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Collected Item: “"If you want to contact trace people, download Tim Horton's app" Tweet”

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"If you want to contact trace people, download Tim Horton's app" Tweet

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tweet

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Tweet by CBC Newfoundland reporter Matt McCann reporting on a joke made by John Haggie, the MLA (MHA) for Gander, and provincial Minister of Health made about the scandal in which Tim Horton's was revealed to be extensively tracking those who use their application. The minister joked that they should use the Tim's app in place of a custom built contact tracing application for those with covid-19.

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joke, humour, Tim Hortons

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https://twitter.com/the_shortwave/status/1276107897861275653

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Matt McCann, CBC News Newfoundland

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2020-06-25
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