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@TerryDiMonte Cartoon by Theo Moudakis of the Toronto Star

This thread is an eye opener. Behind closed doors indeed 😐 Nothing funny indeed.

Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's @TorontoStar

@oldhockeycards Saturday .. to see the Who around the same time Live at Leeds came out. Come on

Isle of Wight 1970.. you get ONE day.. which day are you going to..? Friday / Saturday / Sunday

@oldhockeycards Ron Francis, Mike Liut

Who is the FIRST skater and first goalie that comes to mind when you see this great logo card..

@funder @tmorello All these DOGE kids need to be named, for future employment references.

A federal judge just ruled that videos of DOGE staffers must stay up — and they are devastating. Under oath, they couldn't define DEI. They admitted they never reduced the deficit. And they wiped out $100 million in humanities grants — including a Holocaust documentary — using ChatGPT. The regime tried to bury this. It didn't work. dworkinsubstack.com/p/shut-it-down…

@BizNasty2point0 They elected a new leader of the federal NDP party. Avi Lewis. His grandfather, David Lewis, was leader of the federal NDP from 1971 to 1975, and his father, Stephen Lewis, was leader of Ontario NDP from 1970 to 1978.

Can Canadians explain to me what that NDP meeting/conference was about that I’m seeing all these clips from??? What was the objective of that get together from all these clips I’m seeing. I’m genuinely curious.

@bnaibrithcanada @kinsellawarren @WabKinew Forgive me, but when I read Web Kinew's remarks, I have never got the feeling he was insulting the Jewish community. His remarks had more to do with the people who are involved in the Epstein files, and a President who is wagging the dog.

Premier Wab Kinew owes the Jewish community, and the public at large, an immediate apology. Speaking at the federal NDP convention, @WabKinew attacked U.S. policy by declaring, “Let the Epstein class fight the Epstein war.” That line was an invocation of a loaded and poisonous antisemitic dog-whistle which has gained traction around north America over the past months. The idea that sinister, powerful Jewish elites are manipulating events from behind the scenes. When public figures reach for that kind of language, they enter the territory of classic antisemitic conspiracy rhetoric, whether they choose to acknowledge it or not. Jews have lived with the consequences of these narratives for generations – the content changes, the narrative does not. Premier Kinew used that frame in a major public address. That is profoundly reckless, and wholly unacceptable from a premier. He must apologize clearly, publicly, and without qualification. He must also undertake formal training on antisemitism, which B’nai Brith is prepared to facilitate, so that he understands the history of these tropes, the damage they cause, and the responsibility elected officials bear when they speak on matters touching Jewish safety and dignity. Leadership requires judgment. On this occasion, Wab Kinew showed a serious lack of it.

@dannogallagher7 @BlueJays Which means the announcer was clueless on who they were honoring. A little homework would have come in handy beforehand.

@BenoitBirdman @BlueJays What did he say, Bru-lay? or something like that. Not good.

Powerful pre-game show by the @bluejays tonight, including terrific renditions of the national anthems and a wonderful tribute and moment of silence for the late, great Rodger Brulotte.

Where the Bee Gees beg politely, Janis demands! 🎤Janis Joplin - "To love somebody"

My take that pisses everyone off: It is impossible to be a Canadian nationalist while denigrating the significance or relevance of the French language. The single greatest differentiator between Canada and the United States is the existence of Québec.

"Trump, the Mar-a-Lago golfer, is the only bull in the world who walks around with his own china shop. When a clown takes over the Palace, he doesn't become King. It's the Palace that becomes a circus" French senator Claude Malhuret once again nails it. You won't hear a better indictment of Trump and his Gulf war than this. Well worth 5 minutes of your time My English s/t 👇

Legendary goaltender George Vézina died 100 years ago today. He is buried in Chicoutimi, a stone's throw away from the hockey arena that bears his name.

@nut_history Luis Tiant

Who's on the top of your "he should be in the baseball hall of fame" list?

Let’s be precise. Millions of Canadians are not paid 12 million dollars a year to lead a company that is legally bound by the Official Languages Act. That standard exists for a reason. It comes with the job. It is not optional. Framing this as a struggle of “ordinary Canadians versus elites” is simply not grounded in reality. In Ottawa, the vast majority of deputy ministers are Anglophone. In cabinet, francophone ministers have often presented in English. I do not recall many, if any, Anglophone ministers presenting in French. The imbalance you are pointing to is not where you suggest it is. This is not about sidelining anyone. It is about leadership and responsibility. Mr. Rousseau has lived in Quebec for two decades. His spouse is francophone. He leads a national carrier subject to federal law. He publicly committed years ago to learning French. After hundreds of hours of tutoring, in a moment that required dignity and respect, he could not deliver even a few sentences in the language of one of the victims and their family. That is not about control. That is about priority. And let’s be honest about the lived reality of this country. Francophones who move into majority Anglophone environments adapt quickly because they must. They do not have the luxury of opting out. That expectation has never been controversial. Yet when the expectation is reversed at the highest levels of leadership, it suddenly becomes a debate about fairness. It is not. Canada made a foundational choice. Two official languages. Not one and a half. Not when convenient. Not when it is easy. In moments of tragedy, language is not a technicality. It is how you show respect. It is how you honour people. It is how you lead. Reducing this to a question of control or elite pressure misses the point entirely and risks turning a matter of basic respect into an unnecessary division.

"Tried to learn it", is the key sentence. Ms Bergen Harris, I come from Chicoutimi, Saguenay. Arguably one of the most francophone region of Québec. So much that federal politicians- Stockwell Day is one- come here for immersion. My father suffered a job loss because he did not speak English well enough when he worked and studied in the USA to become a surgeon. So, you bet he wanted his children not to suffer the same, bitter faith. Imagine how he felt , graduating second of his class in Laval Medicine School, the most prestigious at the time in our province, to lose a promotion not because of his expertise-he was the best and had his choice of scholarships around the world, but chose the best for cardiac surgery : the site of Christian Barnard's hearts transplant! So, he was the best and chose the best. But the Americans could not get past his clumsiness in English. So he went home and made sure we- his children- mastered it. Both us three do. But we worked our butt off to do so! We didn't "TRY", we DID. We spent our summers in immersion in English Canada from childhood to adulthood. Yep. After school finished in June, we started another school: LANGUAGE SCHOOL. So, Ms Bergen, I have no pity for Mr. Rousseau, not for you. We made the effort. So should you. ps- My father went on to speak perfect English and then, learned Spanish, which he began at 52. In the full swing of his 80 hours a week as a surgeon. He speaks Spanish fluently now. #cdnpoli #polqc

D. L. Hughley on Trump: “I’m very proud I’ve never voted for a president who raped women and children. I never voted for a president who defrauded charities. I never voted for a president that celebrated the death of somebody. And half this country can’t say that”

A heartbreaking scene last night as the body of 30-year-old Air Canada pilot Antoine Forest returned to Montreal.

@ATRightMovies Rollerball

What is the first film you think of when you see JAMES CAAN?

The most comprehensive review of Canada’s sport system in a generation concluded with a stark assessment: the system is fragmented, under-regulated and, in the words of its authors, “broken.” From the 950-page report of the Future of Sport in Canada Commission: “For far too many Canadians, especially young athletes, sport has been an environment marked by abuse and insecurity, where they have not been adequately protected and where no one has been held accountable...” The commission called the absence of a national public sanctions registry one of the system’s most persistent and dangerous gaps. Individuals sanctioned in one league, province or sport have, in some cases, been able to move undetected into another. That absence of a registry is a direct contributor to harm, the commission wrote. tsn.ca/other-sports/a…