Liberals regroup in Ottawa, trying to reconcile climate action with western alienation

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Where does one get a Medicare card in New Brunswick when Hugh Flemming and Higgy won't permit it and all the other politicians just laugh or play dumb?
 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/dominic-leblanc-discharged-1.5350109

Dominic LeBlanc discharged from hospital after stem cell transplant

Re-elected New Brunswick MP was hospitalized during the campaign

CBC News · Posted: Nov 06, 2019 2:00 PM ET




Dominic LeBlanc addresses the media. LeBlanc took a step back from his cabinet duties as intergovernmental affairs and northern affairs minister in April to focus on the treatment he was getting for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. (Matt Smith/The Canadian Press)

After nearly two months in hospital, longtime Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc can return home to New Brunswick after a stem cell transplant.

The MP for the riding of Beauséjour took a step back from his cabinet duties as minister for intergovernmental affairs and northern affairs in April to focus on the treatment he was getting for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

LeBlanc released a statement today saying that he underwent a stem cell transplant Sept. 18 and was released yesterday.

He thanked his constituents, who re-elected LeBlanc for the seventh straight time last month, for their understanding.

• Dominic LeBlanc makes 1st public appearance in months since non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis

• Dominic LeBlanc watches 7th straight election victory from hospital

"I am feeling stronger every day and very much looking forward to returning to New Brunswick as soon as possible," he wrote.

In a joint statement, Dr. Silvy Lachance from the Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital said the transplant went well and there were no unusual complications.

LeBlanc travelled to the Montreal hospital in early September, missing most of the campaign.
He was diagnosed with lymphocytic lymphoma in 2017, when he was fisheries minister. Last year, he announced that his cancer was in remission.

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David Amos
Methinks everybody knows (Elections Canada in particular) knows that I was in and out of the hospital during the last election. Furthermore I am scheduled to got back in to the hospital at least 2 more within the next month in order for the doctors to determine what is wrong. Meanwhile I am now confronted with the emergency and doctor bills because Leblanc's boss Mr Prime Minister Trudeau the Younger and his provincial cohorts will not see that my Medicare number which I had in New Brunswick before Leblanc was born in Ottawa is no longer disabled N'esy Pas?



















Peter Boone
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David Amos
Reply to @Peter Boone BINGO





David Amos
Methinks Lebanc will no doubt enjoy voting in Parliement if the Bloc and the Conservatives attempt to knock Humpty Dumpty off the wall like they nearly did with his buddy Paul Martin on May 19th, 2005 N'esy Pas?
















Peter Boone:
I wonder how many CLAMS it would cost the rest of us to jump the healthcare cue.

David Amos

Reply to @Peter Boone: I know its costing me too much already just to see what is wrong with my heart Trust that there is no way i could afford an operation to fix it. Methinks I should sue the Queen ASAP for a lot of CLAMS N'esy Pas?

 

 

David Amos

Reply to @Peter Boone: Go Figure

https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right

Charles Mitz
Best wishes Dominic...we are all pulling for you

David Amos

Reply to @Charles Mitz: Who is we? Methinks Leblanc and his cohorts never pulled for me when his pals in the RCMP falsely arrested me and tried to convince the shrinks in the hospital in Fat Fred City that I was crazy mere months before the economy crashed in 2008 N'esy Pas?

David Peters
Wonder if all Canadians would get the same healthcare treatment as this ultimate liberal insider. -eye roll-

John Worley

Reply to @David Peters: Its treatment in Canada that is available to you

 

 

David Peters

Reply to @john worley:
I think it's naive to think that all bears are equal in a hyper politicized healthcare system.

 

 

David Amos 

Reply to @David Peters: Methinks some of us have to pay for the Health Care we are entitled to merely because we ran against Leblanc and his cohorts N'esy Pas?

 

 

David Peters

Reply to @David Amos:
Many treatments for life threatening illnesses ARE NOT free for Canadians in our nationalized healthcare system...and, if you have insurance...expect them to drop you like a hot potato the minute they find out you're sick...and they find out very fast.

 

 

David Amos

Reply to @David Peters: Insurance???? I don't have a Medicare card thanks you your political heroes

David Amos
It must be nice to have a Heath Care Card Methinks I will sue the Queen in order to get one for myself. My emergency room bills are starting to pile up and I am tired of everybody laughing at me am a loser in another election that Leblanc easily won within without having to do a tap N'esy Pas?


John Worley 

Reply to @David Amos: Emergency doesn't send health care bills. Are you an American?

 

 

David Amos

Reply to @john worley: Clearly you don't know everything EH?

 

 

David Amos

Reply to @john worley: Methinks everybody but you knows that your hero Andy Scheer is the Yankee who has been winning seats in Parliament while I am the Canadian born and raised in New Brunswick who has been running against him and his liberal cohorts since 2004 N'esy Pas?

Chris Bowdler
And he was “re-elected” after zero campaigning....will no doubt be a really good, active representative for all the people in his riding....


Angela Kung 

Reply to @chris bowdler:
Of course he wasn't campaigning. He was being treated for leukemia. Is there some part of that you don't understand?

 

 

Bill Mavin   

Reply to @chris bowdler: He was re-elected bcause he had the respect of his constituents. I realize that respect is probably a foreign concept for you

 

 

David Peters 

Reply to @chris bowdler:
They could have ran a chair in that riding...free-bees for all!

 

 

David Amos 

Reply to @David Peters: Methinks everybody knows that the Prime SANB turf will be nearly forever Liberal just Like Fundy Royal loves the Conservatives N'esy Pas?

 

 

David Amos

Reply to @Bill Mavin: Spoken like true Red Coat who can't argue

 

 

David Amos

Reply to @Angela Kung: Methinks Leblanc and his cohorts know I was in a hospital emergency room in his riding twice during the election but I still debated my political foes in Fundy Royal when I was permitted to do so N'esy Pas?

 

 

Bill Mavin

Reply to @David Amos: Oh, you hurt my feelings but I will get over it- oh look I already have.

Ashley Kelly
"After nearly two months in hospital, longtime Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc can return home to New Brunswick after a stem cell transplant."

Interesting. New Brunswick medicine is good enough for the public but Mr. Leblanc gets his treatment in Quebec. Am I missing something?


Michel Forgeron 

Reply to @Ashley Kelly: You may be. Where would you get a stem cell transplant in NB ?

 

 

John Cannothan

Reply to @Ashley Kelly: You are missing something..

 

 

Rosemary Hughes

Reply to @Ashley Kelly: Depending on the disease or the treatment required, some hospitals in other provinces specialize. That would be why we all enjoy universal health care. If I break my leg skiing in BC my OHIP will pay the bill.

 

 

DON MOFFATT 

Reply to @Rosemary Hughes: Actually it might not pay the bill. It does not have to. You are only covered in the province where you reside.

 

 

Michel Forgeron  

Reply to @DON MOFFATT: Not quite accurate, most provinces have arrangements to get paid by the patient's home province. A little different in QC, sometimes you have to pay the bill and the NB Dept. of Health reimburses you. We also pay for many "special" or "unique" services given in the US, with prior approval of the NB DOH.

 

 

Lewis Taylor 

Reply to @Ashley Kelly:
You are. No SCT in NB. isn't unequal health care in Canada just great???

 

 

Richard Sharp

Reply to @Ashley Kelly:
Compassion, empathy, respect for others, especially the sick...

 

 

Angela Kung

Reply to @Lewis Taylor:
Much smaller population in NB. Probably makes more sense to outsource to a larger province.

 

 

JJ Carrier 

Reply to @Ashley Kelly: You've been flagged as well...Kicking someone when they are down may be normal for you, but here in the real world...

 

 

Andrew Hebda (NS) 

Reply to @Ashley Kelly: You are missing everything... The election is over

 

 

David Peters

Reply to @Ashley Kelly:
Being a political insider has it's advantages.

 

 

Jan Weidenhamer

Reply to @Ashley Kelly: From my experience, not all places have facilites for stem cell transplants. My husband had one and we had to move to the city for 2 months.

 

 

DON MOFFATT

Reply to @Michel Forgeron: I think technically I am more correct than incorrect. I stated they might not pay the bill and they do not have to. Companies selling medical insurance have been trying to drive this point home.

 

 

Deborah Charlebois

Reply to @Michel Forgeron: There is a Stem Cell Transplant Program in Saint John. Dr. Terrance Comeau and his team at the Saint John Regional Hospital are top-notch! https://en.horizonnb.ca/home/ways-to-give/news/official-opening-of-the-stem-cell-transplantation-program-lab.aspx

 

 

David Amos

Reply to @JJ Carrier: Would you like to have a public debate before I go back to the hospital about why your political buddies won't give me a Medicare card?

 

 

David Amos

Reply to @Michel Forgeron: Where does one get a Medicare card in New Brunswick when Hugh Flemming and Higgy won't permit it and all the other politicians just laugh or play dumb?

David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos  @alllibertynews and 49 others  

Methinks as Albertans watch Landslide Annie help pick Trudeau the Younger's cabinet they should review the first few statements in my lawsuit that was filed against the Queen when Harper was the PM N'esy Pas? 



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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberals-caucus-climate-action-west-1.5351895#

Liberals regroup in Ottawa, trying to reconcile climate action with western alienation

Incoming, outgoing Liberal MPs gathering in Ottawa for first post-election meeting

Kathleen Harris · CBC News · Posted: Nov 07, 2019 4:39 PM ET




Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks to West Block in Ottawa Thursday, November 7, 2019. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is meeting with incoming and outgoing Liberal MPs in Ottawa today to talk about approaches to the issue of climate change on one hand — and to growing tensions over the stalled western energy economy on the other.

Making his way into the informal meeting in Ottawa Thursday afternoon, Trudeau said giving Alberta and Saskatchewan a voice after a Liberal electoral shut-out is a "significant" matter for him.

"I've been reaching out to premiers, to mayors, to business leaders, to colleagues and former colleagues," he said. "There's a lot of work to do to make sure that we're governing for the entire country."

 
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it is his plan to lead his party into the next election and that he has a message of gratitude to the MPs that lost their seat in the election. 2:27

Trudeau described today's meeting as an opportunity to reflect on what they heard from Canadians during the 40-day election campaign, and to discuss how to respond to those concerns going forward. He said it's also a chance to talk about how defeated MPs can play a continued role, and to express gratitude for their past efforts.

Justin Trudeau ✔ @JustinTrudeau

Liberal MPs, old and new, gathered in Ottawa 

today to talk about the next steps we’ll take. 

There’s lots of work ahead of us, and we’re ready

 to keep listening to Canadians and working hard 

for you.

 
8:53 PM - Nov 7, 2019

Trudeau's Liberals went from third-party status to a landslide majority in 2015. This time, the party was reduced to a minority, with 157 seats.

• Trudeau to decide on timing of Parliament's return after meeting opposition leaders next week

• Trudeau to hold meetings with opposition leaders

Two top cabinet ministers were defeated on Oct. 21. Saskatchewan's Ralph Goodale and Alberta's Amarjeet Sohi were voted out in the two-province shut-out — a damning indictment of the Liberals' response to growing economic uncertainty in the region.

Goodale said Trudeau is now examining every procedural and structural option for dealing with the lack of Liberal MPs in the region, but added the more important task is addressing the underlying roots of western discontent.


Former cabinet minister Ralph Goodale reflects on the challenge of satisfying the oil patch and climate change campaigners at the same time as he prepares to enter private life. 1:58

"The more critical thing is the substantive issue of understanding, clearly and deeply, what the issues were and are that are deepest concerns to western Canadians, and to make sure those issues are addressed in a conscientious way that builds Canadian unity," he said.

Goodale said it's crucial for the government to offer reassurance to those worried about economic security so they can "enjoy and celebrate (prosperity) just like everyone else across the country."

A challenging 'circle to square'

The outgoing minister acknowledged that pushing ahead with a robust climate change agenda will be challenging in the face of mounting frustrations in the West over the carbon tax and the lack of adequate oil pipeline capacity to the coast.

"There's a very challenging circle to square here. A majority of Canadians on election night voted very clearly for the completion of the Trans Mountain expansion. A very strong majority of Canadians also voted for more vigorous ambition with respect to climate change," he said.

"And finding the ways to bring all of that together, as the government and the prime minister [have] said for years — proper policy with respect to the economy and energy need to go hand-in-hand with proper policy with respect to the environment."
 

'I serve at pleasure and it’s been a huge pleasure and honour to be in this job for four years.' 1:38

After the meeting, Catherine McKenna, who held the environment minister when the election started, said finding that balance is possible if the country comes together.

"When we talk about the environment and the economy going together, we actually mean it. Of course we need to figure out how to bring the country together. There is no bigger issue than national unity. But we also need to tackle climate change and we can do this," she said.

Returning Liberal MP François-Philippe Champagne said Canadians sent the Liberals a "message of humility" and they heard it loud and clear.

"We're not here boasting. We're here humble. We're here listening, we're here making sure that we plan the future together," he said.


Jim Carr, who served as a cabinet minister in the last Parliament, talks about his health and his recent cancer diagnosis. 0:57

Another minister, Jim Carr — who was recently diagnosed with blood cancer — said the message he heard repeatedly at the doorsteps during the campaign is that Canadians are seeking unity in the country.

"There isn't much of an appetite for division, and for division politics. People are searching for common ground and that's a very important message," he said. "We can have our disputes and we ... are robust in the way we articulate those disputes. But there is a time for a nation to come together, and that time is now."

Marc Garneau, the transport minister when the election began, said the reunion with outgoing MPs was an emotional one.

"It's not easy to be a politician. And when you put your heart and soul into something and it doesn't work out, it's not easy to take," he said. "But they were all very, very proud.
 

'It's not easy to be a politician, and when you put your heart and soul into something and it doesn’t work out it's not easy to take, but they were all very, very proud.' 1:09

As McKenna left the meeting, she was asked if she expects to remain in the environment portfolio. She said that she serves at the pleasure of the prime minister and will do "whatever is required."

"Climate change is not a one-portfolio issue. It's everything. It's the economy, it's transportation ... It's how we build our houses, it's reconciliation with Indigenous peoples," she said.

"I am happy to do whatever I am asked. It is a real honour and privilege to be in this job."

Trudeau will swear in his new cabinet on Nov. 20. He will set the date for the new Parliament to begin after meeting with opposition leaders next week.

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John Reekie
Unfortunately you can't negotiate with mother nature. Trudeau should focus on the transition off a fossil fuel dependent economy esp Alberta's.


David Amos  

Reply to @John Reekie: How many dead dinosaurs and old trees are in a barrel of oil and how did they get that far underground? 
 

Jacques LeGarcon
Reply to @John Reekie: apparently you can’t argue with people that have been deceived and hoodwinked as well. We are still waiting to hear what the green economy really is and what forms of energy have even the remotest possibility of replacing oil and gas.


David Amos   

Reply to @Jacques LeGarcon: Its truly amazing to me how so many fell to the carbon tax con game.

Bella
He's had 4 years to govern for the whole country and failed.


David Amos 

Reply to @Bella: Methinks the NDP and the Greens should wonder what the Bloc and the Conservatives are thinking as they all read my emails to the Liberals N'esy Pas? 

 

David Amos 
Reply to @Bella: BTW There were many decisions in my first lawsuit against the Queen(Federal Court File No. T-1557-15) The Crown failed to publish any of them until I demanded that they publish the last one which they have edited 2 twice since. Methinks everyone has the right to query the Federal Court records which are readily avaible over the Internet N'esy Pas? 



David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: On Nov 5th this was reported by CBC:

"Katie Telford will stay on as Trudeau's chief of staff, said the Liberal source — despite persistent rumours of her appointment as Canada's next ambassador to Washington"

"Gerry Butts resigned as Trudeau's principal secretary over the fallout from the SNC-Lavalin affair. While he played a role on the Liberals' election campaign team, he is not expected to return to the PMO"

Methinks Mr Butts is still in a PMO backroom because my emails to him do not bounce and I suspect everybody knows it as well as I. Perhaps he will be our next Ambassador to Washington just like Derek Burney once was for his old buddy Mulroney. On Nov 7th It was reported that Burney still has lots to say. No doubt Butts does too N'esy Pas?

"Derek H. Burney: China and Russia are filling the gaps a reckless Trump is leaving
Both Moscow and Beijing are determined to gain by strength and stealth what they might not achieve by outright war"


David AmosContent disabled 
Reply to @David Amos: BINGO 


David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: WOW












David Amos
Methinks they should have discussed my next 3 lawsuits with Ralph Goodale and Landslide Annie N'esy Pas? 


David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Methinks the federal "Powers that Be" and their opposition know why I contacted all the provincial "Powers that Be" and legions of lawyers last week N'esy Pas?

















Matthew Freitag
Albertans believe that climate change exists, they just don't believe bankrupting Canada to cut world emissions by 0.7% is worth it.


John Worley
Reply to @Matthew Freitag: who wants to bankrupt Canada, certainly not the Liberals  


Ethan Beaver
Reply to @john worley:
Orange you glad for Trump?   

David Amos

Reply to @Matthew Freitag: Methinks as Albertans watch Landslide Annie help pick Trudeau the Younger's new cabinet they should review the first few statements in my lawsuit ( Federal Court File No. T-1557-15 that was filed against the Queen in 2105 when Harper was the the PM N'esy Pas?  

David Amos

Reply to @David Amos: Go Figure

https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right

David Amos 

Reply to @Matthew Freitag: Statement # 3
Her Majesty the Queen’s servants the RCMP whose mandate is to serve and protect Canadian citizens and assist in the security of parliamentary properties and the protection of public officials should not deny a correspondence from a former Deputy Prime Minister who was appointed to be Canada’s first Minister of Public Safety in order to oversee the RCMP and their cohorts. The letter that helped to raise the ire of a fellow Canadian citizen who had never voted in his life to run for public office four times thus far is quoted as follows:

Jan 3rd, 2004

Mr. David R. Amos
153Alvin Avenue
Milton, MA U.S.A. 02186

Dear Mr. Amos

Thank you for your letter of November 19th, 2003, addressed to my predecessor, the Honourble Wayne Easter, regarding your safety. I apologize for the delay in responding.

If you have any concerns about your personal safety, I can only suggest that you contact the police of local jurisdiction. In addition, any evidence of criminal activity should be brought to their attention since the police are in the best position to evaluate the information and take action as deemed appropriate.

I trust that this information is satisfactory.

Yours sincerely
A. Anne McLellan”

Matthew Freitag
Reply to @David Jorgensen: Why can nobody get this through their heads? None of the big emitters (looking at you China) are doing anything, and yet you expect Canada to just throw away our biggest resource so that the rest of Canada can give ourselves a self righteous pat on the back?

Matthew Freitag

Reply to @David Allan: Gladly. When we don't build the transmountain pipeline, we lose millions of dollars a day that could go towards balancing the budget. We get further and further into debt everyday, and instead of balancing the budget lot's of people would rather cut world emissions by 0.7% (the amount Alberta contributes to global warming) than provide jobs and get our economy back on track.

David Amos

Reply to @Matthew Freitag: Methinks byway of your replies to others you may understand why I ran for public office 7 times thus far particularly after you read the response I got from McLellan the very same lawyer who is advising Trudeau right now N'esy Pas? 

 

David Amos
Reply to @Ethan Beaver:"Orange you glad for Trump?"

NOPE However methinks a know of a lady who is no doubt relieved that she won't have to deal with him N'esy Pas?

On Nov 5th this was reported by CBC:

"Katie Telford will stay on as Trudeau's chief of staff, said the Liberal source — despite persistent rumours of her appointment as Canada's next ambassador to Washington"













Paul Underhill
"I've been reaching out to premiers, to mayors, to business leaders, to colleagues and former colleagues," Really ?
Trudeau just got back from Tofino.


David Allan
Reply to @james Jones:

"premiers have jurisdiction over environmental issues in their province, not mayors"

Municipalities can and do pass by-laws.
Welcome to Canada.
Learn how your country works.


James Jones

Reply to @David Allan: news to me - surf, apologize, cry, ethics violations.

James Jones

Reply to @David Allan: municipalities can within existing policy. Duh?
 

David Amos 

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Reply to @Paul Underhill: Methinks Justin's buddies Gerald and Katie know why I contacted all the Premiers while he took a vacation N'esy Pas? 

 

David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: BINGO


David Amos 

Reply to @David Allan: "Learn how your country works."

Methinks I know more than you on that topic N'esy Pas?

David Amos 

Reply to @james Jones: True 

 

David Amos
Reply to @Paul Underhill: FYI about Tofino

Lest they forget Trust that I made certain that I informed Trudeau and all his political cohorts long ago that my Father's aircraft (a PBY) crashed as it was returning to its base in Tofino in WWII. He was the soul survivour of the nine men onboard that day. I was the next son born to my parents and I was given the name of their friend David Ernest Hornell VC l who was killed on my Mothers birthday and Raymond her brother who was killed to weeks before in Normandy.















Jim Simpson
Trudeau....what was more important SNC and Quebec or western Canada?......right....we got it. 


James Jones:
Reply to @Edward Peter: Trudeau bought it. Time to build it


David Amos
Reply to @Jim Simpson: Methinks there is gonna be a very interesting meeting of all the Premiers next month and it appears to me that nobody invited the Prime Minister Probably because your beloved Mr Harper never bothered meeting with them either N'esy Pas?


David Amos 

Reply to @james Jones:"Trudeau bought it. Time to build it"
I agree

Terry R Avante
"There's a lot of work to do to make sure that we're governing for the entire country.” Trudeau said.

Because he did none of that over the last four years. 


Terry R Avante
Reply to @Patricia deronde:
You know what thought got you. I am not from the region nor do I live there. I do share their dislike of the liberal government and fully understand their situation as I see it impacting Canada’s ability to fund essential services, create revenue, provide jobs, etc.


David Amos  

Reply to @Terry R Avante: Me Too Furthermore I ran against them al in several elections and sued the Queen when Harper was the PM and the liberals defended his malice. What did you do? 
 

David Amos
Reply to @Terry R Avante: Methinks there is one dude who works a lot for Trudeau whether they admit or not N'esy Pas?

On Nov 5th this was reported by CBC:

"Gerry Butts resigned as Trudeau's principal secretary over the fallout from the SNC-Lavalin affair. While he played a role on the Liberals' election campaign team, he is not expected to return to the PMO"

















Richard Riel
Why is Canada taking carbon so seriously when the rest of the world is taking it so lightly ?

David Amos 

Reply to @Richard Riel:Methinks it is just another way to increase taxation while conning folks that it is necessary N'esy Pas?

Michel St-Jacques
How does Quebec post back to back surpluses of 3 and 4 billion per year the last 2 years all the while increasing the equalization amount they receive? Must be nice to get handouts and the while keeping the excess left over.

David Amos 

Reply to @Michel St-Jacques: Methinks you forgot Trudeau The Younger is not only from Quebec but "Canada's Natural Governing Party" needs the Quebec electorate in their corner in order to win a mandate to do so N'esy Pas?

Jack Bear
Trudeau's climate change does nothing except take money out of the pockets of hard working Canadian's.

David Amos

Reply to @Jack Bear: Oh So True

Allen Franken
Trudeau is political poison west of Thunder Bay. Good luck fixing that.

David Amos

Reply to @Allen franken: Methinks thats the Trudeau legacy N'esy Pas?

Steve Vaughan
Canada produces about two per cent of global CO2 emissions. That's ALL of Canada, not just the oil sands. Fact: if you completely shut down the Alberta oil sands, emissions will go UP, because those barrels WILL be replaced by barrels that are produced by industries with much lower environmental (not to mention human rights) standards. But wealth redistribution cools the earth. Because science.


Rick Sanchez 

Reply to @Steve Vaughan:
Not to mention the money oil and gas companies spend on clean tech - 1.5 billion last year - we lead the world in co2 capture technology because of it.

Bill Luchak 

Reply to @george bath: Your St; Lawrence is a sewer,. You must have taken a bath in it You stink.!

Steve Vaughan

Reply to @george bath: Ok.

Steve Vaughan

Reply to @Steve Vaughan: Canada has the highest environmental standards, in the world, when it comes to energy production. That is a fact. We also have the most transparent production - meaning all of the figures/numbers/stats are publicly available - by law. We also invest the most in clean/green tech. The fact that Canada's oil sands are singled out and demonized is ridiculous. People will be using oil for a long time yet. Do we need to move towards a non-carbon future? Of course. But this whole movement of shutting down our oil sands, only to have those barrels replaced by barrels that are produced in a FAR more harmful way to the environment, and by countries with atrocious human rights practices is naive, short sighted, and just straight up lacks critical thinking.

David Amos

Reply to @Steve Vaughan: Methinks the liberals don't care about critical thinking as long as they can con enough folks into cheering for them as they increase taxation N'esy Pas?

Kenny T Powell
Trudeau isn't credible anymore

David Amos

Reply to @Kenny T Powell: Methinks he never was It just took a lot folks quite sometime to figure that out However not enough have as of yet Perhaps the Bloc and the Conservatives will knock Humpty Dumpty off the wall like they nearly did with Paul Martin on May 19th, 2005 N'esy Pas?

Mike Smith
JT deserved to be re-elected because now he has to deal with the mess. His legacy will rank as the worst ever for a PM.

Anne Clarke

Reply to @Mike Smith: LOL hooey

Peter Fair

Reply to @anne Clarke: So Anne our fractured country is not a mess?

David Amos

Reply to @Peter Fair: Methinks the lady doth protest too much whilst partaking of too much of the infamous red kool aid N'esy Pas?

David Semple
'There's a lot of work to do to make sure that we're governing for the entire country'

Why start now? You haven't governed for the entire country for the past four years.


David Amos  

Reply to @David Semple: Good question

John Worley
All I know is SUNNY WAYS are back again.


Mark Thomas

Reply to @john worley: Well, Sunny Ways is back in Ottawa. Apparently, he went surfing after the election. Why do many Canadians treat politics so seriously when the PM doesn't? For him, it's apparently a "gig."

Douglas Fowler 

Reply to @john worley: Dark, unethical days are back again!

David Amos  

Reply to @Douglas Fowler: Methinks they never left N'esy Pas?

Steve Vaughan 

Reply to @john worley: Smitten kitten. Lol! 






https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-minority-parliament-cabinet-1.5348577

Trudeau to decide on timing of Parliament's return after meeting opposition leaders next week

Katie Telford's expected to remain chief of staff - but the fate of a lot of other Liberals is up in the air

David Cochrane · CBC News · Posted: Nov 05, 2019 4:00 PM ET



Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Gov. Gen. Julie Payette leave following a cabinet shuffle at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Friday, March 1, 2019. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will decide whether Parliament sits before the end of this year after he wraps up a face-to-face meeting with opposition leaders in Ottawa next week, a senior Liberal source tells CBC News.

Trudeau has yet to decide on the timing of a throne speech and the introduction of legislation to cut taxes for the 2020 tax year. He also has to pick the lineup for his new cabinet and make some senior staffing choices in his own office.

If Trudeau decides not to open the House of Commons in December, it's likely to convene early in the new year.

Katie Telford will stay on as Trudeau's chief of staff, said the Liberal source — despite persistent rumours of her appointment as Canada's next ambassador to Washington. Apart from Telford's position, the source said, further PMO staffing decisions are on hold until the cabinet is finalized and the staffing needs of the new ministers have been met.


Chief of staff Katie Telford, left, and principal secretary Gerald Butts look on as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers his opening remarks during the Meeting of First Ministers in Ottawa Dec. 9, 2016. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press )

Some Liberals have been pushing for Trudeau to make big changes to his inner circle, with many MPs and party insiders complaining about the way the first-term PMO operated. This discontent intensified during the SNC-Lavalin controversy and in the months leading up to the election.

"There is a recognition of the need to bring in other voices and make processes work better," the source said. "But it's still a team that just won a really hard election and there is a recognition of that."
Gerry Butts resigned as Trudeau's principal secretary over the fallout from the SNC-Lavalin affair.

While he played a role on the Liberals' election campaign team, he is not expected to return to the PMO.

A little cabinet shuffle, or a big one?

Trudeau will unveil his new cabinet on Nov. 20. The loss of cabinet ministers Ralph Goodale and Amarjeet Sohi mean there will be at least two changes around the table; the senior Liberal source cautioned there could be more.

There is no guarantee that all re-elected ministers will return to cabinet, the senior source said, adding some departments might be restructured to reflect new priorities and the new reality of a minority Parliament.

Trudeau brought in former deputy prime minister Anne McLellan and Isabelle Hudon, Canada's ambassador to France, to advise him on the transition from majority government to minority. Their primary task has been vetting people for the new cabinet — interviewing re-elected ministers and potential candidates for promotion.

One question being asked in Liberal circles is whether Trudeau should re-deploy Chrystia Freeland from Global Affairs to a domestic portfolio. Freeland earned significant public respect for her handling of the NAFTA negotiations and there is a sense among some Liberals that her skill-set could be extremely helpful at home in a minority government.

Minister of Finance Bill Morneau looks on as Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland responds to a question during a media availability at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

"Freeland remains an open question. Where to use that talent remains an open question," the senior Liberal said.

Finance has been suggested as a potential destination for Freeland; sending her there would make Freeland the first woman ever to hold that job in Canada. But multiple Liberal sources say that Bill Morneau is unlikely to move from the government's top economic post.

Trudeau also is still working on a plan to ensure the interests of Saskatchewan and Alberta are properly represented at the cabinet table, after an election which saw no Liberals at all elected in those provinces. The senior Liberal source said that plan hasn't been settled yet, but suggested that results will matter more to people in Alberta and Saskatchewan than any cabinet tinkering.

"The West can smell bullshit. So just get the pipeline built. Show competency on that," the source said.

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Trudeau also has to consider the health of two of his senior ministers as he picks his cabinet. Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc was sidelined during the election campaign to finish his cancer treatment.

LeBlanc is expected to return to work soon. Less clear is the status of International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr, who was diagnosed with a type of blood cancer the day after the election.

Carr is still in the early stages of chemotherapy and dialysis treatment.

"I am feeling well, my spirits are high. I spoke to the prime minister and reiterated my commitment to continue serving my constituents and all Canadians," Carr said in a media statement.

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Robert Campbell
So hurry up and strike the new Justice Committee without a Trudeau majority SO THE INVESTIGATIONS CAN START!!!!!!!!


Marq See 

Reply to @Robert Campbell: there's no Benghazi in Canada

John Oaktree 

Reply to @Robert Campbell:
I too want to know what Andrew Scheer discussed with the executives of SNC-Lavalin just prior to the election. What did he promise them??? Why has he never told us what they discussed???

And Trudeau - I mean - how dare the try and tell a subordinate what to do!!!! A Conservative would NEVER tell one of their subordinates what to do - it's scandalous!!!

Rob Grace 

Reply to @John Oaktree:
If you had elected him you would know wouldn't you, odd though that never was mentioned during the election, seems it wasn't that important.

Yeah, Trudeau trying to pressure the minister of Justice to do things his way for his friends so they would give the party more money, how can anyone see that as scandalous, I mean weird that anyone would think that way.

John Oaktree  

Reply to @Rob Grace:
In other words - you prefer fabrications and fiction over truth...

Why did the Harper Conservatives create the Deferred Prosecution Agreement legislation if they didn't want it used???

Rob Grace  

Reply to @John Oaktree:
Nothing wrong with using it and in case you missed it, it was decided it wasn't a tool to use this time. You do realize just because a tool is there doesn't mean you need to use it.

John Dunn

Reply to @Rob Grace: JWR was a headstrong, naive politician who did herself in, alll the while complaining she was being pressured. Ask any of her former colleagues what she was like.

Al Kennedy

Reply to @John Oaktree:
You keep asking that same question and the answer is readily available. Here is but one example reported by The Hamilton Spectator-
MONTREAL—Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer met with the head of SNC-Lavalin in May 2018 to discuss criminal charges facing the Quebec construction giant. Scheer's office confirmed the Conservative leader discussed the "deferred prosecution agreement" sought by SNC-Lavalin to avoid criminal fraud and corruption charges. The meeting with SNC-Lavalin CEO Neil Bruce took place last May 29, months after the Liberal government introduced so-called "DPAs" in its omnibus budget bill. "Mr. Scheer met with a representative from SNC-Lavalin and was briefed on the company's position with regards to deferred prosecution agreements," wrote Brock Harrison, Scheer's director of communications, in a statement. "The meeting was one of several SNC-Lavalin sought out and held with MPs from all parties during the budget debate." But when asked if Scheer had a position on whether SNC-Lavalin should get such a deal, Harrison would only say that Scheer "is opposed to politicians interfering to get charges dropped for accused corporate criminals."

Al Kennedy 

Reply to @John Oaktree:
The DPA was created by Trudeau in an omnibus budget bill in 2018. Harper created the DPP ( Director of Public Prosecutions Act) in 2006, a measure designed to prevent future occurrences of the Sponsorship Scandal. That act is at the centre of events a showing an attempt by the government of Justin Trudeau to halt a criminal prosecution for political reasons. Harper's act caught Trudeau and as Jody Wilson-Raybould testified - “Gerry talked to me about how the statute was set up by Harper and that he does not like the law, I said something like ‘That is the law we have.’

Fiona Lang

Reply to @John Oaktree: They never passed it.

Kelly Sinclair

Reply to @Marq See:

Only the SNC-Lavalin executive fraud and corruption trial !

Mo Bennett

Reply to @Robert Campbell: witch will solve essence of squat. typical reformacon ranting. 




 

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/bonokoski-while-andrew-scheer-fights-the-knives-justin-trudeaus-off-surfing

BONOKOSKI: While Andrew Scheer fights the knives, Justin Trudeau’s off surfing

 

Mark Bonokoski

Published: November 4, 2019





Liberal leader Justin Trudeau arrives at the St. Clair Centre for the Arts in Windsor, Ont., on Oct. 14, 2019 during a campaign stop with local candidates. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)

Our prime minister, re-elected but not humbled, has virtually gone to ground since his vainglorious victory speech, his itinerary jam-packed with “private meetings” until he flew off over the weekend to again surf off the Vancouver Island town of Tofino.

And, should someone ask, he no doubt bought some carbon credits (or his party did) as a penalty for his jetliner’s damage to the climate.

It’s almost magical, this making pollution disappear by throwing carbon-credit money at it to offset any eco-damage to the planet — a little cash for a tree here, a tree there, and it’s as good as gone.
Cynics will say it’s like having a second set of books, but it’s become the Liberals’ typical way of doing business because it works.

Let’s face it. The Liberal Party has dominated federal politics for the majority of Canada’s history, holding power for almost 70 years in the 20th century, a record on its own, and now has a slightly lesser grip as the 21st century approaches its second decade.

No wonder the Liberals have been called Canada’s “natural governing party,” and therefore feel immune to any introspection.

Instead of continuing to take the Trudeau Liberals to task for all their lies, ethics breaches, outrageous spending and justice fiddling, however, the knives are somehow out for Conservative leader Andrew Scheer.

The reason, of course, is because he didn’t win. And he didn’t win when the Liberals could not have been riper for the picking.

This makes Scheer a loser.

Dismiss that his party won the popular vote. Dismiss that his party took away Trudeau’s majority by 26 seats and dismiss that they exposed the Liberals’ overall corruption that made Trudeau’s 2015 electoral promise of “sunny ways” and transparency nothing more than a con job.

Somehow this made Scheer a loser.

It made Peter MacKay, a former cabinet minister of many portfolios in Stephen Harper’s government and a popular presence and go-to voice within the party, to lambaste the Scheer Conservatives’ failed campaign as “having a breakaway on an open net and missing the net.”

This had to hurt.

MacKay was also very critical of Scheer’s social conservative background, describing it as being “a stinking albatross around his neck.”

If this wasn’t the first blow of a leadership coup, it came awfully close.

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MacKay keeps claiming he has no interest in running for the leadership, of course, but if he were just the messenger for the Conservatives’ internal feelings, it was not a gentle rebuke.

The Conservatives will hold its convention and leadership review in April but, as permitted by the 2015 Reform Act, Scheer’s MPs can trigger a leadership review at any time, and vote to oust him.

Because we live in a world where image and style have taken over substance, there are those who blame Scheer’s lack of flash and spontaneity as crippling the Conservatives’ chances of “doing better next time” because he comes across as not attractive enough, weak, drab and underwhelming.

Trudeau, meanwhile, still has the swoon factor going, and an ability from his days in drama to fake concern and cry on cue like no prime minister before him.

That’s why Trudeau went surfing in Tofino over the weekend. He knows he has no predators and no Brutus.

His ego has him refusing to believe he should have been beaten handily.

He knows, however, that Scheer is a loser because Peter MacKay said so.

So, he decided to go to Tofino to play in the waves.

It’s what No. 1 wanted to do, so it got no argument.

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https://nationalpost.com/opinion/derek-h-burney-china-and-russia-are-filling-the-gaps-a-reckless-trump-is-leaving

Derek H. Burney: China and Russia are filling the gaps a reckless Trump is leaving

 

Both Moscow and Beijing are determined to gain by strength and stealth what they might not achieve by outright war

 

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019.Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

 

National Post

Derek H. Burney

November 7, 2019 6:30 AM EST

The 2020 U.S. presidential election is still about a year ahead but the silly season in Washington is already here.

Donald Trump is battling daily against revelations about his phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky that get more damaging by the day. Anyone familiar with U.S. hardball diplomacy knows that America is not immune from using its leverage with friends and allies in order to get concessions. Various presidents have refused to dispense foreign aid even when appropriated by Congress in order to extract concessions from allies that would serve U.S. foreign policy objectives. But none has used the tactic blatantly to serve their own domestic political objectives.

David B. Rivkin Jr. and Elizabeth Price Foley recently contended strongly in the Wall Street Journal that the attempt at impeachment is seriously flawed both in process and substance. In their view, House Democrats discarded the Constitution, tradition and basic fairness simply because they hate Trump. They claim that “unlawful interference with an election” is not a crime under the federal code, adding that the framework of the Constitution explicitly rejected “maladministration” as a basis for impeachment because it would have allowed impeachment for mere political disagreements.

Silly season in Washington is already here

As the threat of impeachment gathers steam daily, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is upping the ante in the opposite direction as Special Prosecutor John Durham moves his investigation of actions by the FBI that led to the Mueller report about collusion with Russia to the level of potential criminal charges. The DOJ Inspector General is about to complete his extensive report into similar allegations of misconduct by government officials on the Russia probe.

With all that is going on in Washington, Democrats sense the real possibility of victory in 2020. And yet, with former vice-president Joe Biden weakened by the Ukraine revelations and losing support in states where early primaries will be held, some polls show Sen. Elizabeth Warren is now in the lead.

Some Democrats fear that, representing the hard left of the party, she may not be the best candidate to defeat Trump. Outsiders like Michael Bloomberg and even Hillary Clinton are reportedly contemplating joining the fray. As if there were not enough choices already.

The impeachment process will undoubtedly feature even more revelations but an early verdict is unlikely. Unless the polls turn sharply against the president and several more Republican senators choose to abandon their embattled leader, there is not much prospect for actual impeachment.

Americans may prefer to see the election serve as the more appropriate, cathartic event to break the impasse on what is inherently a political, not a legal, issue. 

 

The committee room in the Longworth House Office Building, where the first public hearings in the impeachment inquiry against U.S. President Donald Trump are scheduled to take place, is seen on Capitol Hill on Nov. 6, 2019. Joshua Roberts/Reuters

For non-Americans, the election and the issue of impeachment will be a source of continuing drama but of greater concern is the impact that Trump’s impulsiveness on foreign policy is having on global stability and prosperity. His abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and abandon their long-time Kurdish ally made little strategic sense. It stunned close allies and led to a violent incursion by Turkey, aided and abetted by Russia and Iran. The so-called truce brokered by Turkey and Russia extracted a buffer zone from the Kurds but by no means constituted a ceasefire.

Trump’s impatience with “endless wars” in the Middle East is understandable but the U.S. had just added 3,000 troops to Saudi Arabia and may reassign others to protect oil fields in eastern Syria from falling into the hands of Iran. His brusque withdrawal of support for the Kurds undermined American credibility and gave a major victory to Russia, Turkey and Syria. Turkey and Russia are now in full control of northern Syria, happily filling the vacuum left by the U.S.

The death of the founder and leader of ISIL, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was an impressive achievement by U.S. special forces and intelligence agencies, one that ironically underscored the value of Kurdish support to the U.S. in Syria. While it proved to be a positive distraction, it certainly did not validate the U.S. withdrawal.

Of greater concern is the impact that Trump’s impulsiveness … is having on global stability

Trump’s unpredictable approach to decision-making and his disdain for multilateral institutions and alliance consultations saps America’s traditional strength. Whereas Barack Obama was smoothly articulate but occasionally feckless in delivering on global issues, notably the infamous “red line” on Syria, Trump is impulsive, combative, reckless and often devoid of strategic intent. As a result, respect for American leadership is very much on the wane and, regrettably, there is no one in the West powerful enough to pick up the mantle.

Trump is a singularly incurious president. The only opinion he seems to respect is his own. When Trump denounces officials as “traitors” and “human scum” it churns up his base of support. When elected he promised to “drain the swamp” of officials who, in his view, had created the mess he had inherited. The impeachment hearings have given the swamp, notably career government officials, an opportunity to fight back.

A successful free-trade agreement with China may help turn the tide in the president’s favour but the more desperate Trump is for success on those negotiations, the less he may get.

 Anti-Trump protesters rally in downtown Chicago on Oct. 28, 2019. Adam Bielawski/WENN.com
  
As Jim Sciutto illustrates in his book Shadow War, both Russia and China are more than ready to fill the leadership vacuum. As Ukrainians know too well, Russia under Putin is pushing to re-establish a Soviet-style Russian empire of the “near abroad.” The Baltic states fear more of the same and have little reason to believe that either the Americans or the Europeans will rise to their defence. Putin is following the advice of Lenin: “Push the knife in until you meet bone.” Thus far, he has seen little evidence of muscle let alone bone from the West.

China is resorting to massive cybersecurity attacks against the U.S. (and the West more generally) to bolster its economic growth and its security capabilities. No trade agreement will fully resolve this challenge. According to Sciutto, China’s “winning without fighting” strategy involves the creation of artificial islands in the South China Sea that serve as “unsinkable aircraft carriers” and are used to assert territorial claims and build military capacity far from the mainland. When Obama and Trump failed to impose significant costs, China continued to increase its maritime malfeasance.

An erratic president in the White House … could not be a more convenient handmaidenBoth Russia and China are determined to gain by strength and stealth what they might not achieve by outright war. An erratic president in the White House, relying on family and a small band of sycophants, could not be a more convenient handmaiden. Trust and credibility are essential anchors to U.S. global leadership. When both are diluted the world becomes a more dangerous place. 

Derek H. Burney, a former Canadian ambassador to the U.S. and chief of staff to Brian Mulroney, is the co-author, along with Fen Osler Hampson, of a new book: “Braver Canada: Shaping Our Destiny in a Precarious World,” published by McGill-Queen’s University Press.

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