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It was April 1986. Not a great time to be a gay teenager. Things were much different then. Gay rights were virtually non-existent, much-needed resources were hard to come by and if you had any questions, well... good luck to you.
Enter Sue Johanson.
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Rest in peace, Sue.
Say hi to Mom and David for me.
Thank you for everything you did.
I'm lucky to have known you.
#RIPSue
#SueJohanson
#SundayNightSexShow
#LGBTQ
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I feel the need to point out the Kathleen Wynne would have managed the hell right out of this pandemic. We'd be Atlantic Canada with her in charge.
How are those hydro bills, Ontario? ๐
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Well, I voted.
For Olivia Chow.
Stopping Bailรฃo was job one.
Am I thrilled? Not really. Matlow was the superior candidate, but for the good of the city, I made a choice.
I didn't "vote my heart."
I used my head.
If more people did that, we wouldn't have Ford.
#TOpoli
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The PM raised a good point. There is nothing stopping these big corporate employers from offering paid sick days during this catastrophe. Amazon, Cargill, etc... they can easily afford to give their employees paid sick days. Why do we always have to force them with leglislation??
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Something is happening.
I've never seen this kind of lying and disinformation before. It's frenzied. It's overwhelming. It's every issue. Up is down, black is white. Nazis good, Trudeau bad.
Something changed in the last few weeks. This is disturbing.
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Till the day I die, it will continue to amaze me that a province of almost 15 million people has allowed one ๐๐ฎ๐๐ค๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ family to lay waste to its capital city and, indeed, the entire province.
It almost makes you lose faith in humanity.
#DougFordResign
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SO! Now that we know Jenni Byrne is in cahoots with Loblaws/Galen Weston, suddenly my theory about why grocery prices refuse to come down seems a lot more plausible.
Conservatives are colluding with the industry to keep prices high so Poilievre can continue to blame Trudeau.
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Dear
@liberal_party
,
This Jenni Byrne/Galen Weston story is the exact kind of thing that moves the needle in an era where we're told that kitchen table issues will decide the next election.
Maybe try running an ad.
Just a thought.
Love,
Canadian Liberal supporters.
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Folks, it doesn't matter how bad the floods in Atlantic Canada get.
It doesn't matter how bad the wildfires get in Western Canada.
If we keep electing Conservatives, it's only going to get worse.
How long can we keep denying climate change?
It's psychopathic.
#cdnpoli
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Dear Canada - watch what is happening in the US very closely. I guarantee you that our sociopathic Conservatives are watching it with an envious eye.
They'd erase our rights in a heartbeat if given the chance.
The same twisted religion that drives Republicans drives the CPC.
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Gotta say... this Mike Roman thing is bizarre.
Without requiring a single conspiracy theory, you can draw direct lines from Roman, a man charged with trying to help Trump overturn an election, to Harper, the IDU, Scheer and the CPC.
And what do we get from the media? SILENCE.
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They moved the needle on gay rights in Canada. Of that, I have absolutely no doubt. I remain immensely proud of them & thankful for everything they did and accomplished together.
And none of it would have happened without Sue's Sunday Night Sex Show. /13
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The last Ontario election is going to go down as a historic mistake and tragedy for this province.
I don't think we're going to recover from Ford. It's far worse than I ever imagined it could be.
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Let's put this in context.
The same people that say the choice to get vaccinated should be between you & your doctor will now tell us that politicians should make decisions for trans youth.
Not their parents.
Not their doctor.
Conservative politicians.
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The Liberals did make one huge mistake over the last 6 years, and that was not using their majority to kneecap US right-wing ownership of our media, starting with Postmedia. The venom and lies coming out of it during this election is disgraceful. It's a fucking blood frenzy.
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The hospital bed this psychopath is gloating over is occupied by the father of an LGBTQ activist who exposed this piece of shit for what he is.
The man is in palliative care.
These FUCKING GHOULS are subhuman.
And guess who he votes for!! Just guess!
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With David's support, she would go on, over the next few years, to become one of the original PFLAG parents in southern Ontario. Not content with simply 'being there' for parents struggling with their child's sexuality, she felt that she needed to do more.
And she did. 10/
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A few weeks ago, I received a message from a FB friend, freaking out over the carbon tax. She couldn't afford a 23% tax increase on EVERYTHING! She knows I'm a Liberal and asked how I could still support Trudeau after this.
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@gtconway3d
A dead guy is tweeting for Trump and it's Biden's campaign that is "totally nuts"?
Is this nightmare ever going to end?
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So impactful was the presence of a parent at these presentations that Sue & David called her their 'secret weapon.' The three of them together changed and saved lives and I still have the letters my mom kept from parents and kids alike to prove it. 12/
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Where the hell are Ford's mandate letters?
It's outrageous that the citizens of Ontario have been denied access to them for this long.
What the hell is the Supreme Court doing?
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@TheRickWilson
"I have never seen this crew as unified as it is right now! Thank you!"
~Edward Smith, Captain of the Titanic.
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Every post made by a Liberal minister is being swarmed by paid troll accounts, often by a 2-1 or 3-1 margin.
This is coordinated by the CPC.
It's all artificial.
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Hey Canada, if Poland can beat back the far-right, sure to god we can toss Poilievre in the garbage bin.
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A mob boss is running Ontario.
A mob boss is running Ontario.
A mob boss is running Ontario.
A mob boss is running Ontario.
A mob boss is running Ontario.
A mob boss is running Ontario.
A mob boss is running Ontario.
A mob boss is running Ontario.
...into the ground.
#onpoli
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I hope
@JustinTrudeau
returns to parliament wearing a tan suit and SpongeBob socks, while still rocking the vacation beard.
Why? Because I love watching every last Conservative lose their shit over stupid, inconsequential trivialities.
#cdnpoli
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Well, I got a message from her today.
"You were right. Nothing went up by 23%. They were lying."
I sent her the carbon tax explainer and showed her where they were lying and why. She gets it now...and she's mad.
Poilievre and his lies are playing with fire.
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And so we did. And that's when everything changed. David and my mom had an instant affinity for each other. He helped her understand all the things she was feeling and going through. He started out as a lifeline for her and quickly turned into a cherished friend. 9/
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From 1988 till about 1995, my mom would tour all over southern Ontario and the US northeast, giving presentations on LGBTQ rights and acceptance in high schools with David Kelley and Sue Johanson. 11/
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@jamiljivani
@JustinTrudeau
By electing a Conservative in a Conservative stronghold?
Yeah, shocking message.
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Lots of things have made me angry, politically speaking, over these last few years.
THIS? This enrages me.
Who the fuck do these psychos think they are?
It's beyond comprehension that they feel safe enough in this society to INVADE the hospital room of a DYING man... <cont>
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I can't believe how many people in B.C. are absolutely FURIOUS over an increase on a tax they don't even pay.
All I can say is that if misinformation is this powerful, we're in deep shit. This is alternate universe kinda stuff. They hate Trudeau so they'll pretend they pay it.
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I was so paranoid that somebody would discover the tape that I literally put a padlock on it.
Again, it was the 80s.
They were different times. /5
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...in order to spread their hatred of his child!
UNHINGED doesn't even BEGIN to describe it!
Canada is going to descend to the exact same depths of depravity as the US unless we draw a line in the sand HERE.
I'm sickened. /end
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Not long after that, we started talking again. She thanked me for the tape and, much to my surprise, said that she thought it would be a good idea if we made an appointment at Central Toronto Youth Services and go have a chat with David Kelley - Sue's resident gay expert. /8
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I'm told that both female CPC candidates, who were denied their nominations via the usual Conservative dirty tricks, are both pro-choice.
Do your own math on that one.
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I haven't slept in days.
I can't keep food down.
My stress level is through the roof.
I feel myself falling into the abyss.
I can't believe they redesigned the passport! This is a catastrophe, the likes of which Canada may never recover from.
Am I doing it right?
#ridiculous
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Close your eyes & imagine that Kathleen Wynne had mishandled Covid as badly as Ford, Fullerton, & Elliot. They'd be calling for her head by this point. Why does Ford seem to skate on this stuff? How can you botch the worse public health crisis in 100 yrs & still be @ 45%?
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The LCBO has longer operating hours than Ontario's vaccination clinics.
Think about that.
#onpoli
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The unspoken fear here is that Canada will be the next Ukraine, and it's difficult to see how we could prevent it if the US falls to the fascists.
I was worried about this during Trump's administration and people told me I was nuts.
I guess not, eh?
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I've had it with this double standard.
Conservatives can call us paedophiles, groomers, communists & worse, and then turn around & demand civility.
Ana Poilievre called the PM a pedo and now Conservatives are losing their collective shit over TWOFER?
Get the fuck outta here.
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Let's be VERY clear why they're doing this: the LCBO is responsible for a huge share of Ontario's healthcare funding. They need to destroy it so they can privatize the entire healthcare system and make sure there is no going back.
This is dire.
#onpoli
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If anybody thinks Trudeau should be sticking his finger in the eye of a President who now clearly operates above the law or any form of constraint, you're crazy. Trump would not hesitate to cut off our supply chain, including food. We have 2 be smart, like it or not. 1/2
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The fact that they have to bypass provincial governments and deal directly with municipalities should tell you everything you need to know about the roots of the housing crisis.
Why would Con premiers want to solve a crisis that's helping PP?
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...and frequent SNSS guest. He was Sue's go-to expert on all things LGBTQ in the 80s. As the Maxell tape slowly turned in my boombox, Sue and David (pictured below) had a wonderful conversation about gay rights, the need for acceptance and change in society and... 3/
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To this day, I don't know what prompted me to record the Sunday Night Sex Show on Q107 FM that night, but it would change my life in ways that I couldn't have imagined at the time.
That particular Sunday, Sue's guest was David Kelley, a gay activist, educator... 2/
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With 90% of the vote in, Charles Sousa has defeated his CPC opponent, 51%-37%.
Tell me again how Poilievre is a political juggernaut.
If you can't win swing GTA ridings, you are never going to form gvmnt, regardless of how many memes & mean-girl posts you make.
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...how vital it was for young LGBTQ kids to be accepted and loved by their parents. Why was I recording this? I had no idea. I had just met my 1st boyfriend earlier that year and I had no intention of rocking the boat by coming out to my mom. 4/
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I have a terrible feeling that Ontario is going to be back in lockdown by October. Delta is going to ravage the unvaccinated population and Ford won't give us a proof of vaccination system, so we'll be held hostage in lockdown by the morons in the Conservative base.
#onpoli
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Hearing rumours of a possible Postmedia bankruptcy.
What a shame that would be! Imagine how terrible it would be to lose a national right-wing propaganda network!
Thoughts and prayers, folks!
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Any Conservative loss is a good news story for Canada!
Congratulations to the Manitoba NDP!
#cdnpoli
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As we watch a growing Russia scandal take off in the US, can we please not lose sight of the fact that Pierre Poilievre and the CPC have repeatedly voted against Canada's efforts to aid Ukraine, closely aligning themselves with Vladimir Putin?
That happened & we need to ask why.
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@AndrewScheer
@VoiceOfFranky
Congratulations on your first tweet that didn't attack Justin Trudeau! I knew you could do it!
#adios
#aurivoir
#goodbye
#cdnpoli
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Conservatives had no problem with ๐๐๐๐, during the middle of the convoy crisis, and yet I'm supposed to be outraged because the PM is taking a Christmas vacation?
The right is fucking exhausting.
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It baffles me how, after watching Conservatives like Doug Ford remove rent controls (which is causing rent to SKYROCKET in Ontario), Gen Z and Millenials think that the federal Conservatives are going to solve their housing problems for them.
Out of the frying pan...
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Let's be very clear - the kind of industrial-scale lying that we're seeing from Poilievre and his party is every bit as antidemocratic as anything MAGA is doing.
Democracy is based on shared truth and in all my years of watching politics, I've never seen a party lie like this.
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The absolute GALL of this bitch.
After inviting a Nazi to lunch to compare notes, she has the nerve to post this? Are you fucking kidding me?
Canada, what are we doing here? These people are toxic. We'll never recover from a majority CPC government led by these ghouls.
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The pandemic has really opened my eyes. For as bad as I ever imagined Conservatives were at governing, they're actually far, far worse. The depth of their incompetence and, yes, malevolence, becomes more and more obvious as the crisis deepens. It's actually frightening.
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One day, it occurred to me that maybe she could benefit from listening to that Sunday Night Show that I had recorded a few months earlier. So, I removed the padlock (lol) and left it in her room with a note. /7
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@fordnation
What divide? 90% of us are vaccinated. 90% of aren't the goddamn problem. A 90/10 split isn't a division.
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The Ford govt should face a class action lawsuit for what they're doing to healthcare. I'm sorry, but with govt power comes responsibility.
They're literally killing Ontarians by allowing the system to collapse...for profit!
Should they not have to answer for that?
#onpoli
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Long story short, a few months later, my mom would stumble upon me and the boyfriend making out on the couch in the family room and my coming out story was born!
After the initial confrontation, she stopped talking to me for a while. I guess it was a lot to absorb. /6
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"The Liberals have done NOTHING for this country!" with the exception of...
A thread.
#cdnpoli
1. Tax-free Child Benefit, up to $6500 per child - the largest social program announcement since public healthcare. /1
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Ask yourself this: if somebody came up to Poilievre or Smith wearing a "FUCK HARPER" shirt, do you think they'd be posing for ๐ธ w/ them?
Their handlers know full well what's on the shirts of the people they take ๐ธ with. These photos are tacit approvals of the msg.
#cdnpoli
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I'm a little gob-smacked at how many Liberals are saying "The media must do better!"
Jesus fucking Christ people, have you not figured it out yet?
95% of the media are working their collective asses off to elect the CPC. There will be no "better." The lies are no accident.
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There have been voices warning about dark clouds of Christofascism on the horizon for a long time now. I mostly rolled my eyes, smugly confident that North Americans weren't dumb enough to fall for it.
I was wrong.
Look at the US. Look at Alberta.
They're at the doorstep. โ ๏ธ
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Just so we're clear:
Pierre Poilievre is NOT going to ban abortion, just like Doug Ford was definitely, 100% guaranteed, NOT going to touch the Greenbelt.
Conservatives are liars.
All of them.
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For the life of me, I can't figure out why we allow this to go on. She belongs in either an institution or in prison.
"Cult of self-proclaimed 'Queen of Canada' threatens Sask. village with public executions."
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This is the stuff of dictatorships.
He'll use the Notwithstanding clause to pass "his" laws, which are definitely constitutional!
Which begs the question - why would he need to use Notwithstanding to pass constitutional legislation?
He's lying again.
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It's going to take all of usโLiberal, NDP, old-school PCs, Greensโto stop this fascist Conservative threat. We cannot afford to deny it any longer. It's here and it's real. Just look at Alberta.
We need to stop treating each other like enemies because the wolf is at the door.
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I have news for people: So is the national party.
The CPC and its fashy leader are authoritarian populist pricks. If you think Smith is grabbing power, wait till you see her with a fascist dance partner in Ottawa.
Jesus Christ, Canada...wake the fuck up.
โJared Wesley, a political scientist at the University of Alberta, says bluntly, โthe United Conservative Party is an authoritarian force in Alberta. Full stop.โ
#ableg
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There is definitely a right-wing shift going on the CBC.
Nothing but glowing words for Poilievre on At Issue tonight, with not even a single mention of Doug Ford.
They were almost giddy.
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The CBC is twisting themselves in pretzels to not anger Poilievre.
They couldn't understand that JT wasn't part of the Trudeau Foundation because his last name was on it, but Bryne OWNING the lobbying firm employed by Galen Weston completely bamboozles them!
Embarrassing.
On
@PnPCBC
the host said several times that Byrne is not a lobbyist. Byrne is the head of the company for which the lobbyists work. Give me a break. Now we learn that no one from the Press Gallery took up the story? Imagine if it was about Trudeau. โฌ๏ธ
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Still waiting for the media to pick up this 'Indian interference in the CPC leadership race' story.
It's just so odd!
They don't seem interested in covering it!
I wonder why that would be?
Imagine the media firestorm if Modi had helped Trudeau win the LPC leadership!
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Ford & Clark will be gone by the new year.
There are many other shoes still to drop in this scandal and, by the time they have, we'll have a new premierโmost likely from an internal party revolt, plus pressure from the CPC. Poilievre can't afford this.
Ford is toast.
#onpoli
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It's so weird how you can read this headline and know, instantly, who the parents vote for.
This is a direct result of all the anti-vax bullshit being pushed by charlatans like Smith & Poilievre.
Imagine a child dying of measles in 2024.... SMH
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There aren't adequate words in the English language for the kind of hatred I feel for Poilievre.
This ignorant, fascist motherfucker and his party of troglodyte sociopaths must never be allowed to form government. Ever.
We're going to have to get serious about this and quick.
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You have to chuckle at the chutzpah of Conservatives tonight, warning us that Toronto is about to turn into a hellscape under Chow's leadership.
Unfortunately, their description of said hellscape is exactly where we are now after a decade+ of Conservative rule.
Gimme a break.
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Dear complainers: I'm sorry that the Liberals haven't been able to clean up the CPC's decade of mismanagement & inaction in 3.5 years. Maybe we should give them some more time to finish the job before handing the keys back to the party that fucked it up in the 1st place.
#cdnpoli
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I just donated to federal Liberals.
Clearly, they are the only ones standing between us and the total corruption of this country by craven right-wing politicians, beholden to their big-money donors.
If you can throw them $20, please do so. They're our last line of defence.
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Lemme see if I understand the narrative...
The CPC can't get their abortion story straight and Erin O'Toole just admitted, on camera, that he intends to privatize healthcare.
And it's the Liberals having a bad campaign week?
See what the media does?
#cdnpoli
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There is no winning with Canada's conservative media. If Trudeau acted faster, they'd freak out about the loss of freedoms. If he acts later, it's too late. If he cured cancer, well that's great, but what about diabetes? There is no winning, just partisan games.
#cdnpoli
It is so frustrating watching the gradual rollout of measures perpetually two steps behind
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Whose mind or vote does Jody Wilson Raybould and her new/old book change? Her story isn't new. Nothing has changed. Opinions of her, on both ends of the spectrum, are long since baked in. This is just an exercise in spite, bitterness and vanity. I won't miss her.
#cdnpoli
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Is it just me, or do the majority of our problems at the moment all stem from capitalism?
We can't fix the housing crisis because builders demand massive profits.
We can't fix the healthcare crisis because there's massive profit in it.
We can't have Canadian news in... 1/2
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Welcome to 2019, where I'm having arguments with NDP supporters who would rather have the CPC in power than the Liberals because they enjoy ideological purity far more than healthcare, climate action or the CPP. The right and the left have gone nuts in this country.
#cdnpoli
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I see the Sun is running another SNC-Lavalin story, the day after running another WE story.
I guess it's now safe to assume that the wheels really came off the "vaccine failure" narrative, huh? Con media is back to flinging feces at the wall, hoping something sticks.
#cdnpoli
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They're privatizing the entire healthcare system right under our noses and nobody seems to notice or care.
This province's apathy is going to be the death of us all.
#onpoli
New report analyzes Ford governmentโs privatization of surgeries and diagnostic procedures
via
@ccpa
@a_longhurst
@CUPEOntario
The most important health news, in one place, at Canada Healthwatch ๐ ๐
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Watching the entire Conservative ecosphereโsupporters, pundits, media, and politiciansโall simultaneously leap to the defence of the wealthiest 0.13% tells you everything you need to know about the Conservative movement in Canada.
But sure, Mr. Blue Collarโtheyโre on your side!
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RE: Poilievre and the media.
He no longer needs them. The CPC micro-targets victims via social media w/ ads tailored to appeal to their specific mindset. It's how they pulled off Brexit in the UK. It's also why he's obsessed with getting rid of the CBC. They want a world... 1/2
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Hillier trying to change the dosage of the Moderna vaccine on the fly is like having the drug store delivery guy scratch out the instructions on your medication & write in his own.
The general is a logistics guy. I don't want logistics guys giving medical advice. FFS.
#onpoli
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It still amazes me how easily Canadians fall for these fabricated "scandals" from the CPC. They lie every day, about everything, but somehow they become the paragons of truth and innocence when they launch another fake outrage...
Gimme a break.
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I'm looking at the Green vote, sitting around 3-5%, and I find myself asking why bother? The Liberal climate plan has already been endorsed by Green leaders & climate scientists. That 3% could keep the worst party on climate out of power. You can't afford to be an idealog at 3%.
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@goldsbie
Simply put, Conservatives don't care about racism. It's only a tool to use against those who do. If Trudeau was a Conservative, his numbers would have shot up, overnight. This entire campaign has been nothing but the CPC playing wink & nudge with racists, homophobes.. 1/2
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