Tom Parkin

@Tom_Parkin_

Columnist with a bluntly social democratic point of view. Host of Gamechangers podcast.

Ontario, Canada
Joined October 2013

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    14 Dec 2018

    Me in today: liberals talk about 'rule of law' when it suits them, but not so much when it suits workers. Postal workers' charter freedoms apparently aren't a hit at the Liberals' pick-and-choose cafeteria of constitutional rights and freedoms.

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    11 hours ago

    What Does Probability Mean in Your Profession? Brilliant from “Math with Bad Drawings” by

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    1 hour ago

    Fabian Clarke came home after a 12-hour training shift. Then, he got a knock on the door. In minutes, he'd have a a broken nose and an injury that would require emergency reconstructive surgery. Because of that, he missed work, then lost his job.

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  4. Retweeted
    20 hours ago

    Gr8 article from on how populism gets a bad rap: "Don’t confuse populism with incitements to racism and greed"

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  5. Retweeted
    Jan 4

    “Even without the bias that prompted Toronto police to target young black men, and even without the fact that some officers escalated the random checks into episodes of brutality, carding by its very nature is a civil-rights violation.”

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  6. Jan 3
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  7. Jan 3

    Our government could tell Trump we’re ending our border deal now, and border crossing would stop in six months. But border crossing creates advantageous politics for Trudeau.

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    "But, whether you like their policies or not, [the NDP] haven't governed on anger. They successfully transitioned from an angry campaign to a dispassionate, almost positive, governing style. While times were tough, there was a sense of optimism in how the NDP governed.”

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  9. Jan 3

    Affordable childcare gives women more economic choices. Quebec’s program has led to the highest economic participation of women in Canada, a boost in GDP and an increase in tax revenues greater than the subsidy cost.

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  10. Jan 3

    Why does Minister Hussein prohibit refugees exiting from the US from make a refugee claim at a regular border point, like a bridge or airport, like people coming from anywhere else? That rule does not change anything or help anyone, it just lets Rebel Media write hate stories.

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  11. Retweeted
    Jan 2

    Not that Cons like ⁦⁩ or ⁦⁩ or scaremongers like ⁦⁩ or ⁦⁩ seem to care about these facts but maybe you do

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  12. Jan 3

    New Democrat Sheila Malcolmson resigned as MP Jan 2. The PM can call a byelection as early as 11 days after the vacancy occurs, Jan 13, which could put voting on Feb 18 — Family Day in BC

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  13. Jan 2

    Nothing is more revealing than what a person thinks is humour

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  14. Retweeted
    Jan 2

    Apropos of nothing, Giant Tiger's founder is the father of CPC MP Scott Reid.

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  15. Jan 2

    Under Ford, the public purse now subsidizes employers like the Weston family and MacDonald’s to pay bad wages

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  16. Retweeted
    Jan 2

    In 2017, Canada's richest CEOs made an average of $10 million. That's 197x the average worker's salary.

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  18. Retweeted
    Jan 2

    Thanks and George Lagogianes for having me on to talk executive pay. Canada's top CEOs now make 197 times what the average worker makes in a year. Read 's full report for the here:

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  19. Jan 2

    Thoughtful piece from ⁦⁩ on the need for academics to step up and help sort out fact from fiction in political debate

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  20. Jan 2

    And keep in mind Rossi is a former National Director of the Liberal Party of Canada. So progressive!

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  21. Jan 1

    The tweet has been deleted, but here’s a screen cap. Remember this one percenter led the charge to cancel a minimum wage hike. Consider that about 6 hours of labour at $14/hour is needed to buy that $73 bottle of Veuve. Life is sweet for those who amplify the master’s voice.

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