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Sorry seems to be a word that Trudeau knows

Listen to what the man didn’t say

Aug 15, 2019
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John Ivison @IvisonJ
It is passing strange that @JustinTrudeau can coax a tear for any transgression that took place before October 2015, yet has still to express even a tinge of regret for anything that has taken place since.
10:15 PM ∙ Aug 14, 2019
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“I take full responsibility for the mistakes that I made,” said Justin Trudeau after a damning report on his SNC-Lavalin ethics violation. But the PM refused to apologize. The review from Robert Hiltz at Loonie Politics: “Trudeau Can’t Apologize, Because He Is Not Sorry.”


The criterion candidate

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Tech entrepreneur to run for federal Liberals against Jody Wilson-Raybould cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
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6:39 AM ∙ Aug 14, 2019
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Taleeb Noormohamed had a tough time getting his own name in headlines after he became the Liberal candidate in Vancouver Granville, in large part because he’s running against the now-independent Jody Wilson-Raybould.


“Mitzie!” has totally logged on. The exclamation point appears essential to how Scarborough-Guildwood MPP Mitzie Hunter is branding herself in a run to lead the Ontario Liberals, who are down to six seats following the exit of Nathalie Des Rosiers.


Midtown Toronto in the 2020s

Stephan Balkenhol is the sculptor of this new meta-commentary outside of 101 St. Clair. It’s between the Desjardins Insurance building, with a Starbucks in the lobby, and the refurbished Imperial Plaza, a condo whose main floor also has a stand from Starbucks:

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New condo in Toronto unveiled its permanent art installation this week, a sculpture of a creepy white dude in dress clothes holding a massive condo on top of a more interesting and colorful foundation. It's a horrid eyesore and kind of perfect for this city right now. I love it.
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5:00 PM ∙ Aug 13, 2019
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“What the hell happened to Charles Adler?” Clickbait headline aside, Michael Coren supplied the CBC with support for his former Sun News Network colleague. Adler, like Coren, has turned against right-wing politics—a shift that seemed to coincide with the start of his new gig with Global News Radio. (Last week, it was Barbara Kay who was wondering what the hell happened to Michael Coren.)


Finally, new teaches of Peaches

Whose Jizz is This? is the name of an art show in Hamburg, for which Toronto-born Merrill Nisker got funding from the Canada Council and the Embassy of Canada in Germany to explicitly explore the sexual stuff synonymous with her musical persona:

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