Jeremy Hoefsloot

UAlberta Alumnus, lawyer and birder.

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”.

The name is more than 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.

We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms.

Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario – then, now and always.

[Corey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhoganyyc]

STATEMENT ON PROVINCIAL ADDRESS

The Premier of Alberta intervened to lower the threshold for getting a separatist question on the ballot. She then intervened to eliminate a review requiring the question be constitutional. She intervenes again tonight after yet another court has told the separatists to slow down and follow the law.

The premier can wrap these actions in the words of democracy, but she is willfully ignoring the will of the vast majority of Albertans who want no part of this separatist conversation.

The simple reality, a reality you would not find in her speech, is this: she has pushed along a question because a group has threatened to bring down her and her party if she does not.

Her internal political problems have become our national crisis.

The Premier asserts her patriotism. I will take her at her word, but I will remind her a patriot puts country ahead of party. A leader steers the agenda, rather than having it blindly dictated to them. An Albertan finds ways to do what’s right, not justifications for doing what’s wrong.

This baffling, referendum-on-a-referendum question will do nothing to settle anything. It adds another layer of confusion. It will divide. It will distract. It will damage.

I hope her government will consider how to step back from this madness before the damage to our province’s social fabric and economy is too great.

Corey Hogan MP
Calgary Confederation

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

This is a disappointing piece, based as it is on that old Twitter-argument standby, the imputed double standard — which isn’t a double standard. I’ve never said or implied that it’s okay for Quebec to deploy the “knife at the throat” but not for Alberta. I’ve spent my whole career attacking its use by Quebec nationalists; Alberta’s separatists and their fellow travellers are only the latest to try it.
And I stand by the point I made on the panel: no federation, no country, can operate on the basis that if we get our way on any given issue we stay, but if we don’t we’re gone. You can’t run a book club on that basis.
No country could, and no country, other than Canada, does. There’s a reason Canada has, uniquely among the major democracies, spent the last 60 years perched on the verge of dissolution. It’s the same reason we’re now headed for not one but two referendums on secession, even as the president of the United States threatens to devour the pieces. It’s because, all but uniquely, we have tolerated the idea that secession is a legitimate “option,” and that the only response open to the rest of Canada is to make regular ransom payments to forestall it. To allow for the possibility is to invite it.

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

PM Carney on the Americans calling the alcohol ban an irritant: "You know what's an irritant? 50% tariffs on steel. 50% tariffs on aluminum. 25% tariffs on automobiles. All the tariffs on forest products. Those are more than irritants, those are violations of our trade deal."

[CTV News @CTVNews]

Government introduces bill to support space launches from Canadian territory https://t.co/GNTDlMS6Jy

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Tonda MacCharles: Pierre Poilievre called you badly educated in economics

Mark Carney: Did he? Wow.

[Jeremy Hoefsloot @JeremyHoef]

@RealAlbanianPat I love Franky. I open Twitter for my once a day browse and I always get to see this dude on a spiral about "the data" and how something ominous that only EKOS sees is about to happen.

[Jeremy Hoefsloot @JeremyHoef]

@CanadianPolling There was also a campaign at convention to vote no on this resolution in favor of voting yes on the proportional representation policy. (Both failed.)

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

The Artemis II crew has returned to Earth.

Congratulations to Colonel Hansen and the team on an historic feat. Welcome home.

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

Le Congrès a commencé!

Des milliers de libéraux venus des quatre coins du pays sont réunis ici, à Montréal. Notre mission commune : bâtir un Canada fort.

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Steven MacKinnon: "I can assure you that Canadians who live in Conservative ridings or in opposition ridings across Canada are asking their Members of Parliament, we want you to be part of solutions, we want you to be part of a positive vision for building Canada."

[Jeremy Hoefsloot @JeremyHoef]

Okay, this one is surprising. At this rate, should I expect see Jamil Jivani at Liberal convention this week?

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

En cette période cruciale pour l’avenir de notre pays, des Canadiens dotés d’une grande diversité d’expériences et de points de vue s’unissent pour bâtir un Canada fort. J’ai l’honneur d’accueillir aujourd’hui Marilyn Gladu en tant que nouvelle membre de ce gouvernement et de notre caucus libéral.

En cette période d’incertitude économique mondiale, le succès du Canada dépendra de notre capacité à transformer notre ambition en progrès et nos atouts en avantages durables. Marilyn apporte le leadership pragmatique et axé sur les résultats que cet effort exige.

Ayant consacré des décennies de sa carrière à l’ingénierie et au commerce international, elle comprend ce qu’il faut pour créer des emplois de qualité, renforcer les chaînes d’approvisionnement et veiller à ce que l’industrie canadienne puisse être compétitive dans une économie mondiale en rapide évolution.

Elle a été élue par les électeurs de Sarnia—Lambton–Bkejwanong lors de quatre élections consécutives depuis 2015, et a maintes fois été saluée par ses collègues du Parlement pour sa volonté de travailler de manière constructive au-delà des lignes partisans.

Je me réjouis de travailler en étroite collaboration avec Marilyn pour bâtir une économie canadienne plus forte et plus indépendante, capable de relever les défis d’un monde en changement qui offrent des opportunités durables à tous.

[Jeremy Hoefsloot @JeremyHoef]

For no reason in particular, I would like to once again say that the Carney Liberals are dedicated to working with Alberta to build a strong and united Canada. Congratulations to Avi Lewis by the way.

[Naheed Nenshi @nenshi]

Today, the federal New Democratic Party selected its new leader.

It is clear that the direction of the federal party under this new leader, someone who openly cheered for the defeat of the Alberta NDP government, is not in the interests of Alberta.

Last year, Alberta’s New Democrats voted overwhelmingly to make membership in the federal party optional. Many thousands of our provincial members, including myself, are not members of the federal party. We are a big tent and welcome the support of people who vote for every federal party.

We believe in Alberta and we believe in Canadian energy and the good jobs it creates. We believe in more pipelines and in reducing emissions. We believe in strong public services and a strong jobs-driven economy to help pay for them. This is what we are fighting for every day.

Albertans deserve federal leaders who understand the importance of Alberta and our essential role in the federation.

Our focus is not on what the federal NDP says or does. Our fight is with Danielle Smith and the separatist UCP. Albertans deserve a better government, and we are here to be that better government.

[Corey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhoganyyc]

As Albertans, every minute spent on separatism is a minute we're 1) dividing families, 2) scaring away investors, and 3) not building our province and our country. https://t.co/pxWPXxKmIy

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

Canada has hit its 2% NATO defence spending target.

We made a promise to transform our defence — and we’re getting it done.

[CTV News @CTVNews]

Canada officially hits NATO 2% GDP target https://t.co/VNG4zJMZnh

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

Canada is strongest when we work together.

Today, Canada and Alberta reached an agreement to lower methane emissions in the oil and gas sector — to create good jobs, cut pollution, and help position Canada as the world’s supplier of choice for responsibly-produced energy.

[Jeremy Hoefsloot @JeremyHoef]

I really support this. The YLC at its best is a catalyst for change, and change can be disruptive. Free the national chair from competing responsibilities and let the YLC do what it does best.

[National Newswatch @natnewswatch]

‘Not a PMO incubator’: Young Liberals push national chair candidates to reject government jobs, @LeftHandStu reports https://t.co/PZ7cBQAQN3

Find out more at https://t.co/1zbPY5GAhV

[GC Newsroom @NewsroomGC]

Government of Canada extends financial supports for post-secondary students
https://t.co/VdOAWQT1UU