Jean-Luc Cooke

Former President of the Green Party of Canada.
General Election Candidate 2011, 2015, 2019.
Views are my own, but likely shared by many.

[Jean-Luc Cooke @VoteJeanLuc]

Putting this account to sleep for a while.
After 12yrs in the Green Party, I'm taking some time.
Not related to the gross "freedom convoy" in Ottawa, nor the immoral invasion of Ukraine - in case you're wondering.
Find me here from time to time --> @JeanLucCooke

[Ottawa Police @OttawaPolice]

DEMONSTRATORS: You must leave. You must cease further unlawful activity and immediately remove your vehicle and/or property from all unlawful protest sites. Anyone within the unlawful protest site may be arrested.

[Ottawa Police @OttawaPolice]

MANIFESTANTS: Vous devez partir. Vous devez cesser toute activité illégale et retirer immédiatement votre véhicule et/ou vos biens de tous les sites de protestation illégaux. Toute personne se trouvant sur le site d'une manifestation illégale peut être arrêtée.

[DwightDuncan @DwightDuncan]

Using children as human shields is a common tactic among terrorists. The mobs disrupting Ottawa and our land border crossings are no different.

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

We need to work across jurisdictional lines and party lines to solve this crisis. It’s beyond disappointing that the Ford government has gone AWOL and refuses to participate. #onpoli

[Shepherds of Good Hope @sghottawa]

Shepherds of Good Hope is so grateful to the more than 13,000 people who donated to us over the past 2 weeks. As a result of your generosity, we have raised approximately $750,000!

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

My latest: We’ll lift our anti-COVID restrictions when elected governments decide, not street mobs https://t.co/LziHkWTzO4

[Jean-Luc Cooke @VoteJeanLuc]

We removed a pillar of democracy (the press) and replaced it with platforms driven by profit, data and vulnerable to infiltration by foreign governments and special interest groups.
This is the result.
Do you have a subscription to a real newspaper?

[Jean-Luc Cooke @VoteJeanLuc]

Many good people joined the occupation downtown didn't know the org'zers were out-n-out racists. But how could they? Life is busy.
We need a dedicated profession to investigate and "report" these things in a low cost, low tech way.
Let's call them "reporters" and "news papers"

[Jean-Luc Cooke @VoteJeanLuc]

This is the sad reality of why social media and "fake news" is hurting us - as a society. We **had** the means to inform the public. But surrendered it to Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and such.
The irony I'm writing this on twitter is not lost on me.

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

It’s time to sit down, perhaps with the help of a mediator, and talk about our differences: like whether vaccines have radio chips in them, or whether they infect people with HIV. For too long the mainstream media have refused to even cover these pressing issues…

[Ottawa Police @OttawaPolice]

IMPORTANT: Anyone attempting to bring material supports (gas, etc.) to the demonstrators could be subject to arrest. Enforcement is underway. #ottawa #ottnews

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

Yyyyup.

But let’s all have a good snicker about how the media are over-reacting.

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

Startling Trump interference points to GoFundMe convoy campaign manipulation https://t.co/uhSmfJrzMl

[Jean-Luc Cooke @VoteJeanLuc]

@MeehanCarolAnne thank you for the work you are going during this crisis. It has become clear you are one of the few rational minds at the table.
Please, Keep it up!

[Jean-Luc Cooke @VoteJeanLuc]

Is the pandemic is by most accounts almost over!! This summer we will see so much open up again. And now this mob wants to swoop in and take credit for all we’ve done as a nation through this historic shared trauma. Big “nope” from me. That is all. Stay safe everyone.

[Jean-Luc Cooke @VoteJeanLuc]

I put a fair amount of blame for the “freedom convoy” occupation at the feet of the Conservative party. When the disenfranchised are seeing their prospects fade even further - they will lash out. But because they’re disnfch’zd they fail their message. 1/

[Jean-Luc Cooke @VoteJeanLuc]

But this group occupying my hometown, the capital of our democratic nation have made themselves radioactive and cannot be given into - period.
Calling for the replacing an elected parliament with unelected despots is outrageous and wrong. But what really gets me … /5