1. O'Toole appoints the Average White Band to all fill 127 CPC shadow cabinet positions. 2. Pierre Poilievre retains role as Finance critic after misunderstanding what a wealth gap and poverty levels are. That's it. That's the funny part.
3. Doug says COVID levels are really only a problem in places where people live. 4. Lecce inspects 27 school parking lots and confirms there's no sign of COVID in any of them. 5. Ford indicates he's considering appealing court's decision to quash pretty much all his policies.
6. Kenney government plans to cut support for those with disabilities and instead spend $112M a year on Alberta police. Says homelessness will increase, so there must be police at the ready. 7. Adriana LaGrange enters the Witness Protection Program after school starts in Alberta.
8. Doug says COVID is still around so people have to stop partying and attending weddings. Ends presser with a shoutout to Stan Cho for hosting such a great wedding event three weeks ago. 9. With cases spiking again, Elliott says Ontario will hold back on planning Ford Fest 2020.
10. O'Toole says Canada is the best country in the world and when he's PM he'll fix that right away. 11. Court rules against private healthcare in BC, stating that the supporting research from tHe fRaSEr inStiTutE was presented in a crayon colour that was impossible to read.
12. Kenney government defends decision to spend $112M to create Alberta police force, saying RCMP is not providing enough round-the-clock protection to tax-paying Albertan statues. 13. Rempel appointed Health critic and gets a pretty pink handgun case all in the same week.
14. O'Toole says as PM he'll ensure Canada always come first and is outraged the CRTC is trying to promote Canadian Content. 15. WE Charity folds Canadian operations after not receiving any funds from government. Alberta O&G folds Canadian operations after receiving many funds.
16. Word on the street is Liberals' throne speech will focus on supporting innovation in green tech and universal basic income initiative. Conservatives outraged by the focus on people and the future. 17. O'Toole says he's for the working man and Trudeau doing CERB was all wrong.
18. Woodward publishes tapes of Trump admitting that COVID is no hoax, very bad, and transmitted through air. Trump says tape recorders invented by Antifa. 19. Trump says he'll ban Antifa from living in suburbs. Says they burn down their own houses and have Biden garden gnomes.
20. AP style guide changes rules on interchangeability of 'less' and 'fewer' and now has millions of lesser users. 21. CPC's Whip says semi-virtual Parliament is like governing via Tinder. Says Michael Cooper is upset everyone is swiping left every time he appears on Zoom.
22. Asked why private schools, like his alma mater St Mike's High School, are equipped with health and safety systems far outpacing public schools', Ontario's Ed Minister Lecce says wealthy children have the right to keep their Personal Shopping Assistants safe at school too.
23. Erin O'Toole proves he's a man of the people; watches Raptors game on a 27-inch monitor while sitting on the other side of the room in his freshly-pressed suit and shouting, "You must take the ball back, Canadian team!" 24. Stornoway gets $170K update: Top Gun design motif.
25. No matter how you look at it, or who you decide to hold to account for the back-to-school planning debacles - frontline public education staff are totally given'r.
Thanks, Teachers, Admin, Facilities and Health peeps.
We see you.
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1. Ontario Health Minister/Dep. Premair says she's leaving politics. The 18th MPP to leave his team; Doug Ford blames Kathleen Wynne. 2. Asked what he thinks about Putin and Ukraine, Doug Ford says he doesn't watch much European hockey.
3. Ontario's fiscal watchdog reports Ford government held back $5.5B of federal support money. Doug Ford defends lack of spending during a pandemic, says new highway being built through the Greenbelt will improve people's lives more than saving people's lives ever would have.
4. Jason Kenney attacks Edmonton professor on Twitter. Says he's had enough of people using humour on social media to make a point. Says if Brock Harrison can't do it, nobody can. 5. Asked what will constitute a mandate in leadership vote Kenney says 50% plus 1. Winks at his mom.
1. Doug Ford says "Ontario is done with Covid!" Announces Ontario closing Covid on March 1st. Ford goes on to say he's also had it with the Greenbelt. 2. Doug Ford helps clear occupiers out of downtown Ottawa by offering free fishing.
3. Jason Kenney says Alberta has no need for federal Emergencies Act measures, argues his government can do nothing at all without federal support. 4. Jason Kenney reads "politicking" as "potlicking." Paging Dr. Slip. Paging Dr. Freudian Slip.
5. Ottawa occupiers build two-foot-high snow wall to try to slow approaching police. National Post captions photo, "Protestors help clear Ottawa sidewalks of snow." 6. Rupa Subramanya reports Trudeau is sneaking into occupiers' encampment late at night and stealing their kittens.
1. Province of Ontario unveils its new tourism campaign: "Stay in Ottawa one night, get the next month's nights free." 2. Doug Ford declares State of Emergency, empowering Ottawa Police to now stop serving coffee and help with moving fuel.
3. Interim CPC Leader Candice Bergen says Trudeau must work with occupiers to negotiate an end to the siege the CPC helped provoke. 4. Doug Ford takes break from snowmobiling long enough to ensure Windsor's Ambassador Bridge is open for ten minutes.
5. City of Toronto closes several main arteries to prevent access to downtown area by convoy. City of Ottawa says, "Oh, sure, if you want to do it THAT way." 6. City of Ottawa says Constant Honking is newest Winterlude event, launched to replace too-quiet ice sculpting exhibits.
1. Ottawa Police Chief says there may not be a policing solution to policing people. Hires PR firm to stop himself from saying stuff like that anymore. 2. CPC caucus decides party members should not be free to decide who should be leader.
3. Gofundme suspends campaign for groups occupying downtown Ottawa. Florida Governor questions gofundme's meddling in Canadian freedom. 4. Area lawyer launches class action law suit against Ottawa occupiers. Convoy spokesperson Dale says they will honk their horns at court order.
5. Jason Kenney stands up to truckers blocking border by apologizing to them for any inconvenience people trying to cross the border are causing them. 6. Kenney announces that to ensure freedom his government will dictate what municipalities can do to keep people safe in cities.
1. Trudeau took down April's blogs and turned off her Facebook and April's not having it. 2. Sometimes it's hard to focus on all the protesting and fighting for the freedoms when there's beers and dogs being served the next tailgate over.
3. Masks are an affront to our freedom but pooing anywhere you want is a Constitutional right. 4. If you can afford to drive across the country for some sightseeing and a party, maybe pack enough food that you don't need to steal food from Homeless People in the middle of winter?
5. If you're a CPC MP passing out coffee to people who are peeing on the War Memorial always look around for Nazi flags before you do a CBC interview. 6. People who suggest Terry Fox would have run alongside the truck convey are likely as dim-witted as you think they look, yes.