Guy Grolimond

[Guy Grolimond @guygrolimond]

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For the mobile equipment that actually works the rock, it is designed as a fully battery-electric underground mine.
Onaping Depth (Glencore’s extension of the old Craig Mine near Sudbury) uses a battery fleet for the entire mining cycle: Epiroc loaders, haul trucks, drills and bolters; MacLean boom trucks and a battery concrete mixer; Kovatera personnel carriers; and five Clayton lithium-ion locomotives on the 1,200 m haulage level. Official releases from Glencore, the Ontario government and Epiroc all describe it as an all-electric or fully battery-electric operation

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A $5,000 payment to every American adult citizen would cost about $1.2–1.35 trillion. Against a deficit running around $1.8–2.0 trillion, that is an increase of roughly 60–75%, with about two-thirds as a reasonable midpoint.
That assumes Congress actually authorized the full amount and did not offset it with spending cuts or other taxes. There is still no tariff surplus large enough to cover it.

[Guy Grolimond @guygrolimond]

A $5,000 payment to every adult American citizen would cost about $1.2–1.35 trillion. Against a deficit running around $1.8–2.0 trillion, that is an increase of roughly 60–75%, with about two-thirds as a reasonable midpoint.
That assumes Congress actually authorized the full amount and did not offset it with spending cuts or other taxes. There is still no tariff surplus large enough to cover it.

[Guy Grolimond @guygrolimond]

A $5,000 payment to every adult American citizen would cost about $1.2–1.35 trillion. Against a deficit running around $1.8–2.0 trillion, that is an increase of roughly 60–75%, with about two-thirds as a reasonable midpoint.
That assumes Congress actually authorized the full amount and did not offset it with spending cuts or other taxes. There is still no tariff surplus large enough to cover it.

[Guy Grolimond @guygrolimond]

There is no surplus sitting there to pay it.
Annual tariff collections have been on the order of $150–200 billion, and refunds after the Supreme Court struck down the main IEEPA tariffs reduced the net take. A $5,000 payment to every adult citizen would cost roughly $1.2–1.35 trillion. Tariffs cover only a small fraction of that, and that tariff money is already general federal revenue. Using it for checks would not create new spare cash; it would just spend money that would otherwise reduce borrowing. https://t.co/N0wBxJMBzq
It would not quite double the deficit, but it would blow a very large new hole in it. The federal deficit has been running around $1.8–2.0 trillion a year. Adding $1.2–1.35 trillion on top would take the annual shortfall to roughly $3.0–3.3 trillion, assuming no offsetting cuts. That is an increase of about two-thirds, not a full doubling, but it is still an enormous extra borrowing bill. https://t.co/3ls68GGEVQ
So the basic picture is: no dedicated tariff or tax pot funds this, and paying it would sharply widen an already large deficit.

[Guy Grolimond @guygrolimond]

There is no surplus sitting there to pay it.
Annual tariff collections have been on the order of $150–200 billion, and refunds after the Supreme Court struck down the main IEEPA tariffs reduced the net take. A $5,000 payment to every adult citizen would cost roughly $1.2–1.35 trillion. Tariffs cover only a small fraction of that, and that tariff money is already general federal revenue. Using it for checks would not create new spare cash; it would just spend money that would otherwise reduce borrowing. https://t.co/N0wBxJMBzq
It would not quite double the deficit, but it would blow a very large new hole in it. The federal deficit has been running around $1.8–2.0 trillion a year. Adding $1.2–1.35 trillion on top would take the annual shortfall to roughly $3.0–3.3 trillion, assuming no offsetting cuts. That is an increase of about two-thirds, not a full doubling, but it is still an enormous extra borrowing bill. https://t.co/3ls68GGEVQ
So the basic picture is: no dedicated tariff or tax pot funds this, and paying it would sharply widen an already large deficit.

[Guy Grolimond @guygrolimond]

@globeandmail …a political or campaign promise

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A few things reasonably raise eyebrows without requiring a conspiracy:
1. He was a Financial Crimes detective while also appearing in civil claims as a housing-development insider. That dual role is the core of the breach-of-trust charge, and it is why the public profile matters.
2. KidsPlay is both his reputation engine and now a named alleged victim. Police searched the charity. That is a severe allegation against a man whose public identity is “cop who saves kids.”
3. VPD investigated its own member in-house. Reporters asked about that conflict. The force says OPCC was notified and Crown, not VPD, approved charges. That is process, not proof the process was clean.
4. The political hit landed instantly: a public-safety candidate from a cop family, dropped within 24 hours of the press conference.
None of that equals “the charges were fabricated to kneecap a Conservative slate.” The cheaper explanation is that a long file matured, Crown signed off, and the family happened to be mid-campaign when the warrant went. The more cynical explanation is that once Sandy was on a crime-and-taxes ticket, sitting on the file became institutionally impossible. You cannot tell those apart from news clips.
This is a high-status community couple, a charity brand, older civil fights over named housing projects, a multi-year police investigation, an independent Crown charge approval, and a total denial. The rest is for court on September 17 and after.

[Guy Grolimond @guygrolimond]

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VPD officer charged with fraud and theft allegedly moonlighted as developer
Defence claims innocence
Investigation since 2023

[Guy Grolimond @guygrolimond]

A few things reasonably raise eyebrows without requiring a conspiracy:
1. He was a Financial Crimes detective while also appearing in civil claims as a housing-development insider. That dual role is the core of the breach-of-trust charge, and it is why the public profile matters.
2. KidsPlay is both his reputation engine and now a named alleged victim. Police searched the charity. That is a severe allegation against a man whose public identity is “cop who saves kids.”
3. VPD investigated its own member in-house. Reporters asked about that conflict. The force says OPCC was notified and Crown, not VPD, approved charges. That is process, not proof the process was clean.
4. The political hit landed instantly: a public-safety candidate from a cop family, dropped within 24 hours of the press conference.
None of that equals “the charges were fabricated to kneecap a Conservative slate.” The cheaper explanation is that a long file matured, Crown signed off, and the family happened to be mid-campaign when the warrant went. The more cynical explanation is that once Sandy was on a crime-and-taxes ticket, sitting on the file became institutionally impossible. You cannot tell those apart from news clips.
This is a high-status community couple, a charity brand, older civil fights over named housing projects, a multi-year police investigation, an independent Crown charge approval, and a total denial. The rest is for court on September 17 and after.

[Guy Grolimond @guygrolimond]

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Exactly this is a stupid non issue since …..

"I don't know why it bothers them, because people can sit in a corner and say their prayers quietly, and people might think they're meditating, but they will be saying their prayers."

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@Thomas__Fortin Fréchette rejette les préoccupations des Anglo, parce que le CAQ a perdu le soutien des Anglos bien avant sa direction.

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@mtlgazette Fréchette doesn’t care, because the CAQ lost support from Anglos well before her leadership.

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Meet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners - Ars Technica

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@mtlgazette Provenance Cartes Apple peut etre different lorsque vous etes aux Etats Unies

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Trumps' tripping......The name "America" comes from the Latinized version of Amerigo Vespucci, a famous Italian explorer and navigator from Florence.
“Ontario” comes from an Iroquoian word — most likely Wyandot (Huron) skanadario or a related Iroquois term, roughly meaning “great lake” or “beautiful lake” (sometimes glossed as “sparkling water” or “lake of shining waters”). It originally referred to Lake Ontario, and the province took its name from the lake.

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Trump est en train de tripper....Les erreurs de Trump… Le nom « Amérique » provient de la version latinisée d’Amerigo Vespucci, célèbre explorateur et navigateur italien originaire de Florence.

« Ontario » vient d’un mot iroquois, probablement wyandot (huron) skanadario ou un terme iroquois apparenté, signifiant approximativement « grand lac » ou « beau lac » (parfois traduit par « eau scintillante » ou « lac aux eaux brillantes »). À l’origine, il désignait le lac Ontario, et la province a tiré son nom de ce lac.

[Guy Grolimond @guygrolimond]

Trumps' tripping......The name "America" comes from the Latinized version of Amerigo Vespucci, a famous Italian explorer and navigator from Florence.
“Ontario” comes from an Iroquoian word — most likely Wyandot (Huron) skanadario or a related Iroquois term, roughly meaning “great lake” or “beautiful lake” (sometimes glossed as “sparkling water” or “lake of shining waters”). It originally referred to Lake Ontario, and the province took its name from the lake.

[Guy Grolimond @guygrolimond]

Les erreurs de Trump… Le nom « Amérique » provient de la version latinisée d’Amerigo Vespucci, célèbre explorateur et navigateur italien originaire de Florence.

« Ontario » vient d’un mot iroquois, probablement wyandot (huron) skanadario ou un terme iroquois apparenté, signifiant approximativement « grand lac » ou « beau lac » (parfois traduit par « eau scintillante » ou « lac aux eaux brillantes »). À l’origine, il désignait le lac Ontario, et la province a tiré son nom de ce lac.