Elizabeth Renzetti
@lizrenzetti
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Journalist, author. She/her. Upcoming: What She Said: Conversations About Equality, Bury the Lead, mystery with Kate Hilton. Links:
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Bury the Lead, the mystery novel I cowrote with Kate Hilton, is out in exactly two months, on March 5. You can preorder at the link in my bio. Nosy reporters! Lusty actors! Murder! Secrets! Betrayal! Also butter tarts.
@HouseofAnansi
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Astonishingly this CNN headline does not mention that her husband was driving the car and he's been charged in her death
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That's actually my brother David and it's a joke!
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I texted my brother to tell him how many people supported his one-man anti-anti-vax protest and he texted back: "It was a good day. I felt brave." 😭
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Don't forget it was just four years ago that 91 MPs voted against a motion condemning Islamophobia
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So yes, this is my brother David taking his one-man satirical anti-anti-vaxx show to Toronto hospitals today. I should add that early in the pandemic his wife Lauren made hundreds of cloth masks and gave them away for free
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our tolerance for letting mediocre men ruin this city and province is really something
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I keep thinking about Kazuo Ishiguro's observation that we talk about zoom and masks and remote working and not at all about the colossal level of death and grief the world is experiencing
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On the Globe and Mail home page right now: Indigenous woman killed by NB police; Inuit man hit by RCMP officer driving truck; family in BC wants answers into Indigenous man's death in RCMP custody. One day's snapshot
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Cher is calling the post office offering to volunteer her services. I can't believe I just typed that sentence
OK,Called 2 post offices In Malibu.They were polite.
I Said”Hi This Is Cher,& I Would like to know If you ever take Volunteers⁉️Lady Said She Didn’t Know & Gave Me # Of Supervisor.I Called & Said Hi This is Cher Do U Accept volunteers.”NO,Need
Fingerprints & Background Check”😥
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A brief thread: This is dangerous, and must not be allowed. I have Crohn's, and there's a country-wide shortage of the drugs I need. Shoppers was useless. The ONLY pharmacies I found that could help were independents.
Under a new deal, Manulife Financial Corp. says its coverage of certain prescription drugs will only apply at Loblaw Cos. Ltd. pharmacies.
READ MORE:
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He's a vaccine supporter. He's out there in support of health workers!
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Confirmation of domestic violence as the beginning of the worst mass murder in Canada, which means that violence against women/misogyny are at the root of the three worst murder sprees in modern Canadian history. If any other group was the target there would be sustained outrage
#Breaking
Global News has learned that the worst mass shooting in Canadian history began with domestic violence and that critical information that changed the police investigation came from the shooter's girlfriend, who escaped him after he attacked her.
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To be clear: Ontario loses two beloved public treasures, in return for a parking garage and and a spa for the wealthy. When Ford's government is gone, the colossal damage will remain
Core attractions at the Ontario Science Centre may not survive the move to Ontario Place, according to provincial documents which indicate the new site lacks the necessary space for an indoor immersive rainforest.
#onpoli
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There's no way any other major city would let this happen. Imagine Berlin tearing down Tiergarten trees to build a spa, or London ruining Hyde Park for a waterpark. This province is an embarrassment. And so is
@thermecanada
Anger and frustration at Ontario Place, one day after work began to remove trees from the site as part of the Ford government's redevelopment plan.
"The lack of care in the work that they've done is frankly shocking"
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The perpetrator of the worst mass murder in modern Canadian history was witnessed abusing his partner. A neighbour complained to police and nothing happened. Are we ever going to take domestic violence seriously?
“He was a psychopath.” A former resident of Portapique says she called the RCMP to tell them the future gunman assaulted his domestic partner and that he had illegal weapons. The police took no action. by
@joan_baxter
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I usually spend Dec. 6 depressed but today I'm angry as well. Carey Price apparently "wasn't aware" of the Polytechnique Massacre. Habs coach says people outside Quebec don't know about it. Really? How is that EVERY woman I know remembers the day?
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The BBC informs us that the Queen Mother signed her wartime letters "tinkety tonk and down with the Nazis" which feels ripe for a comeback
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This is important: the wealthy voted Trump. The not so wealthy voted Clinton. Not a working class revolt.
Not a working class revolt Not a working class revolt Not a working class revolt Not a working class revolt Not a working class revolt Not a
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Piers will be fine. Mediocre men failing upward is Newton's final law
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This is my last day at the Globe and Mail, and my last column. It's been a long, beautiful ride, and I enjoyed every minute of it, but it's time for a change
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Kamala Harris is every woman who's had to smile through some dude steamrolling over her in a meeting
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The framing of this is so telling. Who "approved the decision" to let Lisa LaFlamme's hair go grey. Um, maybe the owner of the hair? When women age naturally we confound expectations and an exploitative economic system. Story by
@robyndoolittle
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The Ford government is peddling lies that nobody uses Ontario Place. Somebody should tell these nobodies enjoying the beach (including me.) We don't need the trees razed and a giant spa built. This is already a spa.
#OntarioPlace
@ONPlace4All
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One missing Titanic tour boat with a handful of wealthy passengers: constant news updates. Hundreds of missing migrants off the coast of Greece: already forgotten
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The US president is accused again of sexual assault. Police are called to the home of the likely UK PM after a fight with his girlfriend. And we continue to argue about whether women are electable 🤔
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Shoutout to all the women alternating between raging and crying and reliving their own trauma today. Be good to yourselves.
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I can think of no clearer evidence of the decline of the American empire than the fact that they are seriously talking about sacrificing the elderly and vulnerable to save share prices
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I picture my vaccinated teenagers exploding out of this house like dough out of a Pillsbury container
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At a time when record number of people are going hungry/using foodbanks, Loblaws does this incredibly cruel thing. With no explanation.
According to an email from Loblaw Companies Ltd. reviewed by CBC News, it will no longer discount perishable foods like meat, fruit, and vegetables by 50 per cent off as they near their expiration date. .
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I think he was out there in memory of our late mother, who was a hospital nurse for 30 years, and who put up with an unbelievable amount of crap, yet still loved her job
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Waiting for
@PierrePoilievre
to call out the actual threat to women's safety, which is not trans women. It's straight men. Or did I miss him condemning all the acts of family violence and femicide that have occurred this month?
Pierre Poilievre has publicly voiced his support for banning transgender women from women’s spaces.
This is an assault on the rights of transgender women. This will result in more homeless trans women and more trans people subjected to hate.
This is a war on trans rights.
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This is going to be an unpopular opinion but I've survived this year by letting my house go to hell. I couldn't do work +kids + housework. Something had to go. The cobwebs are about to ask for their own Netflix password
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There's a huge uproar in England over the destruction of one majestic tree, the Sycamore Gap, and in Ontario we're about to lose *hundreds* for no reason. There should be a massive outcry.
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Jesus, the energy wasted on this non-story. Let the woman dance if she wants to
JUST IN: The drug test taken by Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin after footage was posted of her partying has found no illicit substances, the government said.
In other words, she was just having fun.
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Four years ago after that dire election I wrote "what are we going to tell our daughters?" And today we can tell our daughters that
@KamalaHarris
will be vice-president of the United States, and a good man will be president
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The manufactured crisis around
@AKimCampbell
's language has to be the stupidest "scandal" of this young year
Campbell's tweet mirrored language used by Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib earlier this week.
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This is going to drive certain middle-aged men into conniptions and I'm bringing the popcorn and beer, please join me for the party
Time magazine has chosen teen
#ClimateCrisis
activist Greta Thunberg, as 2019's Person of the Year.
🙌🌍🙌
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How is this legal?
"In September, a company run by a prominent Ontario developer paid $80 million for two parcels of land that could not be developed. Weeks later, that investment is set to pay off."
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I could be wrong but if Republicans don't care about dozens of sexual assault allegations and 200,000 dead, they're not going to care about tax dodging
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For God's sake, why does she need a man to walk her down the aisle? She has two functioning legs. And a mother
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An enormous thanks to all the teachers out there who kept going through this ridiculous year and rescued a lot of struggling kids along the way
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I'm trying not to give in to rage but four people, including three children, are shot to death in an act of intimate partner violence and police say "there is no ongoing risk to public safety." Yes there damn well is a threat to public safety.
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A secret, rushed, 95-year-deal to give away prime public lakefront land to a luxury spa company, with millions in taxpayer subsidies and no environmental assessment. If that doesn't stink to high heaven, nothing does.
#Ontarioplace
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"Mr. Levant and his colleagues at Rebel Media have devoted considerable effort and expense to ensuring that Canadians do not hear any discussion of their organization’s potential influence on people who commit horrible crimes in the name of baseless racial conspiracy theories."
The Christchurch massacre may have had a Canadian connection – but there’s a reason you may not know about it
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I'm beyond thrilled to accept this award, especially since the groundbreaking feminist journalism of Michele Landsberg continues to inspire me. Please follow and read the excellent work of my fellow nominees
@mollyhayes
@fpelletier1
and
@Aburnspieper
.
Feature writer
@LizRenzetti
of the
@GlobeandMail
is this year's winner of The Landsberg Award, which celebrates exceptional coverage of women's equality issues. Presented in association with the
@CdnWomenFdn
. Congratulations, Elizabeth!
#CJFawards
#LandsbergAward
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@GeorgeMonbiot
It was on the front page of
@globeandmail
today, where it should be (above a story about serious flooding in Quebec)
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This is an absolute disgrace. Does
@ThermeCanada
think people will forget the image of a ruined park and hundreds of trees destroyed? The whole project is tainted beyond repair
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To suffering Toronto, the Finns have a word for this. Takatalvi, literally ''back winter,'' when spring breaks your heart and winter makes a surprising return
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This is what the government doesn't want you to know: Ontario Place, a prime piece of our waterfront, given away for almost a century. A deal done in secrecy. We still don't know the details. How do you spell scandal?
NEW: Therme, the company behind a controversial waterpark and spa that’s set to take over a major portion of Ontario Place has signed a 95-year lease with the province of Ontario, Global News has learned.
#onpoli
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Is it just me or has it become next to impossible to get an appointment with your family doctor?
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Yes there are more important things in the world, but
@AirCanada
returned our luggage after 30 days and I'm sincerely grateful and also don't ever go swimming in the Pacific and put your suit in a plastic bag for a month cannot recommend
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The other side of Coachella: rampant sexual harassment
I went to Coachella for 10 hours to report this story, and I was groped 22 times.
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I've had a double dose of AstraZeneca and I've never felt more Gen X
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Two Ontario institutions -- the Science Centre and Ontario Place -- are on the verge of destruction so an Austrian company can build an overpriced water park on public land. Make it make sense.
Thank you to everyone who came out to
@SaveOSC
’s rally!
It was great to see so many members from the community standing together to fight to keep the
#ScienceCentre
where it belongs!
Go to the 🔗 in my bio to take action and sign the letter to help save the science centre!
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A lot of people outside protesting the destruction of
#OntarioPlace
, while inside
@fordnation
and
@KingaSurmaMPP
pretended this is about "revitalization," not the for-profit ruin of a public park. Strangely, they also failed to reveal the details of the secret 95-year lease
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Politicians: We love nurses! Yay nurses!
Nurses: Shut up and give us better pay, more staff, mental health supports, sick days, full vaccinations
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This is depressing as hell. Two-thirds of the staff in Canada’s women’s shelters make less than 50K a year. They are undercompensated and burned out. A direct result of a lack of stable, long-term funding. So much lip service, so little actual money.
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No, Amber Heard is not quoting from movie scripts in her testimony despite what countless tweeters seem to think. At a defamation trial, no less
The quote in question: "The thing with Johnny… it’s like the sun shines on you, and it’s glorious. And then he forgets you and it’s very, very cold."
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Misogyny is a disease. I hope
@atRachelGilmore
finds work that's worthy of her talent, and that she never stops speaking out
I had to make a personal email public so people could contact me about work opportunities.
While so many kind people have reached out, some have taken it as a chance to send me — and my laid off colleagues — abuse.
This is a tiny sample.
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Then you should fight to keep
@OntarioPlace
a park, and not let Doug Ford's government turn a huge part of it over to private interests
Parks are an essential part of what makes any city liveable, and Toronto is no exception.
I'm committed to making Toronto cleaner and greener by continuing to invest in our parks, and build even more of them. Learn more about my plan:
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The right is really worried about
@oliviachow
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The abuse female journalists receive is ridiculous, and yet largely hidden from view. It's harmful. It deters women from being vocal online. Stand up for your colleagues, male journalists. Also
@CBCKatie
is great at her job
Here’s the thing, if you have a legitimate complaint about my journalism: we have an obumdsman, complain formally. The rest of it is a waste of your time, and if it’s terrible and nasty, it will be used to educate future journalists.
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In 1993 I published my first column for the
@GlobeandMail
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@mollyhayes
,
@taviagrant
and I set out to look at why the crisis continues. Thread
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I suspected and now it's confirmed. The woman and children killed in Manitoba were the partner and children of the man charged with their murder. This is
#femicide
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Don't ever tell me again that we exaggerate toxic masculinity and its absolute damn threat to this world. “You can either go down in history as a patriot,” Trump told Pence “or you can go down in history as a pussy.”
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I don't think my excellent and tireless pal
@drandrewb
realized it was satire because he's too busy literally trying to keep people alive
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My brother and sister both work outside the home in workplaces deemed essential. I worry about them every day. All three of us got the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is not only safe but literally a lifesaver. Please go and get the first vaccine you can.
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I guess this is really real. I've got a new book of essays coming out in March! ps that is not my arm. I wish.
"Shrewed: A Wry and Closely Observed Look at the Lives of Women and Girls" by
@lizrenzetti
is now available to request on
@NetGalley
:
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This is what
@ThermeCanada
and
@DiamondSchmitt
want to tear down and replace with a giant glass spa for paying customers. Nature destroyed in the middle of a climate emergency.
Pastel cloudy skies this week around the West Island at Ontario Place ✨
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Dear journalism professors: I'm happy to talk to be interviewed by your students, but please tell them to a) not write boilerplate request emails b) demonstrate some (ANY) familiarity with my work c) not end by writing, "please get back to me ASAP."
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The city of Toronto has an explicit goal of growing the tree canopy by forty per cent by 2050. But the province wants to destroy more than 800 mature trees for the sake of a huge water park. It's madness. And it looks like it's about to begin unless we stand against it
NEW: Ontario Infrastructure Minister
@KingaSurmaMPP
says next phase of work at Ontario Place to prepare site for construction “will include the removal of a significant amount of trees and vegetation,” and pledges approx twice as many trees will later be planted.
#onpoli
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While corporate owner continue to gut local news once they've sucked out profits, so many independent outlets are doing amazing work:
@thenarwhalca
,
@HfxExaminer
,
@ricochet_en
@CANADALAND
,
@TheLocal_TO
,
@westendphoenix
,
@NatObserver
. Tell me who I've forgotten and I'll retweet
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A 95-year-lease cloaked in secrecy. Hundreds of trees cut down. Millions of dollars in public subsidies for a parking garage. Watch and learn all the ways that
@ThermeCanada
's megaspa is a terrible and historic mistake
Enough Already with the secrecy at Ontario Place! Watch and share our new video, voiced by well known broadcaster & writer
@alancross
, and let’s support a better idea for the future of Ontario Place,! Visit to learn more!
#topoli
#onpoli
#SaveOntarioPlace
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Princess Mononoke, the greatest film ever made about wolf gods and demonic curses, is coming back
Beginning today, Americans will be able to (re-)experience "Princess Mononoke" on the big screen
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I offered my husband a radish and he said "What's the piquancy, Kenneth?" Therefore Dad Joke Weekend is officially underway
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Maybe the Ontario government could send out an emergency alert when there are paid sick days for everyone
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I keeping thinking that I was in Washington four years ago in the midst of 700,000 women who had every right to be enraged and there was no damn violence, none
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The Ford government continues its destruction of Ontario Place by refusing an Environmental Impact Assessment that takes into account the proposed mega-spa. The entire process is a sham.
Demand a proper Ontario Place Environmental Assessment and more in our latest newsletter! -
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What a bright shade of greenwashing we have here with
@DiamondSchmitt
trying to sell the privately owned megaspa they're designing as a "well-being destination." There's already a well-being destination at Ontario Place, and it's free to use
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I'm going to kick myself (with horny toes) for stepping into this debate but it's not anti-feminist to want a pedicure. Or a manicure. Or a haircut. Or highlights. Or whatever grooming your feminist self craves
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Opposition to the Ontario Place megaspa isn't just online: I was at consultations in April where hundreds of people talked about why it's a bad idea. The opposition is real, it's growing, and the developers are afraid of losing their cash cow.
Opposition to the spa plan has been called “uninformed, fabricated and parochial” &
@DiamondSchmitt
says it’s just social noise. They ignore their architectural colleagues
@ToSoArch
, expert panels & a whole lot of regular people. My
@TorontoStar
column.
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This shady plan to destroy Ontario Place's West Island is being done under cover of secrecy, and against the wishes of the people who use the park. I hope
@ThermeCanada
and
@fordnation
know that people have long memories
On the other side of the
#OntarioPlace
closure sign is the West Island.
From hundreds of visits here over the past several years, here are some personal observations of what makes this place special and what is currently at risk of being bulldozed for a private spa.
#ONpoli
🧵
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Why is Chrystia Freeland not prime minister?
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I hope the journalists who called Hillary Clinton shrill are doing penance right now
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The Spadina Expressway would have knocked down my childhood house (and ruined Toronto.) My mother had four kids and a full-time nursing job and still found time to protest the Expressway. We have the power to save this city from stupid & inequitable plans
Toronto: I just want us all to remember that this city has a long & noble history of successfully pushing back against idiotic megaplans like a Spadina Expressway, Waterfront Casino & Giant Ferris Wheel. It’s not a done deal until there are shovels in the ground.
#FORDisCORRUPT
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It's the way he said it, with such utter condescension and contempt. As others have noted, because he was addressing a journalist, it will still win him points even though he was lying
#CDNpoli
#RainbowBridgeExplosion
So, now that CTV has confirmed that
@PierrePoilievre
falsely claimed he had read their reports before going into parliament and saying there was a “terror attack” — will Poilievre be issuing a formal apology to
@ploriggio
and
@CanadianPress
?
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I thoroughly enjoyed State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hillary Clinton, not least as an act of revenge on "President Eric Dunn," a hulking moron whose breath smells of meat
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I keep thinking about how Ontario mistreats its architectural treasures (Science Centre, Ontario Place) compared with Berlin’s loving restorations. This is the Bode, built between 1898 and 1904, renovated and reopened in 2006. A thread!
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I hope there are a hundred academic papers written on the atrociousness of government communication during this time. I'll read them all, even the boring ones
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So thank you, Canadian healthcare workers. Cleaners, technicians, nurses, EMTs, doctors, all of you. I'm sorry it's been such a crappy year. I hope next year is better. You make the world better. Rock on, 2021
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A plan for Ontario Place that saves 800 trees, hundreds of millions of parking-garage dollars, and charges zero admission. This is the alternative we need to
@ThermeCanada
's awful proposed spa. From the folks at
@ONPlace4All
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We vote for a new mayor on June 26! If we elect another mediocre conservative white dude I am going to hijack a TTC garbage train and drive it through city hall
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There was so much goodwill all through this, people willing to be patient and compliant, and the government just squandered it. How do you ever repair that trust?
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How have we allowed men to rule this planet for so long I ask you
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What a richly deserved award for
@realsarahpolley
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