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Richard Lyall retweeted
We’re updating the Express Entry Comprehensive Ranking System to better select the skilled newcomers who are best equipped to succeed in Canada: bit.ly/4B9zDxf The changes will award more points to candidates with eligible Canadian work experience or a qualifying job offer in a high-wage occupation, including in health care and engineering. This will help us attract and retain skilled workers who are well positioned to complement our domestic workforce and help build a stronger Canada.
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Richard Lyall retweeted
This is a great and obvious and overdue move.
We’re updating the Express Entry Comprehensive Ranking System to better select the skilled newcomers who are best equipped to succeed in Canada: bit.ly/4B9zDxf The changes will award more points to candidates with eligible Canadian work experience or a qualifying job offer in a high-wage occupation, including in health care and engineering. This will help us attract and retain skilled workers who are well positioned to complement our domestic workforce and help build a stronger Canada.
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Richard Lyall retweeted
One of the biggest findings in our final Alberta referendum poll: Remain now leads everywhere, including rural Alberta. Edmonton: 77% Remain Calgary: 75% Small cities: 62% Rural Alberta: 57% In September, rural Alberta was the one region without a Remain majority. abacusdata.ca/days-before-al…
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Richard Lyall retweeted
EXCLUSIVE: Elon Musk approached Donald Trump with the idea of slowing down Starlink in Ukraine, The Telegraph can reveal. The billionaire tech entrepreneur approached the US president with the proposal to introduce speed limits on the system, which hampered Ukraine’s drone defences, according to four sources familiar with the discussions. 🔗 telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2…
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Richard Lyall retweeted
Opinion: US companies wanted a president who would cut taxes and rules. They got one who has blown holes in free trade and global alliances. ft.trib.al/X5x91ee
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It’s always fascinating to see how long the body can live on after the brain has died.
Jeffrey Rath: "Next time around, we'll have a leader that believes in independence in charge of the UCP. We'll see how it goes when there isn't a premier in office that's rigging the outcome of the referendum."
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The Blame Canada crowd have been chirping for months that "Mexico got a deal - why hasn't Canada?" "Art of the deal" indeed, LOL
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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And we have a fourth strike!! Ukraine has struck a fourth Russian data center, despite new Starlink restrictions 🇺🇦
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To folks thinking of voting for Option 2 to “send a message” on Monday: you’d be sending a message endorsing clowns like this, who will claim every Option 2 vote as an endorsement. Alberta is so much better than this. Don’t weaken Alberta by strengthening ranting kooks like this.
Jeffrey Rath: "Next time around, we'll have a leader that believes in independence in charge of the UCP. We'll see how it goes when there isn't a premier in office that's rigging the outcome of the referendum."
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Richard Lyall retweeted
In a defiant interview with the FT, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Donald Trump had an instinctive affinity for autocrats and the super-wealthy. The Ukrainian president explained his views on the relationship between the US and Russian heads of state ft.trib.al/u7fXLMI
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Richard Lyall retweeted
Trump extorted Ukraine in 2019 in a dirty scheme to win re-election in 2020. He is extorting Ukraine again in a dirty scheme to sway midterms in 2026. The first scheme failed. This second will fail too. But why must brave Ukrainians lose their lives for Trump's corruption?
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Richard Lyall retweeted
Vladimir Putin appears to have concluded that he cannot win the war in Ukraine on the battlefield. His strategy now is to grind Ukraine down. How scandalous that Donald Trump has become his best weapon bit.ly/4zTGUQH Photo: AP
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Richard Lyall retweeted
Don’t underestimate how important international validation has been to how Canadians feel about their PM and government
Smaller countries need to prepare for a dangerous world. They should look to Canada (and its prime minister) for an answer on what to do bit.ly/4zwKfVg Illustration: The Economist/Getty Images
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So we're friends with Russia, enemies with Canada, and are going to livestream a public execution like we're Al Qaeda? You do understand that this is fucking nuts, right?
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There are still some republicans that have a spine. This interview is worth watching. It is between Rachel Campos-Duffy and Brian Kilmeade, both conservative commentators. Rachel: Yesterday, the president said maybe it’s time for an election, a new leader in Ukraine, because he keeps blowing up these refineries after the president said, “Please don’t do that,” especially before midterms. He keeps doing it, and it’s hurting President Trump’s administration, who’s been very generous towards him and his war. Brian: The president got ticked off because Zelenskyy came out and said, “Do not buy 500 million tons of diesel, which is in violation, I thought, of the bill that they just signed, Lindsey Graham’s bill, that if you buy any energy from Russia, you’re going to get sanctioned and tariffed. Are we going to tariff ourselves? So, I have no idea. So Zelenskyy’s frustrated because now all this money is going to flow into Russia, who started this whole war unprovoked. They are the bad guys, and there is no way Zelenskyy turned down any plausible deal. In fact, since that time, when they told him he was going to lose the Donbas, he has gained back portions of the Donbas. Rachel: Are you saying that there were not peace efforts? Brian: There was no plausible, practical peace effort that Vladimir Putin would participate in effectively that would end this war. There’s one person who’s responsible. Vladimir Putin. That is it. And he’s getting his ass kicked. Rachel: There was a peace deal that was, I think, Turkey was trying to broker it, and Boris Johnson advised Zelenskyy not to take that deal. Brian: It doesn’t matter. I don’t know what Boris Johnson’s doing now. Is he in a retirement home? Rachel: No, but I think that there’s a reason why the president is buying the diesel from Russia, and that’s because Zelenskyy keeps blowing up the refineries. Brian: Can you blame him? That’s the war machine that’s killing his people, that bombs apartment buildings. Rachel: But he is dependent on us, and the president said, “Don’t do that.” Brian: The diesel fuel got stopped because Iran was blowing up the Gulf states’ oil and their refineries. And now all of a sudden there’s new emphasis on Russia. But for me, the way they innovated drone technology in order to take out what is fueling the Russian war machine is phenomenal. They’ll be writing about this in war journals forever. Ukrainians have modernized modern war before our very eyes. Rachel: But I’m not so sure that’s a positive, Brian. I mean, there are 30,000 young men on each side that are dying every single month. Brian: Vladimir Putin. Rachel: Every single month. We should not be practicing drone technology and using these kids as guinea pigs. Have you seen the videos? Brian: What kids? Rachel: The soldiers. These are young men. These are young men. Brian: Rachel, these are responses to attacks. They’re getting rocketed. Rachel: The president said he wanted peace in Ukraine. Brian: Tell Vladimir Putin! Rachel: He said he was going to do that. Well, now, because of what Volodymyr Zelenskyy is doing, we’re probably going to get peace there because President Trump is now working with Russia. Brian: It would be the biggest mistake of this administration to work with Russia. That is the modern Hitler of our generation. He is the cause of all the problems in the region, and now is helping Iran kill our guys and blow up our bases. And now, the story you pointed out to me today in The Wall Street Journal, you see that they and China are providing drones to the Houthis. China and Russia are the problem.
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Richard Lyall retweeted
Found it. 🔎 I went back through Cleveland-Cliffs’ own public statements and SEC filings, and they explicitly acknowledge the Canadian government undertakings, including employment commitments. This goes well beyond Ottawa’s announcement. Here’s what Cleveland-Cliffs itself put on the public record. 👇 1️⃣ July 15, 2024: Acquisition announcement “Stelco will maintain significant employment levels in Canada and Canadian representation on the management team.” Cliffs also committed to retaining Hamilton headquarters, continuing operations in Hamilton and Nanticoke, and making capital investments. This announcement was included as an exhibit to its SEC Form 8-K. clevelandcliffs.com/news/new… 2️⃣ October 8, 2024: Investor presentation filed with the SEC “ICA Undertakings support net benefit to Canada” “Commitments to maintain employment levels in Canada” Those were the company’s own words describing the acquisition’s path to closing. It explicitly acknowledged employment commitments connected to the Investment Canada Act review. sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/… 3️⃣ October 30, 2024: Ottawa’s approval statement 🇨🇦 “To continue to employ at least the same number of unionized employees and the vast majority of non-unionized employees” The government described a package of binding, five-year undertakings. These covered employment, collective agreements, pensions, headquarters, investment and environmental performance. canada.ca/en/innovation-scie… 4️⃣ 2024 annual report: Form 10-K, page 27 📄 “we may be unable to satisfy our operational, employment, environmental or other undertakings or commitments made to the Canadian government” In the SAME acquisition-risk section, Cliffs separately warned that U.S. tariffs could hurt Stelco’s business. That matters. The company acknowledged both the undertakings and the risk of tariffs. The passage does not state that one automatically cancels the other. clevelandcliffs.com/investor…
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Richard Lyall retweeted
Reforms implemented thus far are insufficient to close a massive #housing supply gap, Ian Lee, associate professor at the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University, told RESCON’s recent housing summit. Read the article in @DCN_Canada at canada.constructconnect.com/…. @RESCONprez
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Richard Lyall retweeted
RESCON's October. newsletter is hot off the digital press with columns by @RESCONprez, @RESCON_VP, @gacmediagroup and a Q&A with Housing Minister @RobFlackEML. Read the digital file at heyzine.com/flip-book/927584… or the PDF at 66ff6bee-9dbe-49f7-bf44-eddb…. #HousingCrisis #onpoli
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When #housing demand rebounds and #construction activity accelerates, the industry could find itself confronting severe labour shortages, @RESCONprez warns in a column in @storeyspub at storeys.com/improve-trades-t…. #Apprenticeships #SkilledTrades
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