Thomas Robson

Ontario | @trinity_college HBA @kingsbschool MSc- Global Finance

[BTG @BowTied_Golfer]

Mid Ams. Hot in the streets right now.

[Canadian Armed Forces @CanadianForces]

We have have identified human remains recovered in Loos-en-Gohelle, France, as those of Private Albert Henry Detmold. His identity was confirmed through historical, genealogical, anthropological, archaeological, and DNA analysis. 1/5

[Dimitris Soudas 🇨🇦⚜️🇬🇷☦️ 13.12.1943 @DimitrisSoudas]

I worked on this file.

From one former spokesperson to another. With affection. And a red pen.

Fact check time.

Canada does not control what crosses the bridge. Customs and border enforcement are exercised by each country on its own side. Like every other border crossing on Earth. This is not a novelty. It is the border.

Canada does not own the land on both sides. Canada owns the Canadian side. The State of Michigan owns the U.S. side. That is literally the definition of a border.

The bridge was built with American labor. Thousands of American workers. Billions added to Michigan’s GDP. American steel was used. This is not a hypothetical. It is documented. Repeatedly.

Ownership. There is no single owner of “the bridge” in the way this is being framed. Each country owns and controls its side. Again. Border. That was the deal. Signed. Ratified. Applauded.

Economic benefits. The U.S. already gets them. Jobs. GDP. Trade flow. Regional growth. That is what a functioning border crossing does.

And just for the record. The President himself praised the project in 2017 and called for its expeditious completion. On paper. In a joint statement. With Canada.

You can change your mind. You can change your politics. You can even change your story.

But you cannot polish a turd.

[Thomas Robson @Thomas_RobsonON]

Globe editorial: In service to Canada, and our allies /via @globeandmail https://t.co/u54CsrtBS7

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

q: do you know what 100% tariffs on 4.5 million barrels of imported canadian oil per day would do to gas prices in the midwest?

[Thomas Robson @Thomas_RobsonON]

Navy considers training-ship operations in Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River /via @globeandmail https://t.co/Zbsvfs7bvV

[Thomas Robson @Thomas_RobsonON]

B.C. backs proposal to increase capacity for Trans Mountain pipeline /via @globeandmail https://t.co/dMtN6MCQ3R

[Thomas Robson @Thomas_RobsonON]

On this day, and everyday, I remember Albert Prince, Al Hay (who didn’t come home), Doug Powell, and Bobby Weinstein (who flew by the name Wynston in case he was shot down and captured by Nazis) and the scores of Canadians who have and continue to serve. #wewillrememberthem

[Thomas Robson @Thomas_RobsonON]

My whole life, Remembrance Day was a day to help Grandpa Al honour his fellow Canadians we lost during the war. He would stand tall, salute, and proudly sing Oh Canada. Through the years, standing got harder and harder for Grandpa, but he would always find the energy to sing.

[Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱 @jkenney]

This is just embarrassing.

1) The Ontario ad does not misrepresent President Reagan’s anti-tariff radio address in any respect whatsoever. It is a direct replay of his radio address, formatted for a one minute ad.

Everything that Reagan said in his pro free trade April, 1987 radio message is consistent with the ad. In fact, everything he ever said about trade, before and after becoming President, is consistent with his principled opposition to tariffs. Look all the way back to his GE radio editorials in the 1960s, or consult the book “Reagan, In His Own Hand,” to see the consistency of his anti-protectionist arguments.

2) The Reagan Foundation does not own copyright on the public domain statements of a President uttered 40 years ago, and disseminated by the White House. To suggest that open, public Presidential statements, produced at public expense, are somehow subject to copyright limitations is laughably ridiculous.

3) The @RonaldReagan Foundation knows these things. They know perfectly well that the Ontario ad captures precisely President Reagan’s opposition to tariffs, and support for free trade. But it is obvious that the Foundation now has gormless leadership which is easily intimidated by a call from the White House, yet another sign of the hugely corrosive influence of Trump on the American conservative movement.

For shame.

[Baseball Is Dead @baseballisdead_]

This is who is burying the Yankees in the ALDS

[Mike Crawley @MikeCrawleyCBC]

NEW: Ontario greenlights construction of Canada's first small modular reactor.
It would be the first of four such reactors that ⁦@opg⁩ aims to build adjacent to the Darlington nuclear plant, with a total project cost estimated at $20.9 billion. https://t.co/IjbruEnP3j

[Thomas Robson @Thomas_RobsonON]

https://t.co/adz3yjniiX

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

americans who currently consider canada to be an ally/friendly country: 82%

canadians who currently consider america to be an ally/friendly country: 33%

-yougov

[Derek DeCloet @decloet]

US banks have more than $100 billion of assets in Canada. Bank of America, JP Morgan, Citigroup and others all do business in Canada.

[Marcus Walker @WalkerMarcus]

“20k troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years”.

Have you even said thank you once?

[Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) @adamscochran]

Canadians are done with Trump’s shit.

Instead of backing down, they’ve settled on $155B of retaliatory tariffs (on the same day they’ve asked the UK for nuclear guarantees against the US)

And here’s the critical part:

-Most Canadian imports to the US are raw materials, at preferred prices, that the US doesn’t have other sources for.

-Most US exports to Canada are finished products that Canada has other sources for, even if less preferred.

-US oil refining is 100% reliant on Canadian processing minerals.

-US fertilizer and thus US farming, is reliant on Canadian minerals and potash.

When it comes to trade, the unique relationship between Canada and the US means Canada can punch *FAR* above its weight in how its tariffs impact America.

You’d rather have $20 of generic Chinese tariffs, than $1 of targeted Canadian ones.

If Trump doesn’t back down on this, Canada can continue to tighten the screws.

And honestly the political will of Canadians united in hatred of this moment and not wanting to be pushed around, suggests that Canada’s population is far less likely to blink first, when compared to a divided, exhausted and price-gouged American population.

In wars we talk about the “defender benefit” in trade wars that holds true as well.

Having something worth fighting for and a unified hate of a common enemy is a powerful thing.

[Hon. Lisa MacCormack Raitt P.C. @lraitt]

Just because we have a 30 day reprieve on tariffs doesn’t mean that decisions aren’t being made.

[Michael @mic_mazz]

Resharing Sidney Crosby’s Golden Goal for no reason whatsoever https://t.co/Vvj7p9qkSc

[Doug Ford @fordnation]

Starting today and until U.S. tariffs are removed, Ontario is banning American companies from provincial contracts.

Every year, the Ontario government and its agencies spend $30 billion on procurement, alongside our $200 billion plan to build Ontario. U.S.-based businesses will now lose out on tens of billions of dollars in new revenues. They only have President Trump to blame.

We’re going one step further. We’ll be ripping up the province’s contract with Starlink. Ontario won’t do business with people hellbent on destroying our economy.

Canada didn't start this fight with the U.S., but you better believe we're ready to win it.

[Mercedes Stephenson @MercedesGlobal]

Trump again calls for Canada to become the 51st state after levelling tariffs… The President previously state he would use economic pressure to try to force Canada into an economic union