Susan Delacourt (real)
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National Columnist with @TorontoStar . 4X author, political journalist since forever, dachshund lover even longer.
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My heart is broken today. Lost the best little dog a person could have. RIP my Rosie, 2006-Christmas Night, 2018.
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This is so good. (Not entirely sure who to credit.)
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OK. I’ll say it: What’s so wrong about laughing at
@realDonaldTrump
? Here’s another view of *that* chat, from me, via
@TorontoStar
:
#cdnpoli
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International diplomacy. It's like recess, but with nuclear weapons.
Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me "old," when I would NEVER call him "short and fat?" Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend - and maybe someday that will happen!
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The guys who put the
#notwithstanding
clause in the Charter -- Chretien, Romanow and McMurtry -- are not at all happy about how
@fordnation
is using it. The
@TorontoStar
just got their statement. Read those last two lines!
#cdnpoli
#onpoli
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"They fought WWII with us and we appreciate it,"
@realDonaldTrump
says of Canada. Ahem. Wee reminder: Canada was in that war two years before the U.S. entered it.
#cdnpoli
#cmon
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Then again, it takes real courage to leave a meeting early and yell at the hosts afterward via Twitter.
#cdnpoli
PM Justin Trudeau of Canada acted so meek and mild during our
@G7
meetings only to give a news conference after I left saying that, “US Tariffs were kind of insulting” and he “will not be pushed around.” Very dishonest & weak. Our Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy!
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6. The idea that I or anyone else was chosen because of gender or "empathy" or some other attribute I didn't work for or earn is lazy and ridiculous analysis. Enough already with this sideshow. Thanks for listening. (end of thread.)
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Democracy is an essential service, but sorry, Question Period is not. My
@TorontoStar
column on the annoying endurance of partisan theatrics:
#cdnpoli
#COVID19
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Pretty comprehensive statement from Galen Weston here on how
@LoblawsON
and
@ShopprsDrugMart
will work during
#COVID19
. (needs three screen caps.)
#cdnpoli
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And the winner of the Charles Lynch award for distinguished, long-time service is
@ChantalHbert
, I am so delighted to report here from the Press Gallery dinner. Yay Chantal.
#cdnpoli
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Some work news from me: I am returning full-time to the
@TorontoStar
as Ottawa columnist and bureau chief as of Sept. 4. And I'm happy about it!
#cdnpoli
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When I started work in journalism, this would be a firing offence.
#cdnpoli
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As an aside, all those speaking up for the empowerment of
@Puglaas
and
@janephilpott
. They weren't fired. They resigned. The victim-of-bad-men thing is a bit patronizing all around, IMO.
#cdnpoli
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Early contender for tweet of the year.
If Trump really wanted to see Hillary locked up, he should’ve just hired her to work on his campaign.
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Strikes me that
@fordnation
has pretty-much perfect pitch in his daily briefings on
#COVID19
. Talks in a way that people can understand and is authentic.
#cdnpoli
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Guy who helped get
@RalphGoodale
defeated now realizes he got
@RalphGoodale
defeated. Problematic indeed.
#cdnpoli
#elxn43
WATCH: Dereck Robinson is part of the group behind the "Vote out Ralph Goodale" Billboards in Regina. He says a lack of Saskatchewan representation in the federal cabinet could be problematic.
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I don't know what's more disturbing: that
@stephenharper
says this, or that he believes it. Some outright lies (no way to sugarcoat it) in this glimpse into his grudge-laden soul.
#cdnpoli
What bollocks. As the former prime minister must know, the time bell had rung on his government by 2015. Media bias is a convenient scapegoat but makes him sound like a sore loser.
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So what's with the Conservatives now referring to
@JustinTrudeau
as "Liberal leader" instead of Prime Minister, in Question Period? Aren't MPs supposed to be addressed by parliamentary title?
#cdnpoli
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Very brave of a Supreme Court justice to put out this statement. Wishing him well.
#cdnpoli
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Big gain for
@CNN
, big loss for
@TorontoStar
, but overall, a major gain for journalism and democratic accountability in the U.S... Congrats to
@ddale8
on this huge career move!
#cdnpoli
I’m going to work for CNN! I’ll be on the truth beat full-time starting June 17, dissecting dishonesty from Trump, Democratic candidates and others.
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Just fyi,
@JustinTrudeau
was kicked to a much smaller office when Libs went to third-party status in 2011. I do not recall him complaining about it.
#cdnpoli
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Just when I'm convinced I should give up Twitter for the sake of my sanity, along comes a Tweet like this. :) :) :)
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PM
@JustinTrudeau
asks media to not mention the name of the NS shooter or use his photo.
#cdnpoli
#COVID19
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News (to me:) Conservative MP
@MichelleRempel
has been living in Oklahoma throughout the
#COVID19
crisis. Any other MPs living/working abroad, I wonder?
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Twice today I've received calls from "federal service department" telling me I'm facing arrest for something or other. Imagine what these scam calls are doing to vulnerable, scared people living in isolation during
#COVID19
. Not much makes me blindly furious, but this does.
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Blowing snow in Ottawa on April 21, in week six of pandemic isolation. I would urge the year 2020 to get its act together, ASAP, to avoid worst-year-ever title.
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Speaking truth to power isn't a silly game of hide and seek and guess the secret. Speak up,
@Puglaas
and
@janephilpott
. New from me via
@TorontoStar
:
#cdnpoli
#SNCLavalin
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Okay. Here we go. I have noticed that the critics of identity politics have reduced the issue of debate moderation to identity politics. So here, humbly offered, is what in my identity likely led my employer to ask me to moderate on our behalf as one of the host partners. (1.)
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We've gone from interviewing women's dads to interviewing their husbands about
#cdnpoli
developments. Because it's 2019, I guess?
#ugh
"Everything that Celina detailed, related to that call is true. Everything."
Vidal Chavannes, MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes' husband, speaking up about his wife's interactions with Prime Minister Justice Trudeau where she says he yelled at her.
#cdnpoli
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The best birthday party in the world last night also featured the best cake in the world, created by my own sister-in-law. (Yes, that really is my life, including books and articles, recreated in a cake.)
#lucky
#grateful
#dancingintoanotherdecade
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Today is the third anniversary of my father's death in a long-term care home.
@PattyHajdu
just said what I thought then, and now: We need to value the work done in those homes a LOT more. Points out that we pay people more to care for vehicles than human beings.
#cdnpoli
#COVID19
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5. The point of this thread is that yes, I have no doubt that my identity played a part in the choice of me as a debate moderator. But it's an identity I attained through hard work and many years, and a respect for the place and people where I do that work. (thread.)
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We’re short staffed in the bureau today, so have assigned four-legged assistant to be on the lookout for
#cdnpoli
sightings outside West Block.
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How deputy PM
@cafreeland
is handling the
#COVID19
crisis -- with some "therapy" from
@fordnation
. My new interview/profile online now in
@TorontoStar
:
#cdnpoli
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Have we considered the possibility that
@MaximeBernier
left his phone at someone's apartment and all these Tweets aren't from him at all?
#justasking
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It's Flag Day. Celebrate it the way you know best. (Personally, I'll always remember it this way; I was one of the reporters on hand in 1996 for the um, festivities.)
#cdnpoli
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I confess, I am too kind of surprised/stunned that the
#JUST
committee (Libs) voted down request for
@Puglaas
to reappear. To me, that's kind of crucial in sorting this
#SNCLavalin
thing out.
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Oh my goodness.
@PaulDewar
has left a final statement on Facebook; filled with his elegant embrace of life... and death. Here it is:
#cdnpoli
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2. My identity: Ottawa bureau chief and national columnist for the Toronto Star. 31 years as a political journalist. Four books (five if you count an e-book.) Nine elections. Six prime ministers. (Thread.)
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Note to the two public servants talking so loudly about their jobs on the bus this morning: if you were as smart as you claim about government/diplomacy, you wouldn’t be sharing it within earshot of dozens on public transit.
#cdnpoli
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A very classy and dignified speech by
@Kathleen_Wynne
, as she exits the political stage. History will be kinder to her than this election was.
#onpoli
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Just fyi, here's where PM
@JustinTrudeau
was today. We weren't allowed to say in advance where he was headed (for security reasons.)
#cdnpoli
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today made a surprise Christmas visit to Canadian peacekeepers stationed in Gao, Mali. He watched a medevac demo and shared a turkey dinner with troops. Accompanied by Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and CDS John Vance.
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Okay. What I don't know now is why
@Puglaas
wants to continue to serve in
@JustinTrudeau
's caucus and run again as a Liberal.
#cdnpoli
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New apartment billboard in my neighbourhood. Look who they’ve put on the bike in the bottom left corner.
#cdnpoli
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Breaking (romantic) news from Liberal caucus today:
@MaryamMonsef
and
@MattDeCourcey
are engaged. One was elected on Oct. 21, one was not, but they both win. “Who says you can’t find love in a toxic workplace,” Maryam just said to me. :)
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Yep. One who has been here 32 years, watched many QPs, and remembers when they actually were accountability exercises, not the junk they are now. This is Canada, btw. Welcome.
Actual take from an Ottawa journalist:
The elected opposition questioning the elected government is not necessary.
What country is this?
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Well that didn't last long.
@ElizabethMay
tells me Warren Kinsella is "finished" work with Greens. New column, via
@TorontoStar
#cdnpoli
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First few questions to
@JustinTrudeau
after the French debate are all about -- in the now-infamous parlance of
#elxn43
-- unfounded rumours about his past. I'll just say I'm glad this isn't a branch of "journalism" I've ever been asked to do.
#cdnpoli
#CanadaDebates2019
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Hearing that future air travel will have us sitting farther apart. I dare to dream that it will be glamorous to fly again. :)
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Sounds like
@AndrewScheer
agrees with
@realDonaldTrump
and
@jkenney
that China had too much influence on WHO and by extension, Canada.
#cdnpoli
#COVID19
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I’m not fussed. Back when these were all-men events, I remember people being similarly rude and angry. Oh wait. Actually, that’s not true. It was called normal. Change happens slowly, apparently.
There have been plenty of lovely comments about 5 female journalists moderating a federal election debate, but a lot of totally obscene ones too. So not quite a milestone yet.
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Here’s an interesting photo snapped tonight.
@Puglaas
@janephilpott
and
@lisakinsella
having a post-budget chat at the Chateau Laurier. Sent to me as fyi.
#cdnpoli
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Best explanation yet of 2016: A star man waiting in the sky.
It is becoming increasingly obvious that David Bowie has established a better alternate universe and is populating it selectively one-by-one
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Anyone else noticed how "party" and "government" are being increasingly used as synonyms in
#cdnpoli
commentary? They are actually (and legally) two very different things. That is all. Rant over.
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That’s the
@TorontoStar
’s
@ddale8
doing the fact check on
@realDonaldTrump
’s address to the nation tonight on
@CNN
.
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Happy wedding day to
@ElizabethMay
and
@kidderjohn
. Wishing them many years of happiness. Here's the piece I wrote a few months about their whirlwind romance:
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Possibly the best line at this John Turner tribute. Brian Mulroney via video says he tried to get out of a previous commitment to be here tonight but “I had no option “.
#cdnpoli
. (Not everyone will get that joke. ).
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Please feel free to take a break here in the Twitter rant-o-rama and enjoy this pic of my tiny dog (Maddie, left) with her big-dog best friend. :)
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So this seems a bit messed up to me — very sorry that people are being forced back to work. There has to be a better way than this.
#cdnpoli
#COVID19
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An appearance from
@MichelleRempel
at virtual Parliament. Canada flag, US fireplace, I assume.
#cdnpoli
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Well that's new. A call from an astrology/psychic telemarketer. He kept asking my name to tell me my future. I told him if he was psychic, he'd already know that, and also that a brief consultation with the stars could tell him we were on the do-not-call list.
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Now here’s an endorsement of today’s news in
#cdnpoli
.
After multiple mass killings and the spectacle of armed vigilantes storming the Michigan legislature yesterday with assault weapons, it’s time to elect politicians who will do something. Justin Trudeau is that type of leader.
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Merry Christmas to everyone in the Twitterverse! .... Okay, maybe not everyone. Merry Christmas to those being kind to each other today, and also to those who need a little kindness today. :)
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Unsurprisingly (if you know him) Neil Macdonald does *not* see
@Puglaas
or
@janephilpott
as brave heroes in this whole
#SNCLavalin
saga.
#cdnpoli
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My goodness, how great is it to listen to
@BarackObama
and George W. Bush talk about John McCain — and politics of the more noble sort. I’ve put Saturday on hold just to hear their speeches. Amazing.
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4. My id (cont'd): Graduate of political science from Western (or UWO if you prefer.) Have taught political journalism and communication at Carleton. Still working on finishing a master's in Canadian studies.
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I think that's the first time I've heard
@PattyHajdu
's voice shake throughout all this -- speaking of people who are scared, frightened. Quite affecting.
#cdnpoli
#COVID19
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Holy smokes. Every political reporter needs to read this
#journalism
thread. (And I know, it means consuming social media to question social media.) But on marketing and politics, and beyond...
@moorehn
is singing my song. tx
@yowflier
for the bracing find.
#cdnpoli
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I came to work dressed for a snowstorm today. I do not know what one wears to the other kind of s- storm we're now in.
#cdnpoli
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Hard to read, but brave to write:
@theJagmeetSingh
opens up about sexual abuse and racism he suffered as a child. In today's
@TorontoStar
:
#cdnpoli
#NDP
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I loved this man. What a life he had! He was a journalistic giant, but retained the curiosity and collegiality of a rookie.
#RIP
Joe; you were one of the best.
Veteran CBC journalist Joe Schlesinger has died at age 90.
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3. My id (cont'd): Have worked for four newspapers: Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, National Post and Ottawa Citizen. Freelanced in a number of magazines. Regular political panelist on CTV, CBC and CPAC.
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I’ll be very glad when I don’t have to use a telephoto lens to see my Mom. This virus is really starting to get on my nerves.
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My good God. I have seen a lot of things in
#cdnpoli
but nothing like this, government-implosion wise.
#cdnpoli
It grieves me to resign from a portfolio where I was at work to deliver an important mandate. I must abide by my core values, my ethical responsibilities, constitutional obligations. There can be a cost to acting on one’s principles, but there is a bigger cost to abandoning them.
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I can't say I blame Paul Wells (or the artist formerly known as InklessPW) for this decision. I've found the toxicity here hard to take too. Staying for now, but certainly not for the sake of my health.
#cdnpoli
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This week we have learned that
@realDonaldTrump
"fell in love" with Kim Jong Un, but he doesn't like
@cafreeland
all that much. I guess the heart knows what it wants.
#cdnpoli
#NAFTA
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This also happens, I hear, at the White House. One gets in to the Oval Office, then brings the rest of the family with him.
CHAIN MIGRATION must end now! Some people come in, and they bring their whole family with them, who can be truly evil. NOT ACCEPTABLE!
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You need this after today. Stop. Click play. Breathe.
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One of Jean Chretien's favourite sayings: Everybody wants to go to heaven. Nobody wants to die.
#cdnpoli
Canadian voters want lower emissions. They’re just not keen on, y’know, doing much about it. New data from
@ppforumca
: via
@torontostar
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Here's what the Law Society of Ontario has to say about the practice of recording by lawyers.
#cdnpoli
#SNCLavalin
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The PM is making a very strong speech right now about silence and complicity in the face of extremism. " "I'm sick and tired of (only) extending our thoughts and prayers."
#cdnpoli
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It's Valentine's Day, so I am sharing this photo of my one-year-old dog, who wears her heart on her forehead. :)
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Some good news for a change in
#cdnpoli
: Intergovernmental Minister
@DLeBlancNB
is now leukemia-free. Clean bill of health, complete remission.
@TorontoStar
story/interview here:
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Can we please stop the if-you're-not-in-Ottawa-you're-not-running-the-country stuff? I live here and don't think it's the centre of the universe ... and most of this is coming from people I haven't seen here lately either. That is all.
#cdnpoli
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