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Explorer, founder of Lachine, seigneur of Cataracoui, discoverer of the mouths of the Mississippi.

Joined March 2015
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    9 hours ago

    Justin Ling: Dangerous, racist and falling apart. By nearly every metric, the nation's penal system is not just failing, it's making things worse.

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    10 hours ago

    Like, having our own 'operational demands' doesn't, in fact, explain why the stuff *needs* to be built domestically.

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    10 hours ago

    This is an interesting piece, and it rightly responds to at least one bone-headed take, but I'm not sure I understand how Canada's purportedly unique needs can't be met via international tendering and thus cheaper and potentially quicker procurement.

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    11 hours ago

    Part of low-balling expectations is persuading people to believe that the bar is actually being set very high.

    Replying to @stephenfgordon @acoyne
    The expectations I remember were in November and December when we were being told that Canada was leading the world.
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  5. 10 hours ago

    Which is a crazy reason to vote no, but then none of the reasons people have for voting yes make much sense, either.

    Exclusive: Poll suggests No vote lead as Salmond inquiry drives voters away from Scottish independence, via
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    11 hours ago

    Exclusive: Poll suggests No vote lead as Salmond inquiry drives voters away from Scottish independence, via

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    10 hours ago

    Digital tulip bulbs.

    Twitter boss Jack Dorsey is selling his first tweet at auction, with bidding Saturday reaching $2 million in a sign of the appetite for virtual objects authenticated through blockchain technology
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  8. 10 hours ago

    As he sheepishly acknowledged on a CNN feature on genealogy, having only just discovered it. Like it was some dark family secret!

    Replying to @jaketapper @acoyne @MyHeritage
    So cool that you have a Canadian connection
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    11 hours ago

    My lesson from covid: literally no one in Canada cares if anyone else dies. All Canadians care about is if we are "better than the US". If we are, Yay! If we aren't... we whatabout the thing we are better at. And if any other country does better we make up an "island" reason why.

    And maybe only 2 per cent of those 80,000 people would have died — versus our average case fatality ratio of 2.5 per cent. That’s still 1600 needless deaths.
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    11 hours ago
    Replying to

    There's always a Winnipeg connection.

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  11. 10 hours ago

    People seemed okay with it being a “race” then.

    Replying to @stephenfgordon @acoyne
    The expectations I remember were in November and December when we were being told that Canada was leading the world.
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    9 Aug 2019

    Time for my quarterly tweeting of Marvin Gaye singing “Heard it Through the Grapevine” a capella

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    Mar 5

    An incredible moment from a 60 Minutes episode about Amazon in 1999. "A couple of geeks who sketched out some software... could destroy Sears Roebuck?!" He can barely stop from laughing.

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    23 hours ago

    Since Rolling Stone is finally "parting ways" with Useful Idiots. Here are some of the lowlights from the show, including Syria gas attack denial in Douma, downplaying white supremacy, Trump sycophancy, and general misinformation.

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    The Grayzone's Aaron Maté falsely denies that Trump incited the mob, falsely suggests that Nancy Pelosi is to be blamed for the Capitol attack, and falsely claims she spurned security measures. Fact check Pelosi does not control day-to-day operations of the Capitol Police,
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    11 hours ago

    Do our military procurement people think that if they can't get their ideal ship/plane/whatever, then they'd rather have nothing at all? Because if so, that would explain a lot.

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    Mar 1

    When assessing this online poll about , it's key to note this: Nearly 40% of respondents either thought was still illegal (not true) or did not know. This lack of knowledge (noted at end of article) definitely shapes this poll's results. Bill

    Poll finds strong support for expanding access to medical assistance in dying
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    11 hours ago

    In yet another dumb move—he has many—Justin Trudeau opposed proof of vaccination. Such a great way to strangle the Canadian economy further.

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  18. 11 hours ago

    Fast forward a month, when this, too, will be recanted. No plans for ‘divisive’ vaccine passports for Canadians, Trudeau says - National |

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    Mar 3

    The claim that Canada's covid-19 vaccine procurement is 'on track' has to be set against the counter-claim that the track is too damn slow. Low-balling expectations is a great comms strategy for underperforming govts. It's not a substitute for delivering *good* results.

    Canada's pace of vaccination: Today's amount of 72,472 doses compares to an average of 62,593/day over the past week and 46,166/day the week prior. - Daily pace required for two doses to 75% of Canadians by Sept 30, 2021: 260,291 - At current pace, we reach 75% by Jul 2023
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    11 hours ago

    David John James Dyson, my grandfather’s grandfather, 1863-1949, a pickle merchant and briefly the mayor of Winnipeg. 🇨🇦 Enhanced, colorized, and animated via

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