Steve Scherer
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Former Reuters Chief Correspondent in Ottawa (previously in Rome), mostly politics and general news. Tweets in English & Italian. RTs not opinions.
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Some personal news: After 5 years as chief correspondent in Canada,
@Reuters
has eliminated my position. It has been an honor and privilege to cover Canada's economy and politics. I especially to thank
@JustinTrudeau
and his staff and everyone at
@bankofcanada
#cdnpoli
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So
@PierrePoilievre
, asked a legitimate question about where he stands regarding
@ABDanielleSmith
's restrictions on transgender students, says the question is "wrong" and blames
@JustinTrudeau
and media for "disinformation", and then doesn't answer the question. Weak
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So
@JustinTrudeau
begins the final day of his campaign for
#Elxn44
in Montreal this morning and it will end late tonight in Vancouver after visiting every region in Canada, either literally or virtually.
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Fate of national daycare in the hands of Canadian voters
#cdnpoli
by
@stuffaboutstuff
median cost for toddler care for 1 child in Toronto is C$1,578 a month. That drops to C$210 under Liberal plan vs C$1,178 for a middle-income family in Conservative plan
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With son Justin Trudeau in the Second City audience, Margaret Trudeau opens up about her past
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@JonathanWNV
@cafreeland
@MarcMillerVM
@marcomendicino
@melaniejoly
@FP_Champagne
Two election campaigns, a global pandemic, and the fascinating shift to cleaner technologies were some of the top stories. I thought when I moved here from Rome that Canada would be a boring story. It wasn't. Instead Canada has become dear to my heart
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Canada's Trudeau suggests China uses slave labor in lithium production "If we're honest ... the lithium produced in Canada is going to be more expensive, because we don't use slave labor," Trudeau said.
#cdnpoli
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So police are arresting those who “hold the line” as they move forward. I watched about a dozen people get arrested like this.
#cdnpoli
#freedomconvoy22
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I wish massive shipwrecks with hundreds dead like the one off the coast of Lampedusa five years ago still shocked most people, but they don't. For what it's worth, it still shocks me, and I will never forget the coffins lined up in an airplane hangar. Europe's shame.
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So
@JustinTrudeau
is in Vancouver this morning focusing on vaccinations and promising to make it a criminal offense to block access to healthcare centers as anti vaxxers promise protests today.
#cdnpoli
#Elxn44
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So many people have helped this Italianized yankee in recent years. In particular these are some of the people (and staffs) who I'd like to mention:
@JonathanWNV
@cafreeland
@MarcMillerVM
@marcomendicino
@melaniejoly
@FP_Champagne
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Italians angered by Charlie Hebdo cartoon showing quake victims as pasta
@Reuters
#charliehebdo
#terremoto
#amatrice
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Thread: Silvio Berlusconi obituary: former Italian PM brought burlesque to politics
I covered Berlusconi for 20 of his 30 years in politics, and I have some thoughts. As has been said before, Berlusconi was Trump before Trump was Trump /
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To better fight smuggling, on Monday the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
@CACP_ACCP
called on the federal government to make the tracing of crime guns mandatory across the country. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/
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Exclusive: Canadians see danger at home from U.S. political strife -
@angusreidorg
poll - 68% of Canadians believe U.S. democracy cannot survive another
#Trump
presidency with analysis by
@ShachiKurl
@gmbutts
@rolandparis
and
@BruceAHeyman
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Italy's dominant Salvini is small town phenomenon, polling data shows
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Canada's Trudeau names veteran activist as environment minister, sparking green hopes
#cdnpoli
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Nigerian migrants sue Italy for aiding Libyan coast guard. Among those returned to Libya, two were subsequently sold to a smuggler and tortured with electricity in an attempt to extort money from their families.
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"We know that more (guns) must be traced, which is why budget 2021 invested C$15 million ($11.7 million) to improve the RCMP's gun-tracing capacity," said Alexander Cohen, director of communications for Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino.
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Migrants should not be sent back to prisons to be run by militias in Libya, where they are held indefinitely in horrible conditions, during a civil war (or any other time). I can't believe it's necessary to say this.
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Excellent Italy-Libya analysis by
@crispiandjb
“Italy is improvising alone and it is failing miserably,” one analyst sums up. Italian foreign policy flounders amidst Libyan blunders
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Canada's
@JustinTrudeau
hammers main election rival's COVID-19 approach, updates to include endorsement by "friend"
@BarackObama
and
@erinotoole
response
#cdnpoli
#elxn44
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Our
@Reuters
colleagues in Myanmar have been imprisoned for a year because they were doing their job very well, and the Thumbs Up gesture has become a symbol of their resolve. The Rome bureau stands by them.
#FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo
@ReutersPR
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Josefa. Her eyes convey all the horror that is Libya and the attempted escape to Europe by sea. This is the picture that I won't forget from this year.
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So there's a disease that is more pervasive and destructive than
#COVID19
and it's disinformation. Unfortunately, there is no vaccine for willful ignorance.
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I’m off soon to cover
@JustinTrudeau
on his trip to Washington to meet
@POTUS
and
@lopezobrador_
, among others. Beautiful sunrise in Ottawa this morning.
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So karma?
@PierrePoilievre
press conference at the Bank of Canada interrupted by protest against ?. Dunno. But same guy was at the convoy that Poilievre supported. I know because I saw him there.
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An explosion at on Wednesday at the Rainbow Bridge connecting the United States and Canada at Niagara Falls on Wednesday was likely caused by a reckless driver, according to early assessments, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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@PaulBadertscher
@Reuters
@JustinTrudeau
@bankofcanada
All you guys at the bank are pros.
@bankofcanada
is a great institution and a vital cog in the functioning of Canada’s economy. You are all key to that and it’s been a pleasure to work with you
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@FlavioVolpe1
@Reuters
@JustinTrudeau
@bankofcanada
Thank you! You’re a true advocate for Canadian industry. It’s always been a pleasure to speak with you.
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I loved
@stevesilberman
's podcast with
@thedavidcrosby
Freak Flag Flying, esp episode 4, which includes a beautiful studio version Croz's Wall Song backed by the Dead (minus Weir) that features a stunning 10-min Garcia jam. And Pls
@deadandcompany
do Cowboy Movie live with Croz!!
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Apols for the language error Canadian Twitter-verse. We have refiled with premier-designate.
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Defence officials say wide cooperation key to Indo-Pacific stability ""Canada has a keen interest in building a region that is stable, that is balanced," said
@AnitaAnandMP
#cdnpoli
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Italy Interior Ministry, on its Web site, says Frontex will send migrants rescued at sea to "the nearest port", a misleading statement ahead of national vote, since Frontex says it's not true
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Around 117 migrants unaccounted for after dinghy sinks off Libyan coast | Article [AMP] | Reuters
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Italian president intervenes in migrant stand-off, angering Salvini | Article [AMP] | Reuters
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Grazie al collega
@pinofinocchiaro
, professionale e serio, che non ha paura di essere fuori coro. E chiedo scusa per il mio italiano inadeguato! Migranti, "il vero problema non sono le Ong, è la Libia" via
@RaiNews
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Spanish migrant rescue ship threatened by Libyan coastguard - witness
@yannisBehrakis
@Segretig
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EXCLUSIVE Canada to invest C$2 bln on mineral strategy for EV battery supply chain "China is dominating this space ... We need a lot of money (to build the supply chain) because we're playing catch-up."
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Fixed typos: Joly changed text from "pause" to "pauses" without saying she had deleted and reposted...
@melaniejoly
is it because a "pause" might imply be a ceasefire? Shortly before Trudeau had said "pauses". But for there to be "pauses", there has to first be a pause...
#cdnpoli
A civilian is a civilian. We need more humanitarian aid entering Gaza, and for Canadians to be able to exit. For this reason, we are calling for humanitarian pauses on hostilities to be considered.
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“I have decided to enter the port of Lampedusa. I know what I risk, but the 42 shipwrecked on board are exhausted. I take them to safety.” GO CAPTAIN! Migrant rescue boat enters Italian waters, defying government ban
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Shame
#BlackLivesMatter
Instead of sending rescue, Europe’s border agency just watches from the sky how people struggle for their lives at sea, as they've done all day. If they lose their lives, it is on you
@Frontex
@EU_Commission
@EUCouncil
@vonderleyen
@MargSchinas
@YlvaJohansson
#BlackLivesMatter
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"The children, they are sick..., and there’s no sleeping because of the waves. We are dying slowly in this place.” Migrants stranded at sea despair for future amid wait for EU port
@SeaWatchItaly
@giorgialinardi
#ApriteiPorti
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A nice, clear piece on Libya and the EU from
@JMJalel_H
"The EU, by turning its back on liberal values, is taking short-sighted measures that in effect will help the migrant crisis grow in size later on."Libya's migrant crisis and the EU's myopia
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Seen in Montreal, thanks to
@ReutersMontreal
#climatestrike
#klimatstrejk
#FridaysForFuture
@GretaThunberg
"MAKE AMERICA GRETA AGAIN"
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“They beat us every day. I saw people beat to death.” On Italy’s policy to stop charity boats to keep migrants out, Otokiti said: “They should let them in as Pope Francis says.” Italy's closure to migrant rescue boats has high human cost: aid groups
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Baby 'Miracle' born on rescue ship as Italy arrivals surge. The mother told MSF she had been “held captive, beaten, given very little food and extorted for money for release” during the year she was in Libya.
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Chretien says vaccinations are important and that Conservative leader
@erinotoole
is talking out of both sides of his mouth on childcare, vaccines, climate change, guns and abortion.
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#elxn44
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@GrantRants
@BobTym
Photographers don't write the headlines!!!! They take pictures. That is their job.
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"“Yesterday’s traffickers are today’s anti-trafficking force.” Backed by Italy, Libya uses militias to stop migrants
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It should go without saying that if there were NGO rescue ships out there, as there used to be, the chances for survival would have been much better. Fifteen migrants die in boat off Libya, Egyptian survivor says
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Open Arms rescue last month was justified because migrants face "grave violations of human rights" in Libya. Italy court releases migrant rescue ship seized last month.
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This was Trudeau's answer to Reuters (my) question yesterday. He does not blame the USA or anyone else, though I see some on Twitter saying he does, which is very misleading. Question valid because Americans responsible for cranking up tensions that were backdrop for the tragedy
Trudeau is asked if the United States is to blame for the downed airliner by setting off a chain of events with the assisination of a senior Iranian general. Read more about this story here:
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Ethiopian migrant brings the Italian hills alive with the sound of goats | Article [AMP] | Reuters
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Nuovo naufragio nel Mediterraneo: sopravvive solo una donna
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@AbigailBimman
No one deserves that. Your question was a good one and you are a star
@AbigailBimman
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NEW AND EXCLUSIVE: Canada and U.S. agree to trace guns intercepted at border - document
#cdnpoli
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Suffering for migrants in Libya 'worse' since fall-off in sea crossings by
@aidan_lewis
Yet more evidence that Italy/EU policy is trapping migrants in hellish conditions.
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The wrong man: the Facebook friend request that led to three years in jail - bravo
@lorenzo_tondo
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EXCLUSIVE-BANK OF CANADA AND FINANCE MINISTRY TO LEAVE INFLATION TARGET AT 2% IN FRAMEWORK RENEWAL TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON -SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH PROCESS
BANK OF CANADA MONETARY POLICY FRAMEWORK RENEWAL WILL INCLUDE NEW LANGUAGE ON CONSIDERATION OF EMPLOYMENT FACTORS
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“The Legend of the Captain” as told by Matteo Salvini's social media strategist
@lumorisi
Chestnuts, swagger and good grammar: how Italy's "Captain" builds his brand
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"The next ship can turn around and go back where it came from because our limit has been reached," Salvini said. Italy disembarks stranded migrants, Salvini under investigation | Article [AMP] | Reuters
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Berlusconi was a narcissist and leaves no political heir because he never like to share the spotlight. His politics were muscular. He never backed down, never said he was sorry in public, and even refrained from saying his rivals names for fear of giving them publicity/ 2
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Nice lede
@gavinjones10
! “Last weekend, for perhaps the first time in his gilded career, Mario Draghi missed out on a promotion.”
"Anyone but Draghi" - how an Italian presidential bid fell flat
@Reuters
@AmanteAngelo
@giuseppe_fonte
@crispiandjb
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Both platforms worked for them because they reached voters directly and with no real filter from journalists like myself. My 15 mins of fame came when I asked him why he would not apologize for calling the first, newly elected black president suntanned. /6
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@scandura
@repubblica
non e' della competenza del ministero del interno se capitaneria di porto fa un salvataggio
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I covered his election campaigns and several of his many court battles. Berlusconi successfully argued that he was being targeted by biased prosecutors his entire career. His voters never looked at his legal troubles as based in facts - only as political persecution /3
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"Interest rates are at an all-time low, Glen,"
@JustinTrudeau
replies to
@glen_mcgregor
, downplaying the mounting COVID-19 related debt. Got him off script... a little bit 😷
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Immagini inedite dal 18 maggio che smentiscono le illazioni di Report. Dramma migranti, gli sciacalli "pescatori di motori" via
@RaiNews
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A surprise introduction of
@JustinTrudeau
in Brampton by former Prime Minister Jean Chretien, 87, who made a number of arguments in favor of the Liberal leader, including that early votes are a tradition in Canada for minority governments. 1/
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#Elxn44
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"I'm willing to host women and children who are escaping from war ... But all the others, no.” Italy's Salvini gets win with new asylum and security rules, continues anti-immigrant campaign
#salvini
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According to legend a she-wolf suckled the founders of Rome. Now wolves found living near Rome for 1st in 100+ yrs
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Until 2011, when he couldn't agree with his own finance minister during the euro crisis, Berlusconi was the most powerful man and media influencer in Italy. His philosophy was that all publicity was good publicity. His platform was his own TV channels. Trump's was Twitter /5
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I love taking the train to work, and I want to do it every day. Too bad it was built so poorly. Breaks down almost every time there is freezing rain (IN OTTAWA! WHERE EVERYTHING IS FROZEN 6 MONTHS A YEAR) and it crawls so slow even when it works because it's... fragile. Sigh
Line 1: R1 bus service implemented between Tunney's Pasture and Blair due to a power issue. No train service on Line 1. Updates to follow.
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“There are about 400 people locked in the Ain Zara detention center, among them 200 men and 200 women and 20 children under five years without food and water.” Hundreds of migrants trapped in detention centers in Libyan capital after clashes
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Italy's current policy in the Mediterranean means that migrant death rates at sea are climbing.
Around 117 migrants unaccounted for after dinghy sinks off Libyan coast | Article [AMP] | Reuters
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Italy to narrow asylum rights in clampdown on immigration “We cannot consider the immigrant’s condition to be automatically that of a criminal.”
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He refused to apologize, and would go on to repeat it many times, and I was described as an "imbecile": … /6 end
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Sicilian court confirms that Libya cannot be considered a place of safety and confirms release of Open Arms rescue vessel.
"Migranti, tribunale conferma dissequestro Open Arms: 'Libia non è porto sicuro, non si può rimandarli indietro'." via
@repubblica
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At Libya's Mitiga prison, where migrants are taken after being returned by coast guard, "Detainees are subjected to torture, unlawful killing, denial of adequate medical treatment and poor detention conditions” - U.N. report
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Trump is doing the same now and what Berlusconi showed was that very few people care to digest the salient but sometimes complicated facts of a trial. The real trial is held in the public sphere. Lies often win out over facts. Very few voters care to read beyond headlines. /4
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Italy is my country – but it must face its racist history | Igiaba Scego
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