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Tom Flemming

@tomflem

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Halifax and Hamilton: a Bluenoser in southern Ontario. Retired health sciences librarian (Dalhousie and McMaster). No DMs, please.

Hamilton, ON
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@tomflem
Tom Flemming
4 years
You've noticed recently that #DougFord , playing "Mr. Nice Guy", calls grocery store workers HEROES. Do you remember that he cancelled the planned $15.00-an-hour rise to the minimum wage they were making? #FordFailsAgain #VoteFordOut2022
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4 months
Anyone who sees the #Charter of Rights & Freedoms as a hindrance to the way he thinks of governing should not be allowed anywhere near power. #NeverVoteConservative #Poilievre #cdnpoli
@mini_bubbly
Cheryl 🍁 in Nova Scotia 🍁🇨🇦🦞
4 months
THIS IS A HUGE RED FLAG 🚩 He wants to create laws for himself. Just wow. Poilievre hints to police he would use notwithstanding clause to change justice laws While some provincial governments have used Section 33, it has never been invoked federally
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Tom Flemming
2 years
#PrivateSchools in Ontario are allowed to continue masking; #Ford & #Lecce insist #PublicSchools must drop masks. All you need to know is #Privatization wins if you choose @fordnation . I don't. #FordFailsAgain #NeverVoteConservative #VoteFordOut2022 #JuneIsComingFordIsGoing
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Tom Flemming
1 year
Things we should not forget when it's time to vote ... #ONpoli #DougFord #NeverVoteConservative
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Tom Flemming
2 years
Had a call from the #OntarioPCParty asking if I would support #DougFord 's candidate in the upcoming by-election in #HamiltonCentre . HELL NO, NOT A CHANCE! Here we go, #HamOnt ; we can really let @fordnation know what we think of him. #NeverVoteConservative
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Tom Flemming
9 months
I'm a boomer, & I am definitely not a #RWNJ . There are many of us who are progressive, who would NEVER vote for #PierrePoilievre or his #CPC candidates. We are not stupid, or senile. Like many of my cohort, #IStandWithTrudeau #NeverVoteConservative #cdnpoli
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Kimberly May
9 months
People talk about boomers as if every boomer is a right wing nut job, which is FALSE. The same people NEVER mention the fact there are all kinds of young men and women who have embraced the right wing nut job agenda. wake the fk up... and quit the generational finger pointing BS.
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Tom Flemming
1 year
Our federal government certainly seems to understand this, but provincial premiers don't.
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Tom Flemming
5 years
Who paid the American fraudster Michael Ricchiazzi to use his junk news site - the Buffalo Chronicle - to smear #JustinTrudeau ? Does #AndrewScheer know? Can the #RCMP find out? #FakeNews #cdnpoli #elxn43 #NoScheerThisYear
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Tom Flemming
1 year
Why can't Canadian journalists greet good news from the feds without the subtle negative spin? Every little bit of help makes a positive difference for somebody; we need to enjoy & value that.
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Tom Flemming
2 months
The fight to save Ontario from #DougFord is gaining momentum! #DumpDoug #NeverVoteConservative #onpoli
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Bhutila Karpoche
2 months
The fight to save the Science Centre is the fight to save Ontario Place is the fight to save our environment is the fight to save our healthcare system is the fight to save our education system is the fight to save our province from being sold off piece by piece by Ford.
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3 months
Nah, it's not that #Poilievre doesn't want to know the truth. He won't get security clearance because he doesn't want others knowing the truth, about him. #NeverVoteConservative #cdnpoli
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Shaun
3 months
Let me get this straight. Poilievre wants to be Prime Minister. He doesn't want to get his security clearance. He doesn't want to know the truth. By remaining ignorant, he can lie, rage farm & spread disinformation. How serious is this guy, really?
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11 days
It should be illegal for #DougFord to issue a de facto death sentence to addicts. You can't expect a former drug dealer to have compassion. Clients are expendable. #DumpDoug
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André Picard
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Shutting down Ontario's supervised consumption sites is a death sentence, by @ManishaKrishnan via @torontostar #HarmReduction #ToxicDrugCrisis
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4 months
#DougFord 's obvious prejudice in the case of #UmarZameer should be a red flag for those of us wanting to keep him from stacking the judiciary with judges who "think like" him. #DumpDoug #NeverVoteConservative #onpoli
@mynamesnotgordy
Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions
3 years
@fordnation Premier Judgenjury.
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1 month
The fact that not a single #Cons MP will oppose #Poilievre 's disgusting behaviour tells me that there is no redemption for their brand. Nothing positive about them; no hope. #NeverVoteConservative #cnpoli
@MTW2478
Marley (Cat Woman) 🇨🇦 🍁 🧦 🧦
1 month
Is there not one decent, moral Conservative member in our government that loves Canada & supports Canadians enough that they could publicly call @PierrePoilievre out on his vile obvious lies? Are they all of the same shady character as Pierre? They know he’s lying & not PM worthy
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Tom Flemming
6 months
"We need to stop giving the premiers a pass on this." The feds have done what was promised. The provincial premiers are not living up to their commitments. They are at fault for this failure. #NeverVoteConservative #cdnpoli
@timethief
timethief 🇨🇦 progressive centrist feminist
6 months
Roundup: Making a provincial problem a federal one—child care edition The federal government did not force or strong-arm provinces into this system. Why? Because every single premier who signed up knew that this was a) popular, and b) economically
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Tom Flemming
2 years
When privatized surgeries cost #OHIP more than those delivered in #PublicHealthcare it makes no sense to fund them. #Cons are not good money managers; they're just good friends to wealthy people. #DougFord is not here for you and me. #NeverVoteConservative
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Tom Flemming
2 months
Our #RightWing -owned media strives to poison the next election by trying to tell us what we should think about everything. Canadian pundits have more interest in stoking #CPC aspirations than in telling the truth. Media's job is to report fact not shape opinions.
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Robert Osborne
2 months
What is wrong with the media--headline yesterday on CP24, "growing" number of Canadians no longer proud. Same today in the Toronto Star. Actual story--76% proud Canadians, 90% of all Liberal voters, even conservatives polled in at 65%. So WTF? #cdnpoli
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Tom Flemming
10 months
The only time MPs' travel should be paid out of public funds is when they need to go between their own riding & Parliament when on official business. #Poilievre needs no travel funding to get him from his riding to Parliament Hill. The #CPC should be buying his plane tickets.
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Dragon Jo
10 months
So the biggest drain on taxpayers for MP travel is Pierre Poilievre. Taxpayers have paid $250,000.00 for his travel. His riding is in Ottawa area. This common sense? Why should taxpayers be on the hook for Poilievre's campaign travel when the writ hasn't even dropped #cdnpoli
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Tom Flemming
3 months
Ontarians need to understand that someone who has violated ethics rules is now House Leader at Queen's Park. That's your #Conservative government demonstrating its concern for integrity & values. #NeverVoteConservative #DumpDoug #onpoli
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Chris Glover
3 months
Ford doubles down on corruption: Steve Clark resigned as Ford's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing after the Integrity Commissioner found he violated ethics rules over the #GreenbeltScandal Ford just appointed him Gov't House Leader. #ONpoli
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Tom Flemming
2 months
This is a great representation of #CBC 's understanding of #BothSides -ism. Many are turning away from our national broadcaster as a result of their dereliction of the duty to report the news without tainting it.
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Tom Flemming
1 year
As a retired person, I greatly appreciate the contributions made both by myself & my employers during my working life. The #CPP is not a #Tax , but a deferred benefit. It's a promise of payment when you are no longer working. #CanadaPensionPlan #NeverVoteConservative
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Ross 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦
1 year
Reminder - Your employer is required to contribute to your CPP. It’s part of your pay/benefits. By mislabeled it a tax @PierrePoilievre wants to eliminate your CPP thereby allowing your employer to keep what they are suppose to contribute.
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Tom Flemming
5 months
Ford hopes to create enough press attention with the fuss over paper bags in the LCBO to make you forget his gift - out of your pocket - to Enbridge. You couldn't get enough free paper bags from the LCBO to make up for the Enbridge price hike. #DumpDoug #NeverVoteConservative
@shaw_sandy
Sandy Shaw MPP
5 months
Did you know that Ford's energy bill is saddling consumers in Ontario with costs for new gas hookups? This is wrong! Whose side is Ford on? Join the @envirodefence webinar on Wednesday April 10th at 7pm.
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Tom Flemming
5 years
I'm a senior and I will definitely NOT be voting for #AndrewScheer or any other #Conservative . Their lies, vague promises, policies with plenty of wiggle room and their negativity would take us back to #Harper time. I do not want to see that ever again. #cdnpoli #elxn43
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TheSaiFiles
5 years
Soon-to-be seniors voting Conservative need to be reminded that the OAS eligibility age was raised to 67 under Harper, so there's a good chance that it is still part of Scheer's plan. RT, please!
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Tom Flemming
3 months
Needs to be said over and over again right now ... #Abortion #ReproductiveHealthcare #HumanRights #Women
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Tom Flemming
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#DougFord stiffs Northern Ontario (he knows they always vote for him) to build unwanted #Highways in southern Ontario. Let's hear it from the north, eh? #DumpDoug #NeverVoteConservative #onpoli
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P.b.Freire
27 days
Auditor General Bonnie Lsysk found Ford gov and Caroline Mulroney diverted $158 million dollars from highway infrastructure in the north to fund lower priority multi-billion-dollar roads in the south, like the Bradford Bypass and Highway 413.
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Tom Flemming
5 years
#ManningCentre a primary backer for series of anti-Liberal Facebook pages This centre doesn't promote a "conservative" message; it spends its money on #Hate & division. Where does its money come from? Is this foreign influence in Canadian politics?
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Tom Flemming
2 months
I wonder how those who spent time & money to become skilled tradespersons feel about charlatans claiming the same wages & expertise? #DougFord dumbs down everything he can. No respect for certification or experts. #DumpDoug #onpoli #NeverVoteConservative
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P.b.Freire
2 months
Not many people in Ontario are aware, Doug Ford gov stopped enforcing credentials in skilled trades, right after Doug Ford took power.
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Tom Flemming
5 years
Correction: Trudeau hasn't pitted us against the west. #Scheer , #Kenney & #Moe foment insurrection - unsuccessfully - in AB & SK, hoping to cause a unity crisis. It's the #Cons against the ROC that is the source of the "problem" #YankeeDoodleAndy wants us to see.
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Power & Politics
5 years
@JustinTrudeau @AndrewScheer “I spoke to the PM about the very real crisis that our country is in as it relates to national unity. During the last campaign we saw Mr. Trudeau campaign by pitting one region of this country against the other,” said @AndrewScheer after his meeting with @JustinTrudeau . #cdnpoli
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Tom Flemming
2 years
The #OHIP pot is funded with public money. I'm happy to have it spent on #PublicHealthcare . I don't want my taxes going into the pockets of #DougFord 's clinic-owning, upselling friends. #Privatization #NeverVoteConservative
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Tom Flemming
1 month
AB's premier sounds more unhinged all the time. The fire threat to Jasper is #PMJT 's fault? She's the one who cut funds for #Firefighters .
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Danielle Smith ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎(Parody)
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If Jasper burns there will be a significant loss to Alberta's tourism and economy and Justin Trudeau will be to blame! Read: #abpoli #cdnpoli #abwildfires
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Tom Flemming
3 years
#Highway413 would cause significant #EnvironmentalDamage and cost us billions of dollars. Tell @fordnation to scrap the mega-highway and invest in green, clean and #PublicTransportation instead. #Onpoli #FordFailsAgain #VoteFordOut2022
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Tom Flemming
5 years
Under any new leader, the #Cons will remain a party committed to cutting services, giving tax breaks to the rich, and propping up the oil & gas industry. So, as we say "Good riddance" to #AndrewScheer , we must be prepared for the next #Harper -in-sheep's-clothing. #cdnpoli
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Tom Flemming
2 years
A Canada in which the #FreeDumbConvoy gets any significant support is not a Canada in which I want to live. Politicians who support the #TimbitTaliban are not people I can support. The more exposure they get, the more they weaken their cause.
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Tom Flemming
19 days
Good advice for Canadians faced with political choices ... #NeverVoteConservative #cdnpoli
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Tom Flemming
10 months
You are definitely not the last, or only, person supporting #PMJT . Since I don't live in his riding, I can't actually vote for him, but I will be voting for the #Liberal candidate in my riding when the time comes. #IStandWithTrudeau
@mattjohnstonca
Dr. Matthew S. Johnston
10 months
I could be the last person in Canada to vote Liberal. But it wouldn’t change my impression of the Prime Minister. That guy has endured leadership through an absolute hell he did not want or create. Justin Trudeau. He’s worth a lot. #IStandWithTrudeau
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Tom Flemming
15 days
What is it with Jagmeet? Has he no understanding of jurisdiction? The #NDP has to do better to get my vote. Justin bashing fail. #cdnpoli
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Dale Smith
15 days
Once again, trying to fight Doug Ford from the wrong legislature. Rent is a provincial jurisdiction.
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Tom Flemming
4 months
You don't have to be part of a minority to realize the #Police are untrustworthy after observing the #UmarZameer trial. The lies that they told in court & the desire for vengence expressed by the chief of the #TPS on hearing the verdict are frightening.
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G Godwin
4 months
How many Ontarians with black or brown skin can trust you now Doug? Trust in our police has been harmed & I for one am disgusted that a Premier in Canada would interfere in the justice system. @fordnation @JohnTory @patrickbrownont A man with 2 kids was vilified, police lied.
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Tom Flemming
6 months
Intelligent people concerned about the rising cost of fuel aren't complaining about the #CarbonLevy component. The major driver of rising fuel cost is what the #OilAndGas industry adds to make its profit. Wake up! Blame the real culprits, not the govt.
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Adam van Koeverden
9 months
“Carbon pricing is definitively not to blame for affordability challenges… the net cost of carbon taxes for households in Ontario in 2023 was negative, around -$300, meaning that most received $300 more in rebates than they paid in carbon taxes.”
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Tom Flemming
4 months
Originally, the #BradfordBypass was #DougFord 's albatross, but now #BonnieCrombie - unfortunately - supports it. Not a good decision for the #Liberals ; it might win her some developper money, but it will lose grassroots votes. #onpoli #Environment #Farming
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Mike Schreiner
4 months
There's no version of the Bradford bypass that won't be bad for the environment. It will pave parts of the Greenbelt, the Holland Marsh and threaten the important Lake Simcoe watershed. #onpoli
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Tom Flemming
1 year
Canada's "mostly foreign owned press" points its fingers everywhere but at itself ... If we are going to do something about foreign influence in our politics, we need to repatriate the ownership of our media.
@CountFloyd2020
Count Floyd 🌻🧡🍁
1 year
Canada's mostly foreign owned press screams "CHINESE INTERFERENCE!" because some traitor at CSIS decided to leak pieces of info to a hack. It also likes to pretend that a convoy of anarchists didn't recently attempt to overthrow our government. #CdnMediaFailed
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Tom Flemming
7 months
I hope everyone urging the #Liberals to start an ad campaign now is donating generously to support the effort. The #CPC is swimming in cash to spread lies. How much have you given to spread your truth? #NeverVoteConservative #cdnpoli #Donate
@longword
oz yigit
7 months
mr poilievre is a shameless, inveterate liar. he lies nonstop, and with no regards to consequences. he floods the media with his fictional “broken” canada. so why are libs and ndp not pushing back hard? waiting for the elxn time is madness. #cdnpoli #PierrePoilievreIsLyingToYou
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Tom Flemming
2 months
It was the #Harper govt which reduced defence spending to the point where #PMJT now has to fight to get #CdnMediato be honest about how much he is doing to get our #NATO contributions close to 2% of GDP.
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Dale Smith
2 months
I wonder which government that Kheiriddin supported let defence spending fall to below 1 percent of GDP? 🤔
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Tom Flemming
5 years
How #DougFord massively outspent #HydroOne ’s ‘Six Million Dollar Man’ "Never have Ontarians paid so heavy a price for such cheap sloganeering, with the meter still running on lawyers’ bills." Ford is a fiscal moron. #onpoli
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Tom Flemming
5 years
Scheer skips Cambridge stop where demonstrators had assembled #ScheerShiesAway from scheduled stop where he might meet non-supporters & - horrors - demonstrators. #WeakAndyWimpsOut #NotALeader #StopScheer #cdnpoli #elxn43
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Tom Flemming
7 years
You haven't been listening to me, @AndrewScheer . Low taxes are an attack on social services and I would rather have them than you.
@AndrewScheer
Andrew Scheer
7 years
Across Canada people are worried about Justin Trudeau's tax hikes. Everywhere I've traveled, I've shared our positive vision for low taxes.
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Tom Flemming
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Tom Flemming
1 year
#Poilievre had nothing to do with the US removal of vaccine mandates at international borders. It was decided by the US Congress in February that it would take place in May. #NeverVoteConservative #cdnpoli
@VoyceReason
Patrick Moss
1 year
Wut? Wasn't the whole point of the convoy to blame Trudeau for this? Wasn't that why local residents suffered, and the economy lost billions due to blockades? Now your sticking your pigeon chest out at Biden? HE LAUGHED AT YOU.
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Tom Flemming
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Clearly, if he thinks truthful comment about #Diagolon is "gaslighting", he knows what it is. And he supports #RightWing extremism. He is truly a #Weird liar. #Poilievre #NeverVoteConservative #cdnpoli
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Tom Parkin
29 days
Asked about his interactions with Diagolon members, Poilievre feigns ignorance, says “I don’t know what that is” When told it’s considered an extremist group by RCMP, Poilievre says that’s just “gaslighting by NDP liberal extremists” A constant liar
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Tom Flemming
5 years
#JustinTrudeau owes it to Canadians to get angry for us No, anger is not going to help. There is enough emotion rampant in this situation already. The calm, careful approach of this govt is best.
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Tom Flemming
2 years
In forcing #Hospitals to use expensive agencies in the #NursingCrisis because he won't pay #StaffNurses properly, #DougFord is doing what #Cons always do: put money into business that will destroy #PublicServices . He favours the expensive, destructive option.
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Tom Flemming
5 years
The #Cons keep harping on the fact that they won a smidgeon more of the popular vote than the Liberals. They ignore the fact that 63% of Canadian voters chose somebody other than #YankeeDoodleAndy 's boys & girls. They're so enamoured of their lies they can't see reality
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Diane Marie
5 years
The day after the election, Conservative MP Ed Fast, rants that the Conservatives are ready to govern. Um, the electorate decided, just yesterday, that they weren't. I can't think what changed overnight. #elxn43 #cdnpoli
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Tom Flemming
1 year
The Ontario Place #Privatization deal would steal 155 acres of public space and nearly 1000 trees from Ontarians… and it will take away $650 million of public funds. Sign to keep #OntarioPlace a public place open for all
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Tom Flemming
5 years
#Trudeau cements his lead on the crucial question of economic stewardship "Trudeau is heading into the final stretch of campaigning ... retaining a firm lead on the crucial question of economic stewardship." #ChooseForward #cdnpoli #elxn43 #4MoreYears
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Tom Flemming
5 years
Editorial: Liberals are the best, if imperfect, choice this election "The Liberals are far from perfect, but they are the best option available and worthy of support" #ChooseForward #VoteLiberal #cdnpoli #elxn43
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Tom Flemming
1 year
He's been destroying ON since first elected, 4 years ago, & #DougFord isn't getting any better. Don't forget his early cuts ... #NeverVoteConservative #onpoli #ScorchedEarthPolicy
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Tom Flemming
5 years
A Canadian PM has to deal adversarially with the US government & its demands. I want to know that our PM gives Canadian interests his undivided attention. I don't want #YankeeDoodleAndy being conflicted by his American family & citizenship. #NoScheerThisYear #cdnpoli #elxn43
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Tom Flemming
13 days
I'm a senior & can proudly say that I haven't voted #Conservative since "Banana Bob" Stanfield was campaigning. The current crowd in the #CPC offers no hope. #NeverVoteConservative #cdnpoli
@CanadianinAB
Canadian in Alberta
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There are a lot of people who blame seniors for voting conservative I can't speak for anyone else but I'm a senior who will #NeverVoteConservative
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Tom Flemming
5 years
#Trudeau 's racist costumes don't reflect the man he is today, says Liberal MP Omar Alghabra His evolution away from #Racism started long ago; as PM he has championed support for the marginalized & stood against discrimination. #IStandWithTrudeau
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Tom Flemming
3 years
When the #CMA tells you privatization causes "inequities", please listen. They can't call him #2TierOToole , but I can. #Healthcare is too important to 🇨🇦 to have the #Cons in a position to reform it. #VoteWisely #Elxn44 #ForwardForEveryone #HopsAndHardWork #cdnpoli
@TorontoStar
Toronto Star
3 years
Dr. Katharine Smart, the new president of the Canadian Medical Association weighed in. “We know in other countries that have gone down the road of privatization, it creates inequities in terms of wait times and who’s getting what services."
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Tom Flemming
8 years
I wish the CBC would stop giving #RexMurphy publicity under the guise of news. He isn't newsworthy; he's a public troll.
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Tom Flemming
2 months
Unacceptable non-apology from a supposedly non-partisan enabler of our democracy. Heads need to roll for this "error" especially since the election was won by such a narrow margin. #electionresuts #cdnpoli
@ElectionsCan_E
Elections Canada
3 months
Some electors in #TorontoStPauls received a voter information card with a mistake in the polling station’s address and will receive a new voter information card shortly. If you want to confirm where to go vote, visit our website:
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Tom Flemming
10 months
One of the reasons we have so many regressive govts across the country is that too few voters take the time to inform themselves about what's on offer & too many who vote do so against their own best interests. #cdnpoli #NeverVoteConservative
@redsnoopy69
G McThink
10 months
How did Canada end up with Daniel Smith, Scott Moe, Doug Ford, Blaine Higgs, and Pierre Poilievre? Why are we turning into Alabama? Remember: 'You won't recognize Canada when I'm through with it' Stephen Harper
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Tom Flemming
5 years
#Trudeau wisely supported the workers' right to collective bargaining - rather than jumping the gun as you would have, #AndyPandy - and we all won. The strike is over; the trains will soon move; the workers got a deal they can live with. You're an American #YankeeDoodleAndy .
@AndrewScheer
Andrew Scheer
5 years
Thinking of the impacted workers at the Rocanville potash mine. Justin Trudeau must immediately recall Parliament and enact emergency legislation and to get these rail shipments moving again.
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Tom Flemming
9 years
I #DenounceHarper for validating misogyny, self-interest & xenophobia in his base & letting them think such displays are acceptable.
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Tom Flemming
5 years
I can see no reason at all as a taxpayer to support private schools. I pay for public education, as do most others. If you don't like it & want your child to be schooled privately, you pay for it on your own. No subsidy. You want something different, you bear the cost.
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Jacqui Budden
5 years
@EmmMacfarlane So if I choose to not avail myself of the public school system & instead send my child to a private facility, I should be on the hook twice? Why should I pay my child’s tuition AND also pay for a spot in the public system that I’m not using? Why should I pay for my child & yours?
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Tom Flemming
27 days
"The Liberal strategy under Trudeau is an old strategy. It’s not structurally transformative. It’s closer to a renovation than a teardown. The idea that it’s communist is laughable."
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Tom Flemming
1 year
Remember #StephenHarper 's #FIPA which leaves us secretly beholden to #China . Don't forget his #RWNJ association with leaders of #IDU nations where they're trying to kill #Democracy . #NeverVoteConservative @cdnpoli
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Tom Flemming
2 months
The agency charged with ensuring free & fair elections in 🇨🇦 has caused #VoteSuppression in a contest where the margin of victory (590 votes) was less than the number of voters disenfranchised. Not a stunning win for the #Cons at all.
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Brooke 🥀 🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈
2 months
VOTER SUPPRESSION? Some voters' in Toronto-St. Paul's are being told their polling station has changed to a school just outside the riding. When they go there, there is a sign saying to go back to the actual poll they were registered.
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Tom Flemming
3 years
If #DougFord were sincerely concerned about the need for & plight of #FoodBanks , we'd have policies that changed things & not spotlight-grabbing photo-ops to show pretend care, #FordFailsAgain #VoteFordOut2022
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Tom Flemming
1 year
It should be noted that #DougFord 's "push for housing" really isn't about housing at all. It's about putting money into the pockets of his friends who build McMansions on the previously protected #Greenbelt . #NeverVoteConservative #onpoli
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Wendy Goodes
1 year
“What government would do something this thoughtless, this anti-democratic, this authoritarian?” Excellent article by ⁦⁦ @njaved ⁩ surrounding the overreach of ⁦ @fordnation ⁩! Doug Ford’s push for housing sparks fears for local government
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Tom Flemming
3 years
Good news! Ontario is waking up. #DougFord is tanking in the polls. #DougsDone #VoteFordOut2022
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Tom Flemming
6 years
Hoping to bury the India debacle, @JustinTrudeau heads to Peru to talk trade, migration Unnecessary inclusion of judgemental opinion - "India debacle" - in "news" makes you wonder about the objectivity of the source. You can do better #CBC .
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Tom Flemming
2 years
We could learn from history, if we paid enough attention to it ... #NeverVoteConservative
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Tom Flemming
5 years
Lessons for Canada from the Irish health-care system "... private health insurance in Ireland allowed a two-tier system to develop with long waiting lists in the public system and limited financial protection for households."
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Tom Flemming
11 months
It is important to remember, especially on the #NationalDayforTruthandReconciliation that the #CPC is opposed to the UN Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. Not surprising, unfortunately, but memorable. #NeverVoteConservative #FirstNations #cdnpoli
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Patrick Gagnon
11 months
I'd like to remind Canadians that Pierre Poilievre's Conservative Party unimously voted against supporting and implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, why you do ask? The CPC fears they'll veto oil & gas projects ..
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Tom Flemming
1 month
"The absolute lack of any self-awareness on the part of the premiers is utterly infuriating... " Whose lane is greed & hypocrisy? They all seem to be fighting to be tops in that one. #cdnpoli #NeverVoteConservative
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Tom Flemming
4 years
Good to see a savvy journalist willing to stand up to #YankeeDoodleAndy 's waste of public attention & let him know what we think of it. Congratulations @CathLevesque ! We need more like you!
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G.T. Lem 林 家 聰
4 years
At Andrew Scheer daily press conference @CathLvesque of Canadian Press asks Scheer why he is holding a press conference when he has NOTHING new to say #cdnpoli #Covid19 #Covid19Canada
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Tom Flemming
4 years
#KathleenWynne was an excellent Premier of Ontario despite the failings that brought her down. Being followed by #DougFord & his #ClappingSeals , however, elevates her to the level of sainthood. You never know how good you have it, until you don't.
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Bev Rayburn
4 years
Keep showing Wynne it helps to remind Ontarions of the mistake they made when they didn’t re elect her
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Tom Flemming
1 year
"For all their missteps, the #Liberals have passed a lot of legislation that enhanced Canada’s social safety net and directly impacted the lives of its citizens." #IStandWithTrudeau #NeverVoteConservative #cdnpoli
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Tom Flemming
11 months
#Conservatives are actually opposed to 🇨🇦's constitution. They are opposed to "rights & freedoms" they can't control. Given time to achieve power, they will destroy #Democracy . #NeverVoteConservative #Notwithstanding #cdnpoli
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KNugent4118 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
11 months
Each and every time Conservatives use the Notwithstanding clause, they are overriding our charter of rights and freedoms. If we don't all stick together to vote each and every one of them out of office, our charter will be gone forever. #Gatekeepers #Hatekeepers
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Tom Flemming
2 years
It's not simply OHIP cards or credit cards ... Privatization of #Healthcare means our tax $$ flood into private pockets at rates much higher than the same services cost in #PublicHealthcare . Scarce staff leave hospitals for higher pay. Provinces spend unwisely to #Privatize
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TYR Labour Council
2 years
It's time to push back on Ford! We deserve to access health care when we need it with our OHIP card, not our credit card! Stand up for #Healthcare4all ! Rally with us &be a part of the solution & make a difference on Feb 22, at 5pm! #Onpoli #Onhealt 📢RSVP:
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Tom Flemming
3 months
Poilievre CAN'T - not "won't" - get security clearing. He knows it & pretends not to want it. Too many skeletons in his closet to pass muster. Think about it: foreign interference, questionable money handling, political pandering & more. #NeverVoteConservative #cdnpoli
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Under the Radar🇨🇦
3 months
What kind of leader does this? Seriously? No dumber reason ever given known our history: calling our nat sec akin to a gag order to not lie! WTAF @PierrePoilievre . You behave like a Manchurian Candidate not a person worthy of leading our nation: using nat sec for craven politics
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Tom Flemming
5 years
#DougFord gets failing grades on the energy file The Ford govt is a hot mess & is costing Ontario dearly, in financial & other ways. We can't get rid of them soon enough. #FordFails #FiscalMoron #WasteOfMoney #WasteOfBreath
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Tom Flemming
6 years
Since your government under #DougFord has abdicated responsibility for dealing with poverty, charities have taken on far more than they can or should have to manage. I am disgusted that you blithely call attention to this fact. #onpoli
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Caroline Mulroney
6 years
"There are still too many folks out there who can't afford to buy presents for their children this holiday season. That's why the work of charitable groups like the @salvationarmy and so many others, in communities across Ontario, is so important." - @FordNation
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Tom Flemming
3 months
Surely, sooner or later, among all those clamouring for #Poilievre to get security clearance, somebody has to realize that the reason he doesn't ask for it is that he knows he couldn't pass & that too much questionable stuff in his post & connections would be revealed.
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G.T. Lem 林 家 聰
3 months
Interesting how the media seems to be IGNORING the fact Pierre Poilievre refuses to get a security clearance If the roles were reversed I'm sure the media would be hammering a Liberal Leader refusing a security clearance - there would be editorials, talk radio segments etc
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