I bet some of you never noticed this, and those who did have forgotten it. Pierre Poilievre tried to launch a scandal against the PM, claiming he was building a "secret palace" at taxpayers' expense. Let me fill you in.... #cdnpoli
The National Capital Commission, who oversees the maintenance on publicly owned buildings in Ottawa and area, got approval from Parliament to do necessary renovations on the Harrington Lake property while Harper was PM.
It is an old structure. Old buildings need work. The Harper government, of which Poilievre was a part, approved the plan to do maintenance and renovations. Harper spent most summers there and said he would like to retire there, although the property is for the use of the PM...
Which he would not be, after retirement, even if we had not voted him out in 2015. The work did not begin on the restoration until after 2015, because things move rather slowly in these matters.
Poilievre would have known about this. He would have voted on approving the work. And yet, in a desperate bid to unseat the duly elected PM, he tried to drum up a conspiracy theory worthy of the National Enquirer.
He posted these images and tried to sell Canadians on the notions that somehow our current PM was bilking taxpayers and feathering his nest. Even though Poilievre knew full well this was planned long before the 2015 election.
This is a blatant attempt to mislead the Canadian public. Just like the CPC attempt to pillory PMJT for buying a swing-set for the property with his own money. These people have no shame. Only entitlement and ambition. What you see in aerial photos is work trailers, not a mansion
So, this is what the ethics level of the guy who seems to be the frontrunner in the CPC leadership contest looks like. It's not a glowing recommendation. In fact, it should be a neon beacon, screaming out "Charlatan! Grifter! Liar! Beware!"
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I often get attacked 4 having pronouns in my profile. I can only conclude that those attacking have serious hatred for the LGBTQ2+ community. They make assumptions. They make rude remarks. It's vile & ugly, but I know it's only a small fraction of what the queer community endures
It is wrong and I have to wonder what makes some people think they can talk to others like that. I have trans friends who are intentionally misgendered, laughed at, abused. What makes anyone think it is OK to be cruel to another person? How were these people raised?
It's not funny. It's deeply unkind. Like racism & misogyny, we have to make homophobia & transphobia, and all the hatred & abuse of people who are not just like us, socially unacceptable. Abusing others for your own amusement should not be tolerated. That's schoolyard bullying.
I just watched this evening's "Blackballed" podcast with @jamesdifiore and guests, including David Wallace (@Pick61989) and Nathan Jacobson, Justin Ling and @ryanlindley. For the first time I got organized to watch it live. I have some observations. 1/25
To preface, there was a bit of Twitter hostility going on leading up to this podcast. Justin Ling had posted a thing where he appeared to be quite dismissive of the #KlondikePapers and the people involved in presenting the story. 2/25
KP enthusiasts were angry that this presumed goldmine was being dissed. Wallace was angry at what he identified as incorrect assertions in the post. Jacobson felt he had been misrepresented. Di fiore felt he was being dissed as some sort of shock jock. 3/25
To be perfectly honest, I would like to know what about "the white race" people think is so f*cking special anyway. Let's start with, we get skin cancer just from going for walks, jogging, swimming, gardening, any outdoor activity... 1/12
Never mind the idiots who lie in the sun on purpose. Melanoma can kill you. And we are genetically engineered to be particularly susceptible because white = no protection from sunlight. No melanin in our skin. Big evolutionary fail there. 2/12
And historically, we are violent, arrogant, greedy, oppressive, intolerant... Many cultures never hit their children before Europeans showed up and made that a thing. We have done a lot of damage in the world. 3/12
Parents and teachers = "Special Interest Groups"? With all the negative tones conservatives have attached to that label? Who do they think education is for, anyway? No, never mind. They think it is to make workers for their friends in industry. Education as a worker factory. 1/10
Conservatives have worked hard to apply their Newspeak to our public discussions. An SIG (special interest group) is "a community within a larger organization that has a shared interest in advancing a specific area of knowledge, learning or...
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technology where members cooperate to affect or to produce solutions within their particular field, and may communicate, meet, and organize conferences."
I spent 3 hours in the dentist's chair today. She had to refreeze me 4 times because, redhead (anesthetics don't work the same on some of us). There were moments when I thought pain would levitate me out of the chair. Our new dental insurance will pay for a bunch of it. ...1/15
I am so privileged. I am going to have a nice smile for the first time really since I broke my front teeth at a playground when I was 7. We need universal dental care. We need universal pharmacare. We need universal vision care. We need universal mental health care. 2/15
I am incredibly lucky, and privileged. I know people who don't have my advantages, who have to go through life with broken or missing teeth. It has a cost to the individual. I look back at photos and I am almost never smiling, or if I am, it's with my mouth closed. 3/15
With all the absolutely nutbar conspiracy theories out there, w/ all the QAnon, Romana Didulo, etc going on, no one wants to be associated w/ another crazy conspiracy theory. Right? So, what do you do when you hear a narrative that is way out there, but seems to explain a lot?🧵
Anyway, there is a narrative unfolding, mostly via independent podcasters, that involves a conservative "fixer", a conservative insider/confidant/former Mossad member, and an escapee from an extremely influential and secretive cult. 2/18
This story involves the most influential conservative lawyer in Canada, backroom deals, sole-source contracts, a person "running to be PM", two conservative premiers, a former PM, a series of "convoy" protests, a coup attempt, an alleged contract on our duly elected PM... 3/18