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HoCStaffer retweeted
Just got an email from a group called "Moderate Cons" with a link to donate.
No names associated with it. gofund.me/86e45ad30
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I did the same in the....Toronto Star of all places back in 2018. thestar.com/opinion/contribu…
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A bureaucrat doesn't just draft up a memo like this for fun. This was requested by the Minister.
Govt will decide if posts are "out of context?"
Federal memo considers legal action against social media posting false info torontosun.com/news/national…
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PERÚ SALE DEL SOCIALISMO
Felicito a @KeikoFujimori por su histórica victoria en Perú. El pueblo peruano se suma a Colombia y ha enviado un mensaje claro: la región quiere volver al camino de la libertad y la seguridad.
Los peruanos rechazaron la debacle comunista que planteaba Roberto Sánchez y le dijeron nunca más al socialismo totalitario.
La libertad avanza en toda América Latina y ya no hay vuelta atrás.
VIVA LA LIBERTAD CARAJO...!!!
HoCStaffer retweeted
When did Canada peak? 🇨🇦
Thread here of dates organized by PM(s). Please give a r/t. Comment a specific year or leader.
Curious to see what people think.
11%Hasn't yet
2%Carney/Trudeau 2015-
70%Harper 06-15
17%Chrétien/Martin 93-06
446 votes • Final results HoCStaffer retweeted
10,000 Canadians PER month are leaving 🇨🇦.
Surprised or not? betterdwelling.com/canadians…
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Ok. I'm changing my mind.
This bodes really poorly.
This is the new Edmonton Public Library Central Branch, built while Bélanger was running the show on the city side. – at Calgary, Alberta
Edmonton’s own Carol Bélanger has been tapped to judge the national design competition to restore the Prime Minister’s residence at 24 Sussex Drive.
Bélanger is an icon in the architecture world, whose impact is seen and felt all over #yeg today. Let’s take a journey…. 1/5
ALT Bélanger, photographed by Laughing Dog Photography. Leaning into the icon.
HoCStaffer retweeted
C-34's Digital Safety Commission will be rushed to have its board appointed, get staffed up, secure an office, & receive its orders to start censoring us.
It won't have much time for branding.
I thought I would help by designing its logo.
HoCStaffer retweeted
Thanks for the clarification. 😂
Whitby mayor calls out hateful comments posted on photo of her with Muslim women's group trib.al/7wJoNlD
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Normal democratic countries shut down debate on Bills that require service providers to build surveillance capabilities for police & CSIS right?
Ottawa moves to curb debate to push through controversial lawful access bill theglobeandmail.com/politics…
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Ban future heritage months & rescind all existing ones?
95%Yea
2%Nay
4%Dunno
56 votes • Final results HoCStaffer retweeted
Ban future heritage months & rescind all existing ones. I say yea. Vote👇
May I ask a question please?
Do we cancel the existing ones?
•January – Tamil Heritage Month (House motion, 2016)
•February – Black History Month (House motion 1995; Senate 2008)
•March – Irish Heritage Month (House motion, 2021)
•April – Sikh Heritage Month — the federal Parliament voted in November 2018 to celebrate Sikh Heritage Month nationally every April (Sikh Heritage Month Act, 2019)
•May – Asian Heritage Month (Senate motion, 2001–02)
•May – Canadian Jewish Heritage Month — Parliament passed legislation on March 29, 2018 designating May as Canadian Jewish Heritage Month
•June – Italian Heritage Month (House motion, 2017)
•June – Filipino Heritage Month — declared by Motion M-155 on October 30, 2018
•June – Portuguese Heritage Month — the House of Commons designated June as Portuguese Heritage Month on November 8, 2017
•June – National Indigenous History Month (House motion, 2009)
•October – Islamic History Month (House motion, 2007)
•October – Latin American Heritage Month — designated by the Parliament of Canada in 2018 via the Latin American Heritage Month Act
•October – German Heritage Month (House motion, 2017)
•November – Lebanese Heritage Month (House motion, 2018)
•November – Hindu Heritage Month (House motion, 2022)
HoCStaffer retweeted
Some irony in exempting Bluesky for under-16s while banning X when both are listed as 16+.
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You have to read Bill C-34 on The Commission to believe it. It sets the rules on age verification, social media bans, and content removals while serving as combined regulator, investigator and advocate. At the start, Chair alone can be the full Commission.
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The kids’ social media ban gets the headlines, but my post argues Bill C-34’s most consequential element may be the Commission, a super-regulator overseeing the system with its own rules of evidence, potentially secret hearings, and wide-ranging powers.
michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/thec…
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The kids’ social media ban gets the headlines, but my post argues Bill C-34’s most consequential element may be the Commission, a super-regulator overseeing the system with its own rules of evidence, potentially secret hearings, and wide-ranging powers.
michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/thec…
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What's worse than a Liberal Bill targeting online content?
One that doesn't set out the rules in the Bill so Parliament can debate their merits.
Instead it gives Cabinet the power over 19 decisions & a Liberal-appointed "Digital Safety Commission" 31 more.
Bill C-34 is worse than we thought. 🧵
The government’s digital safety bill regulates social media services, AI chatbots, and potentially any other online service or application. Who is targeted? What criteria for regulation? Bill C-34 doesn't say. It leaves all of those decisions to cabinet.
xitter.cf/mgeist/status/20650589…
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Liberal-appointed, pro-censorship, & unaccountable Digital Safety Commission members will enforce the rules on what is considered offensive on the internet.
For our safety.
