Pierre Poilievre’s refusing to get his Top Secret security clearance to make critical national security decisions.
What’s he afraid of? https://t.co/Yq4r9Gcq5t
Yesterday, on #WorldCancerDay, we celebrated the 45th anniversary of the Terry Fox @marathonofhope with the premiere of a short film ft. an adaptation of our song ‘Courage'.
Terry started a marathon against cancer. Together we can end it.
@TerryFoxCanada@tfri_research
Terry Fox started a marathon against cancer but couldn’t finish it. Others have been running in his honour since 1981. His battle was with cancer but his legacy is bringing people together. @TerryFoxCanada
In 1922, a group of scientists went to the Toronto General Hospital where diabetic children were kept in wards, often 50 or more at a time. Most of them were comatose and dying from diabetic ketoacidosis. Others were being treated by being placed on an extremely strict diet, which inevitably led to starvation.
These children were essentially in their death beds, awaiting what was at that time, certain death. The scientists moved swiftly and proceeded to inject the children with a new purified extract of insulin.
As they began to inject the last comatose child, the first one to be injected began to wake up. Then one by one, all the children awoke from their diabetic comas. A room that was full of death and gloom, suddenly became a place of joy and hope.
In the early 1920s, Frederick Banting and Charles Best discovered insulin under John Macleod at the University of Toronto. With the help of James Collip, insulin was purified, making it available to successfully treat diabetes. Both Banting and Macleod earned Nobel Prizes for their work in 1923.
In the same year, Banting, Collip, and Best decided to sell the insulin patent to the University of Toronto for $1.
Banting famously went on to say, "Insulin does not belong to me, it belongs to the world."
Excited to be attending the RGD’s DesignThinkers conference in Toronto this November 7–8! Looking forward to exploring design practice, getting inspired and connecting with other designers. Let me know if I’ll see you there! #rgdDT#BANGcreative
Pierre Poilievre’s contempt for science & the media and his refusal to get briefed are typical of the far-right populist BS we see from Trump's Republicans.
He should get a security clearance - but he won’t because he doesn’t care about Canada. He’s only in politics for himself.
I don't think journalism is supposed to be "balanced". It's supposed to be true.
Honest.
Factual.
Relevant.
If candidate A is an arsonist, report they're an arsonist. You shouldn't have to follow up with a story about how candidate B once burned the steaks at a family BBQ.