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Ian Brodie
@irbrodie
Author of https://t.co/44Q5jEXIu2 Politics bestseller At the Centre of Govt. Tweets are all personal views.
Dec 11, 2019 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
This kind of CBC 'analysis' is embarrassing. Don't they keep clippings files at the parliamentary bureau?

?cbc.ca/news/politics/… There was a separate Commons standing committee on the Afghanistan mission. It was established as part of the mission renewal post-Manley Panel. And it had meetings. A lot of meetings. Hours and hours of meetings.
Oct 3, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Dear @althiaraj and other Ottawa insiders. Out here in the sticks in Calgary, we spend a lot of time producing the energy that heats your houses, runs your transportation. Unless you report on things like the second plane, we don't know about this stuff. @althiaraj So ask yourself: we knew about this ridiculous second plane and all the stuff he was flying around. Why did we decide not to report it? You can't claim a shortage of resources or staff cutbacks or the short news cycle.
Sep 28, 2019 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
Gerry, once you start a progressive bidding war you can't win it. Chrétien, Martin were smart enough to realize that. In 2015, you guys were the progressives in the race. Four years later you're just a bunch of white guys who rolled an indigenous woman, bought a pipeline and dress up in blackface on the weekend.
Sep 25, 2019 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
I can contradict Larry Spencer on this story that's breaking tonight owing to first-hand experience. huffingtonpost.ca/entry/andrew-s… At the time of Spencer's comments, I was assistant chief of staff in Mr Harper's office. After Mr Spencer was ejected from the Canadian Alliance caucus, I worked to sort out issues in Mr Spencer's riding. This included dealing with the riding Association, Mr Spencer's principal
Mar 7, 2019 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
I keep hearing people recommend that the role of Min of Justice be separated from the role of Attorney General. This is an issue I've been thinking about for more than 20 years, since I ran across it as a PhD student. Some thoughts. First, it's not clear to me that a PM can do this without legislation. The DoJ Act makes the Min of Justice ex officio the AG for Canada.
Jun 16, 2018 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
I have been thinking more about legacies, even though I think the whole concept is overrated. Thesis: Harper’s legacy was to make consumption taxes toxic. Cutting the GST was a real turning point. Trudeau’s effort to reverse the GST cut with this carbon tax is proving politically untenable.