@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified)

Prof at Memorial University. My research is on international political economy and public policy.

[@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) @RussAlanWill]

@GabrielBelliniM @hugos405 @LiverpoolZNE Ugh. Had they seen Fofana touch the ball, its a new phase of play and there are two active players in front of him that are offside. VAR might say those players aren't active ... but they run towards the keeper - that is "making a motion" that makes you active.

[CANADALAND @CANADALAND]

It’s election time in Newfoundland and Labrador — and beef with Quebec is back on the menu.
https://t.co/ekWiMigc4y

[YOUR VOCM @590VOCM]

Up Next on #YourMoney #TheFinancialShow ,
@BDODebtSolution #LicensedInsolvencyTrustee
@nancy_snedden is discussing the @ccpa 2025 Living Wages Report with @RussAlanWill @MUN_PoliSci , Lauren Holwell @CCSNLTweets , & Lesley Burgess @bridgestohope

https://t.co/haib4DaT3t

[@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) @RussAlanWill]

Before we all get engaged in the provincial election, we have the perfect palate cleanser - A Mayoral/Deputy Mayor Debate!

7:00pm, in what we used to call the INCO theatre. If you like municipal politics and policy - be there - registration preferred, but not required.

[@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) @RussAlanWill]

@AnthonyGermain https://t.co/HpfHB8arhs

[@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) @RussAlanWill]

@johngibbonsblog This is what happens when you spend a month keying up the entire NUFC community that Liverpool being interested in buying Isak is somehow completely unacceptable behaviour.

[@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) @RussAlanWill]

There is an election going on - if you feel like you are being left behind ask the candidates why they have no serious policy proposals to deal with this challenge.

[@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) @RussAlanWill]

Releasing today - the 2025 regional living wages from @CCPANS Our takeaway this year - too many people are working long hours for incomes that don't cover a conservative estimate of essential household expenses.

Report here: https://t.co/qO0J4nSht8

[@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) @RussAlanWill]

@fuboTVCanada Where is matchday live?

[Happy City St.John's @HappyCitySJ]

Happy City Campaign School - Meet our panelists!

Climate Change, Public Transportation, Infrastructure and Resilience panel featuring:

Dr. Tolulope Akerele
Dr. Mahyar Masoudi
Luke Quinton

📅 June 14, 9AM
📍 MUN R. Gushue Hall
📱 Register via QR code!

[@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) @RussAlanWill]

Well… we have had free trade since basically the 1950’s… so that would be okay … I guess.

But… why did the President have to crash the global economy to learn how North America works?

Like… he could have read something, or listened to people? Just thinking out loud.

[CTV News @CTVNews]

New U.S. ambassador says Canada could get ‘lowest tariffs of any country’ https://t.co/wD5fFyYPUY

[@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) @RussAlanWill]

I’d like to know what acctual Conservatives believe about this.

[Pierre Poilievre @PierrePoilievre]

Conservatives believe there should be a by-election in Terrebonne.

With a margin of one vote and numerous errors preventing some votes from counting, voters deserve the chance to have their intentions clearly expressed with a conclusive vote.

[@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) @RussAlanWill]

We live in amazing times. I hug my kids close.

[@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) @RussAlanWill]

The National Post is a joke. Don’t pay for it.

It’s like the Enquirer in the grocery store line up: you don’t need it in your life.

[National Post @nationalpost]

'All of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s big talk about standing up to Donald Trump was exposed Tuesday as a bombastic sham'

https://t.co/zLcEoBrcVY

[@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) @RussAlanWill]

Preference are complex. They do not translate the way advocates of ranked ballots and AV systems assume. Voters … are complicated.

The key takeaway though is that converting Canadian politics into a two horse race is not a *safe “Conservatives can’t win” space.

[David Coletto 🇨🇦 @DavidColetto]

Preparing for some post-election briefings for clients and associations.

From the @abacusdataca post-election survey, look at voter flows from 2021 to 2025.

Only 1 in 3 of those who voted NDP in 2021, did so again in 2025.

[Michael Thrower Chowdhury @BevansAdvocate]

Some recommendations in economic history

[@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) @RussAlanWill]

Have you talked to the premier of Alberta?

[Pierre Poilievre @PierrePoilievre]

Canada is worth fighting for.

[@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) @RussAlanWill]

Yes… we’re not even talking about services either. But if this is REALLY what you’re obsessed about we can buy less American manufactured goods and the US can decide if they still want energy. No idea how that’s a win for the US; but I’ll be in line to be a Canadian car.

[Rory Johnston @Rory_Johnston]

Trade deficit not 1) a "subsidy", or 2) worth $200bn.

The annualized US goods trade deficit with Canada is nearer $60bn a year, not $200bn.

And that's deficit is effectively all crude—without crude, the US has maintained a steady trade SURPLUS with Canada to the tune of ~$30bn.

[David Moscrop @David_Moscrop]

Neither Carney nor Canada would have benefited from the prime minister sitting in the White House and trying to antagonize Trump. This isn't a movie or an episode of the West Wing.

[@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) @RussAlanWill]

This basically. Though I assume in the greatest Neville Chamberlin tradition, at some point Trump will take a “piece of paper” he can call a deal. He really just wants the theatre.

NAFTA: worst deal ever/USMCA: Best deal ever 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[Justin Massie @justinmassie1]

Key takeaways from the Trump-Carney meeting: 1) no humiliation; 2) no clarity over what Trump wants in exchange for lifting tariffs; 3) no US openness toward a US-CAN economic and security deal; 4) threats of annexation remain; 5) the two countries will continue to drift apart.