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I am happy to report that I’ve been working on a new postscript for Irving vs Irving that will bring the story up to date. It will be including in the next print run of the paperback later this year.
Jacques Poitras
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Author: Irving vs Irving | Pipe Dreams: The Fight for Canada's Energy Future | Beaverbrook: A Shattered Legacy | The Right Fight | Imaginary Line
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Nation-building energy projects? They said that about Energy East, too — as I recounted in my 2018 book. The players have changed, but the economic and political tensions are identical to when I drove across six provinces to tell the stories of supporters and opponents.
My book on the project, Pipe Dreams, remains surprisingly timely as an examination of Canadian polarization over energy projects, however.
Paging Lord Ashburton. Lord Ashburton, Daniel Webster for you on line 2.
This could help explain this moment to our readers who may believe that, because the idea of annexing Canada sounds ridiculous, it can't be serious.View quoted post on X
TLDR; It's not a joke.
A gift link here --> nytimes.com/2025/03/07/wor…
Every paragraph of this is a delight. (I’ve loved all my editors, I must say.) newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…
www.newyorker.com The Editorial Battles That Made The New Yorker The magazine has three golden rules: never write about writers, editors, or the magazine. On the occasion of our hundredth anniversary, we’re breaking them all.