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#Canada 🇨🇦 fan, #Polsci & #Canadianstudies scholar, professor at @JagiellonskiUni, sometimes political commentator. My newest book - http://bit.ly/3H39R3P

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NHL suspends Florida Panthers minority owner for ‘51st state’ posts The NHL suspended Doug Cifu, minority owner of the Florida Panthers, on Tuesday following what the league called ‘unacceptable and inappropriate’ social media posts

NHL suspends Florida Panthers minority owner for ‘51st state’ posts www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...

14.05.2025 04:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Alberta has long accused Ottawa of trying to destroy its oil industry. Here’s why that’s a dangerous myth Has Ottawa facilitated or obstructed the spectacular post-1990 growth of oilsands production? The evidence is clear: the federal government has been a major oilsands booster.

Alberta has long accused Ottawa of trying to destroy its oil industry. That’s a dangerous myth theconversation.com/alberta-has-...

13.05.2025 04:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Elbows up’ in Canada means sustainable resource development Accelerated resource development in Canada should not burden future generations with environmental destruction.

‘Elbows up’ in Canada means sustainable resource development theconversation.com/elbows-up-in...

13.05.2025 04:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Only Yesterday: Canada-US Convergence on China - Open Canada Canada and the US found much to agree on before Trump 2.0, especially the need to cooperate on the China challenge.

Only Yesterday: Canada-US Convergence on China opencanada.org/only-yesterd...

13.05.2025 03:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump fixates on US-Canada border – does he actually want to tear it up? President eager to revisit 1908 boundary treaty, but experts suggest Trump using issue as bargaining chip

Trump fixates on US-Canada border – does he actually want to tear it up? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

13.05.2025 03:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

audycje.tokfm.pl/audycja/,Cza... Podcast z audycji OFF Czarek. Cezary Łasiczka. Gośćmi audycji byli: Marcin Gabryś. Dostępna transkrypcja. Temat: Czas na reformę systemu wyborczego w Kanadzie?

08.05.2025 05:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Liberals Who Can’t Stop Winning Trump isn’t the only reason Canada’s center-left has stayed in power.

„the Liberals are an electoral machine—something of a rarity on the center-left—that would be foolish to bet against.” www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

30.04.2025 05:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion: ‘Buy Canadian’ is just a passing trend. Just ask Hudson’s Bay Co. The ‘Buy Canadian’ trend may be capturing the zeitgeist of 2025, but some bandwagoners are becoming insufferable

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28.04.2025 11:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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„[O]ur track record as consumers speaks for itself. Pangs of patriotism don’t produce profits. Just ask Hudson’s Bay Co.
Canada’s oldest retailer is facing possible demise precisely because it wasn’t a priority for our populace to buy Canadian.”

28.04.2025 11:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Nova Scotia premier blasts Bloc leader for calling Canada 'artificial country' | CBC News Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is stepping into the federal fray, blasting the leader of the Bloc Québécois for calling Canada an “artificial country.”

Nova Scotia premier blasts Bloc leader for calling Canada 'artificial country' www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

28.04.2025 06:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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N.B., N.L. sign agreement to knock down trade barriers New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador are the latest provinces to pledge to work together and knock down trade barriers. Read more.

New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador are the latest provinces to pledge to work together and knock down trade barriers as Canada faces economic threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. financialpost.com/news/economy...

28.04.2025 05:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Posthaste: Canadian travel boycott hits American economy in realtime Fed snapshot The Federal Reserve Beige Book said business leaders have reported a noticeable decline drop in tourism from Canada across the U.S. Read on.

Canadian travel boycott hits American economy in realtime Fed snapshot financialpost.com/news/canadia...

28.04.2025 05:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Canadians see U.S. relationship as just as bad as with Russia: survey - National | Globalnews.ca According to polling, Canadians say their relationship with the United States has sunk to levels comparable to that of Russia and China, and citing Trump's actions.

Canadians say their relations with Washington are just as bad as ties with Moscow, according to a survey that suggests an openness to improving links with China and especially Mexico. globalnews.ca/news/1114899...

28.04.2025 05:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Quebec government has stepped in to defend the phrase “Go Habs Go!” as the provincial language watchdog takes heat for objecting to the English word “go.” globalnews.ca/news/1114941...

28.04.2025 05:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Skilled migrants are leaving the U.S. for Canada — how can the north gain from the brain drain? Skilled migrants and international students are leaving the U.S. in growing numbers and many are heading north to Canada. But will Canada be able to create policies to help retain them?

Skilled migrants are leaving the U.S. for Canada — how can the north gain from the brain drain?

theconversation.com/skilled-migr...

28.04.2025 05:41 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Canada vs. Trump: How Monday’s Election Will Play Out The U.S. president’s tariffs and insults have altered alliances everywhere, with reverberations from Quebec to Alberta to Washington.

Canada vs. Trump: How Monday’s Election Will Play Out
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28.04.2025 05:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Vancouver SUV attack exposes crowd management falldowns and casts a pall on Canada’s election At least 11 people died in a Vancouver SUV attack deemed to have a ‘low threat level’ by police. What goes into making that calculation, and is a public event ever truly low-risk?

„[G]iven how soon the Canadian election is being held after the disaster occurred — and the record number of voters who have already cast their ballots in advance polls — this tragedy isn’t likely to have a substantial impact." theconversation.com/vancouver-su...

28.04.2025 05:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Vancouver SUV attack exposes crowd management falldowns and casts a pall on Canada’s election At least 11 people died in a Vancouver SUV attack deemed to have a ‘low threat level’ by police. What goes into making that calculation, and is a public event ever truly low-risk?

Vancouver SUV attack exposes crowd management falldowns and casts a pall on Canada’s election theconversation.com/vancouver-su...

28.04.2025 04:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How J.D. Vance Brought US Politics to an Election in Durham, Ontario | The Walrus His friendship with a local Conservative candidate was treated as a boon. Then came the Trump tariffs

How J.D. Vance Brought US Politics to an Election in Durham, Ontario thewalrus.ca/how-j-d-vanc...

25.04.2025 08:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why Voter Distrust is Brewing - Macleans.ca As Canadians head to the polls, rumours of manipulation and fraud are swirling. Here’s why.

As Canadians head to the polls, rumours of manipulation and fraud are swirling macleans.ca/politics/is-...

25.04.2025 08:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A federal election campaign without a climate plan The two main parties vying to form the next government have spent little time debating the future of Canada’s climate action plans

„In a federal election campaign dominated by U.S. tariffs and the cost of living, the two main parties vying to form the next government have spent little time debating the future of Canada’s climate action plans.” www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

24.04.2025 06:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion: Why many Canadian Jews are gravitating toward the Conservative Party The support for Pierre Poilievre in the community is far from unanimous, but it’s loud

„Pierre Poilievre is the one leader, as many Canadian Jews see it, who has spoken out unequivocally against antisemitism. He’s the one leader, they feel, who has their backs.” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

24.04.2025 06:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion: Donald Trump is the cautionary tale Canada needs to heed We can’t be naive to the potential for autocracy in our own country

„Yes, there have been some Trumpian overtones in some of Pierre Poilievre’s rhetoric and tactics up to and during this federal election campaign, but nothing quite as unnerving and appalling as what we are seeing in the U.S.” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

24.04.2025 06:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion: This quiet election campaign is playing right into the lucky Liberals’ hands The short five-week campaign has brought forward no strikingly new policy initiatives or surprises

„With the stakes sky high, the Canadian campaign was supposed to be a barnburner, an all-time thriller. But as campaigns go, it’s been a rather quiet, pedestrian affair with few fireworks. All the drama came well before the Canadian election began via the Trump tsunami of deeds and threats”

24.04.2025 06:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion: The Liberals and Conservatives have two stark visions for the Arctic – and thus, for Canada In recent years, Ottawa and Inuit have made real gains in working together. What might Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre do with this delicate relationship?

The Liberals and Conservatives have two stark visions for the Arctic – and thus, for Canada www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

24.04.2025 06:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump says 25-per-cent tariff on cars made in Canada could go up President says he wants to see more cars being built in U.S.

„U.S. President Donald Trump says at some point the automobile tariffs slapped on Canadian imports could increase while also indicating his administration is working on a deal with Canada.” www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

24.04.2025 06:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Poilievre may lose his Ottawa-area riding as Liberals poised to sweep the region The Conservative Leader is in dead heat with Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy in Carleton, sources say

„Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is at risk of losing his Ottawa-area riding as the party scrambles to send in volunteers to save the seat he has held since 2004, two federal and two provincial Conservative sources say.” www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

24.04.2025 06:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sorry for the inconvenience: Candidates explain why they are part of Longest Ballot protest They're not campaigning, nor are they certain where the riding is, but Longest Ballot candidates in Carleton say they are exercising their rights

„The Longest Ballot protest is targeting the Ottawa riding held by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for more than two decades. 85 of the 91 people listed as candidates are part of a protest that aims to make a point about electoral reform by flooding the ballot” ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

24.04.2025 05:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 1
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St. Louis: When it comes to politics, boring is in the eye of the beholder In the United States, politics is covered with the urgency of Armageddon and the flair of reality TV. Here, it's been calmer — until now.

„The truth is that Canadian politics have always mattered. It’s just been easier to miss. Now, finally, people are recognizing that paying attention is patriotic. It only took a trade war and a direct threat to our national sovereignty to do it.” ottawacitizen.com/opinion/poli...

24.04.2025 05:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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ANALYSIS | Conservatives say Carney is 'just like Justin.' Do they have a case? | CBC News The attempt to claim Mark Carney and Justin Trudeau are cut from the same political cloth has been a significant feature of the Conservative campaign. But it also raises questions of just how fair suc...

„The attempt to claim Carney and Trudeau are cut from the same political cloth has been a significant feature of the Conservative campaign. But it also raises questions just how fair such comparisons are, and if they've been an effective point of attack against the Liberal leader.”

24.04.2025 04:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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