Krista M S Norlin

[wealthmoose @wealthmoose]

Tobi Lutke. Founder of Shopify. Canada’s most successful tech company.🇨🇦

On Bill C-22, C-8, and C-9:
“These bills constitute a total erosion of Canada’s basic liberties.

They interlock into making Canada essentially unviable for those with choices on where to build.”

$1 trillion in capital already fled Canada in a decade.

Now the builders are saying the same thing out loud.

🇨🇦💀 #CdnPoli #BillC8 #Canada #Tech

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

The ban on social media for children under 16 is an idea that has merits. But the way it is being done is simply a way to force everyone, including adults, to identify themselves online, creating the most powerful surveillance and censorship architecture in human history.

[Neil G. Oberman @NeilOberman]

This is a nice line, but a nicer, and more convenient, sidestep.

Carney would rather Canadians not know or remember that Canada already has CETA, one of the most comprehensive trade agreements in the world. The issue isn’t the lack of opportunity; it’s the lack of results.

If the Prime Minister believes that there’s untapped potential, then there's a simple question to ask: what specifically isn’t working under the current framework, and what concrete changes are these trips delivering that existing agreements haven’t?

Saying “we’re not satisfied with the status quo” is easy. Demonstrating how you’re materially improving it for Canadian exporters is the hard part.

[Frank @FrankVeri]

🍁 🍁🍁🍁🍁
Monsanto wanted its growth hormone in every glass of Canadian milk. One government scientist stood in the way and his own bosses spent 14 years trying to destroy him for it.

His name was Dr. Shiv Chopra.

Born in India, 1934. Came to Canada in the 1960s. PhD in microbiology. Senior scientist at Health Canada's Bureau of Veterinary Drugs. 35 years reviewing drug applications. Approve the safe ones. Reject the unsafe ones. Protect the public.

For 20 years he did it quietly.

Then Monsanto came knocking.

A new drug. Bovine growth hormone. Brand name Posilac. Inject it into dairy cows, get 10-15% more milk. Bigger profits for the industry. Far bigger profits for Monsanto. The FDA had rubber-stamped it in 1993. Monsanto expected Canada to follow.

The file landed on Chopra's desk.

He started reading the science. He started finding holes.

The data was thin. Long-term safety studies were missing. The cow studies that did exist showed lameness, mastitis, reproductive failure, shortened lifespans.

If it was doing that to the cow, what was it doing to the milk?

His recommendation: reject it. Demand real safety data.

His managers had a different idea.

Approve it. The Americans approved it. Why are you holding it up? Just sign off.

He refused.

So the pressure started. Closed-door meetings. Attempts to pull the file and hand it to someone friendlier. Gag orders don't talk to the media, don't talk to anyone. Suspensions. Reprimands. Demotions. Dead-end reassignments.

He kept refusing.

Two other scientists refused with him. Dr. Margaret Haydon. Dr. Gérard Lambert. Same data. Same alarm. Same answer.

In 1998 the Canadian Senate launched an investigation into what was happening inside Health Canada.

Chopra and his colleagues did something almost nobody does. They walked into the Senate and testified under oath. Said managers were pressuring them to approve unsafe drugs. Said industry was running the regulator. Said the system was broken.

It made headlines around the world.

In 1999, Health Canada rejected Monsanto's application. rBGH would not be approved. Europe banned it next. Then most of the developed world.

Sit with that. One immigrant scientist in Ottawa beat one of the largest chemical corporations on Earth — and won.

Then his own government fired him for winning.

July 14, 2004. After 35 years of service, Health Canada fired Chopra, Haydon, and Lambert on the same day. Official reason: insubordination. Real reason: he embarrassed them in front of the country.

The same year, the Prime Minister mailed him a gold watch for "illustrious service." While they were firing him. He called it comedy.

He sued to clear his name. The fight took 13 years. He lost appeal after appeal. The final ruling came down in 2017. Three months later, in January 2018, he died. 83 years old. Never reinstated. Never given his pension back. Never owed an apology by anyone.

But here is what they could never take back.

rBGH is still banned in Canada today. Every glass of Canadian milk is still hormone-free — because one man refused to sign.

And the United States? Never banned it. It's still legal there. Right now.

He kept it out of Canada and they fired him. The system he fought is still pouring it into glasses across the border.

So tell me below was Shiv Chopra a hero, or just a troublemaker who got what was coming to him? Pick a side. Because someone in those meetings is still telling scientists to "just sign off."

[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

"Not one reporter asked the Prime Minister where the $3.2 billion for these new food investments will come from. That's becoming a pattern. Announcements are easy. Explaining how they'll be funded should be part of the conversation too."

[Kevin Vuong 🇨🇦 @KevinVuongxMP]

Inaction is a choice and, yesterday, a good man paid for ours. https://t.co/nlRkcvWRoy

[Marc Nixon @MarcNixon24]

DETACHED FROM REALITY

Mark Carney just claimed the average FAMILY spends $800 per month on groceries or $10,000 per year.

Has he gone to the grocery store?
4 steaks 🥩 is $100 only one meal

If you ate BEEF 20 days a month x $100 that’s $2,000 without veggies, fruit or carbs

[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

According to Canada’s Food Price Report 2026, a family of four is projected to spend $17,572 on food this year.

The Prime Minister’s Office might want to include a few people who can actually do food math before making affordability announcements.

[Michelle Leahy Ferreri @mferreriptbokaw]

Buttt you won’t repeal the supreme courts ruling that 18 months is too severe of a punishment for pedophiles. 🤢🤯

Ok Marc.

You’ve had 11 years, and under your Liberal government, online child sexual exploitation has increased 281%.

No one believes you.

[Chris Warkentin @chriswarkentin]

Brookfield is a member of the UAE Business Council.

This investment meeting happened inside the Prime Minister’s Office.

I have a few questions.

[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

Oddly, and yet again, no reporter appears to have asked where the government's $3.2 billion food security strategy funding will actually come from.

How much is new money? How much is recycled funding? How much is financed through existing agencies like FCC?

[Holly Doan @hollyanndoan]

Dear followers, Did you know the govt doesn’t release text of the bill until after the press conference ? Think about that when you read the media stories tomorrow.
@CdnHeritage #cdnmedia

[Nancy Lea @nancyleam]

Because I have been in my current #YYC house a long time and keep records I can inform you that my property tax increases over the last 25 years are as follows:

City of Calgary Up 309%
Province Up 141%

At one time the provincial portion of the tax bill was much higher than the city portion, but that is no longer the case.

A one year or four year time frame doesn’t tell the real story.

[Heather Exner-Pirot @ExnerPirot]

"I have heard some proponents of the carbon tax defend it by suggesting that the world will require decarbonized oil barrels going forward. To be honest, Cenovus places over one million barrels a day across three continents, and none of our customers have ever suggested or even asked about the carbon intensity of Canadian crudes.
If customers were willing to pay for decarbonized barrels, we would certainly see these price signals and not require government interference.
The carbon tax escalates through time, making our industry less resilient at lower commodity prices, and will require the premature shut-in and reclamation of oil producing projects that would otherwise be economic to produce.
Much of this is being orchestrated in the belief that we can build a functioning carbon market. The reality is that carbon markets are a political construct and there are no examples of functioning, enduring, or investible carbon markets to draw from." /5

[Heather Exner-Pirot @ExnerPirot]

"While it is true that Canadian oil and natural gas volumes have grown over the past ten years, they grew at a fraction of their potential. We have continued to grow by debottlenecking existing projects, improving efficiencies, and brownfield expansion. We continue to lever off the investments that were made prior to 2015.
In fact, only one greenfield oil sands project has been approved and built since 2013, while capital investment in oil sands peaked in 2014.
So as Canadians, we need to ask ourselves – what did we get for this? We forewent investment, jobs, royalties, and taxes, while the world continued to consume exactly the same amount of energy... it just didn’t come from Canada." /4

[SandraCobena @SandraCobena_]

🚨 BREAKING: The Parliamentary Budget Officer has just confirmed the government’s fiscal plan is falling apart.

The PBO says there is less than a 1% chance the government will achieve its own deficit target.

Federal operating spending has been revised up to $142 billion. Economic growth continues to weaken. Canada is now in a recession.

Yet, as the country’s finances deteriorate, the Finance Minister still refuses to disclose the cost of a sovereign wealth fund that would be financed with $25 billion in borrowed money.

Canadians are being asked to take on more debt without being told the full price tag.

Parliament cannot properly scrutinize a fiscal plan when key costs are being withheld. If this is a sound investment, why is the government refusing to show Canadians the bill?

#cdnpoli

[Kirk Lubimov @KirkLubimov]

@coreyhoganyyc Yea, let's look at the accurate way of actually looking at this data.

[Sandra Bellenie @BellenieSandra]

CHARLEBOIS: The Canada Royal Milk story Ottawa doesn't want to explain📷
-Canadians deserve to know how much public money has been committed to the project-
The facility was never primarily designed to serve Canadian consumers. Early planning documents projected that approximately 85% of production would be exported to China. Canada was expected to account for only a small fraction of sales. In other words, from the outset, Kingston was envisioned as an export platform.
The documents also strongly suggest that exports have already occurred to markets including China and potentially the United States.
That fact alone raises important questions. And all of this is occurring while Canada continues to face periodic baby formula shortages and Canadian parents are paying the price. Over the past five years alone, baby formula prices have increased by more than 70% in Canada.
That is why newly released government records related to Canada Royal Milk in Kingston, Ont. deserve far more attention than they have received.
The story began a few years ago, when construction started on what would become Canada’s largest infant formula manufacturing facility. Owned by Chinese dairy giant Feihe, the project was celebrated as a major investment in Canada’s dairy sector.
After years of regulatory reviews and approvals, the company received authorization from Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in March 2024. Production began shortly thereafter, and in July 2024 Canada Royal Milk officially launched its Niuriss infant formula brand.
On the surface, it looks like a success story. Jobs were created. Manufacturing capacity was added. Canadian farmers gained another customer for their milk. The company invested heavily in Canada.
But newly released documents reveal a much larger story.
What the documents reveal
The facility was never primarily designed to serve Canadian consumers. Early planning documents projected that approximately 85% of production would be exported to China. Canada was expected to account for only a small fraction of sales. In other words, from the outset, Kingston was envisioned as an export platform.
The documents also strongly suggest that exports have already occurred to markets including China and potentially the United States.
That fact alone raises important questions. And all of this is occurring while Canada continues to face periodic baby formula shortages and Canadian parents are paying the price. Over the past five years alone, baby formula prices have increased by more than 70% in Canada.
For decades, Canadians have been told that supply management exists to ensure domestic food security, protect Canadian farmers, and reduce dependence on foreign markets. Yet here we have a Chinese-owned processor operating within one of Canada’s most protected agricultural sectors, purchasing milk produced under a quota-protected system while pursuing opportunities beyond Canada’s borders.
The issue is not legality. There is no evidence that Canada Royal Milk has violated any law, regulation, or trade commitment.
The issue is consistency.
How much public money has been spent?
Canadians also deserve to know how much public money has been committed to the project. Public records show that at least $24 million in federal support has been provided. Newly released documents indicate the company sought additional assistance through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Supply Management Processing Investment Fund, while portions of the records remain redacted.
Questions that need answers
Canadians deserve answers to a few straightforward questions.
How much taxpayer money has ultimately been invested in the project?
How much supply-managed Canadian milk is being used to manufacture products destined for foreign markets?
What volumes have already been exported, and to which countries?
And perhaps most importantly: If supply management is about food sovereignty, why are Canadians being asked to subsidize a Chinese-owned dairy processor exporting products made from quota-protected Canadian milk?
Supply management remains one of the most politically protected policies in Canada. Liberals defend it. Conservatives rarely challenge it. The Bloc Quebecois treats it as untouchable. Yet public confidence in any public policy depends on transparency.
Canadians who pay a premium every time they buy dairy products deserve to know who benefits from the system, how it is being used, and whether public investments remain aligned with its original purpose.
This is really an accountability story. And before Canada enters another round of trade negotiations, Ottawa should be able to answer a simple question: If supply management is designed to protect Canadian food sovereignty, why are Canadians helping finance a Chinese-owned dairy plant whose original business model relied overwhelmingly on exports?
At the moment, Canadians only know part of the answer. That should concern us all.
Sylvain Charlebois is director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, co-host of The Food Professor Podcast. FROM: Moose On The Loose contributor Debbie Peters on Facebook.
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[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

Getting calls about Canada Royal Milk...

Just learned the contract to build the facility was sole-sourced to Graham Construction, no competitive bidding process. Grant Beck, the company's CEO, reportedly flew to China on a whirlwind 48-hour trip to sign the deal, and Canadians paid for it.

Unbelievable.

[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

The Canada Royal Milk story Ottawa doesn't want to explain https://t.co/05aKcCHBna