Roundup: Compromising the GG for clicks

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Last week, the Governor General held a national symposium on online harassment, and invited people who have experienced significant amount of it over the past few years to speak about it.

https://twitter.com/GGCanada/status/1778413516266840314

Of course, the Attorney General, Arif Virani, decided to make some hay around this in order to promote the online harms bill, which may be great for him, but is very bad for the GG, and he should have known that. His staff should have known that and ensured that he didn’t tweet something out that could compromise the GG and her position. The staff at Rideau Hall should have also known this and not invited Virani for this very reason, because come on.

And so, we now have a punch of loudmouths from the pundit class railing about the GG and how she has “endorsed” a controversial bill (which she actually did not), but of course truth doesn’t actually matter to these kinds of loudmouths, whose only goal is to try and embarrass the government. But this government, of course, so desperate to get their content for their socials, ignored all of this and went ahead and tried to co-opt the GG’s event for their own purposes. And of course, they’ll justify this by saying “oops, but we meant well.” Like they always do. The ends justify the means, the rules only apply to bad people, and so on. Every gods damned time with these guys.

Ukraine Dispatch:

Fragments of a downed missile fell over a settlement outside of Dnipro on Sunday, injuring twelve. Ukraine’s military chief has signalled that the battlefield situation on the front lines in the east has significantly deteriorated over the past several days, and that they are attempting to take the town of Chasiv Yar by May 9th, which is when Russia marks Victory Day.

Good reads:

  • Justin Trudeau stopped by the Press Gallery Dinner on Saturday to condemn Iran’s attack on Israel, then left; he then contributed to a joint G7 statement on the matter.
  • Here is a look at what is still missing from the defence policy update, which took two years to complete and still didn’t have these answers.
  • Here is some historical context as to the size of the civil service as well as the deficit and public debt charges, and why the narratives about Trudeau are dubious.
  • Here is a recounting of what was heard over two weeks of public testimony at the foreign interference inquiry.
  • The Ottawa Citizen obtained photos from inside the gutted 24 Sussex.
  • The BC government and the Council of the Haida Nation have signed an agreement formally recognising Haida Gwaii’s Aboriginal title after two decades of legal action.
  • Kevin Carmichael considers Freeland’s task of delivering a budget trying to offer hope in the face of the “vibecession” of dour moods.
  • Althia Raj notes the way in which Poilievre’s framing of issues has been setting the agenda for all of the other leaders, particularly over the past week.
  • Susan Delacourt and Matt Gurney discuss Trudeau’s attempt to regain traction after months being listless and battered by events.
  • My weekend column looks at why the demand for a carbon levy meeting from premiers is nothing but “debate me, bro!” and should be ignored.

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One thought on “Roundup: Compromising the GG for clicks”

  1. Dale, I always appreciate your analysis. For me, any issue that concerns democracy or the health and safety of us all , is not a partisan or both sides issue. This GG discussion was indeed good and important. As is the bill in question, an important one for public safety. Therefore I would not personally fault the Government’s messaging. The LOO certainly has most of the Media giving him a bull horn anytime and place.

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