Konrad Yakabuski

@konradyakabuski

Columnist/Chroniqueur @ The Globe and Mail/Le Devoir

Montréal, Québec

Joined April 2009

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Konrad Yakabuski@konradyakabuski · Jul 12

M. Sabia s’en va (encore) à Ottawa #cndpoli #polcan @MarkJCarney #Michael Sabia ledevoir.com/opinion/chroni…

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Konrad Yakabuski@konradyakabuski · Jul 11

Out with ‘tu’ and in with ‘vous’ as Quebec aims to restore respect in public schools .@BDrainvilleQc .@francoislegault #polqc #qcpoli #education /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

konradyakabuski's tweet card. In most French-language public schools in Quebec today, students address their teachers by their first names

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Konrad Yakabuski@konradyakabuski · Jul 10

As the NDP faces financial crisis, radical flamethrowers play with matches .@NDP .@OntarioNDP .@NPD_QG #cdnpoli #polcan #NDP .@theJagmeetSingh /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

konradyakabuski's tweet card. A group calling itself Reclaim Canada’s NDP is asking donors to send their contributions to local riding associations rather than the national organization

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Konrad Yakabuski@konradyakabuski · Jul 4

Quebec’s dairy farmers have put Mark Carney in a political bind .@MarkJCarney .@ProdLaitQc #cdnpoli #polcan #TradeDeal /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

konradyakabuski's tweet card. Prime Minister faces tough political decision in determining how far to go in meeting Trump’s demands to open Canada’s dairy sector to U.S. competition

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Konrad Yakabuski@konradyakabuski · Jul 5

Le budget de la dernière chance .@MarkJCarney .@FP_Champagne #OTAN #NATO #cdnpoli #polcan ledevoir.com/opinion/chroni…

konradyakabuski's tweet card. Les décisions difficiles attendent Mark Carney afin de stabiliser les finances fédérales.

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Konrad Yakabuski@konradyakabuski · Jul 3

Democratic star Zohran Mamdani might just be the party’s future .@ZohranKMamdani #NewYorkCity .@TheDemocrats .@ericadamsfornyc /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

konradyakabuski's tweet card. His improbable victory over former New York governor Andrew Cuomo has galvanized progressives, but left the Democratic establishment shellshocked

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Konrad Yakabuski@konradyakabuski · Jun 27

Can Pierre Poilievre outrun the ‘yesterday’s man’ label? .@PierrePoilievre .@MarkJCarney #cdnpoli #polcan /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

konradyakabuski's tweet card. Conservative Leader has been close to invisible since the federal election

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Konrad Yakabuski@konradyakabuski · Jun 28

Le malentendu de 1982 : Un sénateur dépose un projet de loi visant à carrément interdire l’utilisation préventive de la disposition de dérogation par le gouvernement fédéral #polcan #cdnpoli #constitution .@francoislegault .@SenatCA .@SenateCA ledevoir.com/opinion/chroni…

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Konrad Yakabuski@konradyakabuski · Jun 25

Democrats wanting to impeach Trump for Iran attack show just how out of touch their party is .@AOC .@ZohranKMamdani .@DNC /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

konradyakabuski's tweet card. The party’s embrace of left-wing populism could spell disaster in the 2026 midterms

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Konrad Yakabuski@konradyakabuski · Jun 19

Will the ‘America First’ President risk an Iran entanglement? .@realDonaldTrump #IranVsIsrael #Iran .@JDVance #ForeignPolicy /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

konradyakabuski's tweet card. Trump’s MAGA disciples saw the phrase as a repudiation of the U.S.’s postwar role as global policeman

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Konrad Yakabuski@konradyakabuski · Jun 18

With Pablo Rodriguez leading the provincial Liberals, Quebec politics comes full circle .@LiberalQuebec .@coalitionavenir .@partiquebecois .@francoislegault .@PaulPlamondon #polqc #qcpoli /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

konradyakabuski's tweet card. The new Quebec Liberal Leader must connect with francophone voters to win the 2026 election

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Konrad Yakabuski@konradyakabuski · Jun 13

Donald Trump is not the only threat facing the G7. With insight from .@AmbDanFried .@ButlerCreon and Frédéric Mérand #G7Summit #G7 #G7Canada /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

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Stéphane Dion@AmbStephaneDion · Jul 1

Le 1er juillet 1916, quelques 800 soldats de #TerreNeuveetLabrador s’engagèrent dans la bataille de #BeaumontHamel. Seuls 68 d’entre eux répondirent à l’appel le lendemain. Un immense sacrifice que nous commémorons à #BeaumontHamel en présence du PM Hogan @PremierofNL.

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Konrad Yakabuski@konradyakabuski · Jun 20

How Quebec and Newfoundland overcame a century of hurt to reach a new deal on Churchill Falls .@francoislegault .@FureyAndrew .@hydroquebec .@NLHydro #Electricity #polcan #cdnpoli /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/business/comme…

konradyakabuski's tweet card. Geography made them neighbours but history kept them from being friends, until Premiers François Legault and Andrew Furey defied the odds to get the massive energy agreement done

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