The convoy crew have told me I will be jailed, charged with war crimes and sent to hell.
Now we are being warned they are targeting our staff and our homes.
I have work to do in Ottawa and my staff are there to help people through this pandemic.
I will not be intimidated.
As Donald Trump stays home because he didn't want to get wet I'm proud that our Prime Minister
@JustinTrudeau
understands the Canadian duty of remembrance:
The anti-vaxx protesters made a mockery of the tomb of the unknown soldier today.
They defaced the Terry Fox statute and his legacy.
And now there is a swastika being flown at our parliament.
A fucking swastika.
Dear
@JustinTrudeau
No public official goes skiing on November 11 because we show respect to the veterans.
On this day of reconciliation, you don't skip town and go to the beach because its about showing respect to survivors.
This is not a holiday its a day of atonement.
In 15 years of Parliament I have seen all kinds of scandals. I have seen political soap operas and lots of bad behavior.
But I have never seen two women vilified and kicked out of their caucus for standing up for the rule of law.
They deserve better
@Puglaas
@janephilpott
Here's a simple proposition.
The Russian Embassy in Canada is at 285 Charlotte Street in Ottawa.
Why don't we rename it Zelensky Blvd?
Because from this moment on Volodymyr Zelensky has redefined Russia's relationship with the world.
@cmckenney
@JimWatsonOttawa
@dianedeans
I am proud that the Prime Minister flew to Kyiv to raise the Canadian flag at the embassy in Ukraine.
I don't often agree with him on issus but as the elected head of our nation he does us proud standing in solidarity with the Ukrainian people.
Bravo.
Half a million folks applied for EI this week.
I have been speaking with many who do not qualify - part timers, waitresses, temp workers, people doing contracts, artists.
They can't afford to wait for weeks.
We need a basic income plan.
It is time to ban the directors of the
#NRA
from entering Canada.
We need to put this organization on Canada's watch list of terrorist organizations.
Enough of this shit.
On this 30th anniversary of the brutal attack on the Nakatomi Tower, I want to praise a true hero in blue: Sgt. Al Powell of the LAPD.
We will never forget your courage.
Canadians express our relief that the two Michaels have finally come home.
But we cannot forget the fact that two innocent Canadian citizens were seized as hostages by China.
There can be no return to normal with the Chinese government.
Metcalfe Street is a nightmare of relentless harassment by vehicles honking outside the residential buildings.
I spoke to a senior who was in tears.
There isn't a cop in sight.
@JimWatsonOttawa
At 5:29 PM Parliamentary security sent a message to all MPs warning about threats, personal security and possible plans to target MPs at their family homes or target staff.
It was an unprecedented warning.
45 minutes later
@erinotoole
decided to throw gas on the fire.
Yesterday convoy leader Pat King attacked me for speaking in Parliament.
This thug is a racist who has spoken about the PM being shot. This is not a man to be negotiated with.
I was to speak in the House this morning but Parliament is shut because they can't guarantee our safety
I ask
@AndrewScheer
to call on his caucus members to refrain from race-baiting attacks at a time of unprecedented pandemic.
This slur against the Chief Medical officer is vile.
Dr. Tam serves the people of Canada.
She deserves better than this.
Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, has failed Canadians.
Dr. Tam must go! Canada must remain sovereign over decisions. The UN, the WHO, and Chinese Communist propaganda must never again have a say over Canada's public health!
#cdnpoli
Alex Jones the man who taunted and harassed families of 20 murdered children at Sandy Hook loves Pierrre Poilievre.
He says Pierre is the "real deal".
The real deal.
Think about that.
The minister of incel went from calling the cops on seniors who were promoting libraries to announcing that he wants to be the arbiter of what women do with their bodies.
He's never even stepped foot in a public school yard.
Kinda creepy?
Mega creepy.
Galen Weston is worth $13.55 billion and
@cathmckenna
showed up at one of his stores to give his company $12 million - after being found guilty of price fixing bread prices.
SNC, KPMG, Kinder Morgan -
@JustinTrudeau
's idea of the needy.
Parliament has unanimously approved my call to ask the nation's capital to consider renaming the street in front of the Russian Embassy to Zelensky Blvd.
Stephen Harper is not Prime Minister. He lost. End of story.
Canada is dealing with an increasingly unhinged
@realDonaldTrump
and must work together to defend our industries.
Harper's mischief making in Washington is not welcome.
I have seen liberal supporters hint at all manner of odious reasons in attacking
@puglaas
for not going along with the CEOs of SNC-lavalin.
But having
@Sheila_Copps
play the race card is a step much too far.
This is an ugly moment for the liberals and for Canada.
Last year during the convoy occupation I saw a fucking swastika flag flying on parliament hill.
It was one of the most appalling things I have ever seen.
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day I vow never to stand by silently as these symbols of hate are raised.
The Catholic Church refused to pay their share of the compensation owed.
The
@Pontifex
ignored the call of Parliament to issue the apology.
They have never turned over all the documents.
We need forensic investigations at all sites.
How many children are still missing?
I have been on Ehics Committee for years including multiple investigations against Conservative and Liberal officials.
@Justintrudeau
was found guilty.
His MPs obstructed the commissioner from reporting to Parliament.
This has never happened before.
It is a bad precedent.
I am deeply concerned about the heavy presence of police and weaponry facing down the Wet'suwet'en people.
There needs to be a serious de-escalation and respect for the Indigenous people who have a right to safety on their traditional lands.
I thought
@MichelleRempel
's attempt to make fun of
@JustinTrudeau
's speech patterns was cheap and bush league.
We have a profound obligation to speak to the issues that matter to Canadians.
I'm sure I probably say umm when I speak.
So what?
Such a low bar performance Michelle.
Pls RT Share -
@MichelleRempel
HITS A NEW LOW - She makes fun of Justin Trudeau because he stutters - thus making fun of all people who stutter - PLUS she refuses to call him "Prime Minister" - instead calls him "Liberal Leader"
#cdnpoli
#cdnmedia
#elxn43
Two weeks ago Poilievre ordered his MPs to vote against support for Ukraine'.
Now one of his front bench MPs is leading the fight to pull Canada out of the UN.
The Conservatives are not playing to the conspiracy base.
They are the conspiracy base.
The Minister for Incel got panicked because women showed up at his legion event.
They came to explain that he is not going to tell them what to do with their bodies.
He hopped in the car and took off.
He didn't even have time to quote Dr. Seuss.
@samoosterhoff
It's 7 years since the death of Jack Layton. I came into politics because of Jack.
He made me believe it was possible to do politics with integrity, humour and a love for arts.
He believed that Canadians were good people who could change the world.
I believe this.
Fuck I miss him
Alex Jones is a despicable human being who will say anything, do anything to stir dissent and hatred.
But he does have a good eye for those of like mind.
Is Poilievre going to disavow this hate monger?
This is the face of Canada's Conservative party in 2024.
Huge congrats to Pierre Poilievre for securing the coveted Alex Jones endorsement!!!!
It can’t have been easy to dogwhistle conspiracy theories often enough to clinch the support of a Sandy Hook shooting denier, but my god, Poilievre did it.
This is Canada. This is Ontario. This is Kaschechewan where mothers have to line up every morning to buy safe drinking water for their children. This is unacceptable.
Someone texted to say a guy drove his truck onto their small, one way street and parked in the middle of the road.
Then he left to join the party, trapping all the vehicles on the street.
Welcome to Ottawa where if you're an anti-masker, anti-vaxxer you can do what you want.
The bodies of 215 First Nation children were found.
I think of John Kioke, Michel Matinas and Michel Sutherland -who disappeared trying to escape St. Anne's IRS.
So many children died with no explanation or accountability.
This isn't ancient history.
It is lived trauma today.
Canada needs to wake up and understand what just happened in that Saskatchewan court room.
How it is possible that the system can be so stacked against justice for Indigenous people in 2018?
#JusticeForColtenBoushie
Someone had to go for the fall in
@justintrudeau
's squalid ethics scandal.
The last time he threw two top women cabinet ministers under the bus.
Now in the biggest economic crisis in a century his finance minister walks the plank.
All for Justin's bad judgement.
9 years ago today Jack Layton stepped down as leader of the NDP because of cancer.
He had led us to a historic win just a month before. He was dead within the month.
I became a politician because of Jack.
He made me believe it was possible to do politics with integrity.
There is no place for this kind of politics in Canada.
We can disagree with our political opponents but threats of mob violence are disgraceful.
This wasn't an attack on the premier, it was an attack on civil society.
No excuse. Not now. Not ever.
Parliament has unanimously adopted my motion to establish a national suicide prevention action plan.
Thanks to everyone from across the country who pushed hard to make this a reality.
I love when people on twitter ask me such straightforward questions.
Who should pay so Kashechewan kids can have safe, quality school?
Who pays to ensure your kids to get a top notch education in clean, mould-free schools?
It's called public education for a reason.
Pierre Poilievre has never actually held a job.
And yet he has the audacity to say that residential school survivors need to learn the value of hard work.
They were forced to work harder than he and his grifter friends could ever imagine.
The angry liberal twitter class gets uglier all the time.
I wished a Mr. O'Toole a full recovery from covid and it sent the liberal mob off the deep end.
They said nothing when I wished the PM and his wife the best when she had covid.
Canadian politics should be better than this.
This little child was born into a nation of immense riches.
She deserves to grow up with hope, safety and health.
Anything less it is not acceptable.
It is 2019 Canada.
The time has come for this nation to step up
This is what a political arsonist looks like up close.
When real leadership was needed to de-escalate this occupation Candice saw political gain.
"We need to turn this into the PM's problem".
She turned it into Canada's problem.
I'm disturbed & saddened by what we are seeing today in Ottawa. This situation was created by the PM & his desire to divide Canadians. It’s time for MPs to return to the House tomorrow to stop the overreach by this government & restore unity, wholeness & hope back to our nation.
Lol... the right wing media think I'm being mean for pointing out that Pierre Poilievre
(who rants about JT living off the public dime)
moved into a 19 room mansion with a personal cook and groundskeepers paid by the taxpayer.
#specialsnowflakes
The Canadian Catholic Church was obliged to pay $25 million as part of the residential school settlement agreement.
They walked away on the deal.
They refuse to apologize.
They refuse to pay.
They refuse to turn over names of the perpetrators of abuse.
Lowering the flags across Canada to commemorate 215 innocent First Nation children is the least we can do.
These children were forcibly taken by the state.
They died at at a church run residential school and were buried without dignity.
Canada and the church are responsible.
It took long enough... but someone in the political establishment finally stated the obvious.
We shall see if anyone else steps up to the plate.
I have known Poilievre for 20 years.
He is not a leader. he is a political arsonist always focused on the quickest burn.
Ed Broadbent believed that politics should be there to help people.
At the funeral
@WabKinew
gave a powerful speech on taking on hate by trusting in the goodness of Canadians.
Prime Minister Trudeau and Joe Clark paid respects.
Pierre Poilievre didn't bother to show up.
So now Justin is saying he made a few calls on his way to the beach.
Can you imagine any Prime Minister sending out a tweet to explain that he spent Remembrance Day at the beach but called some veterans on his way?
This wasn't meant to be a day off Justin.
I spent some time on the phone today with residential school survivors from across the country, hearing their stories and getting their advice on the path forward. By listening and learning, we can walk down that path - and advance meaningful reconciliation - together.
3 weeks into Attawapiskat water crisis.
The water is unsafe to drink, bathe in or to wash vegetables.
@JustinTrudeau
offers:
1 litre per day for kids under 2.
1.5 litres for elders.
Tribal council must pay in advance.
@SeamusORegan
are you fucking kidding me?
Canada will never be the nation it was meant to be until it realizes that its greatest resource isn't the oil, gas or minerals, but the potential of this generation of Indigenous children. On National Child Day, we must do better.
With
@amnesty
speaking up about the failure of the rule of law in Ottawa it is difficult to overlook the complicity of
@ottawapolice
in entrenching the occupation.
People have been left on their own.
Perhaps we need international observers to to help.
In 1968 teachers at St. Annes IRS wrote a letter to Jean Chretien begging him to intervene because of the conditions.
"For the children's sake I ask you to pursue this immediately and have Indian Affairs take over this school and staff it."
Government knew and nothing was done..
A teddy bear?
Seriously
@JustinTrudeau
this won't cut it.
Not in 2021.
You need to establish an independent prosecutor with a mandate to investigate these crimes.
And you need to stop your legal battle against this generation of Indigenous children and pay the compensation.
The Justice Department is protecting the names of many perpetrators of abuse of Indigenous children.
We need a special independent prosecutor who can force the government and church to turn over the documents.
There can be no reconciliation without justice.
@MumilaaqQaqqaq
Minister of middle class prosperity says her job is to stand up for people who can afford their lifestyle and put their kids in hockey.
I will be spokesperson for people who work fulltime and still can't afford to fix their teeth.
Justin and I grew up in a different middle class.
In 12 days 2 million people with have their CERB run out.
I am fielding calls from people worried sick about paying their rent.
I doubt any of the Harrington Lake crowd have to worry about CERB.
@JustinTrudeau
skipped town at a crucial time.
Galen Weston got $12 million to fix his fridges from
@JustinTrudeau
Kashechewan got $0.
Even though they are sitting on a flood plain and have a signed agreement with Trudeau's government to begin the move to safer ground.
It's who you know in the PMO.
I congratulate Prime Minister
@JustinTrudeau
on ensuring that Canada's vote at the UN recognized the rights of Palestinians.
Canada should be working for peace between Israel and Palestine.
This must include opposing the illegal settlements.
I wear my mask in Ottawa because I refuse to be intimidated.
I'm a white guy and the all white mob give me a pass.
A racialized colleague does the same and gets racist abuse.
Women say they take off the mask to avoid threats.
#OttawaOccupation
is a muscle show of white privilege.
I don't support the policies of
@JustinTrudeau
but it is time we shone a light on those who are using dumbed-down extremism to break up our nation.
Albertans are much better than this.
Canada is better than this.
Ed Broadbent believed in Canada. He believed in social democracy. He believed in the goodness of people.
He believed that government could play a role to make life better.
He never lost his passion and determination to build a better nation.
I was honoured to call him friend.
The fact that
@JustinTrudeau
as Prime Minister would try to force the Attorney General of Canada to lie over interference in a corporate corruption case is a staggering indictment.
For the first time
@Puglaas
says publicly what everyone in Canada knew.
The grr, grr, snort, snort of rightwing politicians overlook a major fact.
Forced famine was Canadian government policy under John A. as was the destruction of Indigenous families.
They never taught us that in history class.
Maybe its time to "grow a back bone" and learn history
Canada wouldn't exist without Sir John A. Macdonald. Canada is a great county, and one we should be proud of. We will not build a better future by defacing our past.
It's time politicians grow a backbone and stand up for our country.
I want to give a shout out to students across Ontario who walked out of classes today.
They are telling Doug Ford they won't put up with his attempt to roll back sex ed and Indigenous curriculum.
Too many adult politicians are failing this generation.
The youth are speaking up.
Fire his ass.
We need to trust that in a tense situation the police on the front lines will be making the right judgement calls.
A police officer who makes jokes about mass killing Indigenous people has no business wearing a uniform.
This is not Alabama 1955.
Today I called out Pierre Poilievre's disinformation campaigns and his refusal to distance himself from Alex Jones, the man who harassed parents of children killed at Sandy Hook by the AR-15.
received a standing ovation from colleagues in 4 parties.
Pierre Polievre is an investment landlord living in a 19 room mansion with personal chef and groundskeepers.
All paid for by taxpayers.
He doesn't have a clue how ordinary people are getting by.
And he calls the PM a freeloader.
Lol.
Ben Chin is
@JustinTrudeau
new Mr. Fix-it.
The same Ben Chin who was a key player in the SNC-Lavalin scandal?
The same Ben Chin named in the Ontario gas plant scandal that took down Dalton McGuinty?
The same Ben Chin working for the corruption-plagued Christie Clarke?
Oy vey
Preston Manning shows his real face - a man willing to break our nation apart to serve the interests of the oil agenda.
It's time to call out these extremists who are willing to break apart our nation.
Canadians deserve better than trolls like him.
This is sweet.
@ShannonStubbsMP
hugs
@JustinTrudeau
at the end of 30 hours of voting.
Pierre Poilievre and House Leader Andrew Scheer had long since skipped town.
It was nice that Trudeau noticed she was one of the few Conservatives willing to to stay to the end.
At what point in Canada's political life did death threats become part of the political "conversation."
This is the second one today.
On top of about 200 conspiracy claims, threats and accusations.
And he's right, the House doesn't really do much to address these threats.
So I count 8 police standing together across from Canada's parliament.
6 guys show up with open cans of gas.
What happens?
You guessed it.
Nothing.
Welcome to the "state of emergency."
Just another day in
#ottawaoccupation
Let's be clear about what is happening here:
Very powerful wealthy insiders aren working with right wingers like Doug Ford to target workers of their few sick days and denying them a fair wage.
It is time we started to push back.
I don't mind the royal couple moving to Canada.
Seems like a nice idea. But paying $10 million a year for the privilege?
No way.
That money would build a lot houses in the north where equally deserving people need safe housing instead of mould shacks.
I stayed in Ottawa's downtown because I trusted the city had a plan.
But residents have been totally abandoned and left to fend for themselves.
Meanwhile white dudes with flags are all over the neighbourhoods partying, harassing and breaking laws at will.
@ottawapolice
are MIA
Gotta hand it to the liberal spinmeisters.
Trudeau and Morneau are facing major ethics investigations.
Morneau will take the fall.
Libs are trying to spin it as a showdown: progressive PM versus austerity minister.
Sure.
This reminds me of “the banality of evil” in modern times, when a government lawyer is arguing—badly—that detained children don’t need blankets, beds, soap and toothbrush in detention even tho the law says it must be “safe and sanitary”. This is the raw reality and happening now.
Given the chaos faced by citizens in Ottawa it is time that
@JustinTrudeau
showed up for work.
He needs to explain to Canadians:
how he will help end the occupation;
the path to heal the wounds and chart a path forward;
and to articulate a vision that speaks to our shared values.
History was made tonight.
Parliament voted for an immediate ceasefire,
and end to arms funding to Israel,
a denunciation of the crimes of Hamas and Israel, calling out settlers violence,
a return of the hostages
and work towards recognition of Palestinian state.
Thanks to
#NDP
Much of the media attention has been on the Parry Sound fire.
The Lady Evelyn fire is nearly 3 times the size and is within 11 km of Elk Lake.
We thank the Mexican fire crews who are in our region to help fight this massive fire.
The bodies of 215 children have been discovered at a Catholic residential school.
The Catholic Church is the only Christian institution refusing to pay the indemnities or apologize.
3 years ago Parliament called on
@Pontifex
to act.
We're still waiting
So
@wpgpolice
are putting their "major crimes" team to investigate people asking to search the garbage dump where the bodies of murdered Indigenous women were dumped.
Why the FUCK don't you put your major crimes team to search for these women?
#racism101
More than 65 phrases including profanity and acronyms used by police abolitionist groups were spray painted along the WPFG Half Marathon route. It is believed the graffiti occurred overnight. Major Crimes is investigating.
Andrew Scheer says he didn't hear the question on Pizzagate.
But he answered it - blaming Trudeau and the Clinton Foundation.
He needs to stop playing buddy/ buddy to extremist conspiracy nuts.
"What would Pierre Poilievre know about the working class? He has never had a job. His record shows it. When it came time to stand up to the profiteering by grocery giants, he supported the CEOs and their lobbyists. Who is he kidding?” -Charlie Angus
The Canada Proud gang regularly post my phone numbers to their rage mob. They think that if they get enough haters to harass my staff (who work on immigration and pension issues for constituents) I will give up public life and quit.
Ain't going to happen Pierre.
You ever think about how Canada Proud’s founder went on to work for the Conservatives and did social media work for Poilievre’s team
And do you wonder how that ever came to be considered normal??
Like, this org literally spreads fake news and launches harassment campaigns!
We have the rule of law in Canada.
Justin Trudeau broke the law. He withheld evidence in the investigators by saying that protecting his own interest was the public interest.
Tom Mulcair nails it when he says this "banana republic behaviour."
Let's take a minute to celebrate
@hudsonsbay
decision to drop Ivanka's products. The world is standing up to the thug brand of the United States.
This is a good decision. We need a world wide movement defy the thuggery of
@realDonaldTrump
So
@AndrewScheer
says he will stand up to First Nations holding resource development projects "hostage".
I invite this asshat to visit Treaty 9 where people have been held hostage for 100 plus years as some of the richest resource developments moved ahead
Grow up you idjit.
I sat in court listening to
@JustinTrudeau
lawyers argue that Canada is suffering the most in these hearings.
Seriously.
I thought of Kanina Sue Turtle, Tammy Keeash, Azraya Kokopenance, Courtney Scott.
God damn it Canada,
These children needed you.
And you spent money on lawyers