Tina Smith

a purveyor of bad habits and overindulgences; also a mom/dog mom that loves fashion but can’t be bothered to get out of her sweatpants

[Jonathan Kay @jonkay]

Will @globeandmail editorial board members turn themselves in to police voluntarily, or will @LeahGazan be required to dispatch her Truth & Reconciliation Accountability Special Weapons Squad to secure compliance ?

[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

"We're hearing Ottawa may allow more South American beef into Canada. Great news for consumers looking for more choice and potentially lower prices.

But if that's the plan, Ottawa should also stop burdening Canadian cattle producers with costly regulations that make our own beef industry less competitive. You can't claim to support Canadian agriculture while making it harder for Canadian farmers to compete."

[Brian Lilley @brianlilley]

The group you keep hearing about in the media, Coastal First Nations, isn't a band.
They hold neither rights nor title.
They're a not-for-profit based in downtown Vancouver started with money from American foundations opposed to resource development.
https://t.co/dEolWB5IzT

[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

Steven Guilbeault is leaving federal politics, and not a moment too soon.

He may go down as one of the ministers who most aggressively weaponized science, funding questionable research groups like the Canadian Climate Institute and other pet projects to reinforce a single “climate crisis” narrative.

Anyone claiming Guilbeault truly believed in science is fooling themselves. He treated science like a buffet — picking only what supported his agenda. That’s not science.

He even misquoted me in the House of Commons, attributing claims to me that I have never said or published. That alone tells you everything you need to know about how evidence and dissent were handled under his watch.

Good riddance.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

That water clarity is an engineering decision, and the math behind it is wilder than the video.

Roman aqueducts ran on gravity alone. No pumps, no pressure systems. Engineers carved channels with a gradient so shallow it borders on absurd. The Pont du Gard in southern France drops 2.5 centimeters over 275 meters. That's roughly the thickness of a coin over the length of three football fields. They surveyed that accuracy with plumb lines and wooden leveling instruments.

The clarity you're seeing is a direct product of flow velocity. Too steep and the water erodes the channel walls, picks up sediment, turns brown. Too flat and it stagnates. Roman engineers targeted a slope of about 20 centimeters per kilometer, which kept the water moving fast enough to stay fresh but slow enough to stay clear. Before the water reached the city, it passed through multi-chamber settling tanks where velocity dropped near zero. Suspended particles sank. Clean water flowed out the top into the next chamber. Repeat three or four times.

Pliny specified the minimum slope in writing. Vitruvius published the exact mortar ratio for hydraulic cement: one part lime to two parts volcanic ash for underwater work. The pozzolana from Pozzuoli reacted with water to form a calcium-aluminum-silicate compound that actually gets stronger the longer it sits submerged. Modern concrete degrades in water. Roman concrete bonds with it.

Scale the whole system and it gets harder to process. Eleven aqueducts fed Rome at its peak. Combined output: roughly 1 million cubic meters of water per day. That works out to about 250 gallons per person for a city of one million. Modern New York delivers about 125 gallons per person per day. Ancient Rome had access to double the per capita water supply of the largest city in the United States, running entirely on slope and stone.

The Trevi Fountain in Rome is still fed by one of them. Two thousand years, same source, same gravity, same water.

[Toronto Crime Watch @CrimewatchTO]

17 Accused in Peel Police Extortion Network Investigation Were Not Canadian Citizens

Peel Regional Police say 17 men who are not Canadian citizens have been arrested in connection with an alleged international criminal network known as “For Brothers,” accused of targeting business owners and community members through extortion, threats and violence across Canada and the United States.

The investigation, led by Peel police’s Extortion Task Force, focused on what investigators describe as a coordinated campaign of intimidation involving shootings, arsons and financial demands directed at local businesses, including restaurants and trucking companies.

Police allege the group operated in Brampton, Mississauga, Caledon and British Columbia, with connections extending into California.

The joint investigation began in December 2025 and involved multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Canadian Border Services Agency, the Ontario Provincial Police, the FBI and FINTRAC. Peel police also credited the Surrey Police Service and Edmonton Police Service for assisting in the case.

Investigators say the accused are connected to 24 incidents, including 16 violent attacks linked to the alleged For Brothers network. Police allege the incidents included multiple shootings and arsons, with a total of 324 rounds fired during the attacks.

In one case, investigators allege two suspects carried out a shooting and arson at a home in Caledon before allegedly targeting a business in Brampton in a second shooting minutes later.

Search warrants executed across several locations in April 2026 led to the arrests of 17 men, who collectively face 106 criminal charges.

Police also seized six firearms, illicit drugs, multiple cell phones, SIM cards and fraudulent identification documents during the investigation.

Authorities say six individuals charged by Peel police could face immigration consequences, including possible removal from Canada, once their criminal proceedings conclude. In a separate enforcement action, CBSA arrested and detained six individuals for alleged immigration inadmissibility. Police say three of those individuals have already been removed from Canada, two remain in custody and one was released on conditions by the Immigration and Refugee Board.

The force’s Extortion Task Force, made up of roughly 30 officers and analysts, has been investigating violent extortion-related crimes since 2023, including shootings, arsons, threats and financial demands targeting members of the community.

CHARGED:
Iqbal Singh Bhagria, 25
• Intentionally discharge a Firearm Recklessly x2
• Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
• Arson Causing Damage to Property x2
• Utter Forged Document
• Conspiracy to Commit Indictable Offence – Extortion

Ravinder Singh, 25,
• Conspiracy to Commit an Indictable Offence – Discharge Firearm x2

Dilwarpreet Singh, 26
• Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
• Possession of a Loaded Prohibited Firearm
• Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
• Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device or Ammunition
• Fail to Comply with Release Order
• Careless Storage of Firearm

Prabhdeep Sohal, 22
• Intentionally Discharge a Firearm Recklessly
• Unauthorized Possession of Firearm x2
• Occupant of Motor Vehicle Knowing There was Firearm
• Careless Storage of Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition x2
• Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of Weapon x2
• Carrying Concealed Weapon
• Extortion
• Possession of a Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm
• Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device or Ammunition

Ajaydeep Singh, 29
• Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
• Possession of a Loaded Prohibited Firearm
• Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
• Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device or Ammunition
• Careless Storage of Firearm

Rajan Singh, 28
• Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
• Possession of a Loaded Prohibited Firearm
• Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
• Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device or Ammunition
• Careless Storage of Firearm

Akashdeep Singh, 24
• Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
• Possession of a Loaded prohibited Firearm
• Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
• Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device or Ammunition
• Careless Storage of Firearm

Jashanbir Singh, 21
• Assault
• Extortion

Parapbir Ghuman, 22
• Discharge Firearm with Intent
• Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm x4
• Extortion x4
• Intentionally Discharge a Firearm Recklessly x3
• Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of Firearm x3
• Occupant of Motor Vehicle Knowing There Was a Firearm x3
• Careless Storage of Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition x3
• Theft Under

Navroop Singh, 24
• Discharge Firearm with Intent
• Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm x4
• Extortion x4
• Intentionally Discharge a Firearm Recklessly x3
• Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of Firearm x3
• Occupant of Motor Vehicle Knowing There Was a Firearm x3
• Careless Storage of Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition x3
• Theft Under

Mohinder Singh, 30
• Obstruct Justice x3
• Utter Forged Documents

Mandeep Singh, 21
• Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
• Careless Storage of Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition
• Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of Firearm

Amritjot Singh, 22
• Possession of a Controlled Substance x3

Jashanpreet Singh, 22
• Fail to Comply with Release Order x4

Guneet Guneet, 27
• Conspiracy to Commit Indictable Offence
• Careless Storage of Ammunition

Sukhwinder Singh, 32
• Fail to appear

Gautam Gautam, 22
• Possession of a Stolen Firearm

[Richard Dias @RichardDias_CFA]

@globeandmail I cannot believe my tax dollars pay for this.

[CTV News @CTVNews]

EXCLUSIVE: Airport employees with alleged links to organized crime, drug trafficking and violence received security clearance, investigation reveals https://t.co/3jen0mMIMT

[Tina Smith @tjs38]

That is exactly what Canada needs to do, have Carney take a stellar group of CEO’s with him to negotiate in other countries on Canada’s behalf ….too bad a lot of the stellar Canadian ones have moved to and do business in the United States. I would be happy if talented business CEO’s were involved in renegotiating CUSMA in July vs who we have doing it, a 40 year government public servant.

[Robyn Urback @RobynUrback]

Father sentenced to 18 months house arrest.

It also took seven years (!!) to deliver that sentence.

Canada what are we doing??

[Tina Smith @tjs38]

There is absolutely no excuse for an adult to be choking and kicking a 2 year old. This is gross.

[National Post @nationalpost]

Judge says 'colonization' a reason Indigenous man gets reduced sentence for choking a toddler

https://t.co/0v44za7Bx7

[Daniel Bordman @DanielBordmanOG]

The Canadian media has started running cover for the SPLC, because if Canadians start looking into government funded Left Wing NGOs and what they are spending their money on it would expose every level of government and our institutions.

This is what we call “anti-journalism” and it is the go to practice of much of Canada’s media outlets.

[Jasmin Laine @JasminLaine_]

@stevenmackinnon @mikekelloway @ElectAlana @desrochersplc @KodyBloisNS Canadians: we just want to afford a house

Canada: best we can do is the Canadian space launch act

[National Post @nationalpost]

International student in Canada on expired permit allowed to stay despite attempted auto theft https://t.co/iygtJc4HF4

[Heather Exner-Pirot @ExnerPirot]

New RBC report: between 2015-2024, more than $1 trillion in investment exited Canada—the largest capital exodus in Canadian history.

Six sectors where Canada can attract back investment:
Oil and gas ➡️  $705 billion
Electricity ➡️ $635 billion 
Mining ➡️ $200 billion
Agriculture and food processing ➡️ $205 billion 
Defence and space ➡️ $30 billion

Read the full report here: https://t.co/cQo5APqQBr

[National Post @nationalpost]

Almost all of his multi-million dollar portfolio is in U.S. assets,” Tristin Hopper argues

https://t.co/ZrYuKB5q72

[Tina Smith @tjs38]

“Your voice matters”?! Your slim majority will be made with MP’s whose constituents voiced what party they wanted to elect and it wasn’t your party. It didn’t matter to you or them. I hope the voters deny you your majority today but if they don’t, at least we will see the real Mark carney emerge. I predict an extreme authoritarian

[Tina Smith @tjs38]

@globepolitics No we don’t but carney wants this so the brainwashing from the legacy media has begun

[Globe Politics @globepolitics]

Immigration officers told not to judge credibility of asylum seekers, even if they doubt their stories https://t.co/WZTGuYYIQw

[Sadie @Sadie_NC]

Nothing like the imagination of teenage boys. They can't manage to keep their rooms clean, but they can come up with and execute this perfectly.
😂😂