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Karen Bell

@bellkare

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Calling me a "karen" says more about you than me. Opinions are my own.

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@bellkare
Karen Bell
4 years
@erinotoole @JamesMoore_org This is what happens when you deliberately try to divide people - try to make it 'us vs. them'. Something to ponder on, perhaps.
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Karen Bell
9 months
Bully tactics, condescension and arrogance without knowing the facts, shows he's no leader. just an attack dog. Federal Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre calls Montreal, Quebec City mayors 'incompetent' via @torontostar
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Karen Bell
3 years
@CheriDiNovo I live in an Ontario county where cases have gone from 0 to 23 in about 2 weeks. 12 of them are children. What's it going to take for @Sflecce and @fordnation to get it. FFS Ford won't even put a few of his MPPs in the room but school assemblies? 500 is ok.
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@bellkare
Karen Bell
10 months
@Yvan_Baker This is why he can never be on the global stage.
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Karen Bell
11 months
@19Mensch63 This is an opportunity for the leader of the Opposition to speak out against threats, against violence and encourage respectful conversation across political divides. But no. He's proving to be nothing but a rage-farmer who will do anything to win.
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Karen Bell
3 years
@MedicMatt17512 @CheriDiNovo @fordnation @OPSEUAmbDiv My dad was a paramedic. He delivered babies, resuscitated fathers, picked up body parts off the highway and held people's hands as they died. The stress is crazy. #paramedics are a critical link in the healthcare system. #respect .
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@bellkare
Karen Bell
4 years
@acoyne honestly, does anyone care what Conrad Black thinks? He's proven he sells his soul regularly.
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Karen Bell
10 months
@pvralien Sorry, but isn't bilingualism in the Charter?
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Karen Bell
1 year
@robertbenzie @OntarioPCParty @OntLiberal Lol. Where to start? Health care? Greenbelt (with the tip-off to developers)? Ontario Place? Meddling with municipalities? Hiring all his buddies? Kings Counsel? Education? And now fueling distrust of teachers?
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Karen Bell
11 months
@globeandmail Alberta is increasingly becoming a spectacle that the rest of Canada is tired of.
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Karen Bell
11 months
@CheriDiNovo Perhaps if he had the proper security clearance, he would've had the correct information.
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Karen Bell
10 months
@charlesadler @globeandmail You'd think after, what, 20 years in Parliament he'd have those skills - maturity and experience - but no. That's what happens when you're assigned the role of attack dog.
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Karen Bell
1 year
@globeandmail No one is denying parental rights. That's just a fabrication. Kids have rights too. We forget that.
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Karen Bell
1 year
Yet another reason to cast your vote carefully, with an eye to the future - the waterfront and Ontario Place directly impacts quality of life for us and future generations.
@ONPlace4All
Ontario Place for All ©
1 year
Toronto Election: Mayoral winner will shape outcome of Ontario Place battle! Check out to vote for Ontario Place! #topoli #onpoli #SaveOntarioPlace
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Karen Bell
1 year
@Stockwell_Day @JustinTrudeau Actually most of us are shocked by the very quick erosion of human rights in the US. Many of us are hesitant to travel there and worry for friends in the LGBTQ+ community who must. Not to mention the very real possibility that one could be shot.
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Karen Bell
2 years
Revitalize and restore this gem. Keep it public. The proposed waterpark at Ontario Place will be Toronto’s worst building /via @globeandmail
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Karen Bell
1 year
@natnewswatch Does she have a list of things she's just arbitrarily deciding are no longer credible? Waiting for her to declare bicycles just use up too much human energy....
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Karen Bell
11 months
@Scribulatora This is just more uninformed rage-farmers stealing from the GOP playbook. Shout it's a fraud. Some will believe anything. Anyone screaming election fraud in Canada is ridiculous.
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Karen Bell
10 months
@PtboExaminer Why is it wasteful? I've argued long and hard that they should be free for everyone who needs them.
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@bellkare
Karen Bell
10 months
@LauraBabcock but...beer, folks! everywhere! last ditch effort to divert your attention from what we're really losing.
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Karen Bell
2 years
It would be a shame to hand this over to private hands. Toronto, haven't we done enough with ruining the waterfront?
@ONPlace4All
Ontario Place for All ©
2 years
What a weekend by the waterfront | Blue sky and snow around Ontario Place ❄️
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Karen Bell
3 years
@k22747414 @JProskowGlobal @acoyne It shows how numb we are and we'd just rather have someone tell us the weather rather than looking out the window. What's gross is how emboldened some feel with a fistful of lies they've been purposely fed as facts.
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Karen Bell
3 years
@CatherineJHogan @thehill Then again, it's a country that elected Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Gaetz, DeSantis, Hawley and all the others to office. So, if that is the US now, it makes perfect sense.
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Karen Bell
1 year
@Libs4Canada That shot is as inauthentic as his campaign. The harder he tries, the less you believe him. And for reasons beyond optics.
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Karen Bell
1 year
@RodKahx We've proven time and time again Canada is always the dark horse in battle. never underestimate us.
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Karen Bell
10 months
@LauraBabcock not to mention the timing of this - up against the RIDE and don't drink & drive campaigns. Tone deaf.
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Karen Bell
10 months
@robertbenzie So, this really was just a distraction announcement. I wonder how many trees they managed to rip out of Ontario Place while we were all waiting for this 'news.'
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Karen Bell
11 months
@TorontoStar Canadians should demand a well-rounded campaign on issues that impact us the most. including the economy and foreign affairs. To elect someone who actively avoids international relations would be a mistake. It's like electing Flat Stanley.
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Karen Bell
1 year
@globeandmail Why would @WestJet allow any politician to deliver a campaign message via PA? There was no need to let him make a speech, no matter how short. He could've just shaken hands. It would've pissed me off as a passenger, regardless of party affiliation.
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Karen Bell
2 years
@Derricktgoat An opinion piece is an opinion, not an investigative report. However, a good opinion piece, which this IS, is based on facts.
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Karen Bell
9 months
@CaulfieldTim @calgaryherald Is it stunning? She swims in the same lane as him - conspiracy theories and half-truths. This should be a wake-up call for everyone in Canada, not just Alberta. Who we elect does matter.
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Karen Bell
4 years
@OrbitStudios @RichUnderhill This is exactly why everyone needs to pay attention. If you vote CPC, this is not your party of even a few years ago. Friends & family in Alberta are appalled at Kenney's path of destruction. They cannot be given the keys to the country. #canpoli
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Karen Bell
1 year
@LauraBabcock We all should. Starting September 25.
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@bellkare
Karen Bell
1 year
@LauraBabcock Let's not lose sight of the fact that these homes won't benefit 'people who need them at all'.
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Karen Bell
1 year
@marksaunders_TO Um, no. And quite frankly, the plan seems a little tone deaf.
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Karen Bell
10 months
@natnewswatch @TheHillTimes This is nonsense. The more the CPC campaign, the more PP's behaviour and lack of leadership is laid bare. Grandstanding does not make you PM-worthy. It makes you an attack dog, which is the only role he's ever played.
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Karen Bell
2 years
Why would any public money be spent on a private spa? What a shame this little gem is going to be ruined by a lack of vision. Ontario Place is still a great urban park. Once Doug Ford gives it away, it’ll be gone for good via @torontostar
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Karen Bell
1 year
@EvanLSolomon She is absolutely saying anglophones aren’t welcome in Quebec.
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Karen Bell
11 months
@jennyleeshee This is the stuff people need to see, since he won't comment on where he stands on issues like LGBTQ+, abortion, foreign relations, etc.......We have to go through the back catalogue of media quips to understand where he'll lead the country.
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Karen Bell
1 year
@nationalpost Lol. No they are not. If you're going to present an argument, at least show ALL the facts. But no, you can't rile up the base like that, can you.
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Karen Bell
1 year
@MikeSchreiner An affordable home in a neighbourhood where they can walk to cornerstores, schools, parks, transit and restaurants. Not where they have to gas up their car to get a loaf of bread.
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Karen Bell
2 years
@Thisgelisonfire Let's see - conservatives are mocking people's turbans, having lunch with nazis, dealing in misinformation and bluster to ensure they're making more noise than fact, so, yup.
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Karen Bell
9 months
@KarlTous Only platform he has is blaming JT. For everthing. Whether it's true or not.
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Karen Bell
3 years
@ACarterglobal Caillou is sweet. But Arthur had exceptional character development and handled sensitive issues well. And to this day, if I scream 'CAAAKE' my kids know I'm doing a Mr. Ratburn imitation. All that & a catchy theme song.
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Karen Bell
4 years
@randyhillier This is absolutely offensive.
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@bellkare
Karen Bell
11 months
@MaritStiles This is what happens when you have a government that puts increasing private wealth ahead of the social good.
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Karen Bell
1 year
@shawnmicallef I hope they document it.
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Karen Bell
4 years
@MichelleRempel Wow. We do feel for everyone out of work, but how about recognizing need to shift away from earth-destroying drilling and fracking? Pivoting to greener energy solutions?
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Karen Bell
3 years
@JillKrajewski @justlooking913 on Canada day, which is the only day we have summer.
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Karen Bell
1 year
@TorontoStar Because the political right, led by PP has no shred of decency. And because people clearly don't have enough to do other than worry about why someone's marriage failed. Sad, really. because there's so much more to be concerned about, like a right-wing rage-farmer becoming PM.
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Karen Bell
8 months
@CdnResistance oh those zippy and ridiculously empty quips like 'bring it home' that mean nothing. I'm sure he's got a ton up his sleeve he just can't wait to use. How he thinks that's policy and a way to govern is gobsmacking.
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Karen Bell
1 year
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Karen Bell
1 year
@MaritStiles @OntarioNDP This explains why they're fighting so hard to keep the mandate letters from us. Makes you wonder what else is in there.
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Karen Bell
4 years
@stephenlautens So hard to tell who the target audience is for PPC messaging.....just can't quite put my finger on it....
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Karen Bell
10 months
@merry123459 Notice there's much more interest in laying blame (inaccurately), than expressing concern for the people living in these tents. Opportunistic and exploitative rage-farmers are all he and his ilk are.
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Karen Bell
1 year
@TorontoStar This is just more rage-farming. Most parents do, and should, have an open, accepting and tolerant relationship with their child. If they don't, then that's their loss; they'll never really know their child, regardless of their gender identity.
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Karen Bell
4 years
Great article. We need to stop finger-pointing and educate, reconcile and repair our own past (& current) relationship with racism. Stop Whitewashing Our National History | The Walrus via @walrusmagazine
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Karen Bell
11 years
"No moral authority" to ask what the mayor's doing? Um, doesn't my tax dollar pay his salary? I think I do have the right to know. #topoli
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Karen Bell
1 year
@natnewswatch That's rich coming from someone who politicizes everything, including people dying of overdoses. Seems someone does not like it when the shoe is on the other foot.
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@bellkare
Karen Bell
11 months
@CycleToronto All the more reason to do it, just to show the 'mayor' who's boss, @oliviachow
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Karen Bell
3 years
@thehill not just the American people....we're all watching this one. We all want to know which side of democracy you land on.
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Karen Bell
1 year
@jsam10983741 curious given PP is the one telling all the lies, rage-farming and just making stuff up. Riling up the base.
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Karen Bell
1 year
@GraphicMatt @dmrider @BenSpurr Not surprised either of them would put their own political interests and media attn ahead of the interests of their constituents
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Karen Bell
3 years
@newsmax Actually, it's more likely the imposed upon 'peace agreement' by Kushner, without consultation, input or respect of the Palestinians, that caused the latest round of violence.
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Karen Bell
4 years
@ddale8 Repulsive.
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Karen Bell
9 months
@KarlTous Here's a hint: he doesn't know himself. When you're constantly raging against everything it's hard to know what you really stand for.
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Karen Bell
4 years
@ewarren @KamalaHarris Perhaps the Christian Pence needs a reminder: Prov 6:16-19: six things that the Lord hates, 7 that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans,.../1
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Karen Bell
1 year
@a_picazo @PierrePoilievre He doesn't know. He just grabs stuff from the headlines and adds Trudeau. It's an ironic 'Justin-flation'. Inflate everything and make it Justin's fault.
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Karen Bell
1 year
@joe_warmington Would you say same if it was a different PM? Lol. Methinks not.
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Karen Bell
2 years
@deAdder typical of Facebook to remove a cartoon with actual political truth yet allow fake news and conspiracy theories to persist
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Karen Bell
9 months
@CdnResistance Just when you think it can't get any more bonkers. If they believed in climate change I'd suggest they check the ozone layer over Florida. May be a bit too thin.
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Karen Bell
1 year
@charlesadler @nationalpost just another desperate act of a dying newspaper, which should've stopped publishing long ago, printing anything to provoke a reaction and remain 'relevant.' Truth be damned, it seems
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Karen Bell
11 months
@robertbenzie @OntarioPCParty Yup. Blame *the folks* for not being interested in order to avoid facing - and being forced to consider and acknowledge - their input. Sounds about right.
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Karen Bell
4 years
@drmwarner It just doesn't make any sense at all. Generally, younger people are the ones working retail, restaurants, many needing to take the subway. They're more at risk because we 'need to keep the economy moving', but last in line for a vaccine?
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Karen Bell
10 years
Non-profits fare well on social media: 2015 Social Media Benchmarks by Industry http://t.co/MSA1X6u5H9 via @marketingprofs
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Karen Bell
4 years
@m_layton Widening sidewalks and closing traffic will revitalize small business, pedestrian strolls, local shopping and celebrate 'Canada's longest street.' Billboards only benefit those companies that can afford to purchase them.
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Karen Bell
2 years
@FilesSai @DavidHamer_1951 @fordnation the only thing that got in his way in his first term was the pandemic. This is the Doug Ford we all know. I don't know why anyone is surprised when he does stuff like this, or the greenbelt, or city council, or strong mayor or....and there's 3.5 more years.
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Karen Bell
2 years
@sblogga and where you can get treated at a hospital and not walk away with a huge bill. And women have control of their bodies. My gosh. What tyranny.
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Karen Bell
11 months
@LeftHandStu People keep asking how low he'll go? Sadly this likely isn't the bottom for PP
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Karen Bell
3 years
@joshuagale75 The question is why any private citizen, let alone a teenager, would need an assault rifle in the first place.
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Karen Bell
1 year
@goneallweek @atRachelGilmore It's not sensationalist. Kids are at risk because parents are being fed ridiculous misinformation. How about you stop the raging and actually listen FFS.
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Karen Bell
9 months
@DonCochraneYOW It isn't. They've just got nothing else so they need to find something to whine about.
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Karen Bell
11 months
@PaulSmithTO does it not also border on a protected ravine? Not that they care....
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@bellkare
Karen Bell
4 years
@joe_cressy @PaulDeCampo And then a conversation about UBI.
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Karen Bell
10 months
@CheriDiNovo Mocking human rights is pretty much admitting that he sees a hierarchy of humanity-some more worthy than others. There's really no other way of interpreting it.
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Karen Bell
3 years
@isabella_usuk I was a tourist to your Capitol. We went through security, travelled with our guide, got to sit in the House gallery, saw statuary hall, even watched a video. What we didn't do: scale the building, break windows, hang a noose, taser the police or beat them with flags.
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Karen Bell
1 year
@fredhickey The problem is the rest of us will suffer too, because they fell for the rage-farming
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@bellkare
Karen Bell
1 year
Ford said he wouldn't touch the greenbelt to get elected. He never intended to keep that promise. Why feign shock to find out more sites were on the list? This is who he is. Who this government is. Like, duh. via @globeandmail
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Karen Bell
3 years
@lswatuk @rkeil @globeandmail And by 'increased agricultural productivity' they mean more factory farming. which means more stress on animals, more antibiotics in their (and consequently our) food, more pesticides, herbicides... It was an appalling article.
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Karen Bell
10 years
So if Ford won't debate if media are present, why doesn't media just refuse to cover him at all? That seems fair. #topoli
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Karen Bell
3 years
@shawnmicallef If only cars would obey traffic signals, not jump lights, and (god forbid) drive at the posted speed. Maybe check the entitlement of some drivers that where they're going is more important than the rest of us.
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Karen Bell
4 years
@mkraju @acoyne If there needs to be a vote on witnesses the dems call trump?
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Karen Bell
4 years
@CBCToronto @Ali_Chiasson Sadly, this just exposes the continued hypocrisy and shielding of discrimination behind the bible that still exists within organized religion. There are no exceptions to who is worthy of 'god's love'. Only people impose those.
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Karen Bell
1 year
@RosieRocks29 Lol. This is from his father's funeral. Good try though.
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Karen Bell
11 years
RT @thekeenanwire : Man, Mike Duffy's story just keeps getting stranger. Guy has the chops to be mayor of Toronto one day.
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Karen Bell
8 years
Excellent news.
@m_layton
Mike Layton
8 years
TO Board of Health has voted unanimously in support of Medical Officer of Healths recommendation for 3 nurse supervised safe injection sites
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Karen Bell
1 year
@GradyTripp00 @PierrePoilievre Lol. They're just trying to figure out how to blame Trudeau for not catching him sooner.
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@bellkare
Karen Bell
1 year
@MikePMoffatt are we still allowed to call nimbyism Nimbyism?
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Karen Bell
2 years
Dangerous, irresponsible and hateful rhetoric being spewed by anti-vaxxers referring to themselves as #pureblood . And as for the idea of having 'pure vaccine-free blood', better check your pediatric records.
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Karen Bell
10 years
@robfordmustgo @CP24 Won't it be nice come Oct when there's only 1 mayor? not one 'mayor' and one I-thinks-I-am-mayor?
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