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Conservatives talking
A lot of the news I read today was just various Conservatives talking. So here they are:
Thursday in the Toronto Star
Premier Doug Ford is appealing for political “certainty” in Canada ahead of contentious trade negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Ford, in Texas on a trade mission to promote Ontario, stressed “it was the right move” when he called an early Ontario election last year to give his government a stronger hand against Trump.
“Again, it goes back to certainty,” the premier told the Star in a wide-ranging interview Thursday.
“It’s no different than the federal government. They have three byelections, and if they win them, then they’ll have a majority. And again, a magical word in both countries is everyone wants certainty. Everyone wants to move forward,” said Ford.That was a reference to byelections in Toronto’s University—Rosedale and Scarborough Southwest and the suburban Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne on April 13.
Prime Minister Mark Carney will secure a majority government if his Liberals win two of the three.
Should they sweep all three, the governing party would not need Speaker Francis Scarpaleggia to break a tie vote in the Commons.
“I just believe in majority governments,” said Ford, noting his Progressive Conservatives have won three in a row at Queen’s Park.
“As far as I’m concerned Prime Minister Carney is a good man. He’s a very astute business person. He’s a sharp guy,” he said, noting their relationship got off to a great start 13 months ago over breakfast at Wally’s Grill in the premier’s Etobicoke North riding.
“I’ll never forget when I met him the first time, the first words out of his mouth: ‘I’m more conservative than you.’ And I said: ‘well that sounds good.’”…
While the Tory premier — who has had his differences with federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre — insisted he was agnostic in the byelections, he expressed hope the Bloc Québécois does “absolutely not” prevail in Terrebonne….
Pierre Poilievre
2024 Poilievre would like a word with 2026 Poilievre.
#cdnpoli
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— Audric Moses 🇨🇦 (@audricmoses.bsky.social) April 2, 2026 at 10:46 AM
So Pierre doesn’t like fast trains that reduce Greenhouse gas emissions over jet travel. And he’s against taxing gasoline, and he wants more pipelines for O&G. You think this he’s stumping for O&G? Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.
Poilievre calls for federal ta…
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— Scott in Montreal🇨🇦 (@scottinmontreal.ca) April 2, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Next Week on Pierre Poilievre Speaks we learn that he decided to get into politics after that Polio Diagnosis that shortened his lacrosse career.
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— The Doily Llama (@hanksr.bsky.social) April 2, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Poilievre returns to his emotional support culture war
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— The Beaverton (@thebeaverton.com) March 28, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Andrew Scheer
Andrew Scheer on expropriating land for railways (BAD!) and for pipelines (GOOD!)
Artemis II Briefing
I am struck by the fascination around the world with the Artemis II mission.
I am old enough to remember the 60s and 70s moon missions, but back then we had to rely on nightly newscasts and reading about the diagrams in newspapers. Now there are entire websites to look at, and even a live tracker for the whole voyage that anyone can follow.
To reach the Artemis Real-Time Orbit Website click here AROW – I found it takes a few minutes to “load” and start working – there is a “guided tour” that shows you the various options.
Here are some recent events:
Today’s Artemis II update –
Artemis II Flight Day 2: Orion Completes TLI Burn, Crew Begins Journey to the Moon www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio… via @NASA[image or embed]
— Cathie from Canada🍁 (@cathiecanada.bsky.social) April 2, 2026 at 10:34 PM
And by the way:
The Artemis spacecraft has an en suite bathroom!
A BATHROOM!
WITH A CLOSABLE DOOR!
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— 🦝 Socks 🐭 (@socksfur.bsky.social) April 1, 2026 at 9:26 AM
NASA’s Artemis II Mission Leaves Earth Orbit for Flight around Moon
NASA’s Artemis II Mission Leaves Earth Orbit for Flight around Moon
For the first time in more than 50 years, astronauts on a NASA mission are bound to fly…
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— us-nb.bsky.social (@us-nb.bsky.social) April 2, 2026 at 10:36 PM
In other news:
Here’s some great news – Ayla Lucas and her mother Tania Warner are out!
And finally, I just had to share that Brady Tkachuk actually earned a penalty while he was on the bench!
Brady Tkachuk got a penalty from the bench 😳
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— BarDown (@bardown.bsky.social) April 2, 2026 at 5:53 PM
