Paul G. Brandon
@PaulGBrandon
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Parent husband Chartered Accountant sailboat racer/astronomer former teacher. Critical thinking, financial literacy, governance. Bsky. No crypto. DM=block
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Joined August 2013
A tree I planted when I was very young at my parent's. I got the acorns while on a walk with my Grandpa in downtown Toronto.
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Today was the first day at the school I am currently teaching at that had to cancel classes because of staff absences. Time to bring back masks.
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Just ran into a neighbour and his very young daughter. She had Type 1 diabetes as a result of her Covid infection. Her life will be changed forever. We should change back to masking to avoid more cases like this in the future.
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Good for the Winnipeg Free Press. I wish more main stream media would be calling Pierre Poilievre out for this attack on vulnerable minorities.
From today’s Winnipeg Free Press. I have been saying this for months. Pierre Poilievre and CPC have been engaging in rhetoric that is hateful and causes actual harm to vulnerable minorities. As Canadians, we are better than this
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Just got back from a Costco in Mississauga. Many many people and employees without masks on. I’m glad I had my N95 mask on. Maybe time to find another store or go for delivery.
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Is anyone else getting posts on what a great person Wayne Gretzky is, but you cannot comment. There is no doubt he was a great hockey player, maybe the greatest, but as a person, I haven't heard good stories.
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Anyone else thinking of leaving the Christmas lights on until Covid is over?.
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I thought we were in a lockdown? Maybe they want to speak with my son who was hospitalized for a week and will probably take months to fully recover?
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Haven't fact checked it yet, but here it is. This will upset a lot of MAGAs. She even says she will not vote for him!
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Socialism is the fire department saving your house. Capitalism is the insurance company denying your claim.
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From our Toronto Sun with Zelenskyy stealing from Biden. Where is this pro-Putin coverage coming from? Who is paying for it?.
@PaulGBrandon Our 'Press' is printing this . antisemitic ProTrump, ProPutin crap . so what are they worth?
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Dr. Juni just said 45% of Ontario has been infected since December 1st. What timing to lift mask mandates?.
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@RVAwonk @krismeloche Tyranny in Canada. Ending an illegal occupation in Ottawa that lasted nearly a month. Ending the blocking of the US border that put people on both sides of the border out of work. You have a right to protest. You don’t have a right to put other people out of work.
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Did I hear correctly that the Ontario government didn't even consult Public Health about opening up alcohol sales in Ontario?.
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Interesting listening to PC ads in advance of the election. Attacking NDP for their spending, yet PC ran the biggest deficit in history and cannot account for $4 billion. Unbelievable.
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@ElleSteinhagen Sorry to hear. Our then 35 year old son caught it early in the pandemic. Doctor said just take him in for precautionary chest x-ray and bring him home. Admitted for a week. Partially collapsed lung for five months. We were lucky. He has returned to play ice hockey.
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Just got my 6th Covid vaccine. Figure there is nothing like the present with Kraken cases surging.
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@TheOnlyEsta Yes, but I'm in Canada;) Why did so many Democrats not vote? Were they taken off the voters lists? Were the votes rejected? It should be investigated.
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My school board announced that schools and facilities will be closed tomorrow this afternoon, well in advance of their 6:15am announcement deadline. This is very much appreciated and should be commended.
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Got "the tap on the shoulder" this morning while teaching my class. Need to self-isolate until next Monday. Get tested on March 25th at the earliest.
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@RpsAgainstTrump @JhendersonJames Totally agree. The only reason Donald Trump wanted to become president was to play the system and make money personally from it.
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Measles are a topic on the news tonight. We have a breakout in Peel.
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No wastewater surveillance data until mid-January. What a time to shut down the system. Meanwhile, this is what we left December with. The projection is close to 3, nearly double the highest point in the last year.
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Congratulations to the @TorontoStar for having a Covid article on the front page of the newspaper, with the byline reading, "chance of infection 'very high' amid resurgence in virus".
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@Gracectomy First of all, if you are born and raised here, it is Taranna. The word Toronto is only written and heard pronounced as it is written on the radio and television. It is, according to its residents, the centre of the universe.
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@mrsjs2021 @thankgodthatso1 This seems to imply their are paid holidays when education staff are probably the only workers in Ontario who don't get vacation pay.
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Got my Pfizer vaccine at the Mississauga site of Trillium this morning. Congratulations to everyone there for running a well oiled machine. You couldn't have made it easier for us to get the vaccine. Thank you again!.
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@_Peace_Love_US ♥️ And to all the volunteers that quickly mobilized to get them into warm buildings.
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@cancelDougFord @C_Mulroney @fordnation Very desperate. Nobody was even asking for this. They are asking for child care, not licence stickers. They are asking for child care, not a free licence to ice fish.
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We will see these conditions grow over time because of anti-vaxxers. There was a measles outbreak at Disney. My neighbour's children haven't been vaccinated for anything.
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@WearYourEfnMask @Ken34205423 I wish your husband a quick and complete recovery. I still don’t understand what the provincial governments are thinking by rescinding the mask mandate. Such a simple and effective prevention.
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My son was transferred yesterday from the Covid ward at Credit Valley Hospital to Chatham Kent.
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@RodKahx I have been vaccinated for Covid-19 seven times so far. I have received a flu shot annually since at least 1985. Our son caught Covid on the day he was to get his first shot. Hospitalized one week. Partially collapsed lung for 5 months. I will stick with the science.
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@veravegas013 My thoughts to you and your family. Thank you for sharing this. Too many think the pandemic is over. My son, then 35, caught it last year and was hospitalized for a week and had a partially collapsed lung for 5 months. Please stay safe.
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@DavidSteadson ER is the emergency department of the hospital. Our doctor advised us to take our 35 year old son in for a chest x-ray when the positive result came back. Hospitalized for a week. Partially collapsed lung for 5 months.
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Ironic that Canada is considering sanction on Chinese travellers because China has relaxed its policies to the level of everyone else! On CBC they say cases in China are underreported. Same as Canada. A recent study says 100k-200k new cases daily and 1 million infectious here.
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This is the response from a school board trustee to a parent. This is filled with misinformation and another level of gaslighting. How the hell have we come to this point ? HOW ? .Please share and post your comments.
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@brucefanjoy Thank you for doing this. I don't think people comprehend how cold a #Poilievre government would be. He really hasn't said a lot on policy, but he has said he doesn't believe in helping people or businesses out if we had another pandemic. Everyone is on their own - bankruptcies.
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Vaccinating 200,000 people a day with a population of 15,000,000 is 75 days, or roughly 2 1/2 months. Way too long!.
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@LauraMiers Thank you for this. I'm thinking this is way more widespread than anyone could believe. We are in exactly the same situation across the border in Ontario. Running out of ambulances, hospital beds, extremely long wait times and crowding out of people that need healthcare.
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@AmieVarley @canteach @JustinTrudeau The bottom line is threatening anyone’s life is illegal and should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
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Anyone else staying up to watch Saturday Night Live?.
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“Mr. Zameer, you’re free to go, sir,” Justice Anne Molloy told him after the jury found him not guilty on all charges in the death of Const. Jeffrey Northrup. “You have my. deepest apologies for what you have been through.”.
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@talk2oleary @fordnation I just read that one of four vehicles in Ottawa has children in them. Maybe this is why Ottawa police have been hesitant to use force. Children used as human shields.
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Am pleased to have accepted a long-term occasional assignment at a secondary school in Peel. Looking forward to learning and supporting students through the new grade 9 destreamed curriculum that was announced in June.
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@donnalemoing @ann_viens Sorry to hear. I believe this is a result of Covid crowding out needed surgeries. We need to get Covid under control to allow people to have the surgeries they need.
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I'm unexpectedly retiring sooner than I expected. Any hints?.
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Grade 11 students being called down to Guidance as another one of their courses in cancelled. I think this is the 6th course cancelled from the grade 12 curriculum.
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Doug Ford got the headline he wanted saying the Catholic teachers have agreed to a contract. The headline should have read Catholic teachers agree to go to binding arbitration, just like all the other unions did. They didn't reach a settlement with anyone without arbitration.
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@steph_the_twit @TorontoPolice @tdsb @fordnation @Sflecce You are too kind. I would never call this person a “lady.” Unbelievable, but I think we will see more of this. Just wait until school returns next week. I might not have a job for long.
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@binbinbeez @carlosstelmac As you probably know, he waited until the last minute and then appealed the court order to the Supreme Court of Canada, hoping the mandate letters will remain hidden until after the election.
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Wendy's reversed its recent surge pricing announcements! That was fast!.
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Ontario to more than double Bruce Nuclear. Nuclear is known for delays and huge cost overruns. Solar and wind are cheaper at half to a third of the price. Bruce Nuclear is also not owned by Ontario, but private investors.
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I think this election is a lot closer than polls are showing. I hope we can move back to a government that helps out the less fortunate rather than just the fortunate. I sent a donation to my local candidate that I believe can defeat our Conservative incumbent this evening.
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@elizavetaka @MapleSystemsRd @ahandvanish This is what I had in Ontario when a student in my class tested positive, but no longer available. In fact, instead of quarantining for two weeks and teaching from home, I am expected to be in the classroom.
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Daughter has now also tested positive for Covid-19. Time to get some more Rapid Antigen Tests or RATs.
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@jovip7430 @DebHolloway Yes, it seems the governments have silenced Public Health. They are also shutting down the Science Table just as school begins, which reports the consolidated and regional waste water analysis, the last tool that we have to see whether cases are going up or down.
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@RodKahx Set a good example for Canada which still has not elected a female to be Prime Minister.
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Too bad the facts don't support this. Just because we are doing less testing doesn't mean we avoided a severe Covid wave this winter. My Mum, sister, wife, and daughter all caught Covid for the first time this winter.
Canada has managed to avoid a severe COVID-19 wave this winter despite a total lack of public health restrictions, a busy indoor holiday season and a rapidly mutating virus that is still very much circulating in the population.
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@breakfasttv Extremely. Government can't identify $4.4 billion of federal aid. Runs a $2 billion surplus during a pandemic. No to minimal changes on the government side, major concessions on CUPE's side.
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Is it disrespectful to not reply to DMs? I have in my profile “No DMs”.
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@KevinAndrewTO @Spelboundmarion Good for your daughter but sorry at the same time to have faced this.
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@Smil3yAngel I have what looks like a filing cabinet of cords. Each drawer is labelled and there are zip-lock bags inside each drawer that are further labelled;) You are not alone.
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Maybe Canada should ask the US if they want us to stop exporting the paper that go into the N95 mask?.
#DonaldTrump is no friend of Canada this man is a menace to the world.
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@VasMolimo @RodKahx He has been arrested at least 8 times already and should be arrested and charged for his latest illegal acts including telling people to disrupt 911 service in Ottawa. Nobody should be above the law.
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Not to cause any controversy, but guess what I found shopping yesterday? Never seen it before. Comments?
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We Canadians are just too polite. I haven't heard the term "Lying Brian" once in relation to him receiving cash in envelopes and successfully suing to government for a crime he did commit.
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From 5 years ago. Always a lap dog. He turned 7 in late August.
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A teacher following the rules each lunch alone and outside. I'm hoping for warmer weather when we can eat outside say 6 meters apart. Would this be allowed?
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Yet the federal government gave Ontario $4.4 billion that is not accounted for?.
Premier Ford is asking the federal government for funding to deal with staffing in hospitals. Despite the health minister saying there isn't an "exodus" of nurses and the Premier saying the government has thrown everything at the current crisis. #onpoli.
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@ColinDMello Just wait until we see the mandate letters and what people actually voted for, but didn't really know.
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@AnneofKingston @CP24 Thank you for your support. However, these are not teachers. They are education staff, many making less than $40k a year. These are educational assistants, custodians and office staff.
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@PierrePoilievre Didn't Poilievre say he would get rid of the Bank of Canada and replace our currency with BitCoin, which subsequently tanked?.
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@lindahaslett @Sflecce @fordnation We still don't have HEPA filters. The school I started teaching at this week doesn't even have windows in the vast majority of classrooms.
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@JosieYola @fordnation Ask him if it is in Ontario? I wonder if he think being part of the National Capital Commission that it is out of his jurisdiction? Does he plan to release the cabinet mandate letters? Why has his worth gone up,so much since he became premier? Are the kickbacks that good?.
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@Loozinmyrelijun @gregbradyTO This has been consistent all along in Ontario at least. I thought the orders came from higher up because it was always do not interfere, do not escalate. This is just not in Ottawa.
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@BettyB2007 @sammy4723 Very true. My 35 year old son was hospitalized for a week and had a partially collapsed lung for 5 months.
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As I anticipated. Effectively closing the Ontario Science Centre. I was correct. His predecessor, Mike Harris, closed the Planetarium. Doug Ford will go down as the premier to close the Ontario Science Centre.
The current Science Centre is 568,000 sq ft over three buildings on 100 acres of property. Your plan is to reduce it to half the size (275,000 sq ft) which will significantly reduce exhibits & programs designed for kids. How are you “saving” it when you’re cutting it in half?.
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@drmwarner @ONgov I honestly think that is what they want. They have this perception that there is no spread in schools. Yet the school I am currently working at had an outbreak declared because they couldn't rule out spread within the school after 4 people were positive.
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On behalf of all Ontarians, thank you!.
Done. Just sent a letter to the Ontario Privacy Commissioner asking her to investigate the serious privacy issues around the transfer of Service Ontario Centres to Staples.
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So the Ontario government actually announced they are closing the Ontario Science Centre. I feel for the employees and those that made it such a great experience. Taking the bus there and having to get off on the northeast corner of Eglinton and Don Mills to avoid extra zone fare.
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Service Ontario to be in certain Staples stores as Service Ontario closes locations. Staples in Canada and the US is owned by Sycamore Partners, the same firm who bought Lowes and Rona in Canada.
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@jasonllevin Every thing I have read says it is worse if you get Covid. I will continue to get vaccinated. I have had 5 so far. Also an annual flu shot.
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Very pleased that my doctor’s office still requires masks.
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Does anyone else's dog moan when they want something? This is typical of Thor when he thinks he deserves a treat and doesn't get one. Very spoiled and at the same time loveable.
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I found the results of my head CT Scan. They found nothing. You are left to interpret that finding;).
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@peggy_blair Meanwhile, forward thinking Ontario threatens to use the not-withstanding clause to have cities clear encampments without anywhere for them to go. SARCASM!.
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@AlikaMD Totally agree. I have argued this since the beginning. Letting it rip is shutting down classes, schools, and employers, which is never good for business.
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Bjorne hanging out on the landing. He has come a long way from when he was first rescued.
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@jean_yoon @nytimes Totally agree. I’m shocked at how restrained the police have been. Unbelievable. They typically aren’t this restrained with others.
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I wonder how many people will pay a private firm for a PCR test just to prove that they had Covid in case they get long-Covid or any other complications? They are definitely not cheap. Last time I looked they start at around $120 a test.
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