Greg Fergus @GregFergus

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Defense of Ukraine @DefenceU

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Un match historique de la Coupe du monde pour le Canada 🇨🇦 #ANousMaintenant

An historic World Cup match for Canada 🇨🇦 #OurGameNow

"You showed a level of character that some people never achieve in their life. And you showed it when the entire country and a good part of the world is watching. I couldn't be prouder as a Canadian." PM Carney's message to Canada men's national soccer team x.com/CANMNT_Officia…

Vaccinations are truly a miracle. Countless lives of women saved by this one alone.

BBC News (UK) @BBCNews

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Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine bbc.in/4ovjOLq

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Hi Larry, Thanks for the question. You are right that Conservatives proposed amendments to narrow Bill C-16's constitutional safety valve. So why were those amendments rejected The answer is simple: the safety valve exists to help preserve mandatory minimum penalties, not eliminate them. For years, Canadian courts have struck down mandatory minimums when they violated the Charter. Bill C-16 takes a different approach by allowing judges to depart from a mandatory minimum only in the exceptionally rare case where applying it would be unconstitutional. The Conservative amendments would have restricted that safeguard and imposed more political control over independent courts. Conservatives often talk about limiting government overreach, yet they repeatedly want politicians to dictate decisions that should be made by judges applying the law and the constitution. The irony is that without a constitutional safety valve, courts are more likely to strike down mandatory minimums entirely. With one, Parliament has a better chance of preserving them. Rejecting those amendments wasn't about weakening sentences. It was about protecting judicial independence, respecting the Charter, and helping ensure mandatory minimum penalties survive to protect victims.

Larry Brock @LarryBrockMP

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Bill C-16 creates a “safety valve” that allows judges to sentence below mandatory minimum penalties. If Liberals believe this power should only be used in the narrowest circumstances, why did they vote against Conservative amendments that would have: -limited it to first-time

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Last night, our long-range sanctions once again reached the Moscow region – for the second time this week, the Moscow oil refinery was hit. Targets were also struck in the Rostov region and in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. This is a fully justified response to Russian attacks on our cities and communities, and another important result of our warriors’ work against facilities that sustain Russia’s war machine. I thank our Defense and Security Forces of Ukraine for their coordinated efforts – the Security Service of Ukraine, the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Special Operations Forces, Defense Intelligence, and our missile brigade for their precision. In recent days, all of our partners have noted the precision and effectiveness of our mid-range strikes and long-range sanctions. It is time the war ended, and Russia must take the necessary steps in diplomacy.

It was great reconnecting with our alumni tonight! Michelle and I will always be grateful for the chance to work side-by-side with so many brilliant, selfless people who believed in something bigger than themselves.

But the Obama Presidential Center is not just about commemorating the work we did together. It’s about inspiring the next generation to make their mark, too. Thank you for everything you did for us, and everything you’re still doing to leave this world better than you found it.

Very emotional moment from the interview with Zelenskyy. You should watch this. JOURNALIST: Do you miss being an actor? ZELENSKYY:?I miss being a good father. JOURNALIST: When your children were little, what did you tell them the most? What was the thing that you told them the most when they were small? ZELENSKYY: I love you. JOURNALIST: And what do you tell them now that they're older? ZELENSKYY: Oh, I miss you. JOURNALIST: When was the last time you cried? ZELENSKYY: I will try to do it after our interview. No, I mean this, between us. I'm a normal man and then there are a lot of different moments, between us, almost each day, a lot of losses on the battlefield and civilians, and there are absolutely crazy attacks on our people. And I'm just, it's… I mean, It's very difficult really, when I give orders (medals). I said about it. It's always difficult for me when I give orders (medals) to the mothers and fathers, who lost their children. In such moments, really, I often cry. JOURNALIST: Are you a hero? ZELENSKYY: No. JOURNALIST: So who is your hero? ZELENSKYY:?My hero? My children, my army, our army, and Ukrainian people. So I'm a part… I'm also a Ukrainian, so I'm a part of our nation. But now our nation, I think, that our nation is absolutely heroic.

Assurer une paix juste et durable pour l'Ukraine et l'Europe. C'est notre priorité de ce matin ici, au Sommet du G7 à Évian, en France.

Securing a just and lasting peace for Ukraine and Europe. That’s our focus this morning at the G7 Summit here in Évian, France.

This omission is a big mistake. Africa is going to be a significant economic powerhouse. @DAVIDHORNSBY

National Newswatch @natnewswatch

4 days ago

Canada risks missing economic boom by leaving Africa envoy position vacant: senator nationalnewswatch.com/2026/06/16/can… #nationlnewswatch via @natnewswatch

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An idea worth considering.

🇨🇦 Jamie Carroll 🇨🇦 @jec79

5 days ago

In @TheHillTimes today with something a little different: if the government. Is going to bother regulating social media, why not tackle the real issue? Curious what people - not bots - think.

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Remember when the Reform MPs used to criticize the Bloc Québécois for taking pensions?

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John Manley is a measured, talented, outstanding public servant of Canada's for many decades. This is very high praise indeed.

Scott Robertson @sarobertson_

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Former deputy PM John Manley: We used to always refer to the president of the United States as the leader of the free world. Donald Trump is not the leader of anything other than about the 37% of Americans that still support him. If anything, intellectually at least, Mark Carney

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Former deputy PM John Manley: We used to always refer to the president of the United States as the leader of the free world. Donald Trump is not the leader of anything other than about the 37% of Americans that still support him. If anything, intellectually at least, Mark Carney has become the leader of the free world, the countries that believe in democracy and the rule of law.

I thank all friends of Ukraine and everyone who helps us obtain important information and supports Ukrainian intelligence operations. Our intelligence agencies reported on the results of their work to assess the internal situation in Russia and obtain documents that end up on the Russian leader’s desk. We understand that Putin rarely receives information that is entirely truthful and unvarnished. But even what he sees in the documents that reach him still allows conclusions to be drawn. In particular, the so-called “projected indicators” of Russians’ dissatisfaction with Putin will continue to rise steadily, and he is already being conditioned to accept the idea that this growing dissatisfaction cannot be stopped and that this indicator “will not plateau” by September, when parliamentary elections are scheduled in Russia. As for the level of support for Russia’s ruling party, a steady downward trend is being recorded, which means significantly greater electoral fraud will be needed. They are also reporting a substantial rise in protest sentiment in Russian regions. We believe these reports also do not yet take into account the potential events of June, July, and August, which are bound to further affect the situation in Russia. The entirely justified pressure on Russia over this war will continue and intensify – and it won’t be just our pressure. So by September, Putin will be facing significantly worse indicators. Unfortunately, to all the public and non-public peace proposals we have made, the only response has been words about continuing his war. The internal situation in Russia should convince him of the opposite: that peace is needed. Ukraine is proposing to negotiate a dignified peace. Obviously, the trends will not change, and over time this may mean that an agreement will have to be reached with someone else from Russia – someone who will not shut themselves off from reality. Glory to Ukraine!

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