For a Tuesday

It's an election year and it wouldn't be an election year without the Liberals and yet another scandal:

According to a report from the The Hill Times, some Liberal MPs are increasingly concerned about the possibility of an RCMP investigation, and are attempting to distance themselves from Justin Trudeau:

“Some Liberals said they are already considering dropping Mr. Trudeau’s name or image from their campaign material, because of a significant drop in the prime minister’s personal approval rating in public opinion polls.”

One MP told the The Hill Times, “If the RCMP comes in, we’re cooked.”

Even though they work for you and are as useless as an ethics committee?

Anyone who still is thinking of voting for the Liberals deserves not Dickensian poverty but Dostoeveskyan poverty. That's much worse.




Also:

As noted by BNN Bloomberg, the S&P Global Ratings agency has cut SNC-Lavalin to junk status. SNC-Lavalin is now rated at BB+, one notch below ‘investment grade.’

But ... but ... jobs!




Why would the people from Saskatchewan hate the Liberals?:

One Liberal riding chair blamed the delay on a lack of interest from candidates, while another said the party has been slow approving nomination papers. Reina Sinclair, chairwoman of Regina—Qu’Appelle’s Liberal riding association, said the lost time will hinder an eventual candidate’s ability to raise money and connect with voters.

“It’s really frustrating for us too, let me tell you,” said Sinclair.

A University of Regina political scientist said the delays could stem from weak local organizations in long-shot ridings that are low on the priority list for the national campaigns. He said the slow start will put fresh NDP and Liberal candidates at a “huge” disadvantage. 

“You’re almost running a sacrificial candidate,” said Jim Farney, head of the university’s Department of Politics and International Studies. 

The election is expected on Oct. 21. The campaign should begin in September.

The neglected ridings are concentrated in rural areas, but include at least one urban seat for each party. They may look like lost causes for the Liberals and NDP. The Conservatives won around 70 per cent of the vote in some rural ridings last election, and more than 50 per cent in several others.

When Justin declared his undying love for the tyranny that starved millions to death, people laughed.

Who is laughing now?:

Lawyers acting on behalf of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou have laid out claims alleging abuse of process by the United States, the FBI, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the RCMP in connection with her extradition case.

They argue that the extradition proceedings against the executive should be stayed. And U.S. President Donald Trump’s own words are cited as evidence of that alleged abuse.

It's not hard to sneak her over the border and let her b the Americans' problem. It isn't.

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In order for Michael Chan to be a traitor he would have to have been loyal to Canada in the first place:

Michael Chan, Ontario’s Liberal trade minister until last year, was a keynote speaker as scores of Chinese Canadians rallied in support of Beijing and the largely non-democratic Hong Kong administration.

“Unity is better than violence,” Chan proclaimed. “We support Hong Kong’s police strictly handling unrest, Hong Kong’s government carefully defending the rule of law, China’s government carefully observing Hong Kong,”

Is that so?:

Remember when Canada was back? After the cold, hard, cynical Harper Darkness in foreign policy, we’d have human rights, joy, respect and all good things including a shiny UN Security Council seat. Yeah. They’re having trouble remembering in Hong Kong too.

After months of culpable silence our government finally oozed a statement on the struggle for democracy against the Butchers of Beijing that immediately made you wish they’d shut up again. Instead of praising freedom it told the protesters to pipe down and stop rocking the gravy train. ...

In principle you could argue for ignoring Hong Kong. You could say repression abroad matters but we can’t do anything, or domestic and foreign policy are unrelated so it doesn’t threaten our security. But you cannot decently proclaim that we are back as a beacon of human decency then fail to stand squarely with the protesters from some ugly combination of pre-chewed language, muddled thought, fatuous arrogance and moral sloth.

If that’s back, we need to get front.

Mr. Robson, this is Canada. The only thing a Canadian gets in front of is a beer line.

Canada is back to being an abject moral and political failure.




It's just an economy:

In a highly unusual move, the federal government gifted a $39-million stake in a B.C. coal terminal to two First Nations communities, perhaps signaling the rising cost of winning Indigenous support for natural resource projects.

Another political albatross about Justin's neck is Jihadi John:

Neither the governing Liberals nor the Opposition Conservatives expressed enthusiasm Monday for trying to secure the release of the overseas prisoner dubbed “Jihadi Jack” by the British media. ...

Asked Monday if he would welcome Letts to Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would only say it is a crime to travel internationally with the aim of supporting terrorism. “And that is a crime that we will continue to make all attempts to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. That is the message we have for Canadians and for anyone involved.”

Oh, is that why you repealed C-6 and gave Omar Khadr $10.5 million?

This Jihadi Jack:

We do know in the past that he has advocated for living according to Sharia law and while he stands accused of joining ISIS, The Guardian newspaper reported that he says he actually hates ISIS.

Don’t take that to mean he is a fan of liberal democracy, though.

“I oppose so-called Islamic State, but that doesn’t mean I am with you, the dirty non-Muslims,” Letts wrote in an online post.

Asked once if he was a terrorist and Letts said he could be considered that.

“Do you mean by the English government’s definition, that anyone that opposes a non-Islamic system and man-made laws? Then, of course, by that definition, I suppose they’d say I’m a terrorist,” Letts said to Britain’s Channel 4.

Okay, why is he still breathing?