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Well informed video by Paige on the project. Raises some important questions and highlights some contradictions in the stated mission of the project. One is the exclusivity being granted to Cadence to operate the service (45 years) and how the lack of competition could affect affordability...

Bypassing Dorval would hurt one of their stated goals of reducing shorthaul flights in the corridor. Direct connections to airports would go along way to facilitate that. Also, it's interesting none of their official news releases mention Laval in Phase One. This could all just be from an...

Sheppard and Brimley could be a good location for a secondary stop. Station could be directly connected to a new Line 4 station at Brimley and its close proximity to the 401 would provide convenient access for folks driving in from Pickering, Ajax, Whitby etc. For a suburban station, its good...

Zero chance he stops angling for the Nobel. This was more about stroking his ego so he doesn't throw next summer's tournament into chaos.

The low fee for Canada to join SAFE (10million euros) is making some question the potential benefits of the program. For reference, the UK was being asked to pay between 4 and 6.5 Billion euros...

This Energy MOU with Alberta might just give the NDP the opening they needed to make a comeback. We'll see if they take advantage of it in the coming months. A lot is riding on their choice of party leader. Mckenna has spent the past week throwing barbs at Resources minister Tim Hodgson on...

DND folks seem to be circling the wagons to pressure the Feds stick with the F-35 order. The Carney government is in between a rock and a hard place in making this call. There will be political blowback in either option. They've been left holding the bag after this can kept getting kicked down...

Still early, but the rolling stock contract likely will be really scrutinized by the public in regards to domestic economic benefits. Folks will be coming out of the woodwork crying foul if the contract doesn't contain domestic manufacturing, even though it likely wouldn't be feasible to do so...

There seems to be a heavy focus buying Canadian when it comes to the supply of Steel. Has there been any indication if the same stipulation will apply to the rolling stock?

The Feds and Alberta seem close to a deal on Energy. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-smith-oil-pipeline-9.6985035

Not sure if the Feds are really considering the Gripen or if they're just using it to pressure Lockheed Martin for increased economic benefits. Either way I'm not really comfortable with how much influence the Industry Minister (Joly) seems to be having in this decision. Industrial benefits...

Something I’ve noticed is the stark difference in media coverage of this project between French-language outlets and English-language outlets. Quebec media report on every small development and publish numerous opinion pieces, while with Ontario-based media it's crickets.

Sweden is putting the full court press on courting Canada... https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/swedish-king-canada-visit-9.6971674

Even so, it would be helpful to have a cordial relationship with the PM in that case. Most reporting seems to indicate that Carney is someone with a long memory.

Liberal MP Nate Erskine Smith releases a video of his review of Carney's budget titled "The good, bad, and the ugly.": Doesn't sound like a guy who plans on being part of caucus for very long...