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Prime Minister Carney’s new friend.
🚨 THOUSANDS PROTEST ERDOGAN’S CRACKDOWN ON PRESS FREEDOM
Thousands rally in Istanbul and Ankara over arrests, censorship and media shutdowns.
At least 3,000 gathered in Istanbul. Eleven journalists have been jailed in two months.
Police recently raided Halk TV, halted d a government administrator.
Protesters chant: “We will not be silenced. Enough is enough!”
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Late to this but sad to hear of the death of legendary newsman Ray Heard, who, along the way, was a commentator for Sun News Network. Never put on airs and lived so much history. One example:
Nelson Mandela's death is the loss of a friend: Ray Heard
torontosun.com/2013/12/05/nel…
Nelson Mandela's death is the loss of a friend: Ray Heard
torontosun.com/2013/12/05/nel…
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Q&A: Premier Danielle Smith says she doesn’t need Alberta separatists’ support cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
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Program note:
It's the BC Conservative party constitution, not the Constitution, and the party is free to change it.
'He's earned it': Conservatives want Doerkson as premier amid constitutional question nationalnewswatch.com/2026/10/25/hes… #nationlnewswatch via @natnewswatch
It's the BC Conservative party constitution, not the Constitution, and the party is free to change it.
'He's earned it': Conservatives want Doerkson as premier amid constitutional question nationalnewswatch.com/2026/10/25/hes… #nationlnewswatch via @natnewswatch
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The British government has turned down Ottawa's attempts to have it join the international Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, though London says it will work in lockstep with Canada to meet NATO spending targets.
nationalnewswatch.com/2026/10/25/u-k… #nationlnewswatch
nationalnewswatch.com/2026/10/25/u-k… #nationlnewswatch
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More evidence that what Carney says re foreign affairs at any one time, means nothing
Last year he said China was Canada's greatest security threat.
"We're heartened by the leadership of President Xi Jinping and the speed with which our relationship has progressed," Carney told China's top legislator, Zhao Leji, in a meeting in Beijing.
reuters.com/world/china/ch…
Last year he said China was Canada's greatest security threat.
"We're heartened by the leadership of President Xi Jinping and the speed with which our relationship has progressed," Carney told China's top legislator, Zhao Leji, in a meeting in Beijing.
reuters.com/world/china/ch…
Reminder - PM Carney stated "We're heartened by the leadership of President Xi Jinping"
After an extensive search we cannot find a single Uyghur, LGBTQ+ member, Tibetan, Falun Gong Practitioner Human Rights advocate who agrees.
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Lorrie Goldstein retweeted
Reminder - PM Carney stated "We're heartened by the leadership of President Xi Jinping"
After an extensive search we cannot find a single Uyghur, LGBTQ+ member, Tibetan, Falun Gong Practitioner Human Rights advocate who agrees.
After an extensive search we cannot find a single Uyghur, LGBTQ+ member, Tibetan, Falun Gong Practitioner Human Rights advocate who agrees.
COLUMN: Mark Carney’s selective morality on human rights
If the PM is going to keep gallivanting around the world making trade deals with the world’s worst dictatorships and downplaying their atrocities, could he please stop lecturing Israel about human rights?torontosun.com/opinion/column…
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Lorrie Goldstein retweeted
It blows my mind that our Prime Minister picked this guy, now, to become pals. Blows my mind.
🚨 THOUSANDS PROTEST ERDOGAN’S CRACKDOWN ON PRESS FREEDOM
Thousands rally in Istanbul and Ankara over arrests, censorship and media shutdowns.
At least 3,000 gathered in Istanbul. Eleven journalists have been jailed in two months.
Police recently raided Halk TV, halted d a government administrator.
Protesters chant: “We will not be silenced. Enough is enough!”
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B.C. Premier & NDP Leader David Eby has David Peterson'd himself. B.C. Conservatives win majority government. 1st time back in power since 1933. Interim Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson is premier-designate. Eby resigns as party leader on election night.
results.elections.bc.ca
results.elections.bc.ca
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Lorrie Goldstein retweeted
GOLDSTEIN: Mark Carney’s selective morality on human rights torontosun.com/opinion/column…
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EDITORIAL: The skyrocketing cost of reconciliation torontosun.com/opinion/editor…
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EDITORIAL: The skyrocketing cost of reconciliation
torontosun.com/opinion/editor…
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COLUMN: Mark Carney’s selective morality on human rights
If the PM is going to keep gallivanting around the world making trade deals with the world’s worst dictatorships and downplaying their atrocities, could he please stop lecturing Israel about human rights?torontosun.com/opinion/column…
If the PM is going to keep gallivanting around the world making trade deals with the world’s worst dictatorships and downplaying their atrocities, could he please stop lecturing Israel about human rights?torontosun.com/opinion/column…
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Lorrie Goldstein retweeted
The RCAF received its first two CF35As yesterday at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. The future of air and space power is built on more than equipment alone.
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Canadian cybersecurity exec arrested by FBI accused of working with criminals to defraud his own clients
Edward Dubrovsky arrested earlier this month in Philadelphia amid FBI probe focused on ShinyHunters cyber-gang
cbc.ca/news/world/edw…
Edward Dubrovsky arrested earlier this month in Philadelphia amid FBI probe focused on ShinyHunters cyber-gang
cbc.ca/news/world/edw…
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Lorrie Goldstein retweeted
I'd like to apologize.
Our team worked tirelessly to try to schedule interviews with BC NDP Leader David Eby and BC Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson.
We reached out on Day 1 of the campaign and have followed up roughly every four days since. With both campaigns, we got close, then farther away, then radio silence, then some movement. Now, I'm travelling tomorrow and election day, and I know we won't be able to schedule anything that releases before the election.
Neither party owed us an interview, but we had hoped to speak with all party leaders, as we did in 2024. We had the privilege of speaking with the leaders of CentreBC and the BC Green Party, and I'm grateful for their time.
I am disappointed and want to apologize because what we heard in 2024 is that our listeners and viewers appreciated being able to hear all party leaders in long-form conversations where they laid out their vision for B.C.
As a resident of this province, it was an immense honour to play that role and give people that space. But this election, we came up short, and I feel like we haven't given our listeners the full range of conversations we hoped would help them thoughtfully weigh the choices in front of them. Our goal is to help voters make an informed decision, and we only got partway there.
And to be honest, I really work hard to make sure we hear from voices across the political spectrum. One day we have on a Conservative - the next, we have on a Green Party leader. All parties reflect a portion of society, and all deserve time, consideration, and respect.
I encourage people to seek out other long-form interviews with the party leaders, because it's important to hear them explain their ideas in depth.
We promise to keep working toward that goal in the next election, and we appreciate everyone who listens to Nuanced.
Our team worked tirelessly to try to schedule interviews with BC NDP Leader David Eby and BC Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson.
We reached out on Day 1 of the campaign and have followed up roughly every four days since. With both campaigns, we got close, then farther away, then radio silence, then some movement. Now, I'm travelling tomorrow and election day, and I know we won't be able to schedule anything that releases before the election.
Neither party owed us an interview, but we had hoped to speak with all party leaders, as we did in 2024. We had the privilege of speaking with the leaders of CentreBC and the BC Green Party, and I'm grateful for their time.
I am disappointed and want to apologize because what we heard in 2024 is that our listeners and viewers appreciated being able to hear all party leaders in long-form conversations where they laid out their vision for B.C.
As a resident of this province, it was an immense honour to play that role and give people that space. But this election, we came up short, and I feel like we haven't given our listeners the full range of conversations we hoped would help them thoughtfully weigh the choices in front of them. Our goal is to help voters make an informed decision, and we only got partway there.
And to be honest, I really work hard to make sure we hear from voices across the political spectrum. One day we have on a Conservative - the next, we have on a Green Party leader. All parties reflect a portion of society, and all deserve time, consideration, and respect.
I encourage people to seek out other long-form interviews with the party leaders, because it's important to hear them explain their ideas in depth.
We promise to keep working toward that goal in the next election, and we appreciate everyone who listens to Nuanced.
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Lorrie Goldstein retweeted
David Eby’s misbegotten election is a generational opportunity for B.C. conservatives
David Eby wanted British Columbians to vote against Donald Trump on Saturday. It turns out that they seem more interested in passing judgment on David Eby.
The premier made the American president central to his justification for calling an election two years early. His campaign launched with a promise to protect British Columbians against Trump’s attacks. Eby’s essential argument was that an external threat required voters to renew his government’s mandate.
It wasn’t a completely bogus political strategy. It has worked for Doug Ford in Ontario. And it transformed the 2025 federal election from a referendum on a tired and unpopular Liberal government into a contest over who could best protect Canada. An electorate that had, for roughly two years, said it was determined to change governments ultimately gave the Liberals another term.
Yet the same argument appears to have encountered limits in British Columbia. An Angus Reid survey earlier this month found that U.S. tariffs, Trump, and the alcohol ban registered as a voting priority for just 10 percent of respondents. Cost of living stood at 57 percent, health care at 42 percent, and the economy and jobs at 26 percent. Housing affordability, the deficit, and public safety each registered at 24 percent.
The spectre of an antagonistic U.S. president no longer trumped British Columbians’ basic concerns about their household economies, the macroeconomy, or the province’s deteriorating social conditions.
There are several possible explanations for why B.C. seems poised to hold one of Canada’s first non-Trump elections in nearly two years. Provincial governments have more immediate responsibilities than managing the American relationship. Dissatisfaction with conditions in B.C. may have overwhelmed Eby’s attempt to direct voters’ attention elsewhere. And Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson’s own condemnation of Trump may have left voters unconvinced that opposing the president required re-electing the premier.
Whatever the combination, there’s something encouraging about voters insisting that a provincial election ought to be focused on the state of their province. Trump cannot indefinitely excuse poor outcomes in British Columbia.
There’s also a lesson here for conservatives. B.C. is an ideologically and politically diverse province. Its electorate contains competing impulses that resist easy placement on the Left-Right spectrum. Yet even though the BC Conservative Party hasn’t governed for nearly 100 years, conservatism itself is hardly foreign to the province. Federal Conservatives have won 56 percent of its seats across eight elections since 2004.
Saturday’s election may prove that the potential constituency for particular conservative policies may be larger still. People needn’t possess a developed philosophy of limited government to believe that resource projects should proceed, that repeat offenders shouldn’t terrorize their neighbourhoods, or that property ownership should provide dependable security. As I’ve written before, these are some of the most basic foundations of a normie politics.
Doerkson’s opportunity has been to give those instincts a straightforward political expression. Voters can support a conservative governing offer without necessarily adopting conservatism as an identity. Conservatives sometimes spend so much time explaining why key institutions in the country are hostile to their worldview that they overlook how many ordinary people share their practical concerns.
Saturday’s election may therefore be a useful case study. British Columbians don’t have to become hard-core Conservative partisans to decide that conservative policies offer plausible answers to their problems.
If Doerkson wins, his task will be to turn that practical appeal into practical improvements for British Columbians.
thehub.ca/2026/10/23/dav…
David Eby wanted British Columbians to vote against Donald Trump on Saturday. It turns out that they seem more interested in passing judgment on David Eby.
The premier made the American president central to his justification for calling an election two years early. His campaign launched with a promise to protect British Columbians against Trump’s attacks. Eby’s essential argument was that an external threat required voters to renew his government’s mandate.
It wasn’t a completely bogus political strategy. It has worked for Doug Ford in Ontario. And it transformed the 2025 federal election from a referendum on a tired and unpopular Liberal government into a contest over who could best protect Canada. An electorate that had, for roughly two years, said it was determined to change governments ultimately gave the Liberals another term.
Yet the same argument appears to have encountered limits in British Columbia. An Angus Reid survey earlier this month found that U.S. tariffs, Trump, and the alcohol ban registered as a voting priority for just 10 percent of respondents. Cost of living stood at 57 percent, health care at 42 percent, and the economy and jobs at 26 percent. Housing affordability, the deficit, and public safety each registered at 24 percent.
The spectre of an antagonistic U.S. president no longer trumped British Columbians’ basic concerns about their household economies, the macroeconomy, or the province’s deteriorating social conditions.
There are several possible explanations for why B.C. seems poised to hold one of Canada’s first non-Trump elections in nearly two years. Provincial governments have more immediate responsibilities than managing the American relationship. Dissatisfaction with conditions in B.C. may have overwhelmed Eby’s attempt to direct voters’ attention elsewhere. And Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson’s own condemnation of Trump may have left voters unconvinced that opposing the president required re-electing the premier.
Whatever the combination, there’s something encouraging about voters insisting that a provincial election ought to be focused on the state of their province. Trump cannot indefinitely excuse poor outcomes in British Columbia.
There’s also a lesson here for conservatives. B.C. is an ideologically and politically diverse province. Its electorate contains competing impulses that resist easy placement on the Left-Right spectrum. Yet even though the BC Conservative Party hasn’t governed for nearly 100 years, conservatism itself is hardly foreign to the province. Federal Conservatives have won 56 percent of its seats across eight elections since 2004.
Saturday’s election may prove that the potential constituency for particular conservative policies may be larger still. People needn’t possess a developed philosophy of limited government to believe that resource projects should proceed, that repeat offenders shouldn’t terrorize their neighbourhoods, or that property ownership should provide dependable security. As I’ve written before, these are some of the most basic foundations of a normie politics.
Doerkson’s opportunity has been to give those instincts a straightforward political expression. Voters can support a conservative governing offer without necessarily adopting conservatism as an identity. Conservatives sometimes spend so much time explaining why key institutions in the country are hostile to their worldview that they overlook how many ordinary people share their practical concerns.
Saturday’s election may therefore be a useful case study. British Columbians don’t have to become hard-core Conservative partisans to decide that conservative policies offer plausible answers to their problems.
If Doerkson wins, his task will be to turn that practical appeal into practical improvements for British Columbians.
thehub.ca/2026/10/23/dav…
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Well worth reading
David Eby’s misbegotten election is a generational opportunity for B.C. conservatives
David Eby wanted British Columbians to vote against Donald Trump on Saturday. It turns out that they seem more interested in passing judgment on David Eby.
The premier made the American president central to his justification for calling an election two years early. His campaign launched with a promise to protect British Columbians against Trump’s attacks. Eby’s essential argument was that an external threat required voters to renew his government’s mandate.
It wasn’t a completely bogus political strategy. It has worked for Doug Ford in Ontario. And it transformed the 2025 federal election from a referendum on a tired and unpopular Liberal government into a contest over who could best protect Canada. An electorate that had, for roughly two years, said it was determined to change governments ultimately gave the Liberals another term.
Yet the same argument appears to have encountered limits in British Columbia. An Angus Reid survey earlier this month found that U.S. tariffs, Trump, and the alcohol ban registered as a voting priority for just 10 percent of respondents. Cost of living stood at 57 percent, health care at 42 percent, and the economy and jobs at 26 percent. Housing affordability, the deficit, and public safety each registered at 24 percent.
The spectre of an antagonistic U.S. president no longer trumped British Columbians’ basic concerns about their household economies, the macroeconomy, or the province’s deteriorating social conditions.
There are several possible explanations for why B.C. seems poised to hold one of Canada’s first non-Trump elections in nearly two years. Provincial governments have more immediate responsibilities than managing the American relationship. Dissatisfaction with conditions in B.C. may have overwhelmed Eby’s attempt to direct voters’ attention elsewhere. And Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson’s own condemnation of Trump may have left voters unconvinced that opposing the president required re-electing the premier.
Whatever the combination, there’s something encouraging about voters insisting that a provincial election ought to be focused on the state of their province. Trump cannot indefinitely excuse poor outcomes in British Columbia.
There’s also a lesson here for conservatives. B.C. is an ideologically and politically diverse province. Its electorate contains competing impulses that resist easy placement on the Left-Right spectrum. Yet even though the BC Conservative Party hasn’t governed for nearly 100 years, conservatism itself is hardly foreign to the province. Federal Conservatives have won 56 percent of its seats across eight elections since 2004.
Saturday’s election may prove that the potential constituency for particular conservative policies may be larger still. People needn’t possess a developed philosophy of limited government to believe that resource projects should proceed, that repeat offenders shouldn’t terrorize their neighbourhoods, or that property ownership should provide dependable security. As I’ve written before, these are some of the most basic foundations of a normie politics.
Doerkson’s opportunity has been to give those instincts a straightforward political expression. Voters can support a conservative governing offer without necessarily adopting conservatism as an identity. Conservatives sometimes spend so much time explaining why key institutions in the country are hostile to their worldview that they overlook how many ordinary people share their practical concerns.
Saturday’s election may therefore be a useful case study. British Columbians don’t have to become hard-core Conservative partisans to decide that conservative policies offer plausible answers to their problems.
If Doerkson wins, his task will be to turn that practical appeal into practical improvements for British Columbians.
thehub.ca/2026/10/23/dav…
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