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Melian Dialogue posted:I liked JJ back when I had never seen his face and occasionally read his dumb comic about int'l stuff. Anything to do with Canada was usually Conservative garbage. He used to kind of straddle the fence on domestic issues and give weight to both sides and all that poo poo, but this year he became basically a mini Poilièvre. He's angling to become Canada's Tucker Carlson and I think it's adorable. Juul-Whip fucked around with this message at 19:22 on Nov 4, 2015 |
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Nov 4, 2015 19:18
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Is JJ also a gay? Now that John Baird has retired, who is going to be the standard bearer of conservative hypocrisy?
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Nov 4, 2015 19:22
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I wish they'd get the interpreter in frame so I could actually understand what JT is saying -- or caption this.Cultural Imperial posted:Is JJ also a gay? He is.
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Nov 4, 2015 19:26
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Nov 4, 2015 19:29
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JT is sounding very Prime Ministerial here.
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Nov 4, 2015 19:30
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This thread is big. Did anyone point out the Minister of Heritage was a CBC intern less than a decade ago?
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Nov 4, 2015 19:32
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"Justin waaaait!!" - girl desperate to get a selfie with JT Add that to the things we never, ever, would have seen with Harper. 
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Nov 4, 2015 19:34
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Does all this mean that maybe just maybe cabinet isn't going to be your typical old school Liberal circle jerk? I am becoming cautiously optimistic.
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Nov 4, 2015 19:35
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It's all hosed up how jarring it is that our PM isn't a cold anti-social drone
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Nov 4, 2015 19:36
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This whole ceremony has been great to watch. It's like Canada is waking up after a long slumber, with the nightmare named Stephen Harper rapidly fading like a dream in the morning sunlight.
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Nov 4, 2015 19:36
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Why gender parity in cabinet? Cause it's 2015 v v
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Nov 4, 2015 19:42
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Cultural Imperial posted:What an innovative idea to appoint a bus driver as infrastructure minister. Truly the working man now has a voice in government. You did it sjws! Incidentally I think he's the guy who was imprisoned and tortured during his student activist days in India, so he might qualify as a literal Social Justice Warrior. But whatevs keep beating that dead horse CI.
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Nov 4, 2015 19:43
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I like how  he was when he heard that question. I took some time going over some of the cabinet appointments. Has a Canadian government ever had such a large number of highly qualified, suitable candidates for the ministries as we've had now? I mean, both here and in the US, these positions are often patronage placements first aside from the big-pants positions like Finance or Foreign Affairs. It's pretty stunning to see so few old guards (and the ones in there are highly regarded as statesmen), and with the rest having great backgrounds for the positions they took.
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Nov 4, 2015 19:45
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Amgard posted:I like how At one point, the CBC coverage addressed this, saying due to JT's limited political career compared to most Prime Ministers in the past, he doesn't have as many favours to repay, giving him a much freer hand in choosing his cabinet than ever before.
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Nov 4, 2015 19:47
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So, parliament will be back first week of december, first priority is tax cut for middle class, tax raise for 1%.
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Albino Squirrel posted:Incidentally I think he's the guy who was imprisoned and tortured during his student activist days in India, so he might qualify as a literal Social Justice Warrior. But whatevs keep beating that dead horse CI. Yup! http://www.edmontonjournal.com/City+councillor+Amarjeet+Sohi+recalls+imprisonment+India+1980s/10814912/story.html Jailed for 21 months, 18 of them solitary. The story is worth a read, as it is a bit difficult to summarize. PT6A posted:At one point, the CBC coverage addressed this, saying due to JT's limited political career compared to most Prime Ministers in the past, he doesn't have as many favours to repay, giving him a much freer hand in choosing his cabinet than ever before. If only we had given him more time to get ready!
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Having had time to reflect after the end of the ceremony and the speeches/questions, I'm convinced Mulcair wouldn't have done half as well today, not in the cabinet appointments or in interacting with the press and crowd.
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PT6A posted:At one point, the CBC coverage addressed this, saying due to JT's limited political career compared to most Prime Ministers in the past, he doesn't have as many favours to repay, giving him a much freer hand in choosing his cabinet than ever before. Good. I was thinking this just in terms of age, not just JT but other ministers being young and new to politics hopefully means they're not up to their eyeballs in patronage poo poo. Of course the real test is actually getting things done. That's where favours really come into it.
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I'm pretty happy with the appointments, I've gotta say. Ultimately it looks like the 2011 collapse actually proved good for the Liberals. There were a lot less favor appointments this time around than even my hopeful self expected. E: so many people on Facebook whining about "lack of merit". Beelzebufo fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Nov 4, 2015 |
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Nov 4, 2015 20:43
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PT6A posted:One of Finance, Foreign Affairs or Defence would've been nice. Justice is generally consider one of the "big four" ministries and given FA went to the senior statesmen and Defence went to an Sikh immigrant I'd consider it a win.
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sbaldrick posted:Justice is generally consider one of the "big four" ministries and given FA went to the senior statesmen and Defence went to an Sikh immigrant I'd consider it a win. First Nations woman too. A really good choice. Gives me hope for the seriousness of the murdered and missing aboriginal women inquiry. Beelzebufo fucked around with this message at 20:54 on Nov 4, 2015 |
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Nov 4, 2015 20:51
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sbaldrick posted:Justice is generally consider one of the "big four" ministries and given FA went to the senior statesmen and Defence went to an Sikh immigrant I'd consider it a win. A Sikh immigrant and first Sikh commander in the Canadian army no less. A phenomenal choice, IMO.
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I applaud all of you for not making the obvious jokes about how Sikh nasty Trudeau's appointment for Defense is but I can't restrain myself.
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Do the people complaining about merit actually have any examples or appointments in particular that they're sour about? I just came back from lunch just now and there were a couple tables talking loudly about how they just don't know about that Trudeau guy that's not how it was done in their day. Are there any specific complaints aside from gender representation and brown guys?
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Slightly Toasted posted:Do the people complaining about merit actually have any examples or appointments in particular that they're sour about? I just came back from lunch just now and there were a couple tables talking loudly about how they just don't know about that Trudeau guy that's not how it was done in their day. I haven't heard any substantive complaints, no.
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Nov 4, 2015 21:00
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flakeloaf posted:One would think that a person paranoid about Muslims would welcome a Sikh to the top. Oh bless you, you think racists aren't retarded...
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Slightly Toasted posted:Do the people complaining about merit actually have any examples or appointments in particular that they're sour about? I just came back from lunch just now and there were a couple tables talking loudly about how they just don't know about that Trudeau guy that's not how it was done in their day. All of what I've seen is just "why the focus on gender? It should go to the most qualified!" bullshit without specifics.
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flakeloaf posted:One would think that a person paranoid about Muslims would welcome a Sikh to the top. They're obviously all the same I don't know how you missed that
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Brannock posted:This whole ceremony has been great to watch. It's like Canada is waking up after a long slumber, with the nightmare named Stephen Harper rapidly fading like a dream in the morning sunlight. I was at Rideau Hall this morning and got to shake the PM's hand and that's definitely the vibe that was in the air. For the first time in my adult life I'm moderately optimistic about our country's future... it feels strange.
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try it with a lime posted:I was at Rideau Hall this morning and got to shake the PM's hand and that's definitely the vibe that was in the air.  Sounds like a party I'd have enjoyed. Shame about that whole "compromising objectivity whilst being on the clock" thing.
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Jordan7hm posted:Mulcair is speaking to reporters at 3:15. Curious to hear what he has to say. NDP already bitched about the size of the cabinet
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try it with a lime posted:. For the first time in my adult life I'm moderately optimistic about our country's future... it feels strange. Yeah. I know I am setting myself up for disappointment but I can't seem to shake the feeling that JT is going to do some good.
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ZeeBoi posted:NDP already bitched about the size of the cabinet What? Why?
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NinetySevenA posted:Yeah. I know I am setting myself up for disappointment but I can't seem to shake the feeling that JT is going to do some good.  `
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ZeeBoi posted:NDP already bitched about the size of the cabinet Yeah I saw that. Too big! (i do think stressing you'll have a smaller cabinet then going with 30 is kind of silly, but I assume they just didn't realise the difficulty of representing different groups with a cabinet of ~25) I continue to really dislike Mulcair.
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Jordan7hm posted:I continue to really dislike Mulcair. I'm so glad that I don't have to worry about saying "Prime Minister Mulcair" for another four years at least, or most likely ever. He is a distasteful person with bad ideas.
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