Roundup: Delving into Wright’s emails

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Nothing too explosive in the Duffy trial yesterday, but more those emails from Monday are certainly creating a bit of a stir, showing the PMO ignored the scandal for the first while, how Harper’s lawyer ended up disagreeing with Harper on the residency questions, and how Duffy didn’t want to repay anything because it would have made him look guilty, which he certainly didn’t think he was. Most of those players in the emails are still around Harper today. Incidentally, Pamela Wallin’s travel claims also come up in the emails. Andrew Coyne meanwhile has sorted through them and come to a conclusion on his own, so I’ll let him:

https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/631986747455471616

https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/631986757727334400

https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/631986770817732608

https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/631986779369902080

https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/631987013223325696

https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/631987971177058304

https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/631988803641716736

https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/631990423058284544

https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/631994776401903616

https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/631994906102374408

https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/631996316156063745

https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/631996679747731460

https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/631997695675211777

https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/631997702117703680

https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/631997707570311169

https://twitter.com/jenditchburn/status/631888561139286016

https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/631998561178161152

https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/631999339955666944

On the campaign:

  • Stephen Harper reiterated his economic planks of TFSAs and lower taxes.
  • Justin Trudeau made some major policy announcements around First Nations.
  • No events from Thomas Mulcair.

Good reads:

  • Further to the Duffy trial, here are the write-ups from Köhler and Kady O’Malley’s liveblog recap.
  • Aaron Wherry muses about what the Wright emails tell us about the operation of the PMO.
  • John Geddes looks at the Conservative pledge for more money for their anti-drug strategy, which is funny considering how much of the existing funding has lapsed.
  • They’re erecting a new plaque to honour the former chief medical officer of the Department of Indian Affairs for raising concerns about residential schools in 1907.
  • The NDP were caught out trying to pay Punjabi speakers less than English ones at a subcontracted call centre.
  • The Canadian Press’ Baloney Meter™ looks at whether the “terror tourism” ban would be of any use (spoiler: Some Baloney).
  • Emmett Macfarlane tries a bit of a thought exercise in looking at the progressivity of the Liberals and NDP.
  • Colby Cosh looks at Justin Trudeau and his campaign of feelings.

Odds and ends:

The only bio of any Conservative candidate on their website is that of Stephen Harper.

At the Canadian Bar Association meeting, the Chief Justice said that judges are held to account.