Canada As It Is 🇨🇦

Canada Needs a Mandatory National Service - Macleans.ca Our country can’t defend itself, and citizens aren’t patriotic enough to step up. It’s time to change that.

The country can’t defend itself, and citizens aren’t patriotic enough to step up. It’s time to change that—by asking young people to spend a year in service. https://macleans.ca/society/canada-needs-a-mandatory-national-service/

Current mood...

Nobody outside Canada watches Canadian TV. Here's how to fix that (via: thelogic.co) Schitt's Creek and Letterkenny are exceptions to a decades-long problem: Canada doesn't produce global TV hits. The makers of these breakout successes say now is the time to shake things up.

"Allowing Canadians to control the creative and financial benefits of their creations through IP ownership is a key part of the regulator’s thinking"
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Nelvana Shuts Down Production I'm still seeking confirmation, but there's chatter online that Nelvana quietly shut its doors for good on Friday. I saw it first on Bluesky, with these screen caps. The history of Nelvana is pretty r...

Sad day. It's the production outfit that's being shuttered. Maybe a future buyer can restart it, but it's a different kind of entertainment world out there these days.

www.torontomike.com/2025/09/did-...

There's a huge problem of idolizing politicians. All parties do it. Your person can do no wrong, and everyone else is always wrong. Even if the other option was worse, that doesn't mean your guy is perfect. Voting for a not-perfect rep doesn't make you a bad person, not calling them out might.

"A robust return in the marketplace will take precedence over a commitment to anything more grand or sufficiently abstract for us to assert. At the end of the day, one can’t survive on principles alone, and we won’t even really try."

Stephen Beatty: Canada can learn to bend auto-tariff rules Our auto sector has lived in a free-trade environment so long, our trade muscles have atrophied—here're some USCMA loopholes we can exploit

"So now that we have all gotten over the shock and insult of President Trump’s trade actions, it is time to study the rules and engineer a response. That is something that Canadians and car companies used to be very good at. We can be again."
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Talk of easing interprovincial trade has been around since the 1980s, but @vassb.bsky.social says we hardly know what we’re trying to fix. “In principle,” Bednar writes, “there’s long been political consensus. In practice, protectionism keeps winning.” thewalrus.ca/provincial-trade...

For those Canadians juiced by the idea of having their own uniquely Canuck social-media site in the future, how about using a homegrown alternative to GMail today?

NorthMail is based out of Quebec, in free and premium versions, with encrypted cloud storage and office tools available.
northmail.ca

Tech leaders ready launch of Canadian social-media platform Gander to buck U.S. dominance Founders aim to create alternative that addresses content, data sovereignty concerns

"A new social-media platform built by Canadians, for Canadians, and operated in Canada, will publicly launch in October with support from some of the most prominent names in the Canadian innovation sector."
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As Kai noted some time ago, there are ways for Canada Post to more fully serve Canadians.

Things to look for:

"Here’s the easy way to decipher the build location of a new Silverado: if the VIN begins with a 1 it was built in the United States; if the VIN begins with a 2 it was built in Canada, and if the VIN begins with a 3 it was built in Mexico."

10 best-selling made-in-Canada vehicles Canada's Canadian-made best sellers in the first quarter of 2025

In what should be an important part of the #BuyCanadian diet...

Buying a real Canadian-made vehicle.

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Canadian Technology Resources This site indexes technology companies and services based in Canada, as an alternative to the big tech giants.

"This site indexes technology companies and services based in Canada, as an alternative to the big tech giants. The resources listed here are provided freely, with no specific criteria other than being made available by Canadian organizations or companies."
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Canadian Technology Resources This site indexes technology companies and services based in Canada, as an alternative to the big tech giants.

"This site indexes technology companies and services based in Canada, as an alternative to the big tech giants. The resources listed here are provided freely, with no specific criteria other than being made available by Canadian organizations or companies."
canadian-tech.ca

I had to google "Project Arrow"- Canadian initiative.
Ontario/Federal Govt. joining together to build impressive Electric Vehicle.
From the articles I read, 97% made in Canada.
Thank you Patrice for posting ...learn something "good" today. 🥰

It's a different world now since 2024BT (Before Trump). Patriotic fever would at least count for a little now, I would think/hope.

France and Germany unveil Docs, a homegrown alternative to Google Docs The Trump administration has set out to drastically reshape the relationship between the US and Europe. In response, Brussels is scrambling to adapt to this new reality,...

I'm sure there will be more like this to come.

"Positioned as a potential alternative to Google Docs, Outline, and similar tools, Docs emphasizes "simplicity" and security for EU professionals looking to move away from US-made products."
www.techspot.com/news/107225-...