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[Victoria Watcher]

Russell Brand Opens Up About His Marriage to Katy Perry, Justin Trudeau, and His Other Relationships

 

https://youtu.be/5y4...Vn0NrsRLk54gpDx

[LJ]

Your tax $$$$ in action !!

“ Based on recent reports in March and April 2026, the federal government of Canada (Ottawa) has entered into a $200 million, 10-year lease agreement with Maritime Launch Services (MLS) for a space launch pad in Canso, Nova Scotia, known as Spaceport Nova Scotia. 

 

Key details of this arrangement include:

The Land Deal: Maritime Launch Services leases the site land from the Province of Nova Scotia for a reported $13,500 per year.

The Federal Lease: MLS then turned around and signed a deal with the federal Department of National Defence to lease the launch pad for $20 million annually over 10 years.”

 

[Matt R.]

When’s the first lift off.

Whatever happened to the Blackhawk’s and the fentanyl czar? Was that really only a year ago?!

[Kilo95]

When’s the first lift off.

Whatever happened to the Blackhawk’s and the fentanyl czar? Was that really only a year ago?!

The Blackhawks are still around and in use by the RCMP. The fentanyl czar is now the new Coast Guard Commissioner.

[Mike K.]

We are beyond hopeless with the current leadership.

Politico is reporting that it was Melanie Joly who cratered trade talks with the US, and not Doug Ford’s ad. Joly eventually admitted she hadn’t even read a major contract at the centre of the troubles.

While the public fallout over the ad made headlines, it was finer policy details out of Ottawa — particularly around autos — that alarmed Detroit.

On Oct. 15, the day after Ford announced the anti-tariff ad, Canada’s industry minister wrote to Stellantis chief executive officer Antonio Filosa threatening to sue the company over its decision to move its Jeep production plant from Brampton, Ontario, to Belvidere, Illinois.

After the companies announced plans to cut jobs or scale back vehicle production in Ontario, Joly also threatened to claw back millions the government of Canada had doled out to Stellantis and GM.

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On Oct. 23, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Joly reduced how many vehicles Stellantis and GM could import tariff-free, effectively raising their costs.

That evening, Trump abruptly halted “all trade negotiations” with Canada. While the president blamed the high-profile Reagan ad for the collapse in talks, one official familiar with talks between auto executives and White House officials, claimed the ad was largely “a pretext.”

- https://www.politico...e-deal-00905837

[Mike K.]

What a disaster. The 150 jet AirAsia order of the Airbus A220 produced in Montreal at the former Bombardier plant is being celebrated as a major win, but:

Airbus has faced production challenges at its Montreal-area plant over the past few years, struggling to churn out more than seven jets per month on average — half of the threshold needed to break even.

The French company has pointed to a range of supplier problems, citing shortages that run the gamut from engines to wings.

"The jury's still out as to whether the Canadian product that Carney's so gushing about is able to be produced at a rate that is profitable for the manufacturers," said John Gradek, who teaches aviation management at McGill University.

- https://www.cbc.ca/n...irbus-9.7189816

Hopefully they can figure out how to build these planes profitably.

[Victoria Watcher]

Shortages include "engines and wings".  Lol.  

[Mike K.]

In that article, Quebec basically provided Airbus with a major welfare cheque and it now says it’ll never get that money back.

[Victoria Watcher]

In that article, Quebec basically provided Airbus with a major welfare cheque and it now says it’ll never get that money back.

 

 

Risks remain for government. Quebec, which now owns 25 per cent of Airbus Canada, has written off its initial $1-billion US investment in the CSeries as valueless. In October, it reduced by half the estimated value of a subsequent cash injection to $300 million US.

[Mike K.]

Who writes these cheques? My god.

[Matt R.]

I remember during Covid there was a special ‘large transfer’ program for the federal wage subsidy, meaning payments over $25,000,000.

Government does like to write cheques!

[LJ]

Who writes these cheques? My god.

Alberta provides the funds, Quebec writes the cheques.