1/ So all of this falls on the executive. (Don’t @ me @GarethMorley3). What the hell is going on? Well, there would seem to be a few options. None of them good. Let’s figure it out.
2/ Option A. We don’t have the operational capacity to deal with any of this. To me, that’s scary. If we can’t deal with this, how can we deal with a bona fire crisis???
3/ To be clear there would seem to be an operational capacity issue at play here and a fair bit of incompetence especially in Ottawa.
4/ As an aside, why did the police barge into Coventry road, reveal their hand, and then leave. I may never understand the operational problems - but I do not believe capacity is the core issue.
5/ Option B. Fear of violence. I think this is part of it, but I still think it’s a shit answer. Everyone keeps yelling about how they’re non violent. I realize that could change, but I’ve yet to see any real effort in using non violence effectively.
6/ So how can fear of violence be the answer? I’m not suggesting the police charge into downtown Ottawa right this second, but we’ve seen police use non violent tactics before. Why so much negotiation and so@little action?
7/ I’m struggling to buy option B as the full answer, but it’s a part of the answer.
8/ Option C. Politics. No one wants to wear the cost of doing something so they’re all playing pass the buck. I find this somewhat plausible and also somewhat terrifying. If this is where we are, the future of the country don’t look bright.
9/ Truth is that in a time for leaders, I haven’t really seen many covering themselves in glory. I don’t really want to argue about who’s winning the race for the bottom (Ok, it’s Polievre…) but the tots absence of leadership is devastating.
10/Option D. A different sort of politics. The politicians can’t risk angering their base and enforcing rules because they are at risk. I am about 95% convinced that Option D explains Alberta.
11/ Option E -Racist politics. The government refuses to act because the protesters look “too much like us” and are somehow sympathetic. I believe there is a ton of this in play.
If Windsor border blockers are not charged, I can only conclude that this (perhaps combined with Option D) is the reason.
13/ Needless to say, none of this is good for our country. I’m in my 50s. This is one of the darkest things I’ve ever seen. And I don’t mean the convoy. I mean the loss of faith in government to do anything.
14/ I am naturally an optimistic person. But this is bad. And ending the convoy, assuming this happens, will not stop it. If anything, this is the beginning of something nasty.
15/ I’m worried there are two possible reactions to this, none of which are good. When this finishes, governments will either do too little, which will erode faith in civil society.
16/ Or they will do too much, like they did in reacting to 9/11.
17/ I promise to be cheerier tomorrow.
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