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You know, conservatives have ridiculed and maligned Michael Moore (@MMFlint) for years. He was a "know-nothing socialist disrupter". Now suddenly, he's put out a pro-oil film (I have no idea why) and he is being touted as a messiah. 1/4
Far-right Alberta Premier, Jason Kenney, specifically mentioned Moore's films once in the context of "radical social engineering" and indoctrinating kids into collectivist thinking... 2/4 nb.pressprogress.ca/jason_kenney_i…
And now, suddenly, every right wing oil and gas loving redneck on social media is demanding that everyone watch this new movie. Suddenly, Moore knows everything and has the wisdom of Solomon. 3/4
I have to wonder if @MMFlint made this film as part of a larger study about propaganda and cognitive bias.... 4/4
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Conservative MP for Medicine Hat is being interviewed by CBC. He is furious that the gov't wants to take away guns from "law-abiding gun-owners". Of course, gun owners are all law-abiding until someone isn't... 1/5
He said that it was too soon after the mass shooting in Nova Scotia. "This is not the time..." Just like the GOP in the US. Only it's NEVER the time for them. This is the classic indefinite stall. 2/5
We can't allow Canada to go down the same road as the US. We can't have a government bought and paid for by the gun lobby. We can't have heavily armed men in camo storming our legislatures. We can't have a mass shooting every day. 3/5
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On Monday in Alberta, some people may have to go back to work who have an extreme risk of contracting #COVID19.
1/ @RachelNotley @JanisIrwin @CBCEdmonton @CBCCalgary @Paulatics @EmmaLGraney @jkenney #AbHealth #AbLeg @CMOH_Alberta This is important!
I am referring to dental assistants, dental hygienists, physiotherapy staff... anyone who is, due to the nature of their work, exposed, close up, to the breath of another. I know several such workers and they are terrified about going back to work. 2/
They don't want to get sick. Simple as that. They don't want to get sick / carry the virus to anyone else. This is extremely important. If the government cannot guarantee that these workers, these citizens, will be provided w/ essential PPE, they should not be forced back to work
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OK. Full Stop. In jurisdictions where medical examiners, aka coroners, are not elected nor subject to the political whims of the government, they do not falsify cause of death. They are not puppets. #cdnpoli #covid19Canada 1/14
There are some exceptions to this rule, like the coroner who wrongfully testified in dozens of child abuse cases in Ontario which led to the wrongful incarcerations of many grieving parents. 2/14
But he was an anomaly and was either operating well out of his depth or had his own agenda. And he was found out. People were released from prison and he was sanctioned. 3/14
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