Roundup: Tagging the misogynists to own the Libs

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News broke yesterday morning from Global that videos on Pierre Poilievre’s YouTube channel contained hidden tags including #mgtow (Men Going Their Own Way), which is considered so misogynistic that even Reddit has banned it. This anti-feminist movement includes incels who have perpetrated mass murder in this country. But it’s not like Poilievre hasn’t been playing footsies with other extremist elements in this country, right? Right?

https://twitter.com/StephanieCarvin/status/1578020907876249600

In the wake of the revelation, Poilievre was forced to address it in Question Period, where he denounced the “organisation,” which isn’t an organisation, and said that he denounces misogyny, and then began engaging in whataboutism and trying to attack the prime minister instead. There was no actual apology, and his insistence that because he ensured that the tags were removed and he denounced misogyny, that’s enough. His caucus was telling media on their way out of the West Block that Poilievre “took responsibility” and that was more than Trudeau ever did, which is wrong on both counts. There was no responsibility taken—mere hours later, Poilievre’s office said they weren’t going to investigate and basically shrugged about who could have possibly done this (the answer is starting to look pretty obvious), and he has done zero work of trying to remedy his tendency of flirting with these extremist elements, whereas Trudeau has put in the work when it comes to combatting racism.

Ukraine Dispatch, Day 225:

Russian forces shelled an apartment block in Zaporizhzhia, in spite of the fact that they “annexed” the territory, while the Ukrainian counter-offensive continues. Sweden, meanwhile, has found evidence of detonations along the Nordstream pipelines, pointing to Russian sabotage.

Good reads:

  • The bill to double the GST credit passed the Commons unanimously yesterday.
  • Pascale St-Onge is calling on Hockey Canada’s leadership to step down before they burn their organisation to the ground (though it may be too late for that).
  • Pablo Rodriguez is pushing back against Google’s attempt to mobilise against the online streaming bill and its claims about its algorithms.
  • Harjit Sajjan has further increased what the government is donating to flood relief in Pakistan as part of its matching funds.
  • A briefing from Indigenous Services says that mandating building and fire codes on First Nations communities would be impossible to enforce, and need more funding.
  • Global Affairs is being called out for gross mismanagement after an abusive executive was promoted rather than be taken to task.
  • The Chief of Defence Staff has ordered a halt to non-essential activities in order to focus on boosting retention and recruitment, as operational readiness is suffering.
  • The RCMP have clarified that only Myles Sanderson was responsible for the stabbings in Saskatchewan, as a joint review of his case is being launched.
  • The National Supply Chain Task Force tabled its report with 21 recommendations on addressing delays, particularly around needing more skilled labour.
  • Unions representing oil and gas workers want more federal money to finance a clean energy transition, never mind that their companies are rolling in money.
  • The three Conservative MPs who were conspicuously absent during the vote on the “conscience rights” bill claim that they all support it.
  • Nova Scotia premier Tim Houston wants the Speaker to resign and a new one to be voted in. The Speaker says he’s not resigning. This is all very unusual and improper.
  • Danielle Smith won the UCP leadership on the sixth ballot, and now the clown show can really begin. Oof.

Odds and ends:

https://twitter.com/Garossino/status/1578239709490601985

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