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“#Erin O’Toole is going down swinging\u2014at his own party<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Politics Insider for Dec 7, 2021: Justin Trudeau’s uncertain future; Erin O’Toole’s hail mary; and the ambassador to China’s resignation\n <\/div>\n
\n Apr\u00e8s Justin, qui?<\/strong>\u00a0In Maclean\u2019s<\/em>, Paul Wells<\/strong> observes a new subject in Liberal Ottawa\u2014people are suddenly discussing a future after the current Prime Minister is no longer in the job.<\/p>\n

This sort of talk is new. In a party whose unity of purpose Trudeau did much to restore, it\u2019s long been considered poor form, or wasted energy, for Liberals to contemplate the prospect of life without the leader who brought them back from the brink of irrelevance. This fall, that taboo lifted. It\u2019s as though a screw that had secured some plate in the Liberals\u2019 psyche for nearly a decade had been loosened by one full counterclockwise turn. Suddenly Liberals are granting themselves licence to speculate.<\/strong> And so the biggest question in Canadian politics in 2022 is whether Justin Trudeau will still be Prime Minister when the year is done.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Wells notes that one potential candidate for the job, Chrystia Freeland<\/strong>, stands apart.<\/p>\n

Right now her occasional detractors are far outnumbered by those who think she\u2019d represent a substantial improvement<\/strong> over Trudeau in intellectual capacity, worldliness and the possession of a closet blessedly empty of skeletons. Almost alone among reputed pretenders to the throne, she has a network within the government of loyal staffers who could form the basis for a solid campaign organization.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Double double:<\/strong> Wells also has a piece on the odd fact that there are now two cabinet committees on Economy, Inclusion and Climate, which he thinks is unworkable.<\/p>\n

Fighting O\u2019Toole:<\/strong> A day after the Star<\/em> reported that<\/a> Erin O\u2019Toole<\/strong> doesn\u2019t plan to go down without a fight, the Globe<\/em> reports<\/a> that he has asked the House of Commons to investigate Shannon Stubbs<\/strong>, who has criticized him from inside the CPC caucus. Stubbs is alleged to be responsible for verbal abuse and workplace harassment, which she denies, characterizing the allegations as reprisal for speaking out. Part of the story involves a bedroom painting job.<\/p>\n

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One of the former aides, who took sick leave in 2018, said she and another employee felt compelled to paint the Alberta MP\u2019s bedroom in late 2016. The aide said Ms. Stubbs did not directly order them to paint the room in her Vegreville house, but that their work environment would have become unpleasant if they did not do so. Ms. Stubbs acknowledged that staff painted her bedroom, but she said she considered it a gift<\/strong>, and that she was surprised to return home to the freshly painted room. \u201cThe painting of the house was a wonderful surprise that I didn\u2019t know about. It was a wonderful gift of kindness from staff members,\u201d Ms. Stubbs said. \u201cI never asked or directed staff to paint my bedroom.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Absent Tories:<\/strong> Erin O\u2019Toole<\/strong> declined to say Monday why four CPC MPs have been absent from the House since it passed a vaccination mandate, CP\u00a0reports<\/a>.\u00a0Ted Falk, Cathay Wagantall, Dean Allison<\/strong> and Colin Carrie<\/strong> haven\u2019t been seen in the Commons since the new rules came in.<\/p>\n

Barton out: Justin Trudeau<\/strong> announced Monday that Dominic Barton<\/strong> has resigned as ambassador to China after two tense years \u201cin which he was praised for helping secure the release of two Canadians from Chinese custody, and criticized for strongly pushing closer trade ties with Beijing.\u201d\u00a0CP reports<\/a>. The announcement comes three months after the release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.<\/p>\n

Good news<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Writing in the Post<\/em>,\u00a0John Ivison<\/strong>, who thinks the Liberals have had a weak China policy, welcomes<\/a> the news that Barton is leaving and predicts a harder line is coming from Ottawa.<\/p>\n

Boycott sought:<\/strong>\u00a0Erin O\u2019Toole<\/strong> urged the federal government Monday to join allies in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Global reports<\/a>.\u00a0 The White House announced Monday the American government \u201cwill not send any diplomatic or official representation\u201d to the Olympic Game<\/a>s next February in reaction to Chinese human rights abuses.<\/p>\n

CSE hacks back:<\/strong> The Communications Security Establishment acknowledged Monday for the first time it has conducted cyber operations against foreign hackers to \u201cimpose a cost\u201d for the growing levels of cybercrime, Global reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough we cannot comment on our use of foreign cyber operations (active and defensive cyber operations) or provide operational statistics, we can confirm we have the tools we need to impose a cost on the people behind these kinds of incidents,\u201d wrote CSE spokesperson Evan Koronewski in a statement to Global News. \u201cWe can also confirm we are using these tools for such purposes, and working together with Canadian law enforcement where app<\/a>ropriate against cybercrime.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

No charges:<\/strong> Two sexual assault complainants say the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal closed their cases<\/strong> against senior military officers without laying charges because the men accused of raping them declined to be interviewed, CBC reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In one of the cases, the complainant \u2014 a now-retired member of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) \u2014 said she was told that while investigators wanted to lay sexual assault charges, military prosecutors who reviewed the case recommended no charges because the complainant\u2019s testimony was the only evidence. The second complainant \u2014 a still-serving CAF member \u2014 recently reported the closure of her case to the Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC), a civilian oversight body.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe [sergeant] stated that the case \u2018hinged on hearing from him that something happened,\u2019 indicating that because they did not compel the perpetrator to an interview that the case was not viable,\u201d her complaint reads. \u201cThis does not make any sense to me whatsoever. I was sexually assaulted and now I am being told they can\u2019t lay charges because they haven\u2019t spoken to the perpetrator?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Both cases were closed on the day that Defence Minister Anita Anand\u00a0announced\u00a0that all ongoing military sexual misconduct cases would be transferred to civilian police.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nasty fight:<\/strong> In the Calgary Herald<\/em>, Don Braid<\/strong> has a column<\/a> on what he sees as an American-style fight over election funding changes the UCP is passing over the objection of both the NDP and some of its own members.<\/p>\n

When a party in power changes election rules to juice up for the next election, we\u2019re getting close to naked American-style efforts to block the other side from any chance of winning. A province can\u2019t be changing its core democratic standards every four years. There must be values that endure beyond voting cycles. Without trust, losers will soon be calling elections crooked. We know where that goes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 Stephen Maher<\/strong>
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