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[realCTZN @realCTZN]

Everything you have watched Canadians do this week makes sense the moment you understand one thing: we believe access to the American economy is a right, and it never was. https://t.co/oijLDmU03q

[realCTZN @realCTZN]

It will hit us the least across all of Canada.
But we should never have even been in this position.
Leaders should recognize what actions got us in the situation we’re in- instead of ignoring them and endorsing the same slogan-driven negotiating style.

[Jeromy (Pathfinder) Farkas @JeromyYYC]

We expect U.S. tariffs to hit Calgary hard. I strongly support Prime Minister Carney's response. Canada needs to stand up for our workers, businesses, and consumers. We're assessing the impact now, and we'll bring the full analysis forward publicly on Sept. 8.

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Wise words.

[Conrad Black @ConradMBlack]

The intensity of the hyper-partisanship and profound division we currently inhabit becomes most apparent to me whenever I comment on what I regard as the occasional unforced errors of President Donald J. Trump. Any balanced commentator has experienced the bizarre sensation of being aggressively strafed from both sides simultaneously—for insufficient criticism on the one hand, or insufficient loyalty on the other. Yet one must call it as one sees it.

As someone who has known Donald Trump personally for three decades, and as a presidential historian whose works on two American presidents stand as the official biographies recommended by their respective presidential libraries, my assessment is that while President Trump, like all of us, is not without flaws, he is a good man, and in my considered judgment he has, on balance, been a good president.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion and can agree or disagree. But let me propose this litmus test: if you cannot list at least five of Trump’s major accomplishments or five of his failures, you are almost certainly inhabiting one of the two prevailing echo chambers. And my recommendation as an unlicensed psychologist is to switch off your computer or smart phone, draw a few deep breaths, step outside for a walk if the weather is nice, embrace your children or spouse if you are lucky enough to have them nearby, and remember that life is short.

[realCTZN @realCTZN]

Happy Birthday to @ConradMBlack .

Grateful for your continued contribution to Canada - its history - and the your voice in the broader conversation of what is to be Canadian!

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@Manarola5 Did you even read it?
It clearly states that exact thing in the article.
Thanks for coming out

[realCTZN @realCTZN]

Everything you have watched Canadians do this week makes sense the moment you understand one thing: we believe access to the American economy is a right, and it never was. https://t.co/oijLDmU03q

[realCTZN @realCTZN]

@StaceyMonette27 A completely baseless opinion

[realCTZN @realCTZN]

Escalation continues - negotiating from a position of weakness should inform your strategy.
It’s reckless to think we could outlast - or inflict enough pain to have the U.S. backdown.

[realCTZN @realCTZN]

America does not owe us its market and we do not owe them ours. Two sovereign countries, each pursuing its own interest, occasionally discovering those interests line up beautifully, which is a privilege and should be treated like one.
Fight for it. Negotiate viciously for it. Never confuse it with something you are owed.
Because the real failure this week would not be losing access to the American market. It would be spending the next decade demanding a right we never had, instead of building the country that would have made the question irrelevant.

[realCTZN @realCTZN]

Do that and the next American administration comes looking for us, because we will be worth coming for. Skip it and we will run this same week again in five years with less industry and better slogans.

[realCTZN @realCTZN]

Why does Canada rely so heavily on government, while other countries embrace greater economic competition? 
@davidjaredcraig is joined by @PardyBruce to discuss Canada's growing dependence on government, the decline of free markets, trade tensions with the United States, and the policies shaping Canada's future. 
The conversation also explores Alberta independence, political leadership, and whether Canada's economic model is becoming less competitive in an increasingly uncertain world.

WATCH HERE:

https://t.co/gns2c61JIQ

[realCTZN @realCTZN]

The government’s job is not to run your life.
It shouldn’t be legislating your every decision, controlling your choices, or telling you how to live.
You are in charge of your life.
Government should create the conditions for people to thrive, then get out of the way. @mferreriptbokaw
@davidjaredcraig @Prest_Jeremy

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Episode just dropped.
Watch here:

https://t.co/qPRjNz6ENV