@JJ_McCullough It’s not “anti-American” to acknowledge the reality of the incredibly hostile rhetoric coming from the US President
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Matthew Barber
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Matthew Barber
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Singer, songsmith, strummer, drummer, producer, consumer, dreamer, thinker. Trying to manage my addiction to this thing
Toronto Katılım Ağustos 2009
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Carney is our most American PM in many ways— US educated, lived and worked there for many years (I assume he must have a green card?). I feel like he’s now trying to mitigate this political liability by being very outwardly anti-American. His statement yesterday was shocking.
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@atrupar Canada sells oil to the US at 15-20% below market value and the dairy tariffs only apply above a quota that is rarely met
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Leavitt: "The president is responding to the fact that Canada has been ripping off the United States of America and hard-working Americans for decades."
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@rupasubramanya One very important American person is talking about it a lot
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The only people talking about Canada being annexed or being the 51st state are Canadians. In all my interactions with Americans, and I've just returned from DC, they laugh it off if it even comes up in a conversation. We simply don't register on their radar. So boo all you want at their national anthem because all it does is builds ill will with our most important neighbour.
Blargeaux@blargeauxite
@rupasubramanya The Americans who appear to support it are not serious people. But again, if Canada doesn't want it, it will never happen. I mean who wants a bunch of pissed off people joining their country? That would not be good.
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Upcoming shows in Prince Edward County and Ottawa,ON visit matthewbarber.com for ticket links
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Matthew Barber retweetledi
I'm standing near the soundboard at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY, for the first of Neil Young's two "comeback" shows here. All this hi-tech equipment and it's all going through this thing made by Ronco in 1977.
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Matthew Barber retweetledi
You never know who might show up at our festival alongside
@GrantLawrence
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at the Gravenhurst Opera House August 24th. muskokamusicfestival.com
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@davehodge20 Dunking is hard to do and elevated the skill level of the game. Greig’s shenanigans? Not so much.
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I’d ask what happened, in the way of a physical attack, to the very first basketball player who sealed a victory with a resounding slam dunk, but I know the answer: Hockey is different.
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@LOWaterkeeper @Waterkeeper But nuclear has enabled us to eliminate coal in Ontario and reduce reliance on natural gas resulting in massive reduction in CO2 emissions and smog, provides power regardless of weather, uses vastly less land and materials than wind and solar and the waste is managed safely
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Nuclear power is not green. It is env destructive & threatens the drinkability & fishability of Lake Ontario. It creates deadly waste, kills fish 24 hrs a day & emits radioactive contaminants into drinking waters. We need a public hearing. @waterkeeper theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
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@dmrider A bizarre attack on a person who was committed to abolishing slavery as far back as 1777 when he defended escaped slave Joseph Knight in case that made it illegal to own slaves in Scotland. Also played a part in Canada’s first anti-slavery act in 1793
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Creator of petition that got renaming Dundas on city council’s radar
Andrew Lochhead@AndrewLochhead
Last night, I had the pleasure of being in @TorontoCouncil chambers when this vote was passed. Afterward I took a walk through what will now be known as “Sankofa Square” and reflected on what a powerful choice that name is, and how it changes our city space. 🧵
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@TorontoStar Thank goodness they're not renaming the street but they still have Dundas all wrong. He was a staunch abolitionist who was instrumental in ending slavery in the British empire. He assented to Simcoe's Act to Limit Slavery in Upper Canada, 1793, following the Chloe Cooley incident
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A plan to rename all of Dundas Street appears to be off the table, replaced with a proposal to rename Yonge-Dundas Square and two subway stations. trib.al/bZ0l2n9
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RIP Robbie
The Globe and Mail@globeandmail
Guitarist, songwriter and singer Robbie Robertson, who led the Canadian-American group The Band, has died at the age of 80. The Band was one of the most respected rock groups in the 1960s and '70s, and their 1976 farewell concert in San Francisco was the basis of Martin Scorsese’s 1978 movie “The Last Waltz.” Robertson died in Los Angeles surrounded by his family after a long illness, according to his manager's statement. Read more here: tgam.ca/3Qwfz3g
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Lookout Cleveland by the Band going to the break on @Sportsnet @BlueJays ? Deep cut
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Matthew Barber retweetledi
Thanks Larry
Larry@mac5150
Nice little tune here. Hints of a Jackson Brown vibe.Good easy listening type of song. Happy #friday all. open.spotify.com/track/3UNyG9gN… @MattBarberTweet #fridayvibes #fridayfeeling #fridaymorning #mac5150recommends #songwriting #songwriter #spotify #playlist #music #lovemusic
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@JJ_McCullough CBC Radio One is the highest rated radio station in Toronto
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A key thing that should always be remembered is that the CBC is not popular. So when supporters are like “but what about their local broadcasts to rural communities!” or whatever, I think the onus should be proving these services are actually USED, not just theoretically useful.
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A good piece reflecting on the ways in which the CBC could be dismantled, and the politics of doing so.
The Hub@TheHubCanada
.@stuartxthomson: Pierre Poilievre wants to defund the CBC. Here’s what that may look like. thehub.ca/2023-01-09/pie…
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