Prof at Memorial University. My research is on international political economy and public policy.
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@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) retweeted
14 Oct 2025
It’s election time in Newfoundland and Labrador — and beef with Quebec is back on the menu.
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@nancy_snedden is discussing the @ccpa 2025 Living Wages Report with @RussAlanWill @MUN_PoliSci , Lauren Holwell @CCSNLTweets , & Lesley Burgess @bridgestohope
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Before we all get engaged in the provincial election, we have the perfect palate cleanser - A Mayoral/Deputy Mayor Debate!
7:00pm, in what we used to call the INCO theatre. If you like municipal politics and policy - be there - registration preferred, but not required.
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Releasing today - the 2025 regional living wages from @CCPANS Our takeaway this year - too many people are working long hours for incomes that don't cover a conservative estimate of essential household expenses.
Report here: policyalternatives.ca/news-r…
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There is an election going on - if you feel like you are being left behind ask the candidates why they have no serious policy proposals to deal with this challenge.
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@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) retweeted
10 Jun 2025
Happy City Campaign School - Meet our panelists!
Climate Change, Public Transportation, Infrastructure and Resilience panel featuring:
Dr. Tolulope Akerele
Dr. Mahyar Masoudi
Luke Quinton
📅 June 14, 9AM
📍 MUN R. Gushue Hall
📱 Register via QR code!
ALT Happy City St. John's Municipal Election Campaign School flyer announcing panelists for Climate Change, Public Transportation, Infrastructure, and Resilience discussion. Features three professional headshots: Dr. Tolulope Victoria Akerele (Black woman with glasses wearing black top), described as Visionary Leader, Urban Planner and Researcher; Dr. Mahyar Masoudi (man with glasses wearing blue patterned shirt), Assistant Professor in Department of Geography; and Luke Quinton (white man in red checkered shirt with arms crossed), Writer and Audio Producer. Event details: Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM, located at MUN R. Gushue Hall Mezzanine, DH2002. Includes QR code for registration. Sponsored by Memorial University, Harris Centre, Deucor, and The Hub. Red and blue color scheme with white background.
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Well… we have had free trade since basically the 1950’s… so that would be okay … I guess.
But… why did the President have to crash the global economy to learn how North America works?
Like… he could have read something, or listened to people? Just thinking out loud.
New U.S. ambassador says Canada could get ‘lowest tariffs of any country’ ctvnews.ca/politics/article/…
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I’d like to know what acctual Conservatives believe about this.
17 May 2025
Conservatives believe there should be a by-election in Terrebonne.
With a margin of one vote and numerous errors preventing some votes from counting, voters deserve the chance to have their intentions clearly expressed with a conclusive vote.
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We live in amazing times. I hug my kids close.
17 May 2025
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The National Post is a joke. Don’t pay for it.
It’s like the Enquirer in the grocery store line up: you don’t need it in your life.
6 May 2025
'All of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s big talk about standing up to Donald Trump was exposed Tuesday as a bombastic sham'
nationalpost.com/opinion/mic…
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Preference are complex. They do not translate the way advocates of ranked ballots and AV systems assume. Voters … are complicated.
The key takeaway though is that converting Canadian politics into a two horse race is not a *safe “Conservatives can’t win” space.
6 May 2025
Preparing for some post-election briefings for clients and associations.
From the @abacusdataca post-election survey, look at voter flows from 2021 to 2025.
Only 1 in 3 of those who voted NDP in 2021, did so again in 2025.
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@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) retweeted
6 May 2025
Some recommendations in economic history
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Have you talked to the premier of Alberta?
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Yes… we’re not even talking about services either. But if this is REALLY what you’re obsessed about we can buy less American manufactured goods and the US can decide if they still want energy. No idea how that’s a win for the US; but I’ll be in line to be a Canadian car.
6 May 2025
Trade deficit not 1) a "subsidy", or 2) worth $200bn.
The annualized US goods trade deficit with Canada is nearer $60bn a year, not $200bn.
And that's deficit is effectively all crude—without crude, the US has maintained a steady trade SURPLUS with Canada to the tune of ~$30bn.
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@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) retweeted
6 May 2025
Neither Carney nor Canada would have benefited from the prime minister sitting in the White House and trying to antagonize Trump. This isn't a movie or an episode of the West Wing.
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This basically. Though I assume in the greatest Neville Chamberlin tradition, at some point Trump will take a “piece of paper” he can call a deal. He really just wants the theatre.
NAFTA: worst deal ever/USMCA: Best deal ever 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
6 May 2025
Key takeaways from the Trump-Carney meeting: 1) no humiliation; 2) no clarity over what Trump wants in exchange for lifting tariffs; 3) no US openness toward a US-CAN economic and security deal; 4) threats of annexation remain; 5) the two countries will continue to drift apart.
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@russellawilliams.bsky.social 🫐 (Berrified) retweeted
6 May 2025
Key takeaways from the Trump-Carney meeting: 1) no humiliation; 2) no clarity over what Trump wants in exchange for lifting tariffs; 3) no US openness toward a US-CAN economic and security deal; 4) threats of annexation remain; 5) the two countries will continue to drift apart.
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And … I wish him the best. This country needs it. He’s wedged between Trump insanity and Danielle Smith trying to engineer own-goals on Canada. You can not like the Liberals. Carney is not my “cup of tea”, but we really need to keep working together.
Look. It’s a tough day to be the PM. No one wants to go and participate in Trump’s theatre absurdism, but he did what he had to do. And he did it without going “Keir Starmer”. Trump got a lot of what he wanted in optics, Carney will probably stay focused in the real issues.
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Look. It’s a tough day to be the PM. No one wants to go and participate in Trump’s theatre absurdism, but he did what he had to do. And he did it without going “Keir Starmer”. Trump got a lot of what he wanted in optics, Carney will probably stay focused in the real issues.
Reporter: I was watching your face during the meeting.. what was going through your mind when the President talked about erasing the border..
Carney: I’m glad that you couldn’t tell what was going through my mind
Reporter: Oh I could
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Hellsite releases collective groan as remaining posters discover bots don't vote.
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