Mike 🍁

@MelanieBennet_ Notice he said: "And I’ll be damned if I’m going to stand here and listen to someone say that the parents deserve rights over a child." Issue is it's not any random child, it's THEIR child.

Nova Scotia's education minister delivered a fiery speech against parents rights and limiting trans care for minors in an exchange in the legislature. “My parents were a sperm donor and an egg donor. That’s it. They gave me some genes and walked the heck away," he said describing his troubled upbringing. “And I’ll be damned if I’m going to stand here and listen to someone say that the parents deserve rights over a child. No, they don’t. They absolutely don’t.” Referring to my exclusive reporting on bottom surgeries approved by Nova Scotia Health for trans teens, he said: “If you’re going to quote someone … rather Gandhi than Hitler. Not saying that these people are either. Just know who you’re quoting,” he said. He called the material “disgusting” and “gross.”

Hey @grok how many times has @CBCNews referenced the Southern Poverty Law Center in their articles when seeking "expert" opinion on hate?

Floor crossers give democracy and voters the middle finger. Why do we even bother voting if the person you picked can betray you the moment it's convenient for them? This should be banned. It spits on the notion that citizens have a say in their country.

Starting to wonder why I bother voting.

@wyatt_claypool I think your revelation is important though. It shows she capitulates to identity politics. It shows she accepts the premise that her perspective is limited due to her "lived experiences." Not suitable for a Conservative Premier.

@wyatt_claypool Good points. I was too broad. And I applaud you. This said I doubt there is an Indigenous-specific thesis written in the past 10 years that does not acknowledge identity, whether written by indigenous or non. Modern qualitative research requires it.

BOMBSHELL: Here is a section from Caroline Elliott's SFU Thesis on Indigenous Governance from 2024. She is in fact a Woke BC Liberal. "I am mindful of [the colonialism] concern and I am hopeful that readers of my research will be as well; in fact, it leads directly to a final cautionary note: the fact that I am, intellectually, a product of Western political theory. As much as I sincerely try to accurately, fairly, and sensitively consider Indigenous constitutionalism, this remains the case." "As Carens writes, “[a]ny non-Aboriginal person like me who writes about the topic of Aboriginal self-government is bound to think about the problem of perspective” (2000 180). In his view, which I agree with, the problem really lies in any suggestion that non-Indigenous analysis is the one right way to think about these issues." She is being apologetic for being non-Indigenous writing on Indigenous topics LOL. summit.sfu.ca/item/39197

@CBA_News Judges are humans not impartial AI robots. Questioning a judge's impartiality is what a free media does. We all know a Liberal PM appoints certain judges, and a Conservative PM appoints certain judges.

CBA President Bianca Kratt, K.C., warns that recent media commentary questioning the impartiality of a sitting judge of the Ontario Superior Court risks undermining public confidence in the judiciary. 🔗 Read the full statement: bit.ly/4sQV4Pi

@AnnaNoelleDua This was Dubas. Then Shanny said "more experience" was a priority for next GM. Now back to data.

MLSE President and CEO Keith Pelley on what they’re looking for in a new candidate after the firing of GM Brad Treliving: “They have to be data centric” Cited the success of TFC under that mentality

@CP24 He held onto the guy for too long? Athanku. #leafsforever

Ex-Maple Leaf Grabovski charged with assault after minor hockey incident in Markham cp24.com/local/york/202…

State Broadcaster shuts down replies to curb dissent.

Two false interpretations of this decision in one sentence. Truly fascinating.

@sunlorrie AI wrote this

Tom Marazzo: How Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner dragged the Supreme Court Into Politics 'He placed himself at the centre of a serious judicial controversy when he described the Freedom Convoy in language no Chief Justice should ever use about a politically charged event that could come before the courts.' tommarazzo.substack.com/p/how-wagner-d… h/t @cbcwatcher

@GinoHard_ That's what you get.

The puck got deflected out of play and ended up hitting the ONE fan in Scotiabank Arena rocking a Habs sweater at a Leafs and Isles game... 😭

@HayesTSN How many of Italy's players are American? I think it's 21.

The US is getting pumped by…Italy.

CBC staff whistleblowers since 2022: Tara Henley. Marianne Klowak. Travis Dhanraj. Jason Unrau. How many more need to come forward before we pull the plug?

Great piece by @SueAnnLevy junonews.com/p/op-ed-trump-…

The reserve closest to my home has a non-stop line of people buying a sleeve of zyn for 9 hours every day of the week. They are making an absolute killing. About 10 of the 30 guys I play hockey with are doing 3 to 5 pouches a day and none of them were smokers beforehand.

@nationalpost The real answer is lobbyists have put their money behind the right since the Liberals have cornered the market.

'Free the Zyn': Why nicotine pouches are all the buzz on Canada's right nationalpost.com/news/canada/fr…

It’s absolutely perfect… A liberal man in NYC yelling about how everyone is welcome, as a Muslim man yells "Allahu Akbar!" and uses him as a literal springboard to throw a homemade bomb. The West’s suicidal empathy on video.