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.
On the GG and the online abuse question, this is why it's an issue:
The justice minister is explicitly linking the event to a controversial piece of legislation that's before Parliament.
The GG's allowed herself to get wrapped up in a contentious political debate. Not good. https://t.co/Deln0cOVg3
— Philippe Lagassé (@LagasseSubstack) April 12, 2024
Politicians wont be able to help themselves in situations like this. Their staff, in particular, will make use of any opportunity, any opening to advance their agenda. It's up to the GG's office to not let this stuff happen.
— Philippe Lagassé (@LagasseSubstack) April 12, 2024
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.
The world has everything necessary to stop any missiles, "Shahed" drones, and other forms of terror. It only requires the decisions that can restore true and lasting security.
Ukraine can defeat Russian terror, protect its own life and the life of the entire Europe and other… pic.twitter.com/8vGjxoBAOK
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) April 14, 2024
⚡️ Update: Number of injured in Russian attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast rises to 12.
At least 12 people were injured in the Russian missile attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on April 14, Governor Serhii Lysak reported.https://t.co/0txB6x54eZ
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 14, 2024