Greg MacEachern

Satisfaction with Carney government up 3 points to 62% - as voters think differently about economic challenges. Normally if people are down about the economy they are angry at government. It’s more complicated right now, as people see economic pressures from outside our borders.

Satisfaction with Carney government up 3 points to 62% - as voters think differently about economic challenges.
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Trump’s Approval Rating Dips as Views of His Handling of the Economy Sour

Trump’s Approval Rating Dips as Views of His Handling of the Economy Sour

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Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.

“We are identifying who he is.”

Said by a man masking his own identity.

Feds to spend nearly $40 million on Atlantic Canada’s defence sector Canada’s Minister of Justice announced the federal government will spend close to $40 million to support Atlantic Canada’s growing aerospace and defence sector.

Feds to spend nearly $40 million on Atlantic Canada’s defence sector

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Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...

The boat wasn’t headed to the U.S., which we would have learned with a little due process instead of murder. www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...

BASH: The president said very clearly this week he doesn't want Somali immigrants in America. He called them 'garbage.' Is that the real reason this operation is happening?

HOMAN: No. I think President Trump is referring to public safety threats & natl security threats

BASH: He didn't say that

The 62nd annual Christmas Daddies Telethon raises more than $751,000 for children in need With the help of many generous donors, the telethon raised more than $751,000 by the end of the broadcast at 6 p.m. Saturday, with a promise of more to come before donations close on Monday.

The 62nd annual Christmas Daddies Telethon raises more than $751,000 for children in need
#NovaScotia #NewBrunswick #PrinceEdwardIsland #Newfoundland #Labrador

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Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.

Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏

The Halifax Explosion: Remembering the ‘unimaginable destruction’ and perseverance A memorial service was held Saturday morning to mark the 108th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion.

The Halifax Explosion: Remembering the ‘unimaginable destruction’ and perseverance #NovaScotia

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My point is that you have to be careful with premises like, "I didn't know about it, so they've been hiding it and being sneaky."

Tech businesses have been calling for regulatory sandboxes for *years,* there've been public consultations, and it was promised in two successive budgets.

ANALYSIS | U.S. industries love CUSMA. So why is Trump threatening to kill it? | CBC News Over three days in Washington, nearly 150 American industry leaders representing every major sector of the economy depicted the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement as essential to their success. Yet the Trum...

U.S. businesses love CUSMA. Why is Donald Trump threatening to pull out?

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YouTube video by CBC News Carney, Trump and Sheinbaum met in private. What could it mean for trade talks? | Power & Politics

As Carney, Trump and Sheinbaum met in private in the backdrop of FIFA our ⁦‪Power and Politics‬⁩ #PoliticalPulse panel responded on what that might mean, and also discussed new polling numbers on the pipeline MOU and the political implications:

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National Post: “Liberals hold slim lead over Conservatives: survey”

The “slim lead” in the Postmedia-Leger poll is 7 points.

Yet on election day the Liberals won, over the Conservatives, by 2.45 points.

Headline writers like this do a disservice to both polling and to the reporter.

Globe editorial: The City of Ottawa’s Hail Mary plan for redevelopment The Lansdowne 2.0 plan depends on rosy assumptions, leaving taxpayers potentially on the hook if ambitions fall short

The Globe and Mail published an editorial warning that Lansdowne 2.0 might not be a great plan, nearly a month after council voted to do it and with a photo of LeBreton Flats, which is not mentioned in the editorial. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

Coming up tonight our week-in-review ⁦panel where rumour has it David Cochrane will be awarding me the inaugural CBC Power and Politics Political Pulse Peace Prize.

Last night, @seanfraser.bsky.social Fraser ‘06 announced a potentially transformational private sector panel for the Atlantic Canadian economy. As Minister of Justice and minister responsible for ACOA Sean is a trusted minister in the Carney government. Well done Sean!

🎬 Get some background on Hamnet’s hidden history and listen to StFX’s Dr. Laura Estill on CBC’s Day 6 as she spills the Bard tea on what we really know about Shakespeare and his son. 📻🔥 www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Federal appeals court rules Alina Habba, Trump's former personal lawyer, is unlawfully serving as the US attorney for New Jersey. https://cnn.it/4pairkP

@gregmaceachern.bsky.social as a long time Liberal, Martin-Chretien Liberal, thank you for your clarity re: centre, right, JTs minority left move comment. Too many forget where Liberals have always been, centre-economically right. Thats the fact! #PnP #cdnpoli

YouTube video by CBC News Is Carney's pipeline deal with Alberta worth the political risk? | Power & Politics

Steven Guilbeault has resigned from cabinet over the Carney government's MOU with Alberta that sets a path for an oil pipeline to B.C.'s coast. The CBC Power and Politics week-ending panel discusses the politics around the deal and possible risks to Liberal seats:

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YouTube video by CBC News How will Canadians view the passage of Carney's first budget? | Power & Politics

The week-ending CBC Power and Politics #PoliticalPulse panel with me, Fred DeLorey and Anne McGrath (in for Mel Richer) on the passing of the Budget and Opposition tactics (“it’s curtains for you!”); and reacting to comments from the US Ambassador and the VP:

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Greg MacEachern breaks down the Conservatives' faltering opposition tactics: “They’re on small‑potatoes kind of stuff… ‘The job of the opposition party is to oppose.’ No—it really is to give an alternative and to say, ‘If we were in power, we’d be doing things differently.’”

MacEACHERN: “You’ve got the Vice President talking about this, mentioning the CBC. You wonder who he talks to—Jamil Jivani and he are supposedly old friends… I am curious about the level of detail… Who are you talking to in Canada that would give you that impression?”

Great stuff @gregmaceachern.bsky.social 👍 #cdnpoli

Thanks Facebook for this reminder 😂:

Ottawa announces $29M for space to test classified ocean technology in Dartmouth, N.S. A secure space where Canadian researchers and scientists can develop and test classified ocean technology is opening in Dartmouth, N.S.

Ottawa announces $29M for space to test classified ocean technology in Dartmouth’s COVE

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YouTube video by CBC News How will Canadians view the passage of Carney's first budget? | Power & Politics

The week-ending CBC Power and Politics #PoliticalPulse panel with me, Fred DeLorey and Anne McGrath (in for Mel Richer) on the passing of the Budget and Opposition tactics (“it’s curtains for you!”); and reacting to comments from the US Ambassador and the VP:

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This adorable retriever mix — this brave, good-natured glutton for love — entered our lives on the streets of Tbilisi, Georgia. We found him half dead from a broken hip and a mangled paw, but now look at him: full of life and ready to play at a moment's notice, still very much a pup at 2½ ... /1

ANALYSIS | Canadians are shunning U.S. travel — and reaping the rewards | CBC News U.S. President Donald Trump’s divisive politics, tariffs and heightened border security have helped drive a decline in international tourism spending in the U.S. Meanwhile, polls and industry experts ...

Why Canada is winning the travel trade war with the U.S.

International tourism spending has declined in the U.S., while Canada has enjoyed a tourism boom

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