Pat Atkinson 🇨🇦
@patnutana
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Politics watcher (near and far), coffee lover, working to strengthen democracy wherever possible. #StandWithUkraine
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined March 2010
Yesterday we celebrated the life of Roy Atknson who fought for the family farmer. https://t.co/ULJ7FGiTny via @youtube #cdnpoli #skpoli
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“A significant proportion of manifested trucks are turned away with vital supplies. The world needs to know... This has to stop.” Mary Robinson and @HelenClarkNZ witness the devastating reality at the closed Rafah border with Gaza.
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World-renowned Israeli writer David Grossman said coming to the realization that Israel is committing genocide was extremely painful, but he now has a moral obligation to speak up | Davide Lerner
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A new airlift of Canadian aid landed in Gaza today, with thanks to His Majesty King Abdullah II and our Jordanian partners. Canada is dedicating more than $340 million in aid to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza — and we will ensure it moves forward at the necessary scale.
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Former colleague Eric Cline continues to make the case that the people of Saskatchewan are getting ripped off because the government doesn’t have a royalty regime that gives the province a fair return on potash.
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Billions go to shareholders, while the province guts schools, services, and social supports
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🇵🇸 🇳🇴 “ The Court of the world, the UN Court, has clearly established that Israel’s occupation is illegal and has to come to an end. The recent decision of Israeli Knesset to annex parts of Palestinian territory is a blatant violation of international law.”
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With the publication of these two reports, @btselem and @PHRIsrael become the first two Israeli organizations to state it loud and clear, based on meticulous documentation and research: Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. https://t.co/Mw1DUDgeqr
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Following the landmark publication of two reports by leading Israeli human rights organizations B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel, which concluded that Israel is committing genocide...
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Israel's announced "tactical pause" in Gaza is desperately insufficient while it commits genocide against Palestinians, who are facing the catastrophic conditions Israel deliberately engineered. There must be an immediate & sustained ceasefire, and an end to Israel’s genocide.
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As starvation worsens by the day in Gaza, the Netanyahu govt has been using food as a weapon of war — with complicity from Trump & U.S. taxpayer dollars. This is painful to listen to but here’s what a U.S. Army veteran & Green Beret who witnessed it first-hand recounted to me:
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Netanyahu says there "is no starvation in Gaza." That’s a lie. Trump and Congress must decide: will you continue to support the starvation of children, or are you willing to use all possible U.S. leverage to stop this horrific humanitarian disaster?
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Pure Joy! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 #TrueNorthStrongAndFree #WeStandOnGuardForThee🇨🇦🇨🇦
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BREAKING: Canada defeats the USA to take home the #4Nations Championship 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Canadian PM Justin Trudeau tweeted: “You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.” https://t.co/XNJe1Pbww5
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You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.
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[Corrected] Pallas Data: Federal voting intentions with Mark Carney as LPC leader: 🔴LPC 39% 🔵CPC 38% 🟠NDP 9% ⚜️BQ 7% (30% in QC) 🟣PPC 4% 🟢GPC 3% [Pallas Data, February 6, 2025, n=1,241] @pallasdata
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One week later we regardless of our politics are all fired up and defending our beautiful country and her workers and businesses! We will never be the same after this. #truenorthstrongandfree #shopcanadian #shopcanadianmade
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A reminder: in the past, when a singer's mic cut out during the U.S. National Anthem at a hockey game in Canada, the entire arena stepped in, singing every single word of the Star Spangled Banner together. Tonight, thanks to Trump, Canada is booing during the National Anthem.
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… and by the way, when L.A. was on fire, those daredevil water-bombing planes flying very tricky low patterns to directly hit the fires had a familiar image on them: the Canadian flag. 🇺🇸🇨🇦
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