Election speculation thread. While you can usually set your watch around August rumours of a cabinet shuffle, why election spec now? I know time passed differently during the panedemic but didn't we just <checks dates> have an election? Some thoughts: The PM is travelling right now. Yes, it's summer. That's usually what they do. Spoiler alert: there will be a summer caucus meetings as well.

Former Sask. premier Brad Wall gave strategic advice to key convoy organizer ctvnews.ca/politics/forme… "In one text, Wall suggested that the convoy declare “a victory of sorts” after some provinces began to ease COVID-19 measures.

“I think the convoy is creating some elbow room for provinces to begin to move away from mandates etc.,” he texted on February 2."

I’m looking forward to when Conservative MPs insist in interviews that this was a peaceful protest. Media interviews. With the same reporters who have been shoved, spat at, harassed, insulted and had hot coffee thrown at them. Note to whoever drafts the talking points: you might want to put some extra effort into the “if pressed” section.

Dear god. This #cbcpnp panelist has Pierre Trudeau using the Emergencies Act in 1988… four years(!) after he left office and the year it was actually introduced and it’s never been used. A faithful correspondent reminds me that Barootes is a “Senator Elect”. (And yes @journo_dale I know there’s no such thing 🤣