Ryan O'Connor
@rpoconnor
Employment + Litigation Lawyer/Partner at GTA law firm. Lover of Liberty, Politics, Public Policy, Travel, Food. Farm kid from Durham Region.
(1/6) There may a clue here about what actually happened between the former Attorney-General @Puglaas and the PMO when she asserts solicitor-client privilege as a reason not to comment further on the SNC-Lavalin affair. #onpoli #cdpoli #SNCLavalin
Former AG Jody Wilson-Raybould says she's bound by 'solicitor-client privilege,' won't comment on SNC-Lavalin matter: cbc.ca/1.5011161
In case you didn't already realise that the Order of Canada has degenerated into a club where Liberals give their friends a cool pin and a title; the zenith of failing upwards. Drs. Tam and Henry shouldn't be celebrated - they should testifying before a COVID Royal Commission.
Theresa Tam, Bonnie Henry among Order of Canada recipients theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…
Veteran Canadian Journalist @garymasonglobe, 1939: "I'm hoping someone will soon explain why it's okay for the United States to have a large military but not Germany"
Veteran Canadian Journalist @garymasonglobe, 1939: "I'm hoping someone will soon explain why it's okay for the United States to have a large military but not Germany"
Unable to wait until the body cools before an another insensitive hot take, here's more proof that this local sports journalist - who wanted COVID-recovered non-vaccinated Canadians effectively banished from society - is just a miserable human being
As for Hulk Hogan, he was always the villain, and an example of how villains are sold as heroes to us impressionable kids. He was a gutter racist, an enemy of journalism, a great showman who couldn’t wrestle, and an American hot dog-coloured fraud. He was a warning, in a way.
What an heartfelt and incredible video from @AndrewLawton. Really glad this new MP is using his platform - and personal experience - to advocate against expanding euthanasia and to support *life* at the end of the tunnel for those with mental health challenges.
I almost died by suicide fifteen years ago while battling depression. If the expansion of MAID coming into force in 2027 were in place then, I'd likely be dead right now. Today, I'm launching the #IGotBetter campaign to keep hope alive for people living with mental illness.
Ontario is plagued with court delays because of the Liberals' failure to appoint judges, alongside COVID policies. Yet the Crown somehow managed to find time and resources to run an 8-week trial in which acquittals were predictable. Great job everyone! thestar.com/news/canada/ho…
Hulk Hogan was the Babe Ruth of wrestling. Changed the stakes and the genre completely. I am so happy that I paid $100 in 2002 to see Hogan vs the Rock at Rogers Centre in Toronto for one of the most entertaining matches of all time.
So many fond memories of my childhood watching pro wrestling with my brothers and Dad - and Hulk Hogan was always front and centre. Thanks for the memories, Hulkster! You weren't called immortal for nothing.
What a ridiculous take. Why wouldn't politicians call out prosecutorial double-standards and the waste of public money thrown at this months-long Lich-Barber *mischief* trial? Who else will hold the Crown accountable?
These Conservatives, including their leader, missed the lesson about how elected politicians are not supposed to interfere in judicial processes. A little thing called #RuleOfLaw. If they were in power our democracy would be in question. #cdnpoli #canlab ctvnews.ca/politics/artic…
Online journo: non-violent protestors convicted of mischief in the wake of the Liberals' illegal invocation of the Emergencies Act deserve 7 years' prison while violent offenders deserve clemency
Pierre Poilievre comes out swinging for....the organizers of the freedom convoy. lol. lmfao, even. Good to know all that talk of "pivot" was actually a pivot even further rightwards from his camp.
That our true Toronto municipal opposition leaders such as @Roman_Baber and @anthonyfurey aren't even councillors is a scathing indictment of the current City Council
ROMAN THE GLADIATOR: Tory MP, vowing to battle planned shelter, challenges city council: 'Stand up to this mayor!' Check out our front page for Monday, July 21, 2025. More from @sunjustinholmes here: torontosun.com/news/local-new…
Anyone maybe thought that these late night shows ought to be cancelled because they suck, aren't funny, are expensive to produce, pay their hosts millions they shouldn't command, and yet still get outwatched by some random teenager's TikTok account?
The pattern is like India or Hungary: use the regulatory power of the state to silence critics. You don't have to lock them up. They just get marginalized.
"At a time of housing shortages, full emergency rooms, when many Canadians can't find family doctors, Liberals plan to admit tens of thousands of mostly elderly foreigners in new vote-buying scheme" ctvnews.ca/canada/article…
When in Toronto you can get away with shooting at a Jewish school and blocking a bridge to a Jewish neighbourhood, it's child's play to allegedly urinate and antisemitically rant on the steps of a Beaches synagogue nationalpost.com/news/canada/ma…
Dude, you lost your seat and qualified for your pension - you don't need to politically prostrate before the Liberals anymore!
The Rolls Royce Revolutionary is coming for your EVs 🤣
Great news, a long-time coming. Kudos to the Premier @fordnation and Minister @PaulCalandra for using their statutory powers to control school boards. Liberating kids from OISE ideologues will improve student outcomes and refocus classrooms on learning and not political projects.
#BREAKING - Education Minister Paul Calandra says the government is taking control of four school boards, including the Toronto District Echool board and the Toronto District Catholic school Board. He’s appointing supervisors to “Fix the mismanagement” citing financial issues.
The Mayor lies. Pools are NOT open as normal despite 37° heat. At 5:40pm today, a friend and his son attended Smythe Pool. By 6:00pm, swimmers were ejected FROM A POOL because it was "too hot". Are the only kids swimming tonight in Toronto those whose parents bought a pool?
To ensure pools stay open, and avoid the intermittent closures experienced yesterday due to health and safety rules, here are the actions we're taking immediately: - Deploying additional lifeguards to city pools to manage rest and work schedules in this heat - More shade…
Elbows Up Canadian patriot and former Irish and UK passport holder Mark Carney: we're Europeans
"And as the most European of the non European countries, Canada looks first to the European Union to build a better world." And closer "values" to Carney's own heart, we find out why he wants closer ties to Europe "But now we're working alongside the European Union to combat…
So the social media intern on the Liberal government's official Twitter account hid a post replying with the Red Ensign. Why?
In Canada we know that diversity is our strength and we love to celebrate it! This #BeingYouDay, let it be a reminder to be authentically yourself and celebrate all the things that make you, YOU! 🌈❤️
The real "racism" is this privileged Western journalist giving a pass to a regime of acid-throwing misogynist gay-hanging homophobes because of the colour of their skin rather than the content of their reprehensible character
Creating a dichotomy of the “civilized” and the “barbaric” is an act of racist dehumanization that can be a precursor to genocide and other mass atrocity. Read a fucking book Natasha.