A noose was brought to the door of an event with Canada’s Prime Minister last night
The escalating toxicity being stoked via the extreme-right this year is beyond dangerous. Threats and intimidation have no place in our democracy, full stop.
Harjit Sajjan served 3 separate tours in Afghanistan, earned the Meritorious Service Metal & Order of Military Merit, was the 1st Sikh-Canadian to command a Canadian Army Regiment, & an 11-year veteran of the Vancouver Police. This kind of politics has no place in 2018.
#cdnpoli
Seriously? An exclusive out today with The Rebel?
Even Andrew Scheer had pulled back here.
It’s deeply disappointing that *any* Canadian Parliamentarian would promote dangerous alt-right politics in this manner.
.
@JustinTrudeau
raised taxes on the wealthiest 1% so he could cut taxes for 9 million middle class Canadians.
The Conservatives? They voted against it. Scheer just denied it, but those are the facts, and that's his voting record.
#elxn43
#Debatenight
#leadersdebate2019
“Singh campaigned far more like Stephen Harper than Layton, attacking Justin Trudeau at every available opportunity”
I know many progressives who were disappointed to see this — and it didn’t work. People also expect a real, positive, constructive plan.
“Canada’s public finances were well positioned entering the pandemic to enable a strong policy response to contain its negative impact without weakening sovereign creditworthiness.”
“Among G-7, only Canada & Germany still have S&P’s top rating.”
#cdnpoli
❌ The prices are in £
❌ The shelves pictured are… not in 🇨🇦
❌ It’s a stock photo in the first place.
Just more of the same divisive politics from Mr. O’Toole’s Conservatives.
"Our job as Canadians is to uphold the dignity and sanctity of every single human life – whether they be rich or poor, young or old, ailing or healthy. That is our duty." 🇨🇦
-
@JustinTrudeau
A quick reminder: One of the 1st things
@JustinTrudeau
did was raise taxes on the wealthiest 1% so we could cut taxes for 9 million middle class Canadians. The Conservatives? They voted against it.
#cdnpoli
#elxn43
This has now been the best month for online fundraising of any campaign in the
@Liberal_Party
’s history — and yesterday was the party’s best fundraising day in all of 2021 🚀
Big thanks to all of the Canadians stepping up to keep Canada moving
#ForwardForEveryone
! 🇨🇦
Some personal news, as they say! 🧵
After more than 6 years as as Senior Director, Communications at
@Liberal_Party
HQ, these next 2 weeks will be my last.
It's been a real honour to be part of a team that works so hard *every day* to help build a better future. 🇨🇦 1/8
Erin O’Toole promised the gun lobby he’ll weaken gun control in Canada, & in turn, the gun lobby says it’s “locked and loaded” with “custom attack ads” to “give the CPC candidates a leg up.”
This isn’t the kind of politics that helps keep Canadians safe.
5 years ago tonight, after a whole lot of hope and hard work by
@JustinTrudeau
and more than 80,000 dedicated volunteers from across Canada.
#RealChange
🇨🇦
The Conservative plan includes billions of dollars of cuts that would leave the middle class falling behind.
When it comes to building a better future, cuts just won't cut it.
#ScheerCuts
#Elxn43
🤔 Actually, this is a screenshot from a clip of Justin Trudeau entirely ignoring Faith Goldy, even before her time at The Rebel (When Scheer gave her an exclusive sit-down interview). The full clip is here:
#cdnpoli
*Huge* turnout tonight for
@JustinTrudeau
and
@TerryLake16
in
#Kamloops
, exactly 5 months before Election Day! More than 16,000 British Columbians have signed up as new Liberals since the last election, and that grassroots support is growing every day 🇨🇦
#cdnpoli
#bcpoli
"Both parties have identified key policy areas where we share similar objectives, and we've agreed to work together to put the needs and interests of Canadians first."
- PM
@JustinTrudeau
“The people of Ottawa, and indeed people across the country, deserve to have their safety respected — and deserve to get their lives back.”
-
@JustinTrudeau
Mr. O’Toole is now asking the PM, someone currently in isolation for close-contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19, to go meet with unvaccinated demonstrators.
All other issues with this ‘convoy’ aside, let that one sink in. 🤔
I support their right to be heard, and I call on Justin Trudeau to meet with these hard-working Canadians to hear their concerns.
Please protest safely this weekend. 2/2
I won't ever forget watching the speeches by MPs for and against marriage equality legislation in Canada. And this is what Andrew Scheer had to say:
They "cannot commit to the natural procreation of children. They cannot therefore be married."
#cdnpoli
The majority of O’Toole’s Conservatives voted to deny climate change is real
The majority of O’Toole’s Conservatives voted against legislation to ban anti-LGBTQ2 conversion therapy
This is not a party that’s in touch with Canadians. It’s a party that would take Canada backward.
You bet - after all, look at the progress so far:
✅ Lowest unemployment in 40 years
✅ 1 million new jobs since 2015
✅ 825,000 Canadians out of poverty
✅ More money for 9 out of 10 families
✅ Lowest debt-to-GDP ratio in the G7
With that, it’s official. There are now *100* women representing Canadians in the House of Commons for the first time in history — and we need to keep building on that progress.
Congratulations
@YaaraSaks
and
@MarciIen
! 🇨🇦 🙌
#AddWomenChangePolitics
So, Tucker Carlson tried to keep his current visit to Moscow quiet, but it's just broken on Russian channels.
He's already been there 3 days, undoubtedly doing some propaganda aimed at
@GOP
voters in US to get them to continue blocking aid to Ukraine.
Scum.
The Liberal government's first act in office was to raise taxes on the wealthiest 1% & lower taxes for the middle class. Canadians have since created more than 900,000 new jobs.
#cdnpoli
The
@TorontoStar
endorses
@JustinTrudeau
and the Liberal Party of Canada:
"Trudeau and the Liberals have accomplished important things since 2015. And they offer the best program for continuing in that positive direction over the next four years."
#Elxn43
“Mulroney said that if he was the leader today, he would require all of his MPs to roll up their sleeves and receive the COVID-19 vaccine, calling it a ‘no-brainer.’”
The beginning of O'Toole's convention speech:
The Conservative Party has to change.
The rest of O'Toole's convention speech:
The Conservative Party will not change.
Love is love - and throughout his life and work,
@JustinTrudeau
has always worked to build a Canada that is more equal, inclusive, and free. 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
#cdnpoli
Prime Minister
@JustinTrudeau
is at the Fountain Head Pub in
#Vancouver
this evening. This makes him the first sitting Canadian Prime Minister to visit a gay bar.
@NEWS1130
Andrew Scheer has no climate plan, and instead he's been secretly meeting with oil executives and shadowy 3rd parties about "silencing" environmental advocates.
@CathMcKenna
? She's not having *any* of it. 🔥
#cdnpoli
Incredibly bizarre. These are fundamental obligations for every party to meet with Elections Canada.
"As a possible voter I would ask the question, if they can’t file their own party financial returns on time, what might they do with a national budget?"
Thank you, Dr. Tam, for the incredibly important role that you and your fellow public health officials across Canada continue to play in helping keep Canadians healthy and safe. 🇨🇦
O’Toole is starting this mandate by ratcheting up anger to divide Canadians — all to distract from the clear divisions within his own conservative ‘coalition.’
Canadians want leadership that will focus on their real priorities, not divisive politics.
“We have to meet anger with compassion, because that’s who we are as Canadians.
“We have to listen to each other — lean on each other — and work to make the future brighter and more hopeful for everyone.”
-
@JustinTrudeau
This is coming from the same Conservative leader who egged on a group of young conservatives last month by telling them “Most of the lefty radicals are also the dumbest people at your university.”
Squarely in the centre? I think not.
#cdnpoli
“When we accept racist rhetoric from those in positions of power, such as Derek Sloan, we normalize and condone the racist actions and anti-Asian hate crimes that take place every day in communities across Canada.” -
@GoochT
#cdnpoli
“In a joint statement, Canadian Doctors for Protection from Guns, the Canadian Anti-Hate Network and Danforth Families for Safe Communities, said O'Toole's Sunday statement has left them ‘further alarmed.’”
Chrystia Freeland was voted this year's hardest-working MP, she was already an internationally acclaimed business journalist & author, & now she's an accomplished Global Affairs Minister with multiple new trade deals secured. Wake up, Kevin O'Leary - it's 2018.
#cdnpoli
O’Leary repeatedly slags Trudeau and his cabinet. For example he says Trudeau mandated diversity not competency, he says that’s how we ended up with Freeland
#onpoli
#cdnpoli
“Today I ask all members of this House to take action against illegal blockades that are harmful to Canadians … to stand up for families & workers, to stand up for jobs & our economy, and to stand up for the freedom of Canadians and for public safety.” 🇨🇦
It's 2019 - and the leader of the Conservative Party still can't bring himself to say he supports equal marriage. 14 years after it became the law of the land. 14 years after he voted to oppose it.
#cdnpoli
Tonight's debate had one clear winner, and made one thing clear: Justin Trudeau is the only leader with a real plan to invest in the middle class, grow our economy, and protect a clean environment.
#ChooseForward
#faceafaceTVA
@_rkgg
Hi everyone, thanks for bringing this to our attention. Earlier today, our staff and volunteers experienced harassment from convoy protestors seeking meals from our soup kitchen. The individuals were given meals to diffuse the conflict. Management was then informed of the (1/2)
The
@Liberal_Party
has now seen 3 seats flip from CPC/NDP to LPC in by-elections since 2015. The last time a governing party similarly picked up 3 seats from the opposition parties within 1 mandate was 1908 - when
@PMLaurier
ran things 🇨🇦
#HopeandHardWork
#TeamTrudeau
"...With the Conservative leader’s embrace of far-right fear-mongering over an anodyne UN agreement on immigration, we are deep into the fever swamp. It is disturbing and frankly embarrassing to see."
#cdnpoli
When it counted most, when the capital’s streets were taken hostage,
@CMckenney
stood up for Ottawans and core Canadian values of respect.
Now it’s time for a more vibrant, connected, & forward-looking city - and they’ve got a costed plan to build it.
@CMcKenney
has my vote 🗳
The hysteria machine backfires:
"Jason Kenney accused the federal Liberals on Wednesday of approving a $2.5-million grant to a 'left wing special interest group' that was, in fact, made by the previous Conservative government."
#cdnpoli
Another example of the growing danger posed by conspiracy-infused far-right politics in Canada.
These two are dead — and half a dozen police officers ended up with gunshot wounds
CTV News has confirmed these images of the brothers from the deactivated Instagram account of Isaac Auchterlonie. The account featured anti-vaccine and anti-Trudeau messages.
Completely false. One of the first things the Liberal government did was cut taxes for 9 million middle class Canadians - and the Conservative Party voted against it.
#cdnpoli
Justin Trudeau said he would help the middle class and make life more affordable. Instead, he raised taxes on 80% of middle-class Canadians. Justin Trudeau is not as advertised.
#cdnpoli
When you have a position on licence plates before you have any plan whatsoever on climate change, you might not be up for the job of Prime Minister.
#cdnpoli
It wasn't Liberals who sent a dozen Conservative MPs, including their Status of Women critic, to a rally to reopen the abortion debate just a matter of weeks ago - and isn't the Liberal Party that keeps nominating candidates who say they want to do *exactly that.*
#cdnpoli
10 years ago today,
@Kathleen_Wynne
was elected Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party - making history as the first openly gay Premier in Canada and the first woman to serve as Premier of Ontario.
A remarkable trailblazer 🇨🇦
*12* Conservative MPs attended a rally to re-open the abortion debate just last week - and it wasn't the Liberal Party that sent them there. If the Conservatives don't want to re-open this debate, why do they keep attending rallies to do exactly that?
#cdnpoli
"Liberal leader Justin Trudeau was the only leader of a federal political party to visit Saskatchewan during the first two weeks of the election campaign." 🇨🇦
#Elxn43
#cdnpoli
Ordinarily I make a point of not sharing such things, but this is Erin O’Toole’s chief strategist calling the Prime Minister a terrorism apologist.
If this is their response to this week’s events — a strategy of doubling down on divisive politics — Canadians deserve much better.
“Despite what Jagmeet Singh and the NDP say – it does make a difference whether or not there’s a Conservative or a Liberal government. We are the ones that can stop the Conservatives from getting elected and taking us back on climate.”
-
@JustinTrudeau
Profoundly disappointing that a former Prime Minister of Canada would continue to “ally” with such a consistent opponent of so many of the freedoms Canadians believe in
Had a great meeting today with
@IDUAlliance
Chairman
@stephenharper
. International cooperation between right-wing, conservative parties is more important than ever. Chairman Harper is a great ally in this respect. Thank you for your support, Mr. Chairman!
✅ 1 million new jobs
✅ Record-low unemployment
✅ 825,000 Canadians lifted out of poverty
Real Progress? That's a fact. 🇨🇦
And there's much more to do!
#cdnpoli
Pierre Poilievre started his leadership campaign when the rest of his party was fighting a general election campaign last year. Tonight he just made his latest video for it, that’s all.
Fun campaign fact:
This has already been the strongest August for online fundraising in the history of the
@Liberal_Party
— and it’s still got several days to go!
#ForwardForEveryone
Since this, Derek Sloan has also pushed the false claim that vaccines are ‘human experimentation.’
Seriously — If Mr. O’Toole claims today that his party is “squarely in the centre of Canadian politics,” why is he keeping Sloan squarely on his team?
What a turnout for today's
#TeamTrudeau
Campaign College in BC! Well over 200 campaign managers, candidates, organizers, and volunteers gearing up to elect even more BC MPs with the
@Liberal_Party
in 2019. 🇨🇦
#cdnpoli
“Our children must be safe in the classroom. That's non-negotiable ... No parent should be losing sleep because they have to go back to work, but aren't confident schools are properly prepared." –
@JustinTrudeau
#cdnpoli