Darlene Jacques

As of June 7th I'm simply a human that can't understand what other humans do to eachother. Shameful and sickening.

[Ron Butler @ronmortgageguy]

Want To Hear Some Truth About The Canadian Economy @francesdonald Delivers It On @TheHerleBurly

Massive Levels of Regulation severely blunt Canada potential to be a highly successful country

Economists deal with reality & as the PM says we must accept the World as it is.....

[Mackenzie Gray @Gray_Mackenzie]

Erin O'Toole's call for the current CPC to moderate policy positions, ignore the culture wars & distance themselves from Conservative influencers was tersely brushed off by Pierre Poilievre, who pointed to getting millions more votes in 2025 compared to O'Toole in 2021 #cdnpoli

[The New Republic @newrepublic]

Trump’s Latest Truth Social Rampage Proves He’s Hanging On by a Thread https://t.co/XRdweq9gEu

[Reuters @Reuters]

Fed Chair Powell lauds Volcker's 'willingness to resist' https://t.co/hFCx0J5oxz https://t.co/hFCx0J5oxz

[Andrew Leach 🇨🇦 @andrew_leach]

This is amazing. What we're all supposed to believe is that, despite his analysis including a clearly linear increase in the carbon tax directly in-line with the now cancelled consumer price (from 21c/L to 29c/L), he's claiming that's merely coincidence.

[Ron Butler @ronmortgageguy]

The Trickery Never Ends In Real Estate Sales: Let's List The House The House For $250K Less Than We Will Take

For the last 20 years Residential Real Estate has used some of the worst Sales Tactics

Not every Realtor does this but too many do it endlessly

Fake list prices

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[Andrew Leach 🇨🇦 @andrew_leach]

This is a very important statement from @PierrePoilievre. I'm very glad to see it.

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

PORTRAIT DETAILS

1, On the top level of the left side of the bookshelf rest four small flags.
They are the flags of Alberta, PM Harper’s home province in adulthood, Ontario, his home province in childhood, New Brunswick, the ancestral home of the Harper family, and the Kainai First Nation of Alberta, of which PM Harper is an honorary chief.

2, The top level of the right side of the bookshelf shows a photograph of Alert, Nunavut, the most northerly settlement in the world. PM Harper visited in 2006 as part of his northern agenda. Immediately below are the colours of the Royal 22nd Regiment of Quebec City, the “Van Doos,” of which PM Harper is an honorary member.

3, The second level of the left side of the bookshelf contains a photograph of Quebec City, Calgary’s sister city, and a miniature Stanley Cup, symbolizing PM Harper’s keen interest in hockey.

4, The third level of the left side of the bookshelf contains several books of importance in PM Harper’s life. From the right, the French dictionary represents his success in becoming bilingual. Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations is the seminal book of the economics profession, PM Harper being an economist. James Buchanan’s Democracy in Deficit is a critical work in public choice economics, the subfield in which PM Harper wrote his master’s thesis. The New Canada is the first book by Preston Manning, founder of the Reform Party and PM Harper’s principal political mentor. The Bible reminds viewers that PM Harper is a Christian believer. The harp refers both to his family name and his interest in music. Sitting above the other books is Old Colours Never Die, his father’s book on the history of regimental flags in Canada.

5, The fourth level of both the left and right sides of the bookshelf shows a photo of a deer near the Elbow River in the backyard of PM Harper’s residence in Bragg Creek, Alberta. The volumes represent the trade agreements concluded by PM Harper’s government with the European Free Trade Association, Peru, Colombia, Jordan, Panama, Honduras, the European Union, South Korea, Ukraine, and the Trans Pacific Partnership. In total, PM Harper’s government increased the number of countries Canada had free trade agreements with from five to 51, representing roughly two thirds of global GDP.

6, The mug on the desk displays the iconic cover of With the Beatles, the band’s second album from 1963. PM Harper is an avid Beatles fan, and this mug was indeed on his desk during his time in office.

7, The black and white photo on PM Harper’s desk shows his childhood family, including father Joe, mother Margaret, and brothers Grant and Robert, outside their family home at 332 Bessborough Drive in Leaside, now part of the City of Toronto.

8, The colour photo on PM Harper’s desk shows his family at 24 Sussex Drive, including his wife Laureen, son Ben, and daughter Rachel.

9, The colours in PM Harper’s tie represent his success in bringing together the elements of Canadian conservatism. The dark blue represents the Tory tradition of the Progressive Conservative Party. The green represents the western populist tradition of the Reform Party. The sky blue represents the autonomist tradition of conservative francophones and Quebec nationalists.

10, PM Harper is holding a volume representing the 2015 Budget, which confirmed the return of the federal government to balance after the extraordinary fiscal stimulus used from 2009 to 2011 to combat the effects of the global financial crisis.

11, Through the window, the skyline of Calgary can be seen. PM Harper represented the city in the House of Commons, specifically Calgary West, Calgary Southwest, and Calgary Heritage.

12, On PM Harper’s lapel is the Canada flag pin that he always wore while in office and continues to wear. Like his father, PM Harper is a vexillologist and, after his time in office, he authored The Flags of Canada.

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

Today, many leaders will rightly condemn President Donald Trump’s unlawful and unjust actions in Venezuela, and I join them.

But just as glaring, and far more damning, is Congress’ ongoing abdication of its constitutional duty. For almost a year now, the legislative branch has failed to check a president who repeatedly violates his oath, disregards the law, and endangers American interests at home and abroad.

Time and again, Congress, now led by Republicans, has chosen spineless complicity over its sworn responsibilities. From the reckless leaking of classified information that put American troops at risk, to the illegal use of military force destroying vessels and killing people in the Caribbean and the Pacific without congressional authorization, there has been a stunning absence of accountability.

No hearings.
No serious investigations.
No enforcement of checks and balances.
No accountability.

Again and again, the president has exceeded his authority, defied congressional intent, trampled the separation of powers, and broken the law - while Congress looked away in cowardice and submission.

Republicans in Congress own this corrosive collapse of our constitutional order. With only a handful of honorable exceptions, they have bent themselves to the will of Donald Trump, afraid to state in public the feelings they often communicate privately. That submission, this abandonment of independent judgment and constitutional courage, now stands as one of the greatest dangers to our nation and to the global order America claims to defend.

Nicolás Maduro is a brutal dictator who has committed grave abuses. The United States military remains the most capable fighting force on Earth, and our praiseworthy service members carry out their orders with professionalism and excellence.

But none of that suspends the Constitution.

The Constitution is unambiguous: Congress has the power and responsibility to authorize the use of military force and declare war. Congress has a duty of oversight. Congress must serve as a check, not a rubber stamp, to the President. On this count, Congress has failed.

We face an authoritarian-minded president who acts with dangerous growing impunity. He has shown a willingness to defy court orders, violate the law, ignore congressional intent, and shred basic norms of decency and democracy. This pattern will continue unless the Article I branch of government, especially Republican congressional leadership, finds the courage to act.

They must stop behaving as partisan puppets and start acting as patriotic constitutional stewards.

What happened today is wrong. Congressional Republicans would say so immediately if a Democratic president had done the same. Their silence is surrender. And in that surrender lie the seeds of our democratic unraveling.

There are still three years left in this administration. From the pardoning of individuals who violently attacked police officers while attempting to overturn our election to this latest extrajudicial assault on another nation’s sovereignty, the damage will continue unless it is confronted.

Enough is enough.

[Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind]

The Trump effect:
Corporate bankruptcies surged in 2025, rivaling levels not seen since the immediate aftermath of the Great Recession, due to Trump tariffs .

At least 717 companies filed for bankruptcy through November, the highest tally since 2010.

https://t.co/7XX6W9pB85

[Tom Parkin @TomPark1n]

A far-right group and Trump officials are meeting to plot the break-up of Canada?

Is this true? Or nonsense from a fool?

Have Canadian reporters checked into the reality of these meetings and who is at them? I have seen nothing

[UNITED24 Media @United24media]

Read the full article ⬇️

6/6
https://t.co/EQU1c6xvLa

[Don Braid @DonBraid]

Serious UCP-adjacent people are already telling me this is nonsense. I hope they're right but . . . it now seems certain Alberta will vote on separation in 2026. If it passes, where would Premier Smith stand? Column https://t.co/cU3QcTJ1DV #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

"Americans live longer, enjoy higher median wages, live in larger and more luxurious homes, and enjoy more civil liberties and greater access to justice than even the recent past...
Violent crime is much lower than in decades past, the divorce rate has decreased from its highs in the early 1980s, and the abortion rate (despite recent increases) is far below its early 1980s peaks." https://t.co/G8NuxtUHuv

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

Higher import taxes on Canadian softwood driving up construction costs, U.S. home builders say https://t.co/uRSmFEwgQd

[Michael @mikethenavyguy]

WTF?

[gCaptain @gCaptain]

Commercial Freighter Runs Aground in Arctic En Route From China

https://t.co/YA6JdGhYEf

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

Every would-be homeowner in Toronto has been waiting for this moment. Now what? https://t.co/cDFKC6YWMt

[John Ivison @IvisonJ]

The progressive left thinks the Carney government ditching ideological shibboleths like the electric vehicle mandate is deplorable.
The rest of us should greet it as welcome pragmatism.
https://t.co/PJP2SShr91

[Toronto Sun @TheTorontoSun]

#ICYMI From our partners @drivingdotca: Canada’s auto sector has gotten too comfortable with free trade — here’s how we could flex some USMCA loopholes to our advantage

#autos #trade #Canada https://t.co/gtprgE05bM