John Ivison

Political journalist, author of The Riotous Passions of Robbie Burns and Trudeau: The Education of a Prime Minister.

[John Ivison @IvisonJ]

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[John Ivison @IvisonJ]

"You're all individuals".
"Yes, we're all individuals".
Toxic groupthink.

[Rabbi Poupko @RabbiPoupko]

What a lovely graduation ceremony at McGill University in Montreal 🇨🇦

The war in Gaza is over but the chaos agents and disruption addicts will keep the railing institutions in the name of Palestine until enough people say enough.

[Rabbi Poupko @RabbiPoupko]

What a lovely graduation ceremony at McGill University in Montreal 🇨🇦

The war in Gaza is over but the chaos agents and disruption addicts will keep the railing institutions in the name of Palestine until enough people say enough.

[John Ivison @IvisonJ]

@GrahamSpiers Haiti has 12 milion people. We are the minnows here.

[John Ivison @IvisonJ]

Uh-oh

[Barry Anderson @BarryAnderson_]

Haiti are a real danger to Scotland, as these videos show. A thread of their goals in the 4-0 win over fellow World Cup participants New Zealand last night.
#TartanArmy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Bairdric @Bairdric1]

There’s literally nothing that we won’t deep fat fry. It’s also a fuckin miracle there’s a Scotsman alive over the age of 45. Best cuisine in the fuckin world

[Mackenzie Gray @Gray_Mackenzie]

The eagle eyed @cecchini_dc dug deep into the USTR documents and found the US are proposing to exempt CUSMA goods from the new 10% tariff, which is consistent with most of previously announced US tariffs #cdnpoli

[National Post @nationalpost]

John Ivison: The crucial words Carney left out of his antisemitism speech https://t.co/P3h837vp59

[John Ivison @IvisonJ]

“Islamists arrive and are given permission to give vent to their ancient loathing by anarcho-socialists, and their naive campus enablers, who love Palestine but hate Canada, and despise Jews most of all.”
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[Sabrina Maddeaux 🇨🇦 @SabrinaMaddeaux]

“It’s just asinine that, in 2026, we’re still dealing with provincial monopolies that date back to Prohibition and we’re still dealing with the attitude of how much tax we can get out of the Canadian taxpayer before they finally revolt"

[John Ivison @IvisonJ]

One Canadian Economy pledge falls at the first hurdle.
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[John Ivison @IvisonJ]

I wrote this in January and it’s back in the news. All I can say is it provoked a response from the government as if it was the strongest laxative known to man. https://t.co/0hz09QiEOk

[James Hogg @JamesAHogg2]

Behold, one of my favourite scenes from one of my favourite sitcoms, Still Game. With subtitles, of course.

Good morning.

[Flavio Volpe, C.M. @FlavioVolpe1]

There is an off-ramp forming on the horizon. We will learn more the closer we get to it.

“It is a very steep departure from ‘we don’t want cars from Canada,’” said Flavio Volpe.

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[Alex McColl @AlexRMcColl]

Timing makes sense, but the numbers seem low. I’d bet it’s closer to 36x F35A and 80x Gripen-E.

[John Ivison @IvisonJ]

Talked with financier/human rights activist/ author Bill Browder about the need to update Canada’s Magnitsky legislation. https://t.co/t1rBop9ObD

[Pierre Poilievre @PierrePoilievre]

Tearing down the notice of a missing 14 year old autistic girl, simply because she is Jewish, is evil on so many levels that I don’t even know where to start.

Vile hatred against Jews is moving from an ugly sentiment to dangerous actions.

We must end this now. And make Canada a safe place for Jews and all people.

[John Ivison @IvisonJ]

@feezy_does_it Maybe so. But comparing it Quebec separatism and saying it is valid and Alberta is not won’t help out the country back together.

[John Ivison @IvisonJ]

This statement deserves a political Darwin Award for its breathtaking foolishness. Just as well Alberta's Heather McPherson is blocked out by Avi's gigantic melon - she must be seething.

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Avi Lewis: "The separation movement in Alberta has no point of comparison with the historic sovereignty movement in Quebec. This is a MAGA aligned, potentially funded, disruptive movement that has been really thrown into national prominence by Danielle Smith."

[Thorstrike @rospigge60559]

The debate over Canada’s future fighter fleet is no longer just about stealth.

It is increasingly about software sovereignty.

At the center of Saab’s Gripen E proposal is a direct challenge to the highly centralized digital ecosystem surrounding the F-35 program.

The F-35 is an extraordinary aircraft, but it is also deeply dependent on a tightly controlled U.S.-managed architecture for mission data, electronic warfare libraries, software certification, and upgrade cycles. As ongoing TR-3 and Block 4 delays have demonstrated, even advanced sensor and combat upgrades can become bottlenecked by software integration and centralized approval processes.

Saab is offering Canada a fundamentally different philosophy.

The Gripen E was designed with a split-avionics architecture that separates flight-critical safety systems from tactical mission software, enabling far faster adaptation of sensors, electronic warfare tools, and mission applications. Saab has repeatedly emphasized sovereign operator control, allowing partner nations significantly greater authority over their own tactical software, threat libraries, and weapons integration.

For Canada, this is about more than fighter jets.

It is about whether future combat capability will depend primarily on foreign-controlled update pipelines — or on domestic operational autonomy.

In modern warfare, owning the software stack may become just as important as owning the aircraft itself.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The Justice Dept. is said to have opened an investigation into E. Jean Carroll, who had accused Donald Trump of rape. In her civil case against him, a jury had found Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll. https://t.co/DW2BiHgkfM