I was as shocked as anyone else by that iPolitics story, found here. But I suspect many folks in PMO and PCO were surprised, too, and that they are at work at this very minute, fixing it.

Just so there’s no confusion, however, this tweet was my reaction to the iPolitics revelation, which has the potential to cast a shadow over a historic week. And – if you’re a Liberal, too – I urge you to say likewise in comments. Liberals, in particular, need to say that this is not acceptable.

Women doing the same job should earn the same salary as men. From ministers to street sweepers. No exceptions. #cdnpoli

— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) November 6, 2015

UPDATE: As predicted, and as Liz (who got the scoop) reports in comments, it’s being fixed. Good.

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…we will pick up the pieces and meet in Parliament to pick our next, er, Guy! (Or, if they’re smart, gal.)

Has anyone else noticed that the #CPC are picking their interim leader on Guy Fawkes day? #cdnpoli https://t.co/VGfRB1dzEn

— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) November 5, 2015

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About the long-form census move that Stephen Harper made, so many years ago – lifted from this web site way back in January 2011:

“A disastrously dumb move: the mishandling of the communications surrounding the ditching of the long form census…Harper’s PMO turned a coma-inducing topic into a burning front-page controversy for weeks.”

Took half a decade, but Navdeep Bains finally cleaned up the Conservatives’ mess.  Well done.

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Pierre Trudeau’s, that is.

Anyone recognize these young men?

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Weird. Awkward. 

  

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We know who will be Prime Minister. But not the rest of cabinet!

So, before they’re all sworn in this morning, speculate endlessly about who will get what. It may not be accurate, but it’ll be fun!

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There is little that is as pathetic, and as weak, than those of my gender being afraid of strong women. #cdnpoli https://t.co/4BckiuiqKO

— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) November 3, 2015

And the spineless, snivelling front page that set me off:

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Some Canadian media pundits should reflect on his words. June 1965, at Howard University commencement. 

You do not wipe away the scars of centuries by saying: ‘now, you are free to go where you want, do as you desire, and choose the leaders you please.’ You do not take a man who for years has been hobbled by chains, liberate him, bring him to the starting line of a race, saying, “you are free to compete with all the others,” and still justly believe you have been completely fair… This is the next and more profound stage of the battle for civil rights. We seek not just freedom but opportunity—not just legal equity but human ability—not just equality as a right and a theory, but equality as a fact and as a result.

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