1/ Live Thread of this extraordinary event.#CdnPoli #CanPoli
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@chris I'm just starting my evening now, I'll tell you later when I'm further than 2:30 pm debates lol
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@chris So far, I'm only translating PP and Trudeau fighting
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@stephanie @chris No escaping the news for you Stephanie, condolences.
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@PatrickoftheG @chris I'll take it before translating other meeting minutes that no one will ever read lol
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@chris Really appreciate your play by play here. I don't understand why they can't have someone live post like this. Reach more Canadians.
That said, this sound like little more than the pursuit of sound bytes. The only thing they're interested in is covering their own asses and appealing to their bases. That's not accountability.
The fact the guy isn't ashamed and doesn't see what he did as wrong is all I need to know.
It's all performative.
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@stephanie oh gawd. the horrors
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@kevinlovestech some of it was certainly performative as is often the case in the House but I do do also believe it is very useful to the Canadian public that this was done in the House where it would get far more coverage than in Committee. There were a number of questions, and answers, that were quite enlightening. The fact the Liberals tried to make up an excuse for him not to appear and then asked no questions of him was important. And May's final question was something every Canadian deserved to hear and know. This is a scandal and the revelations should lead to changes.
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@chris Oh yikes haha
"Mr. Speaker, again, acknowledging the fact that I am being admonished and am making history right now, I think I have acknowledged the fact that I made mistakes in the previous committee." -
@stephanie right! lol
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@chris I completely agree with everything you said there.
I sincerely hope it does lead to change, but I'm doubtful we'll see much accountability after that.
Other politicians will likely take notice and that public display (the way it should be) and it'll motivate them to avoid it. I think that may be the best we can hope for.