Good morning everyone in #cdnpoli who's about to read this thread and learn about an #NDP antisemitism scandal involving @MPJulian.
On August 11, @jonkay posted about an account (variably @Laith_Marouf and @MaroufLaith) posting vile and violent antisemitic content. He asked why this content isn't prohibited on twitter.
How is it that the only federal leader or leadership candidate that's said anything about Rushdie is Trudeau?
Awfully disappointed in the CPC benches.
For all the bleating about authoritarian wokes, one would think that the Iran-sanctioned-and-encouraged attempted murder of a novelist would be something to stand up against.
Naturally, nothing from Singh either, but one suspects he'd probably place the blame for getting stabbed on Rushdie himself.
The disinterest of the @CPC_HQ in creating a formal HR pipeline that 1) hires & trains political staff so that they are successful in their jobs, and 2) supports their exit from politics into the private sector is one of the primary reasons why we're almost always in opposition.
Here's an experiment - hop on LinkedIn, start trawling the profiles of Canadian executives and senior leadership teams. Note how many of them, when you dig deep enough, have a stint with the Liberal Party in their job description. Do the same for Conservatives.
The ratio of highly-placed Liberals to Conservatives is obscene. Whether it's a formal effort, or because success breeds success, former Liberal staffers are everywhere, and you better believe that makes a difference.