MP (2015-2019). Interested in a broad range of issues and views.
Lonsdale, Ontario
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Mike Bossio retweeted
Largest countries by size:
🇷🇺 Russia: 17.1 million km²
🇨🇦 Canada: 9.9 million km²
🇨🇳 China: 9.5 million km²
🇺🇸 US: 9.5 million km²
🇧🇷 Brazil: 8.5 million km²
🇦🇺 Australia: 7.6 million km²
🇮🇳 India: 3.2 million km²
🇦🇷 Argentina: 2.7 million km²
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: 2.7 million km²
🇩🇿 Algeria: 2.3 million km²
🇨🇩 DR Congo: 2.3 million km²
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 2.1 million km²
🇲🇽 Mexico: 1.9 million km²
🇮🇩 Indonesia: 1.9 million km²
🇸🇩 Sudan: 1.8 million km²
🇱🇾 Libya: 1.7 million km²
🇮🇷 Iran: 1.6 million km²
🇲🇳 Mongolia: 1.5 million km²
🇵🇪 Peru: 1.2 million km²
🇹🇩 Chad: 1.2 million km²
🇳🇪 Niger: 1.2 million km²
🇿🇦 South Africa: 1.2 million km²
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🇪🇬 Egypt: 1 million km²
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 0.92 million km²
🇵🇰 Pakistan: 0.88 million km²
🇹🇷 Turkey: 0.78 million km²
🇫🇷 France: 0.55 million km²
🇪🇸 Spain: 0.50 million km²
🇯🇵 Japan: 0.37 million km²
🇩🇪 Germany: 0.35 million km²
🇮🇹 Italy: 0.30 million km²
🇬🇧 UK: 0.24 million km²
🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 0.14 million km²
🇰🇷 South Korea: 0.10 million km²
🇩🇰 Denmark: 0.04 million km²
🇮🇱 Israel: 0.02 million km²
🇸🇮 Slovenia: 0.02 million km²
🇨🇾 Cyprus: 0.009 million km²
🇲🇻 Maldives: 0.0003 million km²
🇲🇴 Macao: 0.00003 million km²
🇲🇨 Monaco: 0.000002 million km²
Mike Bossio retweeted
“Dude you can’t crap on the CBC if you’re using the CBC to make your point….” Video credit @22_Minutes 🤣🤣🤣🤣👇👇👇#PierrePoilievre @CBCNews @PierrePoilievre @RadioCanadaInfo #PierrePoilievreIsLyingToYou #Conservatives #RemembanceDay #canada @CPC_HQ #cpc #alberta #CarbonTax #DanielleSmith
Mike Bossio retweeted
👩🎓Best countries for education:
1. USA 🇺🇸
2. UK 🇬🇧
3. Germany 🇩🇪
4. Canada 🇨🇦
5. France 🇫🇷
6. Japan 🇯🇵
7. Switzerland 🇨🇭
8. Australia 🇦🇺
9. Sweden 🇸🇪
10. Denmark 🇩🇰
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11. Netherlands 🇳🇱
12. Finland 🇫🇮
13. Norway 🇳🇴
14. Italy 🇮🇹
15. New Zealand 🇳🇿
16. Austria 🇦🇹
17. Spain 🇪🇸
19. South Korea 🇰🇷
21. Ireland 🇮🇪
23. China 🇨🇳
25. Poland 🇵🇱
26. Israel 🇮🇱
27. Russia 🇷🇺
28. UAE 🇦🇪
30. Turkey 🇹🇷
32. Brazil 🇧🇷
34. India 🇮🇳
35. Argentina 🇦🇷
37. Egypt 🇪🇬
38. Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
40. Mexico 🇲🇽
41. South Africa 🇿🇦
48. Ukraine 🇺🇦
58. Indonesia 🇮🇩
70. Kenya 🇰🇪
81. Iran 🇮🇷
84. Bangladesh 🇧🇩
Note: Countries rankings from U.S. News and World Report, the 2023 Best Countries for Education rankings are drawn from a global survey of more than 17,000 people and highlight countries according to respondents’ perceptions of them in relation to several factors. Considerations include whether a country has a well-developed public education system, whether people would consider attending university there and if that country has top-quality universities.
Mike Bossio retweeted
MEGA FACTCHECK
EVs are “likely crucial” for tackling transport CO2, says the IPCC – and sales are rocketing
But EVs still face relentless hostile media coverage
So, I spent the past few months debunking 21 (!) of the most common EV myths
Here it is 🧵
carbonbrief.org/factcheck-21…
Mike Bossio retweeted
A few days ago I used the phrase “legalize housing” and I saw that people had questions.
The reality is, many cities and neighbourhoods don’t allow you to build the kinds of homes that are going to help solve the housing crisis.
We’re working with cities to change that. – at Kelowna, British Columbia
Mike Bossio retweeted
What Pierre Poilievre says: "I never really talk about left or right."
What Pierre Poilievre does:
Mike Bossio retweeted
The heart of electric vehicle battery manufacturing for North America will soon sit on this site just outside of Kingston in Loyalist Township. A $2.6B investment which will create thousands of direct and indirect jobs for the region.
Mike Bossio retweeted
Safest cities in the world:
1. 🇩🇰 Copenhagen
2. 🇨🇦 Toronto
3. 🇸🇬 Singapore
4. 🇦🇺 Sydney
5. 🇯🇵 Tokyo
6. 🇳🇱 Amsterdam
7. 🇦🇺 Wellington
=8. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
=8. 🇦🇺 Melbourne
10. 🇸🇪 Stockholm
=11. 🇪🇸 Barcelona
=11. 🇺🇸 New York
13. 🇩🇪 Frankfurt
14. 🇺🇸 Washington, D.C.
=15. 🇬🇧 London
=15. 🇺🇸 San Francisco
17. 🇯🇵 Osaka
18. 🇺🇸 Los Angeles
19. 🇨🇭 Zurich
20. 🇺🇸 Chicago
21. 🇪🇸 Madrid
22. 🇺🇸 Dallas
23. 🇫🇷 Paris
24. 🇹🇼 Taipei
25. 🇰🇷 Seoul
*according to The Economist Intelligence Unit survey in 2021
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
As well as having other issues, some cities are stated as being in different countries. For example, the post says Wellington is in Australia (🇦🇺), when Wellington is actually in (and is the capital city of) New Zealand (🇳🇿)
Mike Bossio retweeted
Working during an extremely difficult situation, our mission staff in Tel Aviv have been critical in ensuring Canadians have all the support they need and in assisting 6 flights of Canadians heading home.
We are incredibly grateful for their work.
Mike Bossio retweeted
Did I create a ruckus? Because if I did, I’ll double down. The “real“ experts pretty much attribute the impact of the carbon tax on inflation to a rounding error. #cdnpoli
Your Climate Action Incentive Payment (carbon tax refund) will be arriving in your bank account today. Here’s why this program is so important. #cdnpoli
Mike Bossio retweeted
It’s easy in an emergency for media to get initial info wrong.
But now that it’s been clear for a while that
1) our embassy staff are working round the clock
2) have processed over 400 inquiries from Canadians
I’d hope our pundit class would update their hot takes
#cdnpoli
Mike Bossio retweeted
Poilievre is finding that math is hard.
So the frozen turkey was on sale in 2015, the regular price $2.49.
Now the regular price fresh turkey is $2.49, eight years later.
Seems like stable prices.
Please tell us about this $120 turkey again?
#cdnpoli
Mike Bossio retweeted
Inflation is a global problem, the carbon tax has nothing to do with it and @PierrePoilievre is lying to you.
If I am wrong, explain this... #cdnpoli
Mike Bossio retweeted
We already get some of our best ideas from unions.
Paid sick leave.
New energy tax credits.
Apprenticeship programs.
So we’re creating a Union Led Advisory Table to make it official and to keep those ideas coming.
Mike Bossio retweeted
The government is establishing a grocery task force that will be empowered to investigate and uncover practices that hurt consumers, such as 'shrinkflation' and 'dequaliflation'.
ctvnews.ca/politics/canadian…
Mike Bossio retweeted
.@PierrePoilievre never lets the facts get in the way of fundraising off fear. This is dangerous. Let’s break this down because Canadians deserve the facts. ⤵️ /1
Mike Bossio retweeted
The first global temperature data is in for the full month of September. This month was, in my professional opinion as a climate scientist – absolutely gobsmackingly bananas. JRA-55 beat the prior monthly record by over 0.5C, and was around 1.8C warmer than preindutrial levels.
Mike Bossio retweeted
@SarahFischer__ Let’s have a bit of reality please. Have you ever actually spent time in an autocratic regime? Canada has problems, too many Canadians are disproportionately affected, but we also have so much to be thankful for. We do not live in a totalitarian state.
