"There’s little confidence in Musk as a social media boss. In the past, he has posted incendiary tweets, repeated bogus conspiracy theories, and run afoul of securities authorities. In 2019, he was charged by the U.S. Securities Commission because his tweets violated laws."

"Another curious move was that Musk spent a fortune buying Twitter, then took a sledgehammer to the place."

#DianeFrancis

https://financialpost.com/diane-francis/diane-francis-elon-musk-must-be-held-accountable-for-twitter

#ElonMusk
#FinancialPost

I don't personally have any knowledge about whether the #AssemblyofFirstNations is particularly corrupt [0], or whether National Chief #RoseAnneArchibald is a good manager. Nor do I have full confidence in the reporting of #DianeFrancis . But it's an unexpected take on a controversy that briefly flaired into public consciousness.

[0] I wouldn't be surprised if there are some problems, but are they better or worse than the average Canadian municipality?

#canpol #FirstNations
#NationalPost

National Chief "Archibald has publicly alleged corruption is rife within the AFN, including “financial irregularities” and “backroom deals.” Last week’s rejection of her suspension by the general assembly was evidence that a majority of the chiefs agree with her [...] Joe Alphonse said “The actions of the AFN executive committee and board of directors are absolutely shameful. Chiefs across the country elected National Chief Archibald—let her do her job.”"

#DianeFrancis

https://financialpost.com/diane-francis/diane-francis-a-first-nations-quiet-revolution-has-begun

I should add that #DianeFrancis needs to be taken with a grain of salt, and that I myself have not yet read the #Tory platform.

"What’s most fascinating about this election is the contrast between a decent, mature and serious leader like O’Toole and the “boys” who now head the Liberal and NDP parties. The Conservative leader is a man who combines the discipline and strategic aptitude of a military officer with the attention to detail and precision of a corporate lawyer who worked with sophisticated clients. The others pose and posture as leaders."

#DianeFrancis

https://financialpost.com/diane-francis/diane-francis-erin-otooles-platform-proves-he-is-ready-to-govern-unlike-trudeau-the-child

#ErinOToole
#canpol

"This metric — the percentage of people who are fully vaccinated — is what counts, and Canada is the only country in the world that is officially denying people their vital second shots for four months."

Contra #DianeFrancis , choosing the first-doses-first approach is one of the policies that Canada is doing better than most countries. It's not too late for others to follow our example.

Pandemic failure is Trudeau's biggest scandal yet #FinancialPost
https://financialpost.com/diane-francis/diane-francis-pandemic-failure-is-trudeaus-biggest-scandal-yet

#covid19 #canpol

@irrelephant The argument of #DianeFrancis that the #CanSino deal was a major blocker for Canadian #vaccine acquisition is rather cut to pieces; the government had lots of irons in the fire in Summer 2020.

OTOH, the #CanSino vaccine story is still interesting, since AIUI the #PRC gave it to their army in the Fall; perhaps it would have been ready for Canadians in early 2021. And the claim that Beijing tried to use it as leverage in the #MengWanzhou affair is important if true.

@nationalpost@mstdn.foxfam.club The claim is that the federal government was slow in making deals with Western #BigPharma because they were concentrating on #CanSinoBiologics . This latter company produced the Chinese #vaccine , but the #PRC didn't want to ship the vaccine to Canada for testing.

Probably the deal with #CanSino didn't really interfere with the #Pfizer deal (for instance), but it is certainly worth asking what went wrong with CanSino.

#canpol #covid19
#NationalPost #DianeFrancis