Guitar player, songwriter, writer Big hockey fan. Canadiens & Leafs first, any Canadian team. Canadian politics, culture, community. Love this country.

Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
Joined September 2008
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Doug Ford
@fordnation10h
Alberta voters have overwhelmingly chosen a stronger, more prosperous future for their province by remaining in Canada. I’m thrilled by the decisive support Albertans have shown for the country we all love. Now it’s up to the rest of Canada to deliver on our commitment to Alberta by building new pipelines, unlocking our natural resources and unleashing the prosperity that will protect the future of Canadians from coast to coast to coast.
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Rejection of Alberta separatism was Trump's first midterm defeat
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Police cannot solve addiction, mental health crises, poverty, or homelessness through enforcement. You know what actually addresses these issues? Affordable housing. Universal healthcare, including mental health and addiction services. Free access to education. Living wages. When people have their basic needs met, we build healthier, happier, and safer communities. Want safer streets? Start by building a society where people aren't struggling just to survive.
Tristin Hopper
@TristinHopperOct 18
My rough assessment of BC municipal election results: The cities being *most* ruined by street disorder and anarchy enthusiastically begged for more.
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powerful words from Jason Kenney here: "I ask people as they're considering voting, put their minds forward to November 11th [and] the sacrifices of Albertans who lie below gravestones with the maple leaf on them. We do not have the right to rupture what they built and what they sacrificed for."
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Abdul El-Sayed: “My name is not the reason you can’t afford your gas or groceries or to go see a doctor. Their war in Iran is the reason why. Their insane tariffs on Canada is the reason why. If you’re picking a fight with Canada, you’re the asshole.”
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Love him or hate him, y’all gotta admit, @AbdulElSayed is fucking great at this
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Spencer Fernando
@SpencerFernandoOct 17
There is a fundamental divide here: The Trump Administration has the mindset of a thief. They want to steal what others have without fair compensation. By contrast, Canada and Mexico have the mindset of traders, seeking to trade value for value.
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So, a Trump supporter told me that, “nobody gives a sh*t” about Indigenous Peoples Day. Please, tell me, do you care about Indigenous Peoples Day?
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Canada has just been named the most respected country in the world tied with Switzerland. 🍁 Way to go Canadians! 🇨🇦👏 Way to go Switzerland! 🇨🇭
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Spencer Fernando
@SpencerFernandoOct 9
U.S. President Donald Trump and his political allies want Canada to be weakened so it is easier to take. Stripping Canada of our sovereignty and our natural resources is difficult to do when our territory and population are unified. But a Canada without Quebec, Alberta, and Saskatchewan would be ripe for the plucking, as would those individual jurisdictions, with each part lacking the heft, either economically or in terms of population, to withstand U.S. pressure.
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Zohran Mamdani: “I believe there must be room to mourn every single life. There must be room to mourn the lives of the more than 1,100 Israelis that Hamas killed three years ago. There must be room to mourn the 74K Palestinians the Israeli government had killed since. What I so appreciated about being at the vigil yesterday evening, as I had been the year before, is that it was a vigil that brought together New Yorkers to read testimonies of their own family members, of others who’ve been killed either on the day or in the genocide since and ends with a shared vision for peace and for an end to the genocide”
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I am angry tonight. Because today ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Put American food next to its European twin and you begin to wonder whether they are the same species. The fries are pale and identical, the bread is essentially cake, the Fanta glows like a warning light, the cheese is the colour of a traffic cone, the sweets and the cereal come in shades not found in nature, and the chicken has been given a chemical bath on its way out of the factory. The reason is wonderfully simple. In Europe a manufacturer must prove an ingredient is safe before it goes anywhere near your mouth, whereas in America it goes in first and stays there until somebody proves it is killing people. Which may explain why only about seven percent of American adults are in good cardiometabolic health, and why, after a life spent sitting in a car in order to reach a chair, they die years earlier than Europeans. Europe treats its citizens as people to be kept alive, and not as a revenue stream with a pulse.
Why are these really like this @grok
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What is currently happening in America is exactly why 1789 France happened.
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The people on here who resort to body-shaming & slurs just to insult me are truly pathetic. It makes them look intellectually bankrupt [or utterly childish]. Instead of offering a smart critique of my post, they hurl insults. The moment you use disrespect, you lose the argument✌️
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Marco Rubio has announced that Europe may yet awaken from its long slumber and rekindle the fire lit here millennia ago. It is a remarkable thing to hear from the representative of a country that has just sailed past 40 trillion dollars in debt and now spends more on interest than on its own military. One wonders what exactly we slept through. While dozing, Europeans somehow arranged to live several years longer than Americans, to see a doctor without remortgaging the house, and to take August off. Six of the seven happiest countries on earth are European, according to this year's World Happiness Report, and the United States is 23rd. So thank you, Mr Secretary, for the wake-up call. If the generational shift you are hoping for means tariffs struck down in court, bond yields at their highest since 2007 and a government that insults its allies for sport, we would rather stay in bed.
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Good morning from the shores of Lake Ontario. 🇨🇦☀️ Toronto is waking up in gold, the first light spilling across the lake, the skyline coming to life, and the CN Tower standing watch over it all. It’s Monday, so grab the coffee and get to work. ☕️ Apparently Canada’s Monday to-do list is: ✅ Diversify trade ✅ Build new export routes ✅ Strengthen Canadian unity ✅ Become less dependent on the U.S. ✅ Thank Trump for accidentally helping with all four. 😉 Good morning, Toronto. Good morning, Canada. 🇨🇦❤️
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Well, would you look at that... 🇨🇦 Canada named the world’s most positive global influence for the 10th year in a row. We’re not perfect. We’ve got work to do, but damn proud to be Canadian. 🇨🇦🍁 cultmtl.com/2026/10/canada-n…
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If Ron DeSantis scrapped property taxes for everyone except Canadians, he would create a funding problem that gets worse whenever a Canadian leaves. 🇨🇦🌴 Loading the bill onto a small group of homeowners would mean enormous tax increases or a major revenue shortfall. Higher costs would encourage Canadians to sell and discourage others from buying, putting pressure on property values in snowbird communities. If those homes were sold to exempt Americans, their tax contribution would disappear altogether. 📉🏠 Florida could also lose Canadian spending at restaurants, shops and local businesses. A tax explicitly targeting Canadian nationality would invite serious constitutional challenges. ⚖️ Then who pays for roads, police, firefighters and emergency services? Floridians, through other taxes, higher fees or reduced services. 🚒🚑 You can shift the bill, but you cannot make it disappear. The current proposal expands homestead exemptions rather than imposing a Canadians-only tax. But if this is the argument for making Canadians carry the load, the economics unravel pretty quickly. #Florida #Canada #Snowbirds #PropertyTaxes
Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸
@Tablesalt13Oct 4
JUST IN: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wants Canadians and other tourists to help pay for a massive tax cut for Florida residents. Amendment 3, on the November 3 ballot, would sharply raise the homestead exemption on primary homes. State economists say that opens a local revenue hole of about $12 billion a year. Canadians own an estimated $60 billion in Florida property and already pay about $600 million a year in property taxes. They would not get the new break. “I don’t want to give Canadians a tax cut.” He has also said he wants Canadian tourists “subsidizing the state.” Canadian resident's assessments could rise up to 5% a year for tax purposes. There is a CLEAR push to get Canadians out of Florida so..... where will snowbirds go now?
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