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[Kevin A. Bryan @Afinetheorem]

NYT with the deepest reporting on what caused the US-Canada trade deal collapse. In line with prior reports, but some new details. 1) Lutnick late interventions on aluminum & cars + "how to guarantee US won't renege" were key, 2) Ford telling Carney he wouldn't go along also 1/3

[Dimitris Soudas 🇨🇦⚜️🇬🇷☦️ 13.12.1943 @DimitrisSoudas]

Canada is now a midterm ballot-box issue.

Democrats could hardly have asked for a better political issue heading into the midterms. Republicans, meanwhile, seem remarkably quiet.

There is a reason.

A trade war with Canada may sound abstract in Washington. In Michigan, Maine and other states whose workers, manufacturers, farmers and businesses depend heavily on cross-border trade, it becomes very real, very quickly.

And some of those states could determine who controls the Senate.

You can be certain Republican strategists in competitive races are looking at this and wondering why the White House would hand Democrats an economic issue tailor-made for their campaigns.

Because control of the Senate isn’t just about legislation. It determines whether a president can get nominees including federal judges confirmed during the final two years of his term.

Republicans are now fighting to hold those seats.

[Romain Schué @RomainSchue]

La FIFA a promis «un million de visiteurs internationaux» au Canada pour 13 matchs. L’équivalent de la totalité de la Coupe du monde au Qatar en 2022.

Résultat ?Seulement quelques dizaines de milliers de touristes étrangers seraient venus au pays https://t.co/s5V0hk8eBz

[Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley]

Imagine if Kamala Harris became the first female president of the United States and then tore down the East wing, obsessed about a ballroom, started a losing war with Iran, took away health care and food from children, raked in billions, fired everyone to put her friends in their positions, fell asleep on camera consistently, mouthed off on social media, openly prosecuted people she didn’t like without real cause, started a slush fund to fund domestic terrorists, and generally lied every second of the day. She wasn’t even allowed to laugh.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

From @TheAthleticFC: U.S. host cities for the 2026 World Cup are chasing FIFA for millions of dollars they believe they were promised by soccer’s governing body that have so far gone unpaid. https://t.co/u4RjrmLdjg

[Romain Schué @RomainSchue]

Le mythe de la Coupe du monde 2026 profitable aux villes hôtes s’effondre encore. Des villes américaines poursuivent désormais la FIFA en raison des promesses économiques qui ont été faites (et non remplies).

Montréal a-t-elle vraiment manqué ce bateau?

[UEFA @UEFA]

Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National AssociationStatement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National AssociationStatement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National AssociationStatement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National Associations

[Reece Martin @RM_Transit]

We are getting less locomotives (45 not 57) for roughly four times the price (the Kiwis paid about 300m CAD).

The fact that this isn't a major news item is crazy.

[Nouvelle-France ⚜ @Jean_Vauquelin]

28 juillet 1755
Charles Lawrence, gouverneur de la Nouvelle-Écosse, ordonne l'expulsion des Acadiens et la saisie de tous leurs biens et propriétés. Ainsi, les Anglais pourraient prendre les fermes et les terres des Acadiens qui étaient généralement les plus fertiles.

[Jake Landau (He/Him) 🇨🇦🇵🇸🇺🇦 @JakeLandauTO]

literally will add an hour of travel time between Toronto and Montréal, good grief, Kingston is not large enough to deserve a massive diversion from a straight path that can hit the max speed for sustained durations

[Chris Bataille @bataille_chris]

Up until ~10 years ago, most boreal forest lightening strikes and human ignitions fell on damp ground, often damp from recent snow melt. Climate change has transformed this, turning the northern half of North America into a giant tinder box, where even the soil carbon can burn.

[Romain Schué @RomainSchue]

Certains estiment que Radio-Canada a raconté n’importe quoi concernant les exigences de la FIFA et notre enquête. Mais si c’est la BBC, ce serait plus crédible?

Selon la BBC, les "perdants" sont les villes hôtes avec des bénéfices "minimes" https://t.co/HFyVTYpoDZ

[S. E. Fortin @S_EFortin]

Nord de l’Ontario, Toronto, l’Ouest canadien, chaque été la même chose se produit. Des décors, apocalyptique, des ciels étouffants, teintés au filtre sépia, des canicules qui s’enchaînent.

La réponse du PM du 🇨🇦 ? Plus de pipelines, plus d’extraction de sables bitumineux.

[Alexandre Shields @AShields_Devoir]

Les coûts des reculs de la CAQ sur les véhicules électriques:
-10,3 milliards $ «pour les consommateurs»
-9,4 milliards d’ici 2035 pour le «coût social» des GES et des polluants atmosphériques.
NB: Les constructeurs automobiles bénéficient de la décision. https://t.co/EHVSiFDogY

[Canadiens Montréal @CanadiensMTL]

Les Canadiens s'entendent sur les termes d’une prolongation de contrat de huit saisons (2027-2028 à 2034-2035) avec l'attaquant Ivan Demidov.

The Canadiens have agreed to terms on an eight-year contract extension (2027-28 to 2034-35) with forward Ivan Demidov.

#GoHabsGo

[Adam Crafton @AdamCrafton_]

Boston, which still has two World Cup games to run, has closed its fan festival. One of several cities which didn’t fulfil FIFA’s original ask of official Fan Fest for every day of the tournament due to the heavy public costs.

[Jake Landau (He/Him) 🇨🇦🇵🇸🇺🇦 @JakeLandauTO]

For those confused as to how adding Kingston between Peterborough and Ottawa will slow down Alto and add a shitload of curved track, behold this Microsoft Paint diagram, illustrating the Straight Path vs the Fuckass Curve:

[TrainTracker24 @traintracker24_]

Les « gares des betteraves » : ces gares TGV au milieu de nulle part. 🚄

Implantées loin des centres-villes sur les LGV (TGV Haute-Picardie, Meuse TGV, Lorraine TGV, Champagne-Ardenne TGV…), ces gares ont été choisies pour trois raisons principales :

🔹Répondre à des enjeux d’aménagement du territoire
🔹Éviter les aménagements coûteux nécessaires pour desservir les centres-villes
🔹Permettre aux trains de perdre moins de temps en s'arrêtant directement sur le tracé de la LGV

Le surnom vient surtout de la gare TGV Haute-Picardie, construite au beau milieu des champs de betteraves du Santerre. Certaines restent encore peu fréquentées et mal desservies par les transports locaux.

Un modèle encore très débattu aujourd’hui. 🚉

#HistoireFerroviaire #LGV #GaresDesBetteraves #TGV

TrainTracker24 : Suivez les trains en temps réel → @traintracker24_

[Eric Engels @EricEngels]

Consider not reposting videos of the officer wounded in the shooting from earlier today in MTL. That's someone's son, father, brother, husband, friend down. Think about that.
Thinking of all those affected.

[Marco D'Amico @mndamico]

Lane Hutson mentions that he and Ivan Demidov have had conversations about Ivan's upcoming contract extension.

Hutson's given Demidov advice on how he handled the process.

Mentions how excited he and Ivan are at the prospect of playing together in Montreal for the next decade.