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2019 Federal Election: Open Thread
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2019 Election Prediction Contest
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I Want A New Country
The Conservative Party’s obsession with winning seats in Quebec despite an abundance of evidence suggesting it is neither plausible nor necessary, is one of the great handicaps of Canadian politics. https://t.co/mn9zVCYc2a
— J.J. McCullough (@JJ_McCullough) September 9, 2019
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Coulda Had Max
A pre-election chill has descended over some environment charities after Elections Canada warned them that discussing the dangers of climate change during the upcoming federal campaign could be deemed partisan activity.
An Elections Canada official warned groups in a training session earlier this summer that because Maxime Bernier, the leader of the People’s Party of Canada, has expressed doubts about the legitimacy of climate change, any group that promotes it as real or an emergency could be considered partisan, said Tim Gray, executive director of the advocacy group Environmental Defence.
The possibilities are endless.
What’s the difference between a Canadian fool and a Chinese tool?
Not much, it seems.
Link fixed!
More Pavilions At Folkfest
This just in from your Immigration and Refugee Board:
… the Immigration and Refugee Board last week ordered officials to free [alleged ISIS supporter] Hamdan on 25 conditions.
And now, for a few words from your Immigration and Refugee Minister;
a powerful speech in both official languages from @HonAhmedHussen on the importance of maintaining your ethnic heritage and how Conservative leader @AndrewScheer dances with white supremacists. (also something about European Canadians) (Watch to the end) pic.twitter.com/yT2wMtwx1t
— inklessPW (@inklessPW) August 7, 2019
Scott Moe On Premiers Summit
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe will be on John Gormley Live. The show starts at 8:30 local time (10:30 Eastern) though not sure what time the interview is scheduled. (Update: first segment). You can listen live here.
Different Rules for Trudeau’s Friends
Vivian Krause is asking some challenging questions about why certain U.S. funded charities in Canada don’t have to provide full historical disclosures:
Why did Prime Minister Justin Trudeau order his revenue minister to stop the Canada Revenue Agency from auditing politically active charities? Was it to protect his best friend and former principal secretary, Gerald Butts?
Those are just two of the many questions asked by Vivian Krause during a sold out Calgary Chamber of Commerce luncheon Wednesday at the Fairmont Palliser Hotel and during a scrum with reporters afterwards.
Scratch A Leftist
“I wonder if #Israel borrowed this from the #Nazis after they saw how successful they were?” she wrote. “At the speed Israel is killing I wonder if they’re aiming higher than 6 million #Palestinians ? #Gaza is the new #Auschwitz and #Israeli the gatekeepers!”
Seems moderate.
Coulda Had Max
I’m seriously considering sitting the next federal election out.
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is not going to win the Oct. 21 election if he’s running scared of Liberal fear-mongering about Islamophobia by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
An indication that’s happening is the party’s recent veto, without explanation, of Salim Mansur from seeking the Conservative nomination in London North Centre.
Simply appalling.
Enjoy it.
Masai Ujiri greets 🇨🇦 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with a massive hug. pic.twitter.com/9KKxSp8tK3
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) June 17, 2019
Because Stampede is right around the corner…and I don’t think you’ll be getting hugs there.
Funny.
“The people that live here, they just want their little world the way it is,” said Malkin. “They paid five, seven million dollars to buy a house in the community. Do you think they should have to have it changed because our mayor wants to have the missing middle show up?”
I seem to remember that sentiment being what conservatives were excoriated for.
West Vancouver, in John Reynolds old riding, is currently represented by Liberal Pamela Goldsmith-Jones who won a majority in her riding in 2015 with 55%.
The average house price is $2.7M.
Flashback: Memories of the Annex.
It’s their house
It doesn’t really matter to me what Quebec demands of it’s immigrants. Good for them, when there is demand, you can be stingy. I would like to point out that if Saskatchewan or Alberta were to put these restrictions on new immigrants (which we should), we would be blasted for being racist Nazi’s.
Quebec, though? Hmmm, well, there is an election on, you know.
Meanwhile:
Spot the missing province: https://t.co/s7UCBRfNpl
— J.J. McCullough (@JJ_McCullough) June 14, 2019
Via Henry.
17 June, Reader Tips
“When will we learn?” Pie asks.
Not yet, not yet.
The NDP platform
Is the Liberal ship certain to sink?
Is Trudeau about to become a mere footnote in history?
h/t Watcher
Russia! Russia! Bananada!
Vomitorium Man: The biggest threat of election interference comes from Michael Wernick, not Russia



