“I have a guy who’s unbelievable at doing swimming pools up the road”

47 Art Of The Deal Trump 11 Comments

Don’t bring a bureaucratic grift op to a property developer fight;

The president said he scrapped plans to have the granite replaced, which he said was estimated to cost $301 million and would take at least three years.[…]

The president went with a plan to clean the granite and lay down a new “industrial grade pool” surface for $1.5 million, he said. All told, it would take a few weeks. Trump noted it would be ready well before July 4, when the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of its independence.

New Governor, Same As The Old Governor

Art Of The Deal Gradually Then Suddenly New Governor 26 Comments

All I know about cutting trade ties with the US is how well it worked out for Cuba.

Under Mark Carney, Canada’s posture toward the United States has shifted with surprising speed—less theatrical than Trump’s, but no less consequential. In April 2025, we were promised a renewed economic and security partnership. By the summer, we were told the existing deal was already the best possible outcome. Fast forward to April 2026, and suddenly our reliance on the U.S. is framed as a strategic weakness. All of this, notably, after months without meaningful engagement or negotiation.

That messaging matters. Especially when delivered in a widely viewed address suggesting that CUSMA—the backbone of North American trade—is somehow on life support. It leaves industry asking a basic question: what exactly is the plan?

You Can Take The Girl Out Of Somalia

Democrats Our Diversities 10 Comments

But… Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is attributing her alleged inflated net worth to an accounting mistake.

Circling The Drain

Canada’s Bolsheviks Children R Our Future Gradually Then Suddenly It's Probably Nothing 8 Comments

Unaffordable housing creates a lot more problems than declining provincial education funding as families move to cheaper abodes. But then again, the same people bemoaning this problem are likely the same ones who cheered for zero percent interest rates that sparked the housing bubble to begin with.

Families aren’t just moving to a different neighbourhood; they’re leaving the region entirely. Driven by a cost of living that has become unsustainable for many young parents, the “Surrey dream” is being packed into moving trucks and headed further east — out of the valley and, in many cases, out of the province.

Left Coast, Lost Cause

More Money Than Brains 12 Comments

Also: The B.C. Hotel Association says FIFA organizers have cancelled between 70 and 80 per cent of the hotel rooms they booked in the 16 cities hosting World Cup games. In Vancouver alone, about 15,000 nightly room bookings have been cancelled. As the CBC’s Janella Hamilton reports, while Vancouver’s mayor said the World Cup would be a huge payout for the city, some tour operators are skeptical.

Our Diversities

More Pavilions At Folkfest Our Diversities 12 Comments

From our burgeoning Import The Third World files…

But wait, there’s more! The Home Depot receipt found in the rubble belongs to a Regina based company, Xpert Construction. According to the company director, Baljinder Singh, Xpert had been hired by Dhami to supply his job site with these materials. Hence a PST exemption number was used on the Home Depot receipt (A common practice for contractors who order materials for customers so that when the job is billed the PST is only collected once).

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