#EmergenciesActInquiry -- in 1983, #Rouleau was part of John Turner’s campaign for leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada after Pierre #Trudeau announced retirement. He then helped pick Turner’s cabinet once he won leadership of the party: https://t.co/XVdT80fRjZ

This is something I've talked about before: Like the #Jan6 insurrectionists, the convoy was embarrassingly stupid and, thankfully, ineffective. But under it lies a seething frustration with social inequity, growing poverty, stagnating wages, job insecurity, the rising cost of living, corporate politics and deteriorating labour rights.

These are core issues of the left, but like interwar Germany, the extreme right has subverted our narrative.

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Rouleau's report is a very big document and I think it's going to be seen as an important historical document in Canada, in the future.

I want to talk about section 6 of Volume 1. Here he addresses the rise of populist sentiment in Canada and globally and the reasons for it, citing "economic marginalization, social anxiety, and distrust in political institutions" before getting into each.

It's worth the read no matter which country you live in.

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Thoughts after reading the #Rouleau report on the #EmergenciesAct during the #OttawaOccupation :

What's wrong with Ontario? Ford proved himself incompetent even before the occupation, yet we gave him another majority. Now he's the most corrupt Premier ever, worse than even Harris.

PCs only ever care about the GTA. Can we talk about making the #NCR a federal district?

Since this was a policing failure, can we find a home for that Battle of Billings Bridge plaque?

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