Since the night of the English-language debate on Sept. 9, it seems everyone has taken the opportunity to share their views, opinions and reflections about it. With the election now finally behind us, I’m sharing mine:
Gosh. A little verklempt at all the love tonight. I hope to respond individually in the next hours but first it's time for a cocktail ... and a cookie. 🍪
#bcpoli
#DebateNight
Just a friendly reminder to the rest of the country that BC has had neither opened boosters to 18+ nor given public access to rapid tests and it's been limited access to PCR's for a while now...
For everyone who disses me for still having a BlackBerry (so, basically, every single person I've met)... I just dropped this handset into a mud puddle on Queen St. in Toronto. Then a taxi ran over it. The screen is unscratched. Everything is still working. So there.
Hi. This is the National Day of Remembrance of Victims of Terrorism. I must remember next year to poll on what Canadians think originated this day.
A thread ... I invite you to follow along.
Hey
@CoachsCornerDC
here's three Canadian children of immigrants proudly wearing their poppies (that we paid for) just two nights ago, including
@BhupinderHundal
. You could learn a lot from him and others, if you chose to. I advise you to try.
Perhaps
@CoachsCornerDC
needs to learn some history. I am wearing my poppy today. And there were SIKHS and many others who lived in Canada, had no rights, and still went to fight. This is not ok. Perhaps he should pay a visit to Kitchener and pay respects to Pvt. Bukham Singh
Feeling rather unsafe after multiple calls from a man phoning at this hour from an unknown # because he "disagrees" with data we released earlier today re: why people don't want to be vaccinated. Just a taste of what some frontline healthcare workers deal much more often. Sigh.
More than a dozen cousins, nieces, nephews sick with covid-19 in India. Some bad.
Must park anger that religious festivals went ahead. It does no good.
Must park judgement of casual attitudes of loved ones. Not my place.
But ... so hard to be helpless, half a world away.
By the end, David Johnston had lost the support of Parliament, lost the support of the public square, lost Navigator and MOST importantly totally lost the narrative on the job he was appointed to, investigating foreign interference in Canadian elections.
I can categorically say that the 331 victims of Air India 182 and CP Air 003 were not honoured or remembered in the way they should have been at the times of their death. It has been 37 years. Please, take a moment to do that today.
Thanks for following along.
Should we be surprised that the RCMP concealed facts and truth after fatalities, crimes and attacks? If the bombing of Air India 182 in 1985 killing 329 people didn't teach us... If Robert Dziekanski's death at the hands of officers didn't teach us... when will we learn?
This. This is the stuff that gives fatigued swing voters looking for an alternative to a tired, 8 year old Liberal government the heebie jeebies. How much rebranding is needed to fix it before they rule him out?
Trudeau’s media are desperate to stop his continued downfall. Today, CBC’s news service CP wrote a hit piece on me because I dared criticize the World Economic Forum—a group of multinational CEOs and powerful politicians that push their interests.
I work for our people in this…
After the 1985 bombing of Air India flight182, Ottawa completely abdicated its responsibility to 268 murdered Canadian citizens. They were treated as foreigners, as strangers. This time, our governments must do better helping, and advocating for the Canadians killed on
#PS752
It was in fact, the bombings of Air India Flight 182 (and the coordinated bombing of a CP jetliner in Tokyo). These attacks killed 331 people.
268 were Canadian.
Hello. Today, June 23, is commemorated as National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism. How many Canadians know why? The answer, very sadly, is very few. But I'm going to make a thread about this that I hope will be informative ... I invite you to follow along.
#airindia
Over time we learned of political rivalries and petty shit that kept the RCMP and CSIS from sharing critical information that could have stopped 331 murders. Sound familiar?
Busy day but never too late to say I'm honoured to moderate the BC leaders debate on Oct 13 630-8pm.
Here's a few thoughts via a mini thread...
#BCvotes2020
Did you know no one has been convicted of conspiring to kill 268 Canadian citizens? One guy did time for buying the bomb components but neither crown nor RCMP ever built a solid enough case to convict the masterminds. Also it took 20 years to get to trial. Are you angry yet?
There are so many things wrong with how our fellow citizens died, why the attack wasn't stopped, why it wasn't properly investigated, why there was no justice.
But today I remember the people who died.
Does anyone else get the heebie jeebies watching movies or shows that were shot pre-pandemic and people are all touching one another and standing close together?
I love hockey and cheering the North Division hard, but I'm telling you, this is going to piss people off. Smacks of inequity. Canadians hate inequity.
Air India 182 departed June 23, 1985. End of the school year. So, so many kids on that flight. Think about 5-years-olds on their first big plane ride losing it from excitement. Or too-cool teens who do NOT want to sit with their parents. You'd do anything to have them back.
Operation Don't Kill Parents achieves mission success. I am happy + relieved + grateful. M&D could not say enough glowing things about the
@VCHhealthcare
and
@yvrairport
teams that ran their clinic. 🙏
Sending love and support to journalists affected today by the
#postmedia
layoffs. Whether they lose a job or are among those left to do more with less, this is a rough day for several people I call friends.
At the time (I was a kid I remember) reporters and news organizations didn't know how to cover the killings as a Canadian story. Even the PM of the day called the leader of India to express condolences over the loss of their plane. Literal WTF moments.
In some cases, just a mom or a dad was left behind in Canada while their whole family visited relatives abroad. What remained for them here? Some quit the country after the tragedy. Others stayed and fought for justice.
I salute them and their bravery.
@kbolan
@TerryMilewski
@TerryGlavin
Let's also remember that through the 1990's, the federal government stubbornly refused to call an inquiry into first degree, premediated murder of 268 Canadians. Again, let that sit with you.
I've said it before: Unnecessary replies-all are a pus filled poxy blight on humanity. Do you really need to tell us all you'll be at the meeting? Or just the organizer? Do your congratulations need to be directed to everyone on the chain? Or just the subject of them? Please stop
Do you ever wonder why there haven't been a lot of "where are they now" type documentaries in the ensuing decades? In part it's because entire families were wiped out. Moms, Dads, kids the whole nuclear unit.
Many things happening on the campaign trail, some troubling, but surely the the double rainbow over the debate venue
@CanMusHistory
is a good omen.
#Elxn44
#workinghard
Canada's worst case of mass murder happened 36 years ago today. 280 of our own citizens killed at the hands of terrorist conspirators. They were never brought to justice.
I remember the victims of Air India flight 182. 🙏
Hey
@VancouverSun
, any actual, compelling, newsworthy reason why *this* MP's face is included as the thumbnail to a story about *that* MP's allegation? Seems misleading no?
@cafreeland
@markstrahl
Good Day! By now you may have seen our latest data from
@angusreidorg
about the party standings. But the massive sample size offers the opportunity to dive deeper. Follow along with me.
#cdnpoli
I think of lives aborted. Students who were going to have amazing careers. Families who uprooted themselves to a new home, only to have the roots they were trying to put down here burned, scorched and destroyed.
Today I remember the 331 innocent victims of terrorism murdered in the Air India and JAL bombings. Most of those killed were Canadian citizens. Very little justice was meted out to the killers. It remains a stain on our hearts.
#neverforget
@ShachiKurl
@CBS
@NorahODonnell
Also don’t try and compare Poilievre to Trudeau ! One man is the most hated person in the country and the other is the most loved! Once Pierre wins the election on a landslide journalist like you will be looking for a new job!
We live in a time where almost every day on the calendar is now dedicated to the remembrance, celebration, or honour of people. This is a good thing I guess. But it can make for a crowded field.
From the annals of can't-be-true, today's 10 years since I signed off from journalism &
@CTVNewsVI
. Reporting was my 1st love, but what you love most can break your❤️hardest. Over time, it's not work but ppl, you miss. Those meant to stay in your life will. The rest, let 'em go.
According to Papa Kurl, the secret to decades of marriage is family. "Take my daughters for example. Neither of them were a pain in the ass."
@AparnaKurl
and I love you both too. Happy Anniversary ❤️❤️❤️❤️
1991: Do all your homework Friday & beg parents to let you stay up and watch Oscars on Sunday. Yay!
2001: So grown up! Oscar watch party w/costumes. Better than grad!
2011: The new phenomenon where you Tweet about the Oscars. So in touch!
2021: The Oscars were on? Oh well.
In other words, just do it like a grown up. If we're so afraid to be photographed performing the elementary basics of good manners then I don't know where this country is going.
What a day it's been due to the
#Hwy1
washout near
#revelstoke
. I hit the road at 5:15... 14 hours later, I'm in a place called Needles, where I've been waiting 3+ hours for a ferry. It's not Lake Louise but it's pretty. And chances are I won't see this part of BC again soon.
If I was guessing, I'd guess significant numbers of people in this country think the worst incident of terrorism perpetrated on Canadian citizens was 9/11. Others might think of the Nova Scotia shootings, the attack on Parliament Hill, or something else.
The leader who once had stratospheric approval levels? Umm, yeah, those days are gone. Look at the massive # of ppl who say they strongly disapprove relative to those who strongly approve:
Charlie Angus jumps ship rather than face voters after he voted to hike the carbon tax and ban the hunting rifles of Northern Ontarians.
Common sense Conservatives will axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget, stop the crime—and let you keep your hunting rifle.
'I am thinking about the generations of Black women, Asian, white, Latina, Native American women who throughout our history have paved the way for this moment,' Kamala Harris told supporters in Wilmington. More live updates: 📷 Andrew Harnik
In December, just 23% of the country said the federal government was doing a "bad job" securing vaccine. That number has nearly tripled in the last 60 days, while the number saying "good job" continues to tank:
🔴 "Britain's ambassador is to be airlifted from Afghanistan by Monday evening amid fears that the Taliban could imminently take Kabul and seize the airport"
NEW | We’ve installed public art along the LeBreton Flats Pathway!
In partnership with
@Cdnheritage
, we selected a piece by Gerald Beaulieu called When the Rubber Meets the Road.
It's
#InternationalWomensDay
. Don't share a meme. Don't post a quote. Instead do this: call, or write to a woman who has inspired you. Tell her why. Be real.
Vivek Ramaswamy proposes building a wall along the border with Canada.
"So we gotta just skate to where the puck is going, not just where the puck is. Don’t just build the wall, build both walls!"
Last night's debate would simply not have happened without the focused and determined leadership of
@margomedia
. BC voters owe her, our consortium colleagues, and the amazing and dedicated technical crew a debt of gratitude.