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Mostly tweets about queer history, accessibility, and politics | All views are my own.

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@prairiecentrist Except the US clearly… They’re not even being subtle anymore about it.

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@eoinyk Of course! But you have to enter everyone room by saying Bonjour/Hi

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@tales_tomorrow I think we’re definitely the Spritz kind! We love a deck in the summer and can handle strong liquor. As a country we buy so much sourpuss that when the US alcohol ban started the company actually moved manufacturing to Canada. https://t.co/HbZqWjrdcA

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@Heidi__Matthews Just 4 hours if you catch a good tail wind!

[Heidi Matthews @Heidi__Matthews]

weird. St. John's, Newfoundland [the most Irish place outside Ireland] --> Dublin is only 4.5 hours

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I thought this was a
@TheBeaverton
article omg

[CTV Montreal @CTVMontreal]

Christine Fréchette calls on Mark Carney to grant Quebec special status within European alliance https://t.co/Z1wq6Zvds6

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@DrDavidCuff @yuanyi_z There are some excellent examples of these posters digitized here:
https://t.co/lvLwT41g3I
Some absolutely did appeal to the greater empire, but others did not.

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@DrDavidCuff @yuanyi_z I would argue Canada and Newfoundland were very different at this time in terms of political culture. Newfoundland was much more connected to the British Isles and Ireland compared to the mainland both in Trade and Politics.

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Fun fact: Newfoundland in Canada is the only place in North America with an Irish name that isn’t a direct translation - Talamh an Eisc which means land of the fish.

[Jorge Liboreiro @JorgeLiboreiro]

Ireland is one of the first EU countries to declare support for the idea of granting “associate membership” to Canada.

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How it feels waking up today as an ✨associate member✨

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Cutting off trade with the second largest economy in the world and your closest trading partner (Canada) what could go wrong?

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

BREAKING: Trump says the US will stop trade with Europe if Canada joins the European Union as an 'associate member'

[The Don of Vaughan @DonofVaughan]

Me liking every Canada in the EU tweet on my feed today

[Rachel @tolstoybb]

To be more geographically centered, the EU capital should be moved from Brussels to St. John's, Newfoundland.

[DevonDevotee @OilerEnjoyer]

Canadians waking up this morning

[The Serfs (youtube.com/theserftimes) @theserfstv]

Help donate to Salt Cree First Nation's legal defense fund so they can continue to defy anti-LGBTQ+ laws in Canada and provide a safe haven for all trans and two spirit people

https://t.co/WkKPJ1WxE7

[The Serfs (youtube.com/theserftimes) @theserfstv]

Indigenous people are defying Canada's anti-LGBTQ+ laws and offering a safe haven for trans people on their land

https://t.co/MEWTgE0NxC

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Why is he dressed like Doug Dimmadome?

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Poilievre: "We will reinstill a warrior culture, not a woke culture."

[໊ @doublegee___]

Freddie Mercury, who famously had nothing to do with the LGBTQ movement at Live Aid, a concert that famously didn’t have an explicit political cause.