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Robyn Urback retweeted
Jun 12
A malignant indifference has taken hold of Canada in the decade since MAID became legal.
We’re closing our eyes to what’s happening to the vulnerable, because we want to preserve the choice for ourselves if we happen to reach a state of intolerable suffering.
It’s a malignant indifference that’s eating away at this country’s soul theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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Jun 12
We should all be shocked that the guy who has a bronze bust of himself outside of the Court doesn't think there is a problem with him staying on the case
Jun 10
.@SCC_eng Chief Justice says Canadians deserve judiciary free of politics, but would not discuss his own criticism of #FreedomConvoy.
Richard Wagner declined to recuse himself from sitting in judgment on protestors he described as anarchists and hostage takers.
blacklocks.ca/wants-politics…
#judicialprinciplesatstake
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Jun 11
Just one year ago, the Ontario Review Board found she *did* pose a significant threat to public safety.
It is kind of insane that don't require some sort of ongoing monitoring of people found NCR for killing someone, to ensure they are complying with treatment
Jun 11
Schizophrenic woman who killed stranger in Toronto financial district goes free nationalpost.com/news/schizo…
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Jun 10
Pierre Poilievre tries on his Captain Canada hat. It looks good on him theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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Jun 9
Some of you never played Leisure Suit Larry after guessing the age verification questions, and it shows
No one would ever give a social media platform an incorrect birth date, like say , 1905
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Jun 8
If the Online News Act is any indication of how this will go, this legislation will accidentally end up banning redheads from ordering groceries online
Jun 8
Ottawa planning social media ban for children under 16, source says theglobeandmail.com/politics…
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Jun 8
Serious question: if you genuinely don't understand, why not go and talk to some of them?
This is so devastating, honestly. I don’t understand how so many people can march for a state that is actively committing a genocide.
Are Palestinian lives really worth so little to this many Canadians?
If so, I’m ashamed to call myself Canadian today.
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Jun 5
Montreal is losing its chief of cardiac surgery at a major hospital, but I guess sarcastic posts on X is a decent consolation prize.
Jun 3
hey guys i am quitting my job and moving countries bc of islamophobia. no, i don’t have any specific examples of anything thats happened to me… more just like a feeling and some anecdotes ive seen online. can someone please write an article about this for a major newspaper?
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Robyn Urback retweeted
Globe editorial: The missing words in Mark Carney's speech
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Jun 3
Absolutely wild to see what’s happening to real estate in Brampton. This house was purchased for $2.2M in 2022. (And just over $1M in 2020)
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Jun 2
Or, put another, way: immigration was artificially boosting economic performance measures. Interesting that he would admit this!
Jun 2
Carney attributes ‘weakness’ in economic data to lower immigration targets theglobeandmail.com/politics…
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Jun 1
I think this is a central point. Jews already know there is antisemitism. But it’s much safer politically to go to a synagogue and talk vaguely about stopping hate than it is to speak to the public — in specific, precise terms — about how and why that hate proliferates
Jun 1
First, the location was wrong. This belonged on the floor of the House of Commons. Carney emphasized that he was speaking to all Canadians, but that best happens in the House where Canadians are represented and where MPs from all ridings and all parties are present.
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May 28
It is actually impressive that the CBC managed to publish an entire story about posters of a missing Jewish girl being torn down without actually printing the word.
Are posters being torn down because people don’t like the font? CBC literally doesn’t say!!
May 28
What the HELL is this story, CBC? "The community"??
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/e…
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May 27
Is Mitch Sylvestre secretly paying Lewis to say this stuff?
May 27
Avi Lewis: "The separation movement in Alberta has no point of comparison with the historic sovereignty movement in Quebec. This is a MAGA aligned, potentially funded, disruptive movement that has been really thrown into national prominence by Danielle Smith."
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May 26
This is what happens when, as a country, we become more comfortable with death than we do with “discrimination” against those with non-terminal illnesses
May 25
Ontario man dies of MAID after being assessed outside Tim Hortons nationalpost.com/news/ontari…
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May 25
That 35% is higher than in previous polling. By making the referendum question non-binding, Smith has given license to soft(er) separatists to support leaving, since it's "safe" to do so in this first round.
Which makes the issue endure indefinitely. Great for investment!!
📊Alberta Referendum poll from the Angus Reid Institute:
🟢60% Stay in Canada
🔴35% Begin separation process
[Angus Reid Institute, May 22-24, 2026, n=800]
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May 22
A dozen-plus Toronto police officers have been arrested this year. That’s not just ‘bad apples’ theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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May 22
This is like when you're in middle school and too afraid to ask your crush out on a date so you say, "What would you say if I asked you out?"
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May 22
Danielle Smith has actually been willing to slay some sacred cows in Canada (i.e on healthcare), which is one of the many reasons why her decision to include separatism in the fall referendum is so counterproductive. It both overshadows and undermines everything else she's done
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