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Priorité souveraineté : quand PSPP fait passer son projet avant le portefeuille des Québécois 💰
Plamondon a un objectif clair dès le début: jeter de l'huile sur le feu, envenimer les relations du Québec avec Ottawa à la moindre occasion.
Or, ce n'est pas la priorité des Québécois, qui veulent une absence de conflit avec le PM Mark Carney, dont la popularité au Québec dépasse de loin celle de Plamondon.
Le PM du Québec est invité au sommet, de même que tous les PM du Canada.
Plamondon crie à l'affront car il a demandé le droit de parole lors du souper d'ouverture officielle.
Les relations étrangères relevant de la compétence fédérale, on le lui a refusé et proposé, en contrepartie, d'accueillir en personne les délégations de manière protocolaire.
Dans une mentalité du tout ou rien, tout noir, tout blanc, Plamondon crie à l'insulte!
Soudainement, il se voit comme " serveur de crevettes cocktail".
Rien n'empêche Plamondon, lors de ce souper, de rencontrer ses homologues européens de façon informelle, ou via des rencontres bilatérales.
En diplomatie, les dossiers avancent bien plus rapidement à travers ces rencontres et ces dialogues en coulisses. Les gains y sont immenses en contacts et en échanges de positions.
Pas besoin d'un discours pour ça
PSPP- s'il ne sait ou néglige cela- nous sert bien mal.
Il s'insurge pour promouvoir son projet sécessionniste.
Il ajoute des « causes » de friction artificielles et manufacturées de toutes pièces avec le Canada.
Son mandat faible s'entame bien mal.
Si on se fie à ses débuts, l'économie et le portefeuille des Québécois passeront bien après la capacité – et le désir – de Plamondon de s'insulter...
#cdnpoli #polqc
Dans le film « Le Temps des bouffons », Pierre Falardeau mettait en lumière, avec dérision, le fait que les Québécois sont traités en porteurs d’eau sur leur propre territoire, condamnés à se laisser dicter les décisions fondamentales de leur société par des élites financières qui n’ont aucune légitimité démocratique.
La lutte des Québécois pour être « maîtres chez eux », c’est-à-dire pour prendre eux-mêmes les décisions qui orientent leur développement économique et social, a pris son essor lorsque Jean Lesage a fait comprendre aux banquiers de la rue Saint-Jacques que ce serait désormais le gouvernement du Québec, et personne d’autre, qui déciderait au nom des Québécois. Son message était clair : le Québec n’était plus à vendre, et son peuple devait être respecté.
Cette posture a notamment permis la création d’Hydro-Québec et de la Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, qui demeurent parmi les leviers les plus importants de l’économie québécoise. La démarche de réappropriation de nos institutions démocratiques s’est poursuivie sous les gouvernements de René Lévesque, de Jacques Parizeau et de Bernard Landry.
Or aujourd’hui, le gouvernement fédéral a décidé d’entreprendre des négociations avec l’Union européenne, qui touchent directement le Québec, sans consulter le Québec ni lui permettre d’avoir une place à la table des négociations, contrairement à ce qui s’était fait lors des négociations ayant mené à la création de la zone de libre-échange avec l’Union européenne. Souvenons-nous également que c’est aussi le Québec qui avait joué un rôle de précurseur dans l’appui à l’ALÉNA.
Ainsi, non seulement le gouvernement fédéral refuse de consulter le Québec et de le faire participer aux négociations, il cherche à lui imposer des décisions économiques qui touchent à ses champs de compétence, en rupture complète avec la doctrine Gérin-Lajoie. Il va même plus loin sur le plan symbolique en refusant au premier ministre du Québec de prendre la parole dans le cadre d’un événement sur son propre territoire où les intérêts économiques du Québec seront négociés.
Pire encore, le gouvernement fédéral voudrait nous faire croire que le fait, pour le premier ministre du Québec, d’obtenir la permission de servir des crevettes cocktail lors d’une réception constitue une forme d’influence acceptable et suffisante dans la représentation des intérêts du Québec.
C’est non seulement un manque de respect grave, mais c’est surtout un important recul pour la capacité du Québec à agir de manière autonome et à défendre lui-même ses intérêts.
La vision du Canada défendue par Mark Carney est celle d’un État fédéral centralisateur, voire unitaire, qui impose ni plus ni moins aux provinces un rôle d’observatrices dans des discussions qui touchent pourtant leurs intérêts fondamentaux et leurs champs de compétence.
Cette vision entre directement en contradiction avec les principes défendus par notre gouvernement, notamment précisément le respect de notre autonomie et de nos champs de compétence.
En début de mandat, il est essentiel d’établir clairement notre position pour la suite des choses : le Québec doit être la table des décisions pour défendre ses intérêts. C'est non négociable. M. Carney l'a bien dit lui-même : « Si on n’est pas à la table, on est au menu. »
Leonard ‘Real Food is the only Food’ Eichel retweeted
À écouter.
Refuser le souper officiel du sommet Canada–UE parce qu’on n’a pas de micro, c’est manquer une occasion de défendre les intérêts économiques du Québec.
On peut créer des liens et obtenir des résultats sans prononcer un discours. Nos entreprises et nos travailleurs méritent mieux qu’une querelle de protocole.
Leonard ‘Real Food is the only Food’ Eichel retweeted
I worked the Brazilian elections for France 24.
For what it's worth (and armed with a degree in History and Politics!!), here's my take on what happened.
Leonard ‘Real Food is the only Food’ Eichel retweeted
My brother almost died from influenza two years ago. He was in a coma on a respirator for more than two weeks. He has permanent damage to his lungs. Get the flu shot, people.
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Bonjour Mme. Laine. Since you are French-Canadian (that would be Franco-Manitoban, if I am not mistaken) I will assume that you can speak, read and write French. I would suggest you take the time to watch a Quebec TV show, produced by Quebec producers and directors 1/
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The #GC has launched Canada’s first Positioning, Navigation and Timing Resilience Framework to strengthen resilient services, support innovation and advance sovereign dual-use capabilities. canada.ca/en/innovation-scie…
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1/25 Paul St-Pierre Plamondon — Premier & Homelessness: PQ leader and lawyer who has pledged to halve homelessness in four years.
2/25 Catherine Gentilcore — Deputy Premier, Immigration, Independence & Government House Leader: former PQ president and Numana CEO.
3/25 Nicolas Marceau — Finance & Infrastructure: economist and former finance minister under Pauline Marois.
4/25 Alain Therrien — Treasury Board, Government Administration & Community Action: economics lecturer and former Bloc House Leader.
5/25 Sébastien D’Astous — Government Efficiency & Regulatory Relief: engineer, former Amos mayor and former Abitibi prefect.
6/25 Anne Nguyen — AI & Digital Affairs: former AI director at Quebec’s innovation council and data strategy leader at CHUM.
7/25 Nicolas Girard — Transport & Municipal Affairs: former Gouin MNA who led the AMT and Quebec City’s transit agency.
8/25 Stéphane Paquet — Economic Development, Innovation & Energy: former Montréal International CEO and Quebec delegate-general in London.
9/25 Dieudonné Ella Oyono — International Relations, La Francophonie & Foreign Trade: economist and former head of Montreal’s economic development department.
10/25 Joël Arseneau — Education: former teacher and Îles-de-la-Madeleine mayor, with experience as PQ parliamentary leader.
11/25 Elsie Lefebvre — Higher Education, Housing & Status of Women: former MNA, Montreal councillor and STM board vice-chair.
12/25 Mathieu Lebrun — Labour, Employment & Social Solidarity: labour mediator appointed as conciliator in the 2023 public-sector bargaining talks.
13/25 Méganne Perry Mélançon — Families, Youth, Sports & Recreation: served as PQ national spokesperson and became Gaspé’s first woman MNA.
14/25 Marie-Karlynn Laflamme — Health, Prevention & Seniors: communications and management veteran from the health sector and UQAC, and former regional Centraide chair.
15/25 Camille Pellerin-Forget — Democratic Institutions, Mental Health & Social Services: physiotherapist with frontline experience and former PQ policy commission chair.
16/25 Marie-Claude Sarrazin — Justice, Intergovernmental Affairs, Rights & Secularism: litigation lawyer and counsel to the Gallant inquiry into SAAQclic.
17/25 Guy Jr Lapointe — Internal Security: former police officer with senior communications experience at the SQ, BEI and Montreal fire service.
18/25 Pascal Bérubé — Culture, Heritage, Communications & French Language: MNA since 2007, former tourism minister and former PQ parliamentary leader.
19/25 Jean Pellerin — Environment, Climate, Biodiversity, Wildlife & Parks: business veteran and former Trois-Rivières chamber of commerce president.
20/25 Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay — First Nations and Inuit Relations: Bloc MP first elected in 2019, with a PhD in development socioeconomics.
21/25 Natalie Bisaillon — Natural Resources & Forests: investment executive with experience at Desjardins, Intact and the Caisse de dépôt.
22/25 Bernard Sévigny — Agriculture, Fisheries & Food: former Sherbrooke mayor and Union of Quebec Municipalities president, with a doctorate in business administration.
23/25 Meggie Richard — Regions & Land Occupancy: former Minganie prefect and Havre-Saint-Pierre chief administrator, with tourism and port experience.
24/25 Nadine Le Gal — Government Caucus Chair: lawyer and former Cégep de Saint-Jérôme director with experience managing a constituency office.
25/25 William Fradette — Chief Government Whip: former PQ parliamentary research director, Bloc adviser and journalist, with a law degree.
Leonard ‘Real Food is the only Food’ Eichel retweeted
Planting the seeds for deep space exploration! 🌱🚀
Astronauts on the space station are continuing to test ways to grow fresh food in microgravity using plant pillows, advancing @NASAScience_ research on seed storage and crop growth capabilities for future exploration missions.
Leonard ‘Real Food is the only Food’ Eichel retweeted
Signing up to serve your country, province or community is one of the most respectable decisions a person can make
To ALL armed forces, first responders and emergency service members, thank you for being extraordinary humans
Thinking of the community of Wainwright ❤️🩹
Leonard ‘Real Food is the only Food’ Eichel retweeted
Once again turning the sacrifices of Canadian and other allied troops into a punchline.
The United States is the only country ever to have triggered Section 5 of the NATO Treaty, i.e. calling on allies for a joint military response to 9/11.
We were there. 1100 allied NATO troops made the supreme sacrifice, including 158 brave Canadians.
Shame on this man, and those who enable him, for repeatedly mocking their bravery.
Hegseth on Afghanistan:
I was a captain in Afghanistan, and we would go to the headquarters in Kabul, and there would be 50 flags at the headquarters.
It was a beautiful thing to see 50 different countries contributing to the NATO alliance and the ISAF mission there.
Except there were like maybe five that contributed. It was actually closer to one or two that, by the end, were actually involved in kinetic operations.
In fact, the ISAF patch, we would joke that it meant "I Saw Americans Fighting."
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Over 1100 non-American soldiers from 31 US-allied countries were killed fighting in Afghanistan, approximately 1/3 of the total combat deaths.
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When your allies fight, bleed, and die for your wars and this is how you remember them. Following are the number of soldiers our allies lost in Afghanistan.
United Kingdom: 457
Canada: 159
France: 90
Germany: 62
Italy: 53
Poland: 44
Denmark: 44
Spain: 35
Romania: 27
Netherlands: 25
Turkey: 15
Czech Republic: 14
Norway: 10
Estonia: 9
Hungary: 7
Sweden: 5 (Partner/NATO-aligned)
Portugal: 2
Latvia: 4
Slovakia: 3
Lithuania: 1
Belgium: 1
Bulgaria: 1
Albania: 2
Croatia: 1
Montenegro: 1
Non-NATO coalition partners such as Australia (41), New Zealand (10), and Georgia (32) also sustained casualties during the mission
Leonard ‘Real Food is the only Food’ Eichel retweeted
It has done none of those things. This is detestable scapegoating.
It cannot be understated: our broken immigration system has caused high unemployment, high home prices and high inflation. It must be fixed and provincial rights strengthened.
Today, the Prime Minister got a copy of our referendum questions including the 9 on immigration and constitutional reforms. If Albertans give us a strong mandate on these questions, our government will get right to work on these needed reforms.
And as I’ve said many times, please vote for Option 1, a strong Alberta within a united Canada, and yes to the rest! 🍁
Seems to be a pattern here . . .
Progress toward a U.S-Mexico tariff deal has stalled after opposition from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, people familiar with the talks said, the second time that he has had a hand in upending advanced negotiations with a North American partner. on.wsj.com/4k5aKwy
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Why does trade diversification matter?
Since I joined Prime Minister @MarkJCarney on his historic trip to China in January, Alberta’s crude oil exports to China are up 139%.
That’s $4.4 billion in new sales in eight months.
Canada and Alberta have what the world wants, and we're going to build on this success with Pacific Link -- generating the profits Canadians can use to build Canada Strong.🇨🇦
For those who suggest that Canada is somehow unique in experiencing high inflation . . .
Inflation is RED hot in the US.
For anyone not keeping track, US CPI inflation is now nearly double the Fed's 2% target and US PPI Inflation is more than triple that target.
PPI inflation was expected to fall in August, but instead it surged to 6.3%, its second highest level in 4 years.
And, month-over-month Headline PPI inflation surged +1.3%, more than doubling the +0.6% expected and the second largest jump since March 2021.
Meanwhile, month-over-month Core PPI inflation came in +133% above expectations.
The prices Americans are seeing now will look cheap in 12 to 24 months.
All you can do is own assets.
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"The amount of fuel Russia could export is too small, the impact on pricing too slight, the narrative too late to shape electoral outcomes: This looks, instead, like something very different: an abrupt, Hail Mary attempt to force Ukraine to surrender"
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Three years ago, the terrorist organisation Hamas perpetrated the worst attack against Jewish people since the Holocaust.
My statement:
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David Eby, campaigning for re-election, promises to take on grocery giants by capping retail profit margins on milk, eggs, cheese, butter and poultry—all products covered by supply management. That system protects farm revenues, but grocers still need to cover purchasing, transportation, refrigeration, labour and spoilage costs.
Quebec already caps retail prices for certain formats of regular milk. No province currently imposes comparable retail price ceilings on eggs or poultry. The economic risk is straightforward: if a ceiling leaves retailers unable to cover their costs, they have less incentive to stock those products, potentially reducing selection and availability.
Protecting prices at the farm while squeezing margins at the store does not make those costs disappear.
Stupid policy...
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New from Martin Patriquin: Following PSPP’s denial, The Gazette can reveal the U.S. consul’s text showing a scheduled meeting with PQ leader was cancelled
montrealgazette.com/quebec-e…
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Pneumonic Plague cannot become a global pandemic , it is far too lethal, person-to-person spread is inefficient, it is airborne in droplets but not aerosolised.
Distant spread is very unlikely.
We have good prophylactic antibiotics.
🚨Breaking. There's been a pneumonic plague outbreak at a BSL-3 lab in Siberia, Russia.🚨
"Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague" - Moscow Times
This is fact, and also the inciting incident in my book BIOLOGICAL WAR: A SCENARIO, which is unnerving.
Will post more as I learn more, including from Russian speaking sources🧵
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