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Proud progressive Canadian and Publisher of The Lindsay Advocate found @lindsayontario. Author of 5 books, newest one on Basic Income. From Lindsay, ON.

Ontario, Canada
Joined June 2017
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Free tuition, pay raises and online learning offered to local residents who want to be PSWs lindsayadvocate.ca/free-tuit… #psws #psw #kawarthalakes #lindsayadvocate
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Check out this new story or the latest edition of the Lindsay Advocate!
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Just Released! 📢 Looking for a magazine to learn more about our local community? Check out the latest #Advocate by clicking the link below! @lindsayontario 🗺️ 🔗ow.ly/UHLD50zZbmP #KawarthaLakes #TheAdvocate #Insurance #SMI #LocalToYou
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Roderick Benns retweeted
On April 1st at 7pm ET, we're bringing together a group of passionate youth across 🇨🇦 to talk all things #BasicIncome. Whether you're a BI expert or this is your first time hearing the term, we'd love for you to join. Sign up here: bit.ly/BIyouth #cdnpoli #onpoli
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Will @fordnation cancel their [hypothetical] #BasicIncome initiative too, I wonder? @RoderickBenns
.@LaurentianU model parliament votes 59-34 to create a new basic income program. Hugh Segal would be pleased. #LUMP2020
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Replying to @WomensRes_CKL
@WomensRes_CKL 2019 Extraordinary Women Awards Gala takes place Thursday, October 17, 2019 at Black Diamond Golf Club. Order your tickets at womensresources.ca/extraordi… @lindsayontario #LDCCProud #StrongerTogether – at Kawartha Lakes, Ontario
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Universal #BasicIncome is: - Keeping 588,000 children out of poverty - Contributing $85B in business revenues, 453,000 jobs, $46B annually to Canada's GDP - Helping 90% of families in Canada #Universalbasicincome #UBIworks. Read the report bit.ly/2lXdYr4
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The road may be closed, but businesses are open! Peel Street Reconstruction is well underway, but businesses are still operating and ready to serve you. #kawarthalakes #diggindowntownlindsay #lindsay #reconstruction #downtown @LindsayDowntown @LDChamber @kawarthalakes
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Forty years ago today, @RtHonJoeClark became the youngest and only Alberta-born Prime Minister in Canadian history. His ongoing legacy of decency, honesty, pragmatism, courage & public service make me proud every single day.
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2019 LDCC Evening of Excellence Finalists Announced! Congratulations to the nominees and thank you to everyone who nominated! Tickets are on sale now! Click the link in our bio to register! #eveningofexcellence #ldccproud #kawarthalakes #ckl #cogeco
Fabulous freshness at truly local Fenelon Falls Farmers’ Market lindsayadvocate.ca/fabulous-… #farmersmarket @kawarthalakes
‘We want change:’ Student activists demand climate change action in strike lindsayadvocate.ca/we-want-c… #climatechange #climateaction #kawarthalakes
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Some personal thoughts on growing up in 'relative poverty' in Lindsay. lindsayadvocate.ca/what-we-l… #poverty #SDOH #onpoli #KawarthaLakes #Health
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We are living with an old set of institutions that are not reflective of the labor market and the pace of technology and the kind of jobs we have today. Time for an update. #BasicIncome
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Retailers! Have you signed up for th Retail Refresh series? If not register ASAP before it’s full! RetailRefresh.eventbrite.ca
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The @LindsayDowntown BIA highlighted in this mornings keynote presentation at the @OBIAA_ conference. BIAs, Downtowns and Villages create experience and create and foster place!
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Roderick Benns retweeted
The total cost of Ontario’s Basic Income Pilot experiment was $150 million. Citing costs, Ford canceled it & refused to collect any data, and in doing so threw away over $50 million. Now it may just cost $200 million more after this class action lawsuit. lindsayadvocate.ca/200-milli…
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Roderick Benns retweeted
Standing with folks at office of @LaurieScottPC in @lindsayontario demanding apology from Minister MacLeod for early cancellation of basic income. #Fairness @fordnation @lmonseb @TomCoopster @deirdrepike @kltwriley @919bobfm @CBCToronto @CHEXNewswatch @Kawartha411 – at Kawartha Lakes, Ontario
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