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During this election, I’ve seen a ton of hypocrisy and dishonesty in #ConservativeParty attacks, and compiled some of this
#cpc claim: the cons never wanted this “vanity election.”
Picture: #otoole was demanding it for months #elxn44vote
#cpc claim: the cons never wanted this “vanity election.”
Picture: #otoole was demanding it for months #elxn44vote
#cpc claim: Trudeau bought the media and it was all biased for him.
Picture: most media in Canada is heavily biased in favour of the conservatives, and has been for years.
Picture: most media in Canada is heavily biased in favour of the conservatives, and has been for years.
The election is tomorrow. Erin O'Toole has replaced his public appearances with a little film. He ordered his candidates to go into hiding a few days ago. This says a few things to me... 1/8 #elxn44vote #Elxn44
1) He doesn't trust any of his candidates to not say something that will screw everything up even worse. Does a party that has been upfront with Canadians need to keep their candidates from speaking? 2/8
2) O'Toole is plenty ruffled himself. That last press conference in the curling rink where he had to hang onto the podium to keep himself from running out of the room? Yowza. This does not particularly inspire confidence. 3/8
What on earth is this? Do people actually tune in somewhere to watch a quite unremarkable suburban couple chit-chatting over beers in their backyard? If I didn't know who they were, and if it was entertaining, I would guess it was a 22 Minutes sketch. Oh, wait... 1/5
O'Toole isn't going to resurrect Harper's ego channel if he's elected is he? You remember that? Where the CPC spent our public money on a YouTube production where we got to watch the former PM eat his breakfast, alone, in his kitchen? 2/5
You probably don't remember that. Only about 7 people ever watched, and I only remember because I was so irked that he was using public money for his ego-trip. 3/5
Can you trust Erin O'Toole and the CPC to do the right things for Canadians? He promises the gun lobby to roll back gun restrictions to pre-1977 levels and then says he will maintain the Liberal restrictions to the general public. 1/
He says he is pro-choice, but allows his caucus to introduce and vote for anti-choice bills. And he has backing from pro-choice groups. 2/
He says he is progressive about LGBTQ issues, as if that should even be needed in 2021, but allows his caucus to vote against banning conversion therapy. 3/
This will not come as a huge surprise to many Albertans. The UCP's slush fund... I mean War Room... I mean Canadian Energy Centre Ltd - that corporation set up by the UCP to suck $30 million dollars a year out of Alberta's economy... 1/5
albertapolitics.ca/2021/09/albert…
albertapolitics.ca/2021/09/albert…
without allowing anyone to see where the money is going - has been paying for advertising, etc for the CPC this federal election, without being registered as a third party under Canada's Elections Act. 2/5
Also, there is the not insignificant ethical and moral sketchiness of Albertans' tax money going to pay for promoting a particular political party which not all Albertans support. 3/5
There are >16,000 active cases of #COVID & close to 700 people in hospital with COVID in Alberta as of yesterday, 169 of whom are in ICUs. The UCP contract tracing is a joke. Kenney wouldn't let us use the federal app. AB Health got overwhelmed and quit tracing for awhile. 1/4
With the highest rates in the country, Alberta is not a model of anything except how NOT to govern during a pandemic. 2/4
Tracing... What tracing? Many school boards aren't even informing parents when there are active cases in their childrens' schools! 3/4
Why, in my view, is this a #CPC op & NOT originating with the PPC?
The CPC are the sole beneficiaries. They can look “reasonable” compared to the PPC & prevent #PPC from hiving off any CPC votes. But this op does other things too….#NeverVoteCPC #Elxn44 #NeverVoteConservative
The CPC are the sole beneficiaries. They can look “reasonable” compared to the PPC & prevent #PPC from hiving off any CPC votes. But this op does other things too….#NeverVoteCPC #Elxn44 #NeverVoteConservative
…It gives #CPC plausible deniability for a sociopathic campaign straight out of the authoritarian playbook, it allows for gaslighting (as O’Toole has done, endlessly) & it creates an atmosphere of hate aimed at PMJT, while seeking to demoralize & intimidate Liberals. #Elxn44
These tactics are designed to attract others to join in & amplify the op to make it look organic. PPC attracts antisocial personality types who consume RW disinformation. So they would naturally be attracted to this type of engagement. Easy dupes, if you will. #NeverVoteCPC
Erin O’Toole’s mercenary PR team, Topham Guerin, that handled Boris Johnson’s campaign & Brexit, have a history of malign influence tactics that seem to follow them around. They learned at the knee of Lynton Crosby, aka Australia’s Karl Rove. #Elxn44 #NeverVoteCPC
1. Andrew Lawton peddles in extremism. Erin O’Toole treating this propagandist as an actual journalist, normalizes far right disinformation & pretends it’s legitimate & reasonable. It isn’t. It’s the subversion of objective truth & facts. #elxn44 #cdnmedia #StopTheCPC
2. Andrew Lawton got his toxic start at “Rebel” so-called “News”. Where many far right extremists have gotten their propaganda launching pad. #NeverVoteCPC #NeverVoteConservative #Elxn44 #StopTheCPC
3. On Canada Day, when many chose to observe a day of mourning, to honour Indigenous lives lost at the hands of systemic racism, Andrew Lawton chose instead to dog whistle to neo-Nazis. #NeverVoteCPC #NeverVoteConservative #Elxn44 #cdnmedia #StopTheCPC
#NeverVoteCPC
I watched the pandemic unfold since Jan 2019. My wife & I wore masks before it was the thing to do. We washed our hands & used sanitizer all day long. We washed our groceries, & avoided family & friends. The first thing the gov did for us was increased our GST
I watched the pandemic unfold since Jan 2019. My wife & I wore masks before it was the thing to do. We washed our hands & used sanitizer all day long. We washed our groceries, & avoided family & friends. The first thing the gov did for us was increased our GST
With that we were able to stock up. We were very grateful for that help. Both seniors with disabilities. I was worried about my wife, my children & grandchildren living in 3 different provinces. I'm not a religious man but I prayed everyday, not for me but for the world
I watched our frontline workers put their lives on the line everyday & die because of it. Again I prayed for a miracle. I watched the horrible job Donald Trump was doing handling the pandemic & was happy when the Prime Minister closed the border.
I listened to the daily reports
I listened to the daily reports
TRIGGER WARNING.
1. A few years ago I heard about a horrific story where a developmentally delayed 13 y/o (who operated at the level of a 7 y/o, according to her mother) became pregnant from being raped by her stepfather. Anti-abortion groups sued the abortion provider. #elxn44
1. A few years ago I heard about a horrific story where a developmentally delayed 13 y/o (who operated at the level of a 7 y/o, according to her mother) became pregnant from being raped by her stepfather. Anti-abortion groups sued the abortion provider. #elxn44
2. You read that correctly. Anti-abortion groups did not mount an action against the child’s abuser, but against the abortion clinic. Poilievre, Candice Bergen, Michael Barrett, Ed Fast, & every single #CPC MP on that list above, also believe….
#NeverVoteCPC #StopTheCPC #elxn44
#NeverVoteCPC #StopTheCPC #elxn44
3….what those anti-choice groups believed: this child should’ve been forced to carry a pregnancy resulting from horrific abuse.
In the beliefs of these #CPC MPs - who would be in charge of people’s lives - there should be no rape or incest exceptions. #NeverVoteCPC #elxn44
In the beliefs of these #CPC MPs - who would be in charge of people’s lives - there should be no rape or incest exceptions. #NeverVoteCPC #elxn44
1. The deliberate countrywide organized vandalism of #LPC candidates signs, reminds me of an operation carried out in West Germany by the KGB in 1959.
@RidT wrote about this op in his book Active Measures. #cdnpoli #Elxn44
@RidT wrote about this op in his book Active Measures. #cdnpoli #Elxn44
2. The KGB spotted that Germany had a lingering problem with antisemitism. It was only 14 years after the holocaust. So the KGB mounted an op where they committed fake acts of antisemitic hate crimes. Painting swastikas on Jewish graves, defacing buildings etc. The KGB’s plan….
#CPC memory lane. Not 40 or 50 years ago. But the past TWO years. This is who they are. They encourage & stoke extremism & violent rhetoric. They pump out disinformation & propaganda through 3rd party front groups. Stoke xenophobia & of course, anti-choice cultish beliefs #Elxn44
#CPC memory lane continued. #Brexit was a malign influence operation, including Russian interference & disinformation. Who was a cheerleader for it? #CPC.
#NeverVoteConservative #Elxn44 #cdnpoli
#NeverVoteConservative #Elxn44 #cdnpoli
#CPCMemoryLane continued. That time not even Andrew Coyne could pretend #ErinOToole hadn’t swung #CPC into far right territory.
#cdnmedia #NeverVoteConservative #Elxn44
#cdnmedia #NeverVoteConservative #Elxn44
Remember the Yellow Vests Canada “United We Roll” AstroTurf “protests”? Where somehow supposedly out-of-work truckers had the money to fuel up transport trucks at a cost of multiple thousands of $$ (sporting anti-Trudeau slogans), travel across 🇨🇦, pay for meals & hotels? #Elxn44
It pretended to be “grassroots”. It was anything but. It was a mixture of #Conservative politicians at all levels of government, right wing propaganda media - Rebel, True North Centre etc (even a few CBC ppl). + white nationalists & other extremists #NeverVoteConservative #elxn44
#Conservative leaders were right in there. Promoting an obvious op, benefiting the fossil fuel industry & pumping out propaganda to stop #ClimateAction. This is the #CPC. A pro-extinction position, promoting denialism & #DarkMoney funded deceit. #NeverVoteConservative #elxn44
