Jim Fitzgerald

I enjoy skiing; snowshoeing; hiking; camping; canoeing; kayaking, hike leader with ECTA. Father and grandfather.

[Jim Fitzgerald @JCFPC]

@FoodProfessor Surprised they never made you speak in camera.

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@VOCMOpenline Congratulations Brian!

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@lesliechurch Please give federal employees the same raise you just gave yourselves!

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@lesliechurch It’s obvious you don’t live in eastern NL we have a housing war here, houses are going for 15-20% over asking in bidding wars. Rent here is insane.

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@lesliechurch Remove the CPP and federal government pension from your GDP calculation!!

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@katemckenna8 Shame!

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@Joanne_NL We need a pipeline to the east coast of Canada started immediately. How about removing the industrial carbon tax as well? Canadians are taxed to death.

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@globepolitics @globeandmail A lifetime of expense reimbursement, of course she is planning it.

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@globepolitics @globeandmail How’s her french language training going?

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@liberal_party How much are you paying her ?

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@liberal_party Wher are our 1,000 additional CBSA officers and our 1,000 additional RCMP officers??

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@Joanne_NL And still Newfoundlanders are second class citizens when it comes to the food fishery.

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@Joanne_NL More generational debt

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@Joanne_NL Wasnt this all promised in 2022?

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@Joanne_NL Why are Newfoundlanders starving? Food bank visits are at record numbers in St John’s and they have to give out less. Why did you increase the CPP? My net pay went down!!! Anyone who makes just over minimum wage doesn’t even qualify for the extra grocery benefit.

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@funtomvids 84,000 jobs lost in February

[National Post @nationalpost]

FIRST READING: One in four Canadian employees now works for government https://t.co/RytiNCqoEG

[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

To my X followers,

I’ve worked with the media for nearly 25 years. For most of that time, the relationship was professional and balanced. But in recent years, something has shifted.

I am increasingly concerned about the state of our democracy — particularly how media, in general, are informing Canadians about food policy, food inflation, and economic policy.

I now find myself learning more about Canada’s economy and policy changes from American outlets than from Canadian ones. Much of our national coverage feels reactive, shallow, or overly fixated on partisan narratives rather than substantive policy analysis.

What troubles me most is the lack of scrutiny applied evenly across governments and institutions.

For example, when the Bank of Canada suggested that Ottawa’s counter-tariffs contributed to food inflation, only one major outlet — Bloomberg — gave it meaningful coverage. The grocery benefit program received very little examination regarding how it would be financed. It took days before anyone pressed for clarity.

During the latest spike in food inflation, several outlets turned to the same small circle of commentators who dismissed any potential role of federal policy — carbon pricing, GST holidays, counter-tariffs — despite mounting evidence that policy decisions can and do affect food prices.

Instead of investigating structural drivers of inflation, much of the coverage focuses on fact-checking opposition rhetoric, even though the opposition has not governed since 2015. Scrutiny should be applied equally — not selectively.

Quebec media, while imperfect, appear to have maintained a broader range of debate. In much of the rest of Canada, I see increasing concentration of voices — often from the same region, Ontario, often reflecting similar policy perspectives — and less diversity of thought grounded in empirical research.

This isn’t about partisan politics. It’s about accountability, transparency, and healthy democratic discourse.

Media are under financial pressure — that’s real. But public trust depends on independence and depth. Subsidy structures, incentives, and newsroom economics all matter.

Canada deserves stronger policy journalism — especially on food affordability, supply chains, and economic resilience.

We need more data-driven analysis, more intellectual diversity, and more courage to ask uncomfortable questions — regardless of which party is in power.

Until that happens, Canadians would be wise to diversify their news sources and think critically about what they’re being told — and what they’re not.

[Jim Fitzgerald @JCFPC]

@Joanne_NL Hopefully recruitment will bring up our numbers. Apparently there are more real estate agents in Toronto.

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@CBCOlympics @cbcsports Sick of CBC stating Canadians from coast to coast NS to BC are watching the game.