

randy allen harris
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@profraha
Rhetorician, UWaterloo; books incl Linguistics Wars, Rhetoric & Incommensurability, and Voice Interaction Design; against spiteful politics in any domain



The Rhetoricon Symposium: Figures & Constructions; Constructions & Figures features leading scholars presenting on rhetorical stylistics and grammatical constructions. May 28 and 29, University of Waterloo. tinyurl.com/62aha2sx



it is possible president trump does not fully understand how elections work in a parliamentary democracy.







The Flag That Unites Us. Happy #FlagDay! 🇨🇦


Recording reveals Doug Ford calling for return of death penalty in campaign speech: 'Send 'em right to sparky' #onpoli trib.al/JufLPGm


Pleasant meeting with the Premiers. To be clear, we never agreed that Canada would not be the 51st state. We only agreed to share Premier Eby’s comments. Further, we said the best way to understand President Trump’s position is to take what he says at face value. @SergioGor

Doug Ford says he was "disappointed" after learning of Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum. "President Trump said 'hey, you have 30 days, let's work it out' and bingo a couple of days he wakes up and the world's changed." Ford adds when you give someone your word and shake their hand -- "not that I shook the president's hand" -- it's golden. #onpoli #ONelxn

So Doug Ford is in DC on Ontario PC party dime, shooting promotional videos for the party, while also acting as premier? This is insane. Could be be any more transparently corrupt?





Because of our government’s historic investments, Ontario leads the country in people’s access to a regular health care provider. But there’s more work to do. No one is better positioned than Dr. Jane Philpott to get us across the finish line by developing and implementing a plan to connect everyone in Ontario to primary health care within five years. news.ontario.ca/en/release/100…

International student cap will cost schools $600-million next year, Ontario universities project /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…