Ex- Trump adviser Steve Bannon arrested on charges of defrauding donors to ‘Build the Wall’ campaign

Chrystia Freeland will become Canada’s new finance minister, the first woman to take on the powerful role, CBC News has confirmed.

Freeland, former foreign affairs minister, is now deputy prime minister and intergovernmental affairs minister and in addition to juggling ,tightrope walking, chair balancing and unicycle hijinks she generally bats cleanup for whatever crisis the government finds itself and is often called upon as the designated hitter ! (no hockey analogies were available at the time of posting)

Bill Morneau resigns as finance minister and MP, will seek to head up OECD

The federal  Conservative party will announce the winner of its leadership contest on Aug. 23.

Nearly 269,500 people are eligible to vote for the new leader, which is roughly 10,000 more than the last time the party held a leadership vote in 2017.

Candidates

There are four names on the ballot: Leslyn Lewis, Erin O’Toole, Peter MacKay and Derek Sloan.

Choose the Right Synonym for anticipation:

PROSPECT, OUTLOOK, ANTICIPATION, FORETASTE mean an advance realization of something to come. PROSPECT implies expectation of a particular event, condition, or development of definite interest or concern.   the prospect of a quiet weekend   OUTLOOK suggests a forecasting of the future.  a favorable outlook for the economy   ANTICIPATION implies a prospect or outlook that involves advance suffering or enjoyment of what is foreseen.   the anticipation of her arrival   FORETASTE implies an actual though brief or partial experience of something forthcoming.   the frost was a foretaste of winter 

Trudeau, Morneau, Telford must resign, or trigger an election: Bloc Quebecois Yves-Francois Blanchet said Wednesday

OTTAWA — Bloc Quebecois Yves-Francois Blanchet said his party will force a confidence vote against the Liberal government this fall unless Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his finance minister and his chief of staff resign.

Trudeau shuts down speculation Court Painter to be fired as Court Painter

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tried Tuesday to shut down speculation that he’s about to fire his Court Painter, saying he has full confidence in Court Painter and that any reports to the contrary are false.

Trudeau’s office took the unusual step of issuing a statement in support of Court Painter as rumours about the preeminent portraitist of the political class imminent departure from the crucial artistic post, reached a fever pitch on Parliament Hill.

For several weeks, opposition parties have been calling for Court Painter’s resignation over allegations that he was spending much too much time on commissions of more newsworthy politicians south of the border… on the Canadian taxpayer’s dollar.(s)

But news this week that Mark Carney, a former governor of both the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, is helping to advise Trudeau on the post-pandemic economic recovery fuelled speculation that money is being earmarked for Court Painter to be named a National Treasure with paint by number face painting kits for children to be distributed willy nilly throughout the Great Dominion.

Earlier Tuesday, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer pointedly said it mattered little to him whether Court Painter or someone else serves as Court Painter under Trudeau.

“It really doesn’t matter, making a trade for Court Painter for let’s say striving artist CC (name available upon request), when you’ve got a prime minister that has such a lack of ethics embroiled in so many art forgery scandals,” Scheer told reporters at a news conference in Ottawa.

UPDATE from August 8,2020 post

January 21,2021 BREAKING NEWS

Gov.-Gen. Julie Payette and her secretary, Assunta di Lorenzo, are resigning after an outside workplace review of Rideau Hall found that the pair presided over a toxic work environment.

Last year, an independent consulting firm was hired by the Privy Council Office (PCO) to review reports that Payette was responsible for workplace harassment at Rideau Hall.

Sources who were briefed on the consulting firm’s report told CBC News that its conclusions were damning.

There’s a lady who’s sure
All that glitters is gold
And she’s bought a stairway to Heaven
When she gets there she knows
If the stairs are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for
Oh oh oh oh and she thinks she’s finding a stairway to Heaven

There’s a sign on the GG’s wall
But she wants to be sure
‘Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings
Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, it makes me wonder

Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, it really makes me wonder

And it’s whispered that soon, If we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason
And a new day will dawn

And the door will be shown

To lead us to a new season of reason

Her head is humming and it won’t go
In case you don’t know
The piper’s calling you to join him
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow?
And did you know
Your stairway is the stairs to enough already enough already!
Cause you bullied your way, to the stairway to HeavenI

August 6, 2020

Ottawa, Ontario

Today, the Deputy Prime Minister, Chrystia Freeland, issued the following statement on the decision by the United States to impose tariffs on certain aluminum products from Canada:

“The August 6th announcement by the United States to impose tariffs on certain Canadian aluminum products, citing national security concerns, is unwarranted and unacceptable.

“Canadian aluminum does not undermine US national security. Canadian aluminum strengthens US national security and has done so for decades through unparalleled cooperation between our two countries. Canada is a reliable supplier of aluminum for American value-added manufacturers. Aluminum trade between Canada and the US has long been mutually beneficial economically for both countries, making the North American aluminum industry as a whole more competitive around the world.”

“In response to the American tariffs, Canada intends to swiftly impose dollar-for-dollar countermeasures.”  

excerpted from DPM Freeland statement

Court Painter is seen in the set up with his favourite non paying patron.The painting on the easel promises upon completion to become explosive in its rendering and framing!

Recently released photos of The Donald reveal his boasting to Court Painter of his own drawings based on what he describes as fever dreams from the oval office!