Peter Ratcliffe from Not Your 51st State
@PeterHRatcliffe
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Married once and still to my beautiful patient wife/best friend, father of a beautiful doctor and a fallen firefighter hero, and best of all grandfather to two.
Kingston, Ontario
Joined November 2014
I get comments and DM from the right wondering how I live with myself supporting what I support, and dissing some of my commentary as full of empty platitudes. So here's who I am, in a series of Tweets:./. 2.
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If you don’t feel free in Canada, nothing any political candidate can say or do will ever help you. A candidate peddling more freedom , or telling you to take back Canada is creating anger in you for their own purposes. Canada is not perfect, we have work to do, but we are free.
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Our dentist did not join the Canadian Dental Benefits Plan. We had lots of choices for a new dentist that did join. Yesterday I had my first visit, inventory and cleaning with a bright young dentist that I believe is even better than my last one. My share of the bill: $ 0.00.
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In two breaths today:. Pierre Poilievre stated that PMJT (under oath) was lying. That's libel. Pierre also told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to release the names, which would be an illegal criminal act subject to prison time. Encouraging a criminal act is a criminal act.
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Irony: . After my brother’s suicide, as executor, Bell Mobility was the worst and most intransigent and abusive corporation that I had to deal with. They wanted 100% of a the final 45 months of a big 48 month plan to cancel and settle. After a lot of work, they got nothing.
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Ontario doesn't have a Premier. If Ontario actually had a Premier, that Premier would surely have been present in Ottawa, or perhaps said something important and calming. It's been almost 4 years since Ontario had a Premier who cared about Ontario and the people of Ontario.
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Canada has hand counted paper ballots in every riding. Scrutineers from each major party. Canada requires ID to vote. Hard voting system to mess with. Seems archaic, but it’s actually very smart and secure in these screwed up times.
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Why is anyone surprised that Convenience Store beer costs 27% more than Beer Store same beer. Same deal as private heath care, it’s called profit for corporations.
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Canada is internationally recognized as one of the most free and democratic countries in the world. I am deeply offended at @PierrePoilievre and the CPC making noise saying we are not free in any way. Apparently the rest of the world knows more about Canada than the CPC does.
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Canada has no healthcare insurance executives denying medical care to people who pay them premiums for greater profits. Instead we have Provinces underfunding our universal healthcare in favour of other political agendas and privatizing healthcare for greater corporate profits.
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A fundamental Canadian flaw is that the 70% of us who are in the political middle have been raised to be too polite to publicly call the 15% on the extremes bat-shit crazy. That leaves the center silent, the noise and press extreme, and Canada feeling somewhat divided and broken.
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Quebec should unilaterally set a 25% export tariff on electricity exported to the US. Pull the breaker for a day, pick any really cold day.
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I try to understand why @JustinTrudeau should quit. Is it because he helped us navigate a pandemic?.Did he lift too many people out of poverty?.Did he reduce childcare costs for too many families?. Is he too respected around the world as he represents Canada?. This list goes on.
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I had to reschedule my first 100% government funded Canadian Dental plan visit because of my urgent 100% government funded retinal surgery. Progressively getting better and better, Canada is not broken. Canada is joy.
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In a past long ago, Canada was one of the most respected Peace Keeper Nations with successes in foreign lands. Today, Canada is unable to keep its own peace. Partisan Provincial governments are unwilling to act. To them, embarrassing @JustinTrudeau is more important than peace.
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The Ottawa Insurrection was never designed to effect change. It was designed to provoke violent action from the Trudeau government. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has shown remarkable restraint, unleashing financial violence, not physical violence to restore the people’s freedoms.
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There should be no GST or HST on used vehicles, because they have already been taxed once at full value when first purchased.
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Basically, @JustinTrudeau has, over 10 years, delivered on over 90% of his promises and guided Canada thru a pandemic safely. And we’re bored with him, we say he’s got to go, because the opposition, media and foreign influencers have told us so. We don’t deserve him if he loses.
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Canada will never be governed by Wayne Gretzky or Kevin O’Leary, or Pierre Poilievre. We’re too smart for that much dumb.
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Nobody died because they were required to use the ArriveCAN app, but many lives were saved by it and many other mitigations. The Trudeau Liberals used every tool available to save lives and shorten the pandemic. The Conservatives whined, mobilized Convoys and denied science.
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I flew thru Pearson airport many times when Brian Mulroney and Stephen Harper were our Prime Ministers and we did not have a pandemic. I can assure you that our choice of Prime Ministers has little to do with Pearson being a horribly run airport regardless of who is in power.
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I think Ontario deserves a Minister of Education who was educated in public schools and understands the issues of public education from experience, whose children attend public schools. I think Ontario deserves a Minister of Health with at least one Degree, not a Diploma.
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I do not want a snap election in Canada. I want a snap top security clearance for @PierrePoilievre. I want to wait for the report into election interference. I do not want a disruption in our government at this critical time in US history. #Trudeau2025.
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I am appalled that the President Elect of the USA is making social media noise about “acquiring” part or all of two founding members of NATO, Canada and Denmark. A sexual predator knows no boundaries, and easily becomes a societal predator with no respect of sovereignty.
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How is it that @JustinTrudeau is the best leader of the past decades, and he’s resigning while @PierrePoilievre and @theJagmeetSingh are probably the worst leaders in the history of their respective parties?. We’ve lost the track, heading for a cliff, driven by social media.
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I am not in favour of cutting electricity to the US. I am in favour of rolling blackouts, 25% of each day randomly. When they ask about contracts, ask them about our existing US-Canada-Mexico free trade agreement with Trump’s signature on it.
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Every day that passes makes me happier that Canada is not the US, and even more pissed off that Conservative movements want to make us more like the US. Conservative used to mean careful, responsible, long term fiscally sustainable. Now Conservative just means Bat Shit Crazy.
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For the record @CBCNews:.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not take shots aimed at the @CPC_HQ in his testimony under oath. He stated facts that would have been already made available to @PierrePoilievre if he only he had a top secret clearance. The facts aimed themselves.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not interrupt Rosie Barton while she was repeatedly interrupting him. That's my kind of Prime Minister: So Canadian, cool, calm and polite in the face of unnecessary rudeness and disrespect.
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If violent crime is really up as much as Pierre Poilievre says, how is Canada now listed as the third safest country in the world?. Liars lie. Pierre is a liar. Don’t vote for Pierre’s gang of liars.
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When a leader resigns, opposition leaders should simply, without political comment, thank them for their service to our country. To do otherwise, to make it political, is classless and ugly. Which just might be in character. Talking to you: @PierrePoilievre and @theJagmeetSingh.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has political super-powers. Patience.Logic.A sense of right and wrong.A deep love for Canada and Canadians.A sense of purpose.A desire to improve Canada.A willingness to defend Canada.Calmness under fire.He doesn't get angry at angry people. He wins.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau knew exactly when the US DOJ Russian Interference indictment would be unsealed and that Canadians were being implicated. He also knew it didn’t involve the Liberals.
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No Canadian broadcaster has spent any time highlighting that Canada has the lowest deficit to GDP ratio in the G7. Why is that?. Canadian broadcasters ignore or tip toe around Poilievre’s lack of security clearance. Why is that?. What is the political agenda of broadcasting?.
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Anyone who follows me who believes that the Emergencies Act was not necessary to restore order in Ottawa and the borders, please just unfollow me. I don't do Twitter for the number of my followers, I do it for the quality of my followers.
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The New York Times and the Washington Post have more (and better) coverage of the Indian Government's interference in Canada. Why are the Canadian papers afraid of the CPC and their leader. Will we find out that they are somehow under the influence of foreign powers?.
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Canada has a fully functional duly elected government. There is no crisis or vacuum while a new leader is being selected, the Prime Minister and his cabinet are in place. In fact, we are better functioning without CPC clogging the HoC. Stop the media and opposition panic.
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My greatest respect for @JustinTrudeau is because he never whines about how biased the media has been towards him. He just sticks to the plan and gets on with the job at hand, delivering results for the majority of Canadians.
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In 2025 I will vote for the experienced @JustinTrudeau team that managed living next to Trump 2016-2020, then got us thru early stage Covid with 60% fewer deaths per capita than US did with Trump. I will reject and deny my vote to any Party with a foreign influenced leader.
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This blame the government for all your problems has got to stop. You let your passport expire. You booked a trip without a valid passport. The government system has been overwhelmed by your poor choices. That is the responsibility of many people just like you, not government.
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In spite of the rise in carbon pricing per liter, yesterday’s tank of gas was the cheapest in a few years. It was never the “carbon tax” driving up prices it was always world market pricing, corporate greed and collusion within the oil and gas sector. Poilievre lies to us.
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It is irresponsible to seek to trigger a $600 million election when your party leader lacks:. Top Secret Security Clearance.A Detailed Platform. So far, you’ve got convoys of bullies and slogans for lawn signs. CPC is just not ready to lead Canada. Next leader please.
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Most of the people wanting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to overstep boundaries and step in to control Omicron live in provinces with Conservative governments. Clearly the problem is not the Prime Minister, it is electing Conservatives provincially who won’t ask for help.
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When I mention Universal Basic Income I often hear the objection: "I don't believe in giving someone something for doing nothing, it will make people lazy". Poor Canadians are not lazy, they often work long hours at several jobs and continue to be poor. /2.
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Last I heard it costs Canada many (600?) millions to hold an election. Holding one earlier than 4 years increases the per year average electoral costs. Calling for an early election, because the CPC whines, while a government remains fully functional is fiscally irresponsible.
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Somebody, with money, thinks it’s important to lend his private jet, pilot and fuel to fly insurrectionist leaders to Ottawa. Why? Follow the money and we will know more about what the goal is, and who is really trying to destabilize Canada. But I’m sure the RCMP is already on it.
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The language of Rolling Thunder is offensive and intolerant. “Taking back the war memorial” implies taking it away from all other Canadians, and that it was somehow taken away from the participants of the Convoy and of Rolling Thunder. This concept offends Canadian values.
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Imagine a person applies for a job driving a bus, but can't show a driver's license that proves they are qualified. They would never get the keys to a bus. Now imagine the leader of a Party, a potential Prime Minister of Canada without top secret security clearance.
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Ask Elections Canada or anyone who has ever actually voted. There is no box to check on Federal Elections for Prime Minister of Canada. Pierre Polyfever is running to be leader of the Conservatives, following which he will lose a fourth consecutive election for them in 2025.
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I can't remember a non-election period in Canada where we had so much campaign style political advertising going on. Almost all CPC. We really should audit the sources of funding for all those ads, some might be paid for with rupees or rubles.
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About 90% of Canadians voluntarily took the Covid Vaccine, to protect themselves and to protect others. I've done it 9 times now. And yet, so much angry rhetoric since has been serving the 10% who didn't vax. Many of those didn't die because so many of us did get the vax.
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Today I am thankful for the RCMP and @JustinTrudeau . Taking flak calmly without panic while the investigation gets done properly. The Mounties will always get their criminal. The CPC have an illegitimate leader who accepted, wittingly or unwittingly, help from India.
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I believe that foreign money and influencers have had a major position in forming the negative public opinion of @JustinTrudeau as leader of the Liberal Party. I want to see the report on foreign interference before any opposition party supports a motion of non-confidence.
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Imagine a country with some people angry at our Prime Minister for actually respecting Provincial jurisdictions while offering our full support. This is a designed political crisis, supported by the CPC and unopposed by the NDP. The real shame lies with Conservative Premiers.
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I have had a total of six Covid Vaccinations, from 3 different suppliers (Astro Seneca, Moderna and Pfizer), each as soon as it was made available to me. I will get #7 as soon as the next updated Covid vaccination is available. I think you're stupid if you don't get vaccinated.
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What a great father. What a great Prime Minister Canada has. Great leaders set great examples for people to choose to follow. When we make great choices of leaders, great things happen as a result of great examples like this. Let's do this again in 2024, he's our best choice.
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Can I teach you something?. I am not posting this for sympathy, I am posting this admittedly long thread to make you think about love and to act. The last thing I said to our son was on June 6, 2005:."I love you James, see you after practice" and he replied "Love you Dad". /2.
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When exactly did India buy CTV?.
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Gotta say, Legault has big ones. He just cancelled New Years Eve gatherings among other things. No indoor dining., basically starting NOW. No notice, just do it NOW. Leadership first, popularity much less important.
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This Canadian Thanksgiving, I am especially thankful that Canada has thrice elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The recovery from a prior Conservative government takes time, enough time to rebuild above what they have torn down. We'll get at least four more years in 2025.
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Canada, in the past 4 days has averaged 106.5 Covid deaths per day. Annualized that's 38,872 Covid deaths per year, when the pandemic to date has caused 44,098 over 2+ years. It's worse, not better.
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Un update US versus Canada Covid deaths per million people:. Canada suffered 40% of the US per capita death rate.The US suffered 247% of Canada's death rate per capita. Thanks @JustinTrudeau this one is all the responsibility of your world leading Liberal government.
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Canada is different somehow, exceptional actually. We have had 10 years of Progressive government, 10 years of CPC doom warnings, and our future debt servicing costs are lowest by far of G7. Look at these predictions of debt servicing costs for G7 Nations. The CPC lies.
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You don’t just toss a Prime Minister who has brought so many great progressive things to Canada until you have a better option with a clearly better plan on the table. @CPC_HQ is not that new leader and he has no plan, just empty angry 3 word slogans.
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Canada has 0.48% of the world's population, it is the 39th largest population in the world. Canada has 1.71% of the world GDP and is a member of the G7. Canada's land area is 2nd largest in the world. Canada is is a free democracy, and we are truly lucky to be Canadians.
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I don't care if the CPC leader cheated to become leader of the CPC. That's a CPC problem. What I do care about is that he used $37K of Canadian tax deductible political donations to pay the legal fees for a "whistle blower" who was proven to be wrong. That's a Canada problem.
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Mark Carney speaks facts in complete sentences, pausing to form a thoughtful response and adapting in real time. Plus he has a sense of humour. @MarkJCarney is @PierrePoilievre worst nightmare, except for Pierre’s lack of security clearance, because that lack is even bigger.
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The Conservative Premiers claiming that Canada does not work while amassing huge surpluses of taxpayer money, all the while underfunding medicine, education and social programs are truly openly proud hypocrites.
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Canada has a constitution that is virtually impossible to amend. So us being a state is impossible without an invading force. Let’s stop all the silly Trump circular talking and get @JustinTrudeau back to running and improving one of the best countries in the world, for Canada.
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Boy did the @CPC_HQ ever show the Liberals how it’s done the CPC way. The CPC set a Guinness record for the most parliamentary votes ever lost in a 24 hour period, a perfect 0% of their amendments passed. Canada’s Biggest Losers showing Canada how the CPC lose, over and over.
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If you disapprove of MAID, then simply never chose it. It won’t be forced on you. But your beliefs have no place denying those who, in consultation with medical professionals, voluntarily wish to choose MAID at a time and place appropriate to their suffering and prospects.
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I’m confident that Mark Carney will seek his top secret security clearance without problems. He’s surely done it several times before in Canada and the UK. Pierre can’t get his, he’s afraid to even apply. Imagine a party dumb enough to offer Canada an unsecured leader.
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The Governor General should not allow the dissolution of Parliament and election until all parties have a leader with top secret security clearance. Common sense, the security risk and instability of possibly electing a leader without security clearance is just too high.
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Any Canadian political party copying, play by play, the MAGA playbook lacks the fundamental understanding of the very deep differences between the US and Canada.🇨🇦 . Most of us have no desire to be more like them, we really like 🇨🇦 and want more Canada in our Canada .
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Two more weeks of this and Canadians will beg for another four years of Trudeau.
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I would fully support @JustinTrudeau if he put himself forward as a candidate in the upcoming Liberal Party Leadership race with a strong progressive plan going forward. The misinformation, media and social media have had too large an influence. He remains the best choice.
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The CPC concept that somebody, one person, is to blame for the pressures and required responses to global disasters is immature and disingenuous. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not cause Covid, he did not invade Ukraine, and he did not sign mortgages for people who . /2.
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The Toronto Police Association is under the governance of the City of Toronto, and the Province of Ontario, because policing is a Provincial responsibility. Police expressing political opinions is improper, you serve all the people first, regardless of their personal politics.
Our members have lost faith in @JustinTrudeau’s government to do the right thing for the right reasons. Time to resign and leave these critically important public safety issues to someone else.
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It is not your right to hate me, or anyone like me, or to express your hate for me, simply because I choose to love Canada as it is. Canada is not perfect, it needs a lot of work. But, Canada is better than almost any other country on this planet and will continue to improve.
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With the exception of Quebec which has always had it’s own pension plan, the Employer and Employee Contributions to the Canada Pension Plan are exactly the same across Canada. Albertans do not and never have paid a higher percentage of earnings or maximum than other provinces.
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No prior Canadian Prime Minister has faced the level of noisy, misinformed, outright lying, sometimes violent, often offensive, and always obstructive opposition that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has faced for the last eight years. He’s still doing great things, #NotDoneYet.
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Before he gets out of control again, I need to let Pierre Polyfever know that the Bank of Canada is not run by Justin Trudeau, it is independent of politics. You can’t complain about inflation and then complain about the BOC taking steps to control inflation. Pick one.
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I believe that @JustinTrudeau is calm and holding course because he knows some big things that are coming, but these are things he can’t speak about until other things happen. For me that’s a logical explanation. I don’t believe he’s an idiot like so many want to.
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It’s time Canada had a long chat with itself about lobbyists and lobbying. By definition they are anti-democratic: small groups of people spending money to influence the government to act on behalf of that small group of special interests. Ban lobbying 100%, improve democracy.
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The city of Ottawa has advised citizens to avoid parts of their city and brought in extra police from Toronto. The Government of Canada advised employees to leave offices early after securing confidential data. Sure seems like a hostage taking to me. Erin is their friend.
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A CPC party leader who verbally attacks or ignores the press for asking the “wrong” question is someone who should never lead a country. Such hostility is abuse that has happened more than once with this leader. It is a sign of deep insecurity and a need to control. Unacceptable.
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When Canada needed to hear from a leader during a pandemic, Justin Trudeau was there for us every single day. His messaging was consistent and evolving as we learned more about Covid and as Covid mutated. He never underestimated Covid for political purposes. #VoteLiberalMajority.
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I bet many people thought that the Beer Store is owned by Ontario, but in fact it’s owned by a consortium of brewers. So, Doug Ford wants to give this consortium $600 million of our dollars to cancel the existing contract prematurely so you can buy beer anywhere. Despicable.
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If 70% of Quebecers don’t want Poilievre, and a majority of Canadian women won’t vote for Poilievre, the polls predicting a massive CPC majority must be heavily biased and polling males outside of Quebec.
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Now that Doug Ford is the former government as well as the current government, who will he blame?.
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Never elect a Party that calls Canada broken and wants to change almost everything that collectively makes Canada rank second on the latest list of greatest countries in the world. The CPC distrust of Canadians is what makes them the CPC, and I don’t trust the the CPC.
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I am in favour of a comprehensive exam on civics, ethics, divisions of power, finance, and jurisdictions within the Canada. This exam would be required before running of every candidate for Parliament, including all sitting members. Exam scores would be listed on a public website.
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I would absolutely support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government if they lost patience and chose to use the War Measures Act or similar to restore flow of goods and freedom of citizens. This is not a peaceful protest, it is a planned destructive protest with foreign funding.
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Poolside conversation in America:. “Trudeau is a dictator who has ruined Canada”. My reply: “Fox News hasn’t told you, but in 8 years Trudeau’s government has cut child poverty in half. There’s much more, but your mind is made up so we have nothing further to talk about.”.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his talented team of Liberals has been #Justincredible through more than two years of pandemic. Canada enjoys a #Justincredible position in the world recovery from Covid making a majority happy. Let’s get #Justincredible trending to thank him.
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Surrounded by angry protest, the Prime Minister smiles, engages with Canadians, takes selfies, talks to children, and keeps smiling. Following in his father's footsteps, setting a fine example of being Canadian. I am proud to be Canadian through both of the Trudeau leaderships.
WATCH: An event for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was cut short in Belleville, Ont., today after nearly 100 protesters surrounded him and his motorcade. READ:
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I imagine a Canada with a majority Liberal government having NDP majorities in most of the Provinces. Imagine what we could accomplish together, imagine how we could progress and grow. Imagine the strength of our collective compassion. It's a dream worth dreaming into reality.
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Canada has 12 days left until the public release of the NSICOP report on Foreign interference. Lifting that veil will probably be an important game-changer right in the middle of a game changing Liberal leadership race. A moment to watch and absorb for a better future.
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As US Thanksgiving is upon us, Canadians should be thankful that Provincial leaders have no power to adopt or propose unilateral foreign trade agreements. We should also be thankful for Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau who has top secret security clearance and worldwide respect.
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Clear evidence that the Convoy is being managed by non-Canadians from outside of Canada. There’s just no other way to explain Winnipeg in February as your next venue.
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We moved to Kingston Ontario in the middle of the pandemic, from Montreal, so we did not vote for Doug Ford in 2018. I love the people here, but I have problems wrapping my head around anyone who who believes that Doug Ford is good for the people and the future of Ontario.
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