Perhaps it was political and not economical?
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But worse still, the Senate discovered internal communication within the Trudeau cabinet where they discussed the "political benefits" of deploying the Emergency Act. That's why it was going to fail in the Senate. Justin and Chrystia panicked.
But worse still, the Senate discovered internal communication within the Trudeau cabinet where they discussed the "political benefits" of deploying the Emergency Act. That's why it was going to fail in the Senate. Justin and Chrystia panicked.
Keep in mind, the Canadian Senate is not elected. They're like the US Supreme Court Justices; they're appointed via a political knifefight based on who is in power when a vacancy opens up.
The silver lining of the Senate being unelected is Trudeau couldn't threaten them with a snap election, so he had no leverage to force them to vote the way he wanted them to.
Senators have confirmed (see below tweet) that Trudeau's cabinet and staffers were working the phones, trying to whip votes, but when it became clear the Senate was unlikely to support the Emergencies Act, Trudeau called a press conference and ended his emergency powers before they could be stripped from him. It's the constitutional equivalent of figuring out your boss plans to fire you on Friday, so you quit on Thursday.
I wouldn't bother with trying to hunt down secret internal communication that may or may not exist, but Canadian media is now trying to memory-hole both the Senate vote AND the House vote, so that they can maintain a nice clean timeline of 1) Trudeau calls in Act, 2) Trudeau deals with protests, 3) Trudeau gives up powers.
Perhaps it was political and not economical?
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But worse still, the Senate discovered internal communication within the Trudeau cabinet where they discussed the "political benefits" of deploying the Emergency Act. That's why it was going to fail in the Senate. Justin and Chrystia panicked.
https://twitter.com/TheLastRefuge2/status/1496606547023126534
I have not seen the email he's speaking of but I hope to read it!
Keep in mind, the Canadian Senate is not elected. They're like the US Supreme Court Justices; they're appointed via a political knifefight based on who is in power when a vacancy opens up.
The silver lining of the Senate being unelected is Trudeau couldn't threaten them with a snap election, so he had no leverage to force them to vote the way he wanted them to.
Senators have confirmed (see below tweet) that Trudeau's cabinet and staffers were working the phones, trying to whip votes, but when it became clear the Senate was unlikely to support the Emergencies Act, Trudeau called a press conference and ended his emergency powers before they could be stripped from him. It's the constitutional equivalent of figuring out your boss plans to fire you on Friday, so you quit on Thursday.
I wouldn't bother with trying to hunt down secret internal communication that may or may not exist, but Canadian media is now trying to memory-hole both the Senate vote AND the House vote, so that they can maintain a nice clean timeline of 1) Trudeau calls in Act, 2) Trudeau deals with protests, 3) Trudeau gives up powers.
https://twitter.com/wellsdavid/status/1496668666448039943?cxt=HHwWjsC-oZ6OnsUpAAAA