Just another example of the current government being complicit in manipulating the rule of law to benefit its own political aspirations. The Liberal government is corrupt and needs to be booted to the curb.
And then the liberals wonder why everybody hates them: their every move is a reflection of incompetence, stupidity, malice or any combination of the three.
Yes. And the LPC is the reflection of Justin Trudeau and how he and his support team operates.
But ... some think these people are great intelligent politicians. So, one has to ask, do great intelligent politicians deliver such catastrophic results upon a society that hosts them as the Liberals have done ? From the observables results and behaviour, one can conclude that if there is any intelligence in Justin Trudeau and his support team, it is the intelligence of a career criminal.
So very frustrating as usual. I respect CSIS and I’m afraid it makes them look useless. We need to maintain credibility with our allies for continued sharing of global intel and security. We always seem to come off as such bumbling fools these days.
This government does not care about Canada or its citizens. The LNDP have no shame and are finished. Until the next election the country will continue to suffer.
This smells of government corruption that threatened the safety and security of Canada. A senior member of the Liberals providing protection for an agent of the Chinese Communist Party is a very serious charge.
I'm curious whether the buck ultimately stopped with Blair on these issues. Given the level of micromanagement by the PMO throughout the life of the Trudeau government, it would not be surprising if politically-sensitive issues were being escalated to the PMO. That alone can lead to delay, as an inevitable consequence of micromanagement is a bottleneck resulting from jamming the available bandwidth of decision makers. It's also pretty easy to ensure that decisions you don't want to make end up at the back the queue.
Its Blair's file, his responsibility, his name in lights, his moral capacity in question... all as it should be. When my boss micro-manages me, to protect himself/herself, I have a choice... if Blair didn't think he had a choice he's unqualified for leadership, and isn't keeping us safe.
Chan doth protest thy innocence rather forcefully. Bill Blair is a lying loser with staff that denied responsibility. Us,regular folks are fed up,I’ve had enough. Election can’t come soon enough. My brother once said that ‘People who run for government couldn’t run a business.” They would have been fired or mostly ignored in my line of work. Don’t like liars,can’t be trusted. With anything. Clay
The Hogue Commission report will hopefully adjudicate on whether there is enough evidence to ascertain with some certainty the reasons for the delay by Blair. I have read that he was physically working in Toronto and the CSIS briefing was placed by his Chief of Staff in the safe in Ottawa. It was the pandemic- not an excuse but a reality. But seriously how could Blair’s chief of staff simply forget about a request this serious and never raise it in briefing the boss daily. Yes there were a million higher priority outward facing issues demanding attention and this was a quiet secret one that just slipped her mind? Incompetence or intentionality - I agree we need to know but doubt it will come to pass. Senior political staff on sensitive topics are managed by the PMO. But I find it slightly hard to imagine collusion in the decision to pitch it into the safe and forget about it. A serious human error free of strategic motivation or intentionally withheld to protect the subject from scrutiny? Both are plausible but the latter is simply treasonous.
You can argue forgetfulness (I don't buy it) up until there were two other such warrants to process. Any reasonably sentient person would say, "Oh, gosh! There is also that one in the safe."
And they didn't do that two times it would seem; I therefore do not buy forgetfulness.
Bill Blair was Toronto Chief of Police for the G8 in 2010.
Sure, there were agents of chaos, professional agitators... none of which excused the biggest stain on human rights I've ever witnessed. I stood on a corner and watched officers, with name tags removed, kettling and pepper spraying teenagers, folks in business suits who were walking by, old folks and legal protestors and literally jailing them for 24 hours and much more with no services. I'm a right-leaning centrist and It was grotesque, and mind-blowing to watch.
Blair is a slippery fish, a good soldier, who proved he'd do anything to satisfy his masters in Ottawa, who is willing to put all human rights on a shelf. Of course this is a person who would stall a warrant or request that details risks to the Canadian people. His calculus is himself first, his party second, and two outa three ain't bad...
It is very irritating to have to see that and not be able to do anything about it. So why do voters keep tolerating the existence of this Liberal Party election after election, generation after generation ? There is a great deal of responsibility on the voters for this.
Serious countries do not allow themselves to be manipulated from the inside like this. I like to think this piece is one small step to pursing accountability for these security issues.
The more political partisans there are in the chain of command the more opportunity for things to come adrift. The appointment of political commissars as COS to Ministers directly by the PMO is a case in point. She clearly sat on this file - probably at the behest of Katie Telford who no doubt arranged her appointment. They’re all fellow travellers/friends from the failed Wynn government and they’re covering for each other.
Perhaps COS to Ministers should be Public Servants? That would lessen the likelihood of something like this happening again in the future. Not perfect - nothing is - but better. Clearly, political partisans who seemingly lack a moral compass (it wasn’t always this way) can’t be trusted to act impartially and to do the right thing by the country. Duty before Self? I wish.
Just another example of the current government being complicit in manipulating the rule of law to benefit its own political aspirations. The Liberal government is corrupt and needs to be booted to the curb.
Thanks for writing this Andrew. It’s additionally frustrating that the warrant story has died.
One thing you can be sure of is the reaction if interference had been benefiting the Conservatives.
Hanlon’s Razor : never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
I’m going with both for this one.
No need to go with both, just apply Clarke's corollary: Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice.
Stupid maliciousness?
Sounds about right for the LPC government.
And then the liberals wonder why everybody hates them: their every move is a reflection of incompetence, stupidity, malice or any combination of the three.
Yes. And the LPC is the reflection of Justin Trudeau and how he and his support team operates.
But ... some think these people are great intelligent politicians. So, one has to ask, do great intelligent politicians deliver such catastrophic results upon a society that hosts them as the Liberals have done ? From the observables results and behaviour, one can conclude that if there is any intelligence in Justin Trudeau and his support team, it is the intelligence of a career criminal.
Yes. It's definitely bordering onto criminal territory. One wouldn't expect any more from a mafia don.
So very frustrating as usual. I respect CSIS and I’m afraid it makes them look useless. We need to maintain credibility with our allies for continued sharing of global intel and security. We always seem to come off as such bumbling fools these days.
Malice masked as incompetence.
That’s it.
This government does not care about Canada or its citizens. The LNDP have no shame and are finished. Until the next election the country will continue to suffer.
Weaponized incompetence.
This smells of government corruption that threatened the safety and security of Canada. A senior member of the Liberals providing protection for an agent of the Chinese Communist Party is a very serious charge.
A very serious charge but entirely believable to any sentient individual. Of course, that last part eliminates any LPC supporter one would expect.
I am worried for our country
I'm curious whether the buck ultimately stopped with Blair on these issues. Given the level of micromanagement by the PMO throughout the life of the Trudeau government, it would not be surprising if politically-sensitive issues were being escalated to the PMO. That alone can lead to delay, as an inevitable consequence of micromanagement is a bottleneck resulting from jamming the available bandwidth of decision makers. It's also pretty easy to ensure that decisions you don't want to make end up at the back the queue.
Its Blair's file, his responsibility, his name in lights, his moral capacity in question... all as it should be. When my boss micro-manages me, to protect himself/herself, I have a choice... if Blair didn't think he had a choice he's unqualified for leadership, and isn't keeping us safe.
Blair's pattern of behaviour is clear.
Chan doth protest thy innocence rather forcefully. Bill Blair is a lying loser with staff that denied responsibility. Us,regular folks are fed up,I’ve had enough. Election can’t come soon enough. My brother once said that ‘People who run for government couldn’t run a business.” They would have been fired or mostly ignored in my line of work. Don’t like liars,can’t be trusted. With anything. Clay
The Hogue Commission report will hopefully adjudicate on whether there is enough evidence to ascertain with some certainty the reasons for the delay by Blair. I have read that he was physically working in Toronto and the CSIS briefing was placed by his Chief of Staff in the safe in Ottawa. It was the pandemic- not an excuse but a reality. But seriously how could Blair’s chief of staff simply forget about a request this serious and never raise it in briefing the boss daily. Yes there were a million higher priority outward facing issues demanding attention and this was a quiet secret one that just slipped her mind? Incompetence or intentionality - I agree we need to know but doubt it will come to pass. Senior political staff on sensitive topics are managed by the PMO. But I find it slightly hard to imagine collusion in the decision to pitch it into the safe and forget about it. A serious human error free of strategic motivation or intentionally withheld to protect the subject from scrutiny? Both are plausible but the latter is simply treasonous.
You can argue forgetfulness (I don't buy it) up until there were two other such warrants to process. Any reasonably sentient person would say, "Oh, gosh! There is also that one in the safe."
And they didn't do that two times it would seem; I therefore do not buy forgetfulness.
I go with intention. I don’t think incompetence had anything to do with it.
Bill Blair was Toronto Chief of Police for the G8 in 2010.
Sure, there were agents of chaos, professional agitators... none of which excused the biggest stain on human rights I've ever witnessed. I stood on a corner and watched officers, with name tags removed, kettling and pepper spraying teenagers, folks in business suits who were walking by, old folks and legal protestors and literally jailing them for 24 hours and much more with no services. I'm a right-leaning centrist and It was grotesque, and mind-blowing to watch.
Blair is a slippery fish, a good soldier, who proved he'd do anything to satisfy his masters in Ottawa, who is willing to put all human rights on a shelf. Of course this is a person who would stall a warrant or request that details risks to the Canadian people. His calculus is himself first, his party second, and two outa three ain't bad...
That's the Liberal Party's MO: self first, party second. Nothing else matters.
It is very irritating to have to see that and not be able to do anything about it. So why do voters keep tolerating the existence of this Liberal Party election after election, generation after generation ? There is a great deal of responsibility on the voters for this.
Oh, I totally agree. Most of my family is openly Liberal, and I find it appalling 😂
Is Canada a serious major country or not?
Serious countries do not allow themselves to be manipulated from the inside like this. I like to think this piece is one small step to pursing accountability for these security issues.
Not
The more political partisans there are in the chain of command the more opportunity for things to come adrift. The appointment of political commissars as COS to Ministers directly by the PMO is a case in point. She clearly sat on this file - probably at the behest of Katie Telford who no doubt arranged her appointment. They’re all fellow travellers/friends from the failed Wynn government and they’re covering for each other.
Perhaps COS to Ministers should be Public Servants? That would lessen the likelihood of something like this happening again in the future. Not perfect - nothing is - but better. Clearly, political partisans who seemingly lack a moral compass (it wasn’t always this way) can’t be trusted to act impartially and to do the right thing by the country. Duty before Self? I wish.