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This is something I always explain when someone complains about paying taxes.
A group called Canadians for Tax Fairness points out that the average Canadian household receives about $41,000 in public services every year. It’s important to point that out because there’s too much emphasis on how much we pay, and not enough on how much we get.
April 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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March 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Please repost this. Over, and over, and over again!

GOP: Cruelty IS the pint!
March 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Fight between bald eagle and Canada goose in Burlington bay 'very symbolic,' says photographer #Canada 🍁🇨🇦🍁

Eagle gave up and spared the goose after 20-minute faceoff, says Mervyn Sequeira

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Photographer who snapped fight between a bald eagle and Canada goose calls it 'very symbolic' | CBC News
A bald eagle may have thought it spotted an easy lunch in a Canada goose sitting on an icy bay in Burlington, Ont., but according to Mervyn Sequeira — who watched and photographed a 20-minute battle b...
www.cbc.ca
March 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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In response to U.S. tariff threats, Sonya Zaback from Prince Edward County lent her voice to this great song.

Thanks to the constituent who shared this with me over the weekend!

Give it a listen! 👇
We Will Survive
YouTube video by Jesse McFaul
youtu.be
March 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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February 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Actually the minimum wage is much higher. In BC it's over $17/hr. The lowest minimum wage in Canada is $15/hr.
February 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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February 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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February 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Petition asking PM to revoke Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship garners support
Petition asking PM to revoke Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship garners support
Thousands of people have electronically signed a parliamentary petition calling for revocation of Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship over his role in the Trump administration, which is pointedly threatening Canada’s sovereignty.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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I wish I was the one who came up this! Had to share because it's funny AF

"Trump announced that the game was fixed. Phoned the referee and told him to find two more goals for the US."
February 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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February 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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February 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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January 2022 and Feb/22 The majority of donations to the trucker convoy that occupied our capital city for 21 days were mostly from the United States, to attempt to topple our elected, democratic government.
USA 51,666
Canada 36,202 (mostly from Alberta)
February 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Pierre Poilievre is against all of this. #cdnpoli #peipoli
February 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.
February 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Bring it on Canada 🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍🇨🇦
A second poll shows the Liberals winning a majority govt under Mark Carney 🇨🇦
cultmtl.com/2025/02/anot...
February 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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February 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going
January 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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February 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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We’ll look who’s chummy with crummy #NeverPoilievre
#VotePoilievreOut
February 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM