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That is 100% a great example of Justin Trudeau passing the buck.
To be clear, my opinion is that there should have been action taken much sooner, and that the inaction is not the sole fault of the RCMP, and that sentiment that the RCMP is a broken or ineffectual organization are mostly based on uninformed opinions.
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It's very obvious that Trudeau is using a blame shift on the RCMP right now, because of the Gabriel affiliation with the RCMP and recent anti-police sentiment, rather than point at his own administration and total lack of action by the minister of fishing and ocean. All of these issues have happened on his watch.
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"We are expecting the RCMP and police services to do their jobs and keep people safe," Trudeau said.
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Very much a Trudeau response, he's proven with the blockades that inaction is key to his federal government and Canadians love him for it. I'm still unsure how he managed to get off unscathed from the blockade debacle.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/cana...ades-1.4811999
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We are not the kind of country where politicians get to tell the police what to do in operational matters," Trudeau said in Munich, Germany, where he was attending a global security conference.
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Early on Feb 2020 was: we won't tell the police what to do.
Now October 2020 : the police should do its job.
People vote for this level of governing.
It's also embarrassing that some MP's had to go against their party wishes to ask for some certainty and action from the government way before this escalated.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...ules-1.5736013
https://www.facebook.com/KodyBloisNS...37211726696736
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Kody Blois, MP for Kings-Hants, is calling on federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan to use the authority recognized by the Supreme Court of Canada 21 years ago to regulate a moderate livelihood fishery and end "the ambiguity and uncertainty around how and to what extent indigenous fishers can exercise their rights, particularly in 'off-season.'"
"The Supreme Court had contemplated the introduction of regulatory limits by the Government of Canada," Blois wrote to Bernadette Jordan this week in a letter posted on his Facebook page.
"The inclusion of a regulatory framework of how the moderate livelihood right can be exercised under the Fisheries Act could be justified on the grounds of conservation while avoiding social discord between Mi'kmaq and commercial fishers."
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Bernadette Jordan refused, again part of the mandate of inaction from the Trudeau government
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Blois was not available for an interview Wednesday and Jordan's press secretary, Jane Deeks, rejected the idea when contacted by CBC.
"This does not reflect the position of the government nor the views of the Minister," Deeks told CBC News.
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The lobster fight is yet another black eye for Canada. And Canadians continue to vote this embarrassment because he wants sunshine and rainbows to power the country.
While a resolution would be way more difficult, this escalation was totally avoidable.