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[Dr. Doug Eyolfson @DougEyolfson]

Measles was eliminated in Canada in 1998. Now, thanks to vaccine disinformation, we are seeing the highest rates in decades.
12 Albertans are now in ICU with complications of measles.
This is a preventable tragedy.
Vaccines work.
Please get vaccinated.

https://t.co/NE81pNdrYd

[Brian Lilley @brianlilley]

Pierre Poilievre was clear and unequivocal when asked last October about the possibility of Israel carrying out a preemptive strike on Iran.
He said it would be a gift to humanity.
Mark Carney doesn’t have this kind of moral clarity.

[MDowney @MimiBusk]

@mark_slapinski A

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@ElonMuskAOC 10

[Ben Mulroney @BenMulroney]

Ms. Anand, I say this with respect, as I know you to be a respectful person, but if the biggest threat facing Canada is American tariffs and if your newly elected leader and our Prime Minister believes that he is the only person who can defend Canada against Donald Trump, that he shouldn’t be going to Europe. He should be down in Washington.

Also, “axe the tax“ was a slogan until it became a weapon which then became your policy, and is now touted as some sort of accomplishment. The conservatives would be stupid to put anything else in the window that your party could appropriate.

[MDowney @MimiBusk]

@Itisabadword @jkenney Obviously you don’t know much about transportation and storage of agricultural products. 85% of American Farmers’ potash is Canadian. Commodities like potash are imported “just in time” because there is not enough storage for them in farmers’ yards or transloading depots.

[Glenda M 🍎 @McfarlaneGlenda]

Great depiction of Mark Carney.

[MDowney @MimiBusk]

@TRUMP_ARMY_ https://t.co/5aYjDMZlyq

[MDowney @MimiBusk]

@JDVanceNewsX A. YES

[MDowney @MimiBusk]

@TheNotARubicon @LeadingReport No, he pretended to be a cross-dresser to get out of the military. Back then no one thought that a person could change genders, even if they wished they were born differently.

[MDowney @MimiBusk]

@ElonMuskOde A. YES

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@realTrumpNewsX B. No, not at all.

[MDowney @MimiBusk]

@GuyRandomNumber @CTVCalgary Electricity rates soared under Notley and are now coming down. Just got another reduction on mine.

[MDowney @MimiBusk]

@realTrumpNewsX A. yes

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@mrtweetusa Two girls

[MDowney @MimiBusk]

@GritGrowthCap @lissijean @Delta They are doing this on most airlines to improve on-time performance. It’s annoying but I get it because many travellers just can’t get that roller suitcase in the overhead bin and sit down. They fumble and block the way for everyone else.

[MDowney @MimiBusk]

@LyndaGauthier19 @CalgaryPolice The police can’t beat on someone who is restrained and under control. One would hope the evidence was clear.

[Robert Fife @RobertFife]

CBC bonuses total $15 million in 2023
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation gave out $14.9 million in bonuses in 2023, according to access-to-information records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
This comes on the heels of a CBC announcement in December 2023, just weeks before Christmas, that the public broadcaster was planning to lay off hundreds of employees.
Since 2015, the CBC has issued $114 million in bonuses.
“CBC President Catherine Tait is wrong to hand out bonuses while announcing hundreds of job losses and begging the government for more taxpayer cash,” said Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director. “Tait won’t do the right thing, so Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge needs to step in and shut down these bonuses.” 
All told, 1,143 CBC staffers took a bonus in 2023, costing taxpayers $14,902,755. That number could climb even higher as the records indicate the data is up to date "as of Oct. 26, 2023."
“[Bonus] pay… is a key part of the total compensation of our non-union staff, about 1,140 employees,” Tait recently told a parliamentary committee. 
Tait was called to testify at the committee in January 2024 on executive bonuses and planned layoffs at the public broadcaster. 
The CBC also dished out $11.5 million in raises (to date) for the 2023-24 fiscal year, with 6,575 employees taking a pay bump, representing 87 per cent of its workforce, according to separate access-to-information records obtained by the CTF. There were no pay cuts. 
The CBC has rubberstamped $97 million in pay raises since 2015.
There are now 1,450 CBC staffers taking home a six-figure salary, according to access-to-information records obtained by the CTF. 
Since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came to power in 2015, the number of CBC employees taking a six-figure annual salary has spiked by 231 per cent.
Following Tait’s committee appearance, during which she claimed the public broadcaster was subject to “chronic underfunding,” the federal government announced it was increasing funding to the CBC by 96.1 million. 
The CBC will receive $1.4 billion in taxpayer funding for the 2024-25 fiscal year.
Tait’s annual pay is between $472,900 and $623,900, which includes salary, bonus and other benefits, according to the CBC’s senior management compensation summary. 
In 2014, Tait’s predecessor, Hubert Lacroix, told a Senate committee his annual bonus was “around 20 per cent.”
“Tait should be taking a pay cut and ending bonuses,” Terrazzano said. “It’s time for the government to end the taxpayer-funded bonuses at the CBC.”
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For more information or to schedule interviews, please contact:
Franco Terrazzano
CTF Federal Director
Cell: 403.918.3532
Email: [email protected]  
Twitter: @franco_nomics

[** W. Brett Wilson ** @WBrettWilson]

Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels - The Guardian

Correct. https://t.co/fgXD6LpmOw

[MDowney @MimiBusk]

@WilliamShatner Happy Thanksgiving!