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[cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher]

"This decision now stands as binding precedent. It places real legal constraints on future governments and ensures that the Emergencies Act cannot be repurposed as a political convenience. It restores the act to what Parliament intended: a narrow, exceptional tool, not a blunt instrument against dissent.

The government spent millions defending the indefensible. It lost completely. And in doing so, it handed Canadians one of the most important civil liberties rulings in a generation.

That is worth celebrating.” @cvangeyn https://t.co/A2OkkgSAo6

[Ryan O'Connor @rpoconnor]

"Olivia Chow supporter, CTV @YourMorning contributor, and social media influencer makes racist video denigrating Filipina child care workers and caregivers" was not on my 2026 Toronto election bingo card

[Richard Dias @RichardDias_CFA]

@acoyne Andrew, please, for the love of everything holy, read the Bank of Canada research. https://t.co/fygBjevocQ

[Family/Sports/Politics @IanWhee11560304]

@cbcwatcher Whilst in the neighborhood couldn't carney have visited Israel?

[Graeme Menzies @GraemeMenzies]

Question: did President Erdogan give Carney another handgun as a gift (as he did earlier this year), or was it something else? A grenade, maybe?🤔🙃

[cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher]

@plethoraofdriv1 @RobShaw_BC Second half was about BC

[cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher]

CBC’s At Issue just spent a full segment lecturing Alberta — nationalists and separatists — with a panel of zero Albertans.

Chantal Hébert (Montreal), Andrew Coyne (Toronto), Althia Raj (Ottawa), and a BC guest, Rob Shaw from Nanaimo. And as Don Martin put it on Monday: “Toronto Globe, Ottawa-based TorStar and Montreal voices with a guest B.C. radio guest and not even a token Albertan.”

Coyne called the separatist faction inside the UCP a “cancer on the party” and framed Smith’s comments as the start of a “purge.” Hébert helpfully informed everyone: “I can’t speak for Alberta, but they are a long way from getting anywhere close to where Quebec is on this.” Notice the “they.” Always “they.”

Quebec gets two sovereignty referendums, a federal party dedicated to breaking up the country, and decades of careful, respectful coverage about “distinct society” and legitimate grievances. Alberta gets Eastern commentators explaining that 75% voting to remain just proves the whole exercise was pointless theatre, that the rest of their anger is mostly irrational or party-management, and that the proper response is for the Premier to clean house so Ottawa can move on

Raj called it a “huge win for the prime minister” and “vindication” of the strategy. Shaw helpfully noted that Western alienation is “the fuel behind the separation fire” while suggesting Alberta might get something like Quebec’s 1991 immigration accord — as if the double standard isn’t the entire point

This is the same tone-deaf Laurentian routine: acknowledge the grievances, then reframe them as failure to understand cooperative federalism, a Premier saving her job, or an issue a referendum can’t settle. Then thank Albertans for the resource wealth and tax dollars that fund the $1.5 billion CBC operation doing the lecturing

If this panel had spent 10 minutes talking about Quebec the way they just talked about Alberta, Chantal would have been stutteringly apoplectic. Instead we got four outsiders explaining Alberta to itself with dripping condescension and not a single Albertan in the room

Yet another absolute CBC shitshow... on your dime! @brodiefenlon @carter_c @DonMartinCTV

[Don Martin @DonMartinCTV]

Can’t believe CBC’s At Issue is dissecting the Alberta referendum with a panel of Toronto Globe, Ottawa-based TorStar and Montreal voices with a guest B.C. radio guest and not even a token Albertan. No wonder they’re alienated.

[Greg McLean @GregMcLeanYYC]

Hundreds of millions committed. Insiders cashed out. Taxpayers left holding the bag.

The minister responsible got promoted to Finance Minister.

Canadians deserve answers.

#cdnpoli #QP #LionElectric

[Lorrie Goldstein @sunlorrie]

Carney said this more than a year ago. (See below)
Repeating old news tells us nothing we didn't know. Guess they feel the need to lower expectations again.
July 15 2025: ⬇️
Carney says a U.S. trade deal without some tariffs is unlikely
https://t.co/kyRnzWNKlq

[cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher]

Roland Paris, former senior Trudeau advisor, is in Turkey right now as Carney rolls out a shiny new “strategic partnership.” On CBC this morning he openly said he has to watch his words because he’s still in the country and doesn’t want to be too critical until he leaves

That is the regime Mark Carney just called an “exceptional” partner bound to Canada by shared values of “human rights, individual liberties, democracy and the rule of law”

Six weeks ago Turkish authorities raided LGBTQ groups, jailed dozens of activists pending trial on “obscenity” charges as part of an official “My Family is Safe” operation, and locked up people for basic rights work. European institutions and partners protested. Canada said nothing

Paris, sitting in Cappadocia while Carney was in Ankara, pointed exactly at that silence and the ongoing price rights advocates are paying. Then he immediately hedged, because even a visiting Canadian academic knows the score under Erdogan

This is the partner Carney is deepening defence, trade, and energy ties with—while the joint statement pretends the values are shared. Paris sees the pragmatism and the missing principles. The self-censorship on live television just made it most impossible to miss

CBC made sure not to repeat it anywhere @MarkJCarney @rolandparis

[cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher]

@Hankers @tleehumphrey @primetimecrime @MVdlJCardinal I heard from someone there that it was even more awkward. People were looking around bewildered that someone would beg for applause like that. She must be used to the paid Liberal seals

[Holly Doan @hollyanndoan]

Minister lobbies @GGCanada.
When did partisan meetings at @RideauHall become normal?

[Kate Harrison @KatlynHarrison]

"I'm going to get a new deal."
"We already have the best deal."
"No deal is better than a bad deal."
Now: "A bad deal is better than no deal at all." #cdnpoli

[Dan Knight @DanKnightMMA]

#BREAKING Parliament's Budget Watchdog Says Carney's Fiscal Rules Deliver "Very Little Fiscal Discipline."

[cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher]

"The chief justice’s comments on the protests and the motives of the protesters are a classic example of why judges should not comment on cases and issues that are likely to come before them." @SCC_eng

[cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher]

"How can the court be seen to be objective when the chief justice has already denounced the organizers of the trucker convoy as would-be anarchists?"

[Lorrie Goldstein @sunlorrie]

Pereceived bias at the Supreme Court
How can Chief Justice Richard Wagner be objective about whether the govt's use of the Emergencies Act was constitutional, when he's already used the same rhetoric condemning the trucker protests as the government did?
https://t.co/zhnqZXW7Ei

[cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher]

The main challenges to the Transport Canada vaccine requirement for planes and trains were dismissed as moot after the policy ended, and the SCC later refused to hear the appeals

No, neither the Supreme Court of Canada nor any other court has conducted a full merits review of the constitutionality of the federal vaccine mandates and travel restrictions that helped trigger the Freedom Convoy

[Adam Chambers @adamchamb]

The government cannot simultaneously claim that they have "brought immigration back under control" while also insisting it wasn't broken prior.
Otherwise, why would it need to be brought under control?

[cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher]

Pollster Mario Canseco (Research Co) on the BC election and David Eby:
Undecideds remain unusually high (still ~10%, down from 15% earlier this month—twice the level of the last scheduled election). People are “still upset with David calling this election in the middle of the fall”

The NDP’s planned attack—painting the Conservatives as too close to Trump or having separatist leanings—“just didn’t pan out.” Voters shifted to concerns about the economy, jobs, housing, and healthcare, turning the race into “a referendum on the record of the NDP in government”

Eby’s party “has had a difficult time trying to establish that emotional connection with voters that worked two years ago.” Canseco is watching whether this mirrors Quebec, where a similar anti-Trump approach collapsed once the emotional link failed

“Nothing would surprise me about the way this province will vote on Saturday.” @mario_canseco

[cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher]

Ouch! Mainstreet + latest Leger both show the same story: Conservatives leading, NDP stuck or sliding, and time running out for Eby

New Mainstreet: Among decided voters: Conservatives 41.7%, NDP 36.0%, Greens 14.6%, OneBC 5.0%, Centre BC 2.6%

That’s a ~6-point Con lead. With leaners it’s still Con 39.5% to NDP 34.1%. All respondents: Con 38.4%–NDP 32.2% with 10.6% undecided. Previous Mainstreet (Sep 30–Oct 1) had Cons even higher at 44.7%–37.2%

Latest Leger (Oct 20–22): Conservatives 44%, NDP 39%, Greens 13% — a 5-point lead, up from their earlier October poll (Con 42–NDP 40). Greens bounced back to September levels.

Across recent polls the pattern holds: Conservatives ahead in the low-to-mid 40s, NDP in the mid-to-high 30s, Greens taking a serious chunk (often 10–15%)

The snap election call itself is unpopular (Mainstreet: 52.6% disapprove). Cost of living remains the top issue... by a significant margin

Eby’s been out every day whiffing the ball while the Conservatives have largely run out the clock. The numbers haven’t moved in his favor in the home stretch. Election day is Saturday. The trend is not Eby’s friend #bcpoli @dave_eby @LDoerkson

[cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher]

@MVdlJCardinal Real life Homer

[cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher]

@TherealBlairS Sadly

[cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher]

Once upon a time, “Don’t meddle in another country’s elections” was filed under Common Sense

Now Ottawa has to send Canadian diplomats in Washington two bulletins reminding them not to pose for photos with candidates, pick sides on social media, or take meetings with anyone actually on the ballot

Apparently “stay neutral during the midterms” has been reclassified as advanced material that requires a refresher course. Progress