ElkeB

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Albertan for 60+ yrs. Loved BC for 10 yrs! Former PC for 40+ yrs. Former Oil Patch professional for 10+ yrs! #ElbowsUp

"The area will be known as Mia-yaltwa Ha’lidzogm hoon, pronounced “Me-ah-yall-twa Ha-lee-joh-gom hOH-own,” meaning “Realm of the Salmon, Home of the Salmon.” It will cover 6,700 square kilometres of B.C.’s Central Coast." Map provided by Gov of Canada
Canadian Oil Sands production 2010-2024
PC leader Jim Prentice says "math is difficult" for NDP leader Rachel Notley during the 2015 televised election debate on April 23, 2015. https://globalnews.ca/video/6335479/pc-leader-jim-prentice-says-math-is-difficult-during-2015-election-televised-debate
The Bible Brigade and the rising clout of the authoritarian religious right https://lietracker.ca/2019/10/23/bible-brigade-and-the-rising-clout-of-the-authoritarian-religious-right/
While all past governments have had a hand in the colonization and oppression of First Nations, the Harper government stands out as one of the most racist and aggressive governments that First Nations have had to work with in many generations. His government’s pattern of victim-blaming, racist stereotyping, and using misinformation to vilify First Nations leaders in the media has led even the most reserved voices at the United Nations to conclude that Harper’s actions have put “social peace” at risk. It should be no surprise, then, that Idle No More, representing the largest, most coordinated social protest movement in Canada, arose during Harper’s regime. http://www.theharperdecade.com/blog/2015/7/14/harpers-10-year-war-on-first-nations
OCTOBER 15, 2015: Canada has Changed The Harper Decade represents an attempt to dissect the past ten years, and to discover just what has changed. https://www.theharperdecade.com/blog/2015/10/14/the-harper-decade-canada-has-changed
Conservative ideology is rife with attacks on Science & Data https://lietracker.ca/2019/02/06/conservative-ideology-is-rife-with-attacks-on-science-and-data/ “So Harper’s War on Science has some obvious goals, including getting rid of all federally-funded science that would impede water export, as well as any science standing in the way of aquaculture, tar sands and offshore oil development, and natural gas export." 
Conservatives are #RageFarming conspiracies like this to deflect from the fact that they have zero positive policies to offer Canadians. It's about keeping their base angry.
How Finland starts its fight against fake news in primary schools Country on frontline of information war teaches everyone from school pupils to politicians how to spot slippery information "In maths lessons, Kivinen’s pupils learn how easy it is to lie with statistics. In art, they see how an image’s meaning can be manipulated. In history, they analyse notable propaganda campaigns, while Finnish language teachers work with them on the many ways in which words can be used to confuse, mislead and deceive. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/28/fact-from-fiction-finlands-new-lessons-in-combating-fake-news
Contrary to Poilievre's falsehood, Hitler was NOT a Socialist. He rounded them up and sent them to concentration camps.