@Smileyyeg @nationalpost I am quite confident Julian Byng, who started a constitutional crisis for no good reason, was worse.
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@nationalpost No, but a lot of Canadians probably wanted that.
She has the distinction of being the single worst GG in our history, a Trudeau appointment of course.
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'I was lynched': Why astronaut Julie Payette flamed out as governor general
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@iamrobinskies He fundamentally couldn’t make that part of his political persona in 21 years in parliament, and after sneering at the public servants in his riding whose jobs he planned to slash and whose convoy worries he mocked, they turfed him.
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Pierre having the reputation of being some evil callus conservative has always confused me.
Mostly because if you follow him closely this is the man that you get to know.
A loving father, empathetic to those who are struggling and need help.
He should have won.
Cole Hogan@colewhogan
I suggest you listen to @PierrePoilievre speak about his daughter Valentina. He discusses how she's changed his view on politics and offers advice for parents of autistic children.
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In a time with a party that has lost its way, I turn to a Prime Minister who saw the railroad as an asset of vital national interest and did what it took to preserve it. The Chief has been great, but his time is at an end. It’s Borden’s time now! #NewProfilePic
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Real conservatives, especially those running to be leader, should never be afraid to defend their beliefs, their principles and their policies.
In fact, they should relish every opportunity they're given to do so.
Fake conservatives, on the other hand, have every incentive to hide.
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@globeandmail “If there’s one person who’s antisemitic, it’s the Jewish party leader. I should know; I’m a Polish Catholic whose brother is a high-ranking conservative politician!”
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Opinion: The NDP has an antisemitism problem theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
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@elie_mcn @BlaineBadiuk @TinaMombie This deliberately fails to mention Ottawa-Toronto travel, which anyone can tell you is a) an essential route and b) not fast at all
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@BlaineBadiuk @TinaMombie The train can go at regular speeds to Smith Falls (approx 45-1 hour) and then high speed for the rest.
No need for HSR from Ottawa to Montreal. Existing train service is already pretty fast.
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There is a railway that is effectively a straight line from Toronto to Montreal. Shown in BLUE. Building high speed rail along it would make sense.
Instead, the Liberals propose a boondoggle of a line, shown in RED, that goes through all these communities they need to win.
Scott Robertson@sarobertsonca
Pierre Poilievre on the Toronto–Quebec City High-Speed Rail Network: "Conservatives oppose the $90b Liberal-Alto train ... a future Conservative government will cancel this $90b boondoggle altogether."
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@bro1_SM @JakeLandauTO @rcmpgrcpolice @TorontoPolice I don’t think that will be perceived as threatening intent, setting aside that the dude has a medal for heroism from the Toronto Police
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@JakeLandauTO Are you threatening me? A middle aged woman? Do you know uttering threats is a crime? @rcmpgrcpolice @TorontoPolice
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Sloppy, offensive column written by a goy who thinks he can tell Jews how to be Jewish
The Globe and Mail@globeandmail
Opinion: The NDP has an antisemitism problem theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
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@TheCinesthetic I think a lot of the responses in here are, as attempts to complain about cinema, completely overgeneralized and shallow. So I’ll go with a movie that is also overgeneralized and shallow: The Whale!
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what movie is actually trash but people just overhyped it?
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@EScrimshaw I used to live in his seat (in southern Guelph) — definitely possible considering the Liberal vote there is going to increase
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Updating the model right now, and found a fun outcome - Michael Chong’s seat of Wellington-Halton Hills North is an exact tie #PotentialFloorCrosser?
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@zbogus77 Insane work. Also, presumably this person has read Herbert and Card, both of whom fit the bill?
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Don’t ask me what I googled to find this masterpiece of a post but I must share it
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@IRaiderette Muslims accept that pork exists. Why don’t “Christians”* accept that gay relationships exist?
* many, many Christians, including several entire denominations, support gay relationships
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@Schaffrillas Do it once and then you won’t have to worry about whether you’ll want to in the future
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Really cool and inspiring read about the influences and life experiences that went into Lin-Manuel Miranda's work. Almost made me want to listen to Hamilton again (ALMOST.)
There's an entire page dedicated to the creation of Shiny 10/10
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@jonkay You are a sad, humourless stain upon our pundit class.
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this is called "the juno awards"
it's a hallowed annual Canadian ritual where government-subsidized Canadians pretend that ordinary Canadians enjoy listening to whatever this is supposed to be
Oli London@OliLondonTV
Meanwhile at Canada’s biggest music awards…
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@rupasubramanya Why are right-wingers obsessed with cherry-picking photos to make non-arguments about broad trends? It legitimately says nothing. You’re one of the worst offenders there on this side of the border.
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I think Olivia Chow captures the decline of the NDP well.
2013 vs 2024.
Dimitris Soudas 🇨🇦⚜️🇬🇷☦️ 13.12.1943@DimitrisSoudas
NDP 2011 vs 2026 What’s missing ?
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@julianorobertrj @JakeWallinger Brian Cox and Gaspard Ulliel have
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@JakeWallinger NOBODY has played Hannibal Lecter and lost.
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Several people have played Joker on screen and lost. NOBODY has played Anita from West Side Story or Vito Corleone and lost
Built Simmons@NBABabySecret
It’s really funny that, statistically speaking, the best role for winning an Oscar is The Joker
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@VanIsleStuartD @sbirlios He was also extremely ahead of his time in opposing eugenics, even while it remained broadly popular. No Tommy Douglas baseball here, please.
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@sbirlios Tommy Douglas was a Christian and fan of eugenics.
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"Tommy Douglas would be turning in his grave."
1. Shut up
2. Tommy Douglas would have liked Avi Lewis just fine
3. The NDP is not and never was the property of Tommy Douglas anyway
4. He has been dead for 40 years, there's nothing left in his grave to turn but dust.
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@yellowsnow9 No. She means that she is political, but not partisan with respect to the party apparatuses in Canada
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"Non-partisan leftist". Isn't that an oxymoron?
Rachel Gilmore@atRachelGilmore
For the record, to folks like @CBCTheNational and @petermansbridge etc., if you’d like a non-partisan leftist voice with more than seven years of Parliamentary Press Gallery reporting experience and even more spent doing trailblazing journalism, I’m literally an email away. Just so you know 😉
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@SoberNola @KirkLubimov Don’t be a twerp. Throat singing has been a part of music in Canada for longer than any other practice. You lose nothing by learning a bit about our musical heritage, and literally everyone else in the room understands how it works
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Wtf is going on in Canada?!
The NDP convention turned Canada into an international embarrassment, and now this is at the Junos 😮💨
What is even going on here?
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No Canadian flag.
But a flag of a non existent state that is the raison d’être of banned terror groups like Hamas.
But they regard Canada as an “illegitimate settler state” characterized by white supremacy and genocide.
Tommy Douglas must be rolling over in his grave.
Alan Fryer 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱@alanfryermedia
Of course there’s a Palestinian flag waving on stage. It’s Avi’s NDP now.
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