Estelle Hjertaas

Lawyer. Saskatchewanian. Dancer. Environmentalist. Outdoor enthusiast. Bio mom & foster mom. She/Her.

[Liberal Party @liberal_party]

Congratulations, @juliedabrusin, on your appointment as Minister of Environment and Climate Change.

[Alastair McAlpine, MD @AlastairMcA30]

99% of pediatricians vaccinate their children fully and on-schedule.

If we were part of a shady cabal simply trying to push vaccines on the unsuspecting to make money…

… why would we do that? #vaccineswork

[Jared Walczak @JaredWalczak]

I hear this a lot, that property taxes mean you're always "renting" your land from the government, but it relies on a flawed framework. Property taxes aren't a payment for the right to possess land. They are a payment for the services provided to that land: roads, police and the legal system, emergency services, schools, etc.

You don't stop paying homeowners' insurance premiums once you own your property outright, and these government services -- which are vital to the continued enjoyment of your property -- don't suddenly become free once your mortgage is paid off, either.

[Mark Bourrie @MarkBourrie]

In 2014, I wrote that the hard right wants to replace Canada’s centrist media with a universe of partisan outlets mimicking professional journalism. This has already happened on AM radio and the Internet. T knowing this, “defund the CBC” is more frightening. #cdnmedia

[Estelle Hjertaas @ehjertaas]

Tzeporah Berman is part of the steering committee of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty campaign, which has garnered support from 132,737 individuals and over 800 organizations. The group calls for a worldwide treaty to phase out #FossilFuels. https://t.co/CufVpnGS1s

[Steven Guilbeault @s_guilbeault]

Why don’t Conservative politicians, like Pierre Poilievre, support a cap on pollution on the oil and gas sector?

[Estelle Hjertaas @ehjertaas]

Canada's #pesticides regulator is broken. Health Canada's regulatory agency is too cozy with industry and the only way to break those ties is to blow it up and start over. @adriennetanner writes for @natobserver #cdnpoli #neonics https://t.co/TVsF3zaYgn

[michelawrong @michelawrong]

Peacekeeping operations and sexual abuse always go hand-in-hand. https://t.co/Go4esYRt3a

[michelawrong @michelawrong]

Things are getting tough for Tanzania's media in the runup to the elections. https://t.co/78YZhTAIph

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

Jesus H Christ:

- 36% of young (18-34) Canadian men would vote for Trump over Harris.
- 44% of Conservatives would.
- 48% of Conservative men (vs 31% who would vote for Harris).

Today. Not in 2016, when they might not have understood fully what he was about. But now, after all that he has said and done since, including this horrific election campaign. In Canada.

[UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts]

Universities must respect peaceful activism & revise repressive policies targeting pro-Palestine solidarity movement.
UN expert calls for the protection of peaceful assemblies & an end to stigmatisation, repression & retaliation of the academic community.

https://t.co/lzBTyIHxSY

[Craig Mokhiber @CraigMokhiber]

For one year, we have witnessed an epic ideological battle between the forces of human rights on the one side, and the forces of political Zionism on the other. These two ideologies are diametrically opposed, and one cannot prevail without the demise of the other. In a time of genocide, we must all choose. Neutrality in the face of oppression is complicity. Equality or supremacy. Freedom or apartheid. Liberation or colonialism. Choose.

[Samira Mohyeddin سمیرا @SMohyeddin]

This is Canada’s media landscape. You can win national & international journalism awards, work at the CBC for nearly a decade, both as host & producer, write opinion pieces @globeandmail, yet some blowhard from The Post will call you a “self proclaimed journalist.”

@IvisonJ ✍️

[Estelle Hjertaas @ehjertaas]

“Rail has been getting more efficient, greener every year, as has been evidenced in the data,” said @railcanada's @jonathanthib, referring to efforts to reduce emissions and air pollution via a deal with @Transport_gc https://t.co/vOUNLWs6XF

[Estelle Hjertaas @ehjertaas]

Children who lived closer to natural gas wells in heavily drilled Pennsylvania were more likely to develop a relatively rare form of cancer, and nearby residents of all ages had an increased chance of severe asthma reactions, researchers said. https://t.co/e0SUeiOCKB

[Volcaholic 🌋 @volcaholic1]

North Carolina in the US
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Austria...
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Poland...
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[Volcaholic 🌋 @volcaholic1]

Czech Republic
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