John Berlinsky 🇨🇦
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Retired physics prof and, in case you can't tell, a Liberal #IStandWithTrudeau #LiberalMajority
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Following the expulsion of Pierre Poilievre from the House.
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My advice to CBC - The Golden Rule: The CBC should do unto Pierre Poilievre as Pierre Poilievre would do unto the CBC.
Canada needs the CBC.
It does not need Pierre Poilievre.
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"My message to Pierre Poilievre: ... you can’t build a nation on hate. You cannot put out a fire with anger."
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The fact that the CPC spent millions to reimagine and repackage a career political hack and attack dog into an heart-warming father in t-shirts with muscles tells you everything you need to know about Mr. Poilievre's credibility. 1/2
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"Canada already is the fastest-growing economy after the US in the G7 this year and will probably repeat that performance in 2024, according to economist forecasts compiled by Bloomberg. It will be No. 1 in 2025 with gross domestic product expanding 2.3%."
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Over the past 6 years, the Trudeau government has:
- lowered taxes for the middle class and raised them for the top 1%
- instituted the Canada Child Benefit which has raised over 400,000 children out of poverty,
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Trying to understand Canadian media and their attacks on the Prime Minister on this 1st Truth and Reconciliation Day. It's as if their foreign/billionaire owners feel cheated by their ineffectiveness during the election, and media are desperate to redeem themselves.
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"Canadians deserve better from their media. They deserve to know where Poilievre stands on major issues of the day, rather than having their media merely parrot, unquestionably, his criticisms of Trudeau."
By Bob Hepburn Star Columnist
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Chantal Hébert and Andrew Coyne call Poilievre out for what he is - a bully and a liar.
“At Issue”
@ChantalHbert
“intellectual bully” is what she called you
#PierrePoilievreIsUnelectable
. Boom! 🪶😡🇨🇦🇺🇸
#RainbowBridgeExplosion
#PierrePoilievreIsABULLY
#cdnpoli
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@acoyne
What's embarrassing is a Canadian press that feels that it has to bloviate over every action of our PM, whether public or private and try to turn it into a scandal.
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Anyone too young to remember the last 4 years of the Harris govt should speak with someone who lived them. If the polls are right Ontario is about to enter another even darker period. It's still not too late to dodge that bullet. Get out and
#VoteFordOutJune2
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Elizabeth May would be a great Speaker. She believes in decorum in the House. She is widely respected, and she is not a member of a recognized party.
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So who is Pierre Poilievre and how dangerous a threat is he to Canada's welfare?
- He is a lifelong Conservative ideologue as well as a lifelong politician with essentially no other experience.
- He is devoid of empathy except, perhaps, for others like himself. He places no
@BerlinskyJohn
Couldn't agree more. Let's talk about this rather than pretending he's a threat to democracy like Trump or a racist like Le Pen.
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Could someone please explain why Robert Fife should not be charged for interfering with an ongoing murder investigation by publishing leaked information about the Indian government's involvement after being asked to delay publication by the government?
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"Of all the refugees who resettled around the world in 2020, nearly half went to Canada. It is the third consecutive year that the country has led the world in resettlements."
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The revelation that CPC's head strategist Jenni Byrne owns a company that lobbies for Canada's largest grocer explains
@PierrePoilievre
's "Axe the Tax" campaign which pretends that taxes and not excess profits are the cause of high food prices.
@CPC_HQ
is working for Loblaws
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@TorontoStar
What
@TorontoStar
doesn't explain very well is that Loblaws throws money at Jenni Byrne's company for provincial lobbying, and then Jenni turns around and runs the "Ax the Tax" campaign federally, blaming the carbon tax for Loblaws' high prices instead of corporate greed.
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When you saw the headline that three Canadian MPs had met with a member of a far-right German party accused of downplaying Nazi crimes, were you surprised to learn they were Conservative MPs? Of course you weren’t.
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If you're bashing Chantal Hebert, you're losing.
So the "reputable" "journalist" who writes for the Toronto Star, who is bashing the Conservative Party, is also a member of the Trudeau Foundation. And there are people who wonder why no one trusts the mainstream media anymore.
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A simple, clear explanation of how Pierre Poilievre is lying to us and what the real reasons are for high prices. Spoiler - it's not the carbon tax.
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Pierre Poilievre is a blight on Canada. His message of hopelessness corrodes our country, replacing dialogue with vitriol. His willingness to tear things down to build himself up represents a high water mark for ruthless, destructive politics.
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Canada is NOT broken - far from it.
Canada is ranked 2nd best country in the world for 2023. It is ranked just behind Switzerland. Canada moved from third to second place out of 87 countries this year as the best country in the world.
#IStandWithTrudeau
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Listening to Anita Anand and Marc Miller on CPAC convinces me that Canada has some of the best government ministers in the World.
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This is a good lesson for Canada. This is what it's like to have a would-be leader who is completely disconnected from the truth.
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"There is a systematic play of lying about an issue, rage-farming through shitposts, and then weaponizing that anger by turning it against someone, or to fundraise off of it. This is where much of the Conservative movement is in Canada these days"
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"After 8 years of Justin Trudeau ..."
I am so sick of listening to Pierre Poilievre. Would someone please Bring Poilievre Home, lock him in, and throw away the key.
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"The numbers suggest that even as he is alienating some Conservatives, Poilievre is giving progressive voters inside and outside Liberal ranks a stronger rationale to rally behind Justin Trudeau."
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Joseph Goebbels taught us that
"A lie told once remains a lie but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth,"
which raises the question of why anyone who loves Canada would repeat the obvious lie that "Canada is broken," and, in particular, why Canadian media would work so
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Comprehensive 🧵 on the accomplishments of the current government under the leadership of PM Trudeau.👇
A troll asked me to name something I liked about Trudeau. I had so many off the top of my head that they wouldn’t fit in a tweet so I listed them quickly in an email. You know what? Trudeau is transformational and Cons have never done anything.
#TransformationalTrudeau
. The list:
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For those who feel like they should vote against the Liberal government because they are tired or angry, remember that our worst decisions are made when we are tired or angry. Instead of voting AGAINST, try voting FOR whatever party will actually make things better and not worse.
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To my fellow Canadians. Today, as every day, I'm grateful to Canada for allowing me to immigrate here from the US. Over the 50 years since then that I've watched the country of my birth decline, Canada has been my home and haven. Happy Canada Day to all!
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This is a great speech.
PMJT just went off on Bell, saying it was a “garbage decision from a corperation that should know better" to layoff journalists and other workers.
“I’m pretty pissed off about what's just happened”
#cdnpoli
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Statements to the effect that this government as accomplished little in the past six years are simply untrue. 7/7
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Vote-splitting in Durham:
In 2021, the NDP finished a strong 3rd in Durham while the Liberals came in 2nd. A similar split would ensure a CPC win in 2024.
2021 Results:
CPC - 46.4%
LPC - 29.9%
NDP - 17.5%
On March 4, don't split the vote. Elect Robert Rock,
@LPC_O
@rrockdurham
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Strange times. The leader of the CPC is campaigning 24/7, spending millions, while continuous polls report results for an election two years in the future. All is amplified by a press intent upon creating a positive feedback loop of self-fulfilling prophecies. We're being played.
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Does anyone know whether the $8.5 million the Conservatives spent on advertising in 2023 includes the cost of Conservative bot farms?
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"...it’s not surprising that media outlets — owned by wealthy conservatives — are more interested in advancing scandals that negatively impact governments they don’t like."
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"Freedom Convoy" cost Canada millions in legal fees related to invoking Emergencies Act.
Trudeau government spent millions on private lawyers for work related to the Emergencies Act
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"Tory MPs channeled every disagreeable aspect of Pierre Poilievre, their stunt-prone, smug demagogue of a leader who believes that anger and ignorance are essential prerequisites to becoming prime minister."
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Jody Wilson-Raybould's victim of neglect.
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"The IDU is a social club for terrible people, and Harper has spent a lot of time cultivating friendships with autocrats and dictators, ..."
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@BestStephenD
@JustinTrudeau
@liberal_party
It might perhaps also bear pointing out that, on most issues and files,
@JustinTrudeau
and the
@liberal_party
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Poilievre is a bald-faced liar who forgets how hard our govt worked to save us from sickness and bankruptcy during the pandemic and ignores effects of the war in Ukraine and of floods and fires due to climate change and instead blames world-wide inflation on Canada's carbon tax.
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This is what Canadians want for their healthcare.
"I don't think there is a prime minister in Canadian history who over the entire scope of their time in office has met with the premiers and sat down to talk about health care as much as I have over the past two years," says PM Trudeau as he reacts to premiers' calls for meeting.
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@vortmax79
@WindsorPolice
No, the protesters are on the hook for violating the court order. They've had more than ample warning. The consequences will be severe.
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Is this guy clueless or what?
Freeland says pouring money OUT OF people’s bank accounts will stimulate the economy.
Better stimulus: pour paycheques INTO their bank accounts.
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To understand how Google and Facebook have gobbled up ad revenue in Canada, you only need to know that they get 80% of all internet ad revenue or about 47% of ALL ad revenue in Canada. See
Media advertising revenue in Canada from 2012 to 2023, by medium in Million USD 1/2
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IMF expects Canada to have the 3rd-fastest GDP growth among developed economies this year, at 1.4%, trailing only the U.S. (2.1%) and Spain (1.5%) and to outpace all advanced economies in economic growth in 2025, at 2.3%, while the U.S. posts a 1.7% gain.
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For those who may not remember what happened at Walkerton under the Harris government, it's important to learn from history and can be very painful to repeat it. 👇
For everyone wondering what happened in
#walkerton
, Ontario in 2000:
Municipal water wasn’t properly treated leading to an E. coli outbreak.
Over 2000 got sick.
7 people died.
2 public utility operators (who weren’t properly trained) went to prison for 9-12 months.
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How do the people of Ottawa feel about this conclusion by the Federal Court?
The fact that the residents, workers and business owners gave up their right to the peaceful enjoyment of public spaces to avoid physical violence is somehow different than threats of serious violence.
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@Scribulatora
I might have agreed were it not for yesterday's CBC article trying to pin the Harper government's settlement with the Catholic Church on the Liberals. That seemed like a deliberate attempt to deceive Canadians.
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- restored benefits to seniors and then raised them lifting hundreds of thousands above the poverty level, (Overall over a million Canadians have been raised out of poverty.)
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@drmwarner
If he uses the rental income to finance his retirement, then cap gains are not an issue. If he wants to sell, he should sell only one property in a year and make repeated use of the lower inclusion for the 1st $250,000 or $500,000 if he owns them jointly with his wife.
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close attention to every word, that I appreciated how deeply he loves Canada and how committed he is to restoring and preserving faith in our institutions. Given that commitment, his lifelong experience and his record of service I now hold him in the highest esteem.
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@CarlBoucherKnee
@QwertyDee_
@JJ_McCullough
See comments on any of his articles in the
@washingtonpost
. Canadian readers agree that he is the worst person they could find to write about Canada.
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- renegotiated NAFTA with the Trump administration and successfully fought off unfair tariffs on steel and aluminum
- banned assault weapons
- imposed a tax on carbon and successfully defended it against provincial challenges in the Supreme Court,
- legalized marijuana
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- ended over 110 boil-water advisories for first nations communities, where previous governments had ended none.
- provided massive support for Canadian workers and businesses during the pandemic.
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- negotiated European and Trans-Pacific free-trade agreements,
- quickly obtained vaccines so that Canada is among the top countries for Covid-19 vaccination
- negotiated childcare agreements with 7 provinces and 1 territory
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- accelerated shift to net-zero emissions by 2050, and set mandatory targets for new vehicles to be zero-emissions by 2035
- protected coastal waterways
- provided massive support for renewed infrastructure including transportation and clean energy production
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"I worry about the rising tide of incitements to violence when people use terms like 'treason' and 'traitor' in open discourse. Those are words that lead to assassination." - Michael Wernick, Former Clerk of the Privy Council
Why do we tolerate people who publicly display messages about killing our Prime Minister?
@rcmpgrcpolice
@globeandmail
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Why is the CBC such a mixed bag? On the one hand, it publishes outstanding investigative articles about dealing with homelessness in Peterborough and how Shoppers is imposing quotas on pharmacists. Then it has headlines about the federal government's 1/2
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There's a seat waiting for Dougie on the Board of Directors of Shoppers Drug/Loblaw's when he leaves office or gets out of jail.
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I should add that this Fifth Estate documentary on the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar is also outstanding video journalism.
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@davidakin
@JustinTrudeau
The PM has a lot of class, apologizing for the fact that the media turned Truth and Reconciliation Day into a circus.
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@acoyne
Should have stopped after the first line.
It’s false and misleading to say that the cap gains tax taxes income that was already taxed. It only taxes the GAIN.
Salaries also increase with inflation. Tax brackets are indexed to inflation.
What would you cut to spend less?
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The funny thing is I never thought that much of Mr. Johnston. He interviewed me for a job at UW and was helpful with the program I ran at Perimeter, but when he accepted Harper's offer to be GG, I kind of wrote him off. It was only when I read "Trust," very carefully paying 1/2
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@EScrimshaw
has argued that "Even the best PR work can’t turn chicken shit into chicken salad," but this plausible assertion has been proven false by the incredible transformation that the CPC PR team has engineered for Mr. Poilievre. 2/2
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Is this what we're looking for in a Prime Minister of Canada?
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Once again, Karina tells it like it is.
Pierre Poilievre and his Conservatives are trying to bring the dysfunction we see from the American far-right to Ottawa.
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"Not only is this a backroom deal between Ford and Schlegel Villages, notorious for its low-quality resident care, but it also involved The Ottawa Hospital CEO Cameron Love."
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It's disgusting that news organizations, politicians and
@Twitter
are plastering Bernardo's picture all over the site. Do they care at all about the feelings of victims families and friends? I find it sickening and it must be much worse for them.
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The PM just said that his greatest regret was how he handled electoral reform and decided against using his majority to implement ranked ballots to get rid of FPTP as he had promised.
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@PierrePoilievre
This is completely false. All of the 18 projects received export permits. Most have not been completed because of unfavorable market conditions. Some have changed plans from LNG to liquid ammonia or green hydrogen. Some such as LNG Canada are approaching completion.
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"deeply divisive" carbon levy or not meeting its goal for childcare spaces when, in fact, it's the premiers who are divisive and not paying their agreed share of childcare costs. Is this what they mean by "balanced reporting"? 2/2
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"The attacks on teachers, education staff, families with autistic children, minimum wage earners, healthcare workers and treatment of seniors before and during the pandemic, by the PCPO, are not something our members consider to be worthy of endorsement."
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The Stephen-Harper-led IDU is an organization for the international promotion of fascism. Conservatives support the IDU while fear-mongering about the WEF which is dedicated to applying entrepreneurship in the global public interest.
Every Conservative criticism is a confession.
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@acoyne
It's in the public interest for everyone to be aware of the reason for the deposits they receive from the government. Labelling them incorrectly or incompletely leads to public misunderstanding of the policy.
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Steve Del Duca's press conference was great! It is exactly what the people of Ontario need to hear. Listen to it and compare to what
@fordnation
has to offer.
@StevenDelDuca
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"The Canadian Press emailed Twitter asking for an explanation of the added tag, and the company responded with a poop emoji."
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Pierre Poilievre describes the idyllic life we will lead under his regime.
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@stphnmaher
Voters around the world, most recently New Zealand, are being targeted by well-financed, coordinated campaigns by right-wing populist parties. It's not the PMO, it's the blatant demagoguery and incessant gas-lighting from the right. It's a serious threat, requiring serious action
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Listening to the City of Ottawa media event, we hear that there were threats to the safety of Ottawa citizens that they are reluctant to describe openly. It is clear that not only citizens but also authorities have been intimidated. The question is will there be consequences?
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@DianeMariePosts
Other key facts are that the Aga Khan devotes himself to the elimination of global poverty, the promotion and implementation of religious pluralism, the advancement of the status of women, and the honoring of Islamic art and architecture.
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Elizabeth May always says something worth listening to.
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Convoy donors gave more than $460K to CPC leadership race — and many were first-time federal donors
Most of the convoy donors' leadership campaign donations went to Pierre Poilievre
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@KarenWenLin
The vast majority of truckers were vaccinated and were transporting goods in Canada or between Canada and the US during the Ottawa occupation. Many of those who occupied Ottawa were ill-behaved and many Ottawa residents felt terrorized.
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@Arturmaks
People should stop trying to dictate how our PM should conduct international affairs. He is in a much better position to see which actions will result in the best outcomes than any of us are.
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Elizabeth May is a national treasure. She has thought long and hard about the pros and cons of implementing the Emergency Act, and here she articulates her reasons for voting "yes" clearly and eloquently.
@ElizabethMay
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@BestStephenD
@acoyne
@PierrePoilievre
@globeandmail
@JustinTrudeau
Attacking the Canadian government for not preventing Chinese influence, based on information provided by corrupt leakers in our intelligence establishment is the perfect Russian disinformation op.
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Will anyone in the media call out the CPC leader for creating a doctored video that lies about what the PM said? He clearly said "farfelu" not "fou".
@althiaraj
@RosieBarton
@SusanDelacourt
@mattgurney
🚨 Justin Trudeau thinks the national unity crisis is “crazy”. 🚨
Like and share if you are tired of Trudeau dividing Canadians.
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@KevinVuongMP
@JustinTrudeau
Kevin Vuong acting as the witting agent of the Indian government which sent assassins to murder a Canadian citizen.
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@mattjohnstonca
I’m with you. I think our Prime Minister is doing a great job in the face of a terrible opposition. Most of their attacks are projections of their own flaws, and if they ever got control, they’d take us back to the 50’s.
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"What matters is how a PM handles the big ticket items. Historians will reflect positively on Trudeau’s remarkable handling of the pandemic, deft renegotiation of the NAFTA free trade pact, and steadfast support of Ukraine against Russia," Mulroney said.
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"I couldn’t do anything to stave off the metastatic cancer that took Anoop, but I’ll do whatever I can to help ensure metastatic anger doesn’t take over our country."
My fight against a cancer that threatens our country - By Supriya Dwivedi
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