Jen Gerson xTara Henley. The gods of canadian journalism heard my request this week ;) And thank you Jen for explaining how Westminster parliaments work, and how Canada's is not precisely that. I'd like a recording of that segment dropped into every single middle school + high school class in Canada.
I am never sure what to say about Jen. I found this interview informative, and very balanced in laying out the issues.
However, I find her other writing to be reflective of a centralist and managerial class view of Canada, and not reflective of her working class neighbors in Calgary. For instance, the only person I talk to in Calgary, who supports the war in Ukraine is an immigrant from Galicia (Western Ukraine). I encounter no one who supports the war in Gaza (even Jews) and calling anyone who questions our support for the state of Israel antisemitic is conflating being of the Jewish faith with the State of Israel and simply not true.
In other words, I find Jen to reflect the Stephan Harper Conservativism, not the conservativism that I encounter daily in Calgary. Most Conservatives I talk to in Calgary, have serious concerns about the Harper Legacy.
Don't forget that the “parliamentary majority” that might (still) provide renewed "confidence" in the current Liberal government (i.e. via another NDP + Liberal “progressive alliance"), is also a parliamentary majority that could extend the legislated date for an election, beyond the fall of 2025, until the Charter-dictated limitation date in 2026.
Which is roughly 5 years from the 2021 election: so, early Fall 2026.
So, for all of you folks who want a quick election: it won’t happen if “progressive political forces” decide to get into bed together, again.
Moreover, the Liberals and the NDP can run out the clock in this way, no matter how much havoc is wreaked on Canada in the meantime.
I didn't understand the detailed difference between Canada and true Parliament. You're still better off than America, where we have NO mechanism to remove an incompetent or bad President. Impeachment is a joke because it only replaces the P with his carefully chosen VP, who is guaranteed to continue the same policies. Congress knows this and never uses it. They often "declare" impeachment, hoping to score some talking points and gain campaign funds, but it always backfires.
The key AHA is at 23 minutes. Proroguing (recessing) is being used to circumvent the Confidence mechanism, thus postponing the real removal until it's too late to help the party. This wasn't explained in the media coverage.
But I think you're too worried about Trump's bluster and bluff. His populist talk is always false. He made lots of promises in 2016, then immediately reverted to his true nature. He's Wall Street born and bred. Everything he did in his first term served Wall Street. He gave them the biggest gift in history by literally SHUTTING DOWN the rest of the economy so Wall Street could have a total monopoly.
He will do the same this time. Wall Street wants to continue offshoring everything, so Trump will obey.
Actually, Trump did not shut down the economy in 2020. It was the states, not the federal government, that made these decisions. That's why we had everything from states that never really shut down (South Dakota), states that reopened very quickly (Florida), and those that stayed locked down for more than a year (California). Manufacturing employment in my state of Pennsylvania also grew throughout Trump's term. You don't have to like him, but let's not forget who made the decision to strangle the economy.
And for me, it comes down to this - earnest people will make any system work. Personally - my pipe-dream is to see us in NA triple the size of our primary and secondary school system. In a generation we may have a society that cares about each other.
Jen, Trudeau snubbed Canadian outlets to go and talk to TWO US "reporters". Jake Tapper? Really? Trudeau does not need to convince Americans about tariffs, he needs to talk to Trump. Oh wait, he has been saying absolutely awful things about Trump for 4 years, and has burned all his capital with him. As Elon Musk says, what an insufferable tool.
Canada is in good company with its current social and political chaos. Globalism is the root cause. It has fattened the top 10% at the expense of the bottom 90%. The bottom 90% have had enough.
Just consider that and the positions of any any pundit like Gerson. Either they are in the Regime camp to salvage and continue the globalism project, or they are against the Regime and a pull back to domestic focus where national sovereignty matters that the middle working class citizenry gets all the policy priority.
Gerson seems to be in the Regime camp while trying to project empathy for those against the Regime.
And the problem with the two front runners in the Liberal leadership race is that they are both deeply enmeshed in the globalist regime. My reading of the room is that Canadians are fed up with this, but I'm still not convinced that the Liberal/NDP globalist coalition can be beaten.
At the end of this excellent conversation, Jen makes the point that we have to take ourselves more serious in these perilous times. Might I suggest that we stop electing people whose experience and qualifications consist of teaching drama and snowboarding, and having nice hair? I also think we should be deeply suspicious of any journalistic enthusiasms, especially if the journals in question are on the federal payroll.
Jen Gerson xTara Henley. The gods of canadian journalism heard my request this week ;) And thank you Jen for explaining how Westminster parliaments work, and how Canada's is not precisely that. I'd like a recording of that segment dropped into every single middle school + high school class in Canada.
I am never sure what to say about Jen. I found this interview informative, and very balanced in laying out the issues.
However, I find her other writing to be reflective of a centralist and managerial class view of Canada, and not reflective of her working class neighbors in Calgary. For instance, the only person I talk to in Calgary, who supports the war in Ukraine is an immigrant from Galicia (Western Ukraine). I encounter no one who supports the war in Gaza (even Jews) and calling anyone who questions our support for the state of Israel antisemitic is conflating being of the Jewish faith with the State of Israel and simply not true.
In other words, I find Jen to reflect the Stephan Harper Conservativism, not the conservativism that I encounter daily in Calgary. Most Conservatives I talk to in Calgary, have serious concerns about the Harper Legacy.
Don't forget that the “parliamentary majority” that might (still) provide renewed "confidence" in the current Liberal government (i.e. via another NDP + Liberal “progressive alliance"), is also a parliamentary majority that could extend the legislated date for an election, beyond the fall of 2025, until the Charter-dictated limitation date in 2026.
Which is roughly 5 years from the 2021 election: so, early Fall 2026.
So, for all of you folks who want a quick election: it won’t happen if “progressive political forces” decide to get into bed together, again.
Moreover, the Liberals and the NDP can run out the clock in this way, no matter how much havoc is wreaked on Canada in the meantime.
VALUABLE interview.
I didn't understand the detailed difference between Canada and true Parliament. You're still better off than America, where we have NO mechanism to remove an incompetent or bad President. Impeachment is a joke because it only replaces the P with his carefully chosen VP, who is guaranteed to continue the same policies. Congress knows this and never uses it. They often "declare" impeachment, hoping to score some talking points and gain campaign funds, but it always backfires.
The key AHA is at 23 minutes. Proroguing (recessing) is being used to circumvent the Confidence mechanism, thus postponing the real removal until it's too late to help the party. This wasn't explained in the media coverage.
But I think you're too worried about Trump's bluster and bluff. His populist talk is always false. He made lots of promises in 2016, then immediately reverted to his true nature. He's Wall Street born and bred. Everything he did in his first term served Wall Street. He gave them the biggest gift in history by literally SHUTTING DOWN the rest of the economy so Wall Street could have a total monopoly.
He will do the same this time. Wall Street wants to continue offshoring everything, so Trump will obey.
Actually, Trump did not shut down the economy in 2020. It was the states, not the federal government, that made these decisions. That's why we had everything from states that never really shut down (South Dakota), states that reopened very quickly (Florida), and those that stayed locked down for more than a year (California). Manufacturing employment in my state of Pennsylvania also grew throughout Trump's term. You don't have to like him, but let's not forget who made the decision to strangle the economy.
Agreed!
And for me, it comes down to this - earnest people will make any system work. Personally - my pipe-dream is to see us in NA triple the size of our primary and secondary school system. In a generation we may have a society that cares about each other.
Jen, Trudeau snubbed Canadian outlets to go and talk to TWO US "reporters". Jake Tapper? Really? Trudeau does not need to convince Americans about tariffs, he needs to talk to Trump. Oh wait, he has been saying absolutely awful things about Trump for 4 years, and has burned all his capital with him. As Elon Musk says, what an insufferable tool.
Canada is in good company with its current social and political chaos. Globalism is the root cause. It has fattened the top 10% at the expense of the bottom 90%. The bottom 90% have had enough.
Just consider that and the positions of any any pundit like Gerson. Either they are in the Regime camp to salvage and continue the globalism project, or they are against the Regime and a pull back to domestic focus where national sovereignty matters that the middle working class citizenry gets all the policy priority.
Gerson seems to be in the Regime camp while trying to project empathy for those against the Regime.
And the problem with the two front runners in the Liberal leadership race is that they are both deeply enmeshed in the globalist regime. My reading of the room is that Canadians are fed up with this, but I'm still not convinced that the Liberal/NDP globalist coalition can be beaten.
Trudeau and colleagues live in a make believe world called game of thrones. Brutal
At the end of this excellent conversation, Jen makes the point that we have to take ourselves more serious in these perilous times. Might I suggest that we stop electing people whose experience and qualifications consist of teaching drama and snowboarding, and having nice hair? I also think we should be deeply suspicious of any journalistic enthusiasms, especially if the journals in question are on the federal payroll.
Canadian journalist? Ha ha ha ha