Kevin Vickers

Former Leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Party. Former Ambassador of Canada to Ireland

[Kevin Vickers @KVickers]

@Queengramzie Focus is foreign interference in Canada’s electoral system. Given the gravity of the issue, I believe David Johnston is the best choice to lead on this matter.

[Kevin Vickers @KVickers]

David Johnston knows the issues of Conflict of Interest as well as any learned Judge. David Johnson is his own man and would never allow anyone including JT to « put » him in any position. Honour, Honesty, Integrity, Values trump Perception and this red herring.

[Tasha Kheiriddin 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇺🇦 @TashaKheiriddin]

It’s @JustinTrudeau who should be ashamed to have put an honourable man in this position. He knew Johnston was conflicted, from his friendship with his family to his past support of #confuciusinstitutes
He professes outrage while using the man as political cover. Appalling.

[Kevin Vickers @KVickers]

@rlb74 With respect, I believe the issue is Foreign Interference in our Elections. And there is no better choice than David Johnston to look into this matter. Like Ward Elcock, I would be very cautious of a Public Inquiry as being the right tool to address this matter.

[David Rosenberg @EconguyRosie]

Memo to Yellen and Powell (why didn’t he waive the blackout period???): To stem a crisis like this, you find buyers, not depositors. First Republic needs a real capital injection. Stop the game of playing small-ball already and start taking this seriously.

[Kevin Vickers @KVickers]

@z06zr1 @waltsobchak99 @acoyne https://t.co/ZL7m2d7fYs

[Kevin Vickers @KVickers]

Totally disagree with @acoyne and his Tweets. I know David Johnston. He is the essence of honesty and integrity. If Trudeau has down wrong, hiding information, took advantage of the situation, Johnston will kick his arse. Not a question in my mind.

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

Yes. We also need someone without personal or professional connection to the Prime Minister, and with a track record of getting to the bottom of things. On either score there are questions.

[Kevin Vickers @KVickers]

Reposol has come to the same eco mic conclusion for East Coast LNG port as Arthur Irving did on east coast oil pipeline years ago. Not economically viable. Unfortunate for New Brunswickers to have been so misled on this issue.

[Kevin Vickers @KVickers]

@acoyne has an “unimpeachable legal and technical arguement” on Conflict of Interest re. David Johnston. Canadians intuitively know that Honesty, Integrity, Values and Honour trump Perception. He has been anything but honest or integral in compliments towards this great man.

[Gerald Butts @gmbutts]

“Nobody is questioning Johnston’s integrity…”

[Kevin Vickers @KVickers]

@glen_mcgregor @VanguardBrian @acoyne Fort Rae, N.W.T. She was dropping another teacher friend off at her home, backed out of driveway and hit another vehicle. I was the only RCMP officer working, other officers were away. You can call Ann @glen_mcgregor .

[Kevin Vickers @KVickers]

@waltsobchak99 @acoyne Honesty, integrity, Duty, Honour trump Perception

[Kevin Vickers @KVickers]

@AmyThomis @acoyne Honesty, Integrity, Duty, Honour trump Perception every time.

[David Rosenberg @EconguyRosie]

Lagarde must believe that making the same policy mistake Trichet did in the summer of '08 is a wise thing to do. If Powell thinks this is the right course at the next FOMC meeting, the only trade is into long bonds because the recession is going to come into even fuller view.

[Kevin Vickers @KVickers]

@VanguardBrian @acoyne With great respect, you guys are too academic for me, “perception”, I guess having issued my wife a traffic ticket for backing up when unsafe to do so causing an accident, gives me a different perception of this issue. David Johnston would do the same, no better man. Duty, honour

[John Ivison @IvisonJ]

This is pretty appalling. The process is flawed - we don’t know the mandate or the powers of the role. But David Johnston deserves better than these as hominem attacks from people with less credibility than him.

[Kevin Vickers @KVickers]

@Lunenburg_home @JigglyPants44 So many families divided, so sad, well over 3 million Canadians were like your sister. Among them were hundreds of Doctors. Thought if we had great campaign with notable Canadians, Gretzky, Dryden, Atwood, promoting we could have reduced the numbers who were hesitant.

[Kevin Vickers @KVickers]

But we are going to fire our Governor of the Bank of Canada right?

[David Rosenberg @EconguyRosie]

I’m looking at Canada, the 51st state with good manners and great donuts, and the ex-shelter core CPI was 0.0% in January and running at an oh-so-scary +1.9% annual rate over the past three months. No wonder the BoC moved to the sidelines! StatsCan should give the BLS a lesson.

[Kevin Vickers @KVickers]

@Gugo907 Shopify and Amazon down 34% and 35% respectively over 1 year. One can go and on here if you are looking for worse. Hang in there my friend.

[Kevin Vickers @KVickers]

Governor General Mary Simon being supported by RCMP Veteran Women’s Council

[Annmarie Hordern @annmarie]

IEA: “World oil supply should comfortably exceed demand in the first half of the year… Much of the supply overhang reflects ample Russian barrels racing to re-route to new destinations” — despite warnings it would buckle under international sanctions. https://t.co/CT2Q7mTbGS