Canadian who worries for us all. Mom, Grandmother and wife. Proud Liberal! Love does conquer hate!

Joined November 2013
Colleen Martel retweeted
Public taxpayers money should go to public schools. End of story.
Between 2022 and 2024, this govt increased Charter School funding by 844%. FACT. This govt has budgeted to actually build Charter Schools with your Public Ed tax dollars. FACT.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
This is Doug Ford ‘s idea of “Protecting Ontario.” All this and much more happened in just one week. We have 3 more years to go, but possibly even longer, since Ford recently changed election rules which could keep him in office as Premier until 2030, folks⤵️
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The LCBO is a big part of the bust out, and emblematic of #IDUPlaybook End government revenues and unionized jobs, give away public assets, run up government debt. There's a Weston on the board of the LCBO to make sure booze policy benefits Loblaws. corruptario.ca/fords-obsessi…
This means the profits that went to us from the LCBO are far less…so instead they’re going into private coffers. We lost that money
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Nope… me too. Never ever finished an emerg shift and said to myself: “gee I wish I could treat people w resources and wealth over people in need”…
I've never finished a difficult ER shift and said "damn, we need privatized healthcare system that allows the rich to jump the queue and get their medical care first drawing away the fixed number of healthcare professionals we have in Canada".
We’ve seen this movie before: the Greenbelt, the scandals, the insiders cashing in. Now it’s the Skills Development Fund. And just like every season of this show, it ends the same way: All roads lead straight to Doug Ford’s office. #onpoli
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The price of electricity is skyrocketing in Ontario, but you haven't noticed because Doug Ford is passing the cost onto your grandchildren. #ontario #onpoli #dougford #frankdomenic🍁
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Officially 5000 homeless people in Edmonton. I see people missing fingers all the time on the bus. And the police are constantly destroying homeless encampments. And they give millions in public funding to the billionaire Oilers owner Katz.
On our op-ed page: researchers make the argument that Edmonton might be the frostbite capital of the world, largely due to street homelessness. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/…
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For those who think Ketanji Brown Jackson stabbed vulnerable American families in the back on SNAP benefits, take a moment to listen to this. The key here is to be smart not reactive. I know it’s difficult given the passion surrounding this highly charged issue, but it will facilitate a more durable solution. Thanks to Tall Nate for the clip. 🎥 TikTok - vm.tiktok.com/ZNdw3M1WN/
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Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor, the sick, the tired. It's not an option, it's central to advancing God's will."
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On Canada Day, when you see an unwavering Republican Ford & his Republican MPPS draped in a Canada flag, please remind them of skipped debates during an election & Lecce's bill 5, please play Ford's authoritarian tRumpian eruption.
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17 trade unions and industry groups that endorsed Ford’s $189M February election, (that allegedly didn't protect Ontarians from Ford's dictatorship) received $237M from Ford's $2.5B controversial Skills Development Fund. #ProtectYourWalletFromDougFord
How many times does this totally repulsive human being desperately needs and wants to lie to you, doubles down, smiles before you say enough is enough!
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Our leaders have underestimated the willingness of Canadians to return to paying to house our most vulnerable citizens, like we did since the Great Depression. Our politicians thought we were unwilling to pay as rents doubled over the past decade. cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon…
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Colleen Martel retweeted
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro just absolutely torched JD Vance an Donald Trump over the instance on SNAP. This is a must-listen!
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Let it sink in for a sec… 🧠💭
Colleen Martel retweeted
He sure was! History will remember him as such 🫡💙
Replying to @dicapito
I am so fucking over these people acting like Joe wasn’t one of the best presidents of our lifetime.
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Cabinet Size 2025: Poilievre Bloated Shadow Cabinet 76 PM Harper Governing Cabinet 38 PM Trudeau Governing Cabinet 36 PM Carney Governing Cabinet 27 Why does Poilievre need 3 times more MP's while the govt is being run by 27? @CPC_HQ
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Trump‘s brilliant plan of 50 year mortgages means that after your first 20 years making huge interest payments to a bank you will have paid down almost none of the principal and they will still own the house you are living in with 30 years to go. A scam from a career con man.
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Elections attorney Marc Elias knows his stuff.