David Dlab @daviddlab

Director of Parl Affairs @SenateCA. Prev 📊 @ George Weston, Finning & Exxon. Love history, maps. Climate optimist. 🌱🇨🇦🌍 Opinions my own. colindeacon.ca Ottawa, Ontario Joined August 2009

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David Dlab @daviddlab

5 months ago

With trade frozen and inventories quickly drying up in certain sectors it’s just a matter of time before the direct effect of tariffs are felt across the whole economy. (1-2 months) We should start seeing detailed measured effects on earnings reports during the summer.

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ian bremmer @ianbremmer

6 months ago

what’s happening to the turkish people is is so painful to witness. an educated, modern nation with a leader who doesn’t trust his own citizens, is unwilling to allow their voices to be heard, and is prepared to use the force of the state against them.

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David Dlab @daviddlab

6 months ago

Major news from Turkey as Ekrem Imamoglu, Mayor of Istanbul and chief political rival to Erdogan, is arrested, days before he was set to be nominated as a presidential candidate in the next election. apnews.com/article/turkey…

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Rasmus Jarlov @RasmusJarlov

6 months ago

There is a lot of nonsense written today about the result of the election in Greenland 🇬🇱yesterday. Trumpers are claiming that Greenland will now get a more pro-Trump government. That is not the case. Here are some insights. 1/x 🧵

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David Dlab @daviddlab

7 months ago

The most successful outcome of diplomacy is when both sides thinks the other blinked first.

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Sean Speer @Sean_Speer

7 months ago

There has been a lot of commentary in recent days about interprovincial trade barriers but one gets the sense that most of those commenting couldn't cite specific barriers if forced—with the exception of vague references to alcohol or transportation. One of the principal…

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David Dlab @daviddlab

8 months ago

"Time doesn’t seem to matter so much in Canada. We take a leisurely pace". Due to parliamentary inaction on cybersecurity, privacy, AI, and data, tech firms will be adopting existing international regulations, rather than made-in-Canada standards. bnnbloomberg.ca/business/polit…

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David Dlab @daviddlab

8 months ago

Climate change is hitting your pocket book - in this case for home insurance. Insurance companies paid out $8B in claims as a result of weather phenomena in 2024, $2B higher than the previous record. cbc.ca/news/canada/br…