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Sure, if you wanted to add South Korea to the free movement & trade pact. But I don't think they quite fit the same way. Perhaps in an extended CANZUK...

In this case, South Korea has pitched to sell some weaponry that Australia has also recently acquired (and some different stuff Canada wants/needs, like submarines), providing the two militaries with similar technology that allows for overlap & improved coordination between the two forces in joint exercises or encounters.

The move by South Korea provides Canada with an opportunity to demonstrate movement from US-sold armaments (upon which Canada heavily relies) to those from other places. Additionally, South Korea's track record in Poland demonstrates that they can help us re-arm quickly.

This decoupling is also seen in Canada's movement to acquire Australia's JORD-tech (radar) to beef up Arctic monitoring, and the expressed interest in joining the UK-led 6th generation fighter program, GCAP (along with Australia).

While not explicitly CANZUK related, I included the above article as Australia has also recently bought in to South Korea's military supply, with a purchase of "$6.19-billion program to build 129 infantry fighting vehicles, many of them [to be] constructed in the Commonwealth country."

CANZUK nations could certainly benefit from having similar, or at least overlapping, military tools. It will be interesting to see if Canada is serious about rearming using non-US equipment.

According to Wikipedia:

The club's name, Rapid, was a compromise between traditional North American "mascot" names, viscerality, and geographical context. The geology of the Ottawa Valley, and a "sense of speed and progress", were described by the club as imagery intended to be evoked by the name

They should be on Mastodon, but that transition seems quite unlikely this election cycle.

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Aslo wanted to note, the federal NDP is on BlueSky, although they aren't as active as they should be. There's some provincial accounts too, although that varies from province to province.

Here's a few of their handles for those looking:

• https://bsky.app/profile/ndp.ca
• https://bsky.app/profile/jagmeetsingh.ca
• https://bsky.app/profile/jonathangauvin.ndp.ca
• https://bsky.app/profile/charlieangus104.bsky.social 💯

I admit, I had to look up Liz White. I'm not sure why you bothered to include someone who manages less than 250 votes while ignoring the dozen other party leaders with similarly limited support.

She has an interesting perspective but, like other micro-parties, the Animal Protection Party is not likely to meaningfully contribute to a minority government (even with proportional representation)

This seems a little far out there, but if they move ahead with it hopefully they'll lay down an internet trunk line too. Right now, the vast majority of Canada's internet traffic runs through a trunk line via the US.

I also wonder if it might be more feasible to explore developing some sort of battery-tanker that can just be pilotted across, plugged in, and the pilotted back for recharge...

It's worse than you think.

The author criticizes national-level projects by proposing projects that are entirely handled provincially (or even municipally, specifically in Toronto & Ontario). Yes, this is TVO, which is Ontario-specific, but confusing the responsibilities and capabilities of two different levels of government is not beneficial.

This shouldn't be an either-or situation, but more of let the nation focus on one, and the province on the other. That said, bolstering the judicial system and adding some doors isn't really going to do much for the economy...

Do you happen to have any links/info? I figured there were others in the works, but I have no clue where.

So, from my understanding, the bill dies, but the petition persists. Thanks for clearing that up!

Once the election is officially called on Sunday, will the bill be considered dead and have to be reintroduced in the next parliament? In effect, don't petitions also die when the bill associated with them dies?

It may as well be delayed until the bill is re-introduced with the next government, as it may not even be re-tabled in the House with its current deficiencies.

This is true (about an hour before any official policy was released), which means it was published as a half-informed leak instead of news of actual policy. However, claiming an (inaccurate) leak as released policy remains misleading.

Like most USian news sources, the article is misleading. Ford said he will add a 25% export tax on electricity IF tariffs persist. He did not provide a timeline on exactly when he might do it. He referred to this as "keeping the powder dry"