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4 Feb, 4 tweets, 3 min read
1. So Campaign Research devises this polling question [notice: "vaccine manufacturers" is not an option, and given the federal government is in charge of procurement, the choices available naturally steer the answer in one direction]...

#CdnPoli #PoliticalLiteracy #medialiteracy
2. "How could this escape quality control?", you ask. "Why would a 'reputable' polling firm go out in the field with a leading question such as this?'

Perhaps because Campaign Research is run by... Image
3. Well when such a question then gets taken up by the Toronto Star, that then uses it to comment upon the Globe and Mail doing something remarkably out of the ordinary...

4. You start to see how spinning a narrative that paints someone in the worst possible light truly is team relay race.

And that folks, is how the sausage is made.

#CdnPoli

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Douglas Connors -- Decency First FFS! (he/him) Profile picture
6 Feb
1. Those who do not have to #MaketheToughCall have the luxury of being sanctimonious about #PMTrudeau, upon learning of yet more #Moderna delays, going to Plan D (?!?) to access the portion #COVAX that serves as an emergency bank in exchange for the ~$440M we've put in.

#CdnPoli
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We are NEVER told anything different.

#PMTrudeau is doing that which he needs to do so that we secure our own mask.

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3. Why is this strategic?

Given widely varying global capacity to produce, transport, store, and administer mRNA vaccines, the more strategically these are directed to those most able to help others in places with ready infrastructure to give shots, the better.

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3 Feb
MUST HEAR

1. Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh, Chair of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization, and biologist Robert Van Exan explain the vaccine acquisition, administration, and manufacturing super simply.

player.fm/1BFZshT

#CdnPoli
2. The 2 pieces of information that most stuck out for me were:

a) that it was a bit luck of the draw for which vaccines would be approved first.

Given this, being 1st to secure #Moderna and 4th to secure #Pfizer means that Minister @AnitaOakvilke did an exceptional job.
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If provinces/territories have done this, then are 🐂💩 the @erinotoole "conclaims" of certain doom and gloom if vaccined arrive in bigger batches slightly later in the quarter.
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21 Sep 20
1. WHEN THE CONSERVATIVES LOST ME.

I have to confess that in my early days, I was a "conservative voter".

In the first election in which I ever voted, I cast mine for @AKimCampbell.

I found her to be refreshingly honest.

#CdnPoli
2. Then, when the very first edition of the Reform Party surfaced, I liked a lot of its basic entry-level populist plans (boy, did that party ever lose its way quickly, but I digress).

In the second election in which I ever voted, that party got my vote.

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Then the 2004 election came around and suddenly IT HAPPENED.

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11 Jul 20
1. RE: 🔽 I CAN reveal more

I've always wanted to know what it'd be like to contribute, at a high level, to a political campaign

I've often offered my strategic political communications skills, but the rare times I got a reply, it was to stuff envelopes

2. One day, I saw someone being interviewed and thought: "I'm kind of impressed. This is the kind of person for whom it might be cool to contribute my skills, if they'd be open to it."

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We spoke on the phone shortly after. This person was impressed and said they'd be happy to have me join the team.

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7 Jul 20
1. #JustinTrudeau became Liberal leader in April 2013.

Ever since, it'ss been 7+ years of the @CPC_HQ feeding the basest of its base a daily diet of defamation, lies, character assassination, dehumanization, and demonization.

What did they think would be the result?

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I am saying it.

I blame @stephenharper, @AndrewScheer, and the @CPC_HQ for this.

I outright lay ALL of this directly at their feet

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#CdnPoli #PartyofHate #CantSayDomesticTerrorism
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This is where 7+ years of @CPC_HQ #AllLiesAlltheTime #24HourRageMachine toxicity leads

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@LeslynLewis @livingrealfree And now for MY thoughts...

1. This is a lie.

Being both a Dr AND a lawyer, Dr Lewis knows full well the power of words. Her sentence structure here was specifically chosen to create the false impression even one Liberal MP said "ALL Canadians (no exceptions) are racist."
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