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Feb 4 • 4 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Andrew Scheer blames Liberals for hurdles to interprovincial trade. Many Canadians believe that the federal government tells provinces how that trade should be conducted. It doesn't. Many also believe that the federal government is parent to the provinces. It isn't. /2 #cdnpoli
2/ He also blames Liberals for our market dependence on the US - Mr. Trump dislikes the US trade deficit with Canada, which is thanks to oil exports. Which party promotes the US as Canada's oil market? Mr. Scheer's. Remember Mr. Harper's "no-brainer" comment about Keystone XL? /3
3/ Now the Conservatives are trying to blame their historic policy on the Liberals. Whereas it was two Liberal governments - one in the 50s and the Trudeau government - that made the TM and TMX pipelines on our soil and to Canadian "tidewater" possible. /4
4/ And it was the dastardly PET government that wanted Canadians to own their oil production and marketing (see PetroCan) and for all Canadians to have access to Canadian energy. The Conservatives hypocritically obsess about Energy East. What do they think the NEP was about?

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Jan 10
I see that the bulls**t is already flying about the entrance fee for the Liberal leadership contest. Under Elections Canada rules, a candidate for leader of a political party can't donate more than $25k to his or her own candidacy. /2 #cdnpoli
2/ The rest of the cost of a leadership candidacy campaign has to be covered by ***donors***, who can't donate more than $1,750/year to *all* leadership contestants. A wealthy candidate can't fund his or her own campaign - donors/supporters have to do it. /3
3/ This is how Kevin O'Leary ran afoul of the rules. He spent somewhat more than donors were prepared to fork over, so he's *still* trying to pay off his campaign obligations by fundraising. And whining about it. /4
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Jan 8
I don't watch any Canadian news at this point, but cruising past YYC Global and CTV this morning, I couldn't help but notice all the whining about the PM's pending resignation (he'll resign upon selection of a new Liberal leader). /2 #cdnpoli @GlobalCalgary @CTVCalgary #abpoli
2/ The whining: He should have resigned earlier or not right now. What about pending legislation (apparently neither can report that the Conservatives have been filibustering for months)? They also can't mention the three failed Poilievre attempts to defeat the government. /3
3/ Premier Smith, off to Washington to bow to Trump, is also bothered. Hate-central for the PM, now annoyed that it finally worked. Haters feel that they should have dictated the timing. No mention of you-know-who the former FM, who set it all in motion. /4
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Jan 4
There seem to be some mightily confused/stupidly hopeful people on Twitter. They think that if the PM resigns, there is an election. No, not necessarily. The PM would resign as *leader* of the governing party (the Liberals). /2 #cdnpoli
2/ An interim party leader is chosen and the Liberals are still the governing party. Or, the PM can ask the GG to dissolve Parliament, which triggers an election. Why would the PM do that if he does not intend to carry on as leader? /3
3/ Parliament returns after adjournment - at the end of January and four days before the foreign interference report is expected. If the Liberals need to elect a new leader, that would take a bit of time. A prorogue would allow that. /4
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Dec 21, 2024
For me, the interesting aspect of politics is the evolution of governance. I know far too little about that, really, but I am also evolving. Anyway, before 1940, Canadian governments interrupted sessions by prorogue. Before modern communications.../2 #cdnpoli
2/...MPs had to get back to their constituencies to find out what was going on, consult, etc. With the advent of WWII, it was decided that there ought to be a more responsive way to bring back Parliament in an emergency. Hence, adjournment. /3
3/ There's a procedure to end adjournment if the Speaker agrees that it is ***in the public interest***. In wartime, one can see that. The PM requests that of the Speaker. Not opposition parties, not the vulgar mob, the PM. Prorogues were routine and still have their purpose. /4
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Dec 19, 2024
There's something exceedingly wrong with an opposition party that doesn't think its opponents can meet and socialize without hordes of stupid protestors. Supporters of the Liberals and NDP do not show up at Conservative events to hassle attendees. /2 #cdnpoli
2/ Whether in yellow vests, flying F*** Trudeau signs, honking their horns, occupying the capital city, etc. the Conservatives and their foreign supporters don't believe in democracy. They want to intimidate their opponents via a mob. It is ridiculous. And weak.
At one event I attended, there was a long, outside line-up. Pro-CPC idiots in gigantic pick-up trucks drove back and forth blowing their horns (the locomotive kind, even), scaring children and waking babes in arms. They are assholes.
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Dec 18, 2024
A reminder: PM Harper prorogued four times. In 2007 because, he stated, his government had completed its five post-election priorities and needed a reset. In 2008 to avoid a confidence vote in the House (outrage over removal of right to strike and party funding). /2 #cdnpoli
2/ In 2009 to avoid Afghan detainee debate. In 2013 to avoid exposure to the Senate expense scandal/PMO cover-up of same. PM Trudeau has prorogued once (2020) to undertake a Covid reset - things had changed - but opponents claimed that it was to avoid the WE scandal. /3
3/ As we have since learned, there was no WE scandal. It was cooked up by the Conservatives and our incompetent press, and the result was a loss of a creditable Canadian charity. In summary Harper four prorogues; Trudeau one prorogue. /4
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