Chris Ecclestone

🇨🇦Great day Sat in Smiths Falls! Checked in with residents & had some awesome conversations door knocking, followed by fantastic discussions at a local meet & greet. So important to hear from communities & not just at election time. Thanks to all our great hosts & volunteers! ❤️

Attended a great event last night in Smiths Falls on Basic Income. I learn more each time & my appreciation for what this could mean for our communities gets deeper too. Thanks Lanark Basic Income Network & volunteers for hosting! #Lanark #Frontenac #cdnpoli

📣Alternate 401 route report now available on Kingston Accommodation Partners website under Community tab (scroll 👇🏻to Infrastructure Development then last bullet point) kingstonaccommodationpartners.ca/community/. A lot of hard work to get here but it brings hope for a better path forward. #cdnpoli

.@EmmanuelMacron: „Ich meine, man darf, man darf die Argumente nicht kaufen, die ich überall höre. Der ukrainische Präsident wurde in freien Wahlen in der Ukraine gewählt. Er war übrigens überhaupt nicht der Favorit, ich erinnere mich daran, als wäre es gestern gewesen. Und er ist also ein Präsident, der aus einem freien System gewählt wurde. Das ist nicht der Fall bei Wladimir Putin, der seine Gegner tötet und seine Wahlen seit langem manipuliert. Das ist leider in zu vielen Ländern der Welt nicht der Fall. ​Präsident Selenskyj musste dann, weil bei ihm Krieg herrschte, das Kriegsrecht verhängen. Glauben Sie, dass er Präsidentschaftswahlen oder Parlamentswahlen organisieren kann in einem Land, aus dem mehrere Millionen Ukrainerinnen und Ukrainer um ihrer Sicherheit willen geflohen sind? In einem Land, in dem er mehrere Millionen andere mobilisiert hat, die an der Front stehen? Wo es täglich 1.000 Tote und Verletzte gibt und wo ein ganzer Streifen seines Territoriums von Russland erobert ist? Wovon reden wir hier eigentlich? ​Glauben Sie, dass wir uns in der gleichen Situation den Spaß erlauben würden, Wahlen abzuhalten? Er kann keine Wahlen abhalten. Wenn wir also freie Wahlen in der Ukraine wollen, nun, dann braucht es einen dauerhaften Frieden in der Ukraine, das ist die Voraussetzung. Alle, die es vorher tun, manipulieren. Und was ist das Projekt von einigen? Ich weiß es ganz genau: ein Waffenstillstand, der nicht respektiert wird, und dann schnell, schnell Wahlen, um sie zu manipulieren. Das ist keine gute Idee. ​Also ja, Präsident Selenskyj ist legitim, und wir wünschen uns langfristig mehr Demokratie in der Ukraine durch einen dauerhaften Frieden. Und Präsident Selenskyj will die Demokratie in der Ukraine auch, da er ja deren Frucht ist. Wenn das System manipuliert gewesen wäre, wäre er selbst nie zum Präsidenten gewählt worden.“ 👌

"NATO should be very interested in having Ukraine join. Ukraine has shown that it can stop Russians. That proves Ukraine can do exactly what NATO is designed to do:stop, deter, and fight Russians if they attack. So NATO would be much stronger with Ukraine as member" - W. Taylor

@MFoxtonLF Few big things worth doing are easy.

“It’s easy to say no when a project threatens the places we love, live and where families have spent generations,” said Michelle Foxton…“What is harder, but more useful, is to do the work of connecting with people and finding a better solution.” #cdnpoli

"Russia wants the world to get used to the war. To accept deaths, destroyed cities, deported children as something ordinary... ...We cannot allow that." -Olena Zelenska First Lady of Ukraine 🇺🇦 💔 Please, don't stop supporting Ukraine, they need our help 🫂❤️

MARCO RUBIO: “This is not an offensive operation, this is a defensive operation, and what that means is very simple, there's no shooting unless we're shot at first.” Bro, you started the war. Nobody was shooting at you.

.@SenMarkKelly: "Last year, I said something that the President didn't like…That service members need to follow the law … The President said I should be prosecuted and hanged. Then he tried to throw me in jail…I can't think of anything that's more un-American."

Former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken: For every dollar that we [the US] put into Ukraine, Europeans and others put in a dollar and a half. So the notion that they were free-riding on Ukraine is simply not true. And much of the money that we spent on Ukraine was actually spent here in the United States to either buy weapons systems for them or to replenish the systems that we gave them.

Canada strongly condemns Russia’s latest drone strikes, which killed Ukrainian civilians and damaged critical infrastructure, including a kindergarten. These horrific attacks occurred less than 24 hours after Ukraine proposed an unconditional ceasefire, with Russian attacks continuing past its proposed start - showing how unserious Putin is about peace. We call on Russia to end its illegal and unjustifiable war by ceasing hostilities immediately and by engaging in meaningful peace negotiations. We remain steadfast in our support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @andrii_sybiha

ZELENSKYY: Russia has fought to the point where its main parade now depends on us. This is a clear signal: it’s time to end this war. Ukraine is ready to work for peace. Russia received clear proposal from us on ceasefire and diplomatic steps, and it knows how to contact Ukraine or its partners to finalize details. However, if that one person in Moscow who cannot live without war is interested only in parade and nothing else, then that's a different matter. I thank everyone who stands with us and with Ukraine. Glory to Ukraine!

59 MPPs voted against Ontarians’ right to know, choosing to keep Doug Ford’s government in the dark by opposing the Ontario Liberal Party motion to restore FOI laws. Don't be fooled. This isn't about protecting Ontario, it's about protecting themselves & their insiders. #onpoli

Congratulations Roger Martin & team on launching the Provincial Liberal Rural & Northern Fund last night in Almonte - an important step in supporting key ridings for the next provincial election! Such an honour to attend & support! #Lanark #Frontenac #cdnpoli

Canada and Mexico signed a deal with the US in 2018 that Trump claimed was the greatest trade deal ever made. Then he got re-elected in 2024 and asked who the hell the idiots were that negotiated the same deal. Then he started a tariff war 3 months into his 2nd term. We know.

"Kyiv is no longer waiting for Washington. President Zelenskyy’s strategic shift away from a dialogue with a volatile US leadership is a historic turning point. Ukraine has realized: we must—and we will—win even without the US. But let’s be clear: abandoning Ukraine is the greatest global blunder in American history. End of Leadership: If the US fails to stand by its word, no ally—from Europe to the Pacific—will ever trust American security guarantees again. Empowering Aggressors: By hesitating, Washington is not 'saving money'; it is inviting China, Iran, and Russia to rewrite global rules by force. The Victory is Ours: Ukraine is already winning on the battlefield because we have adapted and found new alliances. After 14 years in this fight, I see the irony: the United States is risking a historic strategic defeat not on the battlefield, but in its own corridors of power. Ukraine will prevail, but the era of American global leadership may end in the trenches of Donbas—through its own indecision.#Ukraine #USA #Trump #Victory

This is IMPORTANT!! Please @MarkJCarney Medicare is a major reason we're Canadian and love it

Let me explain something. Our provinces receive billions of dollars of transfers from the Feds to cover healthcare costs. When 75% of hospitals are running deficits, this is because the funding is not being properly directed to the hospitals. The Province is solely at fault here.

BREAKING 🚨: Poland PM has indirectly hinted that TRUMP is a Russian ASSET🔥 🇵🇱Polish PM Tusk: "The threat of NATO’s break-up, easing sanctions on Russia, a massive energy crisis in Europe, halting aid for Ukraine" — it all looks like Putin’s master plan.🔥