John Watson

[@RGBAtlantica @RGBAtlantica]

Why are CDN mining co's hiring Americans advisors? The board has 1 week to reconsider hiring Kristi Noem or face more members quitting.

NovaRed Mining Advisor Prepared to Resign over Kristi Noem Hiring
https://t.co/o76msCOthe

[Vicki Campbell🇨🇦 @merry123459]

And when the media discovered the hidden hashtag and it became public, Poilievre immediately shutdown the investigation into it. But he got away with it for a long time. He needs to keep his own incel trap shut about the Montreal shooter. He’s complicit in fueling their anger.

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

Just saw this image going around:

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

McMorrow: The billionaire family that owns the competing bridge donated a million bucks to Donald Trump's super PAC. Then all of a sudden they got a meeting with Howard Lutnick. And then within a few hours, you suddenly had our president taking to Truth Social to attack the Gordie Howe Bridge, a bridge that he had supported during his previous presidency.

[🇨🇦Wayne🇨🇦 @Reil76]

Pierre Poilievre is out here defending Cowboys/Penny Lane Entertainment against “City Hall gatekeepers” in Calgary’s noise bylaw fight.

What he’s not mentioning: Penny Lane just registered Jenni Byrne + Associates to lobby Alberta’s Municipal Affairs ministry, Legislative Assembly, and the Premier’s Office. Filed June 24. He posted June 25.

The designated filer is Simon Jefferies. Same guy who is senior VP at JB+A, senior VP at the linked firm Forecheck Strategies, and currently a Conservative Party spokesperson.

Penny Lane already has a decade-long naming deal with the city for what’s now Cowboys Park, a deal that’s drawn its own criticism for lack of transparency.

To be clear on what’s confirmed vs not: the Jefferies overlap is documented fact. Whether Byrne personally directed this filing, or whether Poilievre’s team knew about it before he posted, isn’t established. The timing is one day apart and worth asking about, not proof of coordination.

Calgarians deserve to know who’s actually pushing this, not just hear “city hall is killing jobs.”

[Karen Piper @PiperK]

Wow. A Lancet study says Elon Musk will have killed 14 million people by 2030. Lancet is the world's top medical journal.

[Michael Burgess @mikeburgess99]

Seriously, why can’t Auckland have a stadium like this?

Downtown, Rectangular, Fans super close to the action, great view from anywhere.

BC place stadium is incredible.

@cityofvancouver @nzheraldsport

[David Frum @davidfrum]

In the old USSR, people could be arrested for photographing bridges, tunnels, etc. A repressive and paranoid regime assumed the photographers must be spies and saboteurs. Americans laughed at such petty tyranny. Nothing like that could happen in their free country! Until now.

[Mallory McMorrow @MalloryMcMorrow]

One billionaire family controls the bridge that carries 25% of all U.S.–Canada trade.

The good news? There's a brand new public bridge right next door (and Canada paid for the whole thing).

The bad news? Donald Trump won't let it open.

Here's the story:

For more than a decade, Michigan and Canada worked together to build a new public crossing right next to it — six lanes over the Detroit River, named for a Canadian-born Red Wings legend, built by thousands of union workers. Canada paid the entire bill. Michigan co-owns it. It's finished. It’s a shining example of international cooperation and collaboration, with a tremendous return for both sides: more jobs, faster trade, and lower costs.

So why isn't it open?

Because the Moroun family, who own the rival Ambassador Bridge just up the river, doesn’t want the competition. They spent years and tens of millions of dollars trying to stop any competing international crossing from being built or opening. They lost. So they went to the White House instead.

In January, Matthew Moroun gave $1 million to a pro-Trump super PAC. Then the billionaire called Trump's Commerce Secretary and, just hours later, Trump suddenly attacked the same publicly owned bridge he praised in his own first term and threatened to block it.
Then, the day before the June 12th ribbon-cutting, the opening was called off indefinitely.

It's corruption so flagrant it would be laughable if it weren't so damaging.

Trump is screwing over Michiganders for the interests of billionaires — holding a finished, publicly owned project hostage to protect one donor's toll booth.

So a finished bridge sits closed, Michiganders keep paying the higher tolls, cars and trucks cost more, and a billionaire family keeps its monopoly.

Mr. President: stop playing games. Open the damn bridge.

[Jas Johal @JasJohalBC]

Wasn't expecting to see this in Vancouver. Egyptian star Mo Salah dancing with teammates and fans after Egypt knocked off New Zealand 3-1 at the World Cup. #bcpoli @cdnpoli

[Jake Barford @BFordLancer]

Power Ranking World Cup host cities I’ve been to so far… 🏟️

1. Seattle
2. Vancouver
3. Los Angeles
4. San Francisco

Seattle had EVERYTHING. Public transport, walkability, great food, and a stadium IN downtown.

Vancouver was a close 2nd. Similar vibe as Seattle. Was only there for a day. Waterfront is BEAUTIFUL!

Los Angeles is just too spread out. No atmosphere around the stadium. Traffic. Meh.

San Fran… or Santa Clara. Tough when the host city is an hour drive from the stadium.

🔜 still to come…

Houston
Dallas
Atlanta
Philly
Boston
NYC

[Wade Grant @WadeGrant]

Today is my first Father’s Day without my Dad. Howard E. Grant was my inspiration, model and rock. He made sure that I believed in myself and helped me achieve goals beyond my wildest dreams. I know I can take my seat in Ottawa only because of his guidance. Love you Dad

[Robert O @ProducerRobert]

Another proud moment in @PierrePoilievre 's career. Hiring right wing fanatics at Canada Proud to do his dirty work. He never gets it. Canadians do not like this form of gutter politics. But it's all he seems to know. #NeverPoilievre #MapleMAGA

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

On National Indigenous Peoples Day, we celebrate the rich histories and cultures of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis — and the enduring role Indigenous Peoples have played in building Canada.

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

As Canadians, we have a responsibility to protect the extraordinary landscapes and waters that we have inherited.

Our new Nature Strategy will protect the lakes, forests, mountains, and coastlines that define our country — safeguarding up to 2.4 million km² of our lands and oceans.

[GerryR🇨🇦 @RRYGTR]

THESE ARE THE AMERICAN OWNED SO CALLED CANADIAN NEWSPAPERS and today is NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER with the AMERICAN OWNED SHITSHOW! MOST EVERY article or post from these RIGHT WING AMERICAN LEANING PIECES OF SHIT IS A PUT DOWN OF CANADA AND OUR PM! Look at the CANADA HATERS!

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

News you can use from the opinion editors of the Italian right-wing daily Libero:

"TRUMP IS AN ASSHOLE"

https://t.co/IT4UKdtOdH

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Trump praises France's Macron:

Macron did a great job of hosting the G7. Really good. No games.

He invited me about a week before. He said, “Would you do me a favor? Would you come to Paris? We'd like to honor you.”

I viewed it as honoring the nation. But he said, “I'd like to honor you.”

And he had some of the biggest people in Europe there and beyond. We were at Versailles, and I was sort of not going to do it, but he knew my weakness.

They don't do dinners at Versailles.

And we had a fantastic dinner.

Source: Axios

[Vicki Campbell🇨🇦 @merry123459]

Kristi Noem is an untrustworthy psychopath. Keep her out of Canada. Keep the MAGA trash south of the Canadian border. @NovaRedMining What the hell are you thinking?

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Poilievre: I met a lady at the airport the other day who told me that she moved from Vancouver to Mexico so that she would feel more safe. Let that sink in. She feels more safe in Mexico than in Vancouver.

(Mexico’s homicide rate is more than 13x higher than Vancouver’s)