Tom Flemming
@tomflem
Halifax and Hamilton: a Bluenoser in southern Ontario. Retired health sciences librarian (Dalhousie and McMaster). No DMs, please.
After the Hockey Canada trial, here’s what we need to teach our young men. We need to teach them to refuse to participate in degrading, abusive behaviour, even if it means standing up to their friends. #Opinion trib.al/H8EBHxJ
The most telling fact from the 2018 sexual assault by players from the Canadian Junior Men’s hockey team is that NO PLAYER spoke up & tried to stop what was happening from the start. The players involved weren’t wrongfully accused, they were entitled & sociopathic predators.
As the only female writer @HeavyHockeyNet, I felt a responsibility to share what I think many women are feeling in the wake of the Hockey Canada SA trial verdict. The verdict landed—but accountability never showed up and I’m not one to stay silent. heavyhockey.com/2025/07/26/the…
Ford claims asylum seekers wait 2 years for work permits. Feds say it’s actually 45 days. - Global News apple.news/AR42v1qUkTjySf…
🔳 POILIEVRE: “So what do ya think about the way the Liberals are recklessly spending your tax dollars?” 🔳 LADY IN RED: “Aren’t you still living in that mansion there in Ottawa that’s paid for by our taxes, even though you lost your seat?” 🔳 POILIEVRE: “ ... ” 🔳 LADY IN…
Convoy people aren't pro-democracy just pro white supremacy/homophobia: many examples of LGBTQ+ harassed, immigrants and those with disabilities. Convoy people aren't victims they're victimizers. What Christian would wave flags saying "Fuck" (anyone) in front of their children?
Ontario ranks the lowest in Canada when it comes to per capita hospital spending. We'd need $4.4 billion more to catch up to the rest of Canada. We need more home care, rehabilitation, LTC and primary care. Ontario can't squeeze hospitals more. oha.com/Bulletins/FINA…
My five children and I have been approved for 100% dental coverage under the CDCP. Thank you @MarkJCarney!!! 😭😭😭 Here’s to happy smiles and oral health! #dentalcareishealthcare
A thread explaining Doug Ford’s debt, which would make any leftie politician blush. Yet the fiscal conservatives don’t seem to care. We’ve never spent more to get less.
THREAD: Ontario’s debt is about to blow past $500 billion—the highest in provincial history. Doug Ford promised to balance the books. So why is debt exploding even as he’s cutting hospitals and schools? 🧵Let’s break it down: #onpoli
“Convoy donors contributed more than $460K to the CPC leadership race, with the ‘lion's share’ of donations going to Pierre Poilievre, who declared how ‘proud’ he was of the occupation — despite its connections to overtly racist, white supremacist groups.”cultmtl.com/2025/07/observ…
Smith looooves Trump. Moe is cosy. Ford talks tough then fires Canadians and hires Americans. Picking up a pattern?
Scott Moe says, "elbows up is just a slogan". Elbows up is a commitment to fight back, in a trade war that we never asked for. You deserve a leader who is going to stand up to bullies, not cozy up.
This is what Ford will take The highway of 56 km’s that will cost billions and only help the developers that have profited off us for seven years This highway only helps developers! We need trees! We need our wetlands to survive! Can’t live off concrete #DougFordIsAFraud
One of the thousands of massive old trees that would be destroyed if the $10 billion Highway 413 plows through the best remaining natural areas in Vaughan #stopthe413 #onpoli
Trump's threat to the world: Pay up or we'll wreck your economy. Extortion is his racket. We must say NO! #ElbowsUp #CanadaStrong thestar.com/business/the-w…
I live in the US and I'm boycotting us. Trump's an embarrassment. To the world
#StayAwayFromTheUSA It’s a dangerous place to be. #CanadaStrong 🇨🇦
"CNBC sent a television team to Canada ... They predict the boycott will result in a $90 billion hit to the American economy." Don't buy anything from the U.S. Don't visit. #BoycottUS #ElbowsUp #CanadaStrong charlieangus.substack.com/p/maga-is-frea…
The "Freedom" Convoy was an attempted insurrection that cost the Canadian economy billions of dollars in losses. Lich and Barber should be sentenced accordingly.
Our tax dollars paid to clean up after this great big clown show that Pierre Poilievre encouraged. These MAGA swamp dwellers can all go fukk themselves sideways.
Scott Moe says, "elbows up is just a slogan". Elbows up is a commitment to fight back, in a trade war that we never asked for. You deserve a leader who is going to stand up to bullies, not cozy up.
4 out of 5 Canadians still don’t have access to free contraceptives or diabetes medications. The federal government promised to fix this. That promise is now at risk. Tell PM Carney & Health Minister Michel to protect #Pharmacare. Take action: nwmd.social/s/twitter/4AiA…
“Support for the Trucker Convoy was heavily influenced by foreign propaganda. A digital marketing firm abroad ran two of the largest anti-vax, pro-trucker groups, feeding disinformation into the movement while posing as grassroots supporters. Canadians were being…
Hello @MarkJCarney! THIS is essential to Canadians’ unity and confidence in the battle at hand. Improving and strengthening public healthcare is also way more economical than what premiers like Ford are doing to it.
‘a new poll suggests nearly all Canadians(89%)believe improving access to our universal health system should also be a key priority in building a stronger country’ 89%!!! Now that’s a mandate! Elbows AND ears @MarkJCarney … Elbows AND ears cma.ca/latest-stories…