Director of Communications for 🇨🇦 National Defence Minister
@BillBlair
| Directeur des communications du ministre 🇨🇦 de la Défense.
#StandWithUkraine
🇺🇦
Erin O’Toole just lied to millions of Canadians.
He said he wouldn’t reverse
@JustinTrudeau
’s ban on military-style assault weapons in Canada.
But it’s in O’Toole’s own platform, on page 90. ⤵️
#cdnpoli
(1/3): Just landed at Montreal Trudeau airport on a flight from France.
➡️Did not wait in any sort of line for even a second
➡️Asked to acknowledge official request for 14-day quarantine
➡️Asked by CBSA if I’d noticed symptoms including cough, fever, or breathing issues
#cdnpoli
(3/3): This is what strong federal leadership looks like. As we get through the challenges of the next few months together, I’m incredibly proud to be Canadian. 🇨🇦
#cdnpoli
I accidentally dropped my wallet on Friday. A young man found it on the sidewalk, tracked me down on Facebook, and gave it back with everything inside it. There are some kind and decent people in this world.
.
@AnitaAnandMP
was a transformative Defence Minister. She worked day in and day out to modernize the
@CanadianForces
, provide military aid to Ukraine, and build a military culture where everyone feels protected and respected. It was an incredible honour to be her spokesperson.
We’re actually quite happy with Trudeau and the Liberals, who:
➡️Stand with Israel at the UN
➡️Strongly condemn the BDS movement
➡️Increased SIP funding
➡️Adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism
Maybe if you had a single Jewish MP, you’d get a better sense of our community.
Great news: 89% of voters at
#Lib2021
just voted for a resolution calling for a national high-speed rail line in Canada. Very proud of the hard work of so many Young Liberals in pushing this forward.
#cdnpoli
“Former public services and procurement minister and current National Defence Minister Anita Anand took the crown as the most valuable politician… Anand was immediately moved into cabinet, and became a central figure in the government’s fight against COVID-19.”
#cdnpoli
(2/3):
➡️Asked by CBSA to confirm I know what to do should I develop symptoms
➡️Visually screened by CBSA agents when deplaning
➡️All passengers given symptom information and contact numbers for health authorities in every province
➡️All agents wearing masks
Jeanine Pirro is a bigot. Questioning the loyalty of any member of Congress to the United States because of his or her religion is unacceptable. This rhetoric has no place in democratic political discourse.
Very excited to start as Press Secretary for Canada’s Minister of National Defence,
@HarjitSajjan
. I'm glad to be joining a professional team working hard to promote Canadian interests, keep Canadians safe, and build a more respectful and inclusive defence community.
#cdnpoli
Fellow Liberals,
Today I’m excited to announce that I’m running for re-election as National Communications Chair for the Young Liberals of Canada.
#Lib21
#cdnpoli
An incredibly moving speech.
“Even as we stand apart, we stand united in our resolve to do what we must until
#COVID19
is defeated.”
“We will endure, we will persevere and we will prevail.”
—Prime Minister
@JustinTrudeau
🇨🇦
I
#ChooseForward
because I know that climate change is a real and pressing threat. Our government's plan to put a price on pollution is supported by leading scientists and economists.
We can't go back to the Harper years. We have to do better.
I’m happy to share that I’ll be staying at
@NationalDefence
as Director of Communications for Minister
@BillBlair
.
After two and a half years on this file, I’m looking forward to leading the team that communicates our government’s defence priorities to Canadians.
Here are the facts: When Jason Kenney and the Conservatives were in power, defence spending fell to record lows.
Now, our Liberal government is making up for their lost time and increasing defence spending by over 70%. 🇨🇦
#cdnpoli
Cutting our defence budget now is reckless & irresponsible.
Canada has rightfully pledged more military support for Ukraine’ defence against Putin’s invasion.
Beijing’s dictatorship is engaged in the largest military buildup in world history.
The word 'outrageous' is over-used in politics, but this tweet from Erin O'Toole is truly outrageous.
Incarcerated Canadians are among our most vulnerable. Canada has a legal and moral obligation to provide them with quality medical care — including COVID-19 vaccines.
#cdnpoli
This is what a city built for *people* looks like. Good for business, good for the environment, and good for quality of life.
CC: Every other Canadian city
Honoured to have been elected President of the Young Liberals of Canada at McGill University. I’m excited to work with our new team to re-elect our Liberal govermment in October and grow the Liberal Party on campus and in the Montreal community. Mettons-nous au travail! 🇨🇦
After tonight’s election, our new Liberal McGill executive team for 2019-2020 is fired up and ready to go! 🇨🇦
Thanks to everyone who ran tonight, and congratulations to Daniel, Chip, Téa, Sarah, Sophia, and Nina.
#PositivePolitics
#SunnyWays
#TeamTrudeau
#cdnpoli
I see Erin O’Toole’s Québec outreach is going just about as well as Andrew Scheer’s. 😬
Can someone tell the Conservatives that this ⬇️ is actually Montréal?
#cdnpoli
#polqc
“I’m the leader of the party that founded this great country,” says Erin O’Toole, the third-ever permanent leader of a party founded in 2003, which has held government under one (1) prime minister.
#cdnpoli
When I was a bored sixteen-year-old, I spent hours looking at universities abroad. I fell in love with the idea of going to Paris on exchange. After looking forward to this for a very long time (5 years!), today is day one at
@SciencesPo
.
#McGillAbroad
This is an antisemitic conspiracy theory, plain and simple.
It’s on
@ErinOTooleMP
to condemn this hatred, unequivocally, right now.
400,000 Canadian Jews are watching.
#cdnpoli
Statement from National Defence Minister
@BillBlair
⬇️
“Analysis conducted independently by the
@CanadianForces
Intelligence Command indicates with a high degree of confidence that Israel did not strike the hospital on October 17, 2023.”
#cdnpoli
Just the two Ministers of National Defence having a little meeting in Ottawa 😂🇨🇦
@StephLabbe1
thought she was doing a standard post-match interview but that changed pretty quickly when
@HarjitSajjan
showed up!
Thanks, Minister!
#CANWNT
@NationalDefence
On his last day as MP for York Centre, I want to thank
@LevittMichael
for his work over the past five years. From Jewish Heritage Month, to his human rights advocacy, to supporting local projects for the most vulnerable, Michael has a legacy to be very proud of. Best of luck!
Well that’s a wrap! Four years have come and gone, and it’s all over today. Already missing the wonderful professors, friends, and experiences that give
@McGillU
a special place in my heart. On to the next challenge.
#McGillGrad
#McGill200
✳️ New: Defence Minister
@BillBlair
announces the implementation of Recommendations 7 and 9 from former Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour’s report.
Effective immediately,
@CanadianForces
members can bring complaints directly to the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
#cdnpoli
Extremely problematic flyers from the Conservative Party that leave many Jews I’ve spoken to feeling targeted, harassed, and disrespected.
The only people who need to decide what’s “good for the Jews” are Jewish Canadians ourselves.
@AndrewScheer
, it’s enough.
#cdnpoli
Like me, many in the Jewish community in Wpg are uncomfortable being targeted as Jews during the High Holidays by a political party. The built-in assumption about the positions of all Canadian Jews on a wide range of issues is concerning. This CPC mail only serves to divide.
Today, Jewish community leaders are gathering with our elected officials for the National
#AntisemitismSummit
.
@JustinTrudeau
gets it: "The rise of hate-motivated crimes against the Jewish community in the past few months is not only alarming — it’s completely unacceptable."
Got the shot and couldn’t be happier! I’m grateful for the hard work of our healthcare heroes and all levels of government to deliver these life-saving vaccines to Canadians.
#TeamCanada
🇨🇦
Canada’s Supreme Court is losing one of its best and brightest – a truly remarkable jurist and pioneer for women’s rights.
Born in a DP camp after the Holocaust, Rosie Abella came to Canada in 1950 and has spent her life working to ensure that Canada lives up to its promises.
When
@ottawacity
leaves sidewalks unsalted and uncleared, they are no longer sidewalks. They are skating rinks.
In the absence of sidewalks, the people shall walk on the streets, whether cars like it or not. 🤙🏻
Make cities liveable for people, not cars.
#ottnews
A pleasure to join Hanukkah on the Hill – virtual edition! Thanks to
@YaaraSaks
and
@AHousefather
for putting this together. Nice to hear warm greetings from federal leaders, including Prime Minister
@JustinTrudeau
– who has excellent taste and loves Cheskie’s Bakery in Montreal!
“We are firm in our commitment to a 2-state solution. I have highlighted both publicly & directly to
@Netanyahu
and
@gantzbe
the importance of staying away from [unilateral measures], and our deep concerns & disagreement with the proposed policy of annexation."
—
@JustinTrudeau
🇨🇦
Nope, that’s not what the riding is called. It’s literally on the sign you’re standing in front of. 🙂
@Leah_Taylor_Roy
will be a great MP for Aurora–Oak Ridges–Richmond Hill.
Another campaign stop in the GTA!
Great to drop in & help my friend and colleague, Leona Alleslev, in Aurora-OakRidges-Markham!
@LeonaAlleslev
#cdnpoli
The Conservative Party has never won a seat in Montréal. Their new position that bikes are “props” won’t help them.
Even more embarrassing: this weak accusation was made by the Conservative MP for Abbotsford, BC. One would hope that he’d be focused on his constituents right now.
🇨🇦🏳️🌈 Today, the government introduced a bill that would ban conversion therapy in Canada.
⚠️ Erin O’Toole is angry – he says the bill is divisive.
In reality, the only people ”divided” on this issue of basic human rights are the Conservatives.
#cdnpoli
At
#HFX2022
, I was introduced to
@MarkJHetfield
, President & CEO of
@HIASrefugees
.
I was asked if I knew about HIAS’s work.
I said, of course I do. My great-grandparents came to Canada via
@Pier21
in Halifax, and were given train tickets by aid services for Jewish immigrants.
The debate is over.
🌍 Climate change is real
💨 Pollution pricing is not a “tax”
🇨🇦 Canada’s national approach is constitutional
While the Conservatives refuse to recognize the reality of climate change, our government is taking real
#ClimateAction
.
🎉 We are thrilled to announce our new executive team, which will represent Young Liberals from coast to coast to coast and continue working hard to build on the progress we've made. Thank you to our outgoing executive members for your contributions to our movement! 🇨🇦
Leadership:
“We are not intimated by those who hurl insults and abuse at small business workers and steal food from the homeless.
We won’t give in to those who fly racist flags.
We won’t cave to those who engage in vandalism, or dishonour the memory of our veterans.”
–PMJT 🇨🇦
Appointed to the Senate by Stephen Harper, former Conservative Senator Lynn Beyak illegally donated to Trump re-election campaign using a fake U.S. address –
@VICENews
#cdnpoli
Lighting the Hanukkah candles alongside family, friends, and leaders of every major political party in Canada.
Feeling incredibly grateful, proud to be Canadian, and proud to be Jewish. Kol hakavod,
@AHousefather
and
@YaaraSaks
.
#cdnpoli
This letter of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau from the time capsule (for students of 1969 and of 2019) is mind-blowing.
We made progress but created new threats. As much as we are far from new nuclear catastrophes, we are losing our beautiful planet by a disastrous climate change!
A huge loss for the Canadian Jewish community. Senator Kolber was a longtime volunteer and fundraiser for the Jewish General Hospital,
@FederationCJA
, and
@liberal_party
. May his memory be a blessing.
Congratulations to
@AnnamiePaul
, an extraordinarily impressive person who will do a great job as Green Party leader. Delighted that Green Party members rejected racism & antisemitism, and that Canada now has a Black, Jewish woman in a party leadership role. 🇨🇦
#cdnpoli
BREAKING — Green Party members have picked Toronto lawyer Annamie Paul as their next leader, bringing to a close the year-long race to replace Elizabeth May.
#cdnpoli
Want to thank
@blanchardCanada
for his service to our country. Ambassador Blanchard is above all else a kind guy, who took the time to chat with my family during a trip to NYC and reminded me why multilateralism is so important.
Merci et meilleurs vœux. 🇨🇦🇺🇳
#cdnpoli
🚨Derek Sloan: "Behind the scenes, my two friends over here, Peter MacKay and Erin O'Toole would agree with me that it's not right that Canada doesn't have any laws when it comes to abortion."
What does today's Conservative Party really represent??
#cpcldr
#cdnpoli
Over the past two days,
@AndrewScheer
has campaigned with his candidates who:
🚨Are running to take away women’s rights
🚨Use homophobic slurs online
Today, he continues his tour with a candidate who:
🚨Degrades and insults “the French” and “the Quebec people”
#cdnpoli
Scheer stood by as Doug Ford slashed francophone services. Today he campaigns with Conservative Justina McCaffrey, who criticized the PM for his “preoccupation with the French, for example, the QC people, I just think it bothers me”. Tell us Justina, what is it that bothers you?
Shana Tova u’metuka to all Jews in Canada and around the world, as they prepare to celebrate the Jewish New Year. On behalf of Canada’s Conservatives, I wish everyone a joyous and sweet Rosh Hashanah filled with peace, good luck and prosperity.
Wheels up from the magnificent city of Jerusalem, the eternal capital of Israel. Grateful for good meetings with
@IsraeliPM
@Netanyahu
and the opportunity to visit some of the most treasured sites in human history.
“This is a game-changer decision. This ministerial decision sends a timely and powerful signal to the military justice system and victims that changes are coming.”
#cdnpoli
⬇️
“Pierre Trudeau’s work with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms was a game-changer for Canada... We live in a country where love is love. And no matter who you love, you’ve got a Prime Minister who’s got your back.” —
@scottbrison
#LIB2018
#cdnpoli
« C’est pas Erin O’Toole, en face de Doug Ford, en face de Jason Kenney, en face de Blaine Higgs qui va être là pour les communautés francophones. Nous le serons, toujours. »
–
@JustinTrudeau
🔥🔥🔥
#polcan
“All federal parties except the Conservatives say they believe MPs should be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before entering the House of Commons when it resumes in the fall.”
Unbelievable that this remains an area of disagreement.
#cdnpoli
My dad in 2013:
No, Daniel, I’m not getting an iPhone. I just need a thing with big numbers that lets me call people.
My dad in 2019:
Welcome home Daniel! Let me show you how to control the lights in the living room with this cool app.
Canadians need to see this:
“There is nothing more important to society than the raising of children... Homosexual unions are by nature contradictory to this... Two members of the same sex... cannot therefore be married.”
–
@AndrewScheer
Just appalling.
Professors in class:
“Your references need to be Chicago 17th edition. If they’re another edition, you will automatically lose five points.”
—
Professors in emails:
good mrning every1, here is the reading list 4 the semester.
see u in september,
jme
Happy Easter! This is a time for joy, for hope, and - normally - for coming together. So while we may have to get creative and celebrate differently this year, Easter’s themes of love, forgiveness, and renewal are more relevant than ever.
Lisa Raitt has a tight race on her hands in Milton. She’s running against Liberal candidate
@vankayak
, a
@TeamCanada
Olympic athlete and gold medal winner. 🇨🇦🥇
@lraitt
, if you want to be re-elected by Miltonians, go knock doors. Personal attacks won’t cut it.
#PositivePolitics
How about these for headlines - “Disgraced Liberal Operative Attends Secret Election Meeting”. Or “Architects of the Scandal Resulting in 2 Cabinet Ministers Resigning Firmly in Control of Liberal Re-election Campaign”.
Umm, under no circumstances is cutting foreign aid a Canadian value.
We know you’re a fake insurance broker, but you sure seem to be a real graduate of the Donald Trump school of foreign policy.
#cdnpoli
We’re going to stop sending your tax dollars to wealthy countries that don’t need it and corrupt countries that don’t deserve it, and instead put that money back in your pockets.
Because it’s time for you to get ahead.
All Liberal candidates are vaccinated, except for one who has a medical exemption.
How many unvaccinated Conservative candidates are knocking on doors?
#cdnpoli
My two cents: Minister
@OmarAlghabra
is doing an excellent job representing the federal government during this convoy situation.
Lots of interviews. Clear message.
We’re lucky to have him on our team.
#cdnpoli
"Their demands are quite unreasonable," said Transport Minister Omar Alghabra of the anti-COVID-19 measures protesters in Ottawa and other cities. "I understand people are frustrated...but occupying downtown Ottawa - or other cities - is not going to advance their cause."
Congratulations to The Hon. Edwin B. (Ted) Minden on his retirement.
@ThereGoesTheJudge
Minden was the best friend of the late Honorable Mr. Justice Randall Echlin for years in charge of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame selection committee and a long-time Jays fan
@BlueJays
📍 Northwest Territories: Today, we deployed another company of
@CanadianArmy
soldiers to Hay River. Approximately 400
@CanadianForces
members are now assisting the territory.
Our personnel continue to build firebreaks around Hay River and Yellowknife to keep communities safe.
Stephen Harper and the Conservatives prorogued Parliament in order to shut it down and avoid a confidence vote.
Today’s prorogation is about gaining the confidence of the House – which is the opposite of what the Conservatives did.
–
@JustinTrudeau
⤵️
“In Canada, we have each other’s backs. We always have. And though vast lands and mountain ranges separate us from each other, we know the best way to overcome great challenges is to work together.”
–
@JustinTrudeau
#ForwardForEveryone
🇨🇦
This is what hatred does.
Islamophobia is a major problem in our society, and it is lethal. It’s appalling that some continue to deny this.
To the Muslim community in Canada – we hear you, we love you, and we stand with you against hate.
#cdnpoli
Jeremy Corbyn allowed antisemitism to flourish in the British Labour Party. 47% of British Jews said they would consider leaving Britain if he became PM.
The only thing that can be said in ✨no uncertain terms✨ is that his politics do not need to be imported to Canada.
.
@JeremyCorbyn
answers a question on public ownership in no uncertain terms
Get the full replay from my conversation with Jeremy on
@ProgIntl
's channel here:
.
@PierrePoilievre
says the Tories hid their platform so we can discuss it on Thanksgiving.
My Thanksgiving dinners are more like:
👉So Daniel, what are you gonna do after you graduate?
👉Daniel, you’re not eating enough!
👉Daniel, do you have a girlfriend yet?
Try again, bud.
Slat Al Azama Synagogue in Marrakech, Morocco. Originally built in 1492 following the Spanish Inquisition and still a centre of Jewish life for the approximately 200 Jews who live here today. Blue and beautiful. 🇲🇦
Can you imagine lying to 37 million people about being an insurance broker in Regina for a few months?
@AndrewScheer
just got caught telling a whopper. 👇
Andrew Scheer's been caught faking his resume. He said he was an insurance broker, but "he was not," reports the Globe and Mail. Scheer never got a license. Watch this video and ask yourself...why does he now say he was something he wasn’t?
Nerd tweet: What I enjoy most about social sciences is the satisfaction of gaining a language and structure to talk about things that most people feel, but don't discuss. That structure helps us think, identify problems, and solve them. It is an immensely important discipline.
Prime Minister Trudeau has:
✅ Strongly condemned antisemitism in all forms
✅ Opposed BDS
✅ Adopted the IHRA definition
✅ Appointed special envoy
@IrwinCotler
✅ Supported Israel’s right to assure its own security
✅ Expanded the SIP
You don’t speak for 🇨🇦 Jews,
@LindaFrum
.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just rewarded an Israel-hating, BDS-supporter with an appointment to Canada’s Senate. This is Trudeau’s Canada: a place where Jew-hatred is becoming normalized and loathing of a democratic ally, Israel, is becoming mainstreamed.
Je ne suis pas francophone par naissance.
Je parle français parce que j’ai choisi de l’apprendre, et c’est le meilleur cadeau que je me suis donné.
Le pouvoir de s’exprimer en français, c’est le pouvoir de voir le monde autrement.
Bonne journée de la Francophonie ⚜️