Breaking: Climate Einstein jumps from Justin's ship

[erinmore3775]

I look with dismay as I examine the comments on this thread. I assume that those making the comments are ardent Conservative Party of Canada supporters and therein lies the problem. It is so easy to toss out rabid criticism, most of which is totally unfounded in fact or uses a small fact to imply a total untruth. This is what politics has become now and it appears that many supporters of the CPC have embraced.

When Andrew Scheer spoke immediately after the last election he said "...federal Tories had grabbed 121 seats and won the largest share of the popular vote that evening, they’d failed to take out a weakened Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “More Canadians wanted us to win this election than any other party,” Scheer said in his speech. “And now we’re heading back to Ottawa with a much bigger team, with more support from coast to coast. And with an endorsement from the Canadian people that we are the government in waiting.” https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/0 ... tive-party This positive start soon deteriorated. The knives came out along with an environment that supported name-calling, exclusion, and innuendo aimed at anyone within the party with which you had a disagreement. This environment continued and intensified during the leadership campaign.

This attitude extended into Parliament where members of the Opposition often made derogatory references towards McKenna. Those members tried to make political points with their comments, unlike Michael Chong, who provided criticism and comment on the environment in a respectful and responsible way.

For those that want to see who purchased the electric vehicles, the reasons behind their purchase, and the testing results, I refer you to the following: https://tc.canada.ca/en/programs/non-*bleep* ... r-vehicles

As I have said in another thread that. The current problem with the CPC is that its entire political platform is based on criticism and donations. There is no substance that supporters can use to point out how policy or government would be different if the CPC and Mr. O'Toole formed the government. All CPC supporters can offer to convince others of their superior position is criticism, innuendo, and sarcasm. If the CPC is to form the government after the fall election this must change. It is necessary for the leadership to place real platform positions on the website that outline Covid recovery positions, environmental positions, and ways to improve the military. These statements must be more than the current 4 line promises on today's website and include a detailed "budget" plan . If the NDP can do it, why can't the CPC? Then supporters would have more than criticism and sarcasm to convince those around them that Mr. O'Toole offers a different and better way. Perhaps I am asking too much or perhaps I am just locked into a different political age.

[typhoon44]

I look with dismay as I examine the comments on this thread. I assume that those making the comments are ardent Conservative Party of Canada supporters and therein lies the problem. It is so easy to toss out rabid criticism, most of which is totally unfounded in fact or uses a small fact to imply a total untruth. This is what politics has become now and it appears that many supporters of the CPC have embraced.

When Andrew Scheer spoke immediately after the last election he said "...federal Tories had grabbed 121 seats and won the largest share of the popular vote that evening, they’d failed to take out a weakened Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “More Canadians wanted us to win this election than any other party,” Scheer said in his speech. “And now we’re heading back to Ottawa with a much bigger team, with more support from coast to coast. And with an endorsement from the Canadian people that we are the government in waiting.” https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/0 ... tive-party This positive start soon deteriorated. The knives came out along with an environment that supported name-calling, exclusion, and innuendo aimed at anyone within the party with which you had a disagreement. This environment continued and intensified during the leadership campaign.

*snip*

Ayup. Misogyny run rampant. You may disagree with her position on climate change without being *bleep*.

[The Green Barbarian]

I look with dismay as I examine the comments on this thread. I assume that those making the comments are ardent Conservative Party of Canada supporters and therein lies the problem. It is so easy to toss out rabid criticism, most of which is totally unfounded in fact or uses a small fact to imply a total untruth. This is what politics has become now and it appears that many supporters of the CPC have embraced.

The fact is that Catherine McKenna was a terrible, arrogant and ill-informed cabinet minister. She was shuffled out of Environment after 4 years of making an absolute *bleep* of herself, and was the cause for continual embarrassment for the Liberals. This horrible interview that she did with Evan Solomon was a perfect example of her arrogance, and total elitism that rubbed so many the wrong way:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/mckenna ... -1.3865161

[ferri]

Breaking: Climate Einstein jumps from Justin's ship

[The Green Barbarian]

Ayup. Misogyny run rampant. You may disagree with her position on climate change without being *bleep*.

This isn't about "misogyny". If that's what everyone jumps to then there is rampant misandry from the Liberals regarding O'Toole. McKenna dug her own grave, due to pure stupidity, and unending piles of arrogance.

[The Green Barbarian]

The current problem with the CPC is that its entire political platform is based on criticism and donations. There is no substance that supporters can use to point out how policy or government would be different if the CPC and Mr. O'Toole formed the government. All CPC supporters can offer to convince others of their superior position is criticism, innuendo, and sarcasm. If the CPC is to form the government after the fall election this must change. It is necessary for the leadership to place real platform positions on the website that outline Covid recovery positions, environmental positions, and ways to improve the military. These statements must be more than the current 4 line promises on today's website and include a detailed "budget" plan . If the NDP can do it, why can't the CPC? Then supporters would have more than criticism and sarcasm to convince those around them that Mr. O'Toole offers a different and better way. Perhaps I am asking too much or perhaps I am just locked into a different political age.

How is this on topic in any way?

[ckil]

Pension?

Full pension after 6 years.

[typhoon44]

*removed*

[ckil]

*removed*

[ferri]

Breaking: Climate Einstein jumps from Justin's ship

[The Green Barbarian]

But it's always been pfun watching the phobs pfawn all over her

And she said, "Years of online attacks were 'just noise'."

But the attacks on her constituency offices by NDP supporters were real.

[The Green Barbarian]

Could this be it?

"Why would anyone hate Catherine McKenna?"

The NDP are far too simple and can find any number of reasons to hate people. I assume the only reason that they hated Climate Einstein were that she took away Ed Broadbrain's old riding.

[lesliepaul]

This photo was just plain awful........and and whoever took the picture needs a beginners photography lesson in composition.

........never let something or someone get in the way of the subject you are photographing.........this is almost as bad as taking a picture of someone with a tree or pole growing out of their head.




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[The Green Barbarian]

Catherine McKenna quitting federal politics, says years of online attacks were 'just noise'

After enduring a barrage of online hate and physical attacks on her constituency office during her six years as an MP, Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna announced Monday she will not run again in the next election.

McKenna — who led the contentious fight to levy a national price on carbon emissions as environment minister — has long been the target of sexist attacks over her vocal defence of climate action in the face of entrenched opposition.

But she said the hardship she has endured in politics was not the motivation for her departure. Rather, she said, she wants to spend more time with her kids after many nights away during her time in office. She said the COVID-19 pandemic forced her to "step back and reflect on what matters most."

McKenna also said she wants to focus her energies on fighting climate change from outside of government. She's offered to help Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Canadian delegation at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland later this year.

*snip*

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/c ... d=msedgntp

[The Green Barbarian]

Definitely real NDP attacks on her constituency office by NDP supporters.

Exactly. The NDP and their supporters seethe with pure evil, and McKenna had to bear the brunt of that evil when the NDP vandalized her office.