Geoff Russ 🍁 🎄
@GeoffRuss3
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Editor-at-large for @WDiminishment Contributor to the @nationalpost, the @MLInstitute and many others.
The North Shore
Joined February 2021
Hockey, parliament, and Anne of Green Gables are considered unquestionably "Canadian". The economy, the monarchy, and the binational founding pact are called "colonial". They both emerged from the same colony-turned-imperial Dominion. There is no difference between the
macdonaldlaurier.ca
Canada’s history, culture, and political traditions belong to all Canadians - to treat them as foreign shirks our responsibility to that inheritance.
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I'd be curious to know who among us have ever read something by David Orchard. I certainly have not. As for the new/young right (whatever it is labelled), I would stress that many within it have outright rejected Red Tory as a title. There is little anti-Americanism, at least
It's been interesting (and somewhat unexpected) to witness the revival of David Orchard’s eclectic strain of Canadian conservatism among some young voices. Their interest in George Grant’s social-democratic and anti-progressive critique, their skepticism of classical liberalism,
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Pro-development First Nations rarely get a fair hearing, either their voices are ignored by media or their participation in resource projects is downplayed, writes @GeoffRuss3, who says BC's LNG landscape shows the opposite is true. For @BeatNorthern
https://t.co/4wZYLJgj5Y
northernbeat.ca
Will pro-development First Nations get a fair hearing? Foreign press often portray Canadian Indigenous people as righteous land defenders.
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@FaceDeBengals Immortalized for all posterity in the greatest @TheTorontoSun cover of all time
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There’s a whole new issue set that Canadians (especially younger Canadians) are deriving their political preferences from. The damp culture of delay and bureaucracy set and maintained by the small-l liberal establishment is as well-oriented as a headless chicken in this new
The liberal right cannot defeat the left in Canada, it is that simple. A new coalition of the futurists, the cultural conservatives and the nationalists can.
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Feeling overwhelmed by the task of civilizational renewal and don’t know where to start in crafting a Canadian cultural identity? Today in @WDiminishment I make the case for why the Nutcracker is an excellent starting point. https://t.co/A7E0ngW0P4
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Canada brought in a LOT of German immigrants after 1945 who likely did not have a whole lot of progressive thoughts about Jews. But they never acted like this. Why?
The Uber driver who thinks it's perfectly acceptable to act like a 1930s brownshirt in 2025 Canada is not, under any circumstances, contributing to this country or making us a better place. The fewer of these people we have among us, the better we are. https://t.co/VXUiUhFBYi
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Today, @Emily_Lowan and I debated the idea of a new oil pipeline from BC's coast. While she said the market is 'evaporating,' I argued that if proponents are willing to risk billions of private capital, we should put real stock in that reality.
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My mother-in-law is with us in Canada for Christmas. She has discovered the Red Ensign. "Why did they change it? It is so much nicer than the maple leaf one?" I personally like both, but my in-laws are very based.
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A great Christmas piece from @kateemarland on the limitations of CanCon, and how certain classics from abroad like the Nutcracker are also part of Canadian identity and tradition, especially in December. "What will heal our crisis of cultural austerity is not replace(ing)
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@demersfr Builders, Anglofuturists, Randian architects, etc
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Might be true if it were 1889.
Or hear me out, Maybe they voted for the person running to be their MP, not the leader. But what do I know. #cdnpoli
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BC Green Leader @Emily_Lowan says that all a new oil pipeline would do is "line the pockets of the oil lobbyists who run @ABDanielleSmith's office." I counter, both on her assessment of commodity markets and the case for how and WHY we need more egress for Canada's top export.
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The liberal right cannot defeat the left in Canada, it is that simple. A new coalition of the futurists, the cultural conservatives and the nationalists can.
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Crooks, the lot of them. In a just province and country, MPs, MPPs, and the worst of our scumbag lobbyists would be out on their asses, and John Tibbits would be spending his days grasping, unsuccessfully, for a sleeping guard’s key ring. At the very least, line-em up, or stick
Fees paid by foreign students were bonanza for @ontariocolleges that raised more in tuition than they required in public funding. “Ontario was the only province where the majority of college revenue, 64.5%, came from fees.” — @StatCan_eng
https://t.co/EwxbCLWCz8
@senecacollege
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Re-upping this one for no particular reason. https://t.co/sKr0o8hFR4
Fight against B.C. extortion epidemic hits roadblock as each suspect sent for deportation hearing claims refugee status.
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In case you missed it, here's today's panel with BC Green Leader @Emily_Lowan and I on @MikeSmythNews. We debated an oil pipeline to BC's coast and the federal-Alberta MOU, and took some audience calls. Listen:
At 9:00 am this morning, @Emily_Lowan and I are joining @MikeSmythNews for a live panel on the pipeline MOU between Alberta and the federal government. Tune into @CKNW:
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The Canadian right hearing the term "dead cat bounce".
The Con dead cat bounce didn’t last long ..
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Proper use of the flag.
Today marks the 94th anniversary of the Statute of Westminster. 🇨🇦 A defining moment in Canada’s history, the Statute of Westminster affirmed our nation’s legislative independence and strengthened Canada’s place as a self-governing country within the Commonwealth.
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