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These quotes are credited to a “selection of recent posts on Twitter”.
These posts are not cited in the story written by @nadineyousif_ which was printed in Section A2.
So I sourced them.🧵
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That’s another 2200 jobs lost.
I wonder how many Roshel will hire or if they’ll just move current employees into that facility.
Another win for Mark Carney and Doug Ford…
I wonder how many Roshel will hire or if they’ll just move current employees into that facility.
Another win for Mark Carney and Doug Ford…
#BREAKING: Stellantis announces sale of Brampton assembly plant ctvnews.ca/toronto/articl…
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Great start so far for Mark Carney’s plan to cure homelessness.
Montreal outdoor skating rink permanently closed, site now homeless encampment ctvnews.ca/montreal/artic…
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Mark Marissen blocked me so I’ll have to comment via screenshot.
God forbid Canadian media has to survive by convincing Canadians to pay for their products.
Like EVERY other company has to.
God forbid Canadian media has to survive by convincing Canadians to pay for their products.
Like EVERY other company has to.
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This is absolutely nuts.
Now athletes from all over the world are having their future prospect of playing in the NHL disrupted by a 5 year-long regional war that has no sign of ever ending.
Now athletes from all over the world are having their future prospect of playing in the NHL disrupted by a 5 year-long regional war that has no sign of ever ending.
The Swedish Ice Hockey Association says it will refuse to play Russia should the teams meet at the world juniors in Edmonton and Red Deer, after being informed of a plan from the IIHF to include Russia by bumping Norway from the tournament.
globalnews.ca/news/12143063/…
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The community I live in was not subjected to a single Diwali firework last night.
I don’t know how much longer that will last.
There are for sale signs everywhere and Mark Carney is increasing immigration again.
I don’t know how much longer that will last.
There are for sale signs everywhere and Mark Carney is increasing immigration again.
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Andrew is scared because immigration is the policy that took down Trudeau and it’s going to end Carney as well.
2100 = three generations from now.
To get to 100 mil from 42 mil in 74 years entails population growth of a little less than 1.2 per cent per year. Actual population growth over the last 74 years: 1.44 per cent per year.
So the scary, scary proposition that this professional fear-monger would like you to lose your mind over is ... to slow down population growth by about a fifth.
No doubt if you had told people in 1952, when the population was less than 15 million, that Canada's population in 2026 would be nearly 42 million, they would have panicked, too. How will we ever feed all those people? How will we ever employ them? etc In fact, employment grew faster than population (4x vs 2.9x). Per capita GDP has more than quadrupled. etc etc.
Or rather no, probably they wouldn't have panicked. Because our politics had not yet been overrrun by such chronic bed-wetters.
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According to Abacus the Liberals are down to 45% from 48% and the Conservatives are up to 34% from 32%.
And this is before the Democrats midterm wins and Mark Carney announced he is going to increase immigration numbers again.
Let’s see how this plays out.
And this is before the Democrats midterm wins and Mark Carney announced he is going to increase immigration numbers again.
Let’s see how this plays out.
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Oh look the media is invoking Bad Harper again.
Here’s an anecdote.
I was able to comfortably pay TWO mortgages in 2011 when it took 6 months to sell my first home while we lived in our new place.
Was Harper causing an affordability crisis while flooding the country with immigrants and TFWs?
No.
x.com/Roman_Baber/st…
Here’s an anecdote.
I was able to comfortably pay TWO mortgages in 2011 when it took 6 months to sell my first home while we lived in our new place.
Was Harper causing an affordability crisis while flooding the country with immigrants and TFWs?
No.
x.com/Roman_Baber/st…
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Affordability is the best its been in a decade.
Why do they need help?
Who is lying?
Why do they need help?
Who is lying?
How N.L. plans to help seniors tackle the rising cost of living ctvnews.ca/canada/newfoun…
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Wearing a poppy takes a minimal amount of effort.
The problem is less and less people carry cash. I rarely have coins on me.
I would suggest the Royal Canadian Legion should try handing them out for free to see if more people will wear them.
The problem is less and less people carry cash. I rarely have coins on me.
I would suggest the Royal Canadian Legion should try handing them out for free to see if more people will wear them.
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When I bought a poppy it was from a gentleman holding a tray with a little slot in it for money.
I’ve never seen a point of sale terminal or a volunteer with a square on their personal phone. That would be incredibly high operating costs unless a financial institution partnered with the Legion.
I’ve never seen a point of sale terminal or a volunteer with a square on their personal phone. That would be incredibly high operating costs unless a financial institution partnered with the Legion.
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Bringing in $511 billion in revenue from taxes and duties and then spending $62 billion MORE than that is not having your spending under control.
This guy is such an arrogant shyster isn’t he?
The "debt-to-GDP down three percentage points" is measured against the previous budget's projected path, not against the reality of today. The PBO projects the actual ratio rising, from 40.8% this year to 42.6% by 2030-31.
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This is such outrageous gaslighting.
Lower deficits than what you previously projected does not mean you’re running low deficits.
Justin Trudeau was once running deficits as low as $39 and $19 billion until Mark Carney started advising him in 2020.
Lower deficits than what you previously projected does not mean you’re running low deficits.
Justin Trudeau was once running deficits as low as $39 and $19 billion until Mark Carney started advising him in 2020.
‘Deficits are lower, that’s a fact’: Finance minister defends budget ctvnews.ca/politics/artic…
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Listening to:
Big Wreck
The Pleasure And The Greed
(25th Anniversary Edition)
I bought the original version on day one 25 years ago and I have probably listened to it over 200 times.
This re-mix is so substantially better it’s almost impossible to believe.
Big Wreck
The Pleasure And The Greed
(25th Anniversary Edition)
I bought the original version on day one 25 years ago and I have probably listened to it over 200 times.
This re-mix is so substantially better it’s almost impossible to believe.
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Speaking of low poppy uptake.
You also have to factor in every store is asking you to round up your balance to charity (and then they file for the taxable benefit) and everywhere you buy food wants a tip.
People are barraged all year by these impositions. It’s exhausting.
You also have to factor in every store is asking you to round up your balance to charity (and then they file for the taxable benefit) and everywhere you buy food wants a tip.
People are barraged all year by these impositions. It’s exhausting.
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