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Cathy Strand 🍁🇨🇦
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Albertan who is more and more embarrassed every day to admit that. Still proud to be a Canadian! 🇨🇦
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shakespearesgal.bsky.social
Amen

#cdnpoli
June 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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electricbluesfan.bsky.social
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⚠️ CANADIAN PASTORS PREACHING SURRENDER TO THE U.S. ⚠️

The Tyee's Donald Gutstein exposes Canadian evangelical networks receiving charity tax breaks while advocating theocracy and annexation by the US, led by pastors who reject democratic governance.

#ChristianNationalism #CDNpoli
June 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social
Really heartened today to see so many prominent Alberta Conservatives and business leaders speaking out to denounce separatist politics. We need people all across the political spectrum, and all across the province, to stand up and push back against this divisive campaign. #abpoli #ableg
May 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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shakespearesgal.bsky.social
This is so on point … PP wouldn’t talk to the broader press before the election and now he’s begging them to fawn all over him because he thinks he has relevance.

Don’t fall for this CONservative BS. They want their cake and to eat it too. Well, it’s getting awfully stale.

#cdnpoli 🇨🇦
northofthe49th.bsky.social MargeWill @northofthe49th.bsky.social · May 15
Stop letting him speak. He’s a nobody. He is playing you. Remember all during the campaign you couldn’t get access to him but now he is everywhere and your are just playing into the version 3 of PP being rolled out? It’s a game to the CONs. If/when he has a seat in the HoC, then let him speak.
May 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
chattycll.bsky.social
I’ve started watching CBC’s election coverage and I was dismayed to see that Jason Kenney is one of the commentators who they are using. I’ve already had to mute him.
April 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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theskyisnotblue.bsky.social
❤️✊🏻 #GeorgiaProtests
helsinkicomm.bsky.social U.S. Helsinki Commission @helsinkicomm.bsky.social · Apr 25
🇬🇪 Tomorrow will mark the Georgian people's 150th consecutive day of peaceful demonstrations.

Bipartisan members of Congress are proud to stand with the Georgian people as they refuse to surrender their democratic aspirations to an illegitimate regime.
April 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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canadianpride.bsky.social
The fact that PoiLIEvre’s budget completely ignores healthcare should scare you.
He opposes dental care and pharmacare—programs that help Canadians afford basic health needs like diabetes medication and birth control. Meanwhile, he meets regularly with billion dollar US private health care Execs.
April 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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agrandromance.bsky.social
Listen to indigenous people! #FirstNations #Indigenous #CanadaElection #cdnpoli
April 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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lukelebrun.ca
FYI:

@pressprogress.ca’s journalistic standards have specific rules prohibiting our journalists from grandstanding / posing theatrical questions, disrupting press conferences or randomly ambushing news subjects in public, because that behaviour is toxic and stupid

pressprogress.ca/journalistic...
April 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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melaniewildman.bsky.social
Love this new ad.

“Are we coming together for a better Canada? Or is it everyone for themselves?

#cdnpoli #MarkCarney

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYSp...
Who will stand up for Canada?
YouTube video by Mark Carney
www.youtube.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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minibubbly.bsky.social
Premiers Kinew, Akeeagok ink deal to build hydro transmission line from Manitoba to Nunavut

Leaders also plan to ask federal government for capital funding for $1.6B project #Manitoba #Nunavut #Canada #HydroTransmission

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Premiers Kinew, Akeeagok ink deal to build hydro transmission line from Manitoba to Nunavut | CBC News
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok have signed a memorandum to work together on a proposed hydroelectric and fibre optic project and ask Ottawa for capital funding.
www.cbc.ca
April 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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msf.ca
Canada's political leaders must stand up for humanity.

Do you agree?

Retweet this tile to let them know. 🇨🇦

Read our full statement here: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-to-canad... #cdnpoli
April 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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peipolitical.bsky.social
Frank Graves - #cdnpoli
How Trump Turned Canadians Off Populism
The election may be Canada’s last chance to reject the authoritarian reflex sweeping through Western democracies.
macleans.ca/politics/how...
How Trump Turned Canadians Off Populism - Macleans.ca
The election may be Canada’s last chance to reject the authoritarian reflex sweeping through Western democracies
macleans.ca
April 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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astill73.bsky.social
Dear Canada, time to #BoycottElSalvador.

We need to stand up for everyone’s human rights. Let’s do this.

#Boycott #Cdnpoli #BuyCanadian #ElbowsUp
April 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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peipolitical.bsky.social
Poilievre Getting Easier Ride At Media Events Than Carney #cdnpoli
www.readthemaple.com/poilievre-ge...
Poilievre Getting Easier Ride At Media Events Than Carney: Analysis
Despite Poilievre’s complaints that the media go easy on his Liberal opponents, the opposite is true in this election campaign.
www.readthemaple.com
April 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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maxfawcett.bsky.social
In advance of my debate tonight on the CBC's future, I wrote this column explaining why it's more important than ever. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/16/o...
The CBC matters more than ever
Pierre Poilievre’s rallies are a big hit, even if they’re not as big as his supporters would like to pretend. But the thousands of people turning out to them might have noticed something missing from ...
www.nationalobserver.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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askaubry.com
Now I'm crying
OffMyChest u/FroggySpirit 3d My husband is eating more, and it makes me want to cry Positive I am just so overwhelmed right now. I've honestly been overwhelmed nearly every day for the past three weeks. Things were really bad, for a really long time. Since I met my husband almost a decade ago, we've been poor in some form or another. Sometimes we were living paycheck to paycheck, and to us that was glamorous. Other times, like for the last year and a half, we were slowly leeching money, inching toward homelessness. It was just an unfortunate mix of low-paying jobs, emergencies that drained our funds just when we were getting ahead, and a low support system. And throughout it all, my husband has been my rock. He's my best friend, my shoulder to lean on, my light. And despite how much he's tried to hide it, I know how hard all of this has been hitting him. The thing that kills me is that he barely eats. Part of it is just constant fear and anxiety that steals his appetite, and the other part is unmediated ADHD that makes food practically invisible to him. He's already so lean too, and I can see how much it just saps what little energy he has. Then I got this job. A career-stable position that pays me far more than the both of us have ever made combined. We picked up everything and moved to a nice neighborhood in a high COL area, and we are still comfortable. I'm not rich by any means, but my god I have never had this kind of money before. And I can see what it's doing to my husband. In just under a month I have seen him transform into someone I've never seen before. He has so much energy, the house is filled with his laughter more often than not. And he eats!! So much now!! He scarfs down full dinners with whole foods, I catch him snacking throughout the day, and he eats breakfast now?? He just came into the room and did a goofy little flex, saying how strong his body feels now (and he even thinks he's developing some muscles, ooh.) And it was such a small moment, but now I'm sitting here with a tightness in my chest and the threat of tears in my eyes. I'm so happy that my husband is eating.
April 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social
Phone footage appears to contradict Israel's account in troops' killing of 15 Palestinian medics
Phone footage appears to contradict Israel’s account in troops’ killing of 15 Palestinian medics
Phone video from one of 15 Palestinians medics killed by Israeli forces last month appears to contradict Israeli claims that the medics’ vehicles did not have emergency signals on when troops opened fire on them in southern Gaza.
www.ctvnews.ca
April 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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dunrobinontario.bsky.social
This was a fascinating 3 minutes on #Maddow last night that I'm not sure anyone shared

@acyn.bsky.social @atrupar.com
#Tariffs #Cdnpoli #Trump #RonVara
April 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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savethecbc.bsky.social
Poilievre voted against boosting seniors’ income—while locking in a $230K/year taxpayer-funded pension for himself.

CBC reported it. He wants it gone.

Defund hypocrisy, not journalism.
#SaveTheCBC #DefundPierre #CdnPoli #MediaFreedom
April 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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maryfernando.bsky.social
Misinformation is lying and lying to discourage parents from vaccinating is sending children to hospital and ICU.

Measles cases were rare (graph) www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Measles is preventable but we have 661 cases.

Vaccinate children.

Please.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Measles cases went from 15 in 2013 to 346 in 2025 counting only till March. We have 661 measles cases in Ontario to date with 52 hospitalizations this week and 3 in ICU.
April 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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pressprogress.ca
NEW: Conservative candidate used a secret Signal group chat with Freedom Convoy leaders, right-wing media and far-right influencers

Andrew Lawton was a member of the “clandestine” group chat used to coordinate convoy messaging on social media
Conservative Candidate Used a Secret Signal Group Chat With Freedom Convoy Leaders, Right-Wing Media and Far-Right Influencers
Andrew Lawton was a member of a “clandestine” group chat used to coordinate convoy messaging on social media
pressprogress.ca
April 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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charlesrusnell.bsky.social
This is a story about how conservative keep attempting - and failing at great public expense - to embed private, for-profit healthcare in Alberta's public system.
Bleeding Money: Alberta's Private Health Shift via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
April 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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notharper.bsky.social
Canadians need to take a good look at Alberta under #TraitorSmith to see how public health care, public education and lying to citizens is the how far-right Conservatives operate.

#NeverConservative #ableg #cdnpoli
trixie57.bsky.social Trixie 🌸🇨🇦 @trixie57.bsky.social · Mar 28
Pierre Polievre is the biggest threat that Canada has faced since Confederation in 1867. He would sell us out to America in a heartbeat, and there won’t be any more Canada. Bu-bye free healthcare, and hello guns, gaslighting, and the oligarchy.
Vote Liberal, our freedom literally depends on it.🥺🇨🇦❤️
March 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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teamcanadaforever.bsky.social
Fake election ads are on the rise and we have to stay vigilants. Take some time to watch this video.

❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
#canada #canadastrong #elbowsup #markcarneyforpm #cdnpoli #voteliberal #tariffs #tradewar #neverpoilievre #never51state #buycanadian #supportlocal
March 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM