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I'm all for leaving twitter, but if I could increase my work's user base by 1%, that would be massive, and easily worth months of my time.

Agreed. There's also the national unity angle. Maybe Pierre doesn't deserve it. But why stoke division further than we already are?

I was happy to see Carney signal he'd expedite a byelection if that's what they want. Letting PP stay is a similar gesture of good will at a time we need to be united.

Just some cool and normal post-election far right extremism in Toronto. Everything is great.

In May 2024, X said it was “proud to fund a law­suit filed by Dr. Matt Strauss” against Queen's and said it sup­por­ted Strauss's “efforts to vin­dic­ate his free speech rights without fear of unfair retali­ation!” In response Strauss tweeted, if pro­fess­ors are not free to cri­ti­cize gov­ern­ment policy, “it ceases to be a uni­versity and becomes a polit­ical club. I will fight for this prin­ciple in every avail­able arena,” he wrote. “Thanks to @X, @elon­musk and @CPC_HQ for fight­ing with me!”

However, last week Strauss told me, while he appre­ci­ated the moral sup­port, neither he nor his law­yers took any money from X, from Musk or from any of Musk's com­pan­ies. “My law­suit is 100 per cent fun­ded by me, from money I have earned as a phys­i­cian and pro­fessor in our pub­lic health­care sys­tem. I have no other sources of income,” he said in an emailed state­ment.

So nearly 1 full year after Matt Strauss publicly thanked Elon Musk for funding his lawsuit against Queen's, he finally decided to clarify that he was giving thanks for "moral support" only.

So... why wait that long to deny taking money from Musk?

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I'll also accept Pollieving or Poileaving.

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Matt Strauss deserves to lose. Just listen to doctors who had to work with him before he destroyed his career in medicine to be a pro-virus social media contrarian: www.panaccindex.info/p/profile-po...

I've seen this compared to other acts of civil disobedience. But in other cases the act itself somehow furthers the cause.

E.g red paint on the statue raises awareness of past atrocities.

In this case the act.. Makes it harder for people to vote? That's the exact opposite of the goal. Do better.

"I have received $0 from Elon Musk" answers nothing. His lawyers would have received the payment(s) for one. X would have sent the payment(s) for another.

His lawsuit is ongoing, is he *still* receiving financial aid? So many questions that need some investigative journalism.

"I have received $0 from Elon Musk" answers nothing. His lawyers would have received the payment(s) for one. X would have sent the payment(s) for another.

His lawsuit is ongoing, is he *still* receiving financial aid? So many questions that need some investigative journalism.

Heated exchange erupts during closing statements at Kitchener South-Hespeler debate Liberal incumbent Valerie Bradford accused Conservative candidate Matt Strauss of accepting financial support from Elon Musk and using personal values to guide decisions he made as a medical officer o...

“I have received $0 from Elon Musk.”
- Matt Strauss, who has yet to explain Elon Musk's public pledge to cover his legal costs
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During the Kitchener South-Hespeler debate, CPC candidate Matt Strauss said "I have received $0 from Elon Musk.”

While that's probably technically true, my follow-up to him is:

How much have your lawyers received from X?

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I've seen this compared to other acts of civil disobedience. But in other cases the act itself somehow furthers the cause.

E.g red paint on the statue raises awareness of past atrocities.

In this case the act.. Makes it harder for people to vote? That's the exact opposite of the goal. Do better.

As advanced polls open, all I can think about when it comes to this stunt is an elderly person or maybe someone who isn't super informed being really confused and overwhelmed by this ballot.

Your advocacy shouldn't come at the expense of the accessibility of our elections. I think this sucks tbh

No argument here! Greens shouldn't have mislead the commission, and commission should have dropped them as soon as the candidate list was finalized. Egg on both their faces.

Greens shouldn't have been invited in the first place, but commission allowed it on a technicality. Then they changed their mind due to pushback. My point is kicking them out same day is very unprofessional.

Keep in mind they knew exactly how many candidates the greens had Apr 7th.

This is a risk, but also an opportunity.

The desire for proportional representation has never been higher. If the Liberals get a fourth term, folks from the left and the right will be wanting it.

Combined with a leader who is an outsider.. Not saying it'll happen, but the ingredients are there.

It seems their biggest concern is trying to please everyone.

My key takeaway from this debate is that the Debate Commission is not a serious organization.

Bad enough to accept the Greens in the first place. Worse still to flip flop on THE MORNING OF. Then top it off with 5x more Rebel "news" influencers than anyone else? Wtf is this.

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This election has got to be up there for some of the worst campaigning in Canadian history.

Friday's @thelineca.bsky.social podcast was their first episode I ever listened to.

I'm going to go ahead and assume this is the quality bar I can expect going forward.

Great listen!

I agree with all that. I just think it's possible to do this in a way that doesn't build ill will.

The vote for Conan the Barbarian signs in Yellowknife come to mind.

This is like the climate activists slashing SUV tires. Completely counter productive.

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Proud of our American cousins today. It takes them awhile to wake up, but when they do, they are a FORCE!

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Former prof who sued Queen’s over COVID-19 stance joins MP race in Kitchener - The Queen's Journal A former Queen’s faculty member is in the race to be Kitchener South-Hespeler’s Member of Parliament (MP).Dr. Matthew Strauss, a former Assistant Professor of Medicine from July 2019 to November 2021,...

Glad to see some articles coming out from The Tyee and Queen's Journal mentioning the financial connection between Elon Musk and CPC candidate Matt Strauss. But I'm a bit surprised it hasn't been picked up more broadly.

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