{"id":75175,"date":"2020-09-25T16:20:13","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T13:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-ndps-price-for-propping-up-the-liberals\/"},"modified":"2020-09-25T16:20:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T13:20:13","slug":"the-ndps-price-for-propping-up-the-liberals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-ndps-price-for-propping-up-the-liberals\/","title":{"rendered":"#The NDP’s price for propping up the Liberals"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#The NDP’s price for propping up the Liberals<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Politics Insider for Sept. 25: The Liberals dangle a new unemployment benefit in front of New Democrats, Jimmy K loses his job for good and Manitoba’s premier expands our vocabulary\n <\/div>\n
\n Welcome to a sneak peek of the\u00a0<\/em>Maclean\u2019s\u00a0Politics Insider\u00a0news<\/a>letter.\u00a0Sign up to get it delivered\u00a0straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n

Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough<\/strong> tabled her first bill of the second session of the 43rd Parliament.\u00a0Welcome to the world Bill C-2<\/a>, otherwise known as the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act<\/strong>. Qualtrough\u2019s legislation may hold the key to NDP hearts in the form of a $500 weekly benefit<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>for Canadians who are \u201cself-employed or are not eligible for EI and who still require income support.\u201d The Canada Recovery Benefit\u2014that\u2019s CERB without the E<\/strong>\u2014would find its way into recipients\u2019 bank accounts for up to six months<\/strong>. The feds are also pitching a two-week benefit for workers who are self-isolating or sick, and another 26-week benefit for those whose caregiving forces them out of work.<\/p>\n

Is it\u00a0enough for the NDP<\/strong>? Jagmeet Singh told\u00a0Bloomberg<\/em> that it \u201clooks like\u201d<\/a> he\u2019ll support the Liberals, though his caucus will talk it through. (That story\u2019s headline pegs Singh as a social<\/a> democrat, but its URL quietly claims he\u2019s a socialist<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s premiers aren\u2019t satisfied with the new federal roadmap. In a joint statement<\/a>, they \u201cexpressed disapp<\/a>ointment\u201d<\/strong> that provinces\u2019 top priority\u2014\u201dsustainable health funding partnership through a significant increase<\/strong> to the Canada Health Transfer\u201d\u2014was left out of the Throne Speech. The premiers also want the feds to \u201csimplify and modernize\u201d a fiscal stabilization program<\/strong> meant to help industries facing catastrophic downturns. And they want another $10 billion a year, split among themselves, for infrastructure spending<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Commons opened yesterday with tributes to the late former Prime Minister John Turner<\/strong>. The Conservative deputy leader, Candice Bergen<\/strong>, recalled with glee a tale that sounds tall but is, by all accounts, quite true. While a young Turner was vacationing in Barbados<\/strong> in 1965, his wife noticed an older man struggling against powerful riptides. Turner, who\u2019d qualified for the 1948 Olympics as a track athlete, was also a strong swimmer. He raced into the water and, after dragging the man ashore, gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. That man was former PM John Diefenbaker<\/strong>, just two years out of office and still the Tory leader. Watch Bergen\u2019s full clip<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As the self-isolated\u00a0Erin O\u2019Toole<\/strong> attempts to define himself before Liberals get the chance, the new Tory leader is posting videos that introduce himself to the country. His latest clip<\/a>, which leans heavily on his time in the military<\/strong>, claims that \u201cvery few things\u201d in politics get him \u201cstressed.\u201d In his Air Force days, O\u2019Toole says, he \u201chunted submarines at night, when you\u2019re dripping with sweat because you\u2019re in an immersion suit over the ocean. You think you\u2019ve just lost a submarine, and you\u2019ve got an hour of fuel left. And the winds are bad.\u201d The only thing worse<\/strong> than\u00a0that<\/em>\u00a0kind of predicament? \u201cTwitter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maclean\u2019s Live:<\/strong>\u00a0Okay, so this time it\u2019s not live because the guest had to jump on a flight to Vancouver. But watch this timely conversation between\u00a0Paul Wells<\/strong>\u00a0and Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson<\/strong>. They\u2019ll talk about the government\u2019s ambitious carbon targets and how on earth Liberals plan to reach those targets amid a public-health crisis that goes on and on.<\/p>\n

Jim Karygiannis<\/strong> is out of politics for good. The former Toronto city councillor, who\u2019d repped the same Scarborough neighbourhoods for 32 years in the House of Commons and then at city hall, lost his last-gasp hope<\/strong> at retaining his seat. Last year, a judge had removed him from office based on improperly claimed election expenses. A legal rollercoaster saw him reinstated, then booted anew, then reinstated pending a final, possible hearing. But the Supreme Court<\/strong> dismissed Karygiannis\u2019s case. \u201cI am leaving politics<\/strong>,\u201d he wrote on his website<\/a>. \u201cIt has been an honour and privilege to serve the people of Scarborough-Agincourt. I want to thank them for the trust they have shown me.<\/p>\n

The B.C. election at the starting line:<\/strong> Philippe J. Fournier, a\u00a0Maclean\u2019s<\/em> contributing editor and leading Canadian election forecaster at 338Canada<\/strong>, will closely follow the provincial election on the west coast. Fournier published his first projection<\/strong>, which could change dramatically in the near future as pollsters come back from the field with up-to-date numbers after Premier John Horgan<\/strong>\u2018s election call:<\/p>\n

The B.C. NDP leads the field with an average of 45 per cent support<\/strong>. The B.C. Liberals stand in second place with 34 per cent. Since data has been scarce of late, the confidence intervals of those projections remain wide for both main parties: For the NDP, the projection stretches from the high 30s to the low 50s. For the Liberals, the worst-case numbers are just below the 30 per cent mark, and the best case stretches to just under 40 per cent of support.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Word of the day:<\/strong> At a briefing, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister<\/strong> said<\/a>: \u201cThis is not the time for profligacy<\/strong>\u201c\u2014as in,\u00a0reckless extravagance<\/a> or morally wrong behaviour<\/a>. The more you know.<\/span>
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