Roundup: About those revocations…

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Everyone has been making a big deal about citizenship revocation lately, particularly post-Maryam Monsef birthplace revelation, but as it turns out, the situation is not as black-and-white as presented, particularly in some media depictions like this one from CBC. So the former chief of staff for the department sent out a tweet-storm of context and correction that is worth reading, and shows why it’s wrong to conflate that issue with the other revocations that are taking place. This is also interesting context to add to the questions that John McCallum faced in Senate QP last week where he stated that he’d look into a moratorium on these revocations that are happening without much in the way of due process or an appeal mechanism, but it does shape the issue in a different fashion, so again, it does give pause as to what the moratorium being demanded is really asking for. It’s something to keep an eye on, but for now, here’s that boatload of context for consideration.

Good reads:

  • While RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson may have made a tearful apology for harassment women faced, his tone was dismissive only a couple years ago.
  • Experts can’t explain the drop in the number of electronic surveillance requests by law enforcement agencies in the last year.
  • Apparently the government has been aware of that arcane rule that has certain citizenships “expiring,” but haven’t done anything to fix it.
  • Apparently the US is looking to emulate our private refugee sponsorship programme, because we’re awesome and it works.
  • Some researchers are saying that carbon pricing doesn’t necessarily have to impact on farming (and we don’t all need to become vegetarian).
  • After the defeat of his animal rights bill, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith said supporters should vote against MPs who defeated it – err, except a lot of his fellow Liberals did.
  • The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women inquiry has set up their offices in Vancouver.
  • The government is saying that there should be no more embassies constructed on Sussex Drive after the RCMP flagged security risks along the street.
  • Chris Alexander is trying to soften his image on the “barbaric cultural practices” blunder as he prepares his leadership bid.
  • Paul Wells continues his exploration of the effects of carbon taxes, and how to manage them by making better choices – which is the whole point.

Odds and ends:

NDP MP Christine Moore is pregnant again (and wants to be able to speak and vote remotely, which I’m sorry, but no).

Consumers are concerned about GMOs…because they think they’ll acquire mutant genes by eating them. Unbelievable that MPs want to pander to this.