how about one on the
prospects of all ‘arms length 3rd party providers of skills, innovation and training solutions’ and how they may fare in upcoming Budget and likely spending reviews? Will this cottage industry survive?

Good news: no need to worry about Trump stagflation

Bad news: worry instead about Trump-caused global depression

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

Worth a watch, even if you’ve read them already

20 Lessons on Tyranny

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With Carney running in Nepean it means his riding borders Pierre Poilievre’s riding of Carleton. The two front runners are seeking seats in the House of Commons in adjacent ridings.

Trump rescinds security clearances of political rivals Harris, Clinton and others | CNN Politics President Donald Trump, in a late-night Friday memo, directed federal agencies to revoke security clearances for more than a dozen of his perceived political enemies, including former Vice President K...

President Trump directed federal agencies to revoke security clearances for more than a dozen of his perceived political enemies, including former Vice President Kamala Harris and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: cnn.it/41SJzKY

If you want peace, prepare for war – an ancient lesson Canada must remember President Trump wants to take our land. And the risk of that happening is higher if we pretend it doesn’t exist

My weekend must read byThomas Homer-Dixon www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/302d402...

ANALYSIS | U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog | CBC News Possibly defying a court order. Urging his Justice Department to prosecute nemeses. Repeatedly calling the media 'illegal.' Declaring a predecessor's pardon null and void. U.S. President Donald Trump ...

Sweden-based watchdog says U.S. on verge of losing its status as a democracy.

“If it continues like this, democracy [there] will not last another six months." 

www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

Elbows Up, Darnit! The Statue of Liberty has an identity problem.

@margaretatwood.bsky.social has a tremendous read for us, and for Americans in her substack tonight - imagine if we could all dare to write like this?! open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

Opinion: Donald Trump is trying to destroy Canada The U.S.’s tariffs are meant to break us. The only thing that they’ve certainly broken is the trust between historically close neighbours - maybe forever

My latest: The president of the United States is trying to destroy Canada

What a great piece from someone who knows more than just great hockey!

Germany's 'Zittersieg' Election - Policy Magazine Political veteran Friedrich Merz, leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) — the party founded by Konrad Adenauer in 1945 and led by Angela

My thoughts on Germany’s election. www.policymagazine.ca/81808-2/

Opinion: Canada lacks friends when it needs them most as Trump’s northern onslaught intensifies Canadians are used to being liked, even loved, wherever they go. In the new Trump era, it’s every country for itself

My bit: It's lonely in the frozen north -- no one coming to the defence of #Canada #trump
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A 30 day pause does nothing to change my mind on boycotts and demanding leadership (wartime Cabinet) and strategy in Canada and for Canada - no time for matching the madman’s tactics, antics and optics.

The stated threat of annexation is right there for all to see.