During his inaugural address in 2019, Zelensky told lawmakers: “I do not want my picture in your offices: the President is not an icon, an idol or a portrait. Hang your kids' photos instead, and look at them each time you are making a decision.”
Hints for those commenting on invocation of Canada's emergency legislation:
1) This law was passed relatively recently, 1988. It is explicitly subordinate to Canada's charter of rights. It replaced the much more draconian emergency laws that were invoked in 1914, 1939, and 1970
This....
Somewhere in Canada ... the parents and family of this woman should know she danced on the "Grave of the Unknown" the most sacred place in our country
Most Canadians respect Terry Fox and War Memorials. Most Canadians don’t steal from food banks. Most Canadians would never wave a swastika and if they saw one, they would take it down. And most Canadians are vaccinated. I consider those people to be the true patriots.
Back of the Bus is doing a benefit show tomorrow in support of The Lighthouse. Karen Raiche-Bogdan purchased the show in an Auction. At Shenanigans in NB. Introducing Emma Wood!!
I no longer have the emotional bandwidth to engage in conversations about covid and vaccines with nuance. That does not mean these conversations don't deserve nuance, just that after two years of death I don't care anymore.
Get the fucking vaccine. Wear a fucking mask.