If there was any doubt left in your mind that these two guys don’t like each other, surely that was erased on Wednesday.
Justin Trudeau doesn’t like Pierre Poilievre, and I mean really doesn’t like him. In fact, it may be the only reason he’s staying in office – he can’t stand the thought of handing over the keys to the country to the man in the black tee shirt. And the same is true in the other direction….no love or even respect either way. This goes way beyond partisan sniping, it’s a deep-down dislike and it’s playing out before our eyes almost every day.
Wednesday was a high-profile foreign interference day at the Hogue Commission with Justin Trudeau in the witness box. The prime minister seems to feel at home in the setting, he’d clearly hit a home run when he testified in the same room a few years ago when the subject was the use of the Emergencies Act during the trucker’s protest on Parliament Hill. It may be a while before his performance this time is given the thumbs up or down. The same goes for Pierre Poilievre’s reaction to it a few hours later. This is a serious issue, very serious, but what seeps through watching it all is the disdain each has for the other.
The reviews are already rolling in and this week we start with Tasha Kheiriddin from the National Post:
Tasha Kheiriddin: Trudeau's interference allegations a dramatic act of self-preservation
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The CBC’s Elizabeth Thompson also had a take on the day’s testimony and its fallout. Here’s what she wrote:
Trudeau tells inquiry some Conservative parliamentarians are involved in foreign interference
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And as if that wasn’t enough for all the spying and skullduggery rooted in Canada, there was also the latest in the bitter dispute between India and Canada.
The RCMP weighed in and what they had to say wasn’t pretty. The Globe printed a good summary of some of the major questions surrounding this story:
Morning Update: Canada and India’s deepening divide 🔒
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A voice from the Liberal past weighed in on the Trudeau story with a unique suggestion.
Eddie Goldenberg has seen it all before, having served on Parliament Hill in senior roles since the 1970s, especially with former PM Jean Chrétien. Here’s what he has to say for Justin Trudeau to consider:
Justin Trudeau’s Obligation to Canada
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Now if all the stories so far, all Canadian, are depressing you, here’s something very different.
It shouldn’t depress you, instead it should excite you. It’s about Canada too …. but a part of the country that doesn’t get the attention it deserves. And that’s the point. It’s written by a guy named Rocky Simpson. Unless you live in the Northwest Territories you’ve probably never heard of him. Well, you have now. So read along to why Premier R.J. Simpson of the NWT thinks your future could be tied to his:
Unlocking the North: A Critical Moment for Canada’s Future
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Just one story about the US election this week.
And if you want Donald Trump to win then you probably should just move on to the next story. Why? Because this long-time Republican strategist and US TV analyst says Trump won’t win and it may not even be close.
Mark McKinnon is no political slouch, he’s pretty sharp with years of experience in sensing the political winds.
Here’s what he’s thinking two weeks out from election day in a piece he wrote for Vanity Fair:
This Race Is Kamala Harris’s to Lose. Here’s Why. 🔒
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Couple of media stories now. And they both contain warning signs for those who want to believe that the media is slipping to new, dangerous lows.
The first is a question-and-answer session with the highly respected editor of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, conducted by the editor of Status, Oliver Darcy:
The Atlantic Editor-In-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg warns newsroom decay is how 'democracy decomposes'
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And here's the second piece.
Gallup is just one of the organizations that measure trust in media every year. It’s been dropping. But never this low:
Americans' Trust in Media Remains at Trend Low
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I will always remember going to see Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom.
It was 1984 and I was vacationing with my daughters in Maine. We went to a movie theatre to see what was THE movie of that summer: the first of the Indiana Jones series. And it was fantastic. Edge of the seat stuff. Five years later, the third in the series, Last Crusade, came out, shot in Petra, Jordan, with Jones finding the Holy Grail.
Well, guess what? You’ll love this story:
New secret tomb found in the ancient city of Petra contains the remains of at least 12 humans and a 'Holy Grail' cup
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