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Subject: RE New Cabinet Ministers The Maritimes, Old Folks and Fishing
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Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:21:11 -0400
Subject: Re Trudeau The Younger's cabinet shuffle Methinks the lawyer
Melanie Joly still has some explaining to do to Pablo Rodriguez and
Minister John Ames N'esy Pas Catherine Tait and
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Wednesday, 18 July 2018
Trudeau doesn't do a cabinet shuffle He just makes it grow before the
2019 campaign
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dominic-leblanc-minister-ford-provinces-carbon-tax-1.4753807
Dominic LeBlanc has 'fixer' role as Ottawa's relations with the provinces weaken
Promotion from Fisheries and Oceans to Intergovernmental Affairs comes at challenging time
On
the first working day of Dominic LeBlanc's new portfolio as minister of
intergovernmental and northern affairs and internal trade, a joint
announcement from two premiers on Thursday appears to be emblematic of
Ottawa's deteriorating relationship with the federation.
Premier Doug Ford and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe stood side by side in Saint Andrews to announce Ontario will support the Prairie province in challenging the federal government's right to impose a carbon tax on provinces that don't comply with its climate change plan.
Ontario
Premier Doug Ford, left, and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe talk with
reporters during a meeting in Saint Andrews on Thursday. Ford and Moe
have agreed to fight the imposition of a carbon tax. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)
It's
one of several challenges LeBlanc will be responsible for managing in
his new post, and it's why the veteran politician got the job during Wednesday's cabinet shuffle, according to University of New Brunswick political science professor J.P. Lewis.
"We're peaking in terms of regional and, more specifically, provincial challenges that the prime minister and the government are facing," Lewis said.
The Canadian political landscape is changing with the arrival of new premiers. In the most recent instance, Ford presents an opposing view to the Trudeau Liberals' key policies, especially carbon tax and climate policy.
Another premier could join the fold from the right before the 2019 federal election if United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney wins the upcoming Alberta election.
Elections will be held in Quebec and LeBlanc's home province of New Brunswick this fall.
LeBlanc is charged with handling interprovincial disputes — Alberta and British Columbia, for instance — on items such as pipelines and cross-border trade.
"We may see the type of contentious relationships that we haven't seen in, really, between the provincial and federal governments in a while," Lewis said.
He said the prime minister, with an eye on the 2019 election, appointed a political veteran and close confidant to handle an important portfolio since the voters' evaluation of how Justin Trudeau leads the federation is significant.
"In light of the current circumstances in the federation, it would be a promotion," Lewis said of LeBlanc's new role.
Lewis
said it falls under a pattern of previous prime ministers to appoint
stronger ministers, or "political fixers," to key portfolios or problem
areas. He said Stephen Harper used the late Jim Prentice in this
fashion.
Dominic
LeBlanc was sworn in as minister of intergovernmental and northern
affairs and internal trade on Wednesday by Michael Wernick, clerk of the
Privy Council, during a ceremony at Rideau Hall. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)
Gabriel
Arsenault, assistant professor of political science at the University
of Moncton, echoed Lewis in saying it's a promotion.
"It is an increasingly important department, because we see that there is a lot of acrimony between the provincial governments and the federal government," Arsenault, speaking in French, told Radio-Canada.
He said the number one issue on LeBlanc's list is the federal government's purchase of the Trans Mountain Pipeline, which lies at the centre of the Alberta-British Columbia tensions.
The
federal government stirred up tensions when it decided to take over the
Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion, which will bring a significant
increase in tanker traffic off the B.C. coast. (CBC News)
Number two on that list: Ford's push to get Ontario out of the carbon market.
Following Wednesday's shuffle, LeBlanc said the federal and provincial governments share a common interest in strengthening the economy and creating more jobs.
"There'll be a lot more, I think, that we have in common than we may disagree on, and my job will be to work with all of these leaders in a way that advances the interests of Canadians," he said.
On Thursday, the Beauséjour MP tweeted out a commitment to hold a premiers meeting on trade and that "removing trade barriers between Provinces and Territories is vital to growing our economy."
Premier Doug Ford and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe stood side by side in Saint Andrews to announce Ontario will support the Prairie province in challenging the federal government's right to impose a carbon tax on provinces that don't comply with its climate change plan.
"We're peaking in terms of regional and, more specifically, provincial challenges that the prime minister and the government are facing," Lewis said.
Changing domestic landscape
The Canadian political landscape is changing with the arrival of new premiers. In the most recent instance, Ford presents an opposing view to the Trudeau Liberals' key policies, especially carbon tax and climate policy.
Another premier could join the fold from the right before the 2019 federal election if United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney wins the upcoming Alberta election.
Elections will be held in Quebec and LeBlanc's home province of New Brunswick this fall.
In light of the current circumstances in the federation, it would be a promotion.- J.P. Lewis, political scientistAnd it's not just federal-provincial relationships that are becoming fraught, as Lewis noted.
LeBlanc is charged with handling interprovincial disputes — Alberta and British Columbia, for instance — on items such as pipelines and cross-border trade.
"We may see the type of contentious relationships that we haven't seen in, really, between the provincial and federal governments in a while," Lewis said.
Promotion for LeBlanc
He said the prime minister, with an eye on the 2019 election, appointed a political veteran and close confidant to handle an important portfolio since the voters' evaluation of how Justin Trudeau leads the federation is significant.
"In light of the current circumstances in the federation, it would be a promotion," Lewis said of LeBlanc's new role.
"It is an increasingly important department, because we see that there is a lot of acrimony between the provincial governments and the federal government," Arsenault, speaking in French, told Radio-Canada.
Trans Mountain Pipeline
He said the number one issue on LeBlanc's list is the federal government's purchase of the Trans Mountain Pipeline, which lies at the centre of the Alberta-British Columbia tensions.
Following Wednesday's shuffle, LeBlanc said the federal and provincial governments share a common interest in strengthening the economy and creating more jobs.
"There'll be a lot more, I think, that we have in common than we may disagree on, and my job will be to work with all of these leaders in a way that advances the interests of Canadians," he said.
On Thursday, the Beauséjour MP tweeted out a commitment to hold a premiers meeting on trade and that "removing trade barriers between Provinces and Territories is vital to growing our economy."
With files from Radio-Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-shuffle-election-1.4750085
Trudeau's cabinet shuffle shows where Liberals think 2019 election will be decided
3 new ministers are named in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, while Quebec and B.C. also get a boost
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Glenn Carducci
An inexperienced Prime
Minister with several inexperienced ministers. Something tells me this
experiment is going to fail miserably and Canadians will pay the price.
david mccaig
@Glenn Carducci
Can you believe the gall of these Trump supporting right wing conservatives, coming here everyday and attacking OUR Prime Minister.
Can you believe the gall of these Trump supporting right wing conservatives, coming here everyday and attacking OUR Prime Minister.
David R. Amos
@david mccaig Methinks
somebody should tell you this article is a speculation about liberals
and their reelection plan. It has nothing to do with Trump. However I
doubt you will even read this N'esy Pas?
Peter Boone
Just like his father he views the East Coast as cattle he can lead to the slaughter. Shameful.
Elma Fayerrly
@Peter Boone Atlantic Canada- "There is a dependence in the region that breeds a culture of defeatism." Stephen Harper
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David R. Amos
@Peter Boone Methinks if the
Trudeau the Younger thinks of us as mindless cattle then he is gravely
mistaken. Everybody knows his old babysitter Minister Leblanc and his
current babysitter Mr Butts are from down here so he must listen to a
Maritimers or two now and then N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
@Elma Fayerrly "Atlantic Canada- "There is a dependence in the region that breeds a culture of defeatism." Stephen Harper"
YUP Harper certainly said it and I definitely repeated it many times during the elections I ran in. Methinks Harper's fans may enjoy hearing me say it again Go to 38 minutes of this debate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
Obviously the debate was recorded before Harper lost every seat in the Maritimes. Now the Conservatives understand the culture of defeatism too N'esy Pas?
YUP Harper certainly said it and I definitely repeated it many times during the elections I ran in. Methinks Harper's fans may enjoy hearing me say it again Go to 38 minutes of this debate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
Obviously the debate was recorded before Harper lost every seat in the Maritimes. Now the Conservatives understand the culture of defeatism too N'esy Pas?
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David R. Amos
@Peter Boone Methinks
Quebecois will never understand Maritimers Thats why Trudeau the Younger
needs Leblanc and Butts to guide him N'esy Pas?
Jim Gurtle
Trudeau’s PMO (I.e. Gerald B)
is still firmly in charge, so changing the talking head ministers won’t
change much. The tax purgatory on small businesses continues, the
battle of the carbon tax looms, double standards and hypocrisy are alive
and well (Creston taking the cake), tax risk continues to augment as
large deficits are run in the absence of a recession, and the integrity
of our border and immigration systems continues to deteriorate.
David R. Amos
@Jim Gurtle "Trudeau’s PMO (I.e. Gerald B) is still firmly in charge"
YUP
YUP
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David R. Amos
@david mccaig "And to think
the man accused of colluding with the Russians was briefed that morning
with the latest US intelligence from 17 intelligence agencies "
Methinks you left wingnuts really should read what the article is about before commenting N'esy Pas?
Methinks you left wingnuts really should read what the article is about before commenting N'esy Pas?
John Towler
Trudeau hopes people will forget his arrogance, narcissism and list of boondoggles too long to list here.
My bets are his demise will be similar to Wynne.
My bets are his demise will be similar to Wynne.
Izzy Mandelbaum
@John Towler Such a funny
response "arrogance, narcissism and list of boondoggles". Sure you're
not referring to Stephen Harper??
David R. Amos
@Izzy Mandelbaum Methinks those terms apply to most politicians N'esy Pas?
Dav Fenn
Justin Trudeau's moves . They won't help.
Does anyone believe Justin Trudeau is smart enough to come up with these "moves" ?
Give credit where credit is due , in the back room.
Does anyone believe Justin Trudeau is smart enough to come up with these "moves" ?
Give credit where credit is due , in the back room.
David R. Amos
@Dav Fenn I concur
Dave Williams
Shuffling incompetence, still leaves you with incompetence.
David R. Amos
@Dave Williams True however
Methinks whereas the incompetent ones are now cabinet ministers their new positions help to reelect the party as a whole which is the plan just as the all knowing CBC pollster suggests N'esy Pas?
Methinks whereas the incompetent ones are now cabinet ministers their new positions help to reelect the party as a whole which is the plan just as the all knowing CBC pollster suggests N'esy Pas?
Al. C Hill
The Liberals will be lucky
if they get a minority gov in 2019.....their unicorn and sunshine
agenda sounds nice but in reality it does nothing tangible for the
average person on the street......a gov actually has to work to
accomplish anything and these liberals just don't have it in them.
David R. Amos
@Al. C Hill "The Liberals will be lucky if they get a minority gov in 2019"
Methinks that many believe that will be the outcome but Mr Grenier does not wish to predict it yet N'esy Pas?
Methinks that many believe that will be the outcome but Mr Grenier does not wish to predict it yet N'esy Pas?
John Napier
Instead of shuffle there should be shovel … and save taxpayers money. We are talking about 5 new ministers, 5 x $250 000.
He has been running huge debt and deficit and we taxpayers are getting again hit with huge bill.
He has been running huge debt and deficit and we taxpayers are getting again hit with huge bill.
David R. Amos
@Marc Martin "That's still less ministers then Harper."
Big deal. Methinks I agree with CBC's pollster again. Canada got along just fine without these positions for 3 years but now that Trudeau the Younger needs help playing the reelection game the liberals build a bigger team of heavy hitters in certain locations N'esy Pas?
Big deal. Methinks I agree with CBC's pollster again. Canada got along just fine without these positions for 3 years but now that Trudeau the Younger needs help playing the reelection game the liberals build a bigger team of heavy hitters in certain locations N'esy Pas?
Celeste Savoy
Unless the PM shuffles himself out of cabinet the Liberals don't have a chance in the next election.
glen spryszak
@Marc Martin
Canada will win.
Canada will win.
David R. Amos
@glen spryszak Dream on
David Fairbairn
So it's all geopolitical
games to try and save his sorry performance, as opposed to what Canada
actually needs. But then, it's always been about him, hasen't it?
David R. Amos
@David Fairbairn Methinks he thinks he is doing his best for peoplekind whoever the hell that is N'esy Pas?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-cabinet-shuffle-analysis-1.4752196
Make no mistake — Trudeau's cabinet shuffle is his re-election kickoff: Chris Hall
LeBlanc, Carr and Blair will have to handle 3 of Trudeau's biggest challenges: Ford, trade and the border
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"POOF"
Karen King
Web Brigade is here in fine
form. Taking pot shots at Canada and the PM. Not one person here can
give me any reason why wee Andy would be better.
David R. Amos
@Karen King Methinks nobody cares what you think N'esy Pas?
how long till CBC starts
running free attack adds for the Liberals? or will they be siding with
the NDP this time? Matybe they can actually televise the debates this
time round
Nick Stoke
@Karen King
Because low informed voters like you keep trying to defend the indefensible.
Because low informed voters like you keep trying to defend the indefensible.
Karen King
@Nick Stoke
says the newbie WB, taking pot shots at folks says more about you
says the newbie WB, taking pot shots at folks says more about you
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David R. Amos
@Karen King "says the newbie WB, taking pot shots at folks says more about you" EXACTLY Some wiseguy once said "Judge not lest ye be judged" EH?
Another dude said "Live by the sword Die by the sword" EH?
Whereas conservative and liberal spin doctors should at least agree that the word is mightier than the sword, what say you crawl back under your rock and try eating your own words to see if the Troll within you can survive digesting your own vitrol?
In a nutshell methinks the "newbies" aka my fellow citizens have every right to post their opinions within CBC's domain as all the political spin doctors feel free to do N'esy Pas?
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David R. Amos
@Karen King "taking pot shots at folks says more about you"
FYI my reply to you was "Content disabled.". Methinks I should thank CBC for proving my point in spades N'esy Pas?
FYI my reply to you was "Content disabled.". Methinks I should thank CBC for proving my point in spades N'esy Pas?
leonard g MacAulay
Free campaign slogans for the opposition parties:
“See we told you he wasn’t ready”
“Still waiting for the budget to balance itself”
My personal slogan for Trudeau “Hair today gone 2019”
“See we told you he wasn’t ready”
“Still waiting for the budget to balance itself”
My personal slogan for Trudeau “Hair today gone 2019”
Karen King
@leonard g MacAulay
again ,he was elected on both those things....you still ignored my question...wee Andy is better?? more qualified??
again ,he was elected on both those things....you still ignored my question...wee Andy is better?? more qualified??
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David R. Amos
@Karen King "again ,he was elected on both those things"
Methinks many would agree that your hero Trudeau the Younger is the accidental Prime Minister and his sunny ways are now a joke after he lied about groping a lady. Furthermore in my humble opinion the liberal didn't win the big mandate that surprised everyone because of what Trudeau said or did. Harper and Mulcair lost because of they said and did. Hence the liberals were the only other option and we were saddled with mr Dress up and his "PeopleKind". Nobody can deny that the following year the same thing happened south of the 49th. Its not that Trump is so great it is the fact that Hillary is so bad and the Yankee folks had had enough of the same old same old However we all know liberal and conservative spin doctors will never agree with me N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
@leonard g MacAulay Methinks that you would have enjoyed my reply too bad CBC blocked it for Karen King's benefit N'esy Pas?
"POOF"
David Fuller
Please do NOT re.-elect Trudeau
The tax and spend liberals are over
We just kicked them out for good in Ontario
The tax and spend liberals are over
We just kicked them out for good in Ontario
David R. Amos
@David Fuller Methinks we already know who Chris Hall and his CBC cohorts will be voting for N'esy Pas?
"POOF"
David Fuller
I predict Trudeau will cry more in 2019
David R. Amos
@David Fuller Methinks I
would not bet on it Although the Sunny days are over for the Trudeau The
Younger the latest leader of Canada's self described "Natural Governing
Party" a lot of folks look at Harper 2.0 as a pretty scary dude N'esy
Pas?
Brent Mackenzie
Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic
David R. Amos
@Brent Mackenzie Methinks Mr Fuller's most liked threads of may be gone but not so easily forgotten N'esy Pas?
John Collie
Anyone who scraps the carbon tax will get my vote. Enough with the taxation of Canadians!
David R. Amos
@John Collie I agree
John Kimble
Liberals are done. Too much incompetence and entitlement from them.
Completely out of touch
Completely out of touch
David R. Amos
@Richard Riel Methinks its is
incredibly comical that the liberal claim to be Canada's "Natural
Governing Party" is blatantly supported by the CBC which has a mandate
to be non partisan N'esy Pas?
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup/what-s-the-future-look-like-under-the-new-liberal-government-1.3285114
"Mr. Trudeau's victory spells the end of the Liberal Party's decade in the political wilderness, and perhaps even its return as Canada's 'natural governing party.' But like other campaigns about change and hope -- think Obama here -- there is a danger that expectations are raised too high. The Liberal campaign was about optimism ...but it was also flowing with specific and not so specfic election promises, some of which will be a challenge to implement, and implementing them all a Sisyphean task.
We want to hear what you think now that the counting is done and the winner clear."
George Abbott
Who is ready for a second round of lies, deceit and deception?
Peter Boone
@George Abbott Trudeau and
Goodale have clearly lied to us about security all along which is why
they had to create a new Border Security position.
David R. Amos
@Peter Boone YUP
Nash Ruthen
Can anybody tell me
what the Liberals got right so far????
At least with the cons we felt safe
within our borders and got along with the US
what the Liberals got right so far????
At least with the cons we felt safe
within our borders and got along with the US
David R. Amos
@Nash Ruthen "At least with the cons we felt safe"
Methinks you should drop the "WE" part I know for a fact I was constantly harassed by corrupt cops etc since I first ran for public office in 2004 Why else would I sue the Crown in 2015 N'esy Pas?
Methinks you should drop the "WE" part I know for a fact I was constantly harassed by corrupt cops etc since I first ran for public office in 2004 Why else would I sue the Crown in 2015 N'esy Pas?
Pat Mosiuk
Again with the inappropriate hug? And the close talker?
David R. Amos
@Pat Mosiuk "Again with the inappropriate hug?"
Methinks many folks are beginning to notice and find it kinda creepy N'esy Pas?
Methinks many folks are beginning to notice and find it kinda creepy N'esy Pas?
Rob Smith
I cannot recall ever hugging my boss or letting him hug me. But I was never a Liberal politician.
Peter Boone
@Rob Smith - Creepy
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David R. Amos
@Peter Boone YUP
David R. Amos
@Rob Smith WOW
David R. Amos
@Peter Boone Methinks you
would agree that its very strange that all that I had to do now is agree
with you with one word (YUP) and I was blocked N'esy Pas?
Bela Milligan
We're going to vote Trudeau out in 2019. Everyone I talk with wants him gone!
steve wilson
@Bela Milligan ... you need to get out more then...
David R. Amos
@steve wilson YUP and spread the word
mick belker
Hi Justin I am still waiting for the budget to balance itself. How much will it cost us for the budget to balance itself.
Jon Palmer
@mick belker He didn’t misspeak.
In several generations of debt slavery the compound interest from our toxic world bank debt will equal the total value of Canada, and all its chattel. Then the private central banks will own all of Canada, when that happens one could argue that “the books have balanced themselves”.
In several generations of debt slavery the compound interest from our toxic world bank debt will equal the total value of Canada, and all its chattel. Then the private central banks will own all of Canada, when that happens one could argue that “the books have balanced themselves”.
David R. Amos
@Jon Palmer Good point
Ernie Zimmerman
Canada will be better off when trudeau is removed from power.
Thomas Magnum
@Ernie Zimmerman but Scheer has yet to prove anything, including any campaign....
David R. Amos
@Thomas Magnum "Scheer has yet to prove anything"
Methinks he has proved enough to me and the Quebecois lawyer named Maxime to earn the title of "Harper 2.0" N'esy Pas?
Methinks he has proved enough to me and the Quebecois lawyer named Maxime to earn the title of "Harper 2.0" N'esy Pas?
keith rodgers
Worst Government EVER, Why,
No Trade Agreements
No Control of the Canadian Border
Worst Relationship with any USA President Ever,
Demoralized our Troops,
Told our Vets to suck it up we have no money
Giving away money to non Canadians
Deceiving the Public
Uncontrolled Public Fund Spending
No Confidence for Canadians...
No Trade Agreements
No Control of the Canadian Border
Worst Relationship with any USA President Ever,
Demoralized our Troops,
Told our Vets to suck it up we have no money
Giving away money to non Canadians
Deceiving the Public
Uncontrolled Public Fund Spending
No Confidence for Canadians...
Kit Dixon
@scott sheppard
Google. You should try it sometime.
Google. You should try it sometime.
David R. Amos
@Kit Dixon "Google. You should try it sometime."
Methinks more folks should use it and type in my name N'esy Pas?
Methinks more folks should use it and type in my name N'esy Pas?
Kerry Thurston
He obviously shuffled to get more Ontario representation and votes.
Doug Ford has him terrified.
Doug Ford has him terrified.
David R. Amos
@Kerry Thurston "Doug Ford has him terrified."
YUP
YUP
Oliver Welch
Canada is so messed
up.....thanks totally to Trudeau...our country is now run by minorities,
special interest grouos and lobbyists......and the rest of taxpayers
are footing the bill.
David R. Amos
@Oliver Welch I agree
Cathy Bowslaugh
Well there you have it. The
new position given to Bill Blair of border security isn't about securing
our borders at all. His sole job description will be to change the
narrative about the border crisis. Not to do anything about it, just to
convince Canadians that we want unsecured borders and illegals entering
at will. It's all about getting re-elected, not about the concerns of
Canadians, just political gobbledegook.
David R. Amos
@Cathy Bowslaugh "It's all about getting re-elected, not about the concerns of Canadians, just political gobbledegook."
YUP
YUP
James Spencer III
Way too many ministries. We could cut them in half and never notice.
Artie Gibson
@James Spencer III
Just like the civil service employees.
Just like the civil service employees.
David R. Amos
@James Spencer III YUP
David R. Amos
@Artie Gibson YUP
teddy Wilmer
Did CBC say Kickoff or Kickout???
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David R. Amos
@teddy Wilmer Methinks CBC
has deleted so many comments they must confused. Perhaps we should
welcome them to the circus and demand that they be non partisan as per
their mandate N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
@teddy Wilmer Oh my CBC did not like my reply
Jim Becker
The real story is another
cabinet based on identity politics rather than merit, continuing to run
our country like a parent teacher association, very dangerous to our
prosperity.
@Jim Becker Methinks the real story is CBC's blatant support of a political party N'esy Pas?
Matthew Locke
No amount of cabinet
shuffling could ever pick up the slack for Trudeau. We've had three
years of him just taking up space in the HOC and can't afford anymore of
doing nothing.
Casey Richards
@Matthew Locke
You mean if we shuffle Larry, Moe and Curly into Curly, Larry and Moe, they won’t turn into 3 Wise Men?
You mean if we shuffle Larry, Moe and Curly into Curly, Larry and Moe, they won’t turn into 3 Wise Men?
David R. Amos
@Casey Richards Methinks that
whereas I always run as an Independent I have no hope of ever having a
Cabinet to do my bidding. So in lieu of depending on the Integrity of
any Stooges I rely on the Integrity of one guy with common sense, a
conscience and who is too dumb to know fear.
Trudeau the Younger and his many parliamentary cohorts know I call the "Dude Who Abides" "Me Myself and I" All anyone has to do is type that expression or merely my name into Google in order to view what I say is true on CTV and Rogers TV N'esy Pas?
Bruce Carriere
A kick off for
Re-election..lol..I almost fell on the floor laughing so hard, no ones
going to vote for mr.dressup..the liberal party will be lucky to survive
,the guys an embarrassment to our country and a joke to the rest of the
world..
David R. Amos
@Bruce Carriere "the guys an embarrassment to our country and a joke to the rest of the world.."
Welcome to the Circus
Welcome to the Circus
David R. Amos
@Bruce Carriere Methinks you know Harper 2.0 is quite a clown too N'esy Pas?
Nash Ruthen
I hope the liberals lose
badly in 2019
They have been found wanting
as they say in old English
and their time is up
badly in 2019
They have been found wanting
as they say in old English
and their time is up
Richard Riel
@Nash Ruthen And overdue and
outdated dinosaurs and still roaming parliament hill for their own
benefit and skimming off the top and impoverishing Canadian with every
possible tax they can implement.
David R. Amos
@Nash Ruthen Methinks many
folks such as I would like to see a minority mandate next time around
and don't care who is the Prime Minister.
However everybody "In the Know" in parliamentary circles know it is irrelevant who holds the key to the PMO. It is what is done in secrecy in the PCO that does us all in. No matter which political party you support they all make their backroom deals there.
Democracy and Justice are myths. What we see in the House of Commons and in our courts are just a fancy smoke and mirror shows. Nobody dares to deny that I made it a point to prove it over the course of the past 17 years in Canada and the USA. In return nobody dares to even say my name not even CBC N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
@Richard Riel YUP
These are my replies to certain posts as soon as they appeared
The photo is just begging for the Get a room comment
David R. Amos
@ Yo ye with no name Methinks you would enjoy checking out the photo of Trudeau The Younger and Minister Carr N'esy Pas?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-cabinet-shuffle-2018-1.4749976
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-cabinet-shuffle-2018-1.4749976
Lind Fancs
@David R. Amos
OMG, LOL, Justin is so creepy
OMG, LOL, Justin is so creepy
James Alexander
JT has obviously been able to put those groping accusations behind him.
David R. Amos
@James Alexander Methinks he thinks so However at least you and I have not N'esy Pas?
raj singh
no amount of spin from the cbc will help trudeau anymore
David R. Amos
@raj singh I agree
raj singh
polls show trudeau has less than 30% support of canadians
plus, as Ontario goes, so does the country
good bye, trudeau, the first sitting pm ever to be found guilty of breaking ethics laws
plus, as Ontario goes, so does the country
good bye, trudeau, the first sitting pm ever to be found guilty of breaking ethics laws
David R. Amos
@raj singh Methinks Canadians are beginning to clue in to the liberal nonsense N'esy Pas?
Daniel McIntyre
Bill Blair can't speak French and yet he's in a high profile ministerial position. Scraping the bottom of the barrel.
David R. Amos
@Daniel McIntyre Methinks he
was a not so clever choice but trust that the Liberals and the
Conservatives know I am loving Blair's appointment for reasons all my
own in order to support my next lawsuit against the Crown N'esy Pas?
Laurence Lee
The appointment of Jonathan
Wilkinson to Fisheries and Oceans is at first glance a Trumpian
appointment, as his resume is clearly on the side of the energy sector
and not the environmental. It will be interesting to hear what he has
to say, but if Trudeau thinks that the pipeline can be sold with
technobabble, he underestimates both the intelligence and the commitment
to a sustainable environment of the West Coast electorate. Let's give
him a chance, but don't be surprised.
One other observation is that Fisheries and Oceans as a ministry makes far more sense to have split into two, an Atlantic, and a Pacific. The issues and the politics are quite different, and as the article mentions, both coasts take it very seriously when they are not heard at the Cabinet table. There seems to be lots of money available to waste on virtual ministries, like the border policing one just created for Bill Blair, while functionally useful ministries such as this suggestion never get discussed.
One other observation is that Fisheries and Oceans as a ministry makes far more sense to have split into two, an Atlantic, and a Pacific. The issues and the politics are quite different, and as the article mentions, both coasts take it very seriously when they are not heard at the Cabinet table. There seems to be lots of money available to waste on virtual ministries, like the border policing one just created for Bill Blair, while functionally useful ministries such as this suggestion never get discussed.
David R. Amos
@Laurence Lee Good point
Aaron Spencer Lane
The way Trudeau hugs his
cabinet appointees is completely inappropriate, unprofessional and
undignified. If any other employer did this with his colleagues or
employees he would be in a lot of trouble.
Danny Tanker
@Aaron Spencer Lane
" If any other employer did this with his colleagues or employees he would be in a lot of trouble."
Nonsense. I have received hugs from bosses and colleagues, no big deal.
" If any other employer did this with his colleagues or employees he would be in a lot of trouble."
Nonsense. I have received hugs from bosses and colleagues, no big deal.
David R. Amos
@Aaron Spencer Lane Methinks you should forget the strange hugging and check out my tip to you ASAP N'esy Pas?
Please, please, please, next time vote competence and patriotism over plastic charisma.
Karen King
@Bill Davis
so who do you suggest?? wee Andy, no competence or patriotism at all.
so who do you suggest?? wee Andy, no competence or patriotism at all.
David R. Amos
Richard Edmonds
I will be tuning the CBC out
around June 2019, after the last election and the partisanship from the
broadcaster. Until then I will take what they say with a grain of salt.
steve coy
@Richard Edmonds And here you are. Yawwwwwwn.
David R. Amos
@Richard Edmonds Methinks you may pretend to be a wiseguy but if so the obvious question is why wait N'esy Pas?
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David R. Amos
@Richard Edmonds Do tell are
you the Richard Edmonds who is an English neo-Nazi political activist
and former deputy chairman and national organiser of the British
National Party ???
If so methinks Mr Prime Minster Trudeau the Younger should cry foul because of political interference from another country N'esy Pas?
If so methinks Mr Prime Minster Trudeau the Younger should cry foul because of political interference from another country N'esy Pas?
Karen King
Reading through the posts
here I am seeing the usual trash about hair, looks and socks. Seriously
this is the govt, it might help if folks stated something with
substance.
Meanwhile wee Andy is certainly not able to run the country and the NDP are toast so ranting about getting rid of Trudeau without any alternative seems pretty stupid folks!
Meanwhile wee Andy is certainly not able to run the country and the NDP are toast so ranting about getting rid of Trudeau without any alternative seems pretty stupid folks!
David R. Amos
@Karen King Methinks that you are easily proving that you liberals have your knickers in quite a knot today N'esy Pas?
Aaron Spencer Lane
@Karen King
Wow. Can you really not see the irony and hypocrisy of your own post? You call for Trudeau's critics to offer substantive criticism, but in the very same breath you call Scheer "wee Andy" (which is weird considering he's 6" 4" tall) without offering any substantive criticism.
But since you asked for it, here is my substantive criticism of Trudeau: he promised to "end Canada's combat mission in Iraq" then extended it and tripled its size instead; he broke his promise to "launch an immediate, open and transparent competition to replace the CF-18 aircraft"; he broke his promise to reform the electoral system; he promised "modest deficits" not more than $10 billion per year for not more than 3 years and instead has delivered deficits more that twice that size with no end in sight for a generation; he said he always believes victims of sexual misconduct and everyone should always be accountable for their past actions, but when accused of sexual misconduct himself he brushes it off; he has been found in violation of multiple provisions of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Act in relation to accepting undeclared gifts and prohibited free travel; he requires Canadians to attest to their support for his policies on moral issues in order to access government funding programs; he promised to lower taxes for the middle class, but refuses to give a definition of "middle class" and has actually raised taxes on Canadians in every tax bracket...
Wow. Can you really not see the irony and hypocrisy of your own post? You call for Trudeau's critics to offer substantive criticism, but in the very same breath you call Scheer "wee Andy" (which is weird considering he's 6" 4" tall) without offering any substantive criticism.
But since you asked for it, here is my substantive criticism of Trudeau: he promised to "end Canada's combat mission in Iraq" then extended it and tripled its size instead; he broke his promise to "launch an immediate, open and transparent competition to replace the CF-18 aircraft"; he broke his promise to reform the electoral system; he promised "modest deficits" not more than $10 billion per year for not more than 3 years and instead has delivered deficits more that twice that size with no end in sight for a generation; he said he always believes victims of sexual misconduct and everyone should always be accountable for their past actions, but when accused of sexual misconduct himself he brushes it off; he has been found in violation of multiple provisions of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Act in relation to accepting undeclared gifts and prohibited free travel; he requires Canadians to attest to their support for his policies on moral issues in order to access government funding programs; he promised to lower taxes for the middle class, but refuses to give a definition of "middle class" and has actually raised taxes on Canadians in every tax bracket...
David R. Amos
@Aaron Spencer Lane Perhaps you should Google the following ASAP
David Amos Federal Court
Then scroll down to paragraph 83
David Amos Federal Court
Then scroll down to paragraph 83
larry wegner
He's going to need all the
help he can get but it still wont be enough, bigger cabinet? does this
man not understand the value of money at all?
Karen King
@leonard g MacAulay
He got elected by telling folks he was going to run a deficit, forgot about that part eh?
He got elected by telling folks he was going to run a deficit, forgot about that part eh?
David R. Amos
@Karen King "forgot about that part eh?"
Methinks everybody knows I forget nothing and keep very good records. The liberals and conservatives curse me because of that fact on a daily basis N'esy Pas?
Methinks everybody knows I forget nothing and keep very good records. The liberals and conservatives curse me because of that fact on a daily basis N'esy Pas?
leonard g MacAulay
Free campaign slogans for the opposition parties:
“See we told you he wasn’t ready”
“Still waiting for the budget to balance itself”
My personal slogan for Trudeau “Hair today gone 2019”
“See we told you he wasn’t ready”
“Still waiting for the budget to balance itself”
My personal slogan for Trudeau “Hair today gone 2019”
Karen King
@leonard g MacAulay
again ,he was elected on both those things....you still ignored my question...wee Andy is better?? more qualified??
again ,he was elected on both those things....you still ignored my question...wee Andy is better?? more qualified??
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@Karen King "again ,he was elected on both those things"
Methinks many would agree that your hero Trudeau the Younger is the accidental Prime Minister and his sunny ways are now a joke after he lied about groping a lady. Furthermore in my humble opinion the liberal didn't win the big mandate that surprised everyone because of what Trudeau said or did. Harper and Mulcair lost because of they said and did. Hence the liberals were the only other option and we were saddled with mr Dress up and his "PeopleKind". Nobody can deny that the following year the same thing happened south of the 49th. Its not that Trump is so great it is the fact that Hillary is so bad and the Yankee folks had had enough of the same old same old However we all know liberal and conservative spin doctors will never agree with me N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
@leonard g MacAulay Methinks that you would have enjoyed my reply too bad CBC blocked it for Karen King's benefit N'esy Pas?
keith rodgers
Most incompetent Government EVER
Wayne Brown
@keith rodgers -Yes, without a doubt at all.
Karen King
@keith rodgers
says the newbie WB
says the newbie WB
David R. Amos
@Karen King Methinks the
"newbies" aka my fellow citizens have every right to post their opinions
within CBC's domain as all the political spin doctors feel free to do
N'esy Pas?
Mark Petersen
Make no mistake. No matter what shuffling around Trudeau does, he is still not electable.
Karen King
@Mark Petersen
Seriously, you guys rant about this but we have absolutely no alternative. Waht is wee Andy going to do better?? hmmmm???
Seriously, you guys rant about this but we have absolutely no alternative. Waht is wee Andy going to do better?? hmmmm???
Mark Petersen
@Karen King Well, I don't
know. I'm hoping he will at least avoid the blunders I've seen over the
past few years (no point in naming them). I'm also hoping that he will
take care of Canadians first without being disruptive to the rest of the
world. Does that sound agreeable to you?
David R. Amos
@Karen King "Web Brigade is
here in fine form. Taking pot shots at Canada and the PM. Not one person
here can give me any reason why wee Andy would be better."
Methinks nobody cares what you think N'esy Pas?
Methinks nobody cares what you think N'esy Pas?
Jim Clark
Harper didn’t listen-he was
removed.Trudeau has learned nothing from his mistake.Keep pushing
illegal immigration and carbon taxes and you will be removed.simple.
Karen King
@Jim Clark
He is not pushing illegal immigration, he has said many times there is no free entry. Nice how you conveniently ignore the facts. I guess it's outside your script.
He is not pushing illegal immigration, he has said many times there is no free entry. Nice how you conveniently ignore the facts. I guess it's outside your script.
David R. Amos
@Karen King Methinks you
should have your latest hero the ex cop Bill Blair and "newbie" Cabinet
Minister explain the illegal crossing of about 30 thousand people t my
fellow Canadian citizens since your hero Trudeau the Younger posted his
infamous Tweet N''esy Pas?
https://twitter.com/DavidRayAmos/with_replies
David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Leave it to CBC to give this EVIL LIEbrano lawyer some limelight with some good news byway of a useless opinion in order to take the heat of their bosses N'esy Pas?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/pot-legalization-marijuana-1.4751347
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Trudeau doesn't do a cabinet shuffle He just makes it grow before the
2019 campaign
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-cabinet-shuffle-2018-1.4749976
Trudeau cabinet shuffle brings new faces, several changes for run-up to 2019 campaign
Toronto-area MPs Mary Ng and Bill Blair and B.C.'s Jonathan Wilkinson among those added in shakeup
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"POOF"
Mike Trout
Justin...............take the
easy way out as you always do, just resign and take that three ring
circus of Liberal "ministers" with you. Either you go on your own or we
fed up Canadians throw you out in 2019.
ABTL 2019
ABTL 2019
David R. Amos
@Mike Trout {three ring circus of Liberal "ministers" with you"
As I said many times
Welcome to the Circus
As I said many times
Welcome to the Circus
"POOF"
Celeste Savoy
This one got lost so just reposting.
How does one shuffle such a "dream team"?
McKenna, gave billions to China and missed Harper's GHG targets.
Monsef - pretty sure she's not here legally.
Billy slick Morneau - well, that's all I'm going to say about that.
Bardish Chagger - perfected the art of deliverologys, which is talking a lot but not saying anyting.
Sajan, the "architect of stolen valour".
Goodale, running an open border but hiding all the facts and figures.
Justin Trudeau.....sigh. I can't even go there.
How does one shuffle such a "dream team"?
McKenna, gave billions to China and missed Harper's GHG targets.
Monsef - pretty sure she's not here legally.
Billy slick Morneau - well, that's all I'm going to say about that.
Bardish Chagger - perfected the art of deliverologys, which is talking a lot but not saying anyting.
Sajan, the "architect of stolen valour".
Goodale, running an open border but hiding all the facts and figures.
Justin Trudeau.....sigh. I can't even go there.
James Fitzgibbon
@Celeste Savoy
alt right blubbering
alt right blubbering
Ian MacDonald
@Ian MacDonald
Oh wait. It wasn't the greens. Ad hominem is Latin...so yeah...
Oh wait. It wasn't the greens. Ad hominem is Latin...so yeah...
David R. Amos
@Ian MacDonald Methinks many a true word is said in jest N'esy Pas?
Veritas Vincit
Veritas Vincit
Shawn G. Gibson
Please base changes on merit, not identity politics.
David R. Amos
@Shawn G. Gibson Dream on
Richard Sharp
@Shawn G. Gibson
The Trudeau Cabinet is gender balanced for the first time in history and as diverse as ever too. Unlike the “Party of One,” Lib Ministers can speak to the public and the media without prior approval of the buys in short pants’. And we know what they’re doing because their mandate letters have been disclosed for the first time ever too.
The Trudeau Cabinet is gender balanced for the first time in history and as diverse as ever too. Unlike the “Party of One,” Lib Ministers can speak to the public and the media without prior approval of the buys in short pants’. And we know what they’re doing because their mandate letters have been disclosed for the first time ever too.
Nelson Porter
@david mccaig
Don't slander me with lies. Either reply directly to what I say, with an appropriate and measured response, or don't reply at all. You are completely out of line.
Don't slander me with lies. Either reply directly to what I say, with an appropriate and measured response, or don't reply at all. You are completely out of line.
David R. Amos
@Richard Sharp ”Lib Ministers can speak to the public and the media without prior approval of the buys in short pants"
Methinks that just because the girls wear the short pants in the PMO these days is no reason to think anything has changed? Your hero Trudeau the Younger supported Bill C51 before being elected and promised electoral reform etc etc etc Yet I still see the same old same old. Other than the fact that you can smoke dope legally in short order i bet nothing much got better for you either. More importantly Trudeau's recent responses about his past versus his own rules proves he dodges the tough questions just like Harper did and nobody believed him either N'esy Pas?
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David R. Amos
@Nelson Porter Methinks that
after 22 comments in one thread alone you would understand his game.
Why bother with him? CBC could affirm that he has never dared to answer
me not even once yet they deleted a lot of my replies to him for
reasons I will never understand N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
@Nelson Porter "Don't slander me with lies"
Methinks you must have heard of the term "protected asset" N'esy Pas?
Methinks you must have heard of the term "protected asset" N'esy Pas?
Nelson Porter
@David R. Amos
I'm not following you. I made the remark you quoted in response to another that has since been removed.
I'm not following you. I made the remark you quoted in response to another that has since been removed.
Hassan Mahmmood
@david mccaig "Are you part of the Russian disruptors that are assigned to target legitimate news sources"
CBC a legitimate news source??? Lol come on be honest how much does CBC pay you to go around their website spewing liberal nonsense? How does it feel stealing from taxpayers?
CBC a legitimate news source??? Lol come on be honest how much does CBC pay you to go around their website spewing liberal nonsense? How does it feel stealing from taxpayers?
David R. Amos
@Hassan Mahmmood You nailed it
david mccaig
@Nelson Porter
quote "we can discuss rationally." , haha! you're a Trump MAGA hat wearer, a right wing cult member of Trump, you don't believe the planet is turning into a made made hot house, Trump told you its a Chinese hoax and you ask me why can't we discuss this rationally.
quote "we can discuss rationally." , haha! you're a Trump MAGA hat wearer, a right wing cult member of Trump, you don't believe the planet is turning into a made made hot house, Trump told you its a Chinese hoax and you ask me why can't we discuss this rationally.
david mccaig
@Hassan Mahmmood
you're part of the new breed of right wing movement who are acting like political anarchists .
you're part of the new breed of right wing movement who are acting like political anarchists .
David R. Amos
@david mccaig Methinks Mr
Left Wingnut who takes delight in slandering others has lost a the true
tally of how many times he has proven himself to who he truly is within
this thread alone N'esy Pas?
Nelson Porter
@David R. Amos
I refuse to engage mccaig any further. He's overdue for a perma-ban, in my opinion.
I refuse to engage mccaig any further. He's overdue for a perma-ban, in my opinion.
karel zyma
Will it still be "gender / racially" balanced? Or will he try to go for competence this time around?
David R. Amos
@karel zyma Methinks our
latest PM Trudeau The Younger will no doubt he will do what he thinks ts
best for his "Peoplekind" However there is another election in a year
or so and the rest of us can vote again N'esy Pas?
david mccaig
@karel zyma
One iof the main reasons the liberal party of British Columbia were defeated by the NDP , is because under Christy Clarke the BC liberals were behaving like right wingers. A Christy Clarke , Justin Trudeau campaigned for i might add.
One iof the main reasons the liberal party of British Columbia were defeated by the NDP , is because under Christy Clarke the BC liberals were behaving like right wingers. A Christy Clarke , Justin Trudeau campaigned for i might add.
David R. Amos
@david mccaig "Christy Clarke
the BC liberals were behaving like right wingers. A Christy Clarke ,
Justin Trudeau campaigned for i might add."
Need I say DUHH??? Did ya even notice who Ford just hired to check Ontario's books? Everybody knows the BC liberals are right wingers. if your hero Trudeau The Younger and his minions didn't know that then they will never understand why he is considered a joke. Methinks even you must understand why I am laughing at you N'esy Pas?
Need I say DUHH??? Did ya even notice who Ford just hired to check Ontario's books? Everybody knows the BC liberals are right wingers. if your hero Trudeau The Younger and his minions didn't know that then they will never understand why he is considered a joke. Methinks even you must understand why I am laughing at you N'esy Pas?
david mccaig
@David R. Amos
During a panel on Power and Politics this week, CBC News host Rosemary Barton was forced to stop and explain to confused viewers why Rachel Curran, Stephen Harper’s former Director of Policy, was appearing on their TV screens defending Christy Clark:
“Probably worth reminding people here that Christy Clark is a Liberal in BC but she’s actually sort of a Conservative, so that’s why Rachel is on her side.”
The former senior Harper adviser wouldn’t deny it either, but she did try pass off the BC Liberals as a “coalition” of federal Conservatives and Liberals:
“Yeah, the BC Liberal party is a coalition of federal Liberals and federal Conservatives and I support them, I supported them for a long time openly.”
http://pressprogress.ca/cbc_news_stops_and_explains_to_viewers_that_christy_clark_bc_liberals_are_actually_conservatives/
During a panel on Power and Politics this week, CBC News host Rosemary Barton was forced to stop and explain to confused viewers why Rachel Curran, Stephen Harper’s former Director of Policy, was appearing on their TV screens defending Christy Clark:
“Probably worth reminding people here that Christy Clark is a Liberal in BC but she’s actually sort of a Conservative, so that’s why Rachel is on her side.”
The former senior Harper adviser wouldn’t deny it either, but she did try pass off the BC Liberals as a “coalition” of federal Conservatives and Liberals:
“Yeah, the BC Liberal party is a coalition of federal Liberals and federal Conservatives and I support them, I supported them for a long time openly.”
http://pressprogress.ca/cbc_news_stops_and_explains_to_viewers_that_christy_clark_bc_liberals_are_actually_conservatives/
Rob Preston
Shuffling incompetence, still leaves you with incompetence.
David R. Amos
@Rob Preston YUP
Aaron Morris
@Ian MacDonald
But her emails...
Get over it Ian. Not everyone cheers for political parties like sports teams. The vast majority of us are still capable of calling a spade a spade.
...Unlike this "journalist"... who has no problem interchanging the word "irregular" for "illegal" when it comes to migration.
But her emails...
Get over it Ian. Not everyone cheers for political parties like sports teams. The vast majority of us are still capable of calling a spade a spade.
...Unlike this "journalist"... who has no problem interchanging the word "irregular" for "illegal" when it comes to migration.
Kham Hammerschmam
@Ian MacDonald
These commenters couldn't pick one of these ministers out in a crowd, let alone detail what "incompetencies" they believe have been carried out.
Ignorance can be frustrating and self-destructive.
These commenters couldn't pick one of these ministers out in a crowd, let alone detail what "incompetencies" they believe have been carried out.
Ignorance can be frustrating and self-destructive.
David R. Amos
@Kham Hammerschmam "Ignorance can be frustrating and self-destructive."
True and your dog is better looking that me and mine as well
However methinks my political foes know that I know them way better than you do but I doubt you could pick me out of a crowd of commenters One thing I know for certain nobody has heard of you N'esy Pas?
True and your dog is better looking that me and mine as well
However methinks my political foes know that I know them way better than you do but I doubt you could pick me out of a crowd of commenters One thing I know for certain nobody has heard of you N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
@Aaron Morris "The vast majority of us are still capable of calling a spade a spade."
I concur
I concur
Pete Lindsay
You can't fix or shuffle out stupid, you can only vote it out...RIP Wynne....next Notley...next Trudeau
James Fitzgibbon
@Pete Lindsay
more alt right blubbering
more alt right blubbering
David R. Amos
@Pete Lindsay Methinks you are more "Right" that wrong N'esy Pas?
Jack Goff
@Neil Turv
‘Most adults don't hold grudges or sensationalize perceived past slights.’
What?! Trudeau SR’s name is brought up at every possible chance.
People, especially adults, hold EXTREME grudges.
‘Most adults don't hold grudges or sensationalize perceived past slights.’
What?! Trudeau SR’s name is brought up at every possible chance.
People, especially adults, hold EXTREME grudges.
David R. Amos
@Jack Goff "People, especially adults, hold EXTREME grudges."
Methinks I resemble that remark N'esy Pas?
Methinks I resemble that remark N'esy Pas?
Kevin Moore
Hopefully as Canadians we will get to shuffle the cabinet soon.
David R. Amos
@Kevin Moore Methinks there is no need to hope It is the law that another election is coming next year N'esy Pas?
Evan Guest
The current version of the cabinet has accomplished exactly nothing. I expect the new version will do the same.
David R. Amos
@Evan Guest I concur
carl tyrell {dit antaya)
@Evan Wait a minute, Trudeau has bought a pipeline with money he borrowed from a unwilling lender. Guess who ?
David R. Amos
@carl tyrell {dit antaya) "Guess who ?"
Methinks I was me and you and the rest of us N'esy Pas?
Methinks I was me and you and the rest of us N'esy Pas?
Abdel-Rafraf Almoutaawaj
Great move buddy. He's
shuffling the cabinet to prepare for the elections next year. He
certainly did not do anything to trigger the voters, but he also did not
do anything to improve people's lives. He just cruised with a few
pictures and smiles, just like a charismatic leader would. No substance
at all, and there will be none in the 4 years after the elections. He's
like the value of a zero to the left of a number without decimals.
Neil Turv
@John Sollows
Beyond the fact that I am pretty much pro free and fair movement of all people pretty much all t he time, I also understand basic math, so I am not filled up with fear over an imagined immigration problem.
Short term issues regarding processing and admittance may need to be addressed but i can more about the colour of the gardens on parliament hill than I care about the amount of people coming to Canada.
I will agree with Abdel that Trudeau has been big on platitudes and simple feel good measures, but very underwhelming on significant and substantive change.
Beyond the fact that I am pretty much pro free and fair movement of all people pretty much all t he time, I also understand basic math, so I am not filled up with fear over an imagined immigration problem.
Short term issues regarding processing and admittance may need to be addressed but i can more about the colour of the gardens on parliament hill than I care about the amount of people coming to Canada.
I will agree with Abdel that Trudeau has been big on platitudes and simple feel good measures, but very underwhelming on significant and substantive change.
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David R. Amos
@Neil Turv Methinks I should
thank you for kinda sorta speaking in my defense the other night but why
did you called me redundant in light of the fact that CBC blocks my
most important comments? You should not judge me until you have walked
in my shoes or at least done a little research to see what I say is true
or false N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
@Neil Turv Methinks we all know why my reply to you was blocked N'esy Pas?
Neil Turv
@David R. Amos
Seems to happen more and more often, but I am actually not sure what you are eluding too
Seems to happen more and more often, but I am actually not sure what you are eluding too
David R. Amos
@Neil Turv Methinks you were the one who kinda sorta defended me the other night N'esy Pas?
Al. Dunn
Shuffling the deck to impress us "un-canadian, peoplekind".. ah..2019
Bill Nazarene
@Al. Dunn
There's that Tiki Torch!
There's that Tiki Torch!
@Bill Nazarene Go get your own
Robert Heck
So did Wynne, just before the election.
Look where it got her.
You're gone next election Mr. Trudeau. You've wasted 3 years in office, playing at PM. That's about to end. Hopefully, the Conservatives will be able to sort out and fix the mess you've made out of this country, starting with slamming the door on unfettered immigration.
Look where it got her.
You're gone next election Mr. Trudeau. You've wasted 3 years in office, playing at PM. That's about to end. Hopefully, the Conservatives will be able to sort out and fix the mess you've made out of this country, starting with slamming the door on unfettered immigration.
Neil Gregory
@Robert Heck
I, for one, do NOT believe that the Conservative will be any different from the present government. Too man of them have swallowed Harper's Reformacon nonsense, hook, line, and sinker.
I, for one, do NOT believe that the Conservative will be any different from the present government. Too man of them have swallowed Harper's Reformacon nonsense, hook, line, and sinker.
David R. Amos
@Neil Gregory "I, for one, do NOT believe that the Conservative will be any different from the present government"
Me Too
Me Too
Jaymie Pastoor
Some Canadians hate Trump, some love him, but we all agree Trudeau is incompetent and has to go
David R. Amos
@Jaymie Pastoor Methinks you are just trying to pick a fight N'esy Pas?
George Abbott
Regrettably, all of the
senior cabinet posts will not be shuffled, all of the present cronies
will remain there. Freeland, Morneau, McKenna, Bains, Brison, Goodale,
Sajjan will retain their positions, therefore, nothing has changed.
Elaine Hancock
@George Abbott I suspect
Goodale would be gone, but Saskatchewan only elected one Liberal so he
is guaranteed a Ministerial post even though he doesn’t fit the feminist
and diversity Schlick.
David R. Amos
@George Abbott I agree
David R. Amos
@Elaine Hancock "I suspect Goodale would be gone"
Methinks it is because that old lawyer knows where all the bones are buried and the liberals can't be rid of him as easy as shipping him overseas as they did with McCallum and Dion N'esy Pas?
Methinks it is because that old lawyer knows where all the bones are buried and the liberals can't be rid of him as easy as shipping him overseas as they did with McCallum and Dion N'esy Pas?
Jeff McKellar
Maybe this time he'll choose people based on their ability, not their gender.
Because it's 2018, and time to dump the identity politics nonsense that plagues our society.
Because it's 2018, and time to dump the identity politics nonsense that plagues our society.
Angela Beer
@Bob Black
If someone picked me for a job simply because I was female and not based on merit, I'd be quite insulted.
If someone picked me for a job simply because I was female and not based on merit, I'd be quite insulted.
David R. Amos
@Angela Beer "If someone picked me for a job simply because I was female and not based on merit, I'd be quite insulted."
Methinks the government should hire you because of your common sense Its such a rather thing these days N'esy Pas?
Methinks the government should hire you because of your common sense Its such a rather thing these days N'esy Pas?
Joyce Hope Shortell
Trudeau & his cabinet
have left Canada divided. Shuffling won't matter. 2019 will determine
if Canadians have had enough of liberal idealism.
Spencer McDougall
@Joyce Hope Shortell Hate to correct you but 2019 WILL determine that Canadians have had enough of this nonsense.
Jim S Powers
@Joyce Hope Shortell
you said the last time you posted several days ago
you said the last time you posted several days ago
Gary Norton
@Jim S Powers good news is worth repeating.
David R. Amos
@Gary Norton "good news is worth repeating."
Methinks the liberals use that tool all the time N'esy Pas?
Methinks the liberals use that tool all the time N'esy Pas?
Randolph F Whelan
I guess CBC and the staunch Liberals have already given Trudeau a free pass on Creston.
David R. Amos
@Randolph F Whelan "Trudeau a free pass on Creston"
Whats a Creston?
Whats a Creston?
Mike Murphy
I hope that Catherine McKenna
remains in place as environment minister. Her abrasive manner,
dismissive attitude and condescending, lecturing tone is turning
Canadians nation wide away from this governments carbon tax grab. Right
now almost half the country's provincial governments either have or will
reject Trudeau carbon tax. Saskatchewan and Manitoba have already
walked away, Ontario just killed their carbon tax, the PEI provincial
government has said they are walking away and when Jason Kenney become
Alberta premier next spring his first order will be the scrapping of the
provincial carbon tax. Canadian don't want higher gas bills and home
heating costs.
Pete Lindsay
@Mike Murphy your description
of McKenna is bang on, a perfect Liberal, takes almost no action other
than optics and claims she knows better than the rest of us...
Only in Ottawa would they elect someone like her
Only in Ottawa would they elect someone like her
David R. Amos
@Pete Lindsay Methinks folks
would be amazed that I agree with Murphy as well Heres hoping nobody
tells him because he does not bother to red my comments N'esy Pas?
Heath Tierney
Minister Blair, they're not "irregular." They're illegal border crossers.
Big difference.
Big difference.
David R. Amos
@Heath Tierney "Big difference."
YUP
Methinks a bigtime an ex cop should know it N'esy Pas?
YUP
Methinks a bigtime an ex cop should know it N'esy Pas?
Orv Murton
Better keep that gender, diversity balance over people who would actually do the job better.
David R. Amos
@Orv Murton Methinks you agree that it is nothing to brag about N'esy Pas?
Mike Trout
2018 Ontario kicks the Wynne Liberals out of power.
2019 Canada does the same to the Trudeau Liberals.
ABL 2019
2019 Canada does the same to the Trudeau Liberals.
ABL 2019
Keith Newcastle
@Mike Trout : You forgot BC
David R. Amos
@Mike Trout "three ring circus of Liberal "ministers" with you"
As I said many times
Welcome to the Circus
As I said many times
Welcome to the Circus
Celeste Savoy
I'm not sure it'll do much good. You can stir a polluted lagoon all you'd like, but in the end it'll still smell bad.
David R. Amos
@Celeste Savoy True
Methinks its too bad that your popular comment went "POOF" so its only fair to inform you that I saved it N'esy Pas?
Celeste Savoy
This one got lost so just reposting.
How does one shuffle such a "dream team"?
McKenna, gave billions to China and missed Harper's GHG targets.
Monsef - pretty sure she's not here legally.
Billy slick Morneau - well, that's all I'm going to say about that.
Bardish Chagger - perfected the art of deliverologys, which is talking a lot but not saying anyting.
Sajan, the "architect of stolen valour".
Goodale, running an open border but hiding all the facts and figures.
Justin Trudeau.....sigh. I can't even go there.
Mo Jones
Sorry, but the photo of Jim Carr and Trudeau hugging is a little on the creepy side, Canada.
Karen King
@Mo Jones
says the newbie WB
says the newbie WB
Daryll Mcbain
@Karen King Compared to the Russian bot?
Karen O'Connor
@Karen King
So how many posts does one need to have in order for their opinion to matter? I agree with @Mo Jones that the picture is creepy.
And what is WB?
So how many posts does one need to have in order for their opinion to matter? I agree with @Mo Jones that the picture is creepy.
And what is WB?
David R. Amos
@Karen O'Connor "I agree with @Mo Jones that the picture is creepy. "
Me Too
Me Too
William Davis
Liberals = Khadr, Atwal, Boyle, Khan, 60 Isis returnee and 60000 illegals... shuffle away.. your all gone in 2019
Sam Samnah
@William Davis Don't forget dropping the NAFTA ball, Trade war and NATO Obligations.
David R. Amos
@Sam Samnah YUP
Dean Melanson
Leftwing media hype over mr dressups "shuffle" ..... you can move piles ... but you can't shine them ...
David R. Amos
@Dean Melanson Methinks that your comment is similar to what Boris was talking about polishing last week N'esy Pas?
Mike Smith
CBC doing their best to put a
good Liberal spin on this sinking ship. Captain JT will go down with
the ship. RIP Liberal Party of Canada.
David R. Amos
@Mike Smith "CBC doing their best to put a good Liberal spin on this sinking ship"
YUP
YUP
Brian Allen
A shuffle of the cards....... but we’ve still got a joker at the top of the pile.
Pat Ferraro
@Brian Allen - Best post so far
Angela Beer
@Pat Ferraro
Agreed.
Agreed.
David R. Amos
@Angela Beer I concur
Trudeau's cabinet shuffle shows where Liberals think 2019 election will be decided
3 new ministers are named in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, while Quebec and B.C. also get a boost
Not everything that happens in Ottawa
is about the next federal election. But a lot of Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau's moves in Wednesday's cabinet shuffle sure look like they were
tailor-made with the 2019 vote in mind.
But will the changes pay off for the Liberals?
In all, 11 ministers either changed jobs or were added to cabinet, increasing the size of the ministry from 30 to 35, including the prime minister — the largest it has been under Trudeau.
That still makes it smaller than the cabinet of 39 ministers Stephen Harper took into the 2015 federal election. But the scale of the shuffle suggests the Liberals felt some significant changes were needed ahead of next year's date with voters.
First-term governments have historically been much more likely than not to get a second term. But polls suggest the Liberals are far from being guaranteed re-election: If the current numbers are replicated in the October 2019 election, the party would only have a two-in-three chance of winning the most seats and just a one-in-five chance of a majority.
A few adjustments to increase those odds makes sense — and it starts in the one part of the country that has decided election after election.
The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area is a huge electoral battleground home to some 7 million people and about one-sixth of the country's 338 seats. It helped deliver a majority government to Harper in 2011 and Trudeau in 2015, as well as one to Doug Ford, Ontario's new Progressive Conservative premier, earlier this year.
The region was already over-represented in Trudeau's cabinet, but that over-representation increased Wednesday. Three new ministers from the GTHA — Mary Ng, Bill Blair and Filomena Tassi — bump the region up to 11, or 31 per cent of the entire cabinet table. That's nearly double the region's share of ridings in the House of Commons.
The seats occupied by the new ministers are not particularly vulnerable. Ng won a 2017 byelection in Markham–Thornhill by a margin of 12.4 points over the Conservatives. In 2015, Tassi beat the Tories by 15.9 points in Hamilton West–Ancaster–Dundas, and Bill Blair prevailed by 28.8 points in Scarborough Southwest over the NDP.
Bill
Blair, the newly named minister of Border Security and Organized Crime
Reduction, is the only cabinet member from the Scarborough area. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)
But adding a little more ministerial heft to the GTHA could have electoral repercussions beyond those three ridings.
Markham already had a cabinet minister in Jane Philpott. But Ng, a Chinese-Canadian, does help the Liberals address what was a diversity shortcoming within cabinet. There are about a dozen ridings in Canada, half of them in the GTHA, in which Chinese-Canadians make up at least one-third of the population.
Tassi gives the party more profile in Hamilton, where the party holds two seats. The Liberals hold another two seats on the nearby Niagara Peninsula. All four Ontario ridings were won by the NDP in last month's provincial election.
And Blair gives the Liberals their only minister in Scarborough, an inner Toronto suburb worth six seats, which has been a three-way race between the Liberals, Conservatives and NDP in recent elections. A former chief of the Toronto police, Blair also has a profile throughout the city, and his role as minister for Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction could go some way to help the Liberals toughen up their image on these politically important files.
If holding the GTHA is one plank in the Liberals' re-election hopes, the other is to make gains in Quebec to make up for expected losses in other parts of the country. With the Conservatives making inroads in the province, the Liberals need to put their strongest voices forward.
The promotion of Pablo Rodriguez from outside cabinet and the demotion of Mélanie Joly to a lower-profile job serves that purpose.
Replacing Joly at Canadian Heritage, Rodriguez will have a relatively high-profile portfolio — particularly in Quebec — while Joly, now heading up Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie, will handle a file that is less likely to cause trouble for the government.
Pablo
Rodriguez adds another minister for the island of Montreal, a region in
which the Liberals are well-positioned to hold its seats and make some
gains. (Patrick Doyle/Canadian Press)
Along
with Marc Garneau and Joly, Rodriguez puts the number of cabinet
ministers on the island of Montreal at three. (Four with Trudeau.) But
the region is not one in which the Liberals are in much trouble; a
recent CROP poll
put the Liberals 29 points ahead on the island. There are a few gains
to make in Montreal, but this suggests Rodriguez may find himself put to
use spreading the Liberals' message across the rest of the province
instead.
Moving François-Philippe Champagne from International Trade to Infrastructure means an effective communicator will be spending more time across the country — and in Quebec — on one of the platform planks that helped elect the Liberals in 2015.
The movement of New Brunswick's Dominic LeBlanc to handle Intergovernmental Affairs created an opening at Fisheries and Oceans. With Atlantic Canada already over-represented with five ministers, the job went to Jonathan Wilkinson of British Columbia.
There are a number of hot files related to the fishing industry — quotas and new regulations to protect the right whale — that could make moving the portfolio out of Atlantic Canada controversial.
But the Liberals hold all 32 seats and enjoy a 31-point lead in the polls in the region.
From left to right: François-Philippe Champagne, Pablo Rodriguez, Bill Blair, Filomena Tassi, Jonathan Wilkinson and Mary Ng. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)
It
might mean that Wilkinson will be putting the emphasis on the oceans
rather than the fisheries. He's charged with implementing the
government's "oceans protection plan," a policy aimed in part at
mitigating concerns over the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline
that will carry bitumen from Alberta's oilsands to the B.C. coast.
The Liberals hold 18 seats in British Columbia, though not all of them are vulnerable due to the government's purchasing of the pipeline. But those seats located in and around Vancouver could be on the bubble. Having an extra B.C. minister from the Greater Vancouver region handling this file might help keep those seats in line — though it potentially comes at the cost of pushing a few more East Coast ridings over to the Conservatives.
But a lot can change in a year's time.
The parts of the country that look competitive today may not be competitive tomorrow. Wednesday's cabinet shuffle, however, shows where the Liberals think the election will be won or lost in the next federal election.
Their bets are now in; we'll find out if they pay off in 2019.
But will the changes pay off for the Liberals?
In all, 11 ministers either changed jobs or were added to cabinet, increasing the size of the ministry from 30 to 35, including the prime minister — the largest it has been under Trudeau.
That still makes it smaller than the cabinet of 39 ministers Stephen Harper took into the 2015 federal election. But the scale of the shuffle suggests the Liberals felt some significant changes were needed ahead of next year's date with voters.
First-term governments have historically been much more likely than not to get a second term. But polls suggest the Liberals are far from being guaranteed re-election: If the current numbers are replicated in the October 2019 election, the party would only have a two-in-three chance of winning the most seats and just a one-in-five chance of a majority.
A few adjustments to increase those odds makes sense — and it starts in the one part of the country that has decided election after election.
3 new ministers for the GTHA
The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area is a huge electoral battleground home to some 7 million people and about one-sixth of the country's 338 seats. It helped deliver a majority government to Harper in 2011 and Trudeau in 2015, as well as one to Doug Ford, Ontario's new Progressive Conservative premier, earlier this year.
The region was already over-represented in Trudeau's cabinet, but that over-representation increased Wednesday. Three new ministers from the GTHA — Mary Ng, Bill Blair and Filomena Tassi — bump the region up to 11, or 31 per cent of the entire cabinet table. That's nearly double the region's share of ridings in the House of Commons.
The seats occupied by the new ministers are not particularly vulnerable. Ng won a 2017 byelection in Markham–Thornhill by a margin of 12.4 points over the Conservatives. In 2015, Tassi beat the Tories by 15.9 points in Hamilton West–Ancaster–Dundas, and Bill Blair prevailed by 28.8 points in Scarborough Southwest over the NDP.
Markham already had a cabinet minister in Jane Philpott. But Ng, a Chinese-Canadian, does help the Liberals address what was a diversity shortcoming within cabinet. There are about a dozen ridings in Canada, half of them in the GTHA, in which Chinese-Canadians make up at least one-third of the population.
Tassi gives the party more profile in Hamilton, where the party holds two seats. The Liberals hold another two seats on the nearby Niagara Peninsula. All four Ontario ridings were won by the NDP in last month's provincial election.
And Blair gives the Liberals their only minister in Scarborough, an inner Toronto suburb worth six seats, which has been a three-way race between the Liberals, Conservatives and NDP in recent elections. A former chief of the Toronto police, Blair also has a profile throughout the city, and his role as minister for Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction could go some way to help the Liberals toughen up their image on these politically important files.
Stronger voices for Quebec
If holding the GTHA is one plank in the Liberals' re-election hopes, the other is to make gains in Quebec to make up for expected losses in other parts of the country. With the Conservatives making inroads in the province, the Liberals need to put their strongest voices forward.
The promotion of Pablo Rodriguez from outside cabinet and the demotion of Mélanie Joly to a lower-profile job serves that purpose.
Replacing Joly at Canadian Heritage, Rodriguez will have a relatively high-profile portfolio — particularly in Quebec — while Joly, now heading up Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie, will handle a file that is less likely to cause trouble for the government.
Moving François-Philippe Champagne from International Trade to Infrastructure means an effective communicator will be spending more time across the country — and in Quebec — on one of the platform planks that helped elect the Liberals in 2015.
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, not in that order
The movement of New Brunswick's Dominic LeBlanc to handle Intergovernmental Affairs created an opening at Fisheries and Oceans. With Atlantic Canada already over-represented with five ministers, the job went to Jonathan Wilkinson of British Columbia.
There are a number of hot files related to the fishing industry — quotas and new regulations to protect the right whale — that could make moving the portfolio out of Atlantic Canada controversial.
But the Liberals hold all 32 seats and enjoy a 31-point lead in the polls in the region.
The Liberals hold 18 seats in British Columbia, though not all of them are vulnerable due to the government's purchasing of the pipeline. But those seats located in and around Vancouver could be on the bubble. Having an extra B.C. minister from the Greater Vancouver region handling this file might help keep those seats in line — though it potentially comes at the cost of pushing a few more East Coast ridings over to the Conservatives.
But a lot can change in a year's time.
The parts of the country that look competitive today may not be competitive tomorrow. Wednesday's cabinet shuffle, however, shows where the Liberals think the election will be won or lost in the next federal election.
Their bets are now in; we'll find out if they pay off in 2019.
About the Author
Make no mistake — Trudeau's cabinet shuffle is his re-election kickoff: Chris Hall
LeBlanc, Carr and Blair will have to handle 3 of Trudeau's biggest challenges: Ford, trade and the border
Justin Trudeau kicked off his 2019 re-election campaign Wednesday with a cabinet shuffle that puts management of three of the most vexing challenges his government faces into new hands.
Dominic LeBlanc becomes the prime minister's point man with the provinces.
It will be his job to deal with a more strident set of premiers than when the Liberals took power three years ago. It will be his task to blunt attacks from an emerging coalition of conservative-minded premiers, led by Saskatchewan's Scott Moe and Ontario's Doug Ford, who oppose Ottawa's plan to impose a price on carbon and want to reopen the equalization program.
Jim Carr moves over from Natural Resources to serve as minister for the rebranded Department of International Trade Diversification.
And perhaps most significant of all, former Toronto police chief Bill Blair is being handed responsibility for border security and reducing organized crime, as head of a new department whose precise mandate seemed unclear even to him.
"The appointment the prime minister has given me, I think, reflects how seriously this government takes the safety of all of its citizens," Blair told reporters after being sworn in.
"And certainly issues with respect to border security and organized crime are related to that, those safety responsibilities."
All about 2019
Whatever the role turns out to be in practice, Blair's primary marching orders are entirely political.
He's to reassure Canadians that the border with the U.S. is secure, that the federal government will reduce gun violence in cities like Toronto and that the people entering this country to claim asylum are legitimate refugees.
These are the Big 3 in a cabinet shuffle that included five new faces, each strategically selected to promote regional and ethnic diversity all while maintaining gender balance.
Make no mistake. This shuffle is all about positioning ahead of the next election.
The Liberals' path to another majority depends on winning more seats in Ontario and Quebec, and holding as many seats as possible in urban ridings across the country.
Fighting the Conservatives on fear
With that in mind, it's never too early to start laying the groundwork. Especially since the Liberals are showing signs of losing control over issues such as immigration that threaten to undermine public support for the government.
It's never too early to try to neutralize criticism of how the government is handling the big files that will feature prominently in the Liberals' re-election campaign.
Trudeau acknowledged as much when he explained why he chose Blair.
He said a big part of Blair's job will be to combat the Conservatives' narrative, led by federal leader
Andrew Scheer and Ford, that the tens of thousands of migrants entering Canada via dead-end roads in Quebec, or farmers' fields in Manitoba, are proof the government has no plan and no money to deal with a border crisis.
Trudeau reverted to the old line that the Conservatives are playing on Canadians' fears.
The Conservatives enjoyed great success in the past by portraying the Liberals as soft on crime. Their message is largely the same now about the border.
Deputy leader Lisa Raitt said the "thousands of illegal crossings" can be traced back to the prime minister's tweet in January 2017 that welcomed people to Canada after Trump put a temporary ban on new refugees.
To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada
"It's time now to have a plan to deal with the problems and the aftermath. Not a Band-Aid solution," she said Wednesday. "And what has been the response? Well, the response has been to appoint another cabinet minister."
Blair will face serious challenges. His department doesn't yet exist. It will have to be hived away from Public Safety and Immigration.
He doesn't speak French, a shortcoming highlighted immediately by Quebec journalists given the largest influx of asylum seekers is in that province.
And there's a history of bad blood between him and Doug Ford dating back to 2013, when Blair was Toronto police chief and his force was investigating Ford's late brother, Rob, who was then the city's mayor.
How well the two can work together is an open question.
The prime minister wants Canadians to be reassured by this cabinet shuffle. The question now is will it be enough to reassure Liberals of a return to power next year.
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Trudeau cabinet shuffle brings new faces, several changes for run-up to 2019 campaign
Toronto-area MPs Mary Ng and Bill Blair and B.C.'s Jonathan Wilkinson among those added in shakeup
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made significant changes to his cabinet, bringing five new ministers to the table and creating new portfolios for seniors, intergovernmental affairs and border security.
The retooled cabinet signals the government intends to ease trade dependence on the U.S. and bolster political forces in key regions in the run-up to next year's federal election.
In one surprise move, Bill Blair, a former Toronto police chief who has been the government's point man on the marijuana legalization file, was appointed minister of border security and organized crime reduction. He will also be in charge of managing the hot-button issue of irregular migration with asylum seekers crossing into Canada from the U.S.
Other new ministers added to the cabinet today:
- Mary Ng, a former staffer in Trudeau's office who was recently elected in a Markham-Thornhill byelection, becomes minister for small business and export promotion.
- Filomena Tassi, a Hamilton MP, becomes minister for seniors.
- Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson becomes minister of fisheries, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.
- Pablo Rodriguez, who was serving as chief government whip, becomes minister of heritage and multiculturalism.
- Dominic LeBlanc moves from Fisheries and Oceans to Intergovernmental Affairs, Northern Affairs and Internal Trade.
- Amarjeet Sohi moves from Infrastructure to Natural Resources.
- Carla Qualtrough, remains minister of public services and procurement and gets the added portfolio of Accessibility.
- Jim Carr moves from Natural Resources to International Trade Diversification.
- Mélanie Joly goes from Heritage to minister of tourism, official languages and la francophonie.
- François-Philippe Champagne moves from International Trade to Infrastructure and Communities.
"The changes to the ministry will place an even greater focus on diversifying international trade, supporting and growing small businesses, expanding tourism, promoting our exports and improving trade within our own borders," the release said.
The cabinet shakeup boosts the number of ministers from Ontario and Quebec, where the Liberals need to win more seats in the next election to offset potential losses elsewhere.
Carr's appointment signals the government's intention to further diversify trade away from the U.S.
Blair's new portfolio comes after a heated exchange between Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen and Ontario's new provincial minister in charge of the file, Lisa MacLeod.
Today, MacLeod welcomed Blair to the post in a tweet, offering her congratulations and asking to meet soon.
I enjoyed a productive chat with Bill on Sunday during our flight from Ottawa to Toronto and was pleased to drive him home. I’ve already reached out today to offer my congratulations and I look forward to meeting with him soon.
Blair's promotion and new file could be designed to reassure the Americans, and the PMO said his chief role will be to strengthen the border.
In a news conference, Trudeau said the new portfolio will also help reassure Quebecers and all Canadians that the rules around the border will be followed "to the letter."
"We remain focused on effectively managing the arrival of irregular migrants, assessing asylum seekers, making our system more efficient and preventing the flow of illegal drugs and firearms into our communities," the PMO said in a release.
The timing of today's shuffle gives Trudeau an opportunity to put his best players on the pitch before the campaign, said David Moscrop, a political scientist at Simon Fraser University. With no significant scandals or major blunders raging, it makes sense for the prime minister to keep key ministers in place while lightly demoting underperformers and promoting up-and-comers.
By expanding the cabinet, Trudeau's selection of new ministers could help give credibility and prominence to key issues and MPs in critical regions ahead of the October 2019 race, he said.
"Strategically speaking, as a government ahead of an election, I can't see any downside unless somebody screws up. I suppose there's always a risk that someone's going to disgrace themselves," he said.
Before today's shuffle there were 30 members of cabinet, including Trudeau, evenly split by gender. The new cabinet has 35 members including Trudeau, with 17 women and 18 men.
Trudeau did not shuffle any of his top ministers in key files, including Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale.
Timed with election
University of Toronto political scientist Nelson Wiseman said the shuffle is timed to gear up for next year's campaign."It's not uncommon for governments to do this at this point, because if they start shuffling too close to an election day, the closer it gets, the more they get exposed to the charge they're admitting things aren't going well," he said. "You're really now desperate, you're splashing the paint around too loosely."
It has become common practice for an incoming government to shrink the size of cabinet to project an image of saving money and controlling bureaucracy, Wiseman said, then to expand it closer to an election for political advantage.
Trudeau's first major cabinet shakeup was on Jan. 10, 2017, when he appointed Freeland to Foreign Affairs as part of a strategy to bolster the front-line ministers who deal with the Trump administration.
As part of that overhaul, veteran ministers John McCallum and Stéphane Dion were left out of the circle and instead offered diplomatic posts.
Lawyer pushes for pot pardons once drug becomes legal
Folks don’t take your marijuana in your cars, says a New Brunswick criminal lawyer
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New Brunswick criminal lawyer says people previously convicted of
marijuana possession should be pardoned once pot becomes legal.
"It's something the government can simply do with the stroke of a pen," said David Lutz, who was once a federal drug prosecutor for the province.
Starting Oct. 17, Canadians will be allowed to use cannabis without criminal penalties.
And the pardon should apply to anyone ever charged with possession, the Hampton lawyer said.
Lutz said he experienced something similar in the United States after his refusal to fight in the Vietnam War 50 years ago. In 1977, former president Jimmy Carter pardoned men who evaded the draft.
"I've been allowed to go back since then," Lutz said of his native country. "That's the power of the prime minister or the president."
Meanwhile, as Canada waits for the legalization of marijuana, "everybody needs to calm down," Lutz said.
"When I say everybody, it's the law enforcement people, also the people in the past who have used marijuana and are looking forward to the legalization," he said in an interview with Information Morning Fredericton.
Over the past 10 to 15 years, he said, police have been using their discretion. They don't go out of their way to arrest people for having a joint or even "three or four joints" in their pocket.
Lutz,
who was once pardoned himself — for evading the U.S. draft — says
police have used discretion in recent years in dealing with people
carrying small amounts of marijuana. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
"That discretion has worked well over the past few years," Lutz said.
At the same time, he cautioned potentially careless people by citing the Kenny Rogers song Don't Take Your Guns to Town.
"Folks, don't take your marijuana in your cars," he said.
He said the people who should be worried these days are drug dealers themselves.
"Those people are going to have to realize that they're going to be out of business," he said.
"If you can go down to the legal pot dispensary regulated by the government in 12 weeks, to me those people who were previously selling just have to recognize that's the end."
And people smoking marijuana do not cause the kind of problems that people who use alcohol do, he said.
"People who smoke marijuana, in my experience, they stay home and, if anything, they eat too many peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, as opposed to driving recklessly in their cars … getting in fights and committing crimes," he said.
"It's something the government can simply do with the stroke of a pen," said David Lutz, who was once a federal drug prosecutor for the province.
Starting Oct. 17, Canadians will be allowed to use cannabis without criminal penalties.
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And the pardon should apply to anyone ever charged with possession, the Hampton lawyer said.
Lutz said he experienced something similar in the United States after his refusal to fight in the Vietnam War 50 years ago. In 1977, former president Jimmy Carter pardoned men who evaded the draft.
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"I've been allowed to go back since then," Lutz said of his native country. "That's the power of the prime minister or the president."
Everybody 'calm down'
Meanwhile, as Canada waits for the legalization of marijuana, "everybody needs to calm down," Lutz said.
"When I say everybody, it's the law enforcement people, also the people in the past who have used marijuana and are looking forward to the legalization," he said in an interview with Information Morning Fredericton.
Over the past 10 to 15 years, he said, police have been using their discretion. They don't go out of their way to arrest people for having a joint or even "three or four joints" in their pocket.
At the same time, he cautioned potentially careless people by citing the Kenny Rogers song Don't Take Your Guns to Town.
"Folks, don't take your marijuana in your cars," he said.
He said the people who should be worried these days are drug dealers themselves.
An end for weed traffickers
"Those people are going to have to realize that they're going to be out of business," he said.
"If you can go down to the legal pot dispensary regulated by the government in 12 weeks, to me those people who were previously selling just have to recognize that's the end."
And people smoking marijuana do not cause the kind of problems that people who use alcohol do, he said.
"People who smoke marijuana, in my experience, they stay home and, if anything, they eat too many peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, as opposed to driving recklessly in their cars … getting in fights and committing crimes," he said.
With files from Information Morning Fredericton
Trudeau cabinet shuffle brings new faces, several changes for run-up to 2019 campaign
Toronto-area MPs Mary Ng and Bill Blair and B.C.'s Jonathan Wilkinson among those added in shakeup
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made significant changes to his cabinet, bringing five new ministers to the table and creating new portfolios for seniors, intergovernmental affairs and border security.
New ministers added to the cabinet today:
- Mary Ng, a former staffer in Trudeau's office who was recently elected in a Markham-Thornhill byelection, becomes minister for small business and export promotion.
- Bill Blair, a former Toronto police chief who has been the government's point man on the marijuana legalization file, becomes minister of border security and organized crime reduction.
- Filomena Tassi, a Hamilton MP, becomes minister for seniors.
- Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson becomes minister of fisheries, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.
- Pablo Rodriguez, who was serving as chief government whip, becomes minister of heritage and multiculturalism.
- Dominic LeBlanc moves from Fisheries and Oceans to Intergovernmental Affairs, Northern Affairs and Internal Trade.
- Amarjeet Sohi moves from Infrastructure to Natural Resources.
- Carla Qualtrough, remains minister of public services and procurement and gets the added portfolio of Accessibility.
- Jim Carr moves from Natural Resources to International Trade Diversification.
- Mélanie Joly goes from Heritage to minister of tourism, official languages and la francophonie.
- François-Philippe Champagne moves from International Trade to Infrastructure and Communities.
LeBlanc's new portfolio could see a fair bit of action with a new premier in Ontario, elections on the horizon in New Brunswick, Quebec and Alberta, and with simmering disputes over pipelines, carbon taxes and interprovincial trade.
The cabinet shakeup boosts the number of ministers from Ontario and Quebec, where the Liberals need to win more seats in the next election to offset potential losses elsewhere.
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Blair's new portfolio will also include management of the asylum-seeker file.
"We remain focused on effectively managing the arrival of irregular migrants, assessing asylum seekers, making our system more efficient and preventing the flow of illegal drugs and firearms into our communities," the PMO said.
CBC News has special live coverage of the cabinet shuffle hosted by Vassy Kapelos of Power & Politics beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET here at CBCNews.ca and on CBC News Network, Facebook and YouTube.
The timing of today's shuffle gives Trudeau an opportunity to put his best players on the pitch before the campaign, said David Moscrop, a political scientist at Simon Fraser University. With no significant scandals or major blunders raging, it makes sense for the prime minister to keep key ministers in place while lightly demoting underperformers and promoting up-and-comers.
By expanding the cabinet, Trudeau's selection of new ministers could help give credibility and prominence to key issues and MPs in critical regions ahead of the October 2019 race, he said.
"Strategically speaking, as a government ahead of an election, I can't see any downside unless somebody screws up. I suppose there's always a risk that someone's going to disgrace themselves," he said.
Before today's shuffle there were 30 members of cabinet, including Trudeau, evenly split by gender. The new cabinet has 35 members including Trudeau, with 17 women and 18 men.
Timed with election
University of Toronto political scientist Nelson Wiseman said the shuffle is timed to gear up for next year's campaign.
"It's not uncommon for governments to do this at this point, because if they start shuffling too close to an election day, the closer it gets, the more they get exposed to the charge they're admitting things aren't going well," he said. "You're really now desperate, you're splashing the paint around too loosely."
It has become common practice for an incoming government to shrink the size of cabinet to project an image of saving money and controlling bureaucracy, Wiseman said, then to expand it closer to an election for political advantage.
Trudeau's first major cabinet shakeup was on Jan. 10, 2017, when he appointed Freeland to Foreign Affairs as part of a strategy to bolster the front-line ministers who deal with the Trump administration.
As part of that overhaul, veteran ministers John McCallum and Stéphane Dion were left out of the circle and instead offered diplomatic posts.
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Meet the 5 rookie members of Trudeau's new cabinet
PM turns to reliable foot soldiers as he grapples with new provincial leadership, U.S. trade tension
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a healthy dose of change to his cabinet Wednesday, creating new ministries and reworking others as the Liberals grapple with new provincial realities and an increasingly fractious relationship with the United States.
The new faces and changes to the cabinet's composition reveal some of the government's top priorities a little more than a year out from the next election. The shuffle also gives a boost to some good performers, and a long-time member of the prime minister's inner circle.
Here's a closer look at some of the key players among the cabinet rookies:
Mary Ng
Mary Ng, a former staffer in the Prime Minister's Office who was elected in a byelection last year, was appointed minister of small business and export promotion Wednesday.
Ng has served behind the scenes, working for Liberal provincial ministers at Queen's Park and then directing Trudeau's appointments in Ottawa after the 2015 election.
She revamped a federal appointments process that critics said was too partisan and plagued by patronage — including the introduction of a new "merit-based" Senate selection process — while facing criticism for the slow pace of change amid a backlog of judicial appointments.
She is a close friend of Trudeau's chief of staff, Katie Telford. The two worked together on Gerard Kennedy's failed 2006 federal Liberal leadership campaign. Kennedy, a former minister of education in Ontario, was backed by Trudeau in the race that ultimately saw Stéphane Dion picked to lead the party.
After former immigration minister John McCallum resigned from politics to serve as Canada's ambassador to China, Ng ran and won the seat he had held in Thornhill, Ont.
"I'm really looking forward to digging in and working hard for small businesses in this country. And I know a little bit about small business — I grew up working in a small business ... it's where I spent most of my formative years," she said Wednesday.
Ng will help Jim Carr, the new minister of international trade diversification, promote Canada's businesses abroad — a role that takes on new significance amid trade tensions with the U.S.
"Promoting small businesses to export more, ensuring that we're diversifying our trade, is a huge responsibility for this government and one we take very seriously," Trudeau said.
Jonathan Wilkinson
B.C. MP Jonathan Wilkinson, who, to this point, served as the parliamentary secretary to Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, will serve as the minister of fisheries, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard. Wilkinson hails from a riding not far from the terminus of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project in Burnaby, B.C.
Wilkinson has been a loyal foot soldier in the Commons in the face of entrenched NDP opposition to the project, touting the government's carbon pricing plan as one that gives social licence to construct a major natural resources project like the $7.4-billion pipeline that will soon be nationalized by Ottawa.
Filomena Tassi
Hamilton-area MP Filomena Tassi, the daughter of a steelworker who was first elected in 2015, will be the minister for seniors — a key demographic group courted by all political parties.
Tassi, a former school board trustee, told reporters Wednesday she already holds "tea and talk with Tassi" sessions with Hamilton seniors, something she could expand nationally.
Bill Blair
Another major change is the appointment of Bill Blair to a newly created ministerial position designed to solely address Canada-U.S. border issues and "irregular migration."
Blair, who served as Toronto's chief of police before making the jump to federal politics in the last election, has also been the principal spokesperson to date on the government's cannabis legalization plan in his role as parliamentary secretary to the ministers of health and justice. Blair, who promoted the change as a way to crush black market sales of the drug, will also be focused on organized crime reduction.
The Conservatives have been critical of the government's handling of the asylum seeker file accusing Ottawa of doing little to stem the flow of migrants crossing into Canada "irregularly" from the U.S. at points beyond normal entry sites.
Tens of thousands have made the trek, which has stretched social services in Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa, cities that are housing these people as they await refugee board hearings to determine the veracity of their asylum claims.
"I have been involved in those discussions, and now I hope to bring some additional resources and focus to those issues, and continue the collaborative work taking place. We know this is a concern to Canadians and we want to do everything necessary to address it."
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel, her party's immigration critic, who has pushed for emergency parliamentary hearings over the summer to address what she says has become a "crisis," was already asking Blair to appear at the first of those meetings next week.
Rempel has consistently said the Liberals have "normalized" irregular border crossings by refusing to apply the Safe Third Country agreement with the U.S. to the entire Canada-U.S. border.
Trudeau just appointed a Minister for illegal border crossers. Congrats, @BillBlair! Will you appear at the emergency hearings we’re having in the next week?
Pablo Rodriguez
Montreal MP Pablo Rodriguez has also been named minister of heritage and multiculturalism, replacing Mélanie Joly who takes on tourism, official languages and La Francophonie. Joly was shuffled after she faced some controversy in her home province of Quebec for defending the government's decision not to apply sales tax on digital services like Netflix.
The Prime Minister's Office said Wednesday Rodriguez will "help ensure the vitality of Canadian arts, culture and heritage while promoting the diversity and inclusion that makes Canada stronger."
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