@CandiceBergenMP
'βI donβt think we should be asking them to go home,β reads an e-mail from Ms. Bergen to then-leader Erin OβTooleβs senior caucus team on Monday.
βI understand the mood may shift soon. So we need to turn this into the PMβs problem,β the Manitoba MP added in her note.'
#cdnpoli
Former CSIS Director Ward Elcock on
@CBCNews
: "There is no whistleblower. This is an individual who has done enormous damage and ought to be prosecuted."
Former Harper policy director Rachel Curran (and one-time regular
@PnPCBC
panelist) shut down her Twitter account, after comparing today's
#TruckersConvoy2022
protest in
#Ottawa
to Canada Day festivities.
@ChantalHbert
: "I am old-fashioned: If you call a motion of non-confidence that could throw the country into an election, you should show up for the vote."
#cdnpoli
#PierrePoilievre
PMJT: "I am impressed to see the high esteem in which the member from Carleton seems to hold me, that I was able to create a global inflation crisis..."
#QP
#cdnpoli
#justintrudeau
#JustinTrudeau
: "Let's be clear, this Conservative leader has no long-term vision for this country with or without glasses. It takes more than a couple of bags of McDonald's to feed Canadians."
#cdnpoli
#QP
@CandiceBergenMP
What prompts you to post this video?
Anything happen recently?
In case you forgot, the party you lead was founded in 2003, not 1867 or 1942.
In case you forgot, it was a Liberal government that led Canada through World War II.
#cdnpoli
@SenJeffMerkley
@realDonaldTrump
Isn't this exactly the sort of government tyranny and overreach that the NRA & "freedom-loving gun owners" have vowed to oppose? Where are their voices?
@jordanbpeterson
Reposting this nonsense?
"But only a small number of the signatories are climate scientists, some have links to the oil industry or climate-skeptic organizations, and the claims have been widely debunked."
@LaureenHarper
That moment when Pierre Poilievre, without a trace of self-irony, tells the 22 Minutes comedian "You'll have to earn a living rather than getting it from taxpayers' money" is pretty revealing and priceless.
@ChantalHbert
nails it: "The notion that
#PierrePoilievre
will not be able to attack the government if he goes and finds out what the big picture looks like is kind of saying 'I don't want to know more because it allows me to say just about anything I want.'"
#cdnpoli
#pnpcbc
Astute commentary by
@ChantalHbert
on Thursday night's
@AtIssueCBC
panel: "I think a number of things are happening. None of them good for Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives. (...)
@RepHerrell
In Canada, as in the United States, politicians do not direct police. Thus, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not directing police actions in downtown Ottawa.
Latest police actions come after a 3-week occupation of the downtown of Canada's national capital.
@acoyne
This seems like a good moment to recall that 5 years ago, Pierre Poilievre entered into a compliance agreement with Elections Canada to avoid possible prosecution under the Canada Elections Act.
Powerful, timely words of warning by Mark Carney: "Demolition is not a plan. And slogans, denials, and defeatism won't make our businesses more competitive, and they won't grow jobs at home."
#PierrePoilievre
#cdnpoli
π₯When politicians like
@PierrePoilievre
claim our great democracies are broken, it's not because they want to fix them. It's because they want a license to demolish.π₯
Former BOC governor
@MarkJCarney
: "It's a model that has been used time and time again. Create an external
@RepHerrell
You might consider getting your information on events in
#Ottawa
from someone who actually bothers learning how to pronounce the name of that city:
375 K views & climbing. As at least one person noted, for
#PierrePoilievre
to label a journo as "tax-funded" is pretty rich.
He's been on the public payroll since age 25, qualified for a full pension at age 31, & now lives rent-free in
#Stornoway
, all courtesy of π¨π¦ taxpayers.
@IanDMorrison
@JustinTrudeau
So PMJT is referring to a subset of anti-vaxxers, not all anti-vaxxers, and certainly not all his political opponents, nor "everyone who disagrees with him" in Melissa Lantsman's words.
It is the host who uses the term "extremistes," which PMJT neither endorses nor rejects.
Ridiculous commentary. It's a free country. As a former Prime Minister, Kim Campbell was asked for her perspective on the current state of politics in this country. She is perfectly entitled to comment on Pierre Poilievre.
"Although she has every right to think and say what she wants, Kim Campbell is in no position, given her own record, to comment on another political leader," writes
@matthewsconway
#cdnpoli
#ParlCA
This is bonkers: "The law society also confirmed that Mulroney was called to the bar in accordance with the provisions of Ontarioβs Barristers Act. The Ford government amended the act in 2021 β after Mulroney had been shuffled to the Transportation Ministry β to state...
This is an utter, old school scandal.
βCaroline Mulroney was called to the Ontario bar just three days before the Ford government announced she was getting a special title for lawyers that has been widely denounced as a patronage honour.β
I just received my 2nd Moderna booster vaccine, and I feel good! I am still going to wear my mask and keep my distance because the virus ainβt over, Fool! Grrr
Let me see if I can get this straight: the people of downtown Ottawa were a bunch of huge crybabies for not wanting to put up with weeks of honking 24/7, but how dare that mean Trudeau call hard-core anti-vaxxers names?
"Hey, sir. I think Ukrainians can tell you a little bit about freedom and liberty so why don't you settle down! This is a night for them. NOT for you!"
"...but let people celebrate that
#UKraine
is still standing and Canada stands with it!" -
@JustinTrudeau
@PierrePoilievre
How do you square your extreme stance on bodily autonomy when it comes to vaccines and vaccine mandates with your opposition to drug decriminalization?
You can't.
Decriminalizing deadly drug use is the opposite of compassionate.
Those struggling with addiction need treatment & recovery.
Drug dealers need strong policing & tough sentences.
Yes,
@ShachiKurl
, I and many other Ottawans who lived through it would want to call what happened to our city in late-winter 2022 an "occupation."
#pnpcbc
From his hometown newspaper: "From tackling climate change to adopting the Canada Food Guide, Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer is demonstrating an anti-science, anti-expertise mindset thatβs deeply troubling from a would-be prime minister."
#cdnpoli
#elxn43
"Charlie Angus" also claiming the Prime Minister was twice "found guilty" by the Ethics Commissioner. Try to find the word "guilty" in either EC's report. You won't.
#FINA
This is a shameless lie: it is not "Justin Trudeau's Port Authority of Vancouver," & the Rolling Truck Age Program has been in place since 2012, when Stephen Harper was PM.
"The portβs decision [to go ahead with the program] is backed by the B.C. Trucking Association."
Trudeau is forcing thousands of Vancouver truckers to get rid of their older trucks & buy new ones for $250,000 if they want to ship to & from the city's port.
Help Conservatives fight back here:
@PierrePoilievre
It's actually House Speaker Anthony Rota who objects to use of the term "JustinFlation": "Speaker Anthony Rota repeatedly chastised Tory MPs this week for breaking the rules, asking them to "correct the error" when their "play on words" was indirectly violating procedure. (...)
I watched
@erinotoole
's presser, and I am still in the dark as to what a Conservative government would have done differently to "secure an adequate supply of vaccines in January and February" and where the current government failed in this regard.
#cdnpoli
So far, no Tweet from Ottawa MP
@PierrePoilievre
on the ice storm of the last few days that downed hundreds of trees and left 1000s without electricity in Canada's national capital.
@ABDanielleSmith
Your own Forestry & Parks Ministry: βNone of the large-scale wildfires that threatened communities in Alberta this season were determined to be caused by arson. More than 70 per cent of large wildfires were caused by lightningβ
@CandiceBergenMP
A reminder: βI donβt think we should be asking them to go home,β reads an e-mail from Ms. Bergen to then-leader Erin OβTooleβs senior caucus team on Monday.
βI understand the mood may shift soon. So we need to turn this into the PMβs problem,β the Manitoba MP added in her note.'
@PierrePoilievre
You've been a Member of Parliament collecting a six-figure salary since you turned 25 and earned a full pension when you turned 31.
Which sounds pretty "elite" to me.
The best days of my life are the ones Iβve spent outside with my kids. Theyβre who I think about when the fight to protect our planet gets tough.
Theyβre who I want to leave a better world to.
#EarthDay
@AndrewScheer
If you are pointing to passport delays as evidence of government's unfitness for purpose, someone could just as easily point to the recent Rogers outages as evidence of private sector mismanagement.
The harm in that case went well beyond one cancelled summer trip.
@ThatEricAlper
A runner-up: "Let me correct you on a couple things, Otto, OK? Aristotle was not Belgian, the central message of Buddhism is not 'every man for himself', and the London Underground is not a political movement. Those are all mistakes, Otto. I looked them up."
Classless of
@AndrewScheer
to label
@ElizabethMay
's distancing-related concerns about reconvening Parliament as "ridiculous" on
@PnPCBC
after she agreed to his wife & 5 kids joining her and Carla Qualtrough on a 9-seat Challenger jet. What a jerk!
@LorneNystrom
#pnpcbc
#PierrePoilievre
: "Trudeau's ruinous carbon tax is driving Canadians to the poor house."
Also Pierre Poilievre: "May I interest you in my overpriced merch?"
Speaker twice cautions (in both English and French)
@PierrePoilievre
about not referring to the Prime Minister by his name (PP made a crack about "Justinflation" in English and then repeated it in French ("justeinflation")).
#QP
#cdnpoli
@stephenharper
I can't help but notice that you didn't mention the words "Muslim," "Islam," or "Islamophobia" in your Tweet. We see you Stephen Harper. We remember how you & yr party blew the "scary Muslims" dog whistle in the 2015 election to save your political hide (it didn't work).
"[Justin Trudeau] came to office in November, 2015, with an ambitious agenda. That ambition has been largely realized. While the costs have been substantial, Canada is a different country from what he inherited. In the main, it is better." Surprising words from
@JohnIbbitson
.
Wow. A balanced and honest column from a conservative pundit. No toxic rhetoric, or cheap shots. Just unvarnished observation. βIf Justin Trudeau wanted to be known as a transformative prime minister, he succeeded.β Well worth reading.
@RaquelDancho
Please explain how a decision by Correctional Service Canada, which Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has condemned, is somehow Prime Minister Trudeau's fault.
Our thoughts are with the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, and everyone affected by Paul Bernardo's horrific crimes.
My statement on his transfer:
Canada has AAA/Aaa credit ratings from 3/4 credit ratings agencies, so apparently they didn't get the memo about a financial disaster.
Speaking of futures, what's your party's plan to address the climate crisis?
#cdnpoli
Bad News: Trudeau has brought us to the edge of a financial disaster.
Good News: Itβs not too late to avoid it.
Ultimately, it will be up to you, the voter. Which future do you want for our country?
@PierrePoilievre
It might surprise you to learn this, but Canadians do have access to information about other countries and can see that inflation in general, and food price inflation in particular, is at least as high in peer countries:
@JustinTrudeau
... And under the Budapest Memorandum of 1994, under which Ukraine surrendered the nuclear weapons on its territory in exchange for security assurances from Russia.
@AndrewScheer
@MarkJCarney
Private citizen Mark Carney "has an obligation to come clean with Canadians" says the one-time PM hopeful who misrepresented his professional experience & didn't disclose a second citizenship.
Give us a break.
#MatthewPerry
's mother Suzanne was press secretary to former Prime Minister (and father of our current PM) Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
Perry and Justin Trudeau (who is two years his junior) both attended Rockcliffe Park Public School in Ottawa.
#RIPMatthewPerry
#RIPChandler
Matthew Perryβs passing is shocking and saddening. Iβll never forget the schoolyard games we used to play, and I know people around the world are never going to forget the joy he brought them. Thanks for all the laughs, Matthew. You were loved β and you will be missed.
"Historians, [Mulroney] said, will reflect positively on Trudeauβs βremarkableβ handling of the pandemic, deft renegotiation of the NAFTA free trade pact, and steadfast support of Ukraine against the Russian invasion."
#cdnpoli
@PierrePoilievre
So now David Johnston is a "former Governor General"?
And here I thought he was a Liberal stooge and a former neighbour and ski buddy of Justin Trudeau's.
Former
@CMOH_Alberta
James Talbot on
@PnPCBC
: "I really hope that the Minister sees himself as the Minister of Health for all Albertans, and not as the Minister of Health for the United Conservative Party."
#pnpcbc
@AndrewScheer
"Trudeau has never had to worry about balancing a family budget," says the guy living in the 34-room taxpayer-supplied Rockcliffe mansion with cook and chauffeur, and earning a $255,000 annual salary. Give us a break.
#Cdnpoli
@AndrewScheer
And "government sucks and is terrible at everything" is sort of an odd stance from the guy who not so long ago sought the top government job in the country.
@ChantalHbert
: "The Conservative Party is telling its members that it is now a personality cult and that that will now be apparent on every membership card."
@bruceanderson
: "If anything goes wrong, these turn into Ken doll-type jokes."
#cdnpoli
#PierrePoilievre
@PierrePoilievre
- Justin Trudeau has been Prime Minister for < 7 years, 4 months, not 8 years.
- Licensing of medical professionals is governed by provincial licensing bodies, not by the federal government.
@PierrePoilievre
"...there was a consensus that governments should balance the budget unless there was a recession..."
That's some nice revisionist history.
Stephen Harper's gov't inherited a $13.8 billion surplus from the previous Liberal gov't and turned it into a $55.6B deficit in 4 years.
@PremierScottMoe
@jkenney
"destructive NDP government"
Under Rachel Notley's NDP, Alberta led Canada in economic growth in 2017.
I also don't recall her government blowing 1.3$ billion on a bad pipeline investment.
@PierrePoilievre
The only taxes going up is the luxury tax on boats, private planes, and luxury cars. The carbon price is not a tax, and rebates more to lower-income households than they spend. CPP and EI premiums are not taxes. Higher taxes actually fight inflation, lowering them makes it worse.
@IanDMorrison
@JustinTrudeau
The source for the claim appears to be this interview PMJT gave in Sept. 2021 on a Quebec talk show. He refers to a subset of anti-vaxxers as "souvent misogynes, souvent racistes aussi." It is the host Julie Snyder who interjects, "Ils sont extremistes":
@AndrewScheer
The "sky high taxes" claim is BS. The following article predates the latest round of income tax cuts adopted in the current parliament. Canada has the lowest debt-to-GDP ratio in the G7 and AAA ratings from credit ratings agencies. Those are facts.
@acoyne
This is the same Conservative MP who insists that the Nazis were really socialists because their party was called the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
Tax revenues as % of GDP
Denmark 46%
France 45%
Sweden 44%
Italy 43%
Norway 38%
Germany 38%
Iceland 36%
Spain 34%
UK 33%
NZ 32%
Canada 32%
πΊπΈUS 26%
@PierrePoilievre
The House of Commons has long dictated that members of Parliament must use each other's titles during debate, but never their first names β so anything that deliberately includes "Justin," the prime minister's first name, is out."