Phil G

Product developer. Habs fan. I like soldering.

[Gino Hard @GinoHard_]

Carey Price, the winningest goalie in Montreal Canadiens history, has been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame 🧱

[Cult MTL @cultmtl]

Large majority of Canadians support the Alto high-speed rail project https://t.co/vb8nVZhPvX

[/r/Habs @HabsOnReddit]

This entire shift by Nick Suzuki 🇨🇦 was unreal.

He was a one man forecheck who started the play and scored the game-tying goal.

Our Habs captain is as clutch as it gets 🔥

[Spittin' Chiclets @spittinchiclets]

HUTSON TAKES HOME THE CALDER 🏆

[Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱 @jkenney]

This👇 is utterly grotesque.

“Parasites” is purposefully hateful.

It is precisely the kind of language that the Nazis used to describe Jews.

It possible to support a rules-based immigration system without dehumanizing migrants.

This is not the Maxime Bernier I remember from our years together in Stephen Harper’s Cabinet.

What has happened to him has happened to too many on the right. It needs to be called out and condemned by real conservatives, who reject racism without equivocation.

[Eric Lombardi (EricForOLP.ca) 🇨🇦🚀 @EricDLombardi]

After a lot of consideration, I have decided I will vote Liberal and for @MarkJCarney on Monday.

I think the Conservatives ran a great campaign and @PierrePoilievre would lead Canada well.

That said, I want to explain the deciding factors for my vote — since I know many Conservatives follow me too.

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Despite the partisanship you often see online, I believe both major parties put forward decent if imperfect platforms this election.

For all the hand-wringing, there is consensus in Canada for moving in the right direction — on project permitting, natural resource development, tying immigration to infrastructure, interprovincial trade barriers, housing supply reforms, and maintaining strong public finances.

Neither platform puts our AAA credit rating at risk. Our pension system remains one of the strongest globally. We aren’t facing the kind of unfunded obligations weighing down many peer countries.

We’re still a fortunate country — and our politics are healthier (federally) than we often give them credit for.

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That said, here is why I ultimately decided to vote Liberal.

1) CANDIDATES

There are several Liberal candidates I would like to see become MPs: @kbardeesy @vgasparro and Chi Nguyen just to name a few.

2) HOUSING

While I don’t know who will be in Cabinet, my hope is that @beynate stays on as Housing Minister. We don’t always agree, but from my candid conversations with him, I know how well he understands this issue.

I believe there is a genuine will inside the Liberal Party to push hard for real supply reform.

Programs like the Housing Accelerator Fund are imperfect, but still good overall. MURB, GST/DC promises, Build Canada etc all good!

3) STATE CAPACITY

Conservatives are rightly skeptical of government bloat — but I don’t see the same urgency from them about making government work better. I think the Liberals have more interest to do this.

I want to see new agencies like Build Homes Canada not just announced but executed well.

4) CLIMATE

The Conservatives offer no real climate plan beyond exporting LNG — and too often slip into mocking anyone who cares about environmental issues.

I want to see pipelines built and energy exported — but I also want serious investment in electrification, adaptation, and decarbonization.

Canada is one of the countries best positioned to thrive if we take climate adaptation seriously. I don’t want us to waste that advantage.

5) CITIES

The Conservatives are not an urban party.

Many of their MPs are outright hostile to Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal — and to the people who live in them in rhetoric.

In day-to-day governing, I believe cities would be a lower priority under a Conservative government. I live in downtown Toronto.

6) OTHER ITEMS

I want to see the CBC reformed, not abolished.

I want HSR to Windsor.

I think Mark Carney will be able to respond better to a serious economic shock.

I think the Liberal plan to get to 2% Military spending is more credible.

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That said, I still have concerns about the Liberal approach:

They don’t fear complexity enough.

They often add too many secondary goals onto every initiative, muddying execution.

They measure themselves too much by promises made or money spent, rather than outcomes delivered.

On climate, there’s still too much Malthusian instinct when we should be focusing on abundance, technology, and resilience.

But ultimately:

They have a climate plan.

They value urban Canada.

They are more serious about rebuilding state capacity.

And they are shifting focus to growth.

And that is why, after careful thought, I’ll be voting for the Liberal Party and Mark Carney.

Here’s a clip from Monday’s debate where I talked more about how I see the strengths — and blind spots — of both campaigns.

[carina @goalcauf]

we must protect Jakub Dobeš at all costs

via RDS

[Steve “Dangle” Glynn @Steve_Dangle]

The NHL has declared that crosschecks to the gums, once considered not allowed and bad, are actually allowed and good now.

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

Today, I have a message for our Canadian neighbors.

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

Canada is everything.

[CANMNT @CANMNT_Official]

For Canada, always 🇨🇦💪

Pour le Canada, toujours 🇨🇦💪

#CANMNT

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

Elbows up, Canada.

[🇨🇦CoffeyTimeNews🇨🇦 @CoffeyTimeNews]

“I support the idea of Ukraine being compensated first.”

“Second, all of those who paid should be compensated not by Ukraine, by Russia, because they started the war.”

- Emmanuel Macron

Right in Trump’s face!

😂😂😂

[Team Canada @TeamCanada]

SHOCKED THE WORLD. 🥇

Canada's men's 4x100m relay team claims the gold medal in Paris! 🇨🇦

#TeamCanada | #Paris2024 | @RC_Sports

[David Alter @davidalter]

Koné 🇨🇦

[Brad Slater @Iwantadonair]

#LetsGoOilers

[Phil G @PhlipPG]

@laurenancona Best thread I have followed in a long time #xfiles Well done.

[Adam Wylde @AdamWylde]

It appears we are blacked out from watching the Sens/Wings in Toronto…

[Allan Walsh🏒 @walsha]

The Detroit Red Wings v. Sens game from Stockholm, Sweden is a TSN regional broadcast and only available for viewing within the Ottawa region. The game is nonsensically BLACKED OUT throughout the rest of Canada.

#GrowingTheGameTheNHLWay