Great to see people turn out. Hope it sends a signal to others that they are not alone and need to turn out at the poles. But assuming the estimate is accurate, that’s about 2.5% of the population. It will take a few million, focused in the capital, for days, weeks, and resisting the violence that will be directed at them, before the country really wakes up. At this point, too many just aren’t ready. They may not figure it out until after the midterms.
I posted my comment before his non-apology and his office’s weak response. But to answer your question, neither. No one makes an MP behave that way. No party makes an MP behave that way. He chose to attack a witness instead of seeking to understand her information and perspective. He made no apology to the witness. He chose to use a stupid “tactic”. That makes him an idiot, in my view. I suspect the Liberals made him apologize, but who knows. He obviously doesn’t think anything was wrong with it. I don’t know why he crossed the floor.
I watched the CBC clip. That style of “questioning” is antithetical to understanding and opposite information-gathering. It is used by politicians (and others) who have no interest in making evidence-based decisions. He didn’t want information, didn’t want to understand, and will only make governing decisions based on his existing ideology. There should be no place in government for MPs who wilfully ignore opportunities to better understand the issues they are dealing with. I feel bad for the witness. She came to provide information and was attacked by an idiot.
US politics should be studied as a sub-specialty of quantum physics. Things can be both yes and no at the same time, effects may precede their causes, not to mention the entanglements…
Sometimes sanctions have to be swift, like sanctioning Russian oligarchs or manufacturers supporting the war. But there should be repercussions for sanctions imposed in bad faith or to intimidate.
Been reading PM Carney’s book: “Values”, and this CPP strategy is definitely the kind of investment approach that misaligns what we actually value as a society with what the market values. A disconnect he identifies as a significant driver of current global problems. What’s the point of having a retirement fund, if the currency tanks, or the world goes to hell?
Not seeing any hint that democracy means anything, or deserves strengthening and protection. Just projection of what the US thinks is power. And the subtle threat that those who see things differently will be treated as threats to be eliminated.
Read a book on the Arrow years ago that hinted that it was the only fighter at the time capable of taking out a U-2, and suggesting there was pressure from the US to destroy it so no one else could copy it. The program wasn’t just cancelled. The parts were destroyed; the plans and schematics were destroyed. It was erased from existence.
My understanding is that the host country supplies the feeds for all events. Broadcasters that get the rights to broadcast are choosing what feeds to broadcast, adding their own commentary, doing their own editing. They also film their own “local” interest and interviews. Host countries can’t have each broadcaster fighting over where to place cameras, etc. The sound would have been part of the host country’s live feed. I saw a small snippet of the CBC (Canada) broadcast and the commentators commented on the booing when the feed showed Vance, but it was hard to hear in the broadcast itself. I think the issue is that while the other broadcasters acknowledged it, NBC did not. I did not see the NBC snippet myself.
It means Trump plans to grab us by the p*ssy. He just can’t help himself, and when you’re famous, they let you do it…
Jivani’s agenda isn’t in Canada’s interests.
One of my favourite books. Still relevant. Will always be relevant.
© and (d) are circular, unless “high treason” is defined elsewhere. According to this, high treason is treason on its own.
“Tokyo pub bans customers old enough to remember what good service felt like…”
Maybe I don’t understand all the variables and factors at play, but it seems counterproductive to deal with Meta for any reason, about anything, and that Canadians are better off finding their news on platforms not controlled by US algorithms.
Rare - and refreshing - to see a politician stand their ground in the face of US lies and bluster. Not a tactful, softened vague response. Just: “No”. Dare I get my hopes up for more plain talking truth in the face of lies?
Ok, sure. But my point is about the producers. Buy Canadian. Farmer’s markets, whatever.
I don’t know anyone who ramped “down”. We’re still buying local cranberry juice instead of orange, and are quite satisfied with all of our Canadian alternatives and substitutes, and happy to go on for a very long time simply doing without when there isn’t. This is not a fad, or even a protest, at this point. It is simple patriotism. Supporting Canada’s economy to ensure our sovereignty.
As they say: “Don’t let the door hit [them] in the ass on the way out.”
There is no shortage of arrogance among the current US administration.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is also writing about this. The only way to prove age is to prove identity. Everyone’s. How do I use SocMed without having to prove my age too? When I walk into a bar, no one takes my name or copies my ID and stores it in a system. It is also right-wing governments that (usually) push this, because they want to crush free speech. They want to chill opposition and to know who is criticizing them.