David Hamer
@davidhamer1951.bsky.social
Happily retired after 35 years at the Bar. Husband to one, Dad to two, and Grandfather to four. (Ontario & Merton, 1974)
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This week in Toronto.
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February 20, 2026 at 11:41 AM
This week in Toronto.
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So this was the week that showed:
1. Petulant piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre has trouble keeping MP’s on his side of the House; and
2. He can’t control those that stay when they waltz off to Washington to schmooze with fascist friends down there whilst sabotaging 🇨🇦Canada’s negotiating position.
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1. Petulant piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre has trouble keeping MP’s on his side of the House; and
2. He can’t control those that stay when they waltz off to Washington to schmooze with fascist friends down there whilst sabotaging 🇨🇦Canada’s negotiating position.
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February 20, 2026 at 11:08 AM
So this was the week that showed:
1. Petulant piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre has trouble keeping MP’s on his side of the House; and
2. He can’t control those that stay when they waltz off to Washington to schmooze with fascist friends down there whilst sabotaging 🇨🇦Canada’s negotiating position.
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1. Petulant piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre has trouble keeping MP’s on his side of the House; and
2. He can’t control those that stay when they waltz off to Washington to schmooze with fascist friends down there whilst sabotaging 🇨🇦Canada’s negotiating position.
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Reposted by David Hamer
We (and the children) need public health officials and politicians to protect society from parents like this.
But they won't. They don't realize that there is no reasoning with people like this.
But they won't. They don't realize that there is no reasoning with people like this.
I've interviewed moms like this—moms who won't vaccinate, reassuring themselves that if their child dies, it's God's will.
It's almost impossible to change their minds, because they believe God won't let them into heaven if they vaccinate their kids, since vaccinating means not trusting God's plan.
It's almost impossible to change their minds, because they believe God won't let them into heaven if they vaccinate their kids, since vaccinating means not trusting God's plan.
February 20, 2026 at 10:27 AM
We (and the children) need public health officials and politicians to protect society from parents like this.
But they won't. They don't realize that there is no reasoning with people like this.
But they won't. They don't realize that there is no reasoning with people like this.
What Edmond Burke, revered by conservatives everywhere, would have said to these 21st century “Conservative” ignoramuses that vilify an MP who, in good conscience, crosses the floor of the House of Commons.
Just what he said to the electors of Bristol in 1774👇🏻
Just what he said to the electors of Bristol in 1774👇🏻
February 19, 2026 at 7:27 PM
What Edmond Burke, revered by conservatives everywhere, would have said to these 21st century “Conservative” ignoramuses that vilify an MP who, in good conscience, crosses the floor of the House of Commons.
Just what he said to the electors of Bristol in 1774👇🏻
Just what he said to the electors of Bristol in 1774👇🏻
In these parlous times, 🇨🇦Canada
needs a majority government of national purpose.
Whether that comes about via many more floor-crossings or a general election that decimates the Conservatives is largely a matter of indifference.
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needs a majority government of national purpose.
Whether that comes about via many more floor-crossings or a general election that decimates the Conservatives is largely a matter of indifference.
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February 19, 2026 at 1:41 PM
In these parlous times, 🇨🇦Canada
needs a majority government of national purpose.
Whether that comes about via many more floor-crossings or a general election that decimates the Conservatives is largely a matter of indifference.
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needs a majority government of national purpose.
Whether that comes about via many more floor-crossings or a general election that decimates the Conservatives is largely a matter of indifference.
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In which notorious right wing pundit discloses that he has neither ever understood how Westminster parliamentary democracy works nor read Edmund Burke’s Speech to the Electors of Bristol.
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February 19, 2026 at 1:19 PM
In which notorious right wing pundit discloses that he has neither ever understood how Westminster parliamentary democracy works nor read Edmund Burke’s Speech to the Electors of Bristol.
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So petulant peewee piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre swears that Prime Minister Carney is guilty of “dirty backroom deals”.
If that’s actually true, isn’t the Leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition duty-bound, in a minority parliament, to force a general election? Shouldn’t we the people get to decide?
If that’s actually true, isn’t the Leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition duty-bound, in a minority parliament, to force a general election? Shouldn’t we the people get to decide?
February 19, 2026 at 12:57 PM
So petulant peewee piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre swears that Prime Minister Carney is guilty of “dirty backroom deals”.
If that’s actually true, isn’t the Leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition duty-bound, in a minority parliament, to force a general election? Shouldn’t we the people get to decide?
If that’s actually true, isn’t the Leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition duty-bound, in a minority parliament, to force a general election? Shouldn’t we the people get to decide?
So you know how Conservatives are always shrieking that governments should be run like businesses?
Well, Alberta’s Queen of Stupid Danielle Smith has certainly shown the way.
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Well, Alberta’s Queen of Stupid Danielle Smith has certainly shown the way.
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February 19, 2026 at 12:52 PM
So you know how Conservatives are always shrieking that governments should be run like businesses?
Well, Alberta’s Queen of Stupid Danielle Smith has certainly shown the way.
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Well, Alberta’s Queen of Stupid Danielle Smith has certainly shown the way.
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So you know how Conservatives are always shrieking that governments should be run like businesses?
Well, Alberta’s Queen of Stupid Danielle Smith has certainly shown the way.
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Well, Alberta’s Queen of Stupid Danielle Smith has certainly shown the way.
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February 19, 2026 at 12:48 PM
So you know how Conservatives are always shrieking that governments should be run like businesses?
Well, Alberta’s Queen of Stupid Danielle Smith has certainly shown the way.
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Well, Alberta’s Queen of Stupid Danielle Smith has certainly shown the way.
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The planet laughs as Trump’s Board of Schoolyard Bullies gather in the world capital of fascism, Washington, DC.
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February 19, 2026 at 11:01 AM
The planet laughs as Trump’s Board of Schoolyard Bullies gather in the world capital of fascism, Washington, DC.
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Watching petulant peewee piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives running around on Twitter like chickens with their heads cut off over one guy crossing the floor just makes it clear how unelectable they truly are, and even more, how completely unsuited they are to governing a G7 country.
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February 19, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Watching petulant peewee piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives running around on Twitter like chickens with their heads cut off over one guy crossing the floor just makes it clear how unelectable they truly are, and even more, how completely unsuited they are to governing a G7 country.
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BREAKING: Jumpin Jack Jamil Jivani announces he and Vice President J.D. Vance have signed new, complete 50 year NAFTA deal excluding Mexico.
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February 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM
BREAKING: Jumpin Jack Jamil Jivani announces he and Vice President J.D. Vance have signed new, complete 50 year NAFTA deal excluding Mexico.
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Cripes.
One has disagreed with Mr. Coyne so violently over so many issues over so many years, and yet …
Here he is so bloody incisive (yet again) in skewering today’s Conservative Party of Canada on a spit.
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One has disagreed with Mr. Coyne so violently over so many issues over so many years, and yet …
Here he is so bloody incisive (yet again) in skewering today’s Conservative Party of Canada on a spit.
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February 18, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Cripes.
One has disagreed with Mr. Coyne so violently over so many issues over so many years, and yet …
Here he is so bloody incisive (yet again) in skewering today’s Conservative Party of Canada on a spit.
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One has disagreed with Mr. Coyne so violently over so many issues over so many years, and yet …
Here he is so bloody incisive (yet again) in skewering today’s Conservative Party of Canada on a spit.
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Reposted by David Hamer
Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
February 18, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
Conservative anti-science, anti-vaxx, anti-quarantine “doctor” MP has meltdown over Westminster democracy working as it always has, demonstrates why his party is unelectable.
February 18, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Conservative anti-science, anti-vaxx, anti-quarantine “doctor” MP has meltdown over Westminster democracy working as it always has, demonstrates why his party is unelectable.
Jumpin Jack Jamil
Jivani wore his Jumpin Jack shoes to snuggle with his old fascist law school best friend.
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Jivani wore his Jumpin Jack shoes to snuggle with his old fascist law school best friend.
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February 18, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Jumpin Jack Jamil
Jivani wore his Jumpin Jack shoes to snuggle with his old fascist law school best friend.
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Jivani wore his Jumpin Jack shoes to snuggle with his old fascist law school best friend.
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Ah, poor petulant peewee piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre forgot that “Minority Government”
is nowhere on anybody’s ballot in any riding anywhere, so nobody “voted” for that.
And I guess he thinks Sir Winston Churchill crossed the floor twice pursuant to “dirty backroom deals”.
Meltdown in Aisle 6.
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is nowhere on anybody’s ballot in any riding anywhere, so nobody “voted” for that.
And I guess he thinks Sir Winston Churchill crossed the floor twice pursuant to “dirty backroom deals”.
Meltdown in Aisle 6.
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February 18, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Ah, poor petulant peewee piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre forgot that “Minority Government”
is nowhere on anybody’s ballot in any riding anywhere, so nobody “voted” for that.
And I guess he thinks Sir Winston Churchill crossed the floor twice pursuant to “dirty backroom deals”.
Meltdown in Aisle 6.
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is nowhere on anybody’s ballot in any riding anywhere, so nobody “voted” for that.
And I guess he thinks Sir Winston Churchill crossed the floor twice pursuant to “dirty backroom deals”.
Meltdown in Aisle 6.
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Reading between Mr. Coyne’s lines, it’s easy to get his real point: the Conservative Party of Canada hasn’t a snowball’s chance in hell of winning another election so long as a huge component of its base is pro-Trump and pro-MAGA. And that’s who Jumpin Jack Jamil Jivani hopes to lead.
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February 18, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Reading between Mr. Coyne’s lines, it’s easy to get his real point: the Conservative Party of Canada hasn’t a snowball’s chance in hell of winning another election so long as a huge component of its base is pro-Trump and pro-MAGA. And that’s who Jumpin Jack Jamil Jivani hopes to lead.
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Reposted by David Hamer
I have no idea why workers were at home spending time with their families on Family Day, but I will absolutely get to the bottom of this.
Premair Deputy Dawg
Premair Deputy Dawg
February 18, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I have no idea why workers were at home spending time with their families on Family Day, but I will absolutely get to the bottom of this.
Premair Deputy Dawg
Premair Deputy Dawg
There she goes again, Tracey Wilson, doyenne of the 🍁gun cult, high mucky muck of the Canadian Coalition for “Firearm Rights”, ignoramus when it comes to Westminster parliamentary democracy, writhing at her keyboard as a Conservative MP crosses the floor just like Churchill did (twice).
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February 18, 2026 at 6:42 PM
There she goes again, Tracey Wilson, doyenne of the 🍁gun cult, high mucky muck of the Canadian Coalition for “Firearm Rights”, ignoramus when it comes to Westminster parliamentary democracy, writhing at her keyboard as a Conservative MP crosses the floor just like Churchill did (twice).
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Longish 🧵Thinking today of two 🍁Canadians’ trips to Washington.
One was by Jamil Jivani MP, who Pierre Poilievre chose a few years back to parachute into Bowmanville North Oshawa riding.
The other was back in 2015 by Dr. Danielle Martin, the brilliant family physician and senior health …
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One was by Jamil Jivani MP, who Pierre Poilievre chose a few years back to parachute into Bowmanville North Oshawa riding.
The other was back in 2015 by Dr. Danielle Martin, the brilliant family physician and senior health …
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February 18, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Longish 🧵Thinking today of two 🍁Canadians’ trips to Washington.
One was by Jamil Jivani MP, who Pierre Poilievre chose a few years back to parachute into Bowmanville North Oshawa riding.
The other was back in 2015 by Dr. Danielle Martin, the brilliant family physician and senior health …
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One was by Jamil Jivani MP, who Pierre Poilievre chose a few years back to parachute into Bowmanville North Oshawa riding.
The other was back in 2015 by Dr. Danielle Martin, the brilliant family physician and senior health …
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Well, duh.
If you were an MP and had the choice of sitting on the same side of the House of Commons as Jumpin Jack Jamil Jivani or joining the adults across the aisle, wouldn’t you do the same?
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If you were an MP and had the choice of sitting on the same side of the House of Commons as Jumpin Jack Jamil Jivani or joining the adults across the aisle, wouldn’t you do the same?
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February 18, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Well, duh.
If you were an MP and had the choice of sitting on the same side of the House of Commons as Jumpin Jack Jamil Jivani or joining the adults across the aisle, wouldn’t you do the same?
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If you were an MP and had the choice of sitting on the same side of the House of Commons as Jumpin Jack Jamil Jivani or joining the adults across the aisle, wouldn’t you do the same?
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Hilarious watching Canadian Conservatives arguing about who among them is racist and who’s not.
Bottom line: the party of Diefenbaker, Stanfield, Clark and Mulroney has drifted so far off into neofascism as to be unelectable for a generation.
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pressprogress.ca/jason-kenney...
Bottom line: the party of Diefenbaker, Stanfield, Clark and Mulroney has drifted so far off into neofascism as to be unelectable for a generation.
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pressprogress.ca/jason-kenney...
Jason Kenney is Sounding Off at the Right-Wing Website Juno News for Platforming a White Nationalist
How a white nationalist is causing a rift between Alberta's former premier and a right-wing alt-media outlet run by his own former spokesperson
pressprogress.ca
February 18, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Hilarious watching Canadian Conservatives arguing about who among them is racist and who’s not.
Bottom line: the party of Diefenbaker, Stanfield, Clark and Mulroney has drifted so far off into neofascism as to be unelectable for a generation.
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pressprogress.ca/jason-kenney...
Bottom line: the party of Diefenbaker, Stanfield, Clark and Mulroney has drifted so far off into neofascism as to be unelectable for a generation.
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pressprogress.ca/jason-kenney...
