What a country.
National Post- There’s not actually anything to stop Canadian MPs working for foreign governments
After former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland got a job with the Ukrainian government while still serving as an MP, she was lambasted by the opposition for serving two masters.
But…
Canada doesn’t have any restrictions against foreign government actors serving in its parliament.
And there lies the whole problem with post-national entities with absolutely no morals. “The law (that we made) and the rules (we also made) don’t prohibit this conduct, therefore I am doing absolutely nothing wrong.” is the mantra.
Freeland is stepping down as MP in the next few weeks, so I don’t see any problem.
And so far as “working”, she reportedly will not be paid.
Credit where credit due.
I see a fcking problem.
Why does it take weeks?
Why would she not step down BEFORE?
The election was less than a year ago.
The cow herself or her Party of Perpetual Corruption should pay for the by-election.
If she’s not getting paid is that because she’s now independently wealthy off the backs of the tax slaves?
Credit needs to be crammed up the cramhole.
You have issues. Dial ‘er back a bit there, boy.
KM, SDA’s schoolmarm, objects when somebody expresses a strong opinion.
Flying into a fit of rage over a fairly innocuous story isn’t just “expressing a strong opinion”.
I assure you that’s not rage, lol, not even close.
But if it makes you feel superior, have at er.
Sorry, I must have misinterpreted the swear words, insults, ALL CAPS, and suggestions to ram things up people’s backside.
It’s a bit short of a fit of rage. It’s a good deal heartier than we’ve been used to, but emotional expression is part of the medium. It certainly would be out of line at the faculty club. Thing is, this ain’t the faculty club.
You find this story to be “fairly innocuous.”
That’s hilarious.
Yes, going to work for Ukraine after she’s left office seems innocuous.
Dial what back? It’s a perfectly rational question. Why doesn’t the cow resign now? Why do the Canadian taxpayers need to fund her lame duckery?
I don’t know. Perhaps because she’s cleaning a few things up before she leaves office, and hasn’t taken on her other duties yet.
The point is that it’s a minor issue that no mature adult would get upset about. Buddy is just finding something to get angry over.
You have to insult cows? What have they done to you? Agree that the sooner freakland disappears the better.
More of these vacuous insults. I’m not in the mood for them. I will not be cowed!
Your comments never fail to moove me.
Well, I guess it behooves me to thank you for the compliment.
I could be wrong, but I do believe she is old enough to collect her pension though.
Hey KM, she’ll still be paid by canada, right?
Won’t even have to do any conversions!
Can still live in canada so the noise won’t keep her awake at night!!
How good can life get!!!
Yeah, she’s not going to be missing any meals.
But she’ll be living in the UK while making trips to Ukraine.
“Yeah, she’s not going to be missing any meals.”
I say old chap, but if the red dress could talk she’s been very good at not missing any meals,
“But she’ll be living in the UK while making trips to Ukraine.”
Ah, there’s a tell.
Do explain.
Well, it perhaps shows who she’s really working for — who she’s going to be reporting to.
You forgot to ask WHY she’ll be living in the UK.
Why? I think I’ve posited a potential reason. She could easily hole up at the Canadian embassy in Kiev or close by or stay in Canada and fly over from there. I highly doubt she’s so concerned about the climate change to feel the need to not rack up more frequent flyer miles.
Why speculate when you can find out with Google or an AI engine?
Freeland is moving to the UK because she will be taking up the post of CEO of the Rhodes Trust — a major British educational charity — on July 1.
Rhodes Trust huh? Oh, even better!
Ah, yes, KM, She will be “working “for the Rhodes Trust, a major British “charity”, which had an “Emeritus Trustee” by the name of Dominic Barton, among others, most of whom, these days, are hardly British.
You need to change your name to Shiller Pharmbot.
Have a nice day.
Ah, the ol’ argumentum ab citationes aereas. Hard to rebut that.
But you’ve strayed well beyond the discussion of whether it’s unethical for an MP to resign and then work for Ukraine.
ooo, talk Latin to me and prevaricate.
I haven’t “strayed” beyond the discussion. I am putting it in a larger, pertinent context.
Rebut that argumentum, chum.
And strive not to be so glum in your stubborn stance.
As many have rebutted you here, mayhaps you could open your ears and change your mind.
peace, bro *that is Latin for free exchange of differing opinions
It’s not me that’s stubborn, it’s the facts that are stubborn.
Like the fact that Freeman is leaving office in a few weeks, likely well before she travels to Ukraine, which means there’s no ethical breach here. I’m the only one that brought that up. You should be angry at Francisco for not mentioning that critical fact. By telling you only part of the story, he was either careless or manipulative.
He could well have been carelessly manipulative. My next band will now be called Slack Tweak.
Being a parliamentarian is Freeland’s side hustle…
“she reportedly will not be paid”.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
I don’t see why Freeland would lie about it. There is no shame in being paid to work for Ukraine.
But I know how it works on this site. Everything must be viewed through a hyper-partisan lens. Credit is never to be given to the enemy, nor blame to a friend.
I see nothing to credit here. Freehand is an opportunist. Don’t think for a moment she isn’t receiving something in return just because she claims there is no official remuneration. Just because there is no law or rule against it doesn’t make it right or morally correct. Her voters, even though stupid, do not deserve to get fleeced.
As I said above, Freeland is leaving office in a few weeks, and possibly before she begins assisting Ukraine.
This is a critical point that Francesco did not state, and makes the entire issue pretty minor.
It’s not a lie. It’s a misdirection. Like Pierre Trudeau when he promised not to raise taxes on gasoline for at least 18 months. After 18 months was up, he raised the taxes more than Joe Clarke said he would. No shame there if you’re a Liberal.
Freeland will make a pile of money. She probably negotiated the amount that Canada would contribute before she left. An exit tax. That is why she took the post. To suggest anything else is to be foolish. And that’s how it works on this site. We call out bullshit.
You guys fantasize like crazy, and figure that if it matches your political leanings then it must be true. Reality’s a lot more boring. There’s likely no secret agenda here. Freeman is leaving office and then volunteering some time in Ukraine. Not much to it, and no apparent ethical violation.
And Freeman will make a pile of money… as CEO of the Rhodes Trust.
She will be a colossus of Rhodes, or so I trust.
So says the Liberal Apologist hall monitor.
Typical.
Vacuous insults fro ByTheSea.
Typical.
Surely a lacertous insult? Monitors are lizards. Hey, hope they’re paying you scale, hall monitor!
The Canadian parliamentary system is a dysfunctional mess. Ditto for the Canadian constitution. Not sure is it’s because of a deliberately incompetent design or just plain old incompetence. Either way it isn’t functioning well and allows for a staggering level of corruption.
One of the big reasons I’m a PrairieWest separatist is that I think Alberta and Saskatchewan could create a significantly better system of government and constitution. Frankly, it would be difficult to create a system that is worse.
L – + + +
The parliamentary system was legislated into existence to keep the great unwashed from being anything but the great unwashed.
The so-called constitution is premised on the idea that parliament and God are legally on the same level. So the person that runs parliament is basically able to do what they want “for the greater good”.
I wish the west all the best in its endeavour to unshackle it’s potential as an engine of growth.
The pathologically driven individuals that seek dominion over their fellow citizens and will bask in the mire of the mindless tribalism of party politics in such pursuit, are essentially at the level of sentience that would unanimously give an SS veteran a standing ovation in Parliament. Not only do good people noy run for office but at end stage democracy they are as unelectable as they are honest.
She’s a whore.
They’re all whores.
Wouldn’t you like to be a whore to?
Whores get paid, sluts don’t.
Also, nothing about having criminals in parliament either *cough GeeBoot cough*
But, but, Orange Man Bad!!
Aren’t we all in some regard?
We live in a fallen world after all.
Perhaps some are not as professional as darling Mz. Freeland, so there’s hope.
Makes sense. She never really worked for Canada anyway. Blocking fellow citizens’ accounts, being overall a POS character, a rabid TDSer + a WEF enforcer and a global-socialist promoter means you’re anti-Canada.
But what does it matter anyway? Chrystia Chomiak, never a woman renowned for sound judgement, is, apparently, leaving Canadian public life and taking a job as one of Zelensky’s handlers.
For Chrystia, it’s a suicidal blunder. Her career shift offers a good possibility now that she’ll die as her grandfather should have done—in a Russian prison cell or from a Russian bullet to the head—with her hero Zelensky.
For long-suffering Canadians, it’s an unexpected but welcome gift just in time for Orthodox Christmas.
I suspect even Carney is glad to see the back of Chrystia—he’s been visibly trying to push her out for a while now. A relic of the Justin Trudeau regime too embarrassing even for Mark.
Forgive us, Chrystia, if we don’t bid you fare well, nor wish you the devil’s own luck in your new position, because oh dear me, you’ll need it all, my dear.
The Russians trying a Maduro on her (and succeeding) could potentially be the funniest thing. But I doubt it will happen. Still, could be a fantastic comedic skit.
The Russians won’t do a Maduro on Freeland. More likely they’ll do a Litvinenko.
She is a very low value target so unlikely. BTW, I recently found a story about her on the Russian interwebs. While she was studying or working in Moscow, she was given the nickname “Seaweed”, as, apparently, the only thing that would take her out is the tide.
She worked for the Financial Times for 4 years in Moscow, during the Yeltsin period — one which brought a lot of very interesting people out of the West into Russia.
I wonder if she dined at the Yar or the Savoy or the Uzbekistan? You just know she didn’t hang with the commoners. I’m placing my bets on the Savoy…I think Krystia is at heart a bit of a bohemian elitist.
Hence the “could be a fantastic comedic skit”.
Speaking of your former Minister of Foreign Trade and International Relations …
The DOW is UP another 500 points today, to yet another all time high, after yesterday’s 700 point increase and record close. Nasdaq UP 150 points today along with all other indexes UP!
Nice job with the Trade negotiations sweetie. Yeah, you were on the LOSING side what with your pointy elbows and pointy-squinty-face. It’s a perfect pairing as Ukraine has LOST too. She is champion of the LOSERS.
She’s just picking up the cash they used to give Hunter
Now there’s a thought. I’m sure Mz. Freeland will, despite her protests of public servitude, be well compensated for her efforts.
Well of course there is no law against it..
No ethical person would ever consider such corrupt behaviour.
But to our Liberals,every action of the Keptocratic State is wonderful.
“There is no law against it”.
Ain’t Kleptocracy Grand,were thieves,bandits and corrupt freeloaders write the laws,absolving themselves of any crimes.
Good riddance to such rubbish,for as noted,she never served Canada, at any time.
The easy test is there for all to apply,based on Freeland’s actions, what if anything could she have done differently,if the destruction of Canada was not her actual intent?
The “State of Emergency” and the Ukrainian Nazi getting two standing ovations in our parliament,showed us all where Freeland stands.
Freedom,individual rights, these are all things Freeland opposes.
Government censorship a thing she promotes.
Assaults on real reporters.
Lawlessly freezing citizens bank accounts.
Holding political prisoners ..
She runs true to her Grandfathers form.
Her “getting a job” from the Ukrainian Government,while the point person for Canadian Government spending in that same region,is so suggestive of corruption that it reeks…
Conflict of interest,is too complex for our Liberals.
If the Circus Carney had a majority government, then she’d probably been allowed to quit right away, instead of just taking a really long vacation in the UK to get ready for her several new jobs.
Expect her to quit right around March 26th when parliament rises for 2 weeks.
Zelensky took her on as long as she could keep the LPC looting of the unborn taxpayers gravy train coming from Canada. She will lobby Canada for more grift for the Kleptocracy.