Smujpot - tony
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both parents born in 1890's, both served in 1st war - do not try to change me ...
I do think the Prime Minister should be spending more time at home fixing what ails Canada, and like it or not that includes fixing our relationship with the US, and less time burnishing his globalist credentials in Europe.
Canada’s Chief Justice Richard Wagner has installed a lifelike bronze bust of himself in our highest court. It should be called ‘Narcissus Canadiannus” - There is no precedent for something this vulgar in the history of the Court. It should be taken down. Richard fancies himself. - Richard also fancies his own opinion on things. He violated legal due process and the Courts reputation by publicly accusing the Convoy - who protested backwards federal Covid policies that were soon dropped of ‘anarchy’ and ‘hostage taking’. Now that the Convoys freedom of speech, assembly and due process rights have been asserted by lower courts the Supreme Court has to consider the appeal of the federal govt and weigh the rights of citizens against the decision of the federal government to impose the Emergencies Act to suspend those rights. Wagners lack of judicial discretion in the first instance makes his recusal from such an important rights-defining case important because it signals not just fairness in the content of the decision but in the way the decision gets reached by the highest Court. He has already shown his bias. Any decision against the convoy poisons the integrity of the Court if he remains present. But Richard - the man with the bust of himself in our Court - doesn’t imagine himself under the law he imposes on others. He hasn’t completed any graduate work in law or published any academic work in law, philosophy or jurisprudence so it’s hard to know how he justifies himself in these matters. Ironically, he has a reputation for warning others - including those far more qualified in formal jurisprudence than he is - not to critique Canadian judges like himself or their (increasingly bizarre and politicized) decisions. But, from the Magna Carta onwards, Richard should know that in law as in politics dissent is democracy. The dissent of the Convoy and the growing critique of Richards own bizarre behaviour and inability to articulate a judicial philosophy is exactly what’s needed to save Canada - and the Court’s reputation as a place where justice - not the ego of the Justices - is at stake. Richard should recuse himself. And remove that vulgar bust from the Supreme Court. #SCC #RuleOfLaw
@motivatedjoy @kinsellawarren Crime rates have fallen since 2023 when she was elected.
On Monday the Prime Minister said that a trade deal with the US could be hammered out "within days" if the US came to the table. Well - here's the US saying that they want to talk. What new excuse will we find next week for why that can't happen? #cdnpol nationalnewswatch.com/2026/04/30/tru…
Mr Poilievre always thinks he’s the smartest person in the room. Nobody buys it-especially when PM @MarkJCarney is in the room.
His lips to your ears Canadians. Wake the hell up.
Andrew Coyne is being politically correct, almost biting his tongue. There's absolutely nothing good in the Liberal's Spring Economic Update, or their fiscal policy for the last yer. Things are going from bad to worse for CAnada. I don't think he'll be a guest on Rouse's show for much longer, she's squirming in her seat listening to him.
You want the Prime Minister to build more housing, build a pipeline, mine resources, cut taxes, increase defence, bring in more jobs. But you don’t want him to spend any money doing so. All while we are under threat from the US. Sit this out. Pp wants Canada to fail.
