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@christoaivalis.bsky.social
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f0rcryin0utl0ud 🇨🇦 @f0rcryin0utl0ud.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Why have you been utterly silent on the call for violence against Avi Lewis by the disgusting National Post? nationalpost.com/opinion/yoni... Why are you allowing Canada to adopt the genocidal assholes' definition of antisemitism that claims anti-Zionism & ANY criticism of Israel is antisemitic? 🧐
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Yoni Goldstein: Jewish law tells us how to deal with Avi Lewis
His Yom Kippur message was indefensible
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 03/10/2026
Jesse Brown apparently has time to criticize everyone except the unhinged lunatic in the National Post invoking the same rhetoric as violent religious extremists against Avi Lewis
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This is a complete misrepresentation, nothing Goldstein wrote remotely endorses violence against Lewis.
The suggestion that the real problem in Canada is violence from Jews against the antizionists who incite massacres against us is a moral inversion with no basis in fact.Jesse Brown
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A whole piece about how the National Post called for violence against Avi Lewis without a single quote in which the National Post called for violence against Avi Lewis.
Because it never happened.
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The National Post recently crossed a dangerous line by publishing call for violence against Canada's federal NDP leader....

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Notice how the same bunch of outlets all spread the same lie at the same time?
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Avi Lewis is a Jewish politician refusing to be silent about Israel's genocide-and now he's being threatened with violence.
@judyrebick writes that the lack of upro...
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Danielle Smith is using your tax dollars to sell her political agenda. This referendum booklet is propaganda. It blames newcomers for her government’s failures and pushes constitutional changes without telling Albertans the truth. You deserve better than this political garbage paid for by you.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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I’m familiar with death threats. They show Avi Lewis is having an impact ⋆ The Breach
The National Post has suggested violence is the way “to deal” with the NDP leader for his outspoken criticism of Israel
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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The National Post recently crossed a dangerous line by publishing call for violence against Canada's federal NDP leader. "Avi Lewis is not the threat that needs to be dealt with, Postmedia is." NEW from @smohyeddin.bsky.social who breaks it all down: ricochet.media/media/nation...
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National Post crosses dangerous line by publishing call for violence against NDP leader
Avi Lewis is not the threat that needs to be ‘dealt with’ — Postmedia is
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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Still nothing from Carney on the threats to Avi Lewis At this point, we edge closer to the reality that Carney tolerates such threats against the left.
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Left Of Center Orange Hater @leftocorangehater.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 02/10/2026
Avi Lewis is a Jewish politician refusing to be silent about Israel’s genocide—and now he’s being threatened with violence. @judred.bsky.social writes that the lack of uproar reveals just how powerful the pro-Israel consensus remains among Canada’s elite. breachmedia.ca/im-familiar-...
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I’m familiar with death threats. They show Avi Lewis is having an impact ⋆ The Breach
The National Post has suggested violence is the way “to deal” with the NDP leader for his outspoken criticism of Israel
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I know the bar is so low it's in hell but these are the moments of healthy masculinity that warm my heart. It's okay to be afraid of needles! It's okay to need some comfort! It's okay to get that comfort from another straight dude! At a time when empathy is seen as a weakness, this is really nice
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Has anyone checked in on the pundits who said none of this would ever happen because Carney didn't really want a pipeline and he knew that no private investor would pay for it or he assumed that Indigenous communities would block it?
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 02/10/2026
I’ve lived on the Sunshine Coast on and off for the past 20 years, embedded in a caring, close-knit community. This news is a huge relief for the 400 workers at Howe Sound Pulp and the local economy. Congrats to @unifor.org Local 1119 and all involved in saving these good union jobs at the mill!
Screenshot of an article headline from CTV News: ‘Immense relief for our community’: B.C. pulp mill saved from indefinite closure.
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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Support For Privatization Of Canada's Four Largest Airports: Oppose: 47% Support: 38% Nanos Research / Sept 29, 2026
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markhancock.bsky.social @markhancock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Appalled by an opinion column in the National Post endorsing violence against NDP leader Avi Lewis. The Post should retract this article, and apologize to Mr. Lewis. There is no place in a free and democratic society for the incitement of violence against political leaders.
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 01/10/2026
We are disgusted and disturbed to see a piece run in the National Post that appears to potentially endorse violence against NDP Leader Avi Lewis for his argument that we all bear a collective responsibility to stop the genocide in Palestine. See our joint response:
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 01/10/2026
"The writer in this article appeared to suggest that under Jewish law, [Avi] Lewis would be considered either a 'mosar' or a 'rodef' - both terms to describe traitors. The killer of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin used the same language to justify Rabin's assassination..."
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Listen to @charlieangus104.bsky.social. charlieangus.substack.com/p/national-p...
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NATIONAL POST CROSSES LINE ON THREAT AGAINST LEWIS
A recent editorial on New Democratic Party leader Avi Lewis crossed the line into an extremist hate threat. It needs to be called out.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Carney's first-ever project designated as being in the “national interest" is...a crude oil pipeline. That means the oil pipeline can bulldoze past environmental laws, impact assessments, and Indigenous consultation. It can also kill all of Vancouver's orcas. Here's what you need to know:
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🍁 Christine 🍁 @204queenb0574.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The way pro-Israel groups went after the Canadian Museum for Human Rights over the Nakba exhibit - including Gail Asper, whose father spearheaded the fundraising and creation of the museum before he passed - was really freaking gross. And Marc Miller jumping on the bandwagon infuriated me.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026
The environmental and climate consequences of building a new oil pipeline are extreme, including the threat to endangered Southern Resident orcas.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anyway, take from this reaction what you will!!!!! This is a Conservative prime minister. Please, please consider whether you **actually** support his **policies** or just wish the narrative he's weaving around them was reality (it's not).
Former Alberta Premier (and former conservative cabinet minsiter) Jason Kenney posts, in reaction to Carney saying Canada must be the globe's oil supplier:

"Take a bow, Alberta  WE WON!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Every line of this is what we Albertans have been saying for years!

Total repudiation of the Trudeau-Guilbault energy policy!

“Global oil demand will remain in the tens of millions of barrels a day for decades to come.

“So the question is: who will be the world’s trusted supplier of oil for years to come. It should be us. It must be Canada.”

🇨🇦 💪🏼"
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here’s AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak last week saying the major projects office — which Carney touted as doing sufficient consultation ahead of naming this oil pipeline in the “national interest” — “don’t know what they’re doing when it comes to First Nations.” TRC day was yesterday.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 01/10/2026
NDP parliamentary leader @donvdavies.bsky.social says National Post column targeting NDP leader @avilewis.ca is "appalling, irresponsible and likely criminal" The column calls for Lewis to be dealt with by way of ancient "Jewish law" while invoking loaded language used by Yitzhak Rabin's assassin
Don Davies v @DonDavies • 1h This is appalling, irresponsible and likely criminal. Threatening and inciting others to remove a Canadian political leader for his political views is outrageous. Both the author and the National Post must retract, apologize and reverse this message at once. Samira Mohyeddin /jau Absolutely diabolical. National Post puts a bullseye on Avi Lewis through the rabid ramblings of Yoni Goldstein who invokes Halakhah and Leviticus on how to deal with Jews. Writing Lewis "presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community" & other Jews are "duty- bound to = NATIONAL POST Yoni Goldstein: Jewish law tells us how to deal with Avi Lewis His Yom Kippur message was indefensible By Yoni Goldstein, Special to National Post Published Sep 29, 2026 Last updated 17 hours ago 4 minute read • 190 Comments

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@SMohyeddin • 10h = NATIONAL POST None of this applies, however, when a Jewish person presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community. When that happens, Jewish thought is much more forceful: you must prevent the perpetrator from causing harm. Jewish law developed two character sketches to describe such scenarios. The first is known as a "mosar" — a Jewish person who informs to oppressive authorities, potentially leading to the imprisonment, torture or death of community members. The second, called a "rodef," refers to a Jew who is actively pursuing another with the intent to harm or kill them. In both scenarios, the law is clear that a jew is duty-bound to step in. Protecting the community and its members is the most important thing. 244
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Sherri Iona @lfkgirl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Listen to Charlie. Avi was right in his statement. The NP is creating a dangerous dialogue.
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Alex Goatcher @alexgoatcher.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When the GOP newspaper of Canada attacks you, you must be seen as a threat to their regime.
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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Liberals and Conservatives held a vigil in Parliament for white supremacist Charlie Kirk But Poilievre and Carney have yet to condemn the threat made against Avi Lewis. That's very telling.
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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Excellent piece from Charlie. Now the question is: Where is Poilievre and Carney's condemnation of such a threat?
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The National Post attack on NDP Leader Avi Lewis crosses the line into threat. They invoke the same religious code words used by extremists who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin. It is unacceptable to use religious intimidation to shut down debate on Gaza. charlieangus.substack.com/p/national-p...
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NATIONAL POST CROSSES LINE ON THREAT AGAINST LEWIS
A recent editorial on NDP leader Avi Lewis crossed the line into an extremist hate threat. It needs to be called out.
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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
remember the Liberal idiots saying Carney was a genius for tricking Smith?
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Carney tells Canadians “we have to do this” (??) because there’s an energy crisis on three fronts. One of those fronts, he says, is climate change. Which is why we need………a new crude oil pipeline???????
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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
think this threat against Lewis was made further possible by Carney's government officially deeming antizionism the same as antisemitism
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David Doel @daviddoel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
National Post Calls To 'Deal' With Avi Lewis In Dangerous Piece youtu.be/Kt4p6wrUthQ?...
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National Post Calls To 'Deal' With Avi Lewis In Dangerous Piece
YouTube video by The Rational National
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 30/09/2026
Earlier today, as the community at Tsawwassen First Nation gathered to reflect and mourn, two people were killed and two others injured in a vehicle collision. On an already somber day, it is a terrible tragedy that the community has been pushed further into grief.
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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Could you imagine the National Post publishing an article alluding to assassinating Carney for being a 'bad Catholic?'
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LiamMcIntosh He/Him 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @liammci.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I feel like it’s not about protecting Jewish people anymore, when you implicitly call for violence against a Jewish political leader who opposes genocide.
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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The forces of reactionary capitalism are launching a stochastic call for Avi Lewis' assassination This is because he is the *only* leader actively threatening to the rich, wealthy, and well-connected.
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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Carney is trying to use capitalist dogma to save Canadian jobs and industry But the choice is clear: It's either Canadian democratic socialism or MAGA capitalist barbarism
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So this month the Toronto Sun published a piece about the Allison Inquiry that called vaccines "a crime against humanity at worst" and demanded arrests, and the National Post published a piece deeming Avi Lewis not just an enemy but a danger to Jewish people, with a thinly coded appeal to violence.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 30/09/2026
Today, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, people across Canada are gathering in remembrance and renewed determination to ensure ours is a country where every child matters.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The US-owned National Post is urging Canadian Jews to take matters into their own hands to punish Avi Lewis for speaking up against the genocide in Gaza. They reference the Bible to bury alive and consume by fire. This is extremist hate. It needs to get called out. nationalpost.com/opinion/yoni...
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Yoni Goldstein: Jewish law tells us how to deal with Avi Lewis
His Yom Kippur message was indefensible
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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 30/09/2026
Absolutely bizarre, dangerous, and hypocritical shit from the NP. How many fucking articles & op-eds have they published propping up anti-vax conspiracies? So convenient for them to forget how that endangers Jews in health care. I guess endangering a Jewish politician is the natural next step.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 30/09/2026
The National Post is using language that seems wildly irresponsible and dangerous here Citing ancient “Jewish law,” it labels Avi Lewis as a “rodef” The ultranationalist extremist who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin rationalized his killing on the same basis: www.theguardian.com/world/2020/o...
None of this applies, however, when a Jewish person presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community. When that happens, Jewish thought is much more forceful: you must prevent the perpetrator from
causing harm.

Jewish law developed two character sketches to describe such scenarios. The first is known as a "mosar" — a Jewish person who informs to oppressive
authorities, potentially leading to the imprisonment, torture or death of community members. The second, called a "rodef," refers to a Jew who is actively pursuing another with the intent to harm or kill them. In both scenarios, the law is clear that a Jew is duty-bound to step in. Protecting the community and its members is the most important thing.It was around then that Yigal Amir, an earnest law student, made up his mind to kill the prime minister. Later he would insist he was not swayed by extremist rabbis; he had reached his own decision that Rabin - through his willingness to cede territory and to allow the creation of a Palestinian Authority, with its own armed police force - was a rodef and therefore a legitimate target. He got a weapon easily enough. With his brother, Amir was working on the creation of an anti-Palestinian militia. Nor was access difficult; on at least three occasions before the rally, Amir attended public events where Rabin was present. He was waiting for the right moment: he didn't want to shoot and miss.
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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
specifically, the article attacking Lewis invokes 'disloyal Jews' being "consumed by fire"
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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The National Post publishes a piece suggesting people need to use "Jewish Law" to "deal" with Avi Lewis This can only really be interpreted in a threatening manner. nationalpost.com/opinion/yoni...
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Yoni Goldstein: Jewish law tells us how to deal with Avi Lewis
His Yom Kippur message was indefensible
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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
sickening stuff
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This article is attempting to incite violence against @avilewis.ca . I am not being hyperbolic. Back during Covid, this “mosar“ rhetoric led to the mob beating of a Chassidic journalist. it was the rhetoric that incited the assasination of Rabin nationalpost.com/opinion/yoni...
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Yoni Goldstein: Jewish law tells us how to deal with Avi Lewis
His Yom Kippur message was indefensible
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is an outstanding refutation of PM Carney's double-speak on proposed Canada Labour Code amendments, from Colleen Bauman and Mark Rowlinson: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont.... Previous misuse of Section 107 would be codified & routinized, even though it's still facing court challenges. #canlab
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Mark Carney says he’s protecting Canadian workers. It’s Orwellian doublespeak
Subject to ministerial review, the right to strike is likely to be much weakened by Bill C-39.
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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good to see sources beyond Canada realize Carney is bad jacobin.com/2026/09/carn...
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Mark Carney Is Taking Aim at Canada’s Labor Movement
Mark Carney wants to make Canada a destination for global investment. To this end, his new omnibus bill casts the right to strike as an obstacle to the “national interest” — and organized labor as a b...
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 28/09/2026
Rising residential school denialism and anti-Indigenous racism have created an environment where white supremacists feel emboldened to target and intimidate First Nations in their communities. It’s disgusting and completely unacceptable.
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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Harper-aligned Carney Liberals punish MPs who support NDP policies And reward MPs who support Trump/Netanyahu policies If you voted Liberal or Conservative in 2025, you voted for a MAGA government sadly
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I have known Sean Casey for many years. He is an honourable MP. He deserves better than to lose his parliamentary position for opposing arm sales to Israel. Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social there is a genocide going on. You know that right? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Liberal MP says he was demoted for supporting NDP bill targeting arms export controls | CBC News
Charlottetown MP Sean Casey says he was removed from his position as parliamentary secretary to the minister of veterans affairs because he voted against the government and supported an NDP private me...
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