Just brutal.
WATCH: Jason Kenney invited us to look at his record – so we did. Anyone who brags about barring people from saying their final goodbyes to their loved ones in hospital is just not fit to be Premier. #ableg #abvote pic.twitter.com/XBNgfGsPCI
— albertaNDP (@albertaNDP) March 20, 2019
Good on her. She’s got guts and integrity to spare.
We haven’t heard the last from Celina.
Whitby, Ont. MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes has quit the Liberal caucus and will sit as an independent.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the decision after the weekly caucus meeting.
“I have just been notified by my office that Celina Caesar-Chavannes has decided to sit as an independent. I want to thank her for her service to the Liberal Party and to her constituents, and wish her the best in her continued service to her constituents,” he said.
Caesar-Chavannes already had announced she will not seek re-election in the October election.
She told the Globe and Mail that when she first told Trudeau about her plan not to run, he became hostile towards her.
“He was yelling. He was yelling that I didn’t appreciate him, that he’d given me so much,” Caesar-Chavannes told the newspaper.
The Prime Minister’s Office insisted that Trudeau displayed “absolutely no hostility” in the exchange.
THREAD. A member of the Team Trudeau campaign secretly follows around two former cabinet ministers on budget day, and takes photos of them when they meet with others. Without consent, without approval. And then he gives the photos to a reporter friendly with Team Trudeau.
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 20, 2019
On the journalism fund: Canada has some of he best journalists in the world. Count on them to go out of their way to show they can’t be bought. #cdnpoli
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 19, 2019
On housing affordability for first time buyers: this is the millionth time we’ve heard this promise since 1990. Like we’ve heard the broadband promise. Which is also in here. #cdnpoli
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 19, 2019
On the national pharmacare program: sure, it’s in the budget – but it isn’t funded. Try getting your meds for free next time you’re at Shoppers. That’s kind of what Trudeau is suggesting. #cdnpoli
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 19, 2019
On their economic record: well, they solemnly promised the budget would be balanced this year. It isn’t. It won’t be, for years. I would therefore advise against talking about “economic record.” #cdnpoli
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 19, 2019
On the efforts of the #CPC and the #NDP to shut down the budget speech: they’re doing exactly what they should be doing. The Rule of Law matters way more than a bullshit election-year budget. Way . #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/7MNtq310Cp
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 19, 2019
The Liberals are right about one thing: Canadians have “reached a conclusion” in the #LavScam scandal.
It’s a “conclusion” they won’t like on Election Day, however.
Liberal MPs on justice committee release letter saying, "as committee members, we have achieved our objectives with respect to these meetings…we believe that all rules and laws were followed. Canadians now have the necessary information to arrive at a conclusion." #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/1KYekybLeI
— Power & Politics (@PnPCBC) March 18, 2019
Did a hit on @NEWSTALK1010 on the overdue, justified resignation of top Ottawa bureaucrat Michael Wernick. Me: he had stopped sounding like a non-partisan – he sounded like he worked at PMO. And, he may have been a civil servant – but he wasn't civil nearly enough. #LavScam
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 18, 2019
@JustinTrudeau's choice of @joycemurray as Treasury Board President confirms that @Puglaas was demoted/fired. When @scottbrison departed, Murray – who had been Brison's P.S. since '15 – could have easily been made Treasury Board President then. More #LavScam dishonesty. #cdnpoli
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 18, 2019
On the one hand, I oppose politicians’ condolence social media messages, because they too often become a substitute for action. On the other hand, I support them, because if they make even one person feel better, they’re worth it.
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 18, 2019
Talk is cheap.
If the Trudeau government is serious about stopping the spread of hate, here’s something they can do this week.
Will they? (Oh, and one Minister was looking at ways to bring back a version of section 13. Guess who she was?)
The federal government’s words about combatting hate are fine. But they need to match words and action. So: bring back section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act now. It was a #LPC MP who championed its repeal under a #CPC government. So, fix it. https://t.co/cqKM1A5DM5 #cdnpoli
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 17, 2019