The US pullback from science research funding is going to leave a lot of big gaps to fill. It’s bad for science globally. Hopefully Canada can benefit by attracting more experts who would otherwise have gone to the US, but even if we do, it’s not going to change the fact that defunding science is ultimately bad for everyone in the long-term.

Trump himself posting it is bad enough, but the official White House account posting it is awful.

When did prices come down before? I can’t really remember which consoles started having games be cheaper, but I was surprised seeing these prices from the SNES days.

Earthbound for $169 in 2025 dollars… crazy.

Trump is so desperate for someone to just make a deal with him.

Remember what Smith did to her last political party when she was their leader. She betrayed her party members and crossed the aisle to join their opponent, destroying the party she had led for her own political gain. She has clearly demonstrated traitorous political capacity, and she’s been making a lot of moves recently that should have already been setting off alarms for everyone who knows that about her.

I’ve thought since Alberta separatism was first mentioned in the oval office that the idea would be to make Alberta be to Canada what Crimea is to Ukraine. The groundwork had been laid and the danger from the US is real. Thankfully, I believe Carney understands how real the US threats are.

How much of this do we see in Alberta this year?

• Pro-US & Pro-secession information campaigns
• Pro-secession protests & rallies
• US, MAGA, & secessionist flags & slogans
• Violence between pro-🇺🇸 & pro-🇨🇦 groups
• Support from US-based groups
• Staged referendum
• Little green men

I think he’ll have a great legacy in hindsight. The important policy accomplishments of the NDP while he was leader will hopefully last for generations.

For comparison, what policy accomplishments have the official opposition had in the last ten years, and what accomplishments will they have under a Carney government? The CPC has more than 10× the number of seats the NDP does now, but as a party they have had a lost decade in terms of policy impact whereas the NDP has scored big wins.

The NDP will hopefully have a comeback next election. I would guess they will.

In this case, Liberals did not understand the assignment. NDP voters did.

I don’t want Canada under the EU governance system, and I don’t think it’s necessary to join the EU as a member just to have close and mutually supportive relations. Unless the Conservatives win today, we’re still quite aligned with the EU in terms of values and commitment to similar international standards and goals, so I think we can form many trade agreements, cooperate on defense, and support similar international institutions, but just doing it with Canada as country that is a friend of the EU and not a member of the EU.

I have no interest in Canada joining the EU, which I see as having a bunch of governance problems of their own, but being close allies with well-integrated and mutually supportive economies via trade and other agreements sounds good to me.

Honestly, the idea floated that Canada would form a bloc with the UK, other commonwealth countries, and the EU, then have that bloc negotiate trade agreements with China sounds absolutely ideal to me. That’s apparently already been raised by Carney in private talks on his visits to Europe and the UK. It would unite most of the world and cut the US off unless they changed course on their insane path. That’s the foundation for a much more positive world order