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16 Jan, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Trudeau slams Blanchet for ‘pandering’ to ‘worst elements’ with comments about new minister - National | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/7578857/t…
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 excellent response by PM Trudeau, to the reporter's question yesterday. Also good response from Min Alghabra, when asked for comment by Global: (see next tweets for quotes) ...
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 Min Alghabra: “Every elected official is normally judged on their positions, statements and actions. Mine have been very clear and consistent from the beginning. I’m curious why Mr. Blanchet is relying on unsubstantiated [innuendo] rather than my actual track record,” ...
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 "Alghabra added that Blanchet made a “choice” to use “dangerous” rhetoric."
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 I transcribed PM Trudeau's answer (linked Global article has a clip, but there's also a clip in my thread - after the transcription)

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17 Jan
The CPC, and their enabling press & surrogates, wish us to believe they haven't behaved like Trump's GOP. That they haven't copies Trump tactics, to try to get it to work in Canada as well.
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 Here's a screenshot I made of a quote-tweet from just after the CPC leadership win, that indicates otherwise Image
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17 Jan
Excellent piece.
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 Recommend reading the entire article.

This part stands out for me: "The rhetoric coming from conservatives in both Alberta and Ottawa, for example, is inescapably Trumpy." …
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15 Jan
1/
 Thanks to @JaroGiesbrecht, for posting a clip of PM Trudeau’s answer to the reporter’s question regarding Bloc suggested innuendos about Omar Alghabra. Here’s what PM Trudeau said (I include a link to Jaro’s post, after my transcription. Any grammatical errors are mine):
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 PMJT: “I was absolutely floored, to see a federal party leader, use insinuations and carefully coded questions, particularly this week when we’ve just lived through last week, what happens when leaders don’t take care of the words they do and play these dangerous games …
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 PM Trudeau, cont’d: … around intolerance and hate. And, of course, stand there innocently and say, “oh I was just asking questions.” That’s ridiculous. That kind of political pandering to the worst elements, and to fears and anxieties, has no place in Canada.
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15 Jan
yeah, it was glorious to watch him (rightfully) be angry about this @jbart1055. I made a screenshot, because it's rare to see him so fired up. When this happens, it's usually about someone-else being mistreated unfairly, not about himself (see next tweet)
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(I quote-tweeted @jbart1055's tweet, rather than posting directly on her thread, because I didn't wish to water down her post of a screenshot, in this case of 'blocked by Blanchet')
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15 Jan
nice use of the word penultimate, @RosieBarton
and I agree this is the top item to discuss

(regarding Bloc suggested innuendos about Omar Alghabra)
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PMJT said "political pandering to fears and anxieties has no place in Canada" (direct quote)
and "particularly following what happened last week in the US, which shows how words can have a dangerous impact" (paraphrased)
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 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:

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