Greg Brown

Killinbrae Scottish Terriers

[Greg Brown @Killinbrae]

@TSN_Sports What's the point of having two channels showing the same match at the US Open?

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@sunlorrie Is the TMX an imaginary pipeline?

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@chucktodd I don’t get America media. They just blow off this Trump 💩 like it’s normal. Your nation is F***ked,
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@EvanDyerCBC The new American Imperialism.

[Theo Moudakis @TheoMoudakis]

Trump stole my idea!!!

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@MeidasTouch He sounds so presidential. Can’t believe how many Americans thought he was great the first time let’s elect him again!

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@Acyn @MeidasTouch Well he is often asleep at meetings!

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@higginscartoons You're an idiot. Canada didn't put tariffs on Canadian products shipped to the US. Trump did. US importers have to pay the tariff to the US government and then pass it on to the consumer.

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@jkenney First of all compare the public health system in Canada to that in Europe. If they are not equivalent we are not ready for a dual system.

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@guthealthmd One reason it is failing is that Conservative governments have outsourced medical procedures to private surgical centres at rates higher than they would pay public hospitals. And let the hospital operating rooms sit idle. Staff is poached from the public system.

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@MaritStiles Are the conservatives getting a kickback on this contract?

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@CTVNews Reform seems like a poor choice of words.

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@TheKiaCenter Yes it is a little late after you accepted their booking. But no law says you have to rent your arena to them in the first place.

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@TSN why am I watching the Gauff match on both US Open channels. I want to watch the Monfils match!

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@MeidasTouch For some reason Instagram was triggered by this and suspended the club's account.

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

We are dealing with some seriously twisted people.

From a Canadian perspective, I have to say: this is not normal.

Look at what is being put out through official U.S. government channels. One picture was posted by the White House. Another came from the U.S. Department of the Interior press. These aren’t random people on the internet. These are official institutions of the United States government, speaking to the world on behalf of the American state.

And as a Canadian, I find that deeply disturbing. Because the whole world is watching this. Not just Canadians. Not just Americans.

All of us.

People around the world are watching how the United States chooses to use its enormous political power, its influence, and its institutions.

I don’t believe I’ve ever seen another country engage in this kind of openly vindictive rhetoric in quite this way. Not Russia. Not China. Not even North Korea.

For generations, Canadians have looked to the United States as our closest neighbour, our largest trading partner, and one of the world’s most influential democracies. We may disagree with American governments, and Canadians certainly have plenty of opinions about American politics, but there has always been an expectation that, beneath the political battles, there was a certain standard of conduct.

This feels like something different.

There is a difference between defending your country and taking pleasure in humiliating someone. There is a difference between strong rhetoric and rhetoric that appears designed specifically to hurt, provoke, and degrade.

There is a difference between protecting your own country and wanting to tear down another for no reason.

It wasn’t enough to drive in the knife; they had to twist it too.

And from outside the United States, it is difficult to watch this and understand how anyone can consider it appropriate for a government to behave this way. This isn’t about being Canadian versus American. It isn’t about left versus right. It isn’t even about whether you agree with the person being targeted.

It’s about standards.

If a foreign government behaved this way, many of the same people would be outraged. They would call it cruel, undignified, or authoritarian, and rightfully so.

Canada and the United States have had disagreements for generations. We have argued over trade, foreign policy, borders, energy, defence, and countless other issues. But disagreement between neighbours does not require contempt for one another.

In fact, precisely because Canada and the United States are so closely connected, what happens there matters enormously to us.

Anybody who thinks this is acceptable behaviour simply because it is coming from “their side” has lost the plot.

Because governments are supposed to represent more than anger, vengeance, and political tribalism.They are supposed to represent their people.

And I would hope that Americans, regardless of their political beliefs, can still recognize the difference between strength and cruelty.

The whole world is watching.

And what they are seeing is not strength.

It’s something much uglier.

Source: Canadian United

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@NBCNews Karma!

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@Republicans Toddlers just like your boss.

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@CTVNews President Trump said he did ask for changes.

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@ericvideos91 Well the voters decided they didn't like the alternative. The conservatives need a leader that is not a rage baiter