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Lorne Doerkson on Wab Kinew’s comments that the BC results “should concern every elected politician” and that being elected is “a responsibility not to be played with”: “Well, I don’t disagree. We should all be concerned. British Columbians voted for change last night and for whatever reason they liked the platform that we put forward. … I’ve always been somebody that the moment I’ve been elected I’ve got to work and for me that isn’t going to change. I intend to get to work right away. I intend to work for British Columbia hard because four years comes quick.” Wab Kinew Lorne Doerkson
cbcwatcher211,073 görüntüleme • 1 gün önce
Carney in Turkey, snippy when a Canadian reporter brings up his own NYT comments: Reporter: A month ago you told the NYT you were preparing for the possibility of a U.S. invasion. You just spoke with the President — did that come up? Carney: The New York Times has the transcript. That is not what I said. Quote the transcript, don’t change things Then he pivots to “we will never be the 51st state… we’re preparing… strong and getting stronger.” Carney said the “extreme tail risk / irresponsible not to look at it” thing to the Times. He just doesn’t like when Canadian media is asking him about it Mark Carney Abigail Bimman
cbcwatcher193,400 görüntüleme • 2 gün önce
Major General Wade Rutland, higher headquarters for units training at CFB Wainwright, confirmed that four Canadian Armed Forces members died and many others were injured in a rapidly spreading grass fire during a training exercise by 3 PPCLI on October 17 “The Soldiers of the Canadian army suffered a terrible loss during a training activity at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright at approximately 4:00pm yesterday,” Rutland said. “During the conduct of a training, a grass fire ignited in the training area. The cause of this fire is under active investigation.” The fallen, as named by Rutland: Private Aiden Goulding, 3 PPCLI, North Vancouver, BC Private Sean Farrell, 3 PPCLI, Prince Albert, SK Private Hayden Leichmark, 3 PPCLI, Langley, BC Sergeant Morgan Wong, Loyal Edmonton Regiment, Edmonton, AB He noted multiple training activities were underway. “Uncommonly strong winds caused the fire to spread rapidly and shift direction towards the range administrative area. The fire did originate within the training area and did cross established fire guards before being contained in conjunction with municipal authorities.”Reports of explosions were addressed directly: “Certainly we do not believe this to be as a result of any oil and gas infrastructure nor any outside interference.” “Unfortunately, I can confirm four Canadian Armed Forces members are deceased and many others injured. Casualties have been evacuated to a multitude of medical facilities to receive the best care our system has to offer.” Rutland thanked medical personnel, first responders, STARS, air ambulance crews, and military aviation teams for their rapid response. The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service, 1st Military Police Regiment Incident Response Team, RCMP, and CAF Fire Marshal team members are investigating. “Our top priority at this time is care of soldiers and families. At this time, we ask that families be respected during this very difficult time. Armed Forces is providing support to affected families through the chain of command, chaplain services and other available support resources.” “Our thoughts are with the families and loved ones of those we lost and with the injured members still receiving care. We stand with the teammates, friends and units affected by this terrible tragedy. The well being of our people is our highest priority.”
cbcwatcher648,826 görüntüleme • 8 gün önce
Carney’s “prudent banker” brand is dead. The PBO just showed the books are being cooked Debt-service costs are now the fastest-growing federal expense: $25B five years ago → $59B this year (already larger than the Canada Health Transfer) → $83B in five years. Pure interest, paid before anything else PBO Annette Ryan: the government’s fiscal “anchors” are “more like traffic lights.” Capital spending gets a green light; operating spending is a yellow at best. “Limited fiscal discipline. It’s not stopping spending.” Real cash borrowing over five years: $733B. New debt from deficits: only $333B. The ~$400B gap is being parked with Crown corporations, loans and special funds—“a step removed from parliamentary oversight.” New risks, she said, and less transparency The former Bank of Canada/Bank of England governor who once policed balance sheets is now redefining accounting so the headline targets stay pretty while the actual liability grows off-books. Taxpayers get stuck with the interest bill Parliamentary Budget Office
cbcwatcher80,634 görüntüleme • 1 gün önce
Doug Ford this morning (Oct 26) on US trade talks + new tariffs hitting Canadian trash:On the broader trade situation (after noting PM Carney’s recent contact with Trump): “I think we need to get a deal. It’s beneficial to Canada, it’s beneficial to the United States. And as I said on American news, a tariff on Canada is no more than attacks on the American people. I’m hoping they’re moving… we look forward to a productive meeting today” He pivoted to domestic priorities: big national infrastructure (Ring of Fire, small modular reactors, etc.), working with First Nations, and everyone prospering On the new US tariffs announced Friday (including on trash/municipal waste — Ontario sends the majority of its trash south): “It really affects us because the majority of all our trash goes down to the US. I’ve never believed in that. I believe we should take care of our own trash. I believe in turning trash into cash… everyone has to be responsible for the waste that they send out. I’ve been saying this last 20 years: take care of our own trash, but turn that into energy. That’s what we need to do.” Regular Ford framing: deal preferred, tariffs hurt Americans too, but Ontario should stop exporting its waste and convert it to energy/value instead Doug Ford
cbcwatcher40,651 görüntüleme • 19 saat önce
CBC quoted Lowan’s speech right up to the line that reveals the ideology—and then stopped In their election-night write-up, CBC reported: “We may have a small caucus, but tonight we have inherited an enormous responsibility, and that is to hold a majority Conservative government to account.” What she said next, according to the full transcript (and the video CBC itself posted):“We are the only party who is equipped to stand against the Conservatives and their existence.” That is not “holding a government to account.” That is declaring the victorious party’s existence illegitimate. It is the language of elimination, not opposition If a BC Conservative candidate had said the NDP or Greens needed to be opposed “and their existence,” it would have led every newscast, every panel, and every CBC segment for days. Instead, the line was edited out of the written coverage while the surrounding sentences were used to portray her as a responsible voice of accountability This is not an oversight. CBC has the full speech on their website. They chose which sentences to quote and which to bury. Meanwhile, hosts and panels continue to treat the BC Conservatives as uniquely dangerous while soft-pedaling a 26-year-old party leader who just framed an entire party’s existence as the problem to be solved Age is not a shield. “Movement building” is not a euphemism that erases the actual words. Selective quotation that stops one sentence before the most revealing line is not journalism—it is CBC narrative management The video is on CBC’s own site. The transcript is public. The CBC omission is the story Brodie Fenlon
cbcwatcher65,098 görüntüleme • 1 gün önce
What Carney tells reporters in French "We want to arrive at sustainable immigration levels. Well, we'll see" "Quebec is distinct, it's unique because of its culture, its language and other aspects of its nature. So it's appropriate in the case of Quebec." Mark Carney
cbcwatcher193,262 görüntüleme • 5 gün önce
Gary Mason spent the past year warning that BC Conservatives were a band of MAGA-curious wingnuts, culture-war amateurs, and shambolic leadership disasters who couldn’t be trusted with the province. Now that they’ve actually won, he’s on air calmly explaining that yes, the debt is a mess, the civil service ballooned, healthcare is broken, and the new government will have to make “really tough decisions” like hiring freezes if they want to turn the ship around. No fetal position. No outrage spiral. Just the dry accounting of a columnist who suddenly has to treat the people he spent months dismissing and smearing as serious adults with a mandate Somewhere in Palm Springs a patio is empty, the margaritas are going unpoured, and the US is being shit-talked by proxy. Must be rough Gary Mason 🇨🇦🇺🇦
cbcwatcher52,996 görüntüleme • 1 gün önce
CBC deliberately inverted the story They opened with: “Israel has closed off the West Bank after Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians near Hebron.” The actual sequence—that two armed men from Hebron drove up, got out of the car, and opened fire on the checkpoint, triggering a 20-minute gun battle in which the attackers were killed—was buried nearly two and a half minutes in. Only then did viewers learn about the large quantity of weapons and ammunition, Israeli officials saying the pair were planning a major attack on civilians, and Hamas praising the “high-impact operation” while calling for more violence. BBC, CNN, The Washington Post, and The Times of Israel all led with the attack itself. CBC chose not to. This is not neutral sequencing. Leading with the Israeli response while delaying the fact that the dead men initiated a terrorist attack is a classic framing choice that makes the aggressors look like victims—days before Israel’s election Brodie Fenlon
cbcwatcher73,876 görüntüleme • 3 gün önce
Lorne Doerkson delivered a gracious, unifying, and forward-looking address as British Columbia’s incoming premier. He opened by sincerely thanking Premier David Eby for his years of public service and the personal sacrifices of his family, then extended appreciation to every candidate across all parties for putting themselves forward He struck a note of inclusion toward voters who supported other parties: “To the British Columbians who voted for another party yesterday, I heard you. Starting today, I am your premier as much as anyone else’s. You will have a government that listens to you, works for you and respects you.” Doerkson framed the result as a clear mandate for change after nearly a decade of NDP government, noting that people are “paying more and getting less.” He committed to an independent financial review of the nearly $14-billion deficit and eight credit downgrades, launching an expert commission within 100 days to keep emergency rooms open and cut wait times, and raising the basic personal exemption to $32,000—putting roughly $1,000 a year back in the pockets of nearly every working British Columbian. He reaffirmed the promise not to raise taxes: “When I make a promise to British Columbians, I will keep it.” On the economy and trade, he pledged early outreach to the Prime Minister and Alberta’s Premier Smith to advance the Pacific Link working group, supercharge growth through LNG and new Asian markets, and make B.C. “the most attractive place in the world to invest”—the best way to protect jobs in a trade conflict with the United States He particularly addressed rural and northern communities, noting he lives in Williams Lake and understands mill closures, nighttime ER shutdowns, and wildfires: “Under this government, you will never be an afterthought to the public service.” He closed on a note of seriousness and determination: “People are stretched. The economy has stalled and too many British Columbians have stopped believing government can get anything done. My job is to prove them wrong. … Strong leadership for serious times. That’s what British Columbians voted for and that is what they are going to get.” Overall, the respectful speech emphasized listening, fiscal realism, practical healthcare and affordability measures, economic growth through resources, respect for rural voices, and high standards of conduct—positioning the new government as ready to deliver results on day one Lorne Doerkson
cbcwatcher24,771 görüntüleme • 1 gün önce
Canada just spent half a billion dollars poaching 64 academics, three-quarters of them from the U.S., and then CTV put the most revealing quote on TV Talia Bettcher (trans philosophy / gender studies) is leaving Cal State LA for a taxpayer-funded chair at Waterloo because, in her words, it “felt unsafe for me even in Los Angeles given the increase in anti trans sentiment.” That’s not a materials scientist fleeing grant cuts. That’s an identity-politics scholar being paid by Ottawa to relocate over a political climate she dislikes The program is sold as “doubling down on science.” Some recruits are doing storms, solvents, and health. Fine. Mixing those with “trans community resilience” chairs and equity-framed geography shows the real filter: Canada is importing people who share the government’s moral posture, then calling it “talent strategy.” Minister Joly said they saw an “opportunity to seize.” Opportunity for what—research output, or a subsidized ideological transfer? If the U.S. is cutting unstable grants, compete on labs and results. Don’t write eight-year, million-a-year cheques so someone can feel safer doing gender theory north of the border Taxpayers should ask how many of these 64 chairs would exist if the selection criterion were “what actually scales Canada’s productivity,” not “who is fleeing the culture war.” Mélanie Joly
cbcwatcher840,472 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
Dear Alberta, We know you’ve felt alienated by our coverage. Last week we even tossed in a token Albertan. Tonight, as you vote on your own future, four Easterners will explain what it all really means for you—because we can. We’ll call it a test of “cooperative federalism.” We’ll note that leverage is detestable (except from Quebec). We’ll observe that only some of you truly want separation, so the rest of your anger must be irrational. We’ll remind you the Premier is just saving her job and that referendums settle nothing. Your actual grievances will be acknowledged, then reframed as failure to understand the federation. It will never be about Eastern superiority or self-righteousness. But thank you for the tax dollars and resources that fund our $1.5 billion budget. Love, Brodie Fenlon Editor-in-Chief, CBC News, Toronto
cbcwatcher79,095 görüntüleme • 7 gün önce
"The Liberals have a 30 point lead with those aged 60 and up with 18 to 29 year olds, Conservatives have a lead by almost 10 points." "Conservatives also lead with 30 to 44 year olds." "And if you have a lot of time on your hands to sit around consuming 24 hour news and taking in the threat of Donald Trump, perhaps you're a little more perplexed with that in ranking that issue higher." "So I still think that there's a real audience for the Conservatives on some of these more domestic issues around immigration and crime and affordability." "And when you peel back those broader numbers, the generational story is told in that." Kate Harrison
cbcwatcher293,260 görüntüleme • 28 gün önce
Kate Harrison on Carney’s Alberta pitch: “I think it was important for the prime minister to be out in Alberta last week making the pitch to Albertans. I think that he undermined that pitch by casting judgment on the other nine votes… He is casting judgment on a question that’s being put to Albertans before Albertans have had their say, and he did not do that before Quebecers went to the polls.” She added that the off-the-cuff remark “did more damage than it did good,” especially if Carney offers Quebec powers he withholds from Alberta Kate Harrison
cbcwatcher55,043 görüntüleme • 7 gün önce
Harrison "Do we really expect, having now gone a few rounds with the President, that he's going to propose a better deal than what was on the table last time?" "We also have the economic reality of 80% of our trade being with the United States." "For all this talk about Eurovision and associate EU membership, Europe is 8% of our trade. If you include non EU European countries like the Nordic States, that booms up to 11%." "We need to keep a foot on both logs here" "So it can't just be chasing trade diversification at the expense of any relationship with the United States." And this "what is the point of going back to the table?" must be a Liberal talking point because David Cochrane keeps repeating it in the panels... Kate Harrison
cbcwatcher201,452 görüntüleme • 28 gün önce
Experienced trade lawyer Mark Warner (Ontario gov negotiator on company deals + prior Stelco work) just exposed to CBC’s Andrew Nichol the parts Minister Joly’s framing skips On Joly’s demand letter and “binding commitments”: “I have difficulty reconciling the way she characterizes… with my experience… Truth is somewhere in the middle… to say they don’t have a defense is a little ridiculous.” On the supposed pledge to push for tariff-free US access: “I can’t imagine anyone agreeing to anything like that.” Company is instead arguing for Fortress North America against cheap foreign steel (⅔ of Canada’s market) Context ignored: deal done pre-Trump win/tariff war; Carney walked away from talks; PM now in Turkey (a source of those imports) discussing free trade; Americans’ point is Canada undercuts US prices while filling its own market with foreign steel On Joly’s “no act of God or market change can relieve them”: “She’s an advocate and a judge will decide… She doesn’t get to decide that.” Warner’s take: get back to the table and stop the theater. Mark’s the one who’s actually negotiated these agreements. Joly isn’t Mark Warner Mélanie Joly
cbcwatcher29,495 görüntüleme • 4 gün önce
On CNBC, Joe Kernen reminds Dom LeBlanc of some stark economic realities in Canada "Minister LeBlanc, this is the last thing Canada needs. And I'm not sure whether you have a good feel for, for changes that need to be made in the economic approach of Canada." "The OECD projects that Canada out of 38 OECD members will rank 38 dead last in GDP per capita growth through 2060. And I'm trying to figure out why." "I looked to see and I do find one thing it says here, tax and regulatory competitiveness." "There's a gap even with the US where we think regulate, you know, permitting." Joe Kernen Dominic LeBlanc
cbcwatcher396,206 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
David Cochrane: “Let me explain the Liberal position at length, then ask why you’re so mean about it.” Adam Chambers: “Cool, I’ll just wait for the question.” Then Chambers actually said something: “Summits and words and meetings are not going to deliver results… We need a positive regulatory environment and tax environment, which the prime minister still has yet to move on.” “We would measure success by getting shovels in the ground. We haven’t seen any announcements today about new projects.”“Advanced tax rulings have been done by the CRA for a long time. This is not really a new announcement.” “If we do not fix the underlying regulatory and tax environment, we will continue to see economic malaise.” Classic Cochrane: talks as much as the guest, then acts surprised when Conservatives want results instead of another Carney photo-op Adam Chambers
cbcwatcher250,048 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
John Ibbitson on the CBC Saturday panel, putting Alberta’s current moment in historical perspective: “The west wants in. Preston Manning was saying. Well, the separatists are saying now the west wants out. At least Alberta wants out. It stretches all the way back to 1905, when Alberta and Saskatchewan entered Confederation without control over natural resources. It was perfectly clear that Central Canada aimed to treat the west as something of a colony… That grievance has been there for more than a century. We defeat this in the long run through accommodation, not through imposition… Just as after the near-death experience of the 1995 referendum, the federal government moved to accommodate the grievances of Quebec. We have to do that in this case in the same way.” Even a 20% “yes” vote doesn’t end the conversation—it entrenches it, the way the Quebec question has lived on for decades. The only durable fix is the same one that worked after 1995: actual accommodation of the underlying grievance, not just another round of central imposition John Ibbitson
cbcwatcher52,183 görüntüleme • 9 gün önce
This fireside chat is outrageous. Carney sold himself as the guy who’d already dealt with Trump The guy who could get a deal The adult in the room Then the talks collapse 50% tariffs land And what do we get? A 15-minute history lecture about John A. Macdonald and the CPR A fireside chat about “iron spines” and 1890 tariffs while auto plants, steel mills, and forestry towns take the hit today This is a man who has never known actual hardship His idea of discomfort is the Wagyu arriving overcooked He spent months claiming to be chasing a comprehensive deal. Made concessions. Talked progress Then walked away and immediately announced it was always Plan A to diversify anyway That’s not leadership That’s rewriting the campaign after the fact.“ They asked too much and offered too little” is not an explanation It’s a slogan to paper over the fact that the personal-relationship advantage he advertised didn’t deliver Don’t wrap failure in Confederation mythology and call it resilience Canadians weren’t asking for a TED Talk on 19th-century nation-building They were asking for the deal he promised he could get Get back to Parliament. Get back to the trade table and enough of these dramatic diversions Mark Carney
cbcwatcher257,288 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce