Roundup: Carney out, no need to panic

Posted on by

To the dismay of the bulk of the pundit class, Mark Carney says he has other climate-related commitments and won’t be running for a seat in the next election. In response, Pierre Poilievre tweeted that Carney is afraid of running because Trudeau will cause a financial meltdown, and Carney will try to blame it on Freeland. It’s just so stupid, and yet this is the state of public discourse in this country.

To be clear, there is no financial meltdown going to happen. Yes, there are challenges that need to be addressed, but let’s be real here.

https://twitter.com/kevinmilligan/status/1417623876880588800

https://twitter.com/kevinmilligan/status/1417625158450225153

Good reads:

  • At a mosque in Hamilton, Justin Trudeau said that Canadian’s can’t just rely on government to combat hate crimes, and that everyone has a role to play.
  • Trudeau also said that they are aware of complaints that Muslim charities are being targeted by the CRA and they will “examine their processes.”
  • In a separate interview, Trudeau says he’s angry that no one told him about the 2018 General Vance allegations, but seriously, that’s his minister’s responsibility.
  • Seamus O’Regan is launching a three-month consultation process for the government’s long-awaited just transition legislation for oil and gas workers.
  • Catherine McKenna announced another $1.4 billion being added to the climate mitigation fund.
  • Members of the border advisory panel say that the newly announced measures aren’t all of their recommendations, but that they strike the right balance.
  • CBSA members are contemplating a strike action just before the border is slated to reopen, given that they haven’t had a contract since June 2018.
  • In a written statement, Elizabeth May says she has no involvement with those targeting Annamie Paul, but offered only a half-hearted endorsement of Paul.
  • BC has declared a state of emergency over the growing wildfire threat, and more members of the Canadian Forces are en route to assist.
  • Colby Cosh contextualizes the debate in Manitoba about Pallister’s comments about residential schools, and how they related to how genocides happen.
  • Robert Hiltz gives a list of angry recommendations for what needs to happen in Ontario to hold long-term care providers accountable for the deaths in their care.
  • My column traces the problems with Bill C-208, from bad drafting to unclear implementation that left the government scrambling to fix the problem it created.

Odds and ends:

For the CBA’s National Magazine, I took a look at the growing problem of ransomware, and whether paying ransoms should be made illegal.

Want more Routine Proceedings? Become a patron and get exclusive new content.

2 thoughts on “Roundup: Carney out, no need to panic”

  1. These ‘toxic work’ stories are getting old. They are always so vague to protect the anonymity, but what I as the reader am do with that. Brave would be putting your name to it and saying what actually happened. Brave would going through all the channels available to these staffers, but a complaint to their union or HR where their boss would have a chance to respond and unlike journalists, they’d have to answer all the questions.

    Also, but not for nothing, didn’t JWR have a terrible rep as a boss and have among the highest staff turnover when she was on the frontbench?

    • JWR went through *four* chiefs of staff and refused to relinquish her office after the last election. But she gets to hide behind her designation as “InDiGeNoUs RoYaLtY” to cover for what a self-serving capital-B witch of the west Fraser Institute brat she really is. SNC was a red herring to cover for the fact that she was livid Trudeau sided with Bennett on the Reconciliation file. She won’t rest until she’s burned the whole country down in revenge. Hell hath no fury like a toxic narcissist scorned.

      I’m sure the white saviour of Timmins will run to cape for her soon enough just like he did the last go-around. All I want for Christmas, is for all of these drama queen media addicts to SHUT UP.

Comments are closed.