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Two years into the Phoenix pay system “fiasco,” the federal government needs to apologize to the tens of thousands of civil servants who have been living a paycheque nightmare and compensate them for what they’ve lost, the opposition New Democrats demanded Monday.

The demands coincided with the second anniversary this week of the launch of the troubled electronic compensation system, and come in advance of Canada-wide protests planned for Wednesday.

It’s outrageous that, after 24 months in which civil servants have been underpaid, overpaid or not paid at all, the government still doesn’t have a solution, said NDP finance critic Peter Julian.

“We’ve had public servants, who are working for the people of Canada, who have lost their home,” Julian told a news conference in Ottawa. “We’ve had public servants who have been unable to put food on the table for their families.”

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Canada? You mean that place from Degrassi? You know that’s not real, right?

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 Prince Harry meets with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of the Invictus Games 2017 at the Royal York Hotel | September 23, 2017

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Since we have some Jewish holidays coming up, let’s talk about how to interact with them

On this thursday is Rosh Hashanna:

- this is the jewish new year, we are entering the year 5778. It comemorates when adam and eve were created.

- If you see someone jewish, or have jewish friends and family, say “L’Shana Tova (Le-Sha-Nah-Toe-Vah). It’s a greeting and a wish for a happy new year!

- We dip apples in honey to remind us of the sweetness of life and to bring sweetness into ourselves for a new year

-We eat a circular challah to symbolize the cycles of time, the challah often has raisins in it to add extra sweetness

-This is a happy holiday, full of joy

Beginning on Friday, September 30th is Yom Kippur:

- This is the jewish day of atonement, when we think about our wrongdoings of the past year and think about how we can commit to doing better in the next year.

- Many Jewish people fast, abstaining from food and water from sundown to sundown. The fast is roughly 25 hours. HOWEVER, if you need to eat, you may. There are lots of reasons that people may not fast, like recovering from an eating disorder, a medical condition like diabetes, or having to take medication with food. The elderly, children, and pregnant people should not fast.

- This is a solemn holiday, many people spend all day in synagogue in deep prayer. 

- On Yom Kippur, wish someone a peaceful or meaningful fast. Some people may take offense to the concept of having an “easy” or “enjoyable” fast because Yom Kippur is not about ease or comfort. 

- There is a breaking of the fast at sundown, this is usually a joyous event

Together, these make up the High Holy Days, the most important week in Judaism. 

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Justin Trudeau speaks out against white supremacy terrorism in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau and Prince Harry attend the commemorations for the 100th anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9, 2017

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Opinions aren’t permanent. It’s okay to change your opinion based on new information.

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i cannot BELIEVE that the rt. hon. prime minister justin trudeau just used the word “y'all” in a tweet to houston’s mayor

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JUSTIN TRUDEAU IS PRO-PINEAPPLE-PIZZA

I REPEAT. JUSTIN TRUDEAU IS PRO-PINEAPPLE-PIZZA

BLESS

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Well, Merkel sure enjoyed her morning.

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Anon asked:

can you make a gif of Justin doing pushups from the invictus game video? I seriously need that in my life.

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House of Cards (2017)

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with SCROTUS.

Credit to @molly_knight on twitter.

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We often look at these incidents as statistics, but the victims of yesterday’s shooting deserve to be remembered for who they were.

Abdelkrim Hassane, 41 Mamadou Tanou Barry, 42 Ibrahima Barry, 39 Azzeddine Soufiane, 57 Khaled Belkacemi, 60 Aboubaker Thabti, 44

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Update on the Mosque shooting in Quebec City. Apparently 5 people are dead.

I’m on mobile so this is all I can post now. Will post more when I’m back at my computer.

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GUYS. IT HAPPENED. I SHOOK JT’s HAND AND NOW I’M SHOOK!!!