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And so concludes my shameless promotion of the fabulous island I was lucky to grow up on. I hope it makes some of you consider a visit. Come on over. We’re friendly on #CapeBreton
Gerald Butts
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Gerald Butts
@gmbutts
Climate and Geopolitics. Skeptical optimist. Vice Chair @eurasiagroup. Director @World_Wildlife. Born at 327 ppm. Priors: PMO, OPO, CEO @WWFCanada, @McGillU.
Cape Breton, or wishing I were
Born July 8
Joined November 2010
- When one company’s service outage takes down everything in a country from 911 calls to The Weeknd’s concert, that company has too much power. #Rogers
- The fight to overturn Roe vs Wade started the day after the decision was rendered. It took 50 years of politics but the 🇺🇸 far-right finally won. If you don’t think the same fight is happening in 🇨🇦 you are not paying attention.
- You shouldn't be able to anonymously crowdsource funding for an insurrection in democracies. If we can't agree about that, we're in serious trouble.
- Everyone has Covid now because we stopped wearing masks. This is obvious, right?
- This insurrection is and always was about the money. So expect its architects to go completely bananas about the government’s response. It’s calibrated, non-violent, and will be very effective. They did the right thing today. #EmergenciesAct
- Canada has officially survived the presidency of Donald Trump. Well done gang. 🇨🇦
- Free advice to all politicians re the Ottawa occupation: nobody gives a flying fig about jurisdiction. Get on the phone, make a plan together, and fix this mess. It’s Day 10. #Ottawa
- I'll bite. She endured personal tragedy while suffering with a mental illness under grinding public scrutiny that nobody in the press understood or sympathized with. She used her experience to help others who were similarly afflicted. Margaret Trudeau is a good person.What has Margaret Trudeau achieved in life to warrant being paid $250k to give a few pep talks to kids, apart from marrying a prime minister and being the mother of another? Oh, right. That’s how things work in a banana republic.
- Every one of these so-called freedom loving Canadian politicians should be asked what they think of a woman’s freedom to choose. Today. #RoeVWade
- Just saw a video of @AndrewScheer, kids in tow, being hounded through the airport by a reporter. Guys, please don’t do this. You have no idea what his kids may be enduring.
- Thank you to all the health care workers — who won’t have much of a Christmas this year. Bless you all. 🎄
- Please remember social media is not broadcast. 13% of Canadians are on twitter and your YouTube and TikTok feeds are not for everybody — they’re made for you. You control what you say, not what you see. And what you see isn’t representative of 🇨🇦 as a whole. #protip
