Jonathan M W Hughes 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇺🇦🗳️

Shouldnt it be illegal to try to sell a condo with images where the sofa is 12” wide and the bed 4ft long?

Maybe Ford should build a convention centre at the old science centre! /s #onpoli

Pete Hegseth’s Troubled Soul — The Atlantic The defense secretary appears unable to approach matters of of life and death with even the slightest bit of reverence or humility.

Precisely:

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Someone needs to explain to Hegseth as he jumps up and down like he is winning a video game that…
No-one wins in war!
Civilians in multiple countries are losing their lives including school children. #uspoli

Trump rejects Khamenei's son as Iran war intensifies with US-Israel strikes — Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump claimed the right to join Iran in deciding its next leader on Thursday as the war escalated further, with U.S. and Israeli jets hitting areas across the country and Gulf ci...

“"We want to be involved in the process of choosing the person who is going to lead Iran into the future," - Trump
Democracy not ever high on Trump's list of goals; in fact, not even on the list!
The goal is to get someone he can manipulate for his own (not US) benefit.
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To be clear, I am not defending an illegal war either.

if you are firing missiles at Turkey you are not retaliating you are attacking.
Last time I looked, Cyprus isn't Israeli or American either (but not covered by NATO as I understand)

So @mark-carney.bsky.social:
Refuses to rule out any military action in Trump world with hypothetical risk of World War III; & commitment to NATO Article 5, where allies have already been attacked.
Media:
Canada refuses to rule out all out involvement in US/Israeli attacks tomorrow
Geez! #cdnpoli

Prima facie - at first sight
Obsequiousness - excessive eagerness to please or to gain favour.

It’s been a while since you educated us
@mark-carney.bsky.social #cdnpoli

MacBook Neo Introducing the new MacBook Neo. Stunning colours, durable aluminum design, 13” Liquid Retina display, all-day battery life, AI and Apple Intelligence.

Apple announces the end of the PC.

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I tried it out and Lo and behold Claude is way smarter!

Opinion | Lloyd Axworthy: Canada once rejected America's aggressive, unlawful foreign policy. Today Mark Carney embraced it — Toronto Star By endorsing preventive strikes on Iran during ongoing diplomacy, and after Washington itself shredded the previous agreement, we are embracing the very doctrine we used to reject, writes Lloyd Axwort...

Iran “is a brutal, repressive regime”
“never be allowed” nuclear weapons

CDN "abandons “rules based international order” when 2 'mad-men allies' engage in unlawful actions.
They “torn up agreement...limits Iran’s nuclear program”

Regime change at best...Chaos!
#cdnpoli
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Trump orders government to stop using Anthropic in battle over AI use — BBC News The move announced on social media comes after a standoff between Anthropic's boss and the US Department of Defense.

A sample of one:
Looking in to using Anthropic for the first time, I mostly use ChatGPT.
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The #bbc sports app is now unusable to follow a soccer game. Ridden with annoying ADs @plnews.bsky.social

Apparently God and Bad Bunny are forming a coalition!

At a time of rare alignment, surely its an opportunity for all religions to come together and build on their enormous good work, to make sure all the people of the world have a safe and secure roof over their head and food on the table.

ANALYSIS: Ontario should ban sports betting | TVO Today The harms of legalized sports gambling are being understated, and the benefits overstated. It's time to admit we made a mistake.

Government policies are harming society...
Excessive Sports Gambling and their ads
High streets with abundant Cannabis stores
Expanding Alcohol to corner stores
The #LCBO and #OLG should take a leading role in all of these (and smoking) to reduce societal effects.
#onpoli
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Take the tunnel, Windsor city councillor says as Ambassador Bridge owners lobby against new bridge | CBC News A city councilor in Windsor, Ont., is encouraging Canadians who want to buy Canadian to travel from Windsor to Detroit through the Windsor-Detroit tunnel instead of crossing the Ambassador Bridge.

Take the Tunnel!
Or heck- Don’t go at all!
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We came to Tumbler Ridge so that this community, who has been through the unthinkable, may know that Canadians are with you.

Pentagon threatens to pull support from Boy Scouts unless they restore ‘core values’ In November, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth expressed opposition to Scouting America’s ‘attack on boy-friendly spaces’

I think Trump is confused.
Maybe he read the UK Scout promise and thinks Scouts need "to do my duty to The King"
He might want to take account of
"To help other people at all times"

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"When it comes to Ontario, I'm all in." @beynate.bsky.social

"I will continue to support Prime Minister Carney as an active member of our federal caucus" - So not all in!

@ontarioliberal.bsky.social members concerned losing last time back to @liberalca.bsky.social - What's the commitment?
#onpoli

It's pretty rare to have a nomination for a by-election although it probably shouldn't be (especially when the parliament is so tight)
I hope he recognizes the best person for the job, rather than the quota system of previous Liberal governments.
Still thinking General Election is at least 50% poss.

Mark Carney's Liberals recruit Ontario NDP deputy leader to run in Scarborough byelection — Toronto Star The federal Liberals announced Tuesday morning that Doly Begum, the New Democrat MPP for the riding and the provincial NDP’s deputy leader, will be their candidate in the Scarborough Southwest byelect...

Looks like the @ndp.ca is dead at both Federal and Ontario levels.
If you want to get Ford out, progressives have to rally to the @ontarioliberal.bsky.social #onpoli #cdnpoli

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Kennedy Center to close for two years for renovations, Trump says The move follows several artists cancelling performances at the storied institution after it was recently renamed as the Trump Kennedy Center.

Art of the Deal - Everything Trump touches turns to (xGOLDx) Closed!

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Liberals announce Danielle Martin will be their candidate for University-Rosedale byelection — CBC News The Liberal Party announced Saturday afternoon that family physician Dr. Danielle Martin will be their candidate for the upcoming federal byelection in University-Rosedale, the downtown Toronto riding...

She will be an amazing MP - Did @ontarioliberal.bsky.social miss out? #cdnpoli #onpoli
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Conservatives call it …
an overwhelming majority.
Jonathan calls it …
for Carney #cdnpoli

No politicians do. Perfect if you keep them waiting, but make it worth the wait.

Did the conservatives make a mistake having Pierre speak before the vote if they are very confident of 90%?
He needs to speak to the country, not the members. He can’t do that because he needs the members vote. #cdnpoli
If he’s not going to get 90% he’s in real trouble anyway!

You only have to look at these numbers from #Nanos ,
e.g. Preferred Prime Minister down 9 to 25%,
to know why every @liberalca.bsky.social member is wholeheartedly cheering #Poilievere on.
90% or above should be enough for wholesale Red (Blue?) Tories, including MPs to look for the door.
#cdnpoli

Toronto councillor Josh Matlow not closing door on Liberal leadership bid — Toronto Star Matlow says he's been approached by people

Anyone else? Anyone at all?
The list just keeps growing! #onpoli
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A poor one for sure- but does indicate potential reach to some extent.