• ProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.ca
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    3 hours ago

    That is more than just a tweet. It is an explicit public statement of government policy, and an implicit statement that there is a lot going on behind the scenes, out of the public eye, based on the position taken in the public statement.

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      12 minutes ago

      Maybe that would be true - if there was much the Canadian government could do at all.

      It’s not our region, and the one major player in our region has very strong opinions of their own.

      • Victor Villas@lemmy.ca
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        60 minutes ago

        I agree this is just a tweet, but how do we know there’s “zero” action behind it? What available options are not being pursued by the minister?

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        2 hours ago

        Unlike Trump, who tweets indiscriminately, tweets from the Canadian government are not ‘just a tweet’. They are used judiciously and with forethought.