As the U.S.-Israel war in Iran continues, so do high fuel prices, and for many Canadians, the savings from the suspension of the fuel excise tax have been much needed. But that break at the gas pumps is expected to end in just a couple of weeks. As Sean O'Shea explains, calls are growing to extend the tax suspension as Canadians continue to struggle with the high cost of living. | Global National
This photo 👆is lifted from Pierre Poilievre’s Facebook feed. The photo is almost certainly taken by a member of Poilievre’s team. On the left, is Stephen Curran, the Conservative candidate in the federal by-election underway in North Vancouver—Capilano, a by-election in which the Liberals are the incumbent and the favourites and in which Curran must have a lot of good luck to defeat the Liberal candidate who is Mark Carney’s former deputy chief of staff, Braeden Caley.
Poilievre, of course, is on the right, and to his left is Caroline Elliott who just lost, by the narrowest of margins, the leadership of the BC Conservative Party. Elliott lost to Kerry Lynne-Findlay, who served in Stephen Harper’s cabinet with Poilievre, and who, like Poilievre, believes that electoral success will come if the party moves further to the right and away from the political centre.
Elliott’s campaign was managed by Kory Teneycke and the numbers guy on Elliott’s campaign was Nick Kouvalis. They are both dyed-in-the-wool conservatives. They teamed up to give Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford his three majorities. And they are also some of Poilievre’s sharpest and loudest conservative critics. And so it seems Poilievre could not help but gloat that the Teneycke-Kouvalis campaign to make Elliott BC Conservative leader failed. At a Calgary Stampede event last month, Poilievre congratulated Findlay, saying: “The future premier of British Columbia, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, way to go, fresh off a big win against Liberal lobbyists from out east.” Teneycke, a Saskatchewan native, lives in Toronto. Kouvalis lives near Windsor, ON. They might be lobbyists but neither are “Liberals.”.
This shot from Poilievre in Calgary prompted a ton of discussion on Conservative circles, including from the conservative-sympathetic columnist Brian Lilley, writing in the Sun chain, that “Poilievre’s decision to use his Stampede BBQ speech to pick a fight with Ford and his team by branding them Liberals is beyond stupid. It damages his efforts to unseat Mark Carney.”
Elliott chimed in too, taking issue with Poilievre’s remarks in a social media post, saying, “So your MPs, and now you personally, celebrating my defeat in the B.C. Conservative leadership race is disappointing. The race is over and it's time to unite, not divide."
And now, we have this photo — taken by a member of Poilievre’s staff and posted on Poilievre’s feeds. Poilievre and Elliott “uniting” in support of Stephen Curran. Curran is already an underdog but it seems to me has no chance of an upset if those who supported Elliott in the BC Conservative race and who are upset about Poilievre’s slagging of Elliott’s campaign decide to sit on their hands in the upcoming by-election. In that BC Conservative leadership election by the way, voters in the two provincial North Vancouver ridings (North Vancouver-Lonsdale and North Vancouver-Seymour) went overwhelmingly for Elliott on the final ballot: 70%-30%.
Good reason for Poilievre to engage in some public ‘make-up’ with Elliott if he wants to help his candidate Curran. - DA
Much of the Pravda Network output was found to be “repeatedly framing tariffs, affordability and investment concerns as evidence that Alberta is being economically punished within Canada,” the report said. Statements from right-wing U.S. podcasters and MAGA influencers, meanwhile, have promoted the narrative that Canada is a failed state that Alberta has no choice but to leave. Such narratives follow statements from Alberta separatist leaders this year who said they met with Trump administration officials in Washington on three occasions, and comments from U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent who, when asked about Alberta in January, said he had heard “a rumour that they may have a referendum” and called the province “a natural partner for the U.S.” | The Globe and Mail (🎁 link)
It’s possible to drop $6,000 at a “Kosher chicken” restaurant and, it seems, equally plausible to pay $14,900 for organic grass-fed premium beef that had been gently raised in the rolling pastures of King City. What, you may ask, is the link between these gastronomical affairs? They are among hundreds of thousands of dollars in meeting expenses claimed by a small number of riding associations of Premier Doug Ford‘s cabinet ministers, according to Elections Ontario filings. | TorStar (🎁 link)
President Donald Trump said Sunday he directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce” joint military exercises with South Korea, citing his “very good relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile, to a Country that, as long as Donald J. Trump has been President, has been unthreatening and respectful,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. | WaPo (🎁 link)
The measure, approved on August 16 by 183 lawmakers in the 290-seat parliament, prohibits interviews, participating in discussions, or other communication with media described as American, Israeli, or funded by the United States or Israel. The bill would also criminalize sending videos, photographs, audio recordings, or other data to non-Iranian media outlets or people engaged in media activities outside the country. | Radio Free Europe
Canada is one of a number of countries around the world moving toward social media age restrictions. They include the United Kingdom, which plans to implement a ban for kids under 16, and France, which has approved a social media ban for kids under 15. But France’s top court, the Constitutional Council, struck down the social media ban on Friday. The court ruled the ban is too broad and infringed upon freedom of expression and privacy rights. | CP
0930 ET : Guelph, ON - Jobs and Families Min Patty Hajdu and LPC MP Dominique O’Rourke speak about the Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Alliance
0930 ET : Lethbridge , AB - CPC MP Rachael Thomas hosts a pancake breakfast.
1000 ET : Edmundston, NB - LPC MP Guillaume Deschènes-Thériault makes an infrastructure funding announcement.
1000 ET : Port Hope, ON - Women and Gender Equality Min Rechie Valdez makes a funding announcement
1100 ET : Val-d’Or, QC - Indigenous Services Min Mandy Gull-Masty makes a funding announcement
1130 ET : Lindsay, ON - FEDDEV Min Evan Solomon makes a funding announcement
1215 ET : St. John’s, - PM Carney joins Premier Tony Wakeham and QC Premier Christine Fréchette for a signing ceremony for Churchill Falls energy.
… in 2010. Sc 2403 Cupids. Design: Steven Slipp
Marks the 400th anniversary of the settlement of Cupids (then Cuppers Cove), NL.
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