My IRL friends call me Chris

Thanks, John. It's really in the Liberals' interest to get this right. As time goes on, it will become more widely known that some Canadian women have access to both free contraception & hormone treatment and others don't. And women came out in force for LPC last election.

I care about the policy.

It is such a beautiful, human, clear description of a way in which we can orient our moral compass.

Vesna, I keep seeing the faces of American soldiers who died needlessly in this Trump war and I worry it soon could be Canadian soldiers too.

And the schoolgirls. The schoolgirls.

The provincially-appointed administrator may want to make special education funding an “option”because he has to find the “efficiencies” that will prove that the present provincial grant structure is sufficient. Unfortunately this serves to pit parents against each other for scarcer resources.

One more, but I encourage you to do some googling and not approach this with partisan-driven motivated reasoning.

All the signs are there that the federal government is slow-walking it. I've got lots on this I could pull out (but not the time), including news articles from provinces wanting to sign.

The Carney government CAN make mistakes. It's making one here.

Over The Gate. 13°C and blue sky. Yellowhammers.

Over The Gate. 13°C and blue sky. Yellowhammers.

“We’re livid, this is appalling...The duty to provide effective (special education) funding is not an option, it’s not subject to a popularity contest,” [David Lepofsky, chair of the TDSB’s Special Education Advisory Committee] told the Star, noting it’s a requirement under the Education Act."

Bookmarking this as a reminder... ❤️

Martha, I really love this.

‪"one thing about that Davos speech that appealed was that for all the pragmatism, it felt like Carney still stood for something. In this dangerous world, Canada needs to see clearly what we are dealing with. But we also need to remember who we are," writes @brucearthur.bsky.social
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#GiftLink 🎁

I’ve spent years, decades, obsessing over the Bush Administration’s Iraq WMD lies, writing about them, debunking them.

I can think of no lie about Iraq WMDs told by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al that comes even close to the enormity and absurdity of this lie from Donald Trump.

When you have principles but choose what you view as pragmatism, you no longer have principles.

Steve King 9 @SteveKinglA + Follow Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies. ESTERN ILIZATION Voice of Europe @V_of_Europe Hundreds of Islamists shouting "Allahu Akbar" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Wilders is right for over 10 years. #turkijerel RETWEETS LIKES 516 688 10:40 AM - 12 Mar 2017 from lowa, USA

I'm teaching about early 20th century eugenics today and was reminded that 9 years ago Republican Representative Steve King was stripped of his committee assignments by his GOP colleagues for this post that simply states what is now bog standard GOP policy/rhetoric on immigration and "civilization."

Iran war spreads across Middle East 3:08 As Lebanon and Israeli exchanged attacks, heavy airstrikes continued in Iran which launched counterattacks on Middle... CBC https://www.cbc.ca Tracking deaths in Iran, wider Middle East as conflict rages on | CBC News 15 hours ago — Just days into the U.S. and Israeli strikes targeting Iran, more than 1,000 people have been killed, mainly in Iran, with the remaining

Will Canada be able to avoid involvement in U.S.-Iran conflict? 14:54 NS.CA CTV News' political commentator Scott Reid on Prime Minister Carney 'narrowly endorsing' Trump's ordered strikes o... NEWS CTV News https://www.ctvnews.ca•1 day ago How could the war in Iran affect the world's oil supply? : 3:41 Werner Antweiler, energy and economic expert at UBC's School of Business, explains how critical the Strait of Hormuz is to the...

Noticing a striking lack of consistency in how Canadian media refers to the actions of the US-Israeli military in Iran

Even at the same outlet, you see it described as “airstrikes,” a ”conflict” and as a “war” – at this point, I think we can call what’s happening a “war”

There's so much motivated reasoning. When politicians want to speak clearly, they very much can.

That's not 'unhinged'. And that's not okay to lob at me in my mentions.

Yes, just like my in-laws! Retirement can be great but we need to plan. Joy in retirement can look so different for different people.

Ah, Mike, I'm so sorry. It's not right at all.

Why do perimenopausal & menopausal women in BC & Manitoba have access to free menopausal hormone therapy & we don't? National pharmacare.

This is the same pharmacare Mark Carney is now slow-walking. Not expanding.

We'll see more of these stories. This is a women's issue, @rechievaldez.bsky.social

Toronto Police civilian oversight board chair resists calls for public inquiry into Project South allegations Province’s top police watchdog already vowed to hire an outside official to conduct a review of corruption

The mayor needs to yank Shelley Carroll off the police board today. This is bananas. Here’s a gift link. Are there any elected officials in Toronto standing up for residents? She must go.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

And the Toronto police shook her down

There is a lot of motivated reasoning in your mentions here.

It would be really scary for us if Mark Carney wasn't all knowing, all seeing during such a frightening time.

Congratulations, you've used the laziest ad hominem argument.

There's always one of you who doesn't have the chops to engage in a reasoned argument point by point.

Muting you now because you won't be back with anything smarter.

muted light on rock outcrop and foliage

Signs form a language, but not the one you think you know.

Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities

Recap on Carney and Anand on #Iran:

1️⃣ They support the US and Israel's attacks.

2️⃣ For three days, 🦗🦗🦗 on international law.

3️⃣ Carney: actually, we support attacks "with regret" & it's prima facie illegal

4️⃣ We can't rule out Canada joining in.

Seriously: What will they say tomorrow?

Appreciate the handful of public figures that continue to say true things. Diminishing crew but holding my sanity down so bless

As key messages go, that's a super weird one. Was muddying the meaning the goal?

The problem is that apparently he's used it with Canadian audiences too. He likes to use blood and soil together in a sentence.

Yes, just its use normalizes extremist rhetoric.