Throw up a hand if you remember when our society was stable enough you could give 10,000 fans regulation baseball bats without worrying they’d immediately start trying to kill each other.
The ban on U.S. alcohol in Canada is now almost 500 days old.
What have Canadians gained from it?
Not a single tariff has disappeared.
Not a single meaningful concession has been secured.
Meanwhile, consumers have lost choice, retailers have lost sales, less competition, and the trade relationship has only become more strained.
Symbolism isn't a trade strategy.
Canadians have a sense of superiority over Americans in a number of areas — Canadians believe they are more humble, cultured and generally nicer, according to a new poll.
That's part of the problem. Our problem.
This sounds a lot like "there is no core identity, no mainstream in Canada".
Unity DOES require uniform respect for democratic principles like freedom of speech, respect for rule of law, freedom to worship without persecution, etc.
Without those foundations, pluralism fails.
Imagine if Pierre Poilievre pulled a stunt like this. The sound of Liberal heads popping off would be heard straight across Canada and the media would run cycles about it for weeks.
Granular knowledge of how the Vancouver Condo Kings are the major supporters of people like Gregor Robertson, Justin Trudeau and Mark Carney was my past reporting beat. I’m not going back to it, other reporters need to pick that up. Read JWR’s chapter about meeting Trudeau in his friend’s pent house to understand who Carney is bailing out. I can say the Chinese money behind all these Liberals makes the story so much worse than a Liberal bail out of slick developers. This is scandalous and nationally ruinous.
I do find it a little bit funny that Carney constantly questions the patriotism of his political opponents while also constantly wishing he could be part of a different continent that he clearly considers better than his own.
Powerful editorial in Canada's @globeandmail on the failure to speak plain about antisemitism: "The price of freedom of conscience and safety for Jews ... is set by their enemies."
https://t.co/ZpZt1z3eRO