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5 Jun, 4 tweets, 1 min read
I have in-law relatives who are very conservative. Very. Away from politics or things political, they are the kindest, most caring people. #cdnpoli 1/
I seem to be known in the family as that crazy left-wing chick. And some people try to start arguments with me. More because it amuses them than anything else. 2/
But one relative, when we were gathered for a family function (before COVID), whispered to me that they supported MAiD. And this was illuminating. 3/
For so many people, it's really issue by issue. Is it affecting them personally? Personal challenged can be such an eye-opener. 4/

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All over social media and MSM we see cries for someone to DO SOMETHING. I was just watching @PnPCBC while folding laundry and the host was demanding to know of Caroline Bennett what the federal government to was going to Do about the 215 children's bodies in Kamloops. 1/23
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The person who wrote this also drafted the UCP social studies curriculum. In other posts, he shrugs off the 215 children's bodies buried at a residential school, blaming the deaths on TB. 1/5 #abpoli #cdnpoli #abed
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