The #LavScam stretch job-loss goal
If the SNC-Lavalin CEO says 9,000 jobs were never going to be lost – if he says he never, ever told the government there would 9,000 jobs lost – why…
Musings
In A Dark Time
Roethke has always been my favourite poet. In a dark time, the eye begins to see, I meet my shadow in the deepening shade; I hear my echo in the…
Alberta NDP ad: this one is gonna leave a mark
Just brutal. WATCH: Jason Kenney invited us to look at his record – so we did. Anyone who brags about barring people from saying their final goodbyes to their loved…
Because it’s 2019
Good on her. She’s got guts and integrity to spare. We haven’t heard the last from Celina. Whitby, Ont. MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes has quit the Liberal caucus and will sit…
The Committee to Re-Elect the Prime Minister: how to intimidate MPs, and how to get a newspaper to go along
THREAD. A member of the Team Trudeau campaign secretly follows around two former cabinet ministers on budget day, and takes photos of them when they meet with others. Without consent,…
The budget reviewed, in tweets
On the journalism fund: Canada has some of he best journalists in the world. Count on them to go out of their way to show they can’t be bought. #cdnpoli…
#LavScam coverup: Liberals shut down Justice Committee
The Liberals are right about one thing: Canadians have “reached a conclusion” in the #LavScam scandal. It’s a “conclusion” they won’t like on Election Day, however. Liberal MPs on justice…
#LavScam bodycount grows: top ‘crat craps out
Did a hit on @NEWSTALK1010 on the overdue, justified resignation of top Ottawa bureaucrat Michael Wernick. Me: he had stopped sounding like a non-partisan – he sounded like he worked…
The federal cabinet shuffle, in one tweet
@JustinTrudeau's choice of @joycemurray as Treasury Board President confirms that @Puglaas was demoted/fired. When @scottbrison departed, Murray – who had been Brison's P.S. since '15 – could have easily been…
Thoughts and prayers
On the one hand, I oppose politicians’ condolence social media messages, because they too often become a substitute for action. On the other hand, I support them, because if they…
One way Canada can fight hate, right away
Talk is cheap. If the Trudeau government is serious about stopping the spread of hate, here’s something they can do this week. Will they? (Oh, and one Minister was looking…
Programming notice
Upcoming program change: for three reasons – the mass murder committed by a white supremacist New Zealand and its fallout; upcoming legal action against the racist Your Ward News in…
#LavScam thread: jobs vs. justice
My responses to two thoughtful commenters over on Twitter, below. First one is a thread, the second one isn’t. Thanks. Your thread was interesting. The issue, as I told my…
#LavScam legal: what it means now that PMO has lawyered up
The Globe and Mail has reported that Justin Trudeau and senior PMO staff have now retained independent legal counsel in #LavScam. I’ve helped organizations through legal/comms crises many times. I…
#LavScam in twelve words
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Globe: Trudeau, PMO staff hire outside lawyers in case RCMP probes #LavScam
Wow. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and senior officials in his office have retained outside legal counsel in case of an RCMP investigation into allegations of political interference in the criminal…
The haters and us
When word of the terror attack in New Zealand arrived, I did what many do: I turned on CNN, and I went to social media. Within minutes, I found the…
#LavScam Leger shock poll: mon Dieu
The entire rationale for the SNC-Lavalin dirty deal – to risk obstructing justice, and give a corrupt Québec firm a sweetheart deal – was to win seats in Quebec. That’s…
Your morning #LavScam: March 14 edition
The Liberal majority on the “Justice” Committee again voted to prevent Jody Wilson-Raybould from speaking. It didn’t go over well. None of it has gone over well. •Toronto Sun Campaign…