Pierre Poilievre and the Politics of Intimidation. The Conservatives are emboldening violent extremists and undermining democracy, Charlie Angus writes. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/0… #cdnpoli #NDP

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I really like this Power & Politics discussion at the moment. Especially what Shachi Kurl is saying, but this is a civilized discussion from all about what's uncivilized about #cdnpoli

Congrats to Joyce Napier, a dear friend and journalistic colleague for many decades. She will do Canada proud.

Wishing all the #ShaughnessyCohen Writers' Trust finalists well tonight. While neither Shaughn nor I are part of this event anymore (she's gone, I'm not) somewhere she's smiling that her name is associated with great Canadian political books.

I've been relying on Wesley Wark's take on things at the Hogue commission. This is really good. The First Foreign Interference report open.substack.com/pub/wesleywark…

Apparently, Pierre Poilievre *really* doesn't like lobbyists. nationalpost.com/opinion/pierre… All lobbyists, I wonder? #cdnpoli

In today's Toronto Star: Death threats. A toxic culture. Is it any wonder MPs are saying, ''politics is no longer for me'? thestar.com/politics/death… via @torontostar

Theme of the day in the Commons is drugs. Given the wacko day yesterday, I applaud whatever dose of Valium has been administered collectively today.

I was the other journalist in the gallery today for the start , much of the middle and then end of QP…however in middle of QP, well there was some tv stuff I had to pop out and organize….. #cdnpoli #QP

I have views on what happened today and yesterday with Pierre Poilievre unleashed. Here they are in Toronto Star : thestar.com/politics/if-pi… #cdnpoli

So it looks like Pierre Poilievre is getting kicked out of Question Period.

Intrigued by how political leaders are talking to the Building Trades Union meeting. Singh and Trudeau did fireside chats; Poilievre is standing at a podium. Not sure who made the format choice. #cdnpoli

Someone recently said to me that whenever you despair of Twitter/X, there are dog tweets. This is my dog today (in the middle) reuniting with her two best dog friends after a couple of weeks' absence. You're welcome. :)

Also, big thanks to Wifredo “Wifi” Fernández for putting up with me. :)

Okay, let's try this again. (I've been locked out of Twitter -- again -- for a couple of weeks) but I think this time it was just a technical glitch. I can't say I missed all the nonsense on this channel, but I am glad to be back with the kinder gentler folks here. :)

What rhymes with 'bucket?' With a big h/t to Dr. J Robson, my reading of the *8th* budget from Justin Trudeau's government. thestar.com/politics/justi… #cdnpoli

Good or bad week for Justin Trudeau? Here's the latest On The Contrary from Matt Gurney and me in today's Toronto Star. thestar.com/politics/justi… #cdnpoli

Jagmeet Singh backpedals on consumer carbon levy, distances NDP from support for Justin Trudeau's policy thestar.com/politics/feder… My latest via @torontostar