Wow. PM Trudeau isn't pulling his punches, and I'm here for it. I haven't been posting what he says, this time - but highly recommend people go to CPAC afterwards, when it's uploaded post presser, and listen to his introductory speech. cpac.ca/en/direct/cpac…
2/ PM Trudeau is still speaking. It isn't the Q & A time yet.
4/ PMJT is being asked about the federal emergencies act. He's still against using it. Mentions that there's an upcoming meeting with the first ministers (premiers). Not a coincidence, IMHO, that he mentions that upcoming meetings in the next sentence - like a shot across the bow
5/ PM Trudeau "we don't want to see vaccines in freezers, we want to see them in the arms of Canadians." (direct quote)
"I'll be speaking with the premiers and offering any help they need to make this happen as quickly as possible." (paraphrased)
6/ PM Trudeau (from French) "we have protocols in place, so we are not concerned that vaccines will go to waste."
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"And we will be speaking with the premiers in our upcoming meeting about this" (paraphrased)
7/ PMJT, when asked about the politicians who have travelled: "It's disappointing to see those who should have known better, travel. Disappointing to see them making errors in judgement." (paraphrased)
8/ @CBCNews@HannahThibedeau pointing out that PM Trudeau is "completely unhappy with his own two politicians who travelled" (paraphrased)
This is leadership. We didn't see the same response to reporters' questions about travel, when posed to Alberta's Premier Kenney last Friday.
9/ @janycemcgregor notes that the PM is basically saying, re vaccinations: "that that pedal needs to be on the floor and [takes us] all the way up the ramp, with regards to the provinces & territories"
10/ the meeting with the premiers is on Thursday
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1/ I’m reminded today, of when Chrystia Freeland, when Foreign Affairs Min, addressed the UNSC Debate on Terrorism Financing, Mar. 28, 2019. Here are her powerful words, in a thread:
“Thank you to France for org this public debate. Canada is proud to have co-sponsored the …
2/ Freeland white suprem. speech cont’d: resol'n adopted [Mar 2019]. We believe it will help strengthen our collective efforts to combat terrorism in all its forms. Today, I would like to highlight one of gravest threats facing our world: white supremacy. White supremacism & …
3/ Freeland 2019 speech cont’d: Islamophobia are among the gravest terrorist threats that the world is facing today. We were all reminded of this tragic reality on 15th of March, when a white supremacist terrorist killed 50 Muslims gathered in 2 mosques for Friday prayers …
Rick Bell "quite bluntly, w the messaging you've had only months, Dr, what is your reaction … to the anger from Albertans over the past couple of days … and just found out Naheed Nenshi has two people in his office who travelled over the holidays"
Min Shandro "w the accountability that occurred this week. It's going to take time … that that humility, that credibility, will earn back the trust of Albertans. Dr Hinshaw?"
Dr Hinshaw "we're all tired. I've asked people to be compassionate w each other. I can absolutely understand that anger. All Albertans are really sick & tired of COVID. I'd just ask that Albertans take a deep breath. … Take a look at the guidelines as a roadmap to get us thru"
It is becoming increasingly obvious that our problems mitigating COVID-19 lay at the feet of our premiers - who are charged w getting shots in our arms (feds have procured & are delivering vaccines - now up to premiers)
2/ … and while we need to communicate our concerns about slow vaccine rollout, to our provincial govt representatives - it is also important to keep an eye on how talks are going betw feds and (especially the conservative ones) premiers (IMHO)
3/ these talks include amt of $$ transferred to prov/terr, & how it will be used. GoC has already provided assistance, & funds specifically meant for premiers to use in mitigating COVID-19. Any new $$, IMHO, should come w more strings attached. Con premiers are letting Cdns down
Wish Alberta govt would use this approach, but not holding my breath - even though it's been proven to work best for the economy, which supposedly Premier Kenney is all about.
2/ "The argument for the mitigation approach [Alberta's] has generally been that, following a lockdown, restrictions have to be eased in order to kick-start economies.
The modelling done by the Strategic Choices Group showed that simply wasn’t true, Greenhill said."
3/ Recommend reading entire article, but here are some key points:
(abbrev) "The paper outlines 3 major steps - Canadian Shield approach - its research indicates could be taken to get COVID-19 cases under control as quickly as possible w least possible econ consequences" …
I'm getting plenty of flak from MRG's supporters, yet I'm simply asking if she will be included as a fed MP who has travelled outside of Canada during the pandemic. The LPC MPs' names included travel from earlier than over Christmas period, which is when MRG travelled as well ...
3/ And as far as MRG going to OK before travel restrictions implemented, my question is this: is it really alright to stay there for a continuous five months (or so), after PMJT asked Cdns to return home? Is this properly serving her constituents during a pandemic?