Rod Mickleburgh
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Former China correspondent for Globe and Mail. Author of 2 award-winning books. Does a BC labour history podcast: On the Line. Ever a fan of the Montreal Expos.
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I’m not a fan of
@JustinTrudeau
but my goodness, the vitriol directed against him, blaming him for seemingly ever ill in Canada, is alarming
#cdnpoli
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BC lifts mask mandate on public transportation.
#COVID19
strikes ferry crews. All northern sailings cancelled this week. Gee...how did that happen?
#bcpoli
@adriandix
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248 retired nurses in BC have registered to return to work...thank you!
#COVID19
#coronavirus
#bcpoli
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Meanwhile, spare a thought for the
#Canucks
Brandon Sutter, who has been suffering from
#LongCovid
since last March, a grinding, debilitative affliction that may lead to permanent damage...very little notice in the media...my heart goes out to him and his family
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Kudos to CBC Radio for its tributes to the late, great Gordon Lightfoot....the CBC at its best...private radio just doesn't cut it
@PierrePoilievre
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Criticism of
@JustinTrudeau
for going to New York for two days to show the flag for Canada is as ridiculous as it gets...
@PierrePoilievre
, you must be desperate...
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Dr. Bonnie Henry says wearing a mask severely impacted some people in public schools and secondary institutions…is there any evidence of the extent of this? totally anecdotal
#bcpoli
@adriandix
#masks
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A reminder to all those who voted on the vaccine motion at the Tory convention: no one was forced to be vaccinated....no one...but if you refused during a deadly pandemic of a highly-infectious virus, there are consequences...it's still your choice
#cdnpoli
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22 nurses have volunteered to work at the Lynn Valley Care Centre, stricken by the
#Coronavirus
. Moves me to tears....
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Make no mistake,
@erinotoole
would pave the way for two-tier health care in Canada, by not opposing provinces that move towards it...
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Dear
@fordnation
Re carbon tax as job-killer: BC has had a carbon tax for nearly 10 years. BC's unemployment rate continues to be the lowest in Canada. Thank you.
#bcpoli
#onpoli
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I so admire
@jjhorgan
for leaving the podium on essential health questions to the daily briefing by Dr. Bonnie Henry and
@adriandix
who are so forthcoming on every question....is any other province or leader doing this?
#bcpoli
#COVID19
#coronavirus
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NDP and Bloc confirm all their candidates are vaccinated. Liberals say all but one candidate is vaccinated. Only 15% of Tory candidates said they were vaccinated. They rest did not respond to the Globe and Mail survey.
#cdnpoli
#vaccinated
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Michelle and friends have been waiting since 7 a.m., first in line, to see all-girl K-Pop group
@RVsmtown
at the PNE...Still more than 4 hours to go
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Guy beside me didn't wear a mask.Guy in row in front of me didn't wear a mask. Couple at the end of my row didn't wear masks. Fancam showed many fans not wearing masks. Even the
#Canucks
cheerleader didn't wear a mask at one point. Not good enough
@Canucks
.
@adriandix
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My god...the vitriol that rains down on Dr. Bonnie Henry...Is she perfect? No. Have all her decisions been perfect? No...Has anybody's? All this "yelling" and "rage"...in spite of everything, BC has fewer active cases per 100,000 people than all prov outside the Maritimes
#bcpoli
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For the life of me, I don't understand why the mask mandate has been lifted on public transit....? Other areas, okay...but public transit, with people in such close quarters, and
#Omicron
still out there? Hello
@TransLink
#bcpoli
@adriandix
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The mayor of Abbotsford has been exemplary in this time of crisis...calm, clear, no-nonsense, re-active, informative and seemingly on top of everything...well done
@MayorHenryBraun
#bcpoli
#BCFlood
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If Dr. Bonnie Henry is concerned about low uptake of vaccinations for the 5-11 age group, why aren’t there more vaccination clinics in schools?
@adriandix
#bcpoli
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The federal govt spent billions of Canadian taxpayers' money to purchase the Trans Mountain pipeline....Credit it gets from Albertans: zero. Alberta has replaced Quebec as the most self-centred province in Canada...
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Please don't order from retail-killer Amazon this Christmas...shop local...they pay local business taxes and employ people in the community...many have online capacity...why make zillionaire Jeff Bezos even more of a zillionaire?.....thank you...
#vanpoli
#shoplocal
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Hey, guess who bought my labour history book? Ed Asner! Aka my hero Lou Grant...how cool is that? He’s a long-time supporter of labour unions.
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Rapid testing is not a panacea. It is one tool, says Dr. Bonnie Henry, which begs the question, if it is a tool, why not use use it more?
#bcpoli
#OmicronVariant
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And here in BC, local
@cbcradio
is doing an outstanding job keeping people informed...cancelling regularly scheduled shows for special reports...they have reporters and current affairs shows based right in Kelowna
are all those who claim news on social media in times of emergencies is an essential service unaware that there is a national radio news network called the CBC that is available to anyone with a car, a radio or an internet connection?
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Chantal Hebert nails it again: “This was an election nobody wanted, and an election where nobody got what they wanted.”
#cdnpoli
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Amid all the deserved accolades for Dr. Bonnie Henry,
@adriandix
and others for helping BC avoid, so far, the
#COVID19
outbreaks seen in Alta, Ont and Que, let's also give credit to the vast majority of us ordinary folks for acting responsibly and being sensible.
#bcpoli
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So i read that 16,000 B C health care workers were off sick last week, according to
@Adriandix
...but no explanation given as to WHY they were off sick...are we to assume it's COVID-related? no data on that, either
#bcpoli
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Has Dr. Bonnie Henry or
@adriandix
offered any reason why the mask mandate was removed on public transit, where people are often in close contact with one another, and infections from the new variant are increasing?
#bcpoli
#COVID19
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Renowned science fiction writer and longtime Vancouver resident William Gibson tells
@tompowercbc
that he could never have made it as a freelance writer in his native USA because he would not have had medical insurance.
@GreatDismal
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@ianhanomansing
So many members of the public have no idea how the media works, or how individual reporters function....yet they are convinced they know all about it....
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Some actual good news: BC salmon runs are much better than predicted so far this year....
#bcpoli
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Wouldn't it be nice if everyone just ignored Rex Murphy....? i have for years....recommended....
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All of Novak Djokovic's "troubles" could have been avoided if he had simply been vaccinated, as 97% of other players have been...
#DjokovicOut
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I have no idea what an NDP govt would be like, but after 16 years with same party in power, change would be healthy for democracy
#bcelxn17
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A reminder that Quebec's "secular law" also means that Sikhs who wear turbans are also banned from public sector employment....this, in Canada.!
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I still can’t believe how lucky we are to have Dr. Bonnie Henry as our chief public health officer...
#bcpoli
#COVID19
#coronavirus
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@PnPCBC
@christyclarkbc
Eastern-based media continue to think Christy Clark has something to add to
#SNCLavalin
She doesn't...All signs point to angling for some reward from the federal Liberals
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This is amazing...the BC govt is moving to end the contracting out of hospital services to private companies, which resulted in huge pay reductions for a workforce that was largely women, with many immigrants...well done!
#bcpoli
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Sad to note the passing of Steve Fonyo...such a troubled life he led before and after his shining achievement....the fact remains: he did cross the country, raising money....after that, it was difficult for him...
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Ontario has re-elected a party with a leader who is not only a women, but openly gay...and neither factor was an issue...well done
#onpoli
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Wouldn't it be nice if even one of the
@CBCBusiness
guys occasionally focused on wages and the struggles of lower-income people, instead of banks, the stock market, companies' bottom line, huge corporations getting even richer, etc...
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Rushing to catch a bus in Lisbon, I forgot to put on my mask...driver points to me, and says, sternly: "Mask!"
I quickly comply, joining everyone else on the bus, who are complying with Portugal's continued mask mandate on public transportation....
#bcpoli
#masks
@adriandix
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I'm sorry, but every time i hear Quebec politicians taking the oil sands to task, i can't help thinking how long and hard the province fought to keep its asbestos mines running, opposing all efforts to make the deadly substance illegal...
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Globe and Mail editorial board shocked to learn that Canadians have elected both the Liberals AND Justin Trudeau
#MoreGlobeEndorsements
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The most worrisome aspect of
@KenSimCity
victory was his endorsement from the VPD Union…that is a very bad precedent…with all their powers of arrest, carrying guns, etc they should stay out of politics
#vanpoli
#VancouverVotes
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I continue to not understand the reluctance of people to wear a mask in crowded situations...these days, i barely notice my mask....it helps protect me and those around me....
#Masks
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Dr. Tam: "You cannot have a single-layered cloth mask. Medical masks are better at filtering viruses." But even the 3-ply surgical type might not be enough, she added, saying N95-type respirators are a better fit for people's faces.
@CPHO_Canada
DBH doesn't seem to agree
#bcpoli
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You have every right to refuse to be
#vaccinated
...but you don't have the right to escape the consequences of that decision, ie restricted travel, restricted employment opportunities, restricted attendance at events, etc....
#COVID19
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#cdnpoli
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The villain is
#Putin
...Not Trudeau, not Biden, not "the West"....It's Putin, emboldened by four years of mollycoddling and admiration by Donald Trump...
#UkraineRussiaConflict
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I hate those f'ing know-nothing trolls so much....Theresa Tam did an outstanding job during the pandemic...what a world out there....so much ignorance
Canada’s chief public health officer fought off online attacks as the face of Canada's
#COVID19
response. Now, Theresa Tam reveals just what kind of toll that took on her, by
@R_SPatel
via
@torontostar
#infodemic
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Why she couldn't be in Montreal tonight
#bcpoli
#Canadiens
RT Mother of NHLer
#CareyPrice
elected chief of B.C. First Nation
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Dr. Theresa Tam: "Public health orders need to be stronger, stricter and sustained long enough to control the rise of variants of concern." So it's not just me....
#bcpoli
#COVID19
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Why o why does anyone think Christy Clark has any relevance on his matter whatsoever ...?
"This would be the worst [political] thriller in history," said former B.C. Premier
@christyclarkbc
on the SNC-Lavalin scandal, as the allegations never became criminal. "Ultimately this political thriller is just about a battle of egos around the cabinet table."
#ctvqp
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Pro-union policies by NDP govts inevitably described as "rewarding" union friends. Anti-union policies by BC Liberals, or the Socreds as far as that goes, rarely described as "rewarding" anti-union friends.
#bcpoli
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All civility has gone out of federal politics....so you don't like Justin Trudeau...fine, you're hardly alone....but why get so unhinged about it....why not save that for real repressive dictators like Putin, Xi, Assad and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
#cdnpoli
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@dave_pasin
@TransLink
Sorry, Dave, recyclers have bringing their loot on buses for years...it harms no one....
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such a sad reminder....it was Bobby Kennedy's assassination, not that of JFK or MLK, terrible as they were, that really extinguished hope in America....what he could have done as president....it still makes me weep.....
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The public has no idea how few journalists there are any more…they don’t support the media, but want it to cover everything…also blaming it for not sharing their point of view…a know-nothing society getting closer and closer
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Why o why are you STILL giving this annual meaningless report, derided by education experts everywhere, hated by all who actually teach in the schools, credibility....complete and utter lazy journalism....a sad day for CBC
The Fraser Institute has released its rankings for elementary and secondary schools in B.C. — but one educator has criticized them as misleading.
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@piersmorgan
@LozzaFox
If you're an example of the "real world", count me out....thank you....
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If anyone thinks the P.1 (Brazil) variant isn't frightening, take a look at its rapid spread through the
#Canucks
...all "young people"...we seem to have landed one of the biggest P.1 clusters in the world
#bcpoli
#COVID1D19
And it ain't over...please stay apart, folks
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The reality is that Dr. Bonnie Henry and the
@CDCofBC
simply don't trust British Columbians to handle detailed data...they have a low opinion of us
#bcpoli
@adriandix
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There are several reasons why the BC Conservative Party is doing well in the polls, but a major reason is the public turning its back on the media and relying on social media, that provides no context, simplistic and often misleading statements and angry opinions
#bcpoli
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Apparently Andrew Weaver thinks organizations that represent working people are in the same category as big corporations
#BCdebate2017
Ugh
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Kudos to the
@globeandmail
for having not one but 3 on-the-spot reporters to cover the brutal invasion of
#Ukraine
...and it ain’t cheap
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The fact is, Kennedy Stewart barely got in last time and made no discernible effort to build what there was of his base
#VancouverVotes
#vanpoli
He was a lousy mayor
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Given how strongly
@adriandix
recommends people continue to wear masks, one wonders why BC ended all mask mandates, including on public transit, at the end of March?
#bcpoli
#Covid
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Anyone who thinks building oodles and oodles of more market housing will make houses more affordable is living in a dream world...we need housing specifically tailored for middle and lower-income families...
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Everyone wants the government to do everything...no one wants to pay taxes...
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@ianhanomansing
Your producer is wrong, Ian....there is nothing pejorative about the world "lanky"....it's a lovely, descriptive word....how old is your producer?
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Can you imagine being 7 years old and being ripped from the warm bosom of your family and placed in a cold, distant residence, full of brutality and humiliation and worse? Yet we did this to thousands and thousands and thousands of defenceless Indigenous children for 100 years...
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It’s Pride Night at Rogers Arena, and guess who scores his 1st goal of the year? Yep, Travis Dermott, who defied the NHL by putting Pride colours on his stick
#Canucks
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Remember when BC liked to say we were handling the
#pandemic
better than any major province in Canada...now we're reduced to saying we're not as bad as Alberta...what happened?
#bcpoli
@adriandix
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Health Minister
@adriandix
always gives shoutout to the Hospital Employees Union, whose members are doing the vital, but relatively, unsung, work of cleaning, preparing meals and other stuff I don’t know about in our hospitals and LTC...heroes, too
#bcpoli
#CoronavirusPandemic
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Anti-vaxxers hospitalized with
#COVID19
seem to have little trouble accepting treatment from the same people who strongly endorse the medical benefits of vaccines...
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UBC maintains its mask mandate until the end of June....unlike BC's education system
#bcpoli
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Despite all the gripes, BC’s overall handling of
#COVID19
has been exemplary...thank you, Dr. Bonnie Henry...thank you,
@adriandix
...thank you, people of B.C.
#bcpoli
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In other news, my amazing Auntie Irene turned 100 today
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With 352 new cases today, BC is far and away Canada's
#COVID19
hotspot....Ontario 139, Quebec 184, Alberta 204, Saskatchewan 60, Manitoba 101. Will any explanation be offered?
@adriandix
@j_mcelroy
#bcpoli
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In the early days of the second wave, when numbers were still low,
@adriandix
announced BC would hire 500 more contact tracers "just in case"....Ontario, meanwhile, now finds itself overwhelmed by lack of contact tracers..good govt vs slow govt
#bcpoli
#cdnpoli
#Covid_19
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The absurdity of Dr. Bonnie Henry's closures of cinemas is best illustrated by the Rio: banned from showing movies, it re-opened as a sports bar, and that was fine...god almighty...
#bcpoli
@adriandix
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