The Liberals would rather turn the focus onto Mr. Poilievre. They plan to sharpen negative attacks against the Conservative Leader. But Mr. Trudeau has taken up so much of the space at the top of Canadian politics over the past decade that it’s hard to turn attention way. And the

Un gouvernement conservateur, le rêve du PQ ?/ A Conservative Government the wet dream of the PQ?

Two *Canadian* front pages...

Deputy Conservative leader Melissa Lantsman: “...while the Liberals were busy saying Canadians who take their families on road trips and summer vacations are guilty of burning down the world, the Liberals were racking up thousands of kilometres of jet-setting carbon hypocrisy.”

"More Canadians now look at massive, out-of-control wildfires and see them as “proof of climate change,” according to a survey from pollster Greg Lyle provided to The Globe and Mail. His Innovative Research Group surveyed Canadians in August and found 57 per cent of Canadians

“Do you want to dismantle health care in this country?” I asked Poilievre directly. “No,” he replied. “You don’t need to take my word for it, because I have a record. When I was part of the common-sense Conservative government of Stephen Harper, something for which I’m very proud

The The New York Times has actually interviewed Ryan Routh back in 2023 for their piece called "Stolen Valor: The U.S. Volunteers in Ukraine Who Lie, Waste and Bicker". They concluded then that he was a nutjob and did not accomplish anything in Ukraine

Heh x.com/nspector4/stat…

[Smart...but wait and see] House Leader Karina Gould said the government does not intend to play games to stave off until late fall any “non-confidence” motion the Opposition parties might bring forward nor does it intend to formally suspend, or prorogue, Parliament in order to

Excellent news [collective bargaining works, no doubt helped along with both sides knowing that Minister Steven MacKinnon was holding a hammer that he skillfully used in ending the rail strike]

Hafta say I agree with this year’s awards though I would have preferred to see Ayo Edebiri win for Lead Actress

Rather ironic coming from a Liberal MP on the same day the Hogue foreign interference inquiry says it won't name any of the parliamentarians cited in the NSICOP report for having wittingly or unwittingly co-operated with a hostile foreign power because of the need for secrecy.

Never seen anything like this: The big question in #bcpoli is how someone who took over from John Horgan-one of Canada’s most popular premiers-could now be running neck-and-neck against the Leader of a Party that basically didn’t exist when David Eby assumed office

As Secretary to the Cabinet for Federal-Provincial Relations reporting to PM Mulroney, I was security cleared at the highest level which took several months. Notably, when I became his Chief of Staff, I invited Leaders of Opposition Parties to briefings by the PM without anyone

The impression left by this report is that the would-be-assassin was a guy who, throughout his life, was looking to make his mark in any way wsj.com/us-news/suspec…

Canada Fin Min Freeland tells Mike Le Couteur that she did not have discussions with PM Trudeau this summer about being moved out of the Finance portfolio.

In an opening statement to the final phrase of the inquiry Monday, Commissioner Hogue said she will investigate the allegations that were disclosed in the findings of a report from the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP), an oversight body

Whoa!

Finally, it's not entirely clear what military applications are involved here. It may simply be providing internet to CAF members in remote locations, as opposed to military communications. If that's the case, then the 'foreign firm' argument really struggles.

I love these early Fall mornings. Overcast, a little melancholy and beautiful here in the northwest.