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Canadian. Geopolitical passion. Share fact based views in serious, at times entertaining way. | Same handle on Post, Spoutible, Mastodon & Twitter |

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Alberta regulator rejects Canada’s largest data centre | The Narwhal Lack of public consultation means project that would have consumed as much power as Edmonton won’t go ahead — for now

Canada’s largest data centre rejected by Alberta regulator: thenarwhal.ca/olds-data-ce...

13.03.2026 04:12 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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The Traitor Party of Canada Pierre Poilievre's handling of Jamil Jivani's trip to Washington, D.C. is more evidence that the Conservatives don't stand for Canadian values.

Pierre Poilievre’s handling of Jamil Jivani’s trip to Washington, D.C. is more evidence that the Conservatives don’t stand for Canadian values. cultmtl.com/2026/02/the-...

12.03.2026 15:24 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

That’s what Putin put him there for.

07.03.2026 05:56 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Underneath that, it’s built to an institutional standard: public datasets and independent oversight findings, with sources, definitions, limits, and methods fully disclosed and footnoted so readers can verify the work.

23.02.2026 04:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This paper is designed to be reader-friendly: clear graphics, a structured “tests and answers” format, and appendices written in the same contemporary, non-technical language for anyone who wants to go deeper.

23.02.2026 04:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This paper is diagnosis only: beds per person, why “full” arrives early, and what chronic congestion does to care teams and acutely ill patients. The next paper in the series (Part V - prescription) is next. I’m collecting evidence-based ideas on what moves first.

23.02.2026 03:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Structural Compression: A Diagnosis of Canada’s Acute Hospital System How an Undersized Bed Supply Serves a Growing, Aging Population

Corrective paths and prescriptions are addressed in subsequent papers under development.

paulstewartii.substack.com/p/structural...

#CanadianHealthcare#HealthPolicy#Hospitals

23.02.2026 03:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

How long can a chronically full hospital system run before patient outcomes are materially affected — if they are not already? That question is hard to avoid when:
✔️ care teams are under sustained strain, and
✔️ acutely ill patients are waiting longer, boarding, and
✔️ care is in temporary spaces.

23.02.2026 03:24 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

He’s easily banked a trillion already offshore.

22.02.2026 15:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Public un-redacted files via Europe

21.02.2026 21:42 👍 17904 🔁 5174 💬 1057 📌 504

How long before Trump fires all the judges.

22.02.2026 15:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

No kidding. It still exists. And is operating.

18.02.2026 06:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The “right” people voting. Rhymes with something. Signals something. Dark days in America.

14.02.2026 17:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A petition calling for all party leaders to get and maintain security clearance has been launched by Bruce Fanjoy.

You know what to do. One minute to sign it. Another to send it to your friends and family.

It’s open for signatures until April 7.

Here’s the link www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

08.02.2026 15:53 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Good Q @SarahKSilvermam

07.02.2026 03:54 👍 17098 🔁 5801 💬 492 📌 292
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Participation, Power, and the Governing Gap How authority models translate into governing practice in Canada’s major parties

This produces a governing gap that elections alone can’t close.

Understanding that gap changes how political friction is read.

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#CanadianPolitics #Governance #Democracy

07.02.2026 07:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Elections resolve who governs, not how authority is exercised.

Governing under constraint exposes underlying authority models.

Compromise, delay, and limits are interpreted differently depending on how authority is understood.

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07.02.2026 07:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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How Canada’s Parties Quietly Diverge Participation, leadership, and the organizational roots of political authority

When authority models differ, political language is easily misread.

Seeing authority clearly doesn’t resolve disagreement — but it makes it legible.
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#CanadianPolitics #Governance #Democracy

07.02.2026 07:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How Canada’s Parties Quietly Diverge Participation, leadership, and the organizational roots of political authority

Political disagreement often feels sharper than it is.

One reason: we increasingly disagree about what authority is, not just what it should do.

Participation rules quietly shape authority before leaders ever govern.

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07.02.2026 07:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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BREAKING: One of the tipsters from the Epstein docs that DOJ pulled down and put back up has reached out to me. I'll tell you what we know on @meidastouch.com in one hour. As always, we have receipts. Link: www.youtube.com/live/xiSmcNV...

01.02.2026 19:01 👍 11964 🔁 4187 💬 255 📌 148

Well researched, important, and absolutely worthwhile reading 👇

#Cdnpoli #Canpoli #Alberta

29.01.2026 08:52 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

Some food for thought - Economics and the Alberta separation debate.
Have a read.

29.01.2026 13:04 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The Alberta Effect Why One Province’s Post-2014 Investment Shock Flattened Canada’s GDP per Capita — and What It Means for the Separation Debate

The chart is real. The interpretation isn’t.

Canada’s GDP-per-capita “flatline” is widely misread — especially in Alberta. The Alberta Effect — Part I walks you through the arithmetic:
✔️ exceptional peaks
✔️ population math
✔️ capital retreat
✔️ oil-price volatility

open.substack.com/pub/paulstew...

29.01.2026 08:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 3

Well yes. Agree. The real pivotal moment was the re-election of President Trump. America is just watching and acting outraged. Y’all own this. Fix it please.

25.01.2026 16:51 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."

24.01.2026 22:25 👍 29446 🔁 10526 💬 911 📌 460

Read this I think it’ll reassure you

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24.01.2026 03:26 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

I liked this. Very much. Thanks for reposting.

23.01.2026 01:32 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

🙇 thanks 🙏

23.01.2026 07:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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23.01.2026 01:34 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Power Didn’t Change Carney. It Revealed Him. Mark Carney’s Davos speech was not a pivot, but the continuation of a decade-long framework

Davos didn’t change Mark Carney. It revealed him.

The speech wasn’t a pivot — it was recognition: the same framework, applied under higher pressure.

Full analysis: paulstewartii.substack.com/p/power-didn...

#Leadership #Geopolitics #MarkCarney

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