Cabinet Shuffle- (Wednesday 26 July).

[ModlrMike]

If anyone thinks this is bad, wait until the election.

 

[The Bread Guy]

... Anand is probably a solid MP and politician and a possible contender for the Captain's jersey on Team Red ....

Added one more qualifying factor

 

[Haggis]

you can be sure that Blair won't be caught pushing numbers unless he is told to.

He pushed numbers frequently on the gun confiscation file and deliberately lowballed all estimates to align with JT's campaign promises ($200 M). When the PBO and others publicly called him out and tabled their own estimates ranging from $785M to $4B, he vilified them as alarmist and in the pockets of the NRA. This year's budget allocated $181 M just to set up a system to gather data on how to do the confiscation. Yet, here we are, over three years later, and not a legally owned single assault style firearm has been confiscated yet.

 

[KevinB]

He pushed numbers frequently on the gun confiscation file and deliberately lowballed all estimates to align with JT's campaign promises ($200 M). When the PBO and others publicly called him out and tabled their own estimates ranging from $785M to $4B, he vilified them as alarmist and in the pockets of the NRA. This year's budget allocated $181 M just to set up a system to gather data on how to do the confiscation. Yet, here we are, over three years later, and not a legally owned single assault style firearm has been confiscated yet.

So you saying that the CAF is at an opportunity now to field a lot more and let the government try to figure out how to pay for it later…

 

[Haggis]

So you saying that the CAF is at an opportunity now to field a lot more and let the government try to figure out how to pay for it later…

Blair and Trudeau's plan is likely to re-arm the CAF with confiscated ARs.

 

[Good2Golf]

Blair and Trudeau's plan is likely to re-arm the CAF with confiscated ARs.

And Norinco Type 93s….oh wait, you can still get the PLA’s standard issue AR at Cabela’s…

 

[dimsum]

Blair and Trudeau's plan is likely to re-arm the CAF with confiscated ARs.

So...success?

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Blair and Trudeau's plan is likely to re-arm the CAF with confiscated ARs.

Many of them would be a damn sight better than what is issued.

 

[daftandbarmy]

 

[daftandbarmy]

What the tin pot dictator is this all about?

Trudeau is striking a new National Security Council, but what will it do?​

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the newly-announced National Security Council will be in charge of "overseeing" and setting the "strategic direction" for emerging challenges Canada is "increasingly facing."

Following Wednesday's shuffle, the Prime Minister's Office revealed that alongside coming changes to the makeup of current cabinet committees, they would be striking a new "National Security Council" and announcing its membership "in the coming weeks."

In a statement to media, PMO press secretary Alison Murphy described this council as "a new forum for ministers to deliberate on and address issues of pressing concern to Canada's domestic and international security."

Trudeau is striking a new National Security Council, but what will it do?

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the newly-announced National Security Council will be in charge of 'overseeing' and setting the 'strategic direction' for emerging challenges Canada is 'increasingly facing.'

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[Fishbone Jones]

And Norinco Type 93s….oh wait, you can still get the PLA’s standard issue AR at Cabelas

Pretty good rifle for the price point too. Perhaps someone has shares in Factory #14

 

[Brad Sallows]

Trudeau is striking a new National Security Council, but what will it do?

Sniff the bum of the one south of us?

 

[Fishbone Jones]

What the tin pot dictator is this all about?

Trudeau is striking a new National Security Council, but what will it do?​

Employ Chinese Nationals?

 

[RangerRay]

According to the Ottawa Citizen, Minister Anand was bounced because her defence policy update kept getting rejected as “unrealistic and too costly”.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

According to the Ottawa Citizen, Minister Anand was bounced because her defence policy update kept getting rejected as “unrealistic and too costly”.

But just costly enough to get His Nibs a new plane or two

 

[dimsum]

But just costly enough to get His Nibs a new plane or two

That file has been in the books for far longer than the Defence Policy Update. We needed a CC-150 tanker replacement for years because of NORAD and other missions - the CC-130H fleet can only do so much and it's an old fleet. That the same fleet also happens to be a VIP fleet is coincidental.

Most other countries would have a dedicated long(er) range VIP fleet but imagine the wailing from some sectors if that were proposed. I'm shocked that those sectors don't demand the PM fly AC Economy.

 

[brihard]

What the tin pot dictator is this all about?

Trudeau is striking a new National Security Council, but what will it do?​

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the newly-announced National Security Council will be in charge of "overseeing" and setting the "strategic direction" for emerging challenges Canada is "increasingly facing."

Following Wednesday's shuffle, the Prime Minister's Office revealed that alongside coming changes to the makeup of current cabinet committees, they would be striking a new "National Security Council" and announcing its membership "in the coming weeks."

In a statement to media, PMO press secretary Alison Murphy described this council as "a new forum for ministers to deliberate on and address issues of pressing concern to Canada's domestic and international security."

Trudeau is striking a new National Security Council, but what will it do?

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the newly-announced National Security Council will be in charge of 'overseeing' and setting the 'strategic direction' for emerging challenges Canada is 'increasingly facing.'

www.ctvnews.ca

A few national security academics (who generally have also worked in that field) whose opinions I pay attention to have seemed cautiously optimistic about this. There’s potential for a useful body to be set up.

Dominic LeBlanc as Minister of Public Safety is a potentially solid choice. Lots of cabinet experience, and that’s a portfolio that’s very heavy on engagement with the provinces. His prior position in Intergovernmental Affairs should serve him well there. He also has the distinct advantage of not being Marco Mendicino.

 

[rnkelly]

According to the Ottawa Citizen, Minister Anand was bounced because her defence policy update kept getting rejected as “unrealistic and too costly”.

That’s quite the article. Hope that she’s good at accounting and can leverage her role at TB to continue the good fight.

 

[Remius]

That’s quite the article. Hope that she’s good at accounting and can leverage her role at TB to continue the good fight.

She has an extensive background in corporate governance.

 

[Kirkhill]

From @daftandbarmy 's National Security Council link

The government has also yet to move on a public inquiry into foreign interference, with now-Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions, and Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc telling reporters in a post-shuffle scrum that talks are continuing between the Liberals and opposition parties on what a further public process could look like.


"I'm confident that my conversations with opposition counterparts will take an important step forward in strengthening Canada's democracy and democratic institutions, and we'll have more to say about that at the right moment."

That feels like a good start.
After the next election?