Roundup: Lies about Brookfield to own the Libs

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For the past couple of days, the Conservatives have been trotting out new talking points about Mark Carney, and the fact that Brookfield Asset Management plans to move their head office to New York, but absolutely everything the Conservatives say about the move is false. The move is because they want easier access to New York stock indexes, but it remains incorporated in Canada, it’s not changing its operations, strategic plans, or tax treatment. Everything that Poilievre and his MPs have said about this is a lie, and they are utterly brazen about it.

Meanwhile, the Conservatives keep trotting out claims of the Liberals’ so-called “economic vandalism,” particularly in the resource sector. But again, this is utter bunkum.

It’s lies all the way down. But does legacy media say absolutely anything? Nope. The Elder Pundits? Are you kidding? They just keep shrugging it off, but when the Liberals stretch credulity with their own talking points? Well, that’s a scandal. Honest to Zeus, you don’t need to recreate what’s happening in the US. There is no “good parts only” version. Stop pretending there is.

Has Poilievre said a truthful thing ever? Nope.Have the Liberals stretched credulity with their recent talking points. Yup. Has the Post ever freaked out about the former as they have the latter? Of course not. There are two standards being applied.

— Dale Smith (@journodale.bsky.social) 2024-11-02T02:30:49.830Z

Ukraine Dispatch

A Russian missile attack on Kharkiv killed a police officer and injured 40 others. Over the course of October, Russia attacked Ukraine with 2,023 drones. Ukraine’s ability to produce more mortar shells is being stymied by a global shortage of explosives. President Zelenskyy is calling on allies to take action to tackle the presence of North Korean troops in Russia before they engage in combat. From Ottawa, South Korea’s foreign minister said that all scenarios are under consideration for aiding Ukraine because the North Koreans have entered the field.

Good reads:

  • Jean-Yves Duclos is asking the Quebec government to account for where federal dollars for “francisation” are going if they are cancelling language classes.
  • The federal crackdown on pregnancy charities won’t apply if they advertise that their services exclude abortion, and that has the NDP fuming.
  • The federal government has made the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments the sole external complaints body for federally-regulated banks.
  • This year’s Silver Cross Mother lost two sons to PTSD after they returned from their deployments to Afghanistan.
  • Elizabeth May is calling on her US counterpart, Jill Stein, to drop out of the race to avoid any splitting of the vote that would prevent Harris from winning.
  • Ontario’s Chief Electoral Officer is looking for more powers to combat disinformation, particularly as AI sludge is more easily created and shared.
  • A dozen Ontario mayors want Doug Ford to use the Notwithstanding Clause for them to clear homeless encampments even when there is no shelter space.
  • Sophie Grégoire Trudeau was at a virtual wellness summit talking about her separation, and the chronic stress she suffered during the marriage.
  • Senator Paula Simons pushes back against the columns claiming the Senate will somehow become an opposition force after a change of government.

Odds and ends:

For National Magazine, I talked to a number of experts to decry why the age verification bill, nearing final debate, is very, very bad law.

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