{"id":27159,"date":"2024-09-04T21:37:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T21:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=27159"},"modified":"2024-09-04T22:04:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T22:04:52","slug":"we-need-to-talk-about-taking-a-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=27159","title":{"rendered":"we need to talk about taking a walk&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Jagmeet-talking-with-Justin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Jagmeet-talking-with-Justin.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Jagmeet-talking-with-Justin-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Jagmeet-talking-with-Justin-768x568.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"articleTitle\">NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh pulls out of supply and confidence agreement with Liberals<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Singh&#8217;s announcement comes less than two weeks before Parliament is set to resume<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Liberals and NDP entered into the deal in March 2022 and it was set to run until June of next year. It has allowed the Liberals to govern in a minority government for nearly three years, well past the average length of a minority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Jagmeet-calls-Justin.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27172\" style=\"width:1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Jagmeet-calls-Justin.png 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Jagmeet-calls-Justin-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Jagmeet-calls-Justin-768x282.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27177\" style=\"width:600px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pierre Elliott Trudeau former prime minister and father of present prime minister Justin Trudeau won the 1968, 1972, and 1974 elections, before narrowly losing in 1979. He won a fourth election victory shortly afterwards, in 1980, and eventually <strong>retired from politics<\/strong> <strong>shortly before the 1984 election.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His decision was made after a <strong>long, solitary walk<\/strong> through a blinding blizzard,&#8221;it seemed like a good day to have a last day \u2026 it was a great walk in the snow,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Justin-consults-late-PET.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27174\" style=\"width:1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Justin-consults-late-PET.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Justin-consults-late-PET-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Justin-consults-late-PET-768x286.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Justin-talking-to-Joe-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Justin-talking-to-Joe-1.jpg 732w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Justin-talking-to-Joe-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Justin-talking-to-Joe-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Court-Painter-WALK.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27185\" style=\"width:1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Court-Painter-WALK.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Court-Painter-WALK-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Court-Painter-WALK-768x545.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>JUST in&#8230;<\/em>excerpt from Paul Wells Substack article <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Fapp-link%2Fpost%3Fpublication_id%3D804175%26post_id%3D148457195%26utm_source%3Dpost-email-title%26utm_campaign%3Demail-post-title%26isFreemail%3Dfalse%26r%3D1sx7vz%26token%3DeyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMDkwNDUyOTUsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE0ODQ1NzE5NSwiaWF0IjoxNzI1NDg1MjM3LCJleHAiOjE3MjgwNzcyMzcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi04MDQxNzUiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.2MWkRM-FhnSCVeeMfBYCWpw--54tl2VAsQd7d6KHUy4&amp;data=05%7C02%7C%7C7a2ed4736fa54b60821608dccd285ec2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638610820490751085%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=UDXk9LdoqvOH8SX9ZTzmcZmhzCVF0d%2BXrSEUFvgvQbQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The tortoise and the other tortoise<\/a> <em>It&#8217;ll be a change election. Eventually.<\/em>&#8216;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;The Liberals must now prepare for an election, which will happen when the election wants to happen, not when Liberals want it to happen. Preparing will include nominating candidates. It\u2019s going to be hard to know how many they will need to nominate, because they\u2019ll have no idea how many incumbents will run again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justin Trudeau, who fired his foreign minister and his finance minister and his justice minister, who called an early election and now warns others against early elections, has converted late to the virtues of tenacity. Others are responding accordingly. Even Jagmeet Singh has managed to outflank him. Soon Canadians will get their chance to thank Trudeau for refusing to change.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh pulls out of supply and confidence agreement with Liberals Singh&#8217;s announcement comes less than two weeks before Parliament is set to resume The Liberals and NDP entered into the deal in March 2022 and it was set to run until June of next year. It has allowed the Liberals to govern &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=27159\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;we need to talk about taking a walk&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27159"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27187,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27159\/revisions\/27187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}