaReferendum
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"The most fiscally responsible goddam government [Alberta's] had in the last ten years was the NDP."
Am listening to #TheLineCa podcast ( @6618555 ); they're discussing the recent referendum questions from Premier Smith. Their take on it is that the government of #Alberta is about to announce a massive deficit (due to high spending and oil prices falling back to normal levels), and these questions are meant to distract the public.
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"The most fiscally responsible goddam government [Alberta's] had in the last ten years was the NDP."
Am listening to #TheLineCa podcast ( @6618555 ); they're discussing the recent referendum questions from Premier Smith. Their take on it is that the government of #Alberta is about to announce a massive deficit (due to high spending and oil prices falling back to normal levels), and these questions are meant to distract the public.
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"The most fiscally responsible goddam government [Alberta's] had in the last ten years was the NDP."
Am listening to #TheLineCa podcast ( @6618555 ); they're discussing the recent referendum questions from Premier Smith. Their take on it is that the government of #Alberta is about to announce a massive deficit (due to high spending and oil prices falling back to normal levels), and these questions are meant to distract the public.
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"The most fiscally responsible goddam government [Alberta's] had in the last ten years was the NDP."
Am listening to #TheLineCa podcast ( @6618555 ); they're discussing the recent referendum questions from Premier Smith. Their take on it is that the government of #Alberta is about to announce a massive deficit (due to high spending and oil prices falling back to normal levels), and these questions are meant to distract the public.
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I've decided to give up Mastodon for #Lent, starting this weekend. The plan is to wind up conversations, to try not to initiate more, and then to avoid replying until after Easter.
I mostly post about #CanPol. If you're looking for a #conservative take on that topic in my absence, then I suggest following
* #NationalPost at @NationalPost
* @yuanyiz.bsky.social
* #TheLineCa , at @6618555 (a centre-right, non-partisan podcast). -
I've decided to give up Mastodon for #Lent, starting this weekend. The plan is to wind up conversations, to try not to initiate more, and then to avoid replying until after Easter.
I mostly post about #CanPol. If you're looking for a #conservative take on that topic in my absence, then I suggest following
* #NationalPost at @NationalPost
* @yuanyiz.bsky.social
* #TheLineCa , at @6618555 (a centre-right, non-partisan podcast). -
I've decided to give up Mastodon for #Lent, starting this weekend. The plan is to wind up conversations, to try not to initiate more, and then to avoid replying until after Easter.
I mostly post about #CanPol. If you're looking for a #conservative take on that topic in my absence, then I suggest following
* #NationalPost at @NationalPost
* @yuanyiz.bsky.social
* #TheLineCa , at @6618555 (a centre-right, non-partisan podcast). -
I've decided to give up Mastodon for #Lent, starting this weekend. The plan is to wind up conversations, to try not to initiate more, and then to avoid replying until after Easter.
I mostly post about #CanPol. If you're looking for a #conservative take on that topic in my absence, then I suggest following
* #NationalPost at @NationalPost
* @yuanyiz.bsky.social
* #TheLineCa , at @6618555 (a centre-right, non-partisan podcast). -
...Nor can we trust the American people to rise up against tyranny in any great numbers: they are not who they think they are, and far short of what they once were. Americans as a people today are unequal to their nation’s history and to their own sense of greatness. This is being demonstrated to us, every single day, in the clearest possible terms.
#TheLineCA #JenGerson #America
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-go-home-america-youre -
...Nor can we trust the American people to rise up against tyranny in any great numbers: they are not who they think they are, and far short of what they once were. Americans as a people today are unequal to their nation’s history and to their own sense of greatness. This is being demonstrated to us, every single day, in the clearest possible terms.
#TheLineCA #JenGerson #America
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-go-home-america-youre -
"[W]atching our [PM] debase himself with an apology over something as benign as a Canadian premier daring to hold the U.S. president to any kind of ideological standard in the name of our national well-being is, at best, a show of weakness, and at worst, utterly counterproductive. [...] Now we’re just following up the perceived insult with a show of the neck. Ridiculous. Land a punch, take a punch but don’t grovel."
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-you-all-owe-doug-ford
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"[W]atching our [PM] debase himself with an apology over something as benign as a Canadian premier daring to hold the U.S. president to any kind of ideological standard in the name of our national well-being is, at best, a show of weakness, and at worst, utterly counterproductive. [...] Now we’re just following up the perceived insult with a show of the neck. Ridiculous. Land a punch, take a punch but don’t grovel."
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-you-all-owe-doug-ford
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"[W]atching our [PM] debase himself with an apology over something as benign as a Canadian premier daring to hold the U.S. president to any kind of ideological standard in the name of our national well-being is, at best, a show of weakness, and at worst, utterly counterproductive. [...] Now we’re just following up the perceived insult with a show of the neck. Ridiculous. Land a punch, take a punch but don’t grovel."
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-you-all-owe-doug-ford
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"[W]atching our [PM] debase himself with an apology over something as benign as a Canadian premier daring to hold the U.S. president to any kind of ideological standard in the name of our national well-being is, at best, a show of weakness, and at worst, utterly counterproductive. [...] Now we’re just following up the perceived insult with a show of the neck. Ridiculous. Land a punch, take a punch but don’t grovel."
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-you-all-owe-doug-ford
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Rob Shaw: Rustad is moving fast from conservative darling to ‘paranoid’ punchline
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/rob-shaw-rustad-is-moving-fast-fromAnother week in BC politics...
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Rob Shaw: Rustad is moving fast from conservative darling to ‘paranoid’ punchline
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/rob-shaw-rustad-is-moving-fast-fromAnother week in BC politics...
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Rob Shaw: Rustad is moving fast from conservative darling to ‘paranoid’ punchline
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/rob-shaw-rustad-is-moving-fast-fromAnother week in BC politics...
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Rob Shaw: Rustad is moving fast from conservative darling to ‘paranoid’ punchline
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/rob-shaw-rustad-is-moving-fast-fromAnother week in BC politics...
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Here's a link to the podcast, for those who are curious about the issue: https://www.readtheline.ca/p/the-line-podcast-carney-meets-trump (Discussed around the 60 minutes mark, as I recall.)
Perhaps we can all agree that special-needs children should get the attention that they require, and that this should be in dedicated classes with especially low student-teacher ratios, not in the normal classes?
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Here's a link to the podcast, for those who are curious about the issue: https://www.readtheline.ca/p/the-line-podcast-carney-meets-trump (Discussed around the 60 minutes mark, as I recall.)
Perhaps we can all agree that special-needs children should get the attention that they require, and that this should be in dedicated classes with especially low student-teacher ratios, not in the normal classes?
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Here's a link to the podcast, for those who are curious about the issue: https://www.readtheline.ca/p/the-line-podcast-carney-meets-trump (Discussed around the 60 minutes mark, as I recall.)
Perhaps we can all agree that special-needs children should get the attention that they require, and that this should be in dedicated classes with especially low student-teacher ratios, not in the normal classes?
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Here's a link to the podcast, for those who are curious about the issue: https://www.readtheline.ca/p/the-line-podcast-carney-meets-trump (Discussed around the 60 minutes mark, as I recall.)
Perhaps we can all agree that special-needs children should get the attention that they require, and that this should be in dedicated classes with especially low student-teacher ratios, not in the normal classes?
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I listened over the weekend to #TheLineCa's most recent podcast, in which they discussed Alberta teacher's strike. The most enlightening part of the discussion was about the special-needs students. They pointed out that -- partially in response to court rulings, partially for ideological reasons -- such children are now much more likely to be sent to regular classes rather than to ones with specialised teachers. I've heard some stories about the challenges this creates.
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I listened over the weekend to #TheLineCa's most recent podcast, in which they discussed Alberta teacher's strike. The most enlightening part of the discussion was about the special-needs students. They pointed out that -- partially in response to court rulings, partially for ideological reasons -- such children are now much more likely to be sent to regular classes rather than to ones with specialised teachers. I've heard some stories about the challenges this creates.
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I listened over the weekend to #TheLineCa's most recent podcast, in which they discussed Alberta teacher's strike. The most enlightening part of the discussion was about the special-needs students. They pointed out that -- partially in response to court rulings, partially for ideological reasons -- such children are now much more likely to be sent to regular classes rather than to ones with specialised teachers. I've heard some stories about the challenges this creates.
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I listened over the weekend to #TheLineCa's most recent podcast, in which they discussed Alberta teacher's strike. The most enlightening part of the discussion was about the special-needs students. They pointed out that -- partially in response to court rulings, partially for ideological reasons -- such children are now much more likely to be sent to regular classes rather than to ones with specialised teachers. I've heard some stories about the challenges this creates.
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"It’s now the case in Canada that those who desire a legal system that provides the public with clarity and predictability in its decision making face a court which has removed the rails of precedent that guarded against arbitrary judgement. It’s still possible, of course, to point to cases where the SCC follows precedent. But it’s also now possible to point to cases where it doesn’t."
I defended the courts. I no longer trust them
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/brian-dijkema-i-defended-the-courts -
"It’s now the case in Canada that those who desire a legal system that provides the public with clarity and predictability in its decision making face a court which has removed the rails of precedent that guarded against arbitrary judgement. It’s still possible, of course, to point to cases where the SCC follows precedent. But it’s also now possible to point to cases where it doesn’t."
I defended the courts. I no longer trust them
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/brian-dijkema-i-defended-the-courts -
"It’s now the case in Canada that those who desire a legal system that provides the public with clarity and predictability in its decision making face a court which has removed the rails of precedent that guarded against arbitrary judgement. It’s still possible, of course, to point to cases where the SCC follows precedent. But it’s also now possible to point to cases where it doesn’t."
I defended the courts. I no longer trust them
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/brian-dijkema-i-defended-the-courts -
"It’s now the case in Canada that those who desire a legal system that provides the public with clarity and predictability in its decision making face a court which has removed the rails of precedent that guarded against arbitrary judgement. It’s still possible, of course, to point to cases where the SCC follows precedent. But it’s also now possible to point to cases where it doesn’t."
I defended the courts. I no longer trust them
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How much do you love your #Facebook account? Your #Instagram? How about #X or #Tiktok?
...if you did have to pay $10 per month to use Facebook, would you do it?
#TheLineCA #AndrewMacDougall
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/andrew-macdougall-we-should-haveThe mass harvesting of human attention for the profit of a few wealthy platforms is socially corrosive. It must end.
#MacdonaldLaurierInstitute
https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/dismantling-the-attention-economy-how-the-battle-for-attention-is-killing-the-traditional-news-media-and-eroding-the-foundations-of-western-democracies/ -
How much do you love your #Facebook account? Your #Instagram? How about #X or #Tiktok?
...if you did have to pay $10 per month to use Facebook, would you do it?
#TheLineCA #AndrewMacDougall
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/andrew-macdougall-we-should-haveThe mass harvesting of human attention for the profit of a few wealthy platforms is socially corrosive. It must end.
#MacdonaldLaurierInstitute
https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/dismantling-the-attention-economy-how-the-battle-for-attention-is-killing-the-traditional-news-media-and-eroding-the-foundations-of-western-democracies/ -
... At a minimum, the fact that the Americans are putting pressure on Canada tells me one thing: We have leverage.
And for the first time in many, many years, I am starting to suspect that we might have a Prime Minister who both recognizes this and knows how to use it.
#TheLineCA #JenGerson #America #Canada #CdnPoli
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-notes-from-the-last-meeting -
... At a minimum, the fact that the Americans are putting pressure on Canada tells me one thing: We have leverage.
And for the first time in many, many years, I am starting to suspect that we might have a Prime Minister who both recognizes this and knows how to use it.
#TheLineCA #JenGerson #America #Canada #CdnPoli
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-notes-from-the-last-meeting -
There is a point at which "just asking questions" ceases to be a healthy and robust intellectual exercise and instead starts to become an abdication of moral responsibility.
#TheLineCA #JenGerson #Leadership
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-a-few-thoughts-on-leadership -
There is a point at which "just asking questions" ceases to be a healthy and robust intellectual exercise and instead starts to become an abdication of moral responsibility.
#TheLineCA #JenGerson #Leadership
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-a-few-thoughts-on-leadership -
Canada's fatalism. None of This Could Have Been Foreseen, and if it had, Nothing Could Have Been Done. We expect to hear a lot of that in coming weeks, because learned helplessness has become something of a national pastime in this country.
Bullshit.
#TheLineCA #Canada #TrumpShitshow
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/special-dispatch-here-comes-the-chaos -
Canada's fatalism. None of This Could Have Been Foreseen, and if it had, Nothing Could Have Been Done. We expect to hear a lot of that in coming weeks, because learned helplessness has become something of a national pastime in this country.
Bullshit.
#TheLineCA #Canada #TrumpShitshow
https://www.readtheline.ca/p/special-dispatch-here-comes-the-chaos