Russell Stockley

NLTA Provincial Executive member.
Proud husband, father and teacher.

[Russell Stockley @RussellStockley]

Very humbled to be elected on @NLTeachersAssoc Provincial Executive for another term. Congrats to all that ran a very spirited election.

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The 2025-27 @NLTeachersAssoc Provincial Executive has been elected at the NLTA Biennial General Meeting. More info can be found here ➡️ https://t.co/lFqw21AGCJ

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@GurvSC What colours does your tin hat come in?

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@Lappy14 @brendanshowbiz This year has been overwhelmingly positive. I have not given up hope on winning this series yet, but regardless, the progress they have made this year should be acknowledged. It's been a great year to be a Habs fan.

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@EddieSheerr @z56cjt All good, Eddie. I hooked up Legacy media after the fact instead of due diligence and it referred to traditional media. I've just heard it in so many negative connotations through social media discourse lately and it gets on my last nerve.

[Eddie Sheerr @EddieSheerr]

Why?

Hands down it’s the platform that has the potential to reach the most Canadians.

Estimates suggest that 90% of the population uses the platform.

We are no longer in the day when one just use legacy media to reach a large audience.

https://t.co/BLApEnt7DI

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@stephen_taylor Agreed. But until those "influencers" can influence centrists or left leaning ideologies, forming government will be a challenge.

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@BoswellDoug You are such a joke. Literally the entire Conservative base spends all their time on social media complaining about the Liberals. No wonder why no one but the base takes them seriously.

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@FiftyFootNest Most of what he has said many Canadians agree with. Just because you don't does not make him irrelevant.

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@FiftyFootNest @RebelNewsOnline @ezralevant @junonewscom @TheRealKeean Lol, asking The Rebel of all things for clarifications solidifies your bias on this.

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@FiftyFootNest Lol. Just because everything he posts doesn't appease conservative rhetoric or criticize the Liberal government doesn't mean he's a Liberal suck arse.

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@The_Creasy I would take out Bolduc. He's a little more hard nosed than Texier, but Tex has made a few creative plays. I haven't been impressed with Bolduc at all and would prefer to see Gally take his place.

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@StuCowan1 I would prefer to see Veleno and Gallagher return while Dach and Bolduc take a seat. Actually felt Gally should have replaced Bolduc for game 2.

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@JohnRiche It doesn't for sure. What it does highlight is a breakdown of communications and lack of preparation. Rookie mistakes at best.

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@JonFraserTF Wow.

[Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱 @jkenney]

The cynicism & hyper partisanship on this site can be exhausting.

I see criticism of Conservatives like @erinotoole & @lraitt for agreeing to serve on the Prime Minister’s Canada-US relations advisory panel.

Some say it represents “patronage.”

To be clear, membership on advisory panels like this are not paid positions. Sometimes they will offer modest per diems for longer meetings requiring travel. But there is no material reward for participating in work like this. If anything it represents an opportunity cost for busy people who give up paid work or billable time in order to participate.

In other words, it’s not patronage.

Cynics, brace yourself: perhaps what motivates people to set aside partisanship and do voluntary work like this is an authentic sense of duty, of public service that puts country ahead of party.

To the partisans who think it’s disloyal to accept a role like this: please remember that severely normal Canadians do not see the world through your hyper partisan lens. They expect Canadians to work together across party lines to help defend the country from external threats, like Donald Trump’s aggression.

(Remember Stephen Harper appointing John Manley to lead the advisory panel on the Afghan military deployment; or appointing Gary Doer Ambassador to the US.)

Finally, to Conservatives: one of the most unattractive feature of the contemporary left is its tendency to politicize absolutely everything. Don’t repeat their error. Conservatism is not a rigid ideological doctrine requiring loyalty tests and the demonization of our political adversaries.

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Watching Conservatives go bananas because Carney appointed Erin O'Toole and Lisa Raitt to his Economic US Relations council is good content.

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@FiftyFootNest Lol

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@Jennnyyyyyy 37

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@BoswellDoug Same talking points. Same results.

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@t7_linda Don't state the obvious. Conservative hacks don't like that. It's the media's fault, anyways.