Senator Percy Downe
@PercyDowne
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Senator for Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Senate of Canada
Joined May 2010
Less and less on X and more on... @bluesky ➡️@senatordowne.bsky.social @LinkedIn ➡️ https://t.co/Y8TEQ8RTpc Let's stay connected. #cdnpoli #PEI #SenCA
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#DYK qualified @RCMP members & @CanadianForces veterans medically released for conditions related to their service are eligible for priority employment in the federal public service? But how many are actually hired? Find my related Qs and answers here: https://t.co/9jF0pMpgCb
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In the last election your Conservative Party leader, Pierre Poilievre, promised to totally eliminate the tolls on Confederation Bridge because he, like PM Carney,understood that it would reduce trade barriers and reduce costs. Carney and Poilievre were both right.
The PBO recently reported that Carney's reducing tolls on the Confed. Bridge & Wood Islands-Caribou Ferry fares will cost $206 million over 2025-26 to 2029-30. Everyone appreciates cheaper tolls but that is all this subsidy does. It does not build new infrastructure or increase
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I will be attending the menorah lighting today in Charlottetown to stand in solidarity with the Prince Edward Island Jewish community.
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A Canada Strong Pass reminder for students travelling home this holiday season: use code CANADA1824 for discounted fares on VIA Rail.
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Looks like a great read, and features the new Certified Canadian Publishers seal, @CdnPublishers. #cdnpoli #pei
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On this day, 31 years ago, Ukraine signed the Budapest Memorandum. Under this agreement, Ukraine relinquished the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal in exchange for security assurances from the United States, the United Kingdom, and russia. Before the Memorandum was signed,
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My interview with Amanda Pfeffer on Ontario Today on our call to ban sports betting ads in Canada. Dr. Shawn Kelly, a pediatrician and addictions specialist, also joins the interview and explains the harmful impact of the rise of this destructive industry.
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The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute https://t.co/F13DvMS3fW via @NYTOpinion
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Having “real estate deal guys” as America’s negotiators on the war in Ukraine is a liability, not an advantage. You want a statesman.
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Sharan Kaur: No, Canada didn’t ‘bow to the bros’ — it grew up
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Political analyst Sharan Kaur argues that critics of Prime Minister Mark Carney's approach are clinging to outdated optics from the Trudeau era. Drawing on her five years in the Trudeau government,...
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Windsor hospital CEO joins chorus calling for ban on online sports gambling ads via @CBCNews
https://t.co/62R7Zp9k0v
#bansportsbettingads #cndpoli
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A Windsor hospital CEO, who oversees a program for problem gambling, is the latest voice to join a chorus calling for Canada to ban online sports gambling advertising.
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Great meeting with the Association of Canadian Publishers (@CdnPublishers), including Islander Dani MacDonald. The newly launched Certified Canadian Publishers Seal will allow shoppers to see which titles are from Canadian-owned houses, promoting 🇨🇦 writing and publishing. 📚#PEI
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Great meeting with #PEI representatives from @CanadianLabour Congress, Michael Arfken and Craig Bradley, to discuss priorities for upholding workers’ rights in Canada. #WorkersTogether #CLCLobby
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My interview on As It Happens with Nil Köksal on the state of sports betting ads in Canada and our call to ban them. 📻Start listening at 1:03:25 : https://t.co/WvS5thhyrX
#bansportsbettingads #PEI #SenCA #cdnpoli
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UK state pensioners in Canada do not have their pensions indexed, unlike the CPP which is indexed regardless of where in the world you live. #EndFrozenPensionsCanada Board Members, Peter Sanguinetti, Edwina Melville-Gray and Robert Morris, are trying to fix this injustice.
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Why are Canadian senators calling for a ban on sports betting ads? @PercyDowne joined @eliasmakos:
iheart.com
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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a law legalizing sports betting. He now says he’s opposed to it /via @globeandmail
https://t.co/LA41EPhdJf
#bansportsbettingads #cdnpoli #SenCA
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DeWine says ‘sports are playing with dynamite’ and that the integrity of sports involved is at stake
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Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting via @CBCNews
#bansportsbettingads #SenCA #cndpoli
https://t.co/8SxYxR8dVm
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Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon...
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