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@liberal_party @MarkJCarney Gross 🤢

Welcome to the Liberal team, Marilyn Gladu. Now is the time to work together to build a brighter future for all in a stronger Canada!

@SpencerFernando Wrong. They are betraying the people who elected them. They are subverting democracy. They should have the right to leave the party they were elected under, but be required to run again with their “newly found” principles and see how the electorate feels.

Were Canada to ban floor crossing, we would be suppressing the individual minds of those we elect, and further concentrating power in party leaders. As things stand now, floor crossing protects independence and keeps pressure on leaders to treat their colleagues well lest they watch those colleagues head elsewhere. Floor crossing – and the threat of it – protects us from a system where those we elect turn into mindless drones serving nothing more than the centralized will of ‘the leader.’ So, whether you agree with Gladu’s decision or not, it is essential to protect the right of MPs to cross the floor. The individual mind is the most precious resource we have.

@MarkJCarney Collectively, these floor crossings have now destroyed any public faith in our democratic process. I’m not even sure where we go from here.

At this important moment for our country’s future, Canadians with a broad range of experience and perspectives are uniting to build Canada strong. I am honoured to welcome Marilyn Gladu today as the newest member of this government and our Liberal caucus. In a time of global economic uncertainty, Canada’s success will depend on how we build ambition into progress and strengths into sustained advantage. Marilyn brings the practical, results-driven leadership this effort demands. Having spent decades of her career in engineering and international business, she understands what it takes to create good jobs, strengthen supply chains, and ensure Canadian industry can compete in a rapidly changing global economy. She has been elected by the people of Sarnia—Lambton–Bkejwanong in four straight elections since 2015, and repeatedly earned recognition from colleagues across Parliament for her proven willingness to work constructively across party lines. I’m looking forward to working closely with Marilyn to build a stronger and more independent Canadian economy, meeting the challenges of a changing world with lasting opportunities for all.

@MarilynGladuSL Clearly Canadian democracy is over.

Proud to be the newest member of our new Liberal Government.

@FreeWheelinRob @GaryNegrozi That’s only two and a half years ago. I don’t trust her recent conversion based on her previous political persuasion. There are better choices.

@GaryNegrozi @A_Harbor_ She’s been standing up to the natives for years. Try again: thehub.ca/2023/09/01/car…

Caroline Elliott is legitimately the best choice for Conservatives in BC and I’m tired of being gaslit by self-interested bad actors

@howardanglin @WBrettWilson The problem is with anyone willing to submit to colonial apologies or racial acknowledgments to advance their career, and then turn around and disavow their own words, then expect anyone to trust them.

This is ignorant and disingenuous. Non-Indigenous scholars writing about Indigenous politics are required to include these caveats. You don’t get your degree without this throat clearing. Read the actual thesis, not the meaningless boilerplate. It is serious, thoughtful, and prescient. Also you added the “colonialism” part in square brackets, which doesn’t follow from what she said. The concern referred to isn’t “colonialism” it is the perception of a “presumption that non-Aboriginal” scholars can sit in judgment Aboriginal people. Again, this is all standard academic stuff anyone sitting for a degree in her field needs to acknowledge to go through the PhD process. If you have a problem with it, which is fair, your problem is with the universities not with conservative grad students trying to get degrees while bringing common sense to Canadian scholarship.

@NVanCaroline You referred to problematic “colonialism “ in your own thesis! What kind of doublespeak is this! You’re not trustworthy!

The NDP has spent a decade tearing down British Columbia’s history and identity. Dividing our people. Undermining our pride. Rewriting our past. I’ll restore pride in British Columbia and the people who built it. 👉 Join me: WinForBC.ca

@NVanCaroline You are a Liberal and cannot be trusted.

After years of NDP policies, students are falling behind. I will end the NDP’s far-left activism in the classroom, bring back letter grades and set our kids up for success. 👉 Sign if you agree: WinForBC.ca

@jordanbateman She is a Liberal.

Not sure who I’ll vote for in this BC Conservative leadership race (gotta see how they debate) but I’ll tell ya this: Caroline is far more likeable in real life than her campaign team is on X

@WBrettWilson Caroline is a Lib in Con’s clothing. She is not what BC needs. Do some research on her track record.

Let’s not forget she has clearly offered to do a JUNO event at a later date. Nobody can be in 2 places at once eh? And not that it matters but I will be part of this event. Part of introducing her. Why? I am heavily invested all over BC and care for an outcome that solves the ongoing EBY muck-ups.

@NVanCaroline Pretty sure you are a Lib in Cons clothing.

This is exactly what's happening across BC. The NDP's big-government Health Professions and Occupations Act is driving healthcare workers out of this province, at a time when ERs are closing and communities are going without care. Instead of attracting talent and supporting our frontline workers, the NDP is threatening them. I will reverse the HPOA and defend freedom of speech for BC's healthcare professionals. Join me: 👉 WinForBC.ca

@WiretapMediaCa Good journalism means reporting on events, observations and questioning everything. It doesn’t mean you will always get everything right. This ruling simply say that the observations were enough to question if he was a fed, so it’s not defamation. Come on, please use your head.

Ezra admitted in his own testimony that Jeremy MacKenzie wasn't a Govt agent. Now he's admitting he lied to the courts and that Rebel News is a "fed." operation based on the criteria that feds call the police when people do illegal things. Imagine telling someone to appeal a case after admitting you lied under oath.

@PoliceOnGuard Wow. This is terribly disappointing. The courts are upholding our descent into totalitarianism.

British Columbia's Court of Appeal has overturned a victory favouring union workers who challenged Purolator's Covid-19 vaccine mandate, prioritizing employer rights over individual rights and bodily autonomy. In September of 2021, Purolator announced that all employees must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by the following January. Those who refused were to be put on unpaid leave or fired, with clear disregard for the medical, religious or personal reason behind their decision. Teamsters Local 31 stood behind their members, taking the case to arbitration. In November 2022, Arbitrator Nicholas Glass ruled that the mandate became unreasonable after June 30th of that year. He justified his decision, explaining that covid variants (such as Omicron) made the original vaccines “effectively useless” in stopping the spread of infection therefore, continuing to force vaccinations on employees did nothing to improve workplace safety. Glass ordered Purolator to pay lost wages and benefits for those still affected between July 2022 and May 2023, upholding each employee’s right to bodily autonomy. Purolator appealed the decision through the BC Supreme Court where the ruling was fully upheld, affirming the understanding that mandates cannot impede personal freedoms without a legitimate reason. Purolator again challenged the decision through the BC Court of Appeal where, on January 9th, a unanimous decision reversed everything. Appeal Court Justices Robert Harris, Suzanne DeWitt-Van Oosten, and Richard Edelmann unanimously determined that the arbitrator had been wrong to probe into the science, stating that mandates should be judged "reasonable" based on the uncertainty of the pandemic and advice from public health officials (Bonnie Henry) at the time, even if the science was questionable. Rather than ruling on the vaccine mandate, or the scientific basis for it, they ruled on ‘the criteria for concluding whether Purolator was justified in enforcing the mandate at the time’. In short, they have decided that the advice provided by health officials and bureaucrats, even when proven wrong and without regard for their scientific culpability, should take precedence over fact and carry more weight in their decision. Without further appeal, this reversal effectively sends the case back to arbitration, clawing back the compensation provided and ignoring the effect these mandates had on the lives of these workers. There has, at this point, been no indication from the union or employees, expressing a desire to appeal through the Labour Relations Board. This abysmal ruling further demonstrates the continued erosion of the rights and freedoms we have always known and enjoyed as Canadians. We now know that the pandemic was not the emergency it was made out to be, nor was the vaccine the ‘cure’ it was touted to be. The injuries caused by the covid vaccines and mandates, whether physical, emotional or financial, are still being exposed and experienced. Meanwhile, our courts appear to be saying that it’s ok, because those that did this to us meant well at the time. We will not stop fighting for our Charter and for Canadians. Speak up and let those we’ve elected to carry our voices forward know, without a doubt, that we as Canadians deserve each and every one of these rights and freedoms, as they were intended.

@CTVVancouver He is selling BC, alright 😭

Eby says he will sell B.C. as 'stable jurisdiction' during trade trip to China ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti…

@nationalpost The Gen Z cohort clearly have no understanding whatsoever of what the Iranian regime did to people.

While most prefer neutrality in the Iran war, many in the Gen Z cohort think Canada should support the Iranian regime, according a new poll nationalpost.com/news/canada/ge…

@pentictonherald I would start eliminating the atrocious, dangerous and traffic clogging bike lanes.

If you were mayor of Penticton for a day, what would you change first?

@AmazingZoltan @wyatt_claypool @Bratt_world I would like to buy some Crown land. Why can't all Canadians have the option of buying Crown land? There is a housing crisis, after all.

@wyatt_claypool @Bratt_world Private property and fully developed crown lands notwithstanding, of course. I think I speak on behalf of some non-indigenous Canadians when I say I'm NOT prepared to give up the farm, but I am prepared to SELL the (overabundance) of bare land so someone can try to make their own

What actually is aboriginal title ?

@vanliberals Are you kidding right now? The IRGC slaughtered their own people in the streets for protesting their failing economy. There is legitimate reason to fear institutionalized Islam.

Islamophobia has no place in our society, in our schools, or in our politics.

@KahlonRav @Diana_Gibson_BC Have you ever heard of StarLink?

The people of #HaidaGwaii deserve reliable connections. A $24M subsea fibre link connecting Haida Gwaii to the mainland's north coast means fewer outages for the people who live, learn & work there. Every $1 invested in connectivity is estimated to generate ~7X in GDP over 20 yrs