if i were the pmo, i would not return any further calls from donald trump, but rather direct that intergovernmental communication occur via the appropriate bureaucrats and dignitaries over the appropriate channels.

if i were the prime minister, i would make it clear that i would not be interested in any sort of further communication with donald trump for any reason at all.

i think that canada should respond to trump's reaction to the sports events ads by telling him that we're not going to sign a deal with him at all. 

canada should refuse further discussions on reciprocity agreements and instead wait for the next president to take office before resuming trade negotiations, and we should tell that to the united states in blunt terms.

that would be 2028/9. 

we should wait it out.

i suspect that the president is upset that his local sports team did not advance in the competition the ads were broadcast during. apparently, the canadian team located in the city of toronto, which i believe is the only canadian team in this competition, advanced instead. it's some kind of cricket that is very popular in the united states and that i know very little about. 

if landlords are allowed to unilaterally alter the terms of a lease, then it isn't a lease. this is functionally a proposal to abandon the entire concept of a rental contract altogether, and just let landlords do whatever they want, on a whim. apparently, the government believes this will alleviate the housing crisis, by freeing up additional stock, by evicting the people that live there.

that's right - the ontario government's solution to the lack of affordable housing is to evict more people, therefore creating more housing. statistically speaking, that's what would happen, allowing them to campaign on creating more housing spaces.

i wouldn't rent an apartment from somebody without a lease agreement, and landlords may actually find that they have difficulty finding tenants, under the proposed amendments.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/proposal-rent-control-removal-ontario-9.6952992

if we're going to have a conservative government whether we like it or not, let the conservatives govern. i certainly have no support for the sitting government and would like to see it defeated. i would have no support for the budget being proposed, which cuts services to pay for guns to fight wars overseas, and would vote against it so long as it continues to push austerity to pay for death, which appears to be non-negotiable. 

i have absolutely no confidence in mark carney or the liberals whatsoever.

let's have another election.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-house-leader-budget-votes-9.6953599