Peter Biro
@PeterLBiro
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Democracy think-tank founder (Section1), Chair Emeritus, Jane Goodall Institute, Fellow Royal Society of Arts, lawyer, writer, music man, puppy worshipper
Toronto, Canada
Joined May 2013
Until today, I have been an avowed atheist. But the news of Don Lemon and Tucker Carlson being fired on the same day has caused me to reconsider my position.
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My keynote address - "Degrading Norms: Crisis of Legitimacy or Just Manners? - to the Massey College conference held on January 18, 2023 in Toronto, The Unwritten Constitution: Conventions, Traditions & Norms in our Populist Age. https://t.co/9rkEY3sUF7
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@SeanFineGlobe’s Globe and Mail article on the use of the Notwithstanding Clause (which includes a reference to my own reaction to Ford’s latest assault on fundamental freedoms) https://t.co/FSvYxzl3OH
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My latest: “If you knew what we knew”, the tyrant’s favourite defence, will not be available to the government. By the time the Emergencies Act inquiry is done, we will know what they knew — and whether what they knew was enough to justify it. https://t.co/GetVI0MQL4
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The onus is on the government to show that what it knew was sufficient to justify invoking the act. The bar is set extraordinarily high
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As usual, Roger Waters is out of his depth, expounding ignorantly on the strength and credit of his otherwise brilliant art. Better he should just stay out of politics and retreat to that hallowed room in which he can be Comfortably Numb.
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The musician was due to play gigs in Poland but faces outrage over his comments on the Ukraine war.
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And then, on another scale of evil . .(as though there are scales). . there is this. That we have allowed this to occur in our time, on our watch as global citizens means that you have learned nothing from history. https://t.co/FylnjHLDcJ
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The BBC's Orla Guerin reports from Izyum as Ukraine looks for answers at the site of hundreds of graves.
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As if there aren’t enough reasons in this world for a broken heart. Here is one more. Feeling sadness and fury.
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Mahsa Amini, 22, died days after her arrest for allegedly not complying with rules on head coverings.
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King Carlos I. The new US Open champion and the youngest World Number 1 in tennis history.
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Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz fulfils his potential to become a Grand Slam champion and world number one by beating Casper Ruud in the US Open final.
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Long live the King! King Carlos, that is. Absolutely out of this world! via @NYTimes
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The 19-year-old from Spain ended the talented American’s deep run in New York in five sets and will play Casper Ruud of Norway for the men’s singles title.
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She was a force for good and a pillar of modern liberal constitutionalism and a moral and institutional bulwark against the forces of democratic backsliding advancing throughout the West. Her passing not only saddens me; it worries me too. RIP Elizabeth R. God HELP the King!
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I wonder why so many critics of the regime have such an affinity for leaning precariously out of open windows and other thrill-seeking activities. Such a curious correlation!
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On her last day on the job, Michelle Bachelet (UN Human Rights Commission) says what the rest of the free world has known for years! Why did she wait this long?
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China urged the UN not to release the report - Beijing called it a "farce" arranged by the West.
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The misery and suffering now being visited on the people of Pakistan are unimaginable and heartbreaking. All governments in the developed world must step up and render assistance. The scale of this humanitarian catastrophe is unfathomable.
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Satellite images and graphics reveal the scale of floods that have left millions homeless in Pakistan.
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"It's not dark yet, but it's getting there". (Bob Dylan) “I do have reasons for hope”. (Jane Goodall) I acknowledge the darkness, but I choose HOPE and am proud to serve on Jane's Council for Hope. Get in touch to help out!
janeslegacy.org
The Jane Goodall Legacy Foundation Council for Hope is a group of highly respected and influential individuals from the fields of conservation, science, business, government, media and the arts. All...
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