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Feb 27 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I have finally made a difference in this country. Trending in Canada #DougFordIsAPotato
Sorry. I have finally made a difference in this country. #DougFordIsAPotato
I have a PhD in political science. From a good school even! #DougFordIsAPotato
Bet they're regretting that today. Sorry, UBC!

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Feb 27
This article framing does nothing for producing better policy. It contributes to an antagonistic gotcha media space that makes better outcomes harder -- and makes people less likely to talk to journalists.

I do not care for it.
It's hard not to hate this business some days.
I used to want to quit this business once every six months or so. In the last few years, that frequency has…increased.
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Nov 25, 2022
Hello and welcome to my thread on Justin Trudeau's testimony before the Public Order Emergency Commission.
You can watch the proceedings here.

publicorderemergencycommission.ca/public-hearing…
And they can't find Trudeau so we're taking a break.
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Nov 8, 2022
I'm embarrassed to admit it took me a long time to come up with a formulation for Doug Ford's politics but one coalesced today while I was researching populism for an article.
Doug Ford isn't a populist. He's a clientalist. He's a right winger and that informs his politics. But he also creates relationships of exchange in the right wing universe between electoral constituencies in return for support, narrowly serving those sectors through patronage.
Accordingly, Ford doesn't care about "the people." He cares about his people and the relationships he can build with them for his success. Of course he wants to help people. His people and himself. Spolier: you probably aren't one of them.
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Nov 7, 2022
That is...a lot of union heft on one stage. You love to see it

Solidarity.

*millions* of private and public sector workers represented on that stage, CUPE national president Mark Hancock says.
Hancock confirms Ford will rescind bill 28 -- and thus the s.33 use.
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Nov 7, 2022
If Ford wants to change the channel on his assault on labour rights, he's going to have to swallow an F-150 during this press conference.
He looks and sounds awful during this presser. I hope he's feeling the pressure.
So far this presser is just bullshit provincial propaganda. I hope when media writes it up, they'll fact check all the horseshit.

This isn't about kids in class. The deal wasn't good. CUPE workers have been screwed for years. They're fighting to catch up.
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Nov 6, 2022
As long as we’re making up Twitter policy on the fly, I think any account that gets ratioed on a tweet by more than 4:1 should be suspended until the owner completes an American-gladiator style gauntlet challenge.
Actions have consequences. Make them fight.
Elon make me head of policy challenge.
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