Sure understanding tradeoffs is great but you can't always know what they necessarily are right? Politics is about arguing for your preferred tradeoffs. Like imagine if the tradeoff was "do you support free buses if it meant there was a congestion charge for cars on the bridge"

My son is working at his office today. My daughter in law is working a 12 hour shift in the NICU unit and studying to be a nurse practitioner. So Grandpa gets to babysit my 3 month old granddaughter. Life is good. ❤️☀️

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Flatline is is actually so disappointing!!! Was really hoping the tiny decrease last year might have been gaining momentum

China's ICE new car sales peaked in 2017. Seven years later, they had fallen by 48%🤯

Is this the alley from the Rick Mercer report?

This tweet has funny responses

Political violence is hyperpartisan. Democrats blame Republicans for political violence and Republicans blame Democrats.

I'd love further back in time data on this (and forwards but have to wait on that one)

fewer than 1% of Americans support murdering their partisan opponents. this is true for democrats, republicans, and independents. resist the urge to share cherry picked data showing the side of the aisle you hate is more violent than the other side (looking at you Elon Musk)

Data released by StatCan today indicate that seasonally adjusted population growth in 2025 Q2 was the lowest it has been in a long time. There was a 2nd consecutive quarter of substantial decline in the non-permanent resident population, reflecting government policies aimed at

Burying the lead... PC's tied for first and UCP in third in hypothetical matchup?? But also... Cardinal Research is run by Curtis Fric, the person behind the Polling Canada account. I feel like a disclosure upfront on these tweets would give better credibility? My 2cents

Perceptions of China and if they care about climate change is all over the place on my twitter. My 2¢: We basically need a durable political agreement between the US and China that makes them the world carbon police. So this is all just a pre-negotiation excercise

Inspired by twitter discourse, I made a substack post about China's emission targets and how it matters for Canada - check it out! substack.com/@chrispyross/n…

NEW from Pew Research Center: 20% of US adults now regularly get news from TikTok, up from 3% in 2020. Among the youngest adults, 43% now regularly get news there, up from 9% in 2020. Full analysis: pewresearch.org/short-reads/20…

some Canada-US ecosystem news terms in the past couple weeks

For anyone wanting to revisit Campaign 2025, here's a comprehensive debrief of the federal election that includes data from tracking, election results, and a post-election survey. polisci.ca/2025/09/08/ana…

🚨fresh poll results If you’ve been a bit perplexed by the extremely divergent reactions to Charlie Kirk’s assasination, this one’s for you. open.substack.com/pub/relaywithk…