James Fraser

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Courage not fear, mercy not cruelty, knowledge not lies, solidarity not hatred. Progressive solutions for Ontario workers.

[James Fraser @tottenjimmer]

@MikeSchreiner Utterly tone deaf. The progressive majority needs to form a broad church for collective action if it is going to disempower Ford- and Trump-style pseudofascism. I have begun to think that your party could well be working Canadians' best hope for making that happen.

[James Fraser @tottenjimmer]

@SNJeffBlair Great topic. I was 6 when Darryl Sittler became my hero and 11 when he was traded to the Flyers. For years I hated the Leafs, the way only the broken-hearted can hate, but the healing started when Sittler reconciled with Cliff Fletcher.

[James Fraser @tottenjimmer]

Oh yes. Very light-hearted.

[Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire]

Exclusive: a shooting range in Wallasey defends using images of Shamima Begum as target practice because of a ‘record number of requests’ from its customers. It allows people ‘to have some light-hearted fun bringing out the inner child in all” they tell us. More at 10am ⁦

[Mike Schreiner @MikeSchreiner]

Any narrative that scientists don’t know the cause of climate change is wrong. Ontarians are problem solvers, not problem deniers. We owe it to our kids and grandkids to act on #climate now. #onpoli https://t.co/ZU2HyD9Ud8

[James Fraser @tottenjimmer]

Point taken, and supported. But the ultimate arrogance is saying "I find your existence offensive" to a person with a disability.

[James Fraser @tottenjimmer]

@OhSheri1 @ontariowilliam @christoaivalis @CFHawker @Polunatic @fiodor2 @SquirlyGirll @edwood3 @LauraFloyd @TheBrenRG @bp_oceanfalls @JaimeFraser @FairVoteCanada @fairvotebc Electoral reform.

[James Fraser @tottenjimmer]

#ScheerFear

[James Fraser @tottenjimmer]

Exciting times in the UK as 10 MPs, 7 from Labour and 3 from the Conservatives, have resigned from their parties over Brexit to form an Independent group together. It's time for a new way of doing politics that makes a clean break with the old tribalisms.

[Anna Soubry 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇦🇪🇺🖤🤍 @Anna_Soubry]

It is with a heavy heart I have today resigned from the Conservative Party.

[Scottish Government @scotgov]

"Being gay isn't a choice,
Being homophobic is"

Help us spread the message that hate is never welcome and together we can create a Scotland we can all be proud of 🏳️‍🌈

Read more of Life Gets Better Together by Jo Fitzpatrick at https://t.co/wfV2dFHOpo

#LGBTHM19 #loveislove

[James Fraser @tottenjimmer]

Hats off to you, RVP. It doesn't take much, and yet so many people cannot find even that much in themselves.

[Nick Harvey @mrnickharvey]

The world’s going to shit but here’s Robin van Persie restoring faith in humanity. https://t.co/9htCt2qp2g

[James Fraser @tottenjimmer]

Magnificent from @MikeHoganArgos Riveting insights. And there was me, complaining Jim Popp seemed to be doing "nothing", when he was doing everything.
We are so privileged to have a newsman of this calibre covering the @TorontoArgos full-time again. https://t.co/MPORmiPgFi

[James Fraser @tottenjimmer]

He'd look awfully good to me in Double Blue
#TorontoArgos
https://t.co/RRsA7e5cDW

[James Fraser @tottenjimmer]

They have made a brave decision, although I could not say whether it was right or wrong. I do know that pseudofascism and the climate crisis require a robust collective response from those of different progressive stripes who spend too much time at each other's throats.

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

"We've taken the first step in leaving the old tribal politics behind, and we invite others who share our political values to do so too."

MP Chuka Umunna talks about the creation of a new group of MPs in the House of Commons.

[James Fraser @tottenjimmer]

When it's making big profits, it's Alberta's energy sector. When it's having a "crisis" (#ScheerFear strikes again!) it's Canada's energy sector.

[Andrew Scheer @AndrewScheer]

The #UnitedWeRoll convoy is a testament to the importance of Canada's energy sector and the crisis it's facing. Canadian energy workers deserve a government that supports their industry and champions it worldwide. Conservatives will fix the Liberal mess & get people back to work.

[James Fraser @tottenjimmer]

Debt or no debt, Doug Ford's coffers always have spare millions for billionaires. https://t.co/Op4IBHhjpO

[James Fraser @tottenjimmer]

Diverse group there. Look! A woman!

[Doug Ford @fordnation]

I want to thank @WoodbridgeGroup for hosting a productive roundtable with @APMACanada members. As a large manufacturer of foam products, they are one of many great companies in Ontario's auto supply chain that includes 700 parts firms and over 500 tool, die and mold makers.

[James Fraser @tottenjimmer]

Good luck to them. Millionaire premiers will never work nearly as hard #forthepeople as unions, and it's great for students to learn that lesson (which their great-grandparents knew all too well).

[GuelphToday @GuelphToday]

U of G student groups uncertain about the effects of Doug Ford's Student Choice Initiative https://t.co/c7kudsKX7H

[James Fraser @tottenjimmer]

@ricardo_tranjan @CCPA_Ont These cuts are IDEOLOGICAL in motivation, NOT financial. Mike Harris did such brutal damage to the welfare system in the name of debt-reduction that it's never recovered, and the debt skyrocketed anyway because of his tax cuts. So depressing to have to go through it all again.

[James Fraser @tottenjimmer]

@FairVoteCanada The biggest problem is the corporate and zillionaire donors who would find it more challenging to control our governments if they were diversified by proportional representation. That's why they pour massive dollars into torpedoing PR in referendum campaigns.

[James Fraser @tottenjimmer]

@MikePMoffatt Number 1 is an excellent point. "Free choice of occupation" is recognized as a fundamental human right in the Oxford Manifesto, so let's find ways of getting it in writing.