{"id":9899,"date":"2021-09-06T05:35:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T09:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/?p=9899"},"modified":"2021-09-06T00:08:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T04:08:56","slug":"roundup-another-day-another-position-on-gun-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/2021\/09\/06\/roundup-another-day-another-position-on-gun-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: Another day, another position on gun control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another day, and Erin O\u2019Toole has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/federal-election\/2021\/09\/05\/erin-otoole-promises-to-hire-more-police-criticizes-defund-the-police-movement.html\">yet another position<\/a> on gun control. In the face of more questions on just where he stands, O\u2019Toole now says that he\u2019ll keep the existing prohibitions in place \u2013 but remains cagey on just what those are, never mind that his platform says he\u2019ll repeal them. Also, never mind that his own candidates are saying they\u2019ll repeal the measures the current government put into place.<\/p>\n<p>What is fascinating as well is to watch certain small-c conservative columnists report on this about-face, saying things like this might save O\u2019Toole\u2019s campaign, rather than, oh, this is yet another example of him swallowing himself whole, reversing his positions when it suits him, saying one thing to one group and another thing to another group if he thinks he can get away with it, and generally being a naked opportunist. And these tend to be the same talking heads who spend days if the Liberals \u201cflip-flop\u201d on a position. I expect we\u2019ll see a few more days of questions to O\u2019Toole on his changing positions, and whether they change again in another day or two.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CPC leader <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/erinotoole?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@erinotoole<\/a> just did a flip on gun control and is NOW saying he\u2019ll maintain the 2020 order in council to ban assault-style weapons.<br \/>He was asked about it 10 times yesterday and didn\u2019t answer.<br \/>Today says he\u2019ll keep it until a reclassification review <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cdnpoli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cdnpoli<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Elxn44?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Elxn44<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3RIU1eJJQ6\">pic.twitter.com\/3RIU1eJJQ6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Le Couteur (@mikelecouteur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikelecouteur\/status\/1434571948646801408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->On the campaign trail:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Justin Trudeau was in Markham, Ontario, to flesh out their promises around gun control (seeing as that wedge seems to have traction).<\/li>\n<li>Trudeau also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/politics\/federal-election-2021\/toronto-hospital-workers-share-fourth-wave-anxieties-with-justin-trudeau-1.5574275\">met with workers<\/a> at the Toronto General Hospital, and later, there were more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/trudeau-met-by-angry-protesters-in-newmarket-ont-1.6165866\">angry protesters<\/a> to meet Trudeau in Newmarket, ON.<\/li>\n<li>Trudeau also claims to be \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/trudeau-saini-review-1.6165557\">frustrated<\/a>\u201d by the Raj Saini situation.<\/li>\n<li>Erin O\u2019Toole was in Vancouver to pledge to hire 200 more RCMP officers in order to tackle crime.<\/li>\n<li>Jagmeet Singh was in Ottawa to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/federal-election\/2021\/09\/05\/ndp-aims-to-boost-covid-19-vaccine-uptake-curb-violence-against-healthcare-workers.html\">offer his plan<\/a> on fighting the fourth wave, as well as a new law to criminalize harassing or assaulting health care workers.<\/li>\n<li>Here is a look at the politics around the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/quebec-city-third-link-bloc-conservatives-liberals-environment-suburbs-1.6164693\">third link<\/a>\u201d project in Quebec City, and how that is playing out in the federal election, especially with the Bloc.<\/li>\n<li>The Conservative candidate in Central Nova has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/politics\/federal-election-2021\/n-s-conservative-candidate-apologizes-for-sharing-racist-facebook-posts-1.5574123\">apologised<\/a> for sharing racist memes over Facebook.<\/li>\n<li>Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed says the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/itk-president-2021-federal-election-1.6164256\">choices<\/a> for reconciliation in this election are stark, pointing to the Liberal funding delivered to date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Good reads:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yesterday marked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalnewswatch.com\/2021\/09\/05\/kovrig-spavor-supporters-march-in-support-of-freeing-the-prisoners-as-china-objects-2\/\">1000 days<\/a> that Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have been arbitrarily detained in China.<\/li>\n<li>Harjit Sajjan has <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/8167552\/sajjan-red-room-investigation-investigation\/\">requested<\/a> a briefing after sexualised comments by senior naval officers resulted in no discipline.<\/li>\n<li>Supriya Dwivedi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/contributors\/2021\/09\/05\/conservative-approach-to-vaccines-will-prolong-the-pandemic.html\">reminds us<\/a> of why the Conservative approach to vaccinations is incoherent and won\u2019t end the pandemic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Odds and ends:<\/p>\n<p>My <em>Loonie Politics<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/looniepolitics.com\/videos\/dale-smiths-quick-take-14\/\">Quick Take<\/a> recaps week three of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more Routine Proceedings?\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/journo_dale\"><strong>Become a patron<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0and get exclusive new content.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another day, and Erin O\u2019Toole has yet another position on gun control. 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