{"id":4198,"date":"2015-10-21T05:36:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T09:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/?p=4198"},"modified":"2015-10-21T00:18:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T04:18:25","slug":"roundup-setting-a-new-tone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/2015\/10\/21\/roundup-setting-a-new-tone\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: Setting a new tone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first day \u201con the job,\u201d as it were, and Justin Trudeau was out to set a different tone from his predecessor from the get-go. While he and his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/canada-election-2015-justin-trudeau-news-conference-1.3280648\" target=\"_blank\">cabinet<\/a> won\u2019t be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/politics\/ottawa\/when-does-justin-trudeau-become-prime-minister\/\" target=\"_blank\">sworn in until November 4<sup>th<\/sup><\/a>, the job of transition started today, but that didn\u2019t stop Trudeau for being at the Metro station in his riding first thing to thank the voters there, and to pose for photos \u2013 something that Harper is pretty much loathe to do if it\u2019s not in a controlled space. (One imagines that Trudeau\u2019s RCMP detail is going to start freaking out really shortly). From Montreal, he flew back to Ottawa for a rally with supporters and local winning candidates (who pretty much swept the region here, with Pierre Poilievre\u2019s riding being the sole exception), and then up to Parliament Hill to make some calls with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalnewswatch.com\/2015\/10\/20\/congratulations-start-rolling-in-from-world-leaders-on-trudeau-win-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">international leaders<\/a> including President Obama, where talk ranged from the ISIS mission to pipeline projects, with the message to the world being that \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalnewswatch.com\/2015\/10\/20\/trudeau-fresh-from-majority-liberal-win-now-must-turn-to-implementing-plan-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canada is back<\/a>.\u201d Well, with a number of high-level international conferences coming up, Trudeau has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/justin-trudeau-greeted-with-well-wishes-but-also-high-expectations-on-world-stage-nahlah-ayed-1.3280058\" target=\"_blank\">high expectations<\/a> being placed on him by those other world leaders. There is also a great sense of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/justin-trudeau-s-majority-greeted-with-optimism-by-provincial-premiers-1.3280093\" target=\"_blank\">optimism<\/a> with the premiers as well, so that looks like it could be a changing tone there as well. From there, Trudeau held a press conference in the National Press Theatre \u2013 something Stephen Harper hasn\u2019t done since 2009, when he was trying to strike a deal with Michael Ignatieff not to topple his government over the summer (resulting in that Blue Ribbon panel on EI reform, which ended up collapsing thanks to the antics of Poilievre). He also walked there from the Hill as opposed to taking a motorcade. (Harper will take his motorcade across the street from 24 Sussex to Rideau Hall). Trudeau took questions for about 25 minutes \u2013 including follow-ups, and then promised that he would be back for more. It\u2019s a completely different way of running things that most of the younger journalists on the Hill (myself included) aren\u2019t used to. Not only that, but he promised that these would be regular appearances. It\u2019s resetting the tone with the media, and it\u2019s a hopeful signal that the tone really will start to change around here, and maybe we\u2019ll start getting back to the way things used to be, before the dark times.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A pleasure to thank Montrealers for their support today. I'll be proud to represent Papineau as Prime Minister. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qBDGFTyUXA\">pic.twitter.com\/qBDGFTyUXA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinTrudeau\/status\/656477825835364352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2015<\/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\">Readout of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a>' Call with Prime Minister-Designate Justin Trudeau of Canada <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RodBCJVXU2\">pic.twitter.com\/RodBCJVXU2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>— Obama NSC- Archived (@NSC44) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSC44\/status\/656588917689290752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2015<\/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\">This is odd. There's a prime minister taking questions in the National Press Theatre with a journalist chairing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lvvF677Tb8\">pic.twitter.com\/lvvF677Tb8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>— Terry Milewski (@CBCTerry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBCTerry\/status\/656577602128252928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2015<\/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>More election reaction from <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/full-comment\/justin-trudeau-makes-history\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Den Tandt<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/politics\/reevely-harper-blew-his-chance-at-greatness\" target=\"_blank\">David Reevely<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/federal-election\/2015\/10\/20\/liberal-comeback-headed-for-history-books-hbert.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chantal H\u00e9bert<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Kady O\u2019Malley <a href=\"http:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/storyline\/kady-we-have-a-liberal-majority-so-what-happens-next\" target=\"_blank\">previews<\/a> what the next couple of weeks might look like, and <a href=\"http:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/storyline\/kady-so-who-exactly-is-running-the-country-right-now\" target=\"_blank\">who\u2019s in charge<\/a> right now.<\/li>\n<li>Here\u2019s a look at new and returning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyxtra.com\/canada\/news-and-ideas\/news\/four-openly-gay-lesbian-new-mps-elected-ottawa-179030\" target=\"_blank\">gay and lesbian MPs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Maclean\u2019s<\/em> has a cool <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/shape-of-the-house\/\" target=\"_blank\">data visualization<\/a> of the new Commons composition. There are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/multimedia\/the-new-house-of-commons-more-women-and-aboriginal-mps-1.3280256\" target=\"_blank\">more women and more Aboriginal MPs<\/a> than before, as well as 14 previously defeated MPs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/canada-election-2015-liberal-mp-marjority-1.3280679\" target=\"_blank\">returning<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Here is a look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/politics\/five-things-trudeau-must-do-quickly\" target=\"_blank\">five things<\/a> Trudeau needs to do quickly.<\/li>\n<li>The Conservatives are starting their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalnewswatch.com\/2015\/10\/20\/conservatives-begin-campaign-post-mortem-looking-to-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\">campaign post-mortem<\/a>, starting with the ousting of Jenni Byrne.<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Gordon looks at how much revenue <a href=\"http:\/\/worthwhile.typepad.com\/worthwhile_canadian_initi\/2015\/10\/lpc.html\" target=\"_blank\">might be generated<\/a> from the planned Liberal upper tax bracket.<\/li>\n<li>Scott Reid <a href=\"http:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/politics\/reid-trudeau-must-avoid-the-temptation-to-adopt-harpers-practices\" target=\"_blank\">cautions<\/a> Trudeau against repeating some of Harper\u2019s practices. Dan Gardner <a href=\"http:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/2015\/10\/20\/real-change-is-here-but-it-doesnt-have-to-be-now\/\" target=\"_blank\">cautions<\/a> about undoing things Harper did just because Harper did it.<\/li>\n<li>Jen Gerson looks at the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/canadian-politics\/jen-gerson-calgary-elects-its-first-liberal-mps-in-almost-50-years-but-are-they-a-sign-of-a-fluke-or-a-thaw\" target=\"_blank\">improbable breakthrough<\/a> of the Liberals in Alberta.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Odds and ends:<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/10\/20\/world\/americas\/justin-trudeau-following-in-his-fathers-footsteps.html\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times<\/a><\/em> wrote up the election win from their perspective.<\/p>\n<p>No, John Oliver is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/special\/federal-election\/national\/no-john-olivers-not-going-to-jail-for-opining-on-canadas-election-heres-why-334196481.html\" target=\"_blank\">not going to jail<\/a> or getting fined for telling Canadians how to vote. That\u2019s not what the law he was quoting is about.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/pmlagasse\/status\/656496296430346240<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/pmlagasse\/status\/656496629336416257<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/pmlagasse\/status\/656496932714606593<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/pmlagasse\/status\/656497172679118848<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No, Harper is not going to make Senate appointments on the way out. The GG would refuse this advice. Precedent dates to 1896. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cdnpoli?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cdnpoli<\/a><\/p>\n<p>— Dale Smith (@journo_dale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/journo_dale\/status\/656542153909358593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2015<\/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\">The Force is strong with this one. The 1st invitation to the Cdn premiere of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheForceAwakens?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheForceAwakens<\/a> goes to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinTrudeau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JustinTrudeau<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DLtrn3yN7T\">https:\/\/t.co\/DLtrn3yN7T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>— Walt Disney Studios Canada (@DisneyStudiosCA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DisneyStudiosCA\/status\/656472710847991809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first day \u201con the job,\u201d as it were, and Justin Trudeau was out to set a different tone from his predecessor from the get-go. 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