Darrell Pasloski

Father. Husband. Former Premier of Yukon. Pharmacist. Business Owner. Green Shield Canada Board of Directors. Sr. Advisor Alberta Counsel

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

U.S. President Donald Trump:

"Numerous European Countries have been discussing the imminent implementation of a Digital Services Tax on American Companies. Some of these Countries are close to actually doing this. Please let this statement serve to represent that any Country that imposes such a Tax will immediately be met with a 100% TARIFF on any and all Goods sent to the United States of America. This TARIFF will supersede Trade Deals made with the Country, whether implemented, signed, or not. Additionally, the 100% TARIFF will be immediately imposed, if they proceed. Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP".

[Darrell Pasloski @DarrellPasloski]

@CityNewsTO Ridiculous!

[Darrell Pasloski @DarrellPasloski]

@Bandreescu_ Well done!

[Old Canada Series @oldcanadaseries]

The U-15 Canadian Men's National Team after beating Qatar 2-0 in Mexico City in 2015. Alphonso Davies and Jonathan David with the two goals.

[Holly Doan @hollyanndoan]

Blacklock’s Reporter refuses subsidies and yet our taxes support competitors. We aren’t even allowed to know how much each receives or how it’s spent.

What’s fair about that @CdnHeritage @MarcMillerVM?

Report. Audit. Publish.

#cdnmedia #secrets #integrity

[Ben Mulroney @BenMulroney]

I fixed the headline: “Indigenous woman and her son, denied justice because of the race of her killer.”

[Darrell Pasloski @DarrellPasloski]

@CTVNationalNews WHAT!!

[Rushi @rushicrypto]

Greenland is now asking Trump to invade, hoping to secure a deal similar to the one Iran got.

[Darrell Pasloski @DarrellPasloski]

Supply management needs to go the way of the dinosaur...

[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

15 years ago, yogurt maker Chobani tried to enter Canada and build a plant in Kingston, Ontario, but was blocked by regulatory and supply management barriers.

Instead of fighting it long-term, they expanded elsewhere, in the United States.

Today:

➡️They buy about 9% of all the milk produced in New York State.
➡️They process 1.6 billion pounds of milk per year in New York.
➡️They built the world’s largest yogurt plant in Idaho.
➡️They’re now building an even bigger one in Rome, New York (over 2 million square feet, 1,000+ jobs).

That is the true cost of supply management.

[Sean Speer @Sean_Speer]

Alberta and Ontario: A tale of two provinces

@atbfinancial’s latest economic outlook, aptly titled Moving Fast in the Slow Lane, projects Alberta’s economy will grow by 2.6 percent this year—more than three times the 0.8 percent forecast for the country as a whole. Employment growth is pegged at 3.3 percent, the strongest in Canada, and first-quarter retail sales rose at more than double the national pace.

The reflexive explanation is oil, and it’s not entirely wrong. Higher prices following the conflict in Iran have boosted Alberta’s outlook, and energy remains the province’s economic backbone.

But ATB’s own analysis points to something broader: Alberta’s labour market remains one of the strongest in Canada, housing is still comparatively affordable, and growth is increasingly supported by sectors ranging from aviation and food processing to technology and tourism.

People and capital are moving to Alberta, in other words, because it remains the easiest place in Canada to work, build, and invest.

The migration numbers tell the story. As The Hub reported this week, Alberta has gained roughly 539,000 residents through interprovincial migration over the past three decades. Ontario, by contrast, has recorded a net loss of about 168,000 residents. People are quite literally voting with their feet.

That’s the Alberta Advantage in its proper sense. Not a euphemism for hydrocarbons. Alberta has oil. It has always had oil. The more interesting question is why it continues to attract people and investment while other provinces with advantages of their own are struggling to do the same.

Part of the answer is policy. As an example, former premier @jkenney’s decision to reduce the corporate income tax rate from 12 percent to 8 percent sent a clear signal about the province’s priorities. More broadly, Alberta’s governing culture starts from the premise that investment is a public good and that government should compete to attract it.

The contrast with Ontario is increasingly stark. Canada’s largest province is projected to grow by roughly 1 percent this year. Population growth has slowed sharply. Major investment projects have been delayed or suspended. Job creation is expected to be among the weakest in the country. For a province that accounts for roughly 40 percent of Canada’s economy, these are troubling signs.

This is what secular stagnation looks like in practice: sluggish investment, poor productivity growth, declining business dynamism, and an economy that increasingly struggles to generate opportunity.

What’s striking is how little of Ontario’s political debate is organized around reversing these trends. The province’s economic underperformance has become so familiar that it risks being treated as normal.

Nor is it enough to attribute Ontario’s struggles to tariffs and economic uncertainty. Those factors don’t explain years of weak productivity growth, sluggish business investment, or why Canadians are increasingly leaving the province while Alberta continues to attract them.

The tale of two provinces here is ultimately one of orientation. One province still behaves as though attracting investment, rewarding risk-taking, and growing the economy are core responsibilities of government. The other has seemingly forgotten that they are.

[Darrell Pasloski @DarrellPasloski]

Happy 128th Birthday Yukon!

[Warren Kinsella @kinsellawarren]

If this officer was indeed killed while investigating the March pro-IRGC Islamist terror attack on the U.S. Consulate, it is a terrorist act. #topoli #cdnpoli #onpoli

[Jason James @jasonjamesbnn]

I've said it on my podcast, I've written it countless times.

Canada's former Defense Chief of Staff, Wayne Eyre says it himself: geography matters. Canada cannot simply swap the United States for China. We are walking into a disaster.

[nina♡ 🇨🇦🇮🇷🇪🇸 @ninafeelz]

lmao even

[Darrell Pasloski @DarrellPasloski]

@terrynewman 🤬

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Open Letter to the President of the Russian Federation: https://t.co/mEvYqYiqus

[Darrell Pasloski @DarrellPasloski]

@MPelletierCIO Difference is just a few zeros

[Pierre Poilievre @PierrePoilievre]

Liberal open borders brought it in.
Liberal divide-and-conquer politics worsened it.
Liberal soft-on-crime laws let it erupt.

Vile antisemitism is here.

Enforce our laws. Deport visiting terrorists. Protect our Jewish Canadians.

[Saskatchewan Roughriders @sskroughriders]

The 112th Grey Cup championship was won in much the same way our province is built, through commitment, sacrifice and resilience.

Every step of the way, this team did whatever it took to be great.

And now, with these rings, we have a forever reminder: It’s Our Time.

[Darrell Pasloski @DarrellPasloski]

@DrJacobsRad Incredible advancement with an illness that to date has had terrible prognosis. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻