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Utilizing (Liberal interpretations of) #HoC procedure, @MarkGerretsen #YGK ultimately crassly marched in step with his Liberal #LPC colleagues blocking any 'pre-study' of #WECharity links to Prorogation.

@Emmanuel_Rach @ipoliticsca #cdnpoli
ipolitics.ca/2020/10/06/mot…
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GERRETSEN read from a statement [11:21:18 - 11:35:53] delineating @liberal_party argument against the Motion by @karen_vecchio.

Following his reading, GERRETSEN interjected upon @ToddDohertyMP with (supposed) Point of Order [11:51:28]. Taking umbrage at remarks of DOHERTY,
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GERRETSEN denied his statement had been prepared by PMO.

To that point, GERRETSEN had an obvious prolonged struggle with the syntax and choice of (his own) words [11:35:01].

* The reader can make their own decision. A video link is provided in the last frame of this Thread
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GERRETSEN did not hesitate to discard collegiality and descend into provocative partisan attack: "This motion is the king of all omnibus dumpster motions [11:34:17] | nothing more than a fishing expedition from a desperate group of people who cannot see past their
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own narrow partisan self-interest. [11:34:37]"

Later on, after blatantly interrupting DOHERTY @ToddDohertyMP during a formal Point of Order, GERRETSEN @MarkGerretsen continued with his disruption and sadly chose to take a childish swipe at his #PROC colleague. [12:02:43].
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In the second meeting of Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) #Hoc #PROC,GERRETSEN did not embark on any lengthy rants,BUT his behaviour still comes across as flippant, nonetheless.

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☞ WHILE #FirstNations still don't have clean drinking water;
☞ WITH nothing meaningful to stem the tide of #Veteran suicides;
☞ IN THE MIDST of an apocalyptic snowballing national debt threatening to bury our next generation

AND YET, ...

#cdnpoli
theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…
... a pledge by @JustinTrudeau of yet another humanitarian aid giveaway, ostensibly for #COVID19 🚧 BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, #UNSC🌐bid may be over, this is meant to bolster @Bill_Morneau's (taxpayer-funded) candidacy to head up #OECD. ImageImageImage
Liberals would have CDNs come to believe THIS not-so-subtle 'circled' statement.

Countless $Billions have been shovelled out the door of 2020, all amidst the fog and chaos of #COVID19 #pandemic - AND ALL WHILE, @PBO_DPB requests have been rebuffed.

nationalnewswatch.com/2020/10/02/bob… Image
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A Liberal MP has garnered some unexpected national media attention over his "anguished committee speech" (@hollyanndoan via @mindingottawa).

AND,his defensiveness quickly boiled over, unravelling into a (cringeworthy) rant by the MP Kingston and the Islands.

#cdnpoli #YGK
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To the (undoubted) chagrin of @MarkGerretsen and his @liberal_party colleagues, this story doesn't lend itself readily to vetting.

When @CPC_HQ @karen_vecchio introduced a Motion pursuant to Standing Orders requiring an explanation by the government for the Prorogation ...
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Mr. GERRETSEN embarked immediately on defensive pushback against any inclusion of #WECharity [17:13:50-17:18:12], even accusing all the Opposition of "conspiring in advance" [17:45:50] as "an opportunity to dig up some dirt. I know they're [#CPC] are looking for this silver
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29 Sep
Thread (/4)

WHAT DOES @MarkGerretsen MP Kingston and the Islands #YGK THINK ABOUT #ThroneSpeech?

Read it for yourself.

But, what are others saying? ...

Ref: openparliament.ca/debates/2020/9…
#HoC #cdnpoli #Hansard Image
☞ "There was no reset. It was all just more of the same, and the same in these times is clearly not enough." #RexMURPHY @nationalpost

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☞ "In design, then, the speech rather resembled a mullet: Business in front, party in the back." @acoyne @globeandmail

"... The government that failed at so basic a state responsibility as safeguarding public health is eager to take on new challenges."
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
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21 Sep
THREAD

The deployment of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives team (CBRNE) as a result of ricin letter (White House) investigation, underscores the seriousness of the situation - as if underscoring was even necessary.

#ricin #cdnpoli
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Contemporaneously 2 tweets, separate accounts: @ElizabethMay and @EmmMacfarlane.

One closes with a theatric flourish, a histrionic plea for divine intervention.

One utilizes an imperative (command), an incitement to riot.

BOTH, foolhardy and imprudent - descriptors that may
actually be too kind - AS EACH AUTHOR seems heedless (but not entirely thoughtless) to the possible consequences of what actions such words could precipitate.

⚠️ Such words merely wink at some passersby; for others however, such words may burrow away into fragile psyches.
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AS A FORMER @rcmpgrcpolice (Ret'd), allow me to clarify some recent terminology appearing in the media #MSM:

IT WON'T BE OBVIOUS BUT, the use of the word «EXAMINING» is a synonym for INVESTIGATION.

#WEscandal #WECharity #cdnpoli
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When an #RCMP FILE NO. is assigned, it becomes an investigation. Period. Evidence is examined; fact patterns are investigated.

There exists strict Statistics Canada reporting requirements, including an OSR Classification - which delineates, the type of offence. Once a FILE is
opened, the outcome will also be tracked and reported (i.e. Unfounded, Charges, Cleared Other), ergo an investigation.

What happens during an investigation can vary, covering a wide spectrum of considerations, everything from the approach taken to the assignment of resources.
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I even took the liberty of underlining the final sentence of @IvisonJ Op-ed for the benefit of

MP @MarkGerretsen #YGK Kingston and the Islands

#cdnpoli #deficit
There's that word «Prudence» again

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