"The Ford #Conservative government failed to demonstrate a duty of care. I believe they were obliged to at least notify those groups at greatest risk of infection, identify the environments they should avoid, and provide free N95/KN95 masks if they could not afford them. That’s what responsible government does."
Doug Ford's #Conservative by-election candidate, Sean Webster, is with the Chelsea Strategy Group.
👉 He lobbies the government on behalf of cannabis growers & Big Pharma and is a former VP of Public Affairs at Loblaw & Shoppers Drug Mart.
Not surprisingly, he bowed out of the all-candidates debate.
So, I guess I'm an #anarchist now. It's not so much that my values have changed, though a few of them have. Mostly it's that the meanings of the old labels have changed.
For instance, in the 80s I was a #conservative because I believed in less government. Now I'm an anarchist for the same reason.
Former #Army. Mississippian. Recovering racist - of the "don't see color" variety - so I had never confronted the deeply buried racism I didn't realize was there, implanted by my upbringing and culture.
I love to #foster kittens and promote good pet health and training. I'm interested in landscaping with native plants. I think of things to write or sing all the time, so #SongIdea is one of my big hashtags.
Left Mississippi at 19 and was gone for over 30 years. So a lot of stuff has changed, but most stayed the same. A lot more people recognize me than I them, and I'm unhappy about that. Big gaps in my memory and bad at recognition.
I love rustic living so I spend a lot of time at deer camp. Interested in natural building techniques, reusing materials, #upcycling and #permaculture. Probably #solarpunk also.
As the #AmericaFirst movement of #WWII once again rears its head and gears up for the next elections, it is much better prepared than in 2016 and the #Midterms of 2022.
A racist utterance of a #US military 🪖 leader made me remember a thread I had published on the Birdsite in Sept. 2022.
It focused on the strategic use of #veterans by the #MAGA movement.
As it will happen again, I am republishing...
"...many others of all national origins who embrace historically #conservative social values...
But if there is a single 👉poster child for #Bannon’s vision of a diverse working-class party that has transcended old ethnic and gender prejudices and has the #military at its center👈, it is probably #AnnaPaulinaLuna. Like #CoryMills, she is the...
The #Manitoba#Government refuses to search the #landfill that contains the remains of two #Indigenous#women who were left there by a serial killer, citing safety concerns. But in #Canada we have successfully searched landfills for human remains in the recent past. These are just a few of those stories:
Insiders benefited from Premier Ford’s #Greenbelt land swap. Now, these wealthy developers are going to court to dodge the auditor’s general’s questions.
Prominent developers say the auditor general’s demand for their records and interviews is an overreach of her authority.
NEW: Premier Doug Ford says Auditor--General Bonnie Lysyk’s probe in Ontario's #Greenbelt is “out of her scope” and “realm.”
Two Ford family friends and wealthy real estate developers, Michael Rice & Silvio De Gasperis, are fighting in court against participating in the Auditor-General's audit of the #Conservative govt's controversial Greenbelt land swap.
Reminder: In 2018, Doug Ford eliminated Ontario's Environmental Commissioner as well as the Advocate for Children and Youth.
"Ford's #Conservative govt gutted independent oversight and care for the most precious elements of our province: clean air, safe water and healthy and happy children."
👉 Auditor-General Bonnie Lysyk was assigned the duties of the axed Environmental Commissioner.
Can these #conservative ghouls just mind their own business and leave trans youth alone? Such fascist behaviour. Trans youth should not have to hide.
Miriam Coates is a total fascist if she wants to ban basic social transitioning. What a transphobic reactionist. People in the UK please vote these clowns out
If anyone is in any doubt about how twisted and burning up with hate the UK conservatives are: Tory minister
Robert Jenrick 🤡 visits a reception centre for unaccompanied child asylum seekers, and orders the cartoon murals be painted over because they are welcoming and friendly - which he thinks is the wrong message. #asylumseekers#refugees#tory#conservative#uk #hatefulconservatives#Robertjenrick#fascism
If you don't speak Finnish, but are interested what's going on in #Finland, now when we're having this #conservative#FarRight government, the Finnish Broadcasting Company has #journalists working with other languages, too.
Doug Ford's ongoing subversion of the law and justice system should be a headline story.
Dig through every new policy, bill or announcement from this Ontario #Conservative govt and you will find hidden, a recent law, a disabled regulation, or a cunning new 'legal loophole' to whitewash and protect the perpetrators.
The #OntarioPlace#Environmental Study is out. It's not good news.
👉 The Ford #Conservative govt conveniently exempted private projects from environmental assessments in May 2021 - at the same time they issued the proposal for Ontario Place..
Ford's exemption shields Live Nation and Therme MegaSpa completely from ANY environmental assessment. The entire West Island, 850 mature trees, wildlife & 113 species of birds are to be destroyed to make room for the spa, with no oversight. #onpoli
Ontario MPP Caroline Mulroney was called to the bar just three days before receiving a ‘King’s Counsel’ patronage appointment from Premier Ford. Mulroney, who has only ever held a licence to practise law in New York, was not even an #Ontario lawyer when she served one year as the provincial Attorney General in the Doug Ford #Conservative govt.
So, the word is out: #Farage can't bank with #Coutts anymore because he doesn't have the required funds (£3 million in savings or £1 million in investments). According to the bank, Farage has been offered an account with #NatWest
I'm not counting on the faux outrage to quiet down yet. Many #Tory politicians and commentators were happy to take Farage's claim at face value. That's not surprising, because being able to accuse a company of being against #Brexit or being too #woke is a message which many #Conservative Britons are willing to embrace.
NEW: The Federal government has compiled a list of 29 'at-risk' species that live in the previously protected lands the Ford #Conservative government removed from the #Greenbelt. Those species give the Federal govt significant powers to intervene, and potentially block or delay Ford's Greenbelt changes.
"Fiscal conservatism is taking something valuable that already exists, closing it, and rebuilding a lesser version of it at huge cost, to justify the case for another huge public expenditure on a parking garage, all to allow a public waterfront park to be given away to a private spa developer."
#Ontario Minister of Infrastructure, Kinga Surma, with Jill Dempsey on CBC Metro Morning.
Dempsey: What was the cost to repair the building at the Ont. #ScienceCentre?
Surma: The cost was higher. It was much more expensive..
Dempsey: But, what was the cost specifically?
Surma: Well, the government is doing due diligence..
Dempsey: But, when will that information be shared?
Surma: We will share it when the numbers are verified..
Ford #Conservative govt: Demolish first. Answer questions later..