During and after the December 17, 2024 Liberal Holiday Caucus party (where food and Canadian wines1 flow freely), a few die-hard reporters manage to scrum three caucus VVIPs before security ends the questioning:
Q: Mr. LeBlanc,2 after MP and PM remarks of short hours ago, how can you say your Liberal party is united as you claim?
A: Well, let me say, I know I said yes, yesterday, or maybe the day before, but the truth is No, we’re not united, except when we must vote to keep our jobs and augment our pensions. The truth is, quite a bunch desperately want the PM gone, but we gotta hang on till our omnibus Bill C633 gets passed, cause you know: how else during the inevitable coming campaign are we gonna censor and prosecute all the hate speech against us for the past nine years? Besides that ...
(Jolène Richard interrupts: “Sorry Ms Reporter, but Dom and I gotta go. Other commitments, you know.”)
Q: Ms Freeland, Ms Freeland,4 are you intending to run for PM, when ...?
A: Of course, I am. I was the one running most everything anyway. At least, Klaus and I were and we have great plans for Canadians in the coming Wo...
(Graham Bowley interrupts: “Sorry Ezra, but it’s past our son’s bedtime. We need to get him home. School tomorrow, you know.”)
Q: Ms Gould, Ms Gould,5 who gave you the orders to table the Fall Economic Statement and then vanish6? And secondly, what do you say to the charge that your vanishing act was in contempt of duties to the House? ... Ms Gould ... MS GOULD ... (as she vanishes through a nearby door).So, what do we do, good Canadians, with this impasse of power and privilege obsession? What do we do when corruption after corruption, scandal after scandal are exposed and nothing done — no consequence?
(Security appears through the Gould door: “As a point of order, there shall be no more questioning of ministers. This is a loyal-to-the-Liberal-family-only7 party.”)
At the least, let us remember every MP (Left, Right, Middle, or Far) who voted against constitutional rights and freedoms during COVID; who currently ignores or denies the exposed corruptions and scandals; or who denigrates or inverts long-standing Canadian values and culture. Then let us, at the ballot box remove their power. Let us also remember with our ballot every MP of integrity. Let us be forever vocal and involved.
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* “In vino veritas is a Latin phrase that means 'in wine, there is truth', suggesting a person under the influence of alcohol is more likely to speak their hidden thoughts and desires. The phrase is sometimes continued as, in vīnō vēritās, in aquā sānitās, 'in wine there is truth, in water there is good sense (or good health)'. Similar phrases exist across cultures and languages.” | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vino_veritas
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24371140
1. Canadian wine: https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7414053
https://www.instagram.com/p/DDvxHC_NT0L/?img_index=4
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_LeBlanc
3. The Online Harms Act (French: Loi sur les préjudices en ligne), commonly known as Bill C-63 or the Online Harms Bill, is a bill introduced in the 44th Canadian Parliament. ... /
The Act would create a new duty of care of large social media platforms, requiring them to take action against "harmful" content such as hate speech; extremism and terrorism; child bullying, self-harm, and sexual abuse; and intimate content shared without consent. They would also be required to employ age-appropriate design features when the platform is used by a minor. The Act would establish a federal Digital Safety Commission and Digital Safety Office to enforce its provisions. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Harms_Act
https://bccla.org/2024/09/whats-in-bill-c-63-why-are-we-alarmed/
https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/pl/charter-charte/c63.html
https://amnesty.ca/human-rights-news/decision-to-split-online-harms-bill-c-63-welcomed/
https://www.mccarthy.ca/en/insights/articles/bill-c-63-government-canada-intends-establish-new-responsibility-regime-social-media-operators-and-direct-content-distributors
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrystia_Freeland
(Paragraph 2 of https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7414053 mentions that Freeland's son attended with her and her husband)
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karina_Gould
https://moc-n-dox.blogspot.com/2024/05/hyper-hypocrisy-at-its-finest.html
6. “Drop off drive-by”: Liberals criticized for quickly tabling Fall Economic Statement, then leaving (Global News | Dec 16, 2024 | 9:55 min.) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1XM7BkkV_Y
7. Just a family squabble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzoezR8DGAQ
