Breaking: JWR not running again

[GordonH]

^^^ jt altering the law to benefit his buddy’s at SNC-Lavalin of criminal charges, this jack is still our PM.

[Gone_Fishin]

^^^ jt altering the law to benefit his buddy’s at SNC-Lavalin of criminal charges, this jack is still our PM.

He's busy altering all kinds of laws to favour Liberal funders. It's corruption we would shake our heads at in a third world banana republic - we should be sending Trudeau to the gallows for what he's doing here.

[foenix]

^^^ jt altering the law to benefit his buddy’s at SNC-Lavalin of criminal charges, this jack is still our PM.

He's busy altering all kinds of laws to favour Liberal funders. It's corruption we would shake our heads at in a third world banana republic - we should be sending Trudeau to the gallows for what he's doing here.

Naw he's just trying to our catch us up to the rest of the world and trying to be more competitive. I thought that was what you guys wanted......more jobs and opportunities.

[Ka-El]

It's really a shame she is not running again. We need more politicians like her.

As long as you keep supporting corrupt Liberals on these forums, ...

huh?

[hobbyguy]

^^^ jt altering the law to benefit his buddy’s at SNC-Lavalin of criminal charges, this jack is still our PM.

It is interesting that many fail to remember that the leaders of both the NDP and the CPC took lobbying meetings from SNC before they passed the legislation that introduced deferred prosecution agreements in Canada. What little opposition to the legislation was whipped away by those leaders. (Dan Albas, to his credit, voiced opposition but was quickly whipped into line.) When the legislation was passed out of committee, ALL of the multi-party MPs were happy with it and were said to have "cheered" at its passage.

The "firestorm" of indignation about the legislation, its application and the hypocrisy that followed was indeed full of what JWR decries as parties focused more on political points and partisan jockeying than on actually getting things done. Charlie Angus of the NDP being a good example, having attacked JWR in December for lack of integrity, being the worst justice minister ever, and calling for her resignation - all of a sudden switched to a 100% JWR supporter and every word JWR said was gospel.

I think what JWR is referring to in her decrying the partisan jockeying that has become the dominant reality is the "soccer hooliganism" of partisan "true blue" etc. that has degenerated into obstructionism and trap questioning where things like national security and citizen privacy would have to be compromised in order to answer them, and just plain gaslighting in question period. None of that obstructionism and general partisan toxicity advances the interests of Canadians writ large.

It is also interesting that many who jumped into the chicken pecking mob after blood during the SNC are also attackers of the mainstream media, yet it was the mainstream media that exposed the shenanigans surrounding the SNC situation. That's just more the partisan hypocrisy and nonsense that JWR decries.

In essence what JWR seems to be saying is that parliament writ large, instead of doing the people's business, has become a partisan game stage and little more. That should concern us all, and we should hold all politicians to a higher standard.

[The Green Barbarian]

The "firestorm" of indignation about the legislation, its application and the hypocrisy that followed was indeed full of what JWR decries as parties focused more on political points and partisan jockeying than on actually getting things done.

I do like how Liberal apologists are now trying to make the JWR stuff about "all parties". No, this falls squarely on the shoulders of the brain-dead idiots running the Liberal party, and the ultimate brain-dead leader JT. There is no one else to blame here, despite the wasted efforts. For shame JT, for shame you corrupt bunch of loser Liberals. Thank you JWR for standing up to such stupidity and evil in the Liberal party, the entire country owes you a debt of gratitude.

[foenix]

It is also interesting that many who jumped into the chicken pecking mob after blood during the SNC are also attackers of the mainstream media, yet it was the mainstream media that exposed the shenanigans surrounding the SNC situation. That's just more the partisan hypocrisy and nonsense that JWR decries.

You mean it was JWR or her staff that "leaked" the story to the Globe for her own political gain.

[Gone_Fishin]

The "firestorm" of indignation about the legislation, its application and the hypocrisy that followed was indeed full of what JWR decries as parties focused more on political points and partisan jockeying than on actually getting things done.

I do like how Liberal apologists are now trying to make the JWR stuff about "all parties". No, this falls squarely on the shoulders of the brain-dead idiots running the Liberal party, and the ultimate brain-dead leader JT. There is no one else to blame here, despite the wasted efforts. For shame JT, for shame you corrupt bunch of loser Liberals. Thank you JWR for standing up to such stupidity and evil in the Liberal party, the entire country owes you a debt of gratitude.

Liberals using the Trudeau method here.

"A learning moment for all Canadians when I grabbed that reporter by the . Everyone is responsible for my actions."

Erin O'Toole, Jagmeet Singh, Andrew Scheer, Y-F Blanchette, and Elizabeth May did NOT fire JWR for her failure to illegally interfere in a criminal prosecution. That was Trudeau, and Trudeau alone who did that.

[rustled]

I do like how Liberal apologists are now trying to make the JWR stuff about "all parties". No, this falls squarely on the shoulders of the brain-dead idiots running the Liberal party, and the ultimate brain-dead leader JT. There is no one else to blame here, despite the wasted efforts. For shame JT, for shame you corrupt bunch of loser Liberals. Thank you JWR for standing up to such stupidity and evil in the Liberal party, the entire country owes you a debt of gratitude.

Liberals using the Trudeau method here.

"A learning moment for all Canadians when I grabbed that reporter by the . Everyone is responsible for my actions."

Erin O'Toole, Jagmeet Singh, Andrew Scheer, Y-F Blanchette, and Elizabeth May did NOT fire JWR for her failure to illegally interfere in a criminal prosecution. That was Trudeau, and Trudeau alone who did that.

Yup.

Trudeau Liberals are so intent on keeping our government mired in the muck at the bottom of the barrel, they're willing to throw every vestige of their personal integrity under the bus.

[rustled]

MRG weighs in, emotionally, on the departure of JWR.


https://www.facebook.com/michellerempel ... 5511932467

Very powerful. In the end, it will be strong, powerful and intelligent women, of all ethnicities, who take down this disgusting and racist Liberal government. Stand strong all women who have been wronged and feel they have been screwed over by our current white male-dominated government. You all have a future, once the Liberals are vanquished.

I agree - very powerful. And she's right: This SHOULD matter to all of us.

[hobbyguy]

The "firestorm" of indignation about the legislation, its application and the hypocrisy that followed was indeed full of what JWR decries as parties focused more on political points and partisan jockeying than on actually getting things done.

I do like how Liberal apologists are now trying to make the JWR stuff about "all parties". No, this falls squarely on the shoulders of the brain-dead idiots running the Liberal party, and the ultimate brain-dead leader JT. There is no one else to blame here, despite the wasted efforts. For shame JT, for shame you corrupt bunch of loser Liberals. Thank you JWR for standing up to such stupidity and evil in the Liberal party, the entire country owes you a debt of gratitude.

Actually, you focus on the symptom, not the disease. I suggest you read what JWR said, and consider the reality that it takes two to tango. In the political Ottawa scene, it is more like a round dance.

What JWR is decrying is the focus on the dance of partisanship that overshadows and defeats the work to be done for the people of Canada.

Think about it. IF a federal party is mumbling along, there is almost never a leadership review. The only time you see leadership reviews etc. is when a party loses (or is lost, as with the current Greens). Then "what if" about the 2015 election. Perhaps in 2014 Rona Ambrose might have run for CPC leader... and what would 2015 have looked like then?

Adding to that is the cynical "6 year" thing, where MPs don't want to rock the boat until they get their 6 years in and get their gold plated pensions.

So structurally, the parties are set up for the partisan nonsense to accentuate, and if the individuals bring that to parliament, the people's work grinds to halt. It almost to the point where parliament has abrogated its responsibility to Canadians writ large. Most of us just want Ottawa to work, and to get things done, not waste endless time and effort pointing fingers and playing silly games.

[rustled]

I do like how Liberal apologists are now trying to make the JWR stuff about "all parties". No, this falls squarely on the shoulders of the brain-dead idiots running the Liberal party, and the ultimate brain-dead leader JT. There is no one else to blame here, despite the wasted efforts. For shame JT, for shame you corrupt bunch of loser Liberals. Thank you JWR for standing up to such stupidity and evil in the Liberal party, the entire country owes you a debt of gratitude.

Actually, you focus on the symptom, not the disease.

Actually, you're attempting to focus on the infrastructure (the engineer, the paving company, the automobile, the manufacturer, the guy at the tire shop, the ...) - anything and anyone but the driver.

It's like you genuinely believe JT was just a helpless victim of circumstances beyond his control (poor lad):

So structurally, the parties are set up for the partisan nonsense to accentuate, and if the individuals bring that to parliament, the people's work grinds to halt. It almost to the point where parliament has abrogated its responsibility to Canadians writ large. Most of us just want Ottawa to work, and to get things done, not waste endless time and effort pointing fingers and playing silly games.

Refusing to acknowledge JT's responsibility by offloading it entirely to "the structure" is ridiculous, and you are NOT doing the Liberal party any favours with this nonsense.

If you want us to believe you're not just pretending to want change, start where it matters - HOLD HIM TO ACCOUNT. Stop making excuses for his part in getting rid of JWR.

[Gone_Fishin]

"Don't blame Justin, blame the system!"

Now I've heard everything. Are the Liberal DIs that desperate already?

[Urban Cowboy]

As far as JWR goes, kid yourself not, that woman has had her own agenda for quite some time, and is hardly the innocent victim she's been portraying for a couple of years now.

[rustled]

As far as JWR goes, kid yourself not, that woman has had her own agenda for quite some time, and is hardly the innocent victim she's been portraying for a couple of years now.

This is the sort of excuse-making the Trudeau Liberals are counting on. No sensible person excuses any PM's wrongdoing or their involvement in covering up wrongdoing by pointing to someone else's actions or motivations.

Yet we see it time and again with Trudeau - look, over there.

This is also the ugly preference for "partisanship over progress, co-opting over co-operation, recriminations over results" mindset that JWR mentioned in her letter. We get the government we deserve.

When we collectively decide we're ok with whatever Trudeau does, regardless of how wrong it is, "because someone else", we get more of same.