Roundup: Anand asking the right questions

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Defence minister Anita Anand was making the rounds this weekend, and talked a lot about further examination of what has been going on in the military, whether to refer past cases of misconduct to civilian investigators for a second look, and about whether it makes sense to have the military ombudsman report to Parliament (spoiler: It does not because Parliament is not in the chain of command, as explained in this column I wrote).

Nevertheless, this is all looking more and more like an indirect indictment of the job Harjit Sajjan was doing as minister, as professor Steve Saideman explains:

Good reads:

  • The government is evacuating non-essential personnel and families from their embassy in Ethiopia as the country’s civil war gets worse.
  • Steven Guilbeault says that 20 percent of Canada’s climate funding will be earmarked to addressing the loss in biodiversity.
  • Mark Miller says he is “dumbfounded” by the decision to abandon the appeal to get Catholic Churches to pay residential school survivors during the transition in 2015.
  • The Star delves into what has become of the so-called “reset” of our relationship with China, and why the government resists the term.
  • Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Maklem reiterates that what is driving inflation right now is transitory, but will likely stick around for longer than hoped.
  • The RCMP still haven’t tendered a contract for body-worn cameras, in spite of their looming deadline to start deploying them.
  • CBC has an explainer about parliamentary secretaries and what they do.
  • Susan Delacourt sits down with new foreign minister Mélanie Joly and talks about her political trajectory, her preparation for this post, and her fertility treatments.
  • Chantal Hébert suspects that the furore over Air Canada’s CEO’s comments that were dismissive of French will have political repercussions for Trudeau.
  • Althia Raj thinks that the Liberals should adopt the (garbage) Reform Act provisions to send a message to their leader, but probably won’t. Because it’s garbage.

Odds and ends:

Here is the tale of a 97-year-old veteran, finally able to talk about her job of transcribing Japanese codes during the war.

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  1. The CBC headline about Miller is intentionally misleading. It makes it look like it was Trudeau’s government responsible for the Catholic Church settlement decision instead of another Harper time bomb left on the incoming government’s desk. Those calling to turf Trudeau/LPC over the single issue of the reconciliation file would do well to remember that Harper’s party had it “not on their radar”. (Also the NDP will never form government.) This government hasn’t been perfect but literally no other government placed it as much of a priority in 150+ years of Confederation. Why can’t they say Harper? Is he like Voldemort or are they running interference through selective amnesia? It’s almost like the power structure embedded in the media and all other institutions deliberately wants the Liberals to fail.

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