Lots of big things going on in the US these days — SCOTUS nomination hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, for example (and yes, GOP Senators are beclowning themselves as you'd expect). But something fairly seismic has just happened in Canada, too.
With a surprise deal between the Liberals and the progressive New Democratic Party, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau effectively now has a majority government. Trudeau and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh announced the partnership today, which should keep the current government going until 2025.
The Conservatives are big mad. Well, nerts to them — they have only themselves to blame.
This happened because:
- That infuriating trucker convoy, which the Tories embraced, trashed downtown Ottawa for three weeks
- Trumpsters and far-right nutcases have taken over the Conservatives in the Western provinces (thank you, Benedict Donald and Fox News)
- Trumpy trucker idiot Pierre Poilievre will probably win the Tory leadership race this year
- Centrist Jean Charest may win that leadership race (so Justin and Jagmeet are taking no chances)
- Putin love has swept the far right across North America, and everyone is justifiably appalled
Interim Conservative leader Candice Bergen was left to sputter about "backdoor socialism" and power grabs. Oh, well! We cats PURR.
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