John Ivison

John Ivison: Conservatives aren’t listening to Harper’s warnings about avoiding India politics Wooing Sikh voters while turning a blind eye to Khalistani sympathizers worked well for Poilievre's party during the election.

Conservatives aren’t listening to Harper’s warnings about avoiding India politics, @johnivison.bsky.social writes. nationalpost.com/opinion/ivis...

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Turns out there are rude fuckers on here too, posting anonymous drivel and gratuitous insults.

I thought this was the good place??

John Ivison: How Carney plans to win the Liberal leadership and hold Poilievre to a minority He'll oppose the carbon tax and oil and gas emissions cap, while hoping to turn his elitist experience from a negative to a positive

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Costa Rica’s quaint notion of a country with no army is under pressure.

Matter More: A Canadian Strategy for a Changing United States

Really interesting conversation here and report on how Canada can be more strategic, and less reactive, in its relationship with the US.

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Department of Defense Makes Investment to Strengthen the Tungsten Supply Chain The Defense Department announced a $15.8 million award to Canadian company Fireweed Metals Corp.

/ New: The US has used its defence production act, yet again, to fast-track funding for a mineral project in Canada.

Illustrating the sense of urgency that prevails south of the 49th parallel on this issue.

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How the hell am I free from the consequences? I pay Canadian taxes. And I do have a normal, private sector job.

So what? I’m a Canadian citizen, with a Canadian wife who is representing Canada here and four Canadian children, two in Montreal. I have a stake in my country’s future, so am absolutely entitled to comment on its present.

John Ivison: With our ‘post-national’ leader it’s no wonder Trump thinks we aren’t a real country Trudeau has undermined the idea of citizenship that held us together, with its sense of obligation, sacrifice and collective mission.

If Trump wants our “post-national” country more than we do, we should just give it to him.

The Quest and the Endurance: tales of Antarctic heroism An upcoming biopic of Sir Ernest Shackleton, featuring Tom Hardy, is set to build on the great explorer's legend

Little different from me - the Canadian connection to Sir Ernest Shackleton on his 150th birthday.

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Wanted: great leaders in times of turmoil The West needs to rekindle the values our forebears fought and died for

Dutch politician Frans Timmermans made an excellent speech, deserving of a wider audience, that says we are already in the early stages of a war against authoritarianism, like it or not.

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Wanted: great leaders in times of turmoil The West needs to rekindle the values our forebears fought and died for

Dutch politician Frans Timmermans made an excellent speech, deserving of a wider audience, that says we are already in the early stages of a war against authoritarianism, like it or not.

open.substack.com/pub/johnivis...

John Ivison: Liberals pick petty point-scoring over answers on protecting Canadian troops Questions on the anti-tank system deserve considered response because it gets to the heart of Canada’s procurement problem.

Defense department confirms Canada bought a $44 million anti-tank system without testing it, only to find it doesn’t work as expected. Result- CAF in Latvia will be without effective anti-tank capability until well into 2026.

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John Ivison: Trump's tariffs are shameful, but Canada has given him easy targets The only response possible is to be civil, positive, flexible and emphatic that Canada will defend itself if necessary.

People should take a leaf out of the Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy, which had the words: “Don’t Panic” printed on its cover in large, friendly letters.

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John Ivison: Another wake-up call to ready for war as Canada slumbers on A Business Council of Canada report notes Canada’s rivals are investing heavily, while Ottawa has failed to spend on military capabilities.

Another wake-up call to ready for war as Canada slumbers on. A report by the Business Council notes Canada’s rivals are investing heavily, while Ottawa has failed to spend on military capabilities, @johnivison.bsky.social writes nationalpost.com/opinion/ivis...
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The war in Ukraine is at its most dangerous stage, yet Canada’s Liberals are spending billions on cheap, electoral bribes, rather than on shoring up its defenses. As Tim Cook’s new book, The Good Allies, shows, it was not always like this.

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John Ivison: It’s not ‘cancel culture’ to silence people who encourage terrorism Kathrada, who's being hosted at the University of Victoria, glorifies martyrdom in ways that could encourage young people to embrace terror.

@johnivison.bsky.social It’s not ‘cancel culture’ to silence people who encourage terrorism nationalpost.com/opinion/john... Indeed

YouTube video by Rainsch 75 Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle - Take Me Home (rare mix - duet - Outtake One From the Heart - subtitle)

Terri Garr’s death sent me back to One from the Heart, the Francis Ford Coppola movie in which she starred. Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle made for an unorthodox duo but they knocked it out the park.

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Islam needs its own reformation Iraq's parliament wants to marry off nine-year-old girls, based on Sharia law

Iraq is set to lower the age of marriage to nine-years-old. In my latest Substack column, I argue Islam needs its own Reformation, not to mention Enlightenment.

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Fly Straight ...in a strictly political sense

An introduction. Scotsman who ended up as a political columnist at Canada's National Post. Now living in Costa Rica but still covering politics for the Post, and at johnivison.substack.com/p/fly-straight. Author: The Education of a Prime Minister and The Riotous Passions of Robbie Burns.

I am currently reading The Complete Memoirs Of Ulysses S. Grant and am pleased to report the Republic has been this fucked before and survived. 🧐 🇺🇸

Twitter

In the Other Place, I re-posted something by Led By Donkeys entitled: How Musk Broke Twitter and Helped Elect Trump. Over the following days, I lost hundreds of followers. Probably a coincidence....
Hoping the grass is greener and the sky bluer here.