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“British officials met select European allies at a discreet dinner in Brussels last week to hatch plans for a new defense fund designed to sidestep the European Commission, keep a lid on public debt and rearm faster.” politico.eu/article/uk-eu-…

Twitter: Was a Governor General's warrant signed and I've missed the details?

I had an interesting chat yesterday with someone who knows Canada-US relations better than just about anyone - our former ambassador in Washington, David MacNaughton. He says there is no point in a renegotiated CUSMA if Trump can upend it by executive order.

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We should be harder on Russia than our allies and this shouldn’t have to be said

He is completely wishcasting. *A* deal? One, like what, the TPP? Our "allies" are coming to us under threat and coercion, not as allies. Which of the 17 admin officials with 119 ideas for what is going on should they try to see? What formula do they think is being used?

The vindictive persecution of Chris Krebs has implications for allies. European allies depend very heavily on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency & other US agencies for intel on Russian cyber threats. Trump admin sending message that Russia related threat intel isn’t welcome & is evidence of disloyalty.

Building ships is hard

Not a good indicator for future relations between National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces and US counterparts

🆕Abacus Data poll: Liberals maintain 4 point lead over the Conservatives 🔴LPC 42 🔵CPC 38 🟠NDP 9 Much of the Liberals’ advantage can be attributed to improving public impressions of Mark Carney. The Liberal leader’s net favourability now stands at a robust +20 (48%

Since *Wednesday*: We have had: - Universal “reciprocal tariffs” - A removal back down to 10% - 50% Chinese tariffs - 90% Chinese tariffs - 104% Chinese tariffs - 125% Chinese tariffs - 145% Chinese tariffs - Electronics exempted - Electronics now potentially back on. If you

Is there any evidence the Commerce secretary is better informed on these matters than any one watching from home?

Scoop: There is significant division inside the The White House over Howard Lutnick’s comments on the temporary nature of the tariff exemptions, an apparent 180 from where the world thought the trade negotiations were going, sources tell me. Of course the only opinion that really

This Curse of Politics is grim listening for the 🇨🇦 defence crowd with their uniform panning of the politics of the Liberal Party defence procurement announcements! The Herle Burly Scott Reid Jordan Leichnitz 🇨🇦

Comments from me and Canadian Global Affairs Institute Fellow Philippe Lagassé On proposed changes to our sclerotic procurement system. theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…

Spoke to David Common for a CBC News: The National piece on rebuilding the Canadian Armed Forces If the next PM wants it to happen, they'll have to set a different tone in Ottawa. What’s it going to take to build back Canada’s military capability youtu.be/3su6J1pMJ-E?si… via YouTube

Recorded this around 2am - good recap of what we saw happen last night podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/fro…

Great listen especially for something recorded so late.

Yes please