Judyth Mermelstein☮️

freelance writer, editor, translator (francais-anglais) and semi-geek; omnivorous reader and news junkie lectrice omnivore [email protected]

[Rachel Gilmore @atRachelGilmore]

For the record, when I had a restraining order against my own father in high school, I was glad there were some teachers who were willing to protect me from his "parental rights"

I'll always be grateful to them for making school feel like a safer place for me.

[Scribulatora @Scribulatora]

If the reason we can’t have unisex bathrooms is that men aren’t trustworthy, might I suggest the problem is not really the bathrooms?

[David Hamer 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇨🇦 @DavidHamer_1951]

And I don’t care whether it was a scheduled or charter flight. Public address systems on licensed aircraft using public air traffic control and under public regulation ought not to be providing political platforms.

[Dale Smith @journo_dale]

I should be surprised, but I’m really not, about just how few people mentioned the Modi government’s authoritarianism as why there have been tensions with Trudeau. #PnPCBC

[Bruce Arthur @bruce_arthur]

Canada: a country where certain people scream at the idea of investing in things serious countries have, (like a modern aircraft for the Prime Minister, in this case) and then call us an unserious country for not having those things when they prove inadequate

[Kristin Raworth 🇨🇦 @KristinRaworth]

It’s no secret I’m not a Liberal but in 2002 Jean Chrétien made the decision to keep Canada out of the War in Iraq. Saving the lives of many Canadians and putting us on the right side of history. A proud moment.
https://t.co/oL1M4nIYmo

[chantal hébert @ChantalHbert]

I have. In 2012. Under Stephen Harper!

[Don Darling @dondarlingSJ]

@bruceanderson It’s clear that in most cases, what use to be reputable media outlets are now selling clicks to the highest bidder. I guess we’re moving to Fox News of the north. What’s their choice, gaslight or bankruptcy?

[Bruce Anderson @bruceanderson]

It’s a shame that this passes as journalism and is validated by a major political leader.

[Adam Vaughan @TOAdamVaughan]

Poilievre is pulling this number out of thin air. Having helped run a surplus property evaluation for the Fed Govt there are not this number of properties to sell. Unless he is planning massive cuts & even more massive layoffs…even then the majority are in the capital region/1

[Peter Mansbridge @petermansbridge]

Poll after poll shows the Conservatives with a huge lead, as the party meets in convention in Quebec City. Can anything stop Poilievre? @ChantalHbert and @bruceanderson have their thoughts.

Noon EST on @SXMCanadaTalks, all podcast platforms, or YT.

📍https://t.co/w37cRhOQOp

[Charles Adler @charlesadler]

If you think politics can’t get dirtier you couldn’t be more wrong. https://t.co/xIMYU1PY8y

[Tony Katsabanis @TonyKatsabanis]

@bruceanderson Unemployment rate during a labour shortage remaining the same as 2019 is hardly newsworthy. The most interesting thing about it is that 5.5% of working age Canadians are unable or unwilling to work.

[chantal hébert @ChantalHbert]

Interesting as the Reform Party used to have such a system back in the days…

[Mark Gerretsen 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @MarkGerretsen]

BREAKING: You thought it couldn’t happen in Canada?

Campaign Life Coalition - an organization actively working to rollback abortion rights - is telling Conservatives how to vote at their convention to adopt strong anti-choice policies.

[At Issue Videos @AtIssueCBC]

September 7th, 2023: "Should the Liberals be worried about Poilievre’s momentum? Québec Justice Marie-Josée Hogue appointed to lead public inquiry on foreign interference" https://t.co/nTcHvp0pWj At Issue panel: @RosieBarton @acoyne @ChantalHbert @althiaraj // #CDNPoli 🇨🇦

[Stephen Maher @stphnmaher]

I think it would be better if our political debate stayed closer to the facts. You can oppose the carbon tax without blaming it for every bit of economic trouble we face.

[Stephen Maher @stphnmaher]

Poilievre is building his campaign around what I think we could call an extreme exaggeration of the inflationary impact of the carbon tax https://t.co/OXX8uWf7XR

[Dale Smith @journo_dale]

This is not the driver of food price inflation.
Climate-related drought is the driver of food price inflation.