beyond parody

Naheed Nenshi: "Yes, Danielle Smith has given two or three speeches to Conservative audiences. But she hasn't been out there. She hasn't deployed her party and her volunteers to do the work because most of them are separatists."

Naheed Nenshi: "What we've learned knocking on nearly half a million doors in Alberta this summer is the premier's right, Albertans are really angry. But they're not angry at Mark Carney. They're not angry at Ottawa. They're angry at the premier."

Thomas Lukaszuk: "My message to all Albertans is don't miss this vote. This is the most important vote probably that we will ever participate in our lifetimes. 50 or 100 years from now, children will be studying this in social studies classes and they will be judging us on who we were."

Thomas Lukaszuk: "I've been driving this bus now for 18 months. I am yet to have one Conservative MP or Mr. Poilievre appear anywhere, at any event, at any rally, or participate in any speech. They simply have been lying low and they're coming very late to the party."

Thomas Lukaszuk: "Pierre Poilievre and his party have been telling Albertans for the last number of years that Canada's broken. Danielle Smith has been doing much of the same. There are issues that need to be resolved moving forward, but separation is not the answer to those issues."

Thomas Lukaszuk: "I can tell you with certainty that over the last 20 years, both of the PMs did not come to Alberta as often, as frequently as PM Carney has in the last 18 months. So there is a real revival of a relationship between Alberta and Ottawa."

Mélanie Joly on Stelco: "A few possible outcomes of a court process can lead to financial penalties towards the company, forcing them to abide by the commitment, and also a forced divestiture, so forcing them to sell their Canadian assets. Everything is on the table."

Debating reaching out to pitch myself for this pod because I'll be damned if Kory fuckin' Teneycke gets to have all the fun

Annnnnd it's surely a green screen but PP is standing Windsor. (Windsor view of Detroit was so often the "in detroit" view of detroit) (here nor there)

Excellent point.

Curse of Politics discuss Pierre Poilievre's recent meltdown over a question from Globe and Mail reporter Laura Stone about losing yet another MP

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say Kory Teneycke isn't a fan of Jamil Jivani

David Herle compares Jason Kenney to Dr. Frankenstein: "He literally created this party, conceived of it, created it, built it, And then it wheeled on him and gravely wounded him. And now storms the countryside marauding around doing damage."

Tapper: You've been reaching out to Democrats and Republicans for your pitch. Basically, anyone who will listen to you on this trade issue. Poilievre: I can't seem to find anybody that wants to tariff Canada or be tariffed by Canada. Tapper: Come here, in Washington, D.C.

lol -- Jake Tapper to Pierre Poilievre: "This is not the first time you've pitched tariff-free trade for the auto industry. You did so in March. It didn't work. You're back doing it again. Why will it be different this time?"

So, Conservatives think public ownership is good when it’s gifting the highly profitable oil industry another pipeline, but not when it means saving Canadian jobs and our domestic steel industry? Interesting. Anyway. Nationalize Stelco.