<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Sudan – Routine Proceedings</title> <atom:link href="https://www.routineproceedings.com/tag/sudan/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.routineproceedings.com</link> <description>The adventures of a Press Gallery journalist</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 21:29:45 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-CA</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <image> <url>https://www.routineproceedings.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-DSmith-2024-32x32.jpg</url> <title>Sudan – Routine Proceedings</title> <link>https://www.routineproceedings.com</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">34256478</site> <item> <title>QP: The worst Halloween-themed response imaginable</title> <link>https://www.routineproceedings.com/2024/10/31/qp-the-worst-halloween-themed-response-imaginable/</link> <comments>https://www.routineproceedings.com/2024/10/31/qp-the-worst-halloween-themed-response-imaginable/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dale]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 21:29:45 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Question Period]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Competition Bureau]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CRA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dental Care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[First Nations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pensions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Privacy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Supply Management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tough on Crime]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.routineproceedings.com/?p=12855</guid> <description><![CDATA[Neither the PM nor his deputy were present today, which was probably just as well considering what an absolute pathetic mess yesterday’s QP turned out to be. Most of the other leaders were also absent, but Pierre Poilievre was present … <a href="https://www.routineproceedings.com/2024/10/31/qp-the-worst-halloween-themed-response-imaginable/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Neither the PM nor his deputy were present today, which was probably just as well considering what an absolute pathetic mess yesterday’s QP turned out to be. Most of the other leaders were also absent, but Pierre Poilievre was present and started off in French, and he selectively quoted the GDP figures released this morning, and claimed this was the government “destroying” the economy. Jean-Yves Duclos noted that inflation, interest rates and unemployment are all down, but it being Halloween, children should be afraid that Poilievre refuses to get his security clearance. Poilievre countered that diminishing paycheques are what is scary, took credit for all housing starts when he was “minister,” and demanded the government accept his GST proposal. Duclos noted that children could count to six, which were the number of affordable housing units he built as “minister” (not really true), and repeated the security clearance point. Poilievre switched to English to repeat his selective economic doom and demanded an election, to which Randy Boissonnault recited the good economic news about inflation. Poilievre gave some specious comparisons to American economic data, and this time Boissonnault recited the security clearance talking points. Poilievre continued to make facile and false claims about the economy, and demanded the government cut taxes. Boissonnault recited a bunch of non sequitur talking points about foreign direct investment in return.</p> <p>Claude DeBellefeuille led for the Bloc, and demanded the government enrich OAS for all seniors, to which Marc Miller noted that the Bloc has consistently all measures the government has put forward to help seniors, including dental care. DeBellefeuille took a swipe at Duclos before repeating the demand, and this time Duclos said that they are simply looking for problems before noting that they have reduced seniors’ poverty since they came to office, and offered a warning about cozying up to Conservatives.</p> <p>Alexandre Boulerice rose for the NDP to worry about software used by landlords to raise rents, and demanded an inquiry be launched. François-Philippe Champagne said he would ask the Competition Bureau do just that with the new powers they have been given. Bonita Zarrillo demanded the same in English, and Champagne repeated that they are going to ask the Bureau to do so.</p> <p><span id="more-12855"></span>Round two, and Michael Chong returned to the economic nonsense about a “per capita recession,” which is not a Thing (Turnbull: We lead the G7 in achieving a soft-landing from global inflation and we have seen four rate cuts; Our fiscal discipline has allowed our inflation to drop faster, while wages have been outpacing inflation), Jamil Jivani read more of the same talking points (Champagne: Look at all of the investments we have attracted; Lamoureux: Ten years ago Dean Del Mastro was found guilty of election interference), and Gérard Deltell gave the same in French (Duclos: Your seat-mate should apologise in the House for his comments about French; Inflation is down, interest rates are down, dental care exists, and your seat-mate needs to apologise).</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">These economic doom talking points could easily have been countered if someone on the government side actually read this morning’s StatsCan data and could cite it. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/QP?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#QP</a></p> <p>— Dale Smith (@journo_dale) <a href="https://twitter.com/journo_dale/status/1852057010369433637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jivani’s economic talking points were completely illiterate, but could the government actually point that out? Of course not. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/QP?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#QP</a> <a href="https://t.co/YEP3GVPOLw">pic.twitter.com/YEP3GVPOLw</a></p> <p>— Dale Smith (@journo_dale) <a href="https://twitter.com/journo_dale/status/1852058061617131903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p>Jean-Denis Garon raised the recent hacks at CRA (Bibeau: The agency is vigilant and the affected accounts are blocked; The law prevents us from discussing specific cases; We did what was necessary in COVID).</p> <p>Lantsman cited the praise for the GST cut plan (Fragiskatos: If you’re quoting Moffatt, you should include the full quote where he said not to cut the programmes they are promising to; Your own MPs advocated for money from these programmes that you want to cut), and Eric Melillo read his own talking points for the same (Fragiskatos: Here are things these programmes you want to cut are doing).</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fragiskatos: If you are going to quote <a href="https://twitter.com/MikePMoffatt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MikePMoffatt</a>, you should read the full quote. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/QP?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#QP</a></p> <p>— Dale Smith (@journo_dale) <a href="https://twitter.com/journo_dale/status/1852059877113299057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p>Leah Gazan demanded the government adopt her bill on residential school denialism (Anandasangaree: I want to acknowledge the report from the special interlocutor, and we will study it), and Lisa Marie Barron demanded and end to oil and gas subsidies (Guilbeault: We are the only G7 country to have eliminated the subsidies).</p> <p>Round three saw questions on the carbon levy versus food bank use (Guilbeault: None of that is true and the PBO confirmed eight out ten households get more back; If you want to talk about Jasper, you invested zero in fire mitigation when you were in power; Turnbull: Kids should be afraid of the cuts the Conservatives will make and his refusal to get a security clearance; Lamoureux: Your leader needs to get his security clearance; Lebouthillier: You guys are all about chop, chop, chop; Duclos: You talk about hungry children but won’t support a school food programme; ), senators not passing the Supply Management bill (Bibeau: Respect institutions; Duclos: You should be careful about cozying up to Conservatives), the opioid crisis in Belleville (Saks: I met with the mayor and all stakeholders involved, and why we launched the emergency treatment fund; You cut the drug treatment fund by two-thirds when your party was in power), churches being targeted by criminals (O’Connell: Everyone deserves to be safe, which is why we have provided more funding for places of worship to put in place additional measures), families trapped in Sudan (Miller: We worked with families to devise this programme and we helped get 9000 people out of the country), and the Canadian woman who died in a Syrian detention camp rather than repatriate her (Oliphant: Our thoughts are with her children, and we are treating this situation with seriousness and urgency).</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Whichever genius in the PMO who decided that “It’s Halloween and kids should be afraid that Poilievre won’t get his security clearance” was a good idea needs to rethink their life choices. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/QP?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#QP</a> <a href="https://t.co/Clzgcc4FST">pic.twitter.com/Clzgcc4FST</a></p> <p>— Dale Smith (@journo_dale) <a href="https://twitter.com/journo_dale/status/1852063951741501512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Speaker Fergus gently admonishes the Bloc for their disparaging language about the Senate. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/QP?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#QP</a></p> <p>— Dale Smith (@journo_dale) <a href="https://twitter.com/journo_dale/status/1852064286060818671?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p>Overall, there weren’t quite as many Halloween-themed questions as I feared there were going to be, but that didn’t stop the Liberals from making the absolute worst Halloween-themed responses, where several responses from ministers and parliamentary secretaries recited that “Children should be scared that the leader of the opposition won’t get his security clearance.” Are. You. Kidding. Me? I know you think the security clearance issue is a winner, but framing it in this way was absolutely beyond the pale. Whoever thought this was cute or a good idea needs to rethink their life choices, or possibly get into the sea.</p> <p>As for the economic talking points from the Conservatives, they were easily refuted if anyone from the government had bothered to <a href="https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/241031/dq241031a-eng.htm?HPA=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">read the StatsCan release</a> and just quote it back—that weakness in August data was because auto plants were on maintenance shutdown and retooling, and the rail lockouts, which the government can claim to have ended once it was legally permissible to do so. Weakness in the July data? Thank the wildfires that climate change has wrought. This is easily enough done within the 30-seconds allotted, and Jean-Yves Duclos is a renowned economist and could use his credibility to actually give a substantive rebuke of Poilievre’s cherry-picked nonsense, but instead, Duclos recites the awful talking points given to him with that bemused smile on his face. People keep thinking Poilievre is some great economic mind because he quotes these figures (misleadingly, out of context) and the government just keeps handing him the win there. They could and should be doing something to bring accuracy to the table, but refuse to in favour of mind-numbing pabulum and I just don’t get it.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/QP?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#QP</a> these days. <a href="https://t.co/rQSA37gpr1">https://t.co/rQSA37gpr1</a></p> <p>— Dale Smith (@journo_dale) <a href="https://twitter.com/journo_dale/status/1852051999476404510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p>Sartorially speaking, snaps go out to <a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/james-bezan(25475)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Bezan</a> for a navy suit with a white shirt with a yellow and blue diamond patterned tie and a matching yellow pocket square, and to <a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/iqra-khalid(88849)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iqra Khalid</a> for a tailored navy suit with a white button-up top.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Style citations go out to <a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/anita-vandenbeld(71738)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anita Vandenbeld</a> for her black top with wizard sleeves and giant roses across it with black slacks, and to <a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/denis-trudel(88530)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Denis Trudel</a> for an off-white jacket over a light blue shirt and matching-toned striped tie with black slacks. Dishonourable mention goes out to <a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/anna-roberts(105191)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anna Roberts</a> for a dark yellow jacket over a dark blue top and black slacks, and to <a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/brenda-shanahan(88442)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brenda Shanahan</a> for a mustard turtleneck with a dark grey vest and black slacks.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Special mention goes out to <a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/charles-sousa(114349)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Charles Sousa</a>, for his novelty Halloween jacket—black with blue-grey skull and crossbones patterns across it with a black shirt, tie and slacks.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://www.routineproceedings.com/2024/10/31/qp-the-worst-halloween-themed-response-imaginable/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">12855</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Roundup: At least one Speaker is laying down the law</title> <link>https://www.routineproceedings.com/2024/04/16/roundup-at-least-one-speaker-is-laying-down-the-law/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dale]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 09:32:57 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Political Roundup]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Belarus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Budget 2024]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dental Care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Federalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Procurement]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.routineproceedings.com/?p=12363</guid> <description><![CDATA[I will admit that it’s rare that I follow anything happening in the Saskatchewan legislature, but yesterday there were some video clips circulating of the Speaker slapping down two government ministers who had been text messaging him, accusing him of … <a href="https://www.routineproceedings.com/2024/04/16/roundup-at-least-one-speaker-is-laying-down-the-law/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I will admit that it’s rare that I follow anything happening in the Saskatchewan legislature, but yesterday there were some video clips circulating of the Speaker slapping down two government ministers who had been <a href="https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/puppet-show-saskatchewan-finance-minister-apologizes-for-text-to-speaker/article_f0a97feb-eef7-5c03-99e4-581d971e586f.html">text messaging him</a>, accusing him of not doing enough to keep the opposition in their place, essentially. The Speaker was not having it. He read out one of those text messages into the record and demanded an apology, which he got from the finance minister.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">A wild afternoon in the legislative assembly <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/skpoli?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#skpoli</a>: First, the Finance Minister sends a text to the Speaker complaining of unfair treatment. He reads it into the record and forces her to apologize: <a href="https://t.co/uhpVyFqX3J">pic.twitter.com/uhpVyFqX3J</a></p> <p>— Eric Bell (@eric_bellMB) <a href="https://twitter.com/eric_bellMB/status/1779974839241167174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p>The House leader, however? Refused to apologise for his texts and his comments about them, and stormed out of the Chamber, at which point the Speaker named him and ensured he was kicked out for the rest of the day.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’ve watched a lot of legislative proceedings and I don’t think I’ve ever seen such rude behaviour. The Sask Party thinks they own the place. It’s time for them to have a rude awakening.</p> <p>— Eric Bell (@eric_bellMB) <a href="https://twitter.com/eric_bellMB/status/1779975888425062781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p>I’m not sure if I’m watching in envy, because our own Speaker in Ottawa is timid and doing the bare minimum of decorum, or if it’s just great to see a Speaker acting decisively and taking absolutely no bullshit from members regardless. Nevertheless, it’s good to see a Speaker take the job seriously, and not let the government of the day try and get away with atrocious behaviour.</p> <p>Ukraine Dispatch:</p> <p>A Russian aerial bomb <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-strike-kharkiv-region-kills-two-governor-says-2024-04-15/">struck</a> an educational facility in Kharkiv on Monday, killing two and injuring four. Ukraine’s foreign minister has <a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/ukraines-foreign-minister-says-israels-response-to-an-iranian-aerial-attack-shows-what-kyiv-needs/article_d101a1dc-da9d-5596-b194-c46516f9bedb.html">pointed to</a> the success of Israel’s “Iron Dome” when it comes to defending against the Iranian attack, saying his country needs the same, but there are particular differences, one of which is that Russia is much closer which makes the defences less effective. Because of the attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid, they had to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/ukraine-double-power-imports-monday-with-no-exports-grid-operator-says-2024-04-15/">double</a> electricity imports on Monday, without any capacity to export.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/26a1.png" alt="⚡" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />Air Force: Ukraine downs 9 out of 9 Russian drones launched overnight. </p> <p>Mobile firing groups shot down the drones over Kherson, Mykolaiv, Khmelnytskyi, Poltava, Cherkasy, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.<a href="https://t.co/WsRXuPSTwH">https://t.co/WsRXuPSTwH</a></p> <p>— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1780092967358808202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">As Russian casualties mount and Moscow runs low on inmates to fill its ranks with, Russia has intensified recruitment efforts, targeting foreigners in low-income countries and migrant workers to bolster its war against Ukraine.<a href="https://t.co/5BJbO6IOMw">https://t.co/5BJbO6IOMw</a></p> <p>— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1779925818094829939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p><span id="more-12363"></span>Good reads:</p> <ul> <li>It’s Budget Day, so here’s what we <a href="https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/heres-what-the-liberals-have-promised-will-be-in-the-federal-budget-on-tuesday/article_3d2d44d1-76f7-511a-bc77-77e0348934b9.html">know so far</a>, with the big question remaining about the <a href="https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/liberals-to-explain-how-they-will-foot-the-bill-for-new-spending-in-tuesdays-budget/article_e7e93e4b-1ef9-5dc5-98e4-7210dfed9f67.html">revenue side</a> of the equation.</li> <li>Yesterday was the day the carbon rebate went out for early tax filers, and the government continues to <a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/trudeau-government-wants-banks-to-use-the-word-rebate-when-you-get-your-carbon-levy/article_248c242a-fb38-11ee-87ad-2318fa42a8e2.html">struggle with banks</a> on how the deposits get labelled.</li> <li>The federal government has levied sanctions against those in Sudan who <a href="https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/canada-belatedly-lays-sudan-sanctions-as-ex-envoy-seeks-pathway-to-end-year-long-war/article_9dd1937d-16bf-5895-9c17-1532d78b6689.html">precipitated</a> the civil war, as well as <a href="https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/canada-announces-more-sanctions-on-belarus-as-opposition-leader-visits-ottawa/article_9b094a5f-ae18-5158-a95c-152aebf80be1.html">members of the regime</a> in Belarus.</li> <li>Mélanie Joly is calling on Israel <a href="https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/joly-to-israel-take-the-win-in-thwarting-irans-weekend-attack-dont-retaliate/article_533c6050-b2cb-5635-86c7-53c0ff4c5880.html">not to escalate</a> the conflict with Iran, amidst renewed calls around <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/irgc-iran-israel-gaza-1.7174312">declaring</a> the IRGC a terrorist entity (which is a <a href="https://twitter.com/JessMarinDavis/status/1779992965256999268">bad solution</a>).</li> <li>The Procurement Ombudsman released a report <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/procurement-ombud-mckinsey-contracting-1.7174454">finding</a> a “strong perception of favouritism” in awarding certain contracts to McKinsey and Company.</li> <li>Dental hygienists are <a href="https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/dental-care-double-standard-hygienists-ask-for-equal-pay-under-federal-plan/article_4c542ed2-9060-5234-96d0-8b52e63a094a.html">complaining</a> of a double-standard, as reimbursement rates for dental care are lower for hygiene clinics as opposed to dentists’ offices.</li> <li>Bill Blair was at the defence committee to sell the defence policy update, and insisted it’s <a href="https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/blair-insists-new-defence-policy-is-fully-funded">actually fully costed</a> and not just aspirational.</li> <li>Jagmeet Singh continues to <a href="https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/singh-defends-ndp-carbon-price-position-without-directly-supporting-a-consumer-levy/article_a90f25d5-e081-5949-a5c7-4d259c767916.html">waffle</a> about his position on the carbon levy (doing a very good <a href="https://youtu.be/K4vgtBHpA1I?si=Yd5g1IVDSHaCwIjO">Vicky Pollard</a> “yeah but no but yeah but no but yeah but…”)</li> <li>The Star tries to <a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/jagmeet-singh-says-the-liberals-and-conservatives-are-controlled-by-corporate-lobbyists-how-true-is/article_027c802a-f8f7-11ee-84be-77d85b36ea80.html">fact-check</a> the NDP assertion that the Conservatives and the Liberals are being “controlled” by “corporate lobbyists.” (Bless them).</li> <li>The federal and Ontario governments have <a href="https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/ontario-federal-governments-reach-deal-allowing-highway-413-project-to-proceed/article_5750db2a-4640-5710-ab9d-3396c1931e05.html">signed</a> a memorandum of understanding around the proposed Highway 413 project.</li> <li>A judge has <a href="https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/judge-orders-alberta-to-produce-massive-trove-of-coal-documents-after-four-year-fight/article_a1f1b2fa-95d9-5ae7-8d06-341dd0d8c2aa.html">ordered the release</a> of thousands of documents on the Alberta government trying to encourage coal mining in the Rocky Mountains.</li> <li>Paul Wells <a href="https://paulwells.substack.com/p/the-age-of-not-even-half-talking">considers</a> the issue of meetings with the premiers, and does have a bit of a Pollyanna-ish view of what he hopes it could mean. (I am under no such illusion).</li> </ul> <p>Odds and Ends:</p> <p>https://twitter.com/maxfawcett/status/1779863340996764123</p> <p><strong>Want more Routine Proceedings? <a href="https://www.patreon.com/journo_dale">Become a patron</a> and get exclusive new content. </strong></p> ]]></content:encoded> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">12363</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Roundup: A housing plan to challenge the provinces and municipalities</title> <link>https://www.routineproceedings.com/2024/04/13/roundup-a-housing-plan-to-challenge-the-provinces-and-municipalities/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dale]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2024 09:38:17 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Political Roundup]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CSIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Danielle Smith]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[First Nations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Foreign Interference]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Justin Trudeau]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.routineproceedings.com/?p=12357</guid> <description><![CDATA[In one of the last pre-budget announcements, the federal government delivered their overall housing plan for 2024, which was a mixture of previously made announcements over the past couple of weeks, with a few more added in—such as plans to … <a href="https://www.routineproceedings.com/2024/04/13/roundup-a-housing-plan-to-challenge-the-provinces-and-municipalities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In one of the last pre-budget announcements, the federal government <a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/justin-trudeau-housing-plan/article_40c82d8a-f82e-11ee-a96a-2f8863c6d0c5.html">delivered</a> their <a href="https://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/housing-logement/housing-plan-report-rapport-plan-logement-eng.html">overall housing plan</a> for 2024, which was a mixture of previously made announcements over the past couple of weeks, with a few more added in—such as plans to <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-government-fraser-housing-strategy-1.7171889">lease and not sell</a> public land—to offer a more complete picture of the things that they are doing as a federal government to “unlock” the construction of hundreds of thousands of homes. And I am going to make the point that the term “unlocked” is interesting and deliberate, while most media outlets keep using the term “build” incorrectly, because they’re not saying they’re going to build x-number of units, because they have no way to actually guarantee that because they have very few levers at their disposal to actually build. The other part of “unlock” is that it very much puts the onus on the other levels of government, who do have those levers, to do the work now that the federal government has cleared the way for them.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">As a developer, let me say this: I fully support the first bullet in the Public Land for Homes plan. When governments lease land for development, instead of selling it, they keep that land in the public trust and they can deliver homes more affordably. We currently have a deal… <a href="https://t.co/o2QNAyJWqL">pic.twitter.com/o2QNAyJWqL</a></p> <p>— Jennifer Keesmaat (@jen_keesmaat) <a href="https://twitter.com/jen_keesmaat/status/1778813626402361804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is the first tax REDUCTION ever done by this administration – and it’s for housing. </p> <p>Designed to create new units by more than doubling the capital cost allowance for apartment creation. </p> <p>I have to say I’m impressed with Housing Plan. Execution is the challenge. <a href="https://t.co/viKNEAM4Ll">pic.twitter.com/viKNEAM4Ll</a></p> <p>— Daniel Foch (@daniel_foch) <a href="https://twitter.com/daniel_foch/status/1778809374778982624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Guys….this is a BIG deal <a href="https://t.co/2oRO5asEyW">pic.twitter.com/2oRO5asEyW</a></p> <p>— Ben Rabidoux (@BenRabidoux) <a href="https://twitter.com/BenRabidoux/status/1778815205352321092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p>A lot of this has shown that they have been listening to expert like Mike Moffatt, and while you can read his <a href="https://twitter.com/MikePMoffatt/status/1778804892183748617">full thread</a>, I did think it was nice that they put out a chart as to whose responsible for what, because there are a lot of people who are ignorant about these kinds of jurisdictional questions (or pretend to be in any case), so it’s handy that they actually spell it out.</p> <p>https://twitter.com/MikePMoffatt/status/1778804892183748617</p> <p>https://twitter.com/MikePMoffatt/status/1778808362668306508</p> <p>And a couple more thoughts from Jennifer Robson in this thread:</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">There are some measures in here that could be important but I'm not going to comment on because I just haven't seen modelling or have access to the data. Things likes capital cost allowance mortgage bonds and GST measures.</p> <p>— Dr. J Robson (@JenniferRobson8) <a href="https://twitter.com/JenniferRobson8/status/1778860011696857297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p>Ukraine Dispatch:</p> <p>Shortages of air defences is leaving Kharkiv in particular more <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kharkivs-civilians-under-fire-ukraine-faces-catastrophic-air-defence-shortage-2024-04-12/">vulnerable</a> to Russian attack. A <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-russian-drones-damage-energy-infrastructure-south-2024-04-12/">drone attack</a> hit an energy facility in Dnipropetrovsk in the south. Reuters has another <a href="https://www.reuters.com/pictures/frontlines-ukraine-russia-presses-attack-2024-04-12/">photo series</a> of the front lines.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/26a1.png" alt="⚡" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />International Press Institute sends letter to Ukrainian authorities after intimidation of journalists. </p> <p>"(W)e call on authorities to establish systemic safeguards that prevent SBU officials from targeting journalists or other critics," the letter said.<a href="https://t.co/iH5DVMf7KD">https://t.co/iH5DVMf7KD</a></p> <p>— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1778919132395712784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today." <br />Abraham Lincoln</p> <p>The combat losses of the enemy from February 24, 2022 to April 13, 2024. <a href="https://t.co/gwQDtPAlTU">pic.twitter.com/gwQDtPAlTU</a></p> <p>— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) <a href="https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1779007092164051380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p><span id="more-12357"></span>Good reads:</p> <ul> <li>Mélanie Joly is <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/avoid-travel-israel-canadian-government-says-1.7172822">warning</a> Canadians to avoid travel to Israel and the West Bank, in particular because of concerns over Iranian retaliatory strikes.</li> <li>Ahmed Hussen announced <a href="https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/ottawa-to-provide-132-million-to-help-people-fleeing-civil-war-in-sudan/article_7d244f0d-3263-5832-96cf-2185d21f8b92.html">$132 million in aid</a> for people fleeing the civil war in Sudan, particularly for those who have fled to neighbouring countries.</li> <li>CSIS director David Vigneault <a href="https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/spy-director-stands-by-bold-assertions-in-csis-briefing-notes-on-foreign-interference/article_4777f2cc-e8ab-571c-ba28-018061f385b6.html">returned</a> to the foreign interference commission, <a href="https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/csis-director-testifies-trudeau-government-was-warned-repeatedly-about-chinese-foreign-interference">reiterated</a> that two things can be true at once, and took swipes at media leaks.</li> <li>The Supreme Court of Canada <a href="https://www.scc-csc.ca/case-dossier/cb/2024/40153-eng.aspx">ruled</a> that the Blood Tribe’s treaty claims were time-barred by statute, but offered declaratory relief because of the Crown’s conduct.</li> <li>Jagmeet Singh <a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/after-jagmeet-singh-raises-doubts-ndp-says-it-still-supports-a-consumer-carbon-levy/article_e921cbb8-f8e6-11ee-b44a-b3f1a0b2f69e.html">backpedalled</a> about his comments on the carbon levy saying he still supports it, but has other plans they’re working on around big polluters. (<a href="https://youtu.be/_JTSAKFDSVw?si=8ApPBn1qSrCKN-1J">Sure, Jan</a>).</li> <li>NDP MP Lori Idlout and Green Party deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault are asking the government to <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/green-party-ndp-call-for-indigenous-survivors-act-1.7171176">reform</a> Indigenous class-action lawsuit rules.</li> <li>Danielle Smith says that she <a href="https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/smith-says-she-expects-poilievre-to-work-with-provinces-to-give-cities-housing-cash/article_3ae7d33f-c460-5204-ad1e-fcc8fa4730e4.html">expects</a> a future Poilievre government to work with provinces and not municipalities directly. (Good luck with that).</li> <li>Susan Delacourt gives <a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/ask-justin-trudeau-about-foreign-interference-and-hell-tell-you-about-pierre-poilievre/article_c78c1640-f835-11ee-931a-c32ed31a637e.html">her reading</a> of Trudeau’s performance at the foreign interference inquiry, and his alternating between prime minister and party leader.</li> </ul> <p>Odds and Ends:</p> <p><iframe title="What's in the Defence Policy Update?" width="584" height="329" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UQp5pd3ya6s?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p><strong>Want more Routine Proceedings? <a href="https://www.patreon.com/journo_dale">Become a patron</a> and get exclusive new content. </strong></p> ]]></content:encoded> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">12357</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Roundup: It’s Coronation Day</title> <link>https://www.routineproceedings.com/2023/05/06/roundup-its-coronation-day/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dale]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2023 09:04:39 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Political Roundup]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Budget 2023]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Commonwealth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CSIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Foreign Interference]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Justin Trudeau]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maple Crown]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michael Chong]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RCMP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The King]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.routineproceedings.com/?p=11483</guid> <description><![CDATA[It’s Coronation Day, and Justin Trudeau will have arrived in the wee hours, having taken a red-eye across the Atlantic to get there. Trudeau was absent from the meeting with other Commonwealth leaders, where he could have been doing something … <a href="https://www.routineproceedings.com/2023/05/06/roundup-its-coronation-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s Coronation Day, and Justin Trudeau will have arrived in the wee hours, having taken a red-eye across the Atlantic to get there. Trudeau was absent from the meeting with other Commonwealth leaders, where he could have been doing something productive like organising to help advance LGBTQ+ rights within those countries (as I suggested in my <a href="https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/canada-commonwealth-coronation-lgbtq-issues-249960"><em>Xtra</em> column</a>). Nevertheless, it was bad form for him not to be there, especially as he could have moved his party convention to another weekend once the coronation date was announced.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau is not in this historic coronation photo</p> <p>(we’ve looked twice) <a href="https://t.co/pFAFhw58Ns">https://t.co/pFAFhw58Ns</a></p> <p>— Patricia Treble (@PatriciaTreble) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatriciaTreble/status/1654521593505239042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2023</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p>Most of the official delegation gathered for a photo, sans-Trudeau. Not in the delegation but part of the day’s festivities is Canadian Marion Portelance, who will be playing cello at the post-Coronation concert, and it’s <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/05/its-surreal-canadian-to-play-king-charless-former-cello-in-coronation-concert/">believed</a> the cello she’s using was once owned and played by the King.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Canada and the United Kingdom share a long-standing and deep-rooted partnership.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GGSimon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GGSimon</a> was pleased to meet with members of the Canadian delegation who are representing our country at the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III. <a href="https://t.co/0ceeaAvDy0">pic.twitter.com/0ceeaAvDy0</a></p> <p>— Governor General of Canada (@GGCanada) <a href="https://twitter.com/GGCanada/status/1654497430052696075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2023</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p>And because it’s her big day as a royal correspondent, our friend Patricia Treble has stories out on pretty much every platform:</p> <ul> <li>For the <em>Globe and Mail</em>, a <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-coronation-regalia-visual-guide/">visual guide</a> of the event and the regalia used in it.</li> <li>For <em>The Line</em>, she <a href="https://theline.substack.com/p/patricia-treble-will-all-eyes-be">delves into</a> the Kremlinology of who is and is not showing up for the big event.</li> <li>For the <em>Star</em>, some <a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/world/royals/2023/05/04/scandals-mishaps-and-a-queen-who-had-the-door-slammed-in-her-face-fascinating-facts-from-coronations-throughout-history.html">coronation history</a> and some of the fascinating events that have happened during them.</li> <li>In <em>The Walrus</em>, <a href="https://thewalrus.ca/king-charles-coronation/">traces</a> the indifference Canadians feel for the King to the apathy to the Crown exhibited by governments.</li> <li>On her Substack, <a href="https://writeroyalty.substack.com/p/just-one-more-day">showcases</a> some of the coronation scenes in London.</li> </ul> <p>Ukraine Dispatch:</p> <p>The leader of Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group says they’re <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-war-bakhmut-prigozhin-1.6833207">pulling out</a> of Bakhmut in days because they lack ammunition, and are dying in vain. (Ukraine believes they are <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/ukraine-says-moscow-deploying-wagner-fighters-bakhmut-other-areas-2023-05-05/">simply reinforcing</a> their positions). There is still shelling happening in the Kherson region, while the Russian-installed “governor” of the Zaporizhzhia region is ordering an evacuation of villages close to the front line. Meanwhile, new analysis is showing that the drone that struck the Kremlin likely launched from within Russia.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ukraine's Bakhmut shelled with incendiary munitions, hours after Russia's Wagner group says it's going to leave the city <a href="https://t.co/3pqTNOXoCa">pic.twitter.com/3pqTNOXoCa</a></p> <p>— BNO News (@BNONews) <a href="https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1654592102934749186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2023</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">"We will stand tall – Face it all together."<a href="https://twitter.com/Adele?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Adele</a> </p> <p>Total combat losses of the enemy from February 24, 2022 to May 5, 2023: <a href="https://t.co/DwSXWQofEm">pic.twitter.com/DwSXWQofEm</a></p> <p>— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) <a href="https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1654464083154948101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2023</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p><span id="more-11483"></span>Good reads:</p> <ul> <li>Justin Trudeau <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-chong-csis-1.6833343">calls</a> his statement on Wednesday about the Chong briefing was the “best information at the time,” while Marco Mendicino is blaming CSIS.</li> <li>Chrystia Freeland says that if the “grocery rebate” bill passes the Senate next week, the cheques <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/grocery-rebate-payments-to-be-issued-in-july-cra-says-as-bill-poised-to-pass-next-week-1.6386121">should be out</a> by July.</li> <li>Jean-Yves Duclos says that we <a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2023/05/05/covid-19-is-still-with-us-even-as-who-says-it-is-no-longer-a-global-emergency-duclos.html">can’t forget</a> COVID is still a threat, even as the WHO has declared it to no longer be a global health emergency.</li> <li>The Canadian military portion of the evacuation mission in Sudan is <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/sudan-civil-war-evacuation-1.6833712">winding down</a>, and those planes will resume carrying supplies to Ukraine.</li> <li>A UN initiative aimed at eliminating gender-based violence is <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/05/senior-un-officials-seek-canadian-cash-to-help-stem-gender-based-violence-abroad/">looking to</a> the Canadian government to help fund it.</li> <li>Senator Yuen Pau Woo <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/05/senator-says-rcmp-must-release-evidence-of-alleged-chinese-police-stations-in-canada-2/">demands</a> the RMCP to disclose evidence about the so-called Chinese “police stations” operating in Canada, and that this isn’t just profiling.</li> <li>Hillary Clinton had her <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/05/liberal-party-convention-set-to-hear-from-hillary-rodham-clinton-jean-chretien-2/">on-stage chat</a> with Chrystia Freeland at the Liberal convention, talking about Putin, the US Supreme Court, and Liberal policies.</li> <li>Jean Charest is looking for an <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/05/after-winning-385k-in-damages-from-quebec-government-charest-seeking-700k-more/">additional $705,000</a> in damages from the Quebec government after leaks about anti-corruption probes.</li> <li>Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/workplace-safety-ontario-afghan-interpreter-ptsd-1.6832823">revisiting</a> its decision not to offer PTSD benefits to former Afghan interpreters and advisors.</li> <li>There are <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/05/more-than-13000-people-forced-from-homes-as-wildfires-burn-across-alberta/">evacuation orders</a> in Alberta for 13,000 people because of wildfires.</li> <li>Kevin Carmichael <a href="https://financialpost.com/news/economy/jobs-beat-signals-higher-interest-rates-longer">parses</a> the April job numbers that were released yesterday, and what it means for the Bank of Canada’s calculus.</li> <li>Lindsay Tedds and David Green <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-basic-income-isnt-the-best-way-to-create-a-just-and-inclusive-society/">point to</a> their research that shows that Basic Income programmes aren’t the panacea that their proponents make them out to be.</li> <li>Althia Raj <a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2023/05/05/trudeaus-government-has-sent-diplomats-packing-before-why-treat-china-differently.html">wonders</a> why there is such a slow response to calls to expel the Chinese diplomat named in the Chong revelations.</li> <li>Chantal Hébert <a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2023/05/05/liberals-are-lining-up-behind-justin-trudeau-as-he-takes-aim-at-pierre-poilievre.html">surveys the landscape</a> of the Liberal Party as they hold their convention, and how the campaign is being shaped by Trudeau and Poilievre.</li> <li>Paul Wells <a href="https://paulwells.substack.com/p/this-liberal-resolution-targets-my">takes issue</a> with one of the more boneheaded policy resolutions at the Liberal convention which amounts to government censorship of journalism.</li> <li>My <a href="https://looniepolitics.com/the-inability-to-be-serious-about-the-chong-revelations/">weekend column</a> looks at the past week with the Chong revelations, and how it proves that our Parliament is incapable of being serious about serious issues.</li> </ul> <p>Odds and ends:</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella,” is a new <a href="https://twitter.com/HotDocs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@hotdocs</a> film showcasing the possibility of Canada. Steve Paikin speaks to retired Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella and filmmaker Barry Avrich tonight at 8/11pm ET. | Producers: <a href="https://twitter.com/spaikin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@spaikin</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/LianeKotler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LianeKotler</a> <a href="https://t.co/TSTpQn33ys">pic.twitter.com/TSTpQn33ys</a></p> <p>— TVO Today | The Agenda (@TheAgenda) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAgenda/status/1654633321954148352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2023</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p><strong>Want more Routine Proceedings? <a href="https://www.patreon.com/journo_dale">Become a patron</a> and get exclusive new content. </strong></p> ]]></content:encoded> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">11483</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Roundup: Coronation details at last</title> <link>https://www.routineproceedings.com/2023/05/04/roundup-coronation-details-at-last/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dale]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2023 09:36:33 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Political Roundup]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Appointments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CSIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Foreign Aid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Foreign Interference]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maple Crown]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Privacy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Procurement]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The King]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Senate]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.routineproceedings.com/?p=11476</guid> <description><![CDATA[At long last, the federal government finally announced the delegation that is heading to the coronation in London, and much of it is unsurprising given that, for example, Indigenous leaders are already there along with Mary May Simon. News is … <a href="https://www.routineproceedings.com/2023/05/04/roundup-coronation-details-at-last/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At long last, the federal government finally <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/03/astronaut-jeremy-hansen-to-carry-canadas-flag-at-crowning-of-king-charles-in-london/">announced</a> the delegation that is heading to the coronation in London, and much of it is unsurprising given that, for example, Indigenous leaders are already there along with Mary May Simon. News is that astronaut Jeremy Hanson will be Canada’s flag-bearer at the ceremony, and that there will be coronation medals created, which they didn’t do for the sesquicentennial or the Platinum Jubilee.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">The government has finally announced the Canadian delegation going to the King’s coronation on Saturday. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cdnpoli?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MapleCrown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MapleCrown</a> <a href="https://t.co/KymozCZ8Zu">pic.twitter.com/KymozCZ8Zu</a></p> <p>— Dale Smith (@journo_dale) <a href="https://twitter.com/journo_dale/status/1653859578583437312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p>Meanwhile, the <em>Globe and Mail</em> has another particularly <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-king-charles-has-work-to-do-to-cultivate-ties-with-canada-governor/">problematic story</a> headline, wherein they cite the Governor General saying that King Charles “has work to do to cultivate ties with Canada.” The problem is that the story doesn’t actually say that—in the story, Mary May Simon says that because Charles isn’t as beloved as his mother, he “needs to develop his relationship further with Canada.” Which is true, but therein lies a couple of challenges. For one, he has plenty of ties to Canada that the headline incorrectly cites, and through his charity work over decades, he’s had exposure to a wide swath of the country that will be less accessible to him now that he’s King. In fact, not that he’s the King and not just a working member of the royal family, future trips to Canada will be much more circumscribed by what the government allows, because these kinds of visits are all at the behest and stage-managed by the government of the day. Charles has wanted to do more trips to Canada, trying to do one every two years, but the current government has been less interested in that, so he hasn’t been here as much as he would have liked. And that reluctance is going to play out in the future.</p> <p>In other coronation-related stories:</p> <ul> <li>Following midnight rehearsals, RCMP participating in the coronation say they’re <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/03/after-overnight-dress-rehearsal-rcmp-say-theyre-ready-to-play-key-coronation-role-2/">good to go</a> on the big day.</li> <li>Here’s some of the <a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/world/royals/2023/05/03/a-spoon-a-stone-and-a-graffiti-covered-chair-will-play-key-roles-in-king-charless-coronation-heres-why-theyre-so-special.html">history</a> of the items being used during the ceremony.</li> <li>There’s still <a href="https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/as-canada-stays-mum-which-commonwealth-countries-will-put-the-king-on-their-money/article_124a1f38-de88-5420-bdcb-e3d2750b467c.html">no word</a> about what our government is planning to do about the King on banknotes and coins, while other Realms go in different directions.</li> <li>Australian constitutional scholar Anne Twomey <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Kp5pVPZRs">offers</a> some history and context on the coronation as it applies to realms like Australia and Canada.</li> </ul> <p>Ukraine Dispatch:</p> <p>Russian forces <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/deadly-shelling-kherson-ukraine-russia-1.6831152">shelled</a> Kherson, killing twenty-one civilians, and injuring over forty-eight. Russians <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/03/russia-says-it-foiled-an-alleged-drone-attack-on-kremlin/">claim</a> they “foiled” an “assassination attempt” on Putin with an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin, which Ukraine <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/03/russia-says-putin-assassination-attempt-by-ukraine-foiled/">denies</a> launching. Experts also <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/drone-kremlin-moscow-ukraine-russia-1.6830995">conclude</a> that the Russian claim doesn’t make any sense.</p> <p>https://twitter.com/zelenskyyua/status/1653824270626070540?s=61&t=4Hh5vgfw5YMHmDbMU3ctNg</p> <p>https://twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/1653709872771260419?s=61&t=4Hh5vgfw5YMHmDbMU3ctNg</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">"I am starting my visit to Finland with a meeting with President Sauli Niinistö.</p> <p>Strengthening the capabilities of our warriors on the battlefield and security capabilities of Ukraine is the main objective of today's visit," <a href="https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ZelenskyyUa</a> wrote. <a href="https://t.co/CpLDC2Yq57">pic.twitter.com/CpLDC2Yq57</a></p> <p>— UkraineWorld (@ukraine_world) <a href="https://twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/1653731373792784384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p><span id="more-11476"></span>Good reads:</p> <ul> <li>Justin Trudeau <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/03/csis-must-inform-mps-about-all-threats-against-them-no-matter-how-credible-trudeau-2/">clarified</a> that CSIS didn’t inform him of the threats around Michael Chong’s family two years ago, and has issued new directives to them about threats.</li> <li>Trudeau also announced the <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/03/trudeau-announces-appointment-of-new-senators-for-newfoundland-and-labrador-p-e-i/">appointment</a> of two new senators—one for PEI, the other for Newfoundland and Labrador.</li> <li>Anita Anand says she’s <a href="https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/defence-minister-concerned-about-allegations-over-contract-to-defence-firm">concerned</a> about reports that anti-corruption laws may have been broken around a sole-source contract for armoured vehicles for Ukraine.</li> <li>Harjit Sajjan <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/03/canada-pledges-71-million-in-aid-for-sudan-south-sudan-and-central-african-republic/">pledged $71 million</a> in aid for Sudan, South Sudan, and the Central African Republic given the ongoing humanitarian crisis.</li> <li>The government has clauses in the budget implementation bill to <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/9670687/trudeau-government-privacy-rules-federal-parties/">allow</a> political parties to simply follow their own privacy guidelines, with no federal standards.</li> <li>Canada has <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/03/canada-sanctions-iran-morality-police-officers-prison-and-drone-company-2/">levied more sanctions</a> on Iranians connected to the “morality police” and drone manufacturers.</li> <li>The parliamentary internship programme is <a href="https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/parliamentary-internship-programme-in-flux-as-academics-seek-house-involvement/article_a4319c5a-7e95-5dba-8f4e-8ffce14fe022.html">in trouble</a> as the organisers struggle to adapt to changing labour and tax rules that it falls under.</li> <li>24 Sussex is being <a href="https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/24-sussex-a-hollow-shell-as-decommissioning-work-continues">gutted and decommissioned</a>, with no plans to replace any of it so nobody will be moving back in at any point.</li> <li>At a Senate committee, Google and Facebook executives continue to insist that they’re <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/03/google-canada-tells-senate-bill-c-18-would-create-unreasonable-financial-liability/">willing to end</a> sharing news on their platforms rather than pay publishers.</li> <li>A Senate public bill intended to end use of child and forced labour in supply chains <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/03/mps-pass-law-meant-to-curb-forced-labour-as-critics-decry-its-lack-of-teeth/">passed</a>, but critics say the bill is essentially toothless.</li> <li>Alexandre Trudeau was at the Ethics Committee to <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/03/pms-brother-denies-trudeau-foundation-was-involved-in-foreign-interference/">insist</a> the donation to the Trudeau Foundation was not foreign interference (but probably didn’t help things).</li> <li>Here’s a <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/03/balanced-budget-electoral-reform-back-on-policy-agenda-for-liberals-at-convention/">preview</a> of some policy resolutions at the Liberal convention this weekend (which are useless because the party centralised that power in the leader’s office).</li> <li>Independent MP Kevin Vuong <a href="https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/china-meddling-kevin-vuong-claims">claims</a> he’s been the victim of foreign interference, and seems to be saying the sexual assault allegation was a Chinese honey trap.</li> <li>Justin Ling <a href="https://theline.substack.com/p/justin-ling-can-we-please-just-fix">lists</a> the things that governments across Canada have an underlying problem with—fixing things once we identify where and how they’re broken.</li> </ul> <p>Odds and ends:</p> <p><iframe title="Speakers and Thirty-Year Rules" width="584" height="329" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v5AVLEAetiE?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p><strong>Want more Routine Proceedings? <a href="https://www.patreon.com/journo_dale">Become a patron</a> and get exclusive new content. </strong></p> ]]></content:encoded> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">11476</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Roundup: You can’t replace committee travel with Zoom</title> <link>https://www.routineproceedings.com/2023/05/03/roundup-you-cant-replace-committee-travel-with-zoom/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dale]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2023 09:44:27 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Political Roundup]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Commonwealth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CSIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[First Nations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Foreign Interference]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GLBT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gun Control]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michael Chong]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Public Service]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RCMP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The King]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Monarchy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Senate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.routineproceedings.com/?p=11466</guid> <description><![CDATA[Another day, another story where I roll my eyes and sigh because nobody can seem to grasp some pretty fundamental points. To wit: Scandal and pearl-clutching because the Senate’s audit committee is planning a trip to Westminster to consult with … <a href="https://www.routineproceedings.com/2023/05/03/roundup-you-cant-replace-committee-travel-with-zoom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another day, another story where I roll my eyes and sigh because nobody can seem to grasp some pretty fundamental points. To wit: Scandal and pearl-clutching because the Senate’s audit committee is <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-zoom-calls-could-replace-senate-travel-to-save-money-senator-says/">planning a trip</a> to Westminster to consult with their counterparts there. Someone fetch a fainting couch for all of the zeros attached to the costs of the trip! And of course, we couldn’t have cheap outrage without getting a quote from the so-called Canadian Taxpayers Federation, whose continued existence depends on being the go-to source for media when they need a cheap outrage quote.</p> <p>Some context to this story—the Senate’s audit committee has been a long and hard-fought battle to come into existence because the previous Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Peter Harder, was trying to steer the nascent committee in a direction that would see it be completely staffed by outsiders, which is a particular affront to Parliamentary privilege and the status of the Senate as a self-governing body in and of itself. Eventually the current composition—a mix of senators and outsider, with senators in the majority—was adopted, years after it should have been, and very much in the model that the House of Lords employs. (Note that this model had first been championed by the late Senator Elaine McCoy, and we could have saved years of fighting had people just listened to her). And because this has to do with a parliamentary body, you can’t just get advice from any audit firm in Canada, as the CTF seems to think—you need best practices from those who have dealt with the particular issues that a parliamentary body has. Of course, none of this context is in the story, because nobody pays attention to the Senate unless it’s for a cheap outrage story like this one. Of course.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the most galling part of the piece is the suggestion that all of this should be done over Zoom, both out of a concern for cost and carbon emissions. And honestly, this type of suggestion needs to have a stake driven through it. This kind of work relies on human interaction, and relationship-building, and that doesn’t happen and cannot happen over Zoom. This is one of the biggest problems with hybrid sittings (which, mercifully, the Senate has ended), but which MPs refuse to believe, and apparently a few senators do too—parliament is a face-to-face institution. It cannot effectively operate remotely. The pandemic was a short-term (ish) problem that required a solution, and while this was not the best one, it was a solution that nevertheless has emboldened people to think that Parliament is a job you can do from home. It’s absolutely not, and this kind of committee travel is no exception. You cannot replace the kinds of interactions that make this travel essential over Zoom, and we need to stop thinking of Zoom as the solution to problems that aren’t actually problems.</p> <p>Ukraine Dispatch:</p> <p>Russia <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-launches-unsuccessful-strikes-kyiv-ukraine-2023-05-03/">launched</a> another overnight round of attacks on Kyiv, this time with drones, but all were shot down. The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces says it’s important that they <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/counteroffensive-looms-ukraine-vows-not-give-up-bakhmut-2023-05-02/">maintain</a> their hold on Bakhmut in advance of the counter-offensive (not the least of which because it’s degrading Russia’s forces significantly). The EU is hoping to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-plans-boost-ammunition-production-aid-ukraine-2023-05-02/">increase</a> production of ammunition in order to help Ukraine’s efforts. And here is one Ukrainian farmer’s novel way of <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-farmer-comes-up-with-novel-way-demine-his-fields-2023-05-02/">de-mining</a> his fields using parts from old Russian tanks.</p> <p>https://twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/1653390767329558530</p> <p>https://twitter.com/war_mapper/status/1653169425749508100</p> <p><span id="more-11466"></span>Good reads:</p> <ul> <li>Mélanie Joly says that Canada needs to <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/02/sudan-evacuees-went-through-hell-and-canada-must-help-stop-crisis-joly-in-kenya/">do what it can</a> to stop the crisis in Sudan.</li> <li>Ministers are <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/02/some-35000-cra-workers-continue-strike-as-tentative-deal-reached-with-treasury-board-2/">warning</a> of delays for passports and immigration processing as a result of the civil service strike.</li> <li>More <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/02/federal-gun-bill-proposals-could-make-firearm-system-even-more-of-a-patchwork-expert/">criticism</a> that the government’s latest amendment to their gun control bill makes the system in more of a patchwork than it already is.</li> <li>The RCMP’s Management Advisory Board is <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-depot-advisory-board-1.6815473">sounding the alarm</a> about recruitment levels and the need to reform their training programme.</li> <li>Former members of PMPRB and Jean-Yves Duclos’ office are <a href="https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2023/05/02/federal-health-minister-ignored-pricing-regulators-attempts-to-collaborate-to-lower-drug-costs-former-board-members.html">disputing</a> each other’s version of events around what is happening with drug price regulations.</li> <li>There are <a href="https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/defence-firm-paid-ukrainian-broker-to-secure-92-million-sole-sourced-contract-with-ottawa-lawsuit-says">allegations</a> being made in a lawsuit that a Canadian company supplying armoured vehicles for Ukraine broke the law in order to secure the contract.</li> <li>The King will be <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canadian-indigenous-leaders-to-meet-with-king-charles-on-thursday-1.6381030">meeting with</a> both Mary May Simon and Indigenous leaders from Canada on Thursday, putting those leaders on par with other heads of state.</li> <li>At the Hot Docs festival, there was some <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/global/sonia-sotomayor-hot-docs-1235600986/">fun interplay</a> between former Supreme Court justice Rosie Abella and US Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor.</li> <li>Witnesses at the Senate’s communications committee <a href="https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/cbc-shouldnt-be-eligible-for-big-tech-revenue-sharing-senators-hear">suggested</a> that Bill C-18 for online news exclude paying CBC/Radio-Canada as they need it least.</li> <li>The House of Commons <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/02/house-unanimously-supports-system-to-alert-public-when-indigenous-women-go-missing/">unanimously backed</a> a non-binding motion calling for the establishment of a national alert system for missing Indigenous women.</li> <li>Former Trudeau Foundation head Morris Rosenberg <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/morris-rosenberg-china-trudeau-foundation-1.6829392">testified</a> at Ethics committee, and the timeline he presented crumbles the ongoing conspiracy theories.</li> <li>Paper Excellence members tried to <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/paper-excellence-house-commons-committee-hearing-1.6829076">contact members</a> of the natural resources committee ahead of their planned appearance, which raises questions.</li> <li>Michael Chong says that CSIS <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-csis-confirms-mp-michael-chong-and-family-targeted-by-china/">confirmed</a> to him his family in Hong Kong were targets of Chinese authorities, led by a diplomat in Canada.</li> <li>Scott Moe is <a href="https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/02/saskatchewan-looking-into-whether-ottawas-emissions-policy-can-be-blocked-moe-says/">vowing</a> to do what he can to stop federal emissions regulations.</li> <li>Philippe Lagassé <a href="https://theline.substack.com/p/philippe-lagasse-is-canadian-republicanism">challenges</a> Canadian republicans to do the work and come up with a workable alternative to the Crown if they want it to actually happen some day.</li> <li>My <a href="https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/canada-commonwealth-coronation-lgbtq-issues-249960"><em>Xtra</em> column</a> sees an opportunity for Trudeau to use the coronation to meet with Commonwealth leaders about protecting LGBTQ+ rights in those countries.</li> <li>My <a href="https://looniepolitics.com/parliamentarians-reflections-on-the-monarchy-betray-a-deep-ignorance-of-the-constitution/">column</a> calls out a number of MPs and senators who haven’t got a clue about the constitution when it comes to the monarchy, which is a worrying proposition.</li> </ul> <p>Odds and ends:</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">The nonsense happening at committee is targeting remarkable Canadians like Mr. Rosenberg and former GG Johnston. This partisan collateral damage done to these honourable people is disgusting.</p> <p>— Artur Wilczynski (@Arturmaks) <a href="https://twitter.com/Arturmaks/status/1653515949373366275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2023</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">In today's episode of the snake eating itself, this was Kenney's law intended to throw environmental and Indigenous protestors in jail, under which Smith's associate Pawlowski has now been found guilty, and the constitutionality of which the AB government will have to defend. <a href="https://t.co/IXBWlHgSls">https://t.co/IXBWlHgSls</a></p> <p>— Andrew Leach (@andrew_leach) <a href="https://twitter.com/andrew_leach/status/1653511744906735625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2023</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p><strong>Want more Routine Proceedings? <a href="https://www.patreon.com/journo_dale">Become a patron</a> and get exclusive new content. </strong></p> ]]></content:encoded> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">11466</post-id> </item> </channel> </rss>