Patrick Leblond (he/il)

a man is sitting at a podium with his hands folded in front of a un logo . ALT: a man is sitting at a podium with his hands folded in front of a un logo .

Muammar Gaddafi's UN speech in 2009 is starting to look a lot better in retrospect.

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True, but the EU is still struggling to make it happen, as thw Letta and Draghi reports make clear. A strategy is only the first step, albeit a crucial one!

It would also require a true, encompassing and coherent industrial strategy that could serve as a framework for coordinated federal-provincial-territorial action across policy domains and economic sectors.
Something similar to what the EU has been developing since 2019.

There are so many areas where Canada could go on the offensive and strengthen our economy and society by taking advantage of US self-immolation. This is one. Poaching all of US academia/R&D is another.
But they all require an activist, high-capacity state, not an austerity-obsessed government.

The time to invest in Canada's future is now. Only the state can play this role. Instead, gov'ts are slashing the university sector. Carney has our civil service focused inward on DOGE-esque waste elimination when they should be developing innovative moonshots to strengthen Canada and the economy.

Canada could help mitigate the damage to US education and global R&D by massively expanding our post-secondary education sector. Unfortunately our leaders see government spending, esp on education, as inherently wasteful, to be minimized, not as investments that create new markets and opportunities.

YouTube video by Star Wars Andor Season 2 | Mon Mothma’s Senate Speech | Now Streaming on Disney+

Keep in mind that this is taken from a Disney production, one that just this week won an Emmy.

It may sound vaguely apropos.

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Déjà vu!!!

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.

Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

Good read from @plagasse.bsky.social who correctly points out that contrary to popular belief, the the US does *not* pressure Canada to buy military equipment. In my years in government, most/all of the lobbying was done by European and Asian countries.

‘Unpredictable’ tariff expansions make it harder to justify U.S. investments, automakers and suppliers warn When there is little warning about tariffs it's difficult for companies to plan investments in the U.S., automakers and suppliers said in a letter to the Trump administration.

"‘Unpredictable’ tariff expansions make it harder to justify U.S. investments, automakers and suppliers warn" 😲 share.google/6aPZVS5A7Wp9...

Trump nixed $400 million in Taiwan military aid, pushing future arms sales President Trump declined to approve more than $400M in military aid to Taiwan this summer, favoring future arms sales to the self-governing island China claims.

Trump nixes military aid to Taiwan in push for trade deal and summit with Xi

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Having spent last week in Ukraine, 2 impressions stand out:
1. The US is out, providing no assistance whatsoever, but Ukrainians are diplomatically not complaining.
2. Physically, Ukraine can produce all the arms they need, but to do so they need financing from Europe.

Brendan Carr confirming that the FCC is carrying out Project 2025 stuff via a gif on Twitter

hey so this is insane

Le 2ème table ronde de l'atelier de lundi abordera le thème « Sauver les meubles : gouvernance mondiale du commerce, de la fiscalité et des finances » (13h-14h30)

Avec Leonard Seabrooke, Jonathan Fried et @prleblond.bsky.social, sous la présidence de @meredithlilly.bsky.social

>>> bit.ly/4m6PBzv

Have you registered for the workshop taking place on Monday?

The second panel will discuss “Saving the Furniture: Global Governance of Trade, Tax and Finance” (1pm-2:30pm)

Featuring Leonard Seabrooke, Jonathan Fried & @prleblond.bsky.social, chaired by @meredithlilly.bsky.social

> bit.ly/3V9kNmY

📣New Policy Brief by @prleblond.bsky.social & Mark Camilleri

📘This policy brief outlines key challenges and strategic recommendations to ensure the Canada-EU Digital Trade Agreement promotes innovation, protects privacy, and supports inclusive digital trade.

Read the brief here >>> bit.ly/3Kmct0I

📣Nouvelle note par @prleblond.bsky.social et Mark Camilleri

Cette note présente les principaux défis et recommandations stratégiques visant à garantir que l'accord de commerce numérique entre le Canada et l'UE favorise l'innovation, protège la vie privée et soutienne un commerce numérique inclusif

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The McGill University Department of Political Science invites applications for a tenure-track position in International Relations, with an emphasis on global governance and/or international security.

Focused measures, some reactive in nature, destined to mitigate, some with the potential to have limited long-term effects.

I find it difficult though to identify early signs of a coherent industrial strategy based on key policy and governance benchmarks (see🧵below).

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US Migrant Raid Jolts South Korea, Stirs Investor Anxiety The immigration raid on a Georgia EV battery plant run by two South Korean firms has rattled Seoul, coming less than two weeks after President Lee Jae Myung’s White House meeting with Donald Trump whe...

"It remains unclear what visas the workers held or whether those allowed them to be on the site."

475 workers detained, huge international incident, and the Trump admin can't even give a basic explanation for it.

Would you invest in a lawless country like this?

ICE arrests at a Georgia Hyundai plant create new tension with South Korea South Korea's foreign minister is considering a trip to the U.S. to meet with the Trump administration after hundreds of South Koreans were arrested in Georgia at an electric vehicle battery plant.

South Korea's foreign minister is considering a trip to the U.S. to meet with the Trump administration after hundreds of South Koreans were arrested in Georgia at an electric vehicle battery plant.

White Christian Taliban shit right here.

Time to stop tiptoeing around it. These people are fanatics pursuing a Holy War. It’s a critical piece of the threat assessment that should inform our strategies. (Psst. They’re not just going to hand back power.)

Percent change in GHG emissions (CO2eq) per year since 1990, G7/EU.

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Chinese inspiration for Canada!

Dangerous thing about LLMs is not that they produce PhD level work. They don’t.

It’s that they produce junior researcher level work. Flawed but decent material you can work with.

So you ditch your farm team to save money. 10 years later your senior researcher bullpen is empty and you’re cooked 1/3

Future Skills Centre MARCH 2023 EMPLOYER-SPONSORED SKILLS TRAINING: A picture of skills training opportunities provided by Canadian employers LMiC SHIFT Insights

That said, my past work with Creig Lamb shows that Canadian employers are also serving weak sauce on training opportunities for employees.

So any solution to the hollowing out of the next gen researcher farm teams will probably need some external intervention.

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THE ICE AGENTS ARE WEARING FUCKING NAZI STAHLHELMS

WHAT THE FUCK

COME ON, YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS SHIT UP