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WATCH: With Ford’s blessing, Mulroney endorses Poilievre
76Good on Caroline Mulroney for supporting Pierre Poilievre. Never before has it been more important to support the candidate that will put the every day Canadian worker first. Carney only cares about enriching the 1%. He views the Canadian worker as a tool at the disposal of wealthy. He's a snake in grass. Don't be fooled by the media's Trump obsession.
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Trump terminates trade talks with Canada because of Ontario anti-tariff ads
44Predictable outcome. Using the words of a past president against Americans was never going to end well. Every other country is negotiating in good faith except Canada. USA is our biggest trading partner. Strategy over emotional outbursts should have been the game plan.
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POLL: Federal NDP, Green readers shifting to Liberals
63Ipsos Reid poll released yesterday Jan 31, claims that the PC's have "the biggest lead since the turn of the century".PC 50%Lib 24%NDP 20%Green 6%As it turns out, Doug may very well get the 'strongest mandate ever', that he is looking for.
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VIDEO: ‘We can give ourselves far more than the Americans can ever take away’
53Trump called Trudeau governor because Trudeau made a fool of himself and Trump lost all respect for him. Carney decided to make his inflammatory speech about Trump at rhe WEF. Carney was on fire, in front of all his elite buddies, where he feels most comfortable. It was this speech that inflamed the relationship with Trump. Carney chose this path to purposely inflame the relationship. And now Carney is a governor himself. Carney is willing to bury this country purely for his own political and financial gain.Carney needs to go and we need a new PM and a new rest with the diplomatic relationship with the president of the USA.
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VIDEO: Time to ban sports gambling ads? ‘We don’t allow cocaine commercials’
19The desire to engage in activities that deliver a Domaine rush is part of the human condition. Instead of banning such ads, teach your children about vices. Teach them about why they are appealing, and why they should be treated with respect. The more something is 'banned', the more youths will want to try it in secret.
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VIDEO: Retail crime in Canada is soaring, and petty shoplifters aren’t the problem
37Keep voting Liberal to find out how bad it can really get.
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THE PAIKIN PODCAST: Will the second try be the charm for Pierre Poilievre?
26@Sierra1.... that makes so much sense. You are happily retired and it doesn't matter to you that an entire generation will not have the same opportunities as you did to work a career, own a home, and retire. We need a strong private sector for the economic health of the country. Which has been sabotaged by the Libs for the past decade.
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CAO fired by Orillia mayor before starting his job 'bewildered' by unexpected termination
OrilliaMatters 48'Confidential resolution negotiations' - a fancy term for 'pay up taxpayers of Orillia'.
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Trump confirms U.S. tariffs to increase on Canadian goods
23'Quietly finding new trading partners" that is such a fallacy. Like it or not USA us our biggest trading partner and always will be. While we are busy not making deals with the USA, Trump signed a deal with the EU to in part send them LNG. The same LNG that was blocked by Justin because he said there was no business case. We will always need the USA more than they need us. That's a fact that can't ae simply elbowed away.
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POLL: Carney has modest lead in two-way Liberal race
28Onlooker, every current Liberal MP enthusiastically stood and clapped for Trudeau and his policies. They are all complicit, and they all deserve to go down with the ship.
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New legislation 'opens door' for landlords to kick out tenants
OrilliaMatters 35The professional rent abusers who take over people's homes and refuse to pay rent have ruined the system for the good tenants. I support landlords having the ability to remove problem tenants.
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VIDEO: Doug Ford finally gets Donald Trump’s attention
880% of our trade is with the USA. Canada has been trying to diversify trade for decades, yet trade with the USA has increased. For the sake of the young people in this country, we need to swallow our pride and make a deal. Those who are most supportive of 'sticking it to Trump' are those who own a home and are retired with a comfortable pension. We need to stop acting like butt hurt victims, and negotiate with Trump and make a deal - for the sake of the young people of Canada.
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POLL: Federal NDP, Green readers shifting to Liberals
19@Propaganda.... this twin election cycle is more closely linked than ever before.
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Plans unveiled for new dual-concept restaurant in Brewery Bay
OrilliaMatters 18$60,000 grant of taxpayer dollars? In my observation this family has been very successful in the hospitality industry in Orillia - and congrats to them for being successful. Surely they have the assets in place to secure private financing to launch a new business venture. In this day and age, 60k could be spent on many other various projects to help those who are less fortunate.
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POLL: Most readers expect a purge of cannabis stores
26The private cannabis economy will eventually find a balance in each community. That's the nature of private business. I'm glad individual entrepreneurs have the chance to be part of this. As opposed to a government run monopoly.
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POLL: Somewhat more readers trust Carney than Poilievre to deal with Trump
BayToday 12@Einstein... Now, more than ever, we need a Canadian PM who is not a polished globalist shill. Pierre worked hard his whole life in his chosen profession of politics. His constituents re elected him time after time, so he must be doing something right. I'll take the local Canadian guy over the globalist any day. Trade deals are not negotiated by the PM, regardless if it's Poilievre or Carney..... they are negotiated with an entire team of trade representatives.
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BREAKING: McIssac uses new strong mayor powers to cancel hired CAO, appoint staffer
OrilliaMatters 30If he did any of those things under the guise of a solid employment offer, that was then suddenly rescinded without cause, he is probably owed a settlement.
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Did mayor blow the lid off CAO firing controversy with 'hypothetical' scenario?
OrilliaMatters 31I don't nessisarily have a fundamental problem with strong Mayor powers. But I feel that in every instance that a mayor feels it nessisary to use those powers, it's incumbent upon that mayor to clearly articulate the rationale directly to the public. In going around the council mechanisms, the mayor is now directly responsible for that decision, and it's up to the electorate to decide the fate of that mayor in the next election.This 'hypothetical' that was floated may give some insight into what happened, but it's not clear enough.My message to all mayor's is: clearly articulate your strong mayor decisions to the public.
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VIDEO: Doug Ford finally gets Donald Trump’s attention
16It does nothing to improve our chances of negotiating a good deal for Canada. It's another example of making emotionally charged knee-jerk reactions, instead of well thought out strategy.
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THE PAIKIN PODCAST: Mark Carney bets big on China — what could go wrong?
20This just in: Trump threatens 100% tariffs on Canada if they decide to cozy up to Communist China. I don't like Trunps tactics. But I do agree that closer ties to China is the wrong direction.Mark should reconcile differences with USA and get a deal. We are stronger being allies with out neighbors to the south. People need to stop reacting with emotions towards Donald Trump, and think critically about rhe future of our economy and security. Mark was elected to get a deal with the USA - so do your job Mark,.China interferes with our elections to help the Liberals get elected. The chickens are coming home to roost.
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