gemelliz

@gemelliz@mstdn.ca

‘I must confess that when I was younger I expected the future to have more robotic butlers and jetpacks and less plague and fascism, but here we are.' - Paul Bassett Davies

'A politician thinks only of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation' -- JF Clarke

"News is not supposed to be entertaining. It is supposed to be factual." - @snowshadow

#cdnpoli #onpoli, #topoli #Toronto #LongCovidKids

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gemelliz, to Canada

"Holy fuck. Pierre can’t even stand outside the basilica and talk about Mulroney’s legacy without descending into slogans and electioneering"

#Canada #StateFuneral #Poilievre @long17_de

gemelliz, to Canada

😳 's chief strategist, Jenni Byrne... seems nice..

“a lot of venom and vindictiveness that comes from her”
"the Brutus who took a knife to the political career of Conservative leader Erin O’Toole"
“a scorched-earth tactician”
"her return to the Prime Minister’s Office is a frightening thought"

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/10/jenni-byrne-is-just-getting-started-00056012

gemelliz, to Toronto

"Well, Bonnie Crombie is gonna force four-storey buildings in every neighbourhood, so there"

The premier of Ontario sounds like a peevish teenager.

WOW - And councillor Josh Matlow has had enough...😳
"Today, unfairly attacked Bonnie Crombie & said he “works collaboratively” with cities. Not only has his corrupt government failed to competently address the housing crisis, he’s repeatedly bullied mayors & councils."

gemelliz,

"Mayor Rob Ford didn’t know what an LRT was, while cancelling LRT projects"

"Premier Doug Ford doesn’t know what a fourplex is, while banning fourplex projects"

Meanwhile, Canada's federal Housing Minister is trolling Ford by posting examples of fourplex residences. 😂

@tdotresident

gemelliz, to Canada

Just one day after Pierre 's failed attempt to "bring down" the Liberal govt, the Conservatives have thrown a dead cat on the table and raised the possibility of former prime minister Stephen Harper returning as Minister of Foreign Affairs under a Poilievre government.
Clearly, Mr. Harper has been pulling PP's levers since he was elected party leader, are the Cons dropping the charade?


https://www.ipolitics.ca/opinions/harper-to-foreign-affairs-in-a-poilievre-government

gemelliz, to ontario

The #DougFord govt says the names of physicians and facilities found to have engaged in extra-billing for health services will be kept secret.

As of Jan 2024, there are 900+ private surgical & diagnostic centres operating in #Ontario.
If the Ontario patient ombudsman receives a complaint & finds a violation there is no legal process in place to compel those organizations to act on the ombudsman's recommendations and the findings will not be made public.

#topoli #onpoli
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/names-of-ontario-clinics-found-to-have-extra-billed-patients-being-kept-secret-1.6817218

gemelliz, to ontario

👉 Until Premier Ford took power in 2018, there was no carbon tax in

When joins his fellow conservative, Pierre , in the chorus to 'axe the tax,' remember it was FORD who cancelled the market-based cap & trade program set up by the previous government.

Ford then blew through $30M in a court challenge against the carbon levy - all the way up to the Supreme Court of Canada.

He lost.
Ontario taxpayers lost. Again.


https://www.thestar.com/politics/unhappy-about-ontarios-carbon-levy-thank-doug-ford-for-making-it-happen/article_b2b89a0c-e7c0-11ee-be8f-bb6bce6756c7.html

Snowshadow, to news
@Snowshadow@mastodon.social avatar

Dictator Doug Ford"

Via Colin D Mello:
"Premier Doug Ford, at a news conference in Hamilton, says he's not going to "override municipal planning to force 4, 6, 8 storey buildings in the middle of every neighborhood across Ontario."

"Queen's Park doesn't know best," 🤦 the premier says of government.

@gemelliz

gemelliz,

@Snowshadow @hamishb @chris @Sir_Osis_of_Liver @David_Moscrop

THIS!
"I'm sorry, but a premier who thinks a fourplex and a four-storey building are the same thing -- or if they call four-stories a "tower" -- should not be in a charge of a government that makes housing policy"

Snowshadow, to news
@Snowshadow@mastodon.social avatar

Don Martin: The carbon tax coalition saves Trudeau from a loss of confidence

Poilievre's version of the Harper plan

And he’ll use tax hike opposition to promote his version of the five-point plan Stephen Harper used in the party’s victorious 2006 campaign.

Poilievre is echoing with a tax cut, a home-building frenzy, a fix for the fiscal mess and a crime crackdown.

@gemelliz think we are stupid enough to fall for that again??

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/don-martin-the-carbon-tax-coalition-saves-trudeau-from-a-loss-of-confidence-1.6817491

gemelliz,

@Snowshadow
"you can bet the Conservative push for an early election will continue & amplify as the carbon tax becomes increasingly toxic"
Isn't the point to slow down carbon production & mitigate environmental damage? Will the carbon tax be as toxic as this summer's wild fires?
Or crop failure due to drought /flood?

gemelliz, to Canada

Mrs. PP is in full control of the 'Pierre Poilievre Party', and she's making a profit doing it.

BTW - The couple get their "Make Canada Great" propaganda clothing from the United States.

PP wearing a hockey jersey designed by Mrs. PP.

gemelliz, to random

's motion to cut the carbon tax was defeated.

Yeas: 116 ✅
Nays: 204 ❌

FYI - Poilievre wasn't in the House for his own vote to bring down the government.


gemelliz,

@Snowshadow @AlexanderVI

Poilievre's in Toronto tonight, raking in more cash.

gemelliz,

It's all a charade to win power.

Pierre has been raging on his 'axe the tax' soapbox for over a year & jetting around the country on his tours. Mrs. PP is even making money selling Axe t-shirts -ffs. And yet he ditches his "shining moment" to "bring down the govt" to attend a $1700/plate fundraiser on Bay St? We are being played.

Can you imagine Canada's surprise if PP is elected and his 'axe the tax' doesn't magically make everyone rich. 🤦
@zazzoo @BarryCooke

gemelliz,

@zazzoo @BarryCooke

⬇️ THIS is another

"CBC reported it as "Liberals survive confidence vote" rather than "PP fails with his little stunt."

gemelliz, to random

The government looking to build a medical school in and train future doctors at the Cortellucci Hospital site.
You many wonder why Premier Ford is not directing funds to grow existing programs as opposed to building an entirely new campus that will take up to 10 yrs to graduate first docs.
👉 Cortellucci/deGasperis hospital is named after 2 of Ford's largest donors & the hospital is part of Mackenzie Health, one of the highest-funded hospital groups in the province. 🤔

gemelliz, to ontario

The Ford conservative govt says building fourplexes are “off the table for us” because there would be "push back from residents"

"Today, the Premier told Ontarians that if you cannot afford a single detached home, you're not welcome in your neighbourhood. This is a gut-punch for the millions of Ontarians struggling to afford a home." - Marit Stiles, NDP

Note: the new builds in the background are not 'fourplexes' - they're -approved single family homes.

gemelliz,

@Jgmeadows Doug builds what he knows (and likes) His world view is pretty narrow & he adores US-style living. Even if he's stayed in European cities, would he have noticed multi-level living with shared spaces, parks, town squares, coffee on a piazza, walk to school, frequent transit, car-free streets?
He strikes me as the guy would books a luxury hotel out near the airport. Send "the ladies" into town by limo if they want to go shopping.

gemelliz,

@Jgmeadows because he doesn't have to.

gemelliz, to ontario

NEW - Premier Ford rules out allowing the building of fourplexes despite his own housing task force recommending it.
says his government will only focus on building single-dwelling & town homes.
“You go in the middle of communities & start putting up four storey, six storey housing ..there’s going to be a lot of shouting and screaming”
Yup, that's “off the table for us” because there would be push back from residents.

"for us" = Ford & developer buddies

gemelliz,

Look at the location of the "no fourplexes' announcement. knows where his votes are coming from.

@Snowshadow @chu @intothewestaway

gemelliz, to irony

"You'll have to earn a living rather than getting it from taxpayers’ money," said Pierre Poilievre, who has collected a paycheque from taxpayers for nearly 20 years."

This young guy from the 22 Minutes comedy troupe did a great job! Not surprisingly, insulted him and had him removed by police. A serious lack of freedom of expression (and humour) in PP's world.


https://www.youtube.com/@22Minutes

gemelliz, to Alberta

This is abhorrent!
On April 1, new provincial regulations in state there will be NO legal requirement to provide nursing care for elderly residents living in that province's long term care facilities. 😳
Without any NURSING CARE , these senior residences will become long term 'storage' facilities. Who in their right mind allows this??


https://www.una.ca/1512/new-regulations-eliminate-all-nursing-care-requirements-for-residents-of-continuing-care-homes-in-alberta-una-warns

gemelliz, to Canada

Conservative leader, Pierre is threatening to bring down the Liberal government if they don't get rid of the carbon tax.

👉 "Canadian conservatives are feigning outrage at carbon pricing to distract from their lack of an actual plan or action on the environment."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-non-confidence-motion-carbon-tax-1.7149637

gemelliz,

Campaigning on an anti-climate platform is simply obscene. is well aware that 2023 was the hottest year ever documented and records were broken for greenhouse gas levels, ocean heat, sea level rise, and glacier retreats.

His anti-carbon tax campaign is a triumph of misinformation. If PP is this comfortable telling flat-out lies to win power, imagine the lies once he's in power.


@Westcoastmaven2

gemelliz, to Canada

BREAKING: Canada's federal Liberal party are announcing new legislation today to reform the Elections Act. The motion will allow a total of three days to vote, including weekends along with allowing you to vote at ANY polling place and advancements in mail in voting.

gemelliz,

@giflian lol. both incidents have poutine-covered fingerprints all over them ;)

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