Okay, onward with some deeper analysis.
Try this from Lisa van Dusen, editor and publisher of Policy:
‘Not for Sale’ vs. ‘Never say Never’: Mark Carney’s Clean Getaway
Of course, it’s going to take a lot more than an optics victory on chairs and couches for this to lead anywhere good for Canada.
Carney and his government know that securing sovereignty and prosperity is the goal here, and the Oval Office was just a start.
Don Lenihan charts a path to that goal in his latest weekly piece for National Newswatch:
The Carney Test: Putting Sovereignty and Prosperity Back Together
There are a lot of pressing problems on Carney’s desk: from the tariffs issue, to Alberta secession talk, to housing, immigration and defence.
But there’s actually something else he has to deal with right away before he can really tackle any of those. He needs a cabinet. He needs it to be relatively small. And he needs it to look new and fresh, not the same old faces. That’s a lot easier to say than do. Here’s how the Globe’s Bill Curry handled it:
🔒 Who will be in Carney’s cabinet? Adding new faces while staying lean will be the Prime Minister’s challenge
Pity Pierre Poilievre.
Literally hours after losing the election, losing his seat and possibly even losing his house, he flew almost to the other end of the country to plant his flag in a new riding. He picked one of the safest Conservative seats in Canada, where someone had convinced the just-elected incumbent to step down so his leader could find safe territory to relaunch his hold on the party.
Sounds simple, but not so fast, argues Dale Smith:
Now, if anyone had the right to gloat over Poilievre’s election night defeat, it might have been his predecessor, Erin O’Toole.
It’s generally conceded that it was Poilievre who unsheathed the knife that eventually plunged into O’Toole’s back after his 2021 election defeat to Justin Trudeau. But if he’s gloating on the inside, he’s not on the outside. He’d stayed away from the cameras throughout the campaign, but he decided to come out and talk this week as he sat down with CTV’s Vassy Kapelos:
Poilievre didn’t adapt enough to Trump or Trudeau shakeups, needs to ‘make peace’ with premiers: O’Toole
Here’s a good one. And from the Hollywood Reporter, no less.
Ever wondered how Donald Trump comes up with those “news from nowhere” ideas? The other day, he suddenly tweeted (or whatever you call sending texts from his own social media company) that he was going to reopen Alcatraz. Now, why and who or what inspired him to suggest it? Trust The Buzz to search through the possibilities:
Donald Trump Wants to Reopen Alcatraz — After Watching ‘Escape From Alcatraz’ on TV
If that’s true, and PBS gives ideas to Donald Trump, then maybe Pierre Poilievre should start watching CBC.
Usually, I ignore this next kind of story, which you can find on the cover of grocery store tabloids, but this one comes from one of my favourite websites, often quoted here in The Buzz.
It’s studyfinds.org and keeps up with the latest research findings. Now, we all want to find the secret potion that will prolong life, right? Well, check this out:
‘Fountain Of Youth’ Protein Boosts Lifespan, Muscle, and Brain Power in Aging Mice — After Single Dose
