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Robert Ready

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Retired Cdn dip/trade negotiator. Currently Exec Director https://canadacaribbeaninstitute.org/ Posting about Canada's international relations, politics and the Caribbean. Posts mine. Curate Flipboard Mags @ Flipboard https://flipboard.com/@notready?from=s

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I will never be one nation with Russia. Ukraine is a democratic, free European country, while Russia is an aggressive state which wages aggression, terrorism, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, and also genocide," she said.

25.02.2026 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 221    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Canada provides assistance to the people of Cuba February 25, 2026 โ€“ Ottawa, Ontario โ€“ Global Affairs Canada Cuba is facing rapidly worsening conditions driven by severe fuel shortages, prolonged blackouts and growing barriers to acceโ€ฆ

Canada provides assistance to the people of Cuba canadacaribbeaninstitute.org/2026/02/25/c...

25.02.2026 14:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The U.S. menโ€™s Olympic hockey team won gold โ€” and then lost the room The widespread celebration is over now. And some of the U.S. men's Olympic hockey team's goodwill has diminished.

How a moment that unified the country was turned to division as Trump manipulated the U.S. menโ€™s hockey team: The U.S. menโ€™s Olympic hockey team won gold โ€” and then lost the room (gift article)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/706...

25.02.2026 00:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kinda amazing that Trump shits on Canada and Mexico every day, and there's the Mexican-American captain of Canada's Toronto Maple Leafs, Auston Matthews, standing behind him as he defiles an Olympic Gold Medal

He hates your mother and your fans Auston Matthews but - you do you: be a collaborator

24.02.2026 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1764    ๐Ÿ” 551    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 223    ๐Ÿ“Œ 68
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Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant left with just 22 reactor operators, far below safety levels The plant, legally owned by Energoatom, once employed 159 licensed specialists โ€” the only people authorized to directly operate the plantโ€™s six nuclear reactors, which, prewar, provided over a fifth o...

Nearly four years after Russia occupied the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, thousands of employees have fled or gone into hiding โ€” leaving just 22 licensed nuclear specialists where hundreds are needed to run the plant, a representative of Ukraine's Energoatom said on Feb. 23.

23.02.2026 21:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 199    ๐Ÿ” 80    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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US ambassador to France banned from meeting French government โ€” Reuters The U.S. ambassador to France, Charles Kushner, has been banned from meeting members of the French government after not showing up at the Foreign Affairs ministry earlier in the day, where he had been...
23.02.2026 22:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Moroun donated $1M US to Trump-supporting political action committee before Gordie Howe bridge threats | CBC News The wealthy owner of a nearly century-old bridge connecting Michigan and Ontario gave $1 million US to a Trump-aligned political action committee less than a month before the U.S. president unleashed ...
23.02.2026 22:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump's bombastic claim on Greenland mission immediately undercut by expert President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the United States would be sending โ€œa great hospital boatโ€ to Greenland for an apparent humanitarian mission and suggested the ship to be the USNS Mer...
22.02.2026 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Doomscrolling to take my eyes off the very, very tense Canada-U.S. hockey final. Going into overtime now. Best game Iโ€™ve seen. But sooooo tense ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿฅ…

Go Canada!!

22.02.2026 15:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Danish military evacuates US submariner who needed urgent medical care off Greenland Denmarkโ€™s military says its arctic command forces evacuated a crew member of a U.S. submarine off the coast of Greenland for urgent medical treatment.
22.02.2026 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Greenland does not need Trumpโ€™s โ€˜great hospital boatโ€™, Denmark says Greenland does not need healthcare assistance from foreign countries, Denmark's Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said Sunday after President Donald Trump announced the US was sending a "great hosp...
22.02.2026 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump says heโ€™s sending a hospital boat to Greenland | CNN Politics President Donald Trump said Saturday that he is sending a hospital boat to Greenland, the Arctic island and Danish territory he has sought to acquire.

Greenland has no need for this. It could however be sent to Cuba. While Cuba has a very strong health systemโ€ฆTrump has starved it of resources. It could also carry food for godโ€™s sake

22.02.2026 12:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump says he's increasing the worldwide tariff to 15 per cent โ€” The Canadian Press Donald Trump's erratic tariffs threats continued Saturday with a pledge to in
21.02.2026 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump, JD Vance vilify โ€˜lawlessโ€™ Supreme Court justices over tariff ruling President Trump calls Supreme Court justices an 'embarrassment to their families' in 45-minute address to media.

When the three most senior political figures in your country feel they can say this about the countryโ€™s Supreme Court you can begin to imagine all kinds of thingsโ€ฆRule of Law? Not not in Trumpโ€™s U.Sโ€ฆ. If he can make it so

21.02.2026 13:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Canadians say U.S. no longer an ally, is bigger threat than Russia: poll - National | Globalnews.ca The poll is the latest sign of tattered relations in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war and attacks on Canada's sovereignty, and aligns with recent Ipsos polling.
20.02.2026 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Democrats target bridge owner Moroun in expanding probe of Trump's threats | CBC News Democrats in Washington are expanding their probe into the circumstances around U.S. President Donald Trump's ย recent threat to blockย  the opening of the new Gordie Howe bridge connecting Windsor, Ont...
18.02.2026 22:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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16.02.2026 23:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The true worst-case scenario for CUSMA talks Trade lawyers say the July 1 deadline for reviewing CUSMA is not a legal cliff, and that a true worst-case scenario lies elsewhere

The true worst-case scenario for CUSMA talks www.canadianaffairs.news/2026/02/06/t...

16.02.2026 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Imagine if the situation was reversed...a Minister or Leader from another country coming to the U.S. to urge voters to reject Trump...? or... another country running a commercial that highlighted Ronald Reagan's views on tariffs...? Call it foreign interference only if it suits

16.02.2026 19:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In Hungary, Rubio says Trump is committed to PM Orban's success President Donald Trump is committed to the success of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban because his leadership and rapport with Trump are crucial to U.S. interests, U.S. Secretary of State Marco R...

Under Viktor Orbรกn, Hungary is consistently ranked as one of the two most corrupt (with Bulgaria) member states in the European Union
And Marco Rubio just told Orban in Munich:
"Trump is deeply committed to your success because your success is our success"
www.reuters.com/world/europe...

16.02.2026 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Canada's PM picks onetime head of public service to spearhead CUSMA negotiations | CBC News Prime Minister Mark Carney has chosen the former clerk of the Privy Council, Janice Charette, to head Canada's trade negotiations as it prepares for a review of the North American trade pact this year...
16.02.2026 17:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Donald Trumpโ€™s 'Board of Peace': The Difference Between Peacebuilding and Carpetbagging - Policy Magazine Donald Trump unveils his 'Board of Peace' at Davos on January 22/WH

I recommend that everyone read this timely and relevant opinion piece by Joe Ingram.
www.policymagazine.ca/donald-trump...

15.02.2026 18:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Valentine from yourย abuser Maybe it's just me, but Rubio's "we belong together"... and we sound so direct "because we care deeply" ... to Europe at the Munich Security Conference sounds like a classic abuser gaslighting their victim. He is just the slightly friendlier looking one that the thugs back in Washington have sent out. And the fact that EC Commission President von der Leyen is "very much reassured by his remarks" suggests that it may be working.

A Valentine from yourย abuser

Maybe it's just me, but Rubio's "we belong together"... and we sound so direct "because we care deeply" ... to Europe at the Munich Security Conference sounds like a classic abuser gaslighting their victim. He is just the slightly friendlier looking one that the thugsโ€ฆ

14.02.2026 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dominic LeBlanc to lead large trade mission to Mexico next week The minister in charge of Canada-U.S. trade is leading a large delegation to Mexico next week as Ottawa looks to diversify its trade links in response to Donald Trumpโ€™s tariffs and threats.
14.02.2026 02:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Democrats to probe Trump, Lutnick links with Ambassador bridge owner after Gordie Howe bridge threat | CBC News Democrats in Washington say theyโ€™re launching an investigation into the Trump administration and its links to the wealthy owner of the Ambassador Bridge after the U.S. president threatened to block th...
14.02.2026 02:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2 Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid dock in Cuba as US blockade sparks energy crisis Mexico is sending two Navy ships with humanitarian aid to Cuba as tighter U.S. pressure worsens the islandโ€™s energy crisis.

Two Mexican Navy ships with humanitarian aid docked in Cuba as a U.S. blockade deepens the islandโ€™s energy crisis.

12.02.2026 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 160    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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The โ€œBridgeโ€ flapโ€ฆ a good example of how to make badย policy The Windsor-Detroit border crossing, which for years has been restricted to the Ambassador Bridge, is the busiest Canada-U.S. crossing, reportedly carrying more than 25% of all merchandise trade between Canada and the United States by value and sees 10,000+ trucks per day. Work has been underway for some time to add a new crossing, the Gordie Howe Bridge, to facilitate this large, and growing, volume of trade.

The โ€œBridgeโ€ flapโ€ฆ a good example of how to make badย policy

The Windsor-Detroit border crossing, which for years has been restricted to the Ambassador Bridge, is the busiest Canada-U.S. crossing, reportedly carrying more than 25% of all merchandise trade between Canada and the United States byโ€ฆ

12.02.2026 16:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Barbados PM Mia Mottley sweeps back into power in third election victory Opposition leader ousted as Barbados Labour party wins all 30 seats in assembly The prime minister of Barbados,ย Mia Mottley, has won her third election victory, with her Barbados Labour party โ€ฆ
12.02.2026 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Carney speaks to Trump after president erupts over Gordie Howeย Bridge The amount of time and energy that must be spent correcting the late night rantings of the U.S. President. Incredible... Prime Minister Mark Carney said he spoke to his U.S. counterpart early Tuesday morning about the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which Donald Trump has threatened to block, explaining to him that Canadians paid for the bridge in full and that the Americans already have an ownership stake.

Carney speaks to Trump after president erupts over Gordie Howeย Bridge

The amount of time and energy that must be spent correcting the late night rantings of the U.S. President. Incredible... Prime Minister Mark Carney said he spoke to his U.S. counterpart early Tuesday morning about the Gordieโ€ฆ

10.02.2026 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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House vote on Canada tariffs coming as soon as Wednesday House Democrats are meeting to finalize plans to force the vote, after GOP leaders' procedural block on votes on Trump's emergency tariffs expired last month.
10.02.2026 03:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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