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I think you are absolutely right on the NDP. They will review the secret material. Say that the government acted reasonably and move on to free dental care for all or a millionaires tax or whatever.

I do object to your Johnston conflict of interest assessment. A perception of a conflict of interest is not the opposition parties making up bull shit (ski buddies) and then claim that there is at least a perception of a conflict. That is not how it works. David Johnston explained what his interactions with Justin Trudeau were in the past. These interactions do not even come close to a perception of a conflict of interest.

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I do thrive on being a contrarian asshole in my downtime but this is about as bang on as it gets.

Who's really calling an election? Shiftless talk radio nerds like Rob Snow and David Smith in Ottawa, bitter former politicos like Tom Mulcair and CPC, who really thing that this time, Pierre Poilievre will get his wish and become PM. Well, he could feasibly get this done but QC isn't giving him any more seats than he has so he'd be a minority leader at best and BQ teaming with him would be...interesting.

And when I say "interesting" I really mean "lol" since QC wants two things:

1)Its own income tax law/return divorced from Canada Revenue Agency;

2)Its own immigration law.

Newsflash to Blanchet: Poilievre isn't giving them either item since Alberta would burn in indignation and they might actually lose seats in Saskitoba. The NDP and LPC obviously aren't going to work with Poilievre though Trudeau is enough of scamp to at least offer, contingent on no cuts to government jobs, no removal of carbon tax, etc. etc. In other words, "lol". And this is probably why P.P. is so salty all the time. He knows he'll never be the Boss and Coyne/Fife/Hebert and Lilley know it too. Sucks for them, I guess, but no one said being a media pundit would be a wise career choice.

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The whole affair is reminiscent of Russiagate where Donald Trump was accused of colluding with the Russians and subverting American democracy and basically spent every minute of his presidency fending off a witch-hunt. And then the Mueller Report came out and said the whole thing was a northing burger.

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