mpjgregoire, to random
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"As a parent of three children, I have spent nearly two decades reading children’s poetry. So I can say with some confidence that, by and large, the stuff is terrible. Marred by incompetent metre and bad rhymes (when it bothers to rhyme at all), most children’s poetry is disposable, written to fill the space next to an illustration. This is unfortunate. Children react to catchy rhythms, clapping their hands and stamping their feet even if they don’t yet understand the meaning of the words."

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mpjgregoire,
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From an article in #TheWalrus on Alligator Pie by #DennisLee .

https://thewalrus.ca/alligator-pie/

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#Canada #poetry

Dianora, to Canada
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Pierre Poilievre Wants a Carbon Tax Election
The policies of carbon pricing have been twisted and maligned—and they could decide our next prime minister

https://thewalrus.ca/pierre-poilievre-wants-a-carbon-tax-election/

P.S. The Walrus is a great magazine. You should join eh? 😀

#Canada #ClimateChange #TheWalrus #Walrus

mpjgregoire, to random
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Still thinking about @justinling's essay in #TheWalrus:

"There is good reason to think that Trudeau will eke out another victory when voters head to the polls in 2025. His previous two victories were earned with the same strategy: to thoroughly trash the Conservative Party as a dangerous threat to our country’s liberal values. He is likely to deploy it again against Poilievre, who seems to relish such an accusation. It may work."

Justin Trudeau’s Last Stand
https://thewalrus.ca/justin-trudeaus-last-stand/

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mpjgregoire, (edited ) to random
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One of my fundamental objections to #ProportionalRepresentation is illustrated in this quote from @justinling's recent article about the current PM:

"He was vowing to replace Canada’s electoral system, which tended to give parties power disproportionate to their level of support"

PR advocates believe that each party should have a number of MPs proportionate to the votes that party has received; but the relationship between power and proportion of MPs is inherently nonlinear.

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mpjgregoire,
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P.S. Do read the article in #TheWalrus by @justinling . It's a great discussion of #JustinTrudeau as PM.

#CanPol #cdnpoli

Dianora, to random

https://thewalrus.ca/conservatives-obsessed-cbc/

Obviously because propaganda is effective when media is controlled and the right wing do not control the CBC.

#Propaganda #CBC #TheWalrus #Canada

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