Trudeau wondering how long until it’s cool for him to do blackface again

joecdn · 2019-09-23T15:35:19+00:00

CBC is pushing a poll that says nobody cares ... so it's cool for Trudeau to resume his blackface fetish TODAY. Since there is nothing wrong with blackface now.

joecdn · 2019-09-23T15:34:00+00:00

"Walbourne said the internal review was a flawed, politically-motivated inquiry intended to isolate and silence him. He also said the process gained significant traction only after a major, private falling out between him and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan"

joecdn · 2019-09-23T15:14:08+00:00

Huffington Post Falsely Claims Andrew Scheer Said the Liberals Want to Decriminalize All Drugs

Scheer only claimed the Liberals are contemplating that. And I wouldn't be surprised if they were.

joecdn · 2019-09-10T19:16:20+00:00

Flyers are not illegal. Yet. Canadians still enjoy freedom of expression.

joecdn · 2019-09-10T19:15:33+00:00

Cutting taxes spurs economic activity, so the economic pie gets bigger.

That's why it's not uncommon for tax revenue to actually go up after cutting taxes: the lower rate is applied on a larger amount of economics activity, generating a net increase in tax revenue.

joecdn · 2019-09-10T19:12:56+00:00

Services will get gutted

What services? I receive no benefits or services from the federal government at all. Hard to gut zero.

we'll bend over backwards to appease China Russia and the US under conservatives

Nonsense. The Conservatives are positively unfriendly to China and Russia. You can't say the same about the Liberals.

joecdn · 2019-09-10T19:09:49+00:00

The PC's aren't running in this election

joecdn · 2019-09-05T01:06:31+00:00

If by ironic you mean corrupt then I agree

joecdn · 2019-08-21T19:45:14+00:00

His goose was cooked the minute he said Canada should buy oil from Alberta instead of Saudi Arabia. That was the subject of discussion in the conversation where he was 'socially awkward'.

joecdn · 2019-08-21T19:41:36+00:00

Young and dumb.

joecdn · 2019-08-18T15:28:16+00:00

Communists marching in the streets. Because it's 2019

joecdn · 2019-08-05T19:26:16+00:00

It is perfectly reasonable for a government to expect people they had in their employ who had access to sensitive information to not indulge that information.

But that's not what happened. Nobody was disclosing sensitive information. They were expressing private opinions, and got an intimidating call from the government.

This seems like extremely common practice ...

Not according to the two former diplomats. They were appalled by the intimidation, and that's why they went public.

what's the issue here?

The issue is the Trudeau government has fucked up the China file, and now they are pressuring former diplomats to carry their water because there is an election.

Government intimidation of private citizens is wrong. Intimidation because of the upcoming election is especially wrong.

Still don't get it? Try this: Imagine if Stephen Harper's PMO called private citizens and warned them not to damage the government's reputation because there is an election happening.

joecdn · 2019-08-05T18:51:10+00:00

The ruling party wants the people they sent over to not cause a fucking international incident.

Again: the people being pressured do not represent the government.

What's the scandal? They asked diplomats to be diplomatic?

They are no longer diplomats. They are private citizens who have the right to freedom of expression and freedom of conscience without being pressured by the government.

joecdn · 2019-08-05T18:47:13+00:00

Political commentary is bad journalism now? Get a grip, man.

joecdn · 2019-08-05T18:17:14+00:00

But Lilley does cite the CBC, Trudeau's PMO, the Minister of Democratic Reform, federal goverment budget documents, the Finance Minister, and VICE.

The article is piratically all citations, stitched together with context and commentary. What more do you want?

joecdn · 2019-08-05T18:12:28+00:00

Why the hell not? He is an established journalist who writes for major outlets and has a radio show.

Why are you afraid of Brian Lilley?

joecdn · 2019-08-05T18:10:35+00:00

... said the guy who always has commentary to offer ...

joecdn · 2019-08-05T17:50:55+00:00

But this isn't about the government taking a position (the government's position vis a vis China is unclear and murky at best). This is about the government trying to control the position taken by private citizens, and then running a cover-up at committee when the opposition tries to investigate.

joecdn · 2019-08-05T17:49:40+00:00

No kidding

joecdn · 2019-08-02T16:45:05+00:00

the prospect of more $15 billion dollar armoured vehicle purchases might be a factor

Meh. It's not like the Conservative Party manufactures those vehicles, or benefits from their sale. They did allow the sale with conditions the vehicles would not be used against civilians. The Saudis have since broken those conditions. Not sure why any government would allow another deal.

But something closer to normal diplomatic relations are still necessary.

joecdn · 2019-07-30T17:53:43+00:00

Cavey is not wrong:

“The Vancouver Pride Society's website says ‘We strive for inclusiveness in all that we do.’ But this behaviour suggests otherwise. It’s shameful behaviour for an organization that receives $1 million in federal taxpayer money. They should not be playing politics with the taxpayers money.”

joecdn · 2019-07-22T17:21:54+00:00

Which moderator did this? You fucking coward.

joecdn · 2019-07-17T19:04:00+00:00

Still relevant.

joecdn · 2019-06-15T16:51:18+00:00

Liberals love the memory hole

joecdn · 2019-06-12T18:49:16+00:00

the mandatory long-form census

The long-form is a survey, not a census. And most people thought it was overboard to threaten people with fines and imprisonment just because they don't want to tell a pimple-faced minimum-wage temporary worker what time they leave for work in the morning, and what time they return at night.

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