@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

@stephanie
That’s what I took from this:

https://www.cp24.com/news/canada/2024/12/17/justin-trudeau-taking-the-time-to-reflect-after-chrystia-freelands-departure/

@hub @chris

@[email protected]
It looks like we’re not going to find anything out until after the Christmas break, as JT plans to ‘use this time to reflect’.

@hub @chris

@hub
PP is campaigning to become Obergruppenführer under the new reich.

@stephanie @chris

@stephanie @chris
We’ve just committed $1.3B to address a made-up problem, based on the impulsive musings of a compulsive liar.

I can just see the convicted felon bragging to his crony pals about how when he says ‘jump’ Canada asks ‘how high?’.

And he’ll slap us with tariffs anyhow, because it was never about the border. ‍️

#CDNPoli #CDNNatSec

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/border-plan-leblanc-trump-1.7412456

@stephanie @chris
Well, we all know Trump’s ‘border crisis’ is a fabrication. Just as it has been at their Southern border.

Trump just needs there to be some kind of ‘crisis’ in order to leverage people’s fears to drive his agenda, and it turns out that racism plays well with his base.

@chris
I actually agree with him that we need to improve our border security, but it’s not immigrants or fentanyl that I worry about.

We don’t want this, #Canada.

“The Gilded Age of Medicine Is Here

Health insurers and hospitals increasingly treat patients less as humans in need of care than consumers who generate profit.”

#CDNPoli #CanPoli

The Gilded Age of Medicine Is Here

Dhruv Khullar writes about the mortal dangers of corporate medicine, the UnitedHealthcare C.E.O.’s murder, and the profit-seeking in health care.

The New Yorker (www.newyorker.com)

@chris
Or a payment in exchange for services rendered…

Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the party of fiscal responsibility:

“Alberta working to get money's worth on Turkish medication deal after 2 years”

#ABPoli #ABHealth

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-turkish-tylenol-deal-1.7404205

@Greengordon

https://www.threads.net/@andrewcoyne

(Not followable on the Fedi)

@newsmast

You may be good at fixing computers, but if you’re not “fixing computers 15 billion miles away in interstellar space” good then take a seat.

#Voyager #NASA

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/science/voyager-1-radio-transmitter-power-supply/index.html

“Spain introduces paid climate leave after deadly floods

Government approves up to four days of paid leave so workers can avoid travelling during weather emergencies”

#ClimateChange #ClimateAction

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/29/spain-paid-climate-leave-floods