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- .@JustinTrudeau, @EmmanuelMacron, @BorisJohnson and other VIPs shared a few words at a Buckingham Palace reception Tuesday. No one mentions @realDonaldTrump by name, but they seem to be discussing his lengthy impromptu press conferences from earlier in the day. (Video: Host Pool)
00:00 - Protesters shout “Stand up to Trump,” as Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau attends an anti-racism rally on Parliament Hill.
00:00 - “That is not how we do things in Canada,” said @JustinTrudeau about @realDonaldTrump's tweets this weekend telling Democratic women of colour to leave the U.S. Trudeau said, “Canadians and indeed people around the world know exactly what I think about those particular comments.”
00:00 - The CBC's Mike Crawley (@CBCQueensPark) was reporting on the Ontario PC convention when security tried to intervene. That didn't stop Mike, who kept his cool and carried on...
00:00 - Iran's exiled former Crown Prince @PahlaviReza says Canada and the world should respond to the protests in Iran by targeting the regime and its associates through "specific measures" like the Magnitsky Act.
00:00 - "When people are more outraged about waiting 4 hours in airport security than 3 years for a hip replacement, we've sort of lost the plot on what's important." CMA President Dr. Katharine Smart says challenges facing the health system need to stay top of mind for Canadians.
00:00 - “I’m a big proponent of lowering the voting age to 16,” said @rickmercer. To those who argue 16-year-olds’ brains aren’t fully formed he said, “I would argue, you could say the same about half of the House of Commons.” #cdnpoli
00:00 - .@MurphTWN gets hit by a gust of wind in St.John’s, as a raging blizzard brings eastern Newfoundland to a standstill (He's OK). Read the lastest about the storm here: cbc.ca/1.5430457
00:00 - “We’re not going to act like a subordinate level of government. We’ve done that for too long and we’re getting walked all over as a result.” One day after winning the leadership, Premier-designate of Alberta Danielle Smith says she’s putting Ottawa “on notice.”
00:00 - "I would do it again," Peterborough mayor Diane Therrien says of her profanity-laced response to those involved with a QAnon-inspired protest in her city. "You can't reason with unreasonable people." (Video credit: @CarymaRules)
00:00 - "We are today serving notice. If your truck is being used in these illegal blockades, your corporate accounts will be frozen. The insurance on your vehicle will be suspended. Send your semi-trailers home." - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland
00:00 - "I do not believe that I should be removed from caucus for doing my job and doing what I believe is right" says @Puglaas. Says she agrees with a trusted adviser who told her recording phone call was "a reasonable, rational thing to do in an unreasonable and irrational situation"
00:00 - "These protesters...they are not the story of this pandemic," said PM Justin Trudeau. "This pandemic has sucked for all Canadians. But Canadians know the way to get through it is to continue listening to science - continuing to lean on each other."
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