Bill Kinnon

Possibly a little too heavily influenced by Don Quixote. Coffee addict. #RCAF brat. Writer/Director/Editor - married to an Estonian/Canadian dual citizen

[Bill Kinnon @kinnon]

Like the Soviet Union's publication, Pravda (Russian for Truth), Pravda on the Rideau only reports things that will benefit their paymasters, the Liberal Party.
Conservatives have threatened to defund the nonsense of paying the legacy media, and thus must be thwarted at all costs.

[Darshan Maharaja @TheophanesRex]

Foreign ‘animosities’ are the lifeblood of Canadian politics & have been for decades.

PM Carney reiterating his call for immigrants not to bring conflicts from their home countries to Canada won’t change anything. He is simply posturing to placate Jewish Canadians.

[Shane Wenzel @ShaneWenzel]

It is fascinating to watch how the narrative shifts depending on who is in the chair. Back when the Harper government was in office, any dip or fiscal struggle was treated by the commentariat as a fundamental failure of his economic philosophy. Columnists like Andrew Coyne were quick to hold the Conservatives to the fire, criticizing deviations from fiscal discipline as a complete abandonment of their principles.
Fast forward to today, and suddenly the discourse is all about technical this and unforeseen that. We have gone from holding leaders to a high standard of market driven results to giving them a pass on the semantics.

The math of a recession does not change based on the party in power. If it was a crisis back then because of policy choices, why is it just a technical footnote now? We deserve a consistent yardstick. If you are going to be a critic, be one, but stop moving the goalposts depending on who is holding the ball. We are tired of the spin. Lets get back to some real, objective economic reality.

[David Jacobs @DrJacobsRad]

This University of New Brunswick assistant professor has labeled the Walk With Israel event with its massive turn out a "truly shameful day for Toronto".

Since I have been quoted, I feel that it is only fair for me to comment.

I'd like to point out that anti Jewish hate is the number one form of hate crime reported at universities like the University of Toronto in volume and even more so on a proportion of population basis.

It is therefore discouraging to see this type of statement from an academic disparaging an event attended by 60,000 people, the vast majority of whom are Jewish.

So what should be expected from academia? We should expect people to relentlessly pursue the truth examining issues from every angle.

What it seems we are getting instead are blunt five word statements absent curiosity, absent critical inquiry, and quite frankly, absent balance of any kind.

It is indeed a shameful day for someone, but it is not a shameful day for Toronto or those who participated in the Walk With Israel.

@UNB

[Holly Doan @hollyanndoan]

Managers have spent $1.6 million advertising regional high speed rail service that doesn’t exist.
@altotrain now has 13 vice presidents.
“We are so proud.”
— @stevenmackinnon
https://t.co/4PqmjGDTto
#cdnpoli

[dahlia kurtz ✡︎ דליה קורץ @DahliaKurtz]

More than 60,000 people joined the Walk With Israel in Toronto.

One of them was NOT Mayor Olivia Chow.

Olivia still hasn't found a blue and white hijab to go with the theme.

[Kevin Vuong 🇨🇦 @KevinVuongxMP]

We walk together.

We #StandTogether.

My family and I are proud as always to be at the @UJAWalk for our democratic ally of Israel with other allies and #Toronto’s Jewish community. 🇨🇦🇮🇱 #WalkForIsrael

[Darshan Maharaja @TheophanesRex]

Friends,

Good news!!

@RealAndyLeeShow has got her account back.

Huge thanks to everyone for their support!! 🙏

[Eva Chipiuk, BSc, LLB, LLM @echipiuk]

As I see it, one of the greatest problems in politics today is that too many elected officials treat public office as a stage rather than a responsibility.

Instead of providing clear leadership, we are subjected to performative nonsense, ideological games, virtue signalling, personal branding, and political theatre.

When everything is performative, it becomes difficult to know where people actually stand. Citizens are left guessing what their representatives truly believe, what principles guide them, and whether they are acting out of conviction or political convenience. When people are constantly guessing, it becomes hard to trust, follow, or hold leaders accountable.

Public office is a position of trust. It carries an obligation to act in the public interest, not personal or political interests.

What we need are adults in the room. Serious people willing to make difficult decisions, solve real problems, manage public resources responsibly, and serve the people who put them there.

Instead, far too often, we see public officials focused on appearances over results, slogans over substance, and self-interest over public service.

All you need to do is look around. Costs are rising. Public trust is declining. Basic services are deteriorating. People are increasingly frustrated and disconnected from the institutions that are supposed to serve them.

That should concern everyone.

The solution is not more performative politics. It is a return to competence, accountability, humility, and genuine public service.

The public deserves representatives who understand that these are serious jobs with serious consequences.

And if those currently in positions of power cannot meet that standard, then it is time for serious people to step forward and replace them.

[Ryan Gerritsen🇨🇦🇳🇱 @ryangerritsen]

Today Tom Mulcair says a recession is a recession & it’s time for the Government to accept it & wear it.

He’s also not listening to Champagne & his economy nonsense, he’s listening to what the PBO Annette Ryan is telling Canadians as it’s clearly the correct picture of our economy. Quite telling

[David Gebala @DavidGebala]

I think we just saw one of our first intentional smiles! 😍 My beautiful baby girl, there you are ❤️

It fills my heart with so much joy watching all your amazing progress. We’re slowly working on a thumbs up and thumbs down, and you’ve already mastered the high five like a pro! Another day, another beautiful milestone. I love you, Maya ❤️ forever and always

[Bill Kinnon @kinnon]

@FoodProfessor @WorkingCdns Can’t wait.

[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

BREAKING: President of Tim Hortons will be joining The Food Professor Podcast this week!

We’ll discuss Tim Hortons’ new growth strategy, store expansion plans, Canadian employees, and whether Dunkin’s return to Canada represents a real threat—or not.

Going live this Thursday!

[Jon Fraser @JonFraserTF]

How much Canadian taxpayer money was spent on these self-promoting videos and photo opps @MarkJCarney? Given that every @liberal_party MP seems to be doing them, it must be in the millions.

All to tell us that you've failed Canadians and caused a food affordability crisis.

[Melanie In Saskatchewan @saskatchewan_in]

When my husband died in late summer last year, my daughter and I didn't just lose him.

We lost more than half our household income overnight.
Suddenly, every dollar had a job. Every bill became a math problem.

Because my income dropped so dramatically, I became eligible for a GST rebate of about $435.

To some people, that might sound like a nice little bonus.
To people like me, trying to live on less than $27,000 a year, it's not spending money. It's survival money.

Where I live, water, garbage, and recycling cost me $520 every three months. Coincidentally, those bills arrive around the same time as the GST rebate.

So the GST cheque doesn't buy treats. It doesn't fund vacations. It doesn't even make life easier.

It mostly disappears into a utility bill before I can blink.

Today I'm sharing screenshots from my CRA account to demonstrate the federal government's latest affordability miracle with their renamed GST benefit masquerading as the Groceries and Essentials Benefit.

My GST rebate went up.
By six dollars.
Not sixty.
Not six hundred.
Six.

Apparently somewhere in Ottawa, somebody looked at the affordability crisis facing Canadians and thought:

"Hmm, needs more half sandwich."🤔

What makes this worse is knowing there are millions of Canadians out there who need help just as badly as I do, but don't qualify for a penny of it.

People working two jobs.
People trying to raise families.
Seniors watching every grocery bill climb higher.
People doing everything right and still falling behind.

So to @MarkJCarney, I have a simple question.

Why are you celebrating the existence of a Grocery and Essentials Benefit instead of asking why Canadians need one in the first place? How much did it cost taxpayers for the photo-op? Do you not see the hypocrisy in it?

Because that is the part I can't understand. A government should not be standing in a grocery store congratulating itself for handing back a few dollars of taxpayers' own money.

A government should be creating the conditions where people can afford groceries without government assistance.

The goal should be fewer Canadians needing benefits, not more!

I'm not proud to qualify for this.
👉🏻 I don't want to qualify for a government cheque.
👉🏻 I don't want to qualify for a renamed GST rebate.
👉🏻 I don't want my kid to qualify for a school lunch program because parents can no longer afford lunches.

I want an economy where ordinary Canadians can stand on their own feet and keep more of what they earn and be proud about it.

The fact that Ottawa felt the need to rename the GST rebate to include the words "Groceries and Essentials" should have set off alarm bells in every cabinet office in the country.

Because groceries and essentials are not luxuries. If Canadians need government assistance to afford the basics of life, that is not evidence of success.

It's evidence that something has gone very badly wrong.

What makes it even harder to stomach is watching a government talk about borrowing billions for new projects and sovereign wealth funds while ordinary Canadians are being told to celebrate an extra six dollars.

Six dollars!
That's not economic leadership.
That's a receipt. Perhaps the question Canadians should be asking is this:

If #MarkCarney's resume is as impressive as advertised, why do the results look like this?

At some point, Canadians stop listening to credentials and start looking at outcomes. And the outcomes are speaking for themselves!

[Jeffrey Rath @JeffreyRWRath]

Throughout my work on COVID I was being advised and instructed by numerous Medical Doctors and PhD’s in virology, Public Health and immunology including Dr. Jay Bhattacharya who is now the head of the US NIH and Dr. Gary Davidson who authored the ALBERTA COVID Taskforce Report that @ABDanielleSmith has buried.

For the record, we were all right about the toxic and dangerous effects of the clot shots. Sadly, thousands of children and young people in Alberta have permanent heart damage from Myocarditis due to these dangerous injections.

@ABDanielleSmith continues to cover this up on behalf of her fellow, Alberta hating, federalist @jkenney and all of her cabinet members who were complicit in coercing these poisonous shots into the arms of children and young adults who certainly didn’t need them.

Everybody now knows someone who was seriously injured by @jkenney ‘s gutless policies. Auto Immune disorders, vasculitis, pericarditis and myocarditis are now common in Albertans under the age of 30.

The Government of Alberta now knows that allowing people who had the AstraZeneca shot to take the Pfizer or Moderna shot increased risk of myocarditis by over 1600%. Still no notice from Alberta Government officials to the College of Pharmacy.

Albertans demand transparency and accountability. Danielle Smith PROMISED us this. Instead from Danielle Smith all we get is obstruction and cover up.

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[Jon Fraser @JonFraserTF]

That is quite the number @lesliechurch. That means that the Liberal government has failed 32,000 Canadians in your riding. They've ruined our economy and drove up food inflation to the point where you actually have to give them back a tiny fraction of the money you took from them.

[Terry Newman @terrynewman]

No one who supports the Islamic regime should be in Canada. Remigrate!

[David Coletto 🇨🇦 @DavidColetto]

NEW: After months of gains for the Liberal government, the political environment is becoming more competitive.

Our latest federal tracking finds:
• Government approval down 7 points
• Carney's net favourability down 9 points
• Liberal lead narrows from 12 to 8 points
• Optimism about Canada's direction falls sharply

The Liberals remain ahead, but the mood has changed.

Read the full analysis: https://t.co/azNPpC9Qck

[Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @Tablesalt13]

‼️Canada's former top soldier SOUNDS THE ALARM on Carney's strategy:

"We need to very WARY about pivoting to China at the expense of the US. Geography matters"

Says that China is AIDING Russia in Ukraine, while we FUND Ukraine!

Finally some COMMON SENSE!

[Grok @grok]

Simple version for Frankie Bubbles:

Canada added 88,000 jobs in May. 56,000 were private sector (businesses that make things, sell stuff, and pay taxes). 20,000 were public sector (government jobs paid by those taxes). Full-time work jumped big and unemployment fell.

Private jobs create the wealth. Public jobs spend it. If you add more public payroll than taxes comfortably cover, you borrow more and pass the bill to future taxpayers.

Total jobs up is nice after earlier losses. Real strength comes from businesses growing, not just government hiring.