Trudeau is shuffling the deck before a rest

A numbers game among the Liberals

Aug 18, 2020

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is looking to prorogue Parliament next month in order to come back with a new speech from the throne and an economic update in October.

ca.finance.yahoo.comTrudeau set to move Freeland to Finance, prorogue Parliament for economic resetDeputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland will be sworn in as Canada’s new finance minister later today.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is also looking to prorogue Parliament next month in order to come back with a new speech from the throne and an economic update in October.Multiple sources

Bill Morneau announced his resignation as finance minister—and plans to exit as Toronto Centre MP—in the evening, and by morning Chrystia Freeland was confirmed to take over the role. But with the We Charity scandal still in the midst, Justin Trudeau is looking to prorogue parliament until October.

Going even more up in the air

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Governor General's scorn for RCMP driving up unnecessary costs, sources say. Extra officer assigned on trips abroad due to Julie Payette's attempts to slip away.

cbc.caGovernor General’s resistance to working with RCMP security detail driving up costs, sources say | CBC NewsGov. Gen. Julie Payette has incurred unnecessary costs and security risks on account of her disregard for the taxpayer-funded RCMP detail paid to protect her, according to RCMP sources.

Flight data shows Julie Payette used a government plane on multiple occasions when a car would do, at the same time RCMP and Rideau Hall sources are saying the governor general racked up expenses like trying to dodge her assigned Mounties. But it seems Payette will more likely quit over issues like these than calling in the Queen.

The arrested G20 protestors stand to land between $5,000 and $24,700 each. A decade after mass arrests in Toronto, the $16.5-million settlement with the Toronto police board will weigh the experience of 1,100 individual protesters to determine compensation. (The class-action lawsuit was filed just six weeks after the protests.)

This new name remains TBD

Cancellation of the 2020 CFL season after Ottawa turned down its request for a $30-million interest-free loan means the Grey Cup won’t be awarded for the first time since 1919, adding to the league’s timeline of woes. Pinball Clemons is trying to keep hope alive for the Toronto Argonauts, while another team gets more time to rebrand:

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Regretfully, there will be no CFL football season in 2020.

The story of Livent told in an episode of a podcast. Spectacular Failures dedicates 42 minutes to the curtain falling on Garth Drabinsky’s theatrical glory, complete with its own show tune. Drabinsky last made news when a judge ruled that he was trying to thwart creditors, before his effort to bring another play to Broadway was halted.

Finally, next door to a party

Barack Obama posted his 2020 Summer Playlist, with an unlikely eclecticism for a 59-year-old who’s neither a rock critic nor a public radio DJ. But he presumably approved three tracks with the voice of Mississauga crooner PartyNextDoor, one which also features Drake. Regina singer-songwriter Andy Shauf also got a nod for dad rock: