A billboard I saw outside of the president's office in Vienna - 'Democracy must be renewed every day.' Amen to that. #cdnpoli

Nice to have a long chat with outstanding Canadian editorial cartoonist Brian Gable, who recently retired much to the sadness of his many fans.

Also this week - a talk about the history of the National Club, founded in 1874 by energetic young Canadian nationalists who didn't always get along. I have a book coming out next month for its 150th anniversary.

A busy week - I ran into my favourite Privy Councilor and Consul General of Mongolia - Bryon Wilfert - at the Martin Wolf / Chrystia Freeland lecture on the crisis of democratic capitalism.

Austrian #Mining and #Steel Association’s Roman Stiftner on the Power of #Europe an Collective Voice bit.ly/3PzqZCh

#Europe an Union #Europe #CriticalMinerals #ClimateChange #PDAC2024

The finalists in the 23 National Newspaper Awards categories have been announced. Judges considered a total of 892 entries from 64 news organizations. Winners will be announced at a live gala at The Chelsea Hotel in Toronto on Friday, April 26. #NNA
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China is a prime market for Canada’s quality beef products. It was great to be at the Canadian Beef reception in Shanghai today to speak about growing Canadian beef exports to China. Canada in China

I'll just drop in to point out that the value of Canadian lobster exports exceeded $3.2 billion last year. #cdnpoli

Since she immediately blocked me, let me repeat, those are Berlin (Germany) police uniforms. Nice try, #KonvoyKlowns

Umm... Those are Berlin, Germany, police uniforms.

And another $15 billion from somewhere on the military to get us to 2% defence spending…

Trudeau attacking the middle class again

Americans without diplomatic immunity working in the interests of the United States who step foot in Russia tend to get arrested and imprisoned on fabricated charges. Tucker Carlson is in Moscow receiving the VIP treatment from the Kremlin regime.

Sorry Snowbirds and / or cottagers - there's no exemption for you. #TOpoli

In 1999 the Toronto Police Service budget was $535.9 million. In 2023 the Toronto Police Service budget was $1.16 billion. With almost half a billion dollars more, today's Toronto Police have only 37 more officers than in 1999. 🤔 #TOpoli #ONpoli