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Aug 30 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
"When a respected academic and grandson of Holocaust survivors publicly asked a question about this grant, he was smeared as a racist by a Liberal MP. @Chris_Bittle later apologized but only after a public outcry." @brianlilley

CONTINUED ...

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.@brianlilley continues: "He, as other Liberal MPs, take their cues from the guy at the top and it isn’t good."

The expression, 'a fish rots from the head down' comes to mind.

SO, FOR AS LONG AS MPs can smear or disregard others ⟨WITH IMPUNITY⟩ +
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NOT UNTIL there is pushback, or an outcry - as @brianlilley observes - 'the BITTLEs' and 'the GERRETSENs' of this Parliament will continue to unceremoniously flip the un•parliamentary equivalent of the 'Middle Finger' at any constituents and/or Canadians they deem deserving. Image
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AND SO, @MarkGerretsen #ygk remains holed up in the refuge of his silence, cocooned for his own political safety. Or so he might think.

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Sep 1
☞ SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON

READER SENDS email to MP @MarkGerretsen (LEFT), and reply from "Office of MP Gerretsen" (RIGHT).

Gerretsen (adroitly) sidesteps the question asked (Frame 2) and of course, before closing, includes the obligatory and boilerplate disclaimer.

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WHAT WAS ASKED & WHAT THE 'MAS' (Members Allowances and Services Manual) STATES

◉ It couldn't be more clear: "Members may not seek the reimbursement of expenses ... provided to them at no additional cost".

◉ "Other items" (substitute, 'publicly subsidized fuel') ImageImage
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🎥 ParlVU Video:

⁍MP @MarkGerretsen acknowledges using EV charging stations located within Parliamentary Precinct (not accessible to the general public);

⁍Since 2015

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Aug 30
You miss the point.

You have also (adroitly) stepped around MAS, Chapter 6-3 (Red Highlight).

✅MAS does not distinguish between Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) and gasoline-powered vehicles.

✅Any MP who travels to/from constituency and +

LINK:
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Ottawa using his/her privately owned EV is eligible to claim reimbursement at the approved kilometre rate (MAS, Chapter 6-2, 6-12)

◉ THAT SAID, Financial Management Operations (FMO) cannot be expected to know what has not been disclosed by the Member. Simply 'signing off' + ImageImage
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would not be authorization, if it came to light that consequential information had been withheld.

◉ FOR EXAMPLE, FMO cannot be expected to have knowledge about whether a commuting Member traveling using his/her privately owned EV was obtaining the benefit of an advantage by +
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Aug 2
🚨IS IT UNREALISTIC to expect one's MP to answer a straightforward & reasonable question?

APPARENTLY for @MarkGerretsen it may be too much of an imposition.

He has NEITHER acknowledged NOR replied to essentially two (2) questions asked on 20 July 2022.(Frame 4)
#cdnpoli #ygk
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Mr. Gerretsen has ⟨IGNORED⟩ ten (10) polite reminders/nudges to reply. Plainly, he has decided not to respond.

SO the questions remain unanswered - at least not by himself.

AND YET as recently as yesterday, he finds time to post nonsense like 'Honey Badger' tweet. (Below)
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 Air of nonaccountability (and unmitigated arrogance) encapsulated in his 'Honey Badger' makes it abundantly clear that the answers to these important questions must be obtained ELSEWHERE.

AS A RESULT, I will conduct my own follow up. His own constituents are waiting to hear.
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Jul 12
BOTH CONTAIN (SIGNIFICANT) RED FLAGS 🚩:

▪︎ LETTER to Families of UIA Flight #PS752
(7 July 2021)
▪︎ STATEMENT, NS Mass Casualty Commission
(21 June 2022)

⁍MOST RECENTLY, testimony during @NSMassCasualty Commission has raised spectre of political interference.

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⁍SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS of political interference have been asserted in formal Public Complaint against Commissioner LUCKI @CommrRCMPGRC for her decision NOT to open Canadian criminal investigation into downing of Flight PS752 (20210827).

Code of Conduct investigation underway. Image
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🚩 @CommrRCMPGRC does «NOT» address alleged political interference by former Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness @BillBlair and Prime Minister's Office (PMO) @CanadianPM, or @JustinTrudeau.

🚩 She acknowledges BUT then completely sidesteps any direct and +
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Jul 8
IF THE PENALTY FOR LYING to Parliament is resignation ...

WHAT SHOULD BE THE CONSEQUENCE for
@JustinTrudeau brazenly misleading a grieving family member of Flight PS752?

🧵 5-Part Thread

LINK @nytimes: nytimes.com/2022/07/07/wor…
#BorisJohnson #BorisJohnsonResign #cdnpoli #PS752
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WHEN CONFRONTED during #Elxn44 (2021) campaign by a grieving family member of Flight PS752, Mehrzad ZAREI - who asks why no Canadian criminal investigation, @JustinTrudeau answers: "Because the crime happened in Iran."

SIMPLY SAID, the response by TRUDEAU is ⟨NOT⟩ truthful.
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ONLY TWO (2) EXPLANATIONS:

EITHER TRUDEAU is ignorant about Canadian law, as it applies to Flight PS752 (in other words, misinformed by @JusticeCanadaEN @GAC_Corporate)
[NOT PLAUSIBLE]

OR he is deceiving ZAREI.
[MOST LIKELY]
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Jun 28
Is Commissioner Brenda Lucki being truthful?
(avoiding use of the L-word)

☞ YOU BE THE JUDGE

IN A SHORT ANALYSIS of the language, grammar and syntax, we'll evaluate @CommrRCMPGRC's 'own' words. We'll look closer at her written statement for signs of deception. +

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It's reasonable to presume that this was prepared by (unidentified) others for Commissioner and likely is not exclusively her 'own' words. Irrespective, she has adopted it.

@CommrRCMPGRC fails to directly deny the allegation of political interference. The omission is glaring. + Image
People do not want to lie. They will settle on the easiest form of deception. It's easier for a person to be dishonest using "never" as opposed to directly telling a lie by saying "I didn't do it." A slight change in wording can reveal something a person may tend to withhold. + Image
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