Dear Kellie Leitch: fear tactics will not work
Using divisive tactics, inflammatory language and nationalist rhetoric to further your proposed policies will place you firmly on the wrong side of history.
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"Has regionalization been given a real chance?"
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"Policies aimed at improving access to education and the ability to obtain employment complement each other in breaking the cyclical nature of poverty."
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“How much do we have to give up before we say that’s enough?”
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The merchant days are over
"We need to stand together and show that we are more than the quaint people hanging clothes in tourist commercials."
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"[T]his government did not concede anything out of 'caring'. They were drove to their knees by the pressure from the marchers..."
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"Canadians believe that Canada and the provinces can become world leaders in addressing climate change."
Time to slay the Muskrat Monster
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