It is days like today I wish truth.social was Federated so I could personally tell Donald Trump to stfu.

[stephanie@ottawa.place]

@Crispius @hub @chris Thanks for the info! That makes sense.

But you can see how power changes people. I read the comments of a journalist who wrote about Trudeau before he was PM, and he couldn't believe the change in ego, and lack of self-reflection

[crispius@infosec.exchange]

@stephanie
My [completely amateur & speculative] take on this whole debacle is that there has been a plan to replace JT in the works for quite a while, and it involves crowning Mark Carney as JT’s replacement. (Somebody on here called it Ignatieff 2.0 and I think the that’s pretty accurate.)

Whether or not JT is in on the plan is unclear.

I think Freeland either caught wind of the plan, or Carney wrote some/all of the financial statement and she refused to put her name to it. Either way, Freeland smells blood in the water and decided to use the opportunity to establish herself as distinct and separate from the PM and prepare for her candidacy in the oncoming leadership challenge.

I expect JT to step down at some point, but something needs to be done about getting Carney a seat in the house, so that might determine the timeline.

I suspect a prorogation of parliament will happen at some point to allow the liberals to select a leader before the writ is dropped.

@hub @chris

[timlocke@techhub.social]

@Crispius @stephanie @hub @chris I heard they are running Carney in Ottawa South in a by election.

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@timlocke @Crispius @stephanie @hub Carney would be a fool to run right now…

[timlocke@techhub.social]

@chris @Crispius @stephanie @hub ...to be FM not PM.

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@timlocke @Crispius @stephanie @hub either one. He’d be on a sinking ship. Who wants to be FM for 30 days to 6 months. Let LeBlanc do that.

[daniehm@mas.to]

@chris The piece of orange shit just has to stay in the news 24-7 and Canadian news has to carry it. This is how it's going to be the next 4 years. It's sickening.

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@DaniEhm 🤮

[jeffreysmith@mastdn.social]

@chris

It is always unfortunate when you have a rapist as a neighbor. Almost as bad as having one for a president. I worry most for our neighbor to the south, Mexico, as trump seeks a scapegoat for our failure to decrease american demand for drugs.

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@JeffreySmith agreed on all points