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Maybe you’re old enough to remember that when George W. Bush decided the world should invade Iraq not everyone in the world wanted to follow. By which I mean most didn’t but as usual in Republican politics, only the right opinions are deemed to matter. (I trust you
Politics
Oh boy oh boy what to do with this windfall? The premier of Ontario, Mr. Pick-You-Up-In-My-Pick-Up in person, is giving us some of our money back so we can vote for him in the June election. And you know what? It might just work. That’s the problem with populism.
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – Dans le film Shawshank Redemption, Andy Dufresne explique au personnage joué par Morgan Freeman qu’au bout du compte, il faut se décider à vivre et non dépérir. C’est dans cet esprit que je voudrais profiter des “bonnes nouvelles” annoncées par le premier ministre de l’Ontario
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There are statements so atrocious that they’re either terribly unsanitary jokes or the work of a clueless conservative (but I repeat myself) man about to discover that the world has progressed while he was asleep at the switch for the last few decades. Seriously. Who would tweet that their
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Very few people remember Richard Reid. Even if I give you his nickname you might not twig, especially if you are blessed with being younger than a gen-Xer. Richard Reid is living at the expense of U.S. taxpayers in the maximum security facility in Florence, Colorado. He is serving
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Out of curiosity, how many of you have looked up what in the Greek alphabet comes after omicron? And am I the only one who doesn’t give a black olive at this point? It’s been nearly two years of us, sensible smart people that we are, doing all
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You never know what’s going to set people off, except of course if you’re talking about language in Canada. Perhaps I should have known better. During the Speech from the Throne on Tuesday, I tweeted that the governor general’s French had gone from basically non-existent a few
Culture
My name is Brigitte Pellerin. My full name is Marie Carmel Brigitte Pellerin. I was born in Quebec, of francophone parents, in 1970. In those days in that place, every francophone mostly catholic little girl was named Marie after the mother of Jesus. Marie is a name we all share.
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We had a great deal of fun putting a technological cone of shame around Premier Doug Ford’s head for not knowing how to use a laptop and running the biggest province in a G-7 country with a stash of discontinued burner phones. But there are serious issues at stake.
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You have to feel for Canadians who wish to do something about the number of aborted pregnancies. It’s not easy being pro-life (or anti-abortion; more on that in a moment) in this country. And the blame lays squarely at the feet of the men who put themselves in charge
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On COVID-19 and the severe impact it’s had on long term care homes especially in Ontario, it’s time to try a different approach. After pointing fingers to such an extent that we no longer have digits to point anywhere, we should give listening, empathy and compassion a try.
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Attention tout le monde. Enfin, only those who can speak bilingual. This is a discriminatory piece parce que seuls ceux qui sont bilingues vont pouvoir passer à travers. Les autres, ils n’ont qu’à aller se plaindre. They’re good at it. I wasn’t going to talk about