{"id":12116,"date":"2024-01-25T05:33:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T10:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/?p=12116"},"modified":"2024-01-25T01:40:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T06:40:37","slug":"roundup-a-singular-call-for-a-leadership-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/2024\/01\/25\/roundup-a-singular-call-for-a-leadership-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: A singular call for a leadership review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the Liberals\u2019 caucus retreat got underway in Ottawa (immediately after the Cabinet retreat), things got off to another rocky start as Liberal backbencher Ken McDonald told Radio-Canada that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/liberal-mp-leadership-review-trudeau-1.7092589\">thinks there should be<\/a> a leadership review in the party ahead of the next election, and lo, the media leapt all over that story, and the rest of caucus spent the day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/liberal-caucus-voice-support-for-trudeau-1.7093849\">insisting<\/a> that no, they\u2019re happy with Trudeau (though one anonymous Liberal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/federal\/liberal-mp-calls-for-leadership-review-of-justin-trudeau-as-others-acknowledge-his-unpopularity\/article_cd47ccea-bafb-11ee-a08a-f7ee800b4abd.html\">praised<\/a> McDonald\u2019s bravery in bringing this up). The problem with this proposal? The party\u2019s constitution has no mechanism for this.<\/p>\n<p>The new constitution, which was adopted after the Liberals formed government, only has one avenue for a leadership review, which is that one is to be held if they lose an election. And fair enough\u2014that\u2019s really the only time they could hold one, because it essentially means running an entire leadership contest but with only the leader canvassing sign-ups and votes (because they no longer have paid memberships), and his or her opponents trying to organise a no vote. There is no way a sitting prime minister has the time or capacity to do this while running the country, and it\u2019s one more reason why the way we run leadership contests is made to obscure accountability. It also guarantees that bellyachers like McDonald can\u2019t get their wish because frankly there is no capacity for this to happen while they are governing.<\/p>\n<p>This all points to reasons why we need get back to the system of caucus appointing and disposing of leaders. It restores accountability because the leaders are once again afraid of their own members, and must be more responsive to their concerns rather than doing things like threatening to withhold the signature from their nomination papers if they don\u2019t toe the line. It also precludes these mini-leadership contests as a \u201cleadership review\u201d (where past examples such as Jeremy Corbyn and Greg Selinger were not great examples of the membership being able to get rid of problematic leaders). It would make for one quick vote and being able to put the matter to bed rather than this interminable grousing that we\u2019re seeing now, and an immediate replacement of a leader rather than a months-long leadership race that includes egomaniacs who have never won a seat, let alone have any idea how politics works. But people who don\u2019t know how the system works insists that this is somehow \u201canti-democratic\u201d (which is bullshit), and so this bastardised status quo continues to make our system worse.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine Dispatch:<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-says-it-shoots-down-11-14-russian-drones-2024-01-25\/\">shot down<\/a> 11 out of 14 Russian drones targeting the southern part of the country in the early hours of Thursday morning. A Russian military plane <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-says-a-plane-with-ukrainian-pows-crashes-killing-all-aboard-and-accuses-kyiv-of\/article_5545fef3-c460-5f46-9c48-ec4bb0cc5d08.html\">crashed<\/a>, and they claimed it contained 65 prisoners of war headed for a swap and that Ukrainian forces downed the plane, but couldn\u2019t produce proof; Ukraine didn\u2019t confirm or deny this, but made it clear that if Russia was transporting POWs this way without notice it was unacceptable.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2757\ufe0fRussians shelled one of the hospitals in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kherson?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kherson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo medical workers were injured. Additionally, a 60-year-old woman was hurt and hospitalized with blast injuries and a leg injury,\u201d reports the Head of Kherson Oblast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Military?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Military<\/a> Administration.<\/p>\n<p>The aftermath is shown below. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l8jxgAw0AO\">pic.twitter.com\/l8jxgAw0AO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UkraineWorld (@ukraine_world) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukraine_world\/status\/1750129929902067988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a1\ufe0fZelensky on Il-76 crash: Ukraine to demand international investigation, fate of POWs unknown.<\/p>\n<p>The president said that Ukraine will insist on an international investigation into the crash of the Russian Il-76 transport plane in Belgorod Oblast.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GpBeTfg2mO\">https:\/\/t.co\/GpBeTfg2mO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyivIndependent\/status\/1750285308640313506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Good reads:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Patty Hajdu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianpressnews.ca\/politics\/first-nations-leaders-hold-emergency-meeting-in-ottawa-on-mental-health-crisis\/article_6ea97a59-4adf-598e-8c3c-504b83e06884.html\">met with<\/a> First Nations leaders around providing assistance for mental health crises, but the province of Ontario skipped the meeting claiming scheduling.<\/li>\n<li>RCMP costs for protecting MPs has reached an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/rcmp-security-members-parliament-1.7092425\">all-time high<\/a> as they face an increased volume of threats, particularly post-occupation.<\/li>\n<li>The foreign interference public inquiry has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianpressnews.ca\/national\/foreign-interference-inquiry-signals-plan-to-probe-alleged-meddling-by-india\/article_806649bd-a971-5957-aea1-9a20e84d1ca5.html\">asked for documents<\/a> related to concerns about interference coming from India in the last two federal elections.<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine\u2019s first lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/ukraine-canada-zelenska-1.7092367\">considers<\/a> the Hunka matter behind them, despite the fact that it was used for Russian propaganda.<\/li>\n<li>Conservatives are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianpressnews.ca\/politics\/conservatives-call-on-canada-to-restore-visa-requirement-for-mexican-tourists\/article_fd51d325-4e71-5018-9b43-fccc9fa584c7.html\">calling on<\/a> the government to reinstate visa requirements for Mexican travellers to Canada to deter asylum claims.<\/li>\n<li>Jagmeet Singh <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/politics\/singh-downplays-vote-splitting-while-pitching-cost-of-living-solutions-to-albertans\/wcm\/4a9aede1-8a54-4122-b6b0-4425fd66eef1\">insists<\/a> that his party can gain seats in Alberta by highlighting their differences from the two main parties, and is targeting Randy Boissonnault\u2019s seat.<\/li>\n<li>Singh is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianpressnews.ca\/national\/new-democrats-say-housing-policy-must-address-needs-of-lower-income-households\/article_649c0aa1-b168-529a-9949-cfd07c311320.html\">trying to push<\/a> the government to do more for affordable housing, claiming that the free market never helped with affordability. (Seriously?)<\/li>\n<li>First Nations chiefs in Ontario are asking for a one year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianpressnews.ca\/environment\/ontario-first-nation-chiefs-ask-for-moratorium-on-mining-claims\/article_a25b0d74-a941-5e57-860e-63adc0827cb3.html\">moratorium<\/a> on mining claims, because they are being staked faster than they can respond to them.<\/li>\n<li>Jason Markusoff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/tucker-carlson-danielle-smith-calgary-analysis-1.7094117\">recounts<\/a> what Danielle Smith and Tucker Carlson talked about at his big event in Calgary.<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Carmichael <a href=\"https:\/\/thelogic.co\/comment\/carmichael-the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-middle-class-in-canada\/\">ponders<\/a> Middle Class&#x2122; anxiety and how that can lead to bad policy, particularly when the data doesn\u2019t match the mood.<\/li>\n<li>Carmichael also <a href=\"https:\/\/thelogic.co\/news\/bank-of-canada-holds-interest-rate-steady-but-macklem-all-but-confirms-cuts-to-come\/\">parses<\/a> the Bank of Canada\u2019s latest messaging around rates.<\/li>\n<li>Matt Gurney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvo.org\/article\/does-anyone-really-know-how-or-when-the-emergencies-act-can-be-used\">worries<\/a> that there is now too much uncertainty on the use of the <em>Emergencies Act<\/em> going forward, which is bad in an emergency situation.<\/li>\n<li>Susan Delacourt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/political-opinion\/freedom-convoy-supporters-and-haters-now-have-fresh-ammunition\/article_5791b9e2-baf7-11ee-b851-8358490b3b0d.html\">argues<\/a> that the Federal Court and the public inquiry rulings are not actually that far apart, but that won\u2019t stop people weaponising the former.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Odds and Ends:<\/p>\n<p>For <em>National Magazine<\/em>, my <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalmagazine.ca\/en-ca\/articles\/law\/in-depth\/2024\/hindsight-2022\">write-up<\/a> of the Federal Court decision on the <em>Emergencies Act<\/em> invocation and some analysis from scholars.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/Pl7-p-pKkEQ&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more Routine Proceedings?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/journo_dale\">Become a patron<\/a>\u00a0and get exclusive new content. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Liberals\u2019 caucus retreat got underway in Ottawa (immediately after the Cabinet retreat), things got off to another rocky start as Liberal backbencher Ken McDonald told Radio-Canada that he thinks there should be a leadership review in the party &hellip; 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