Roundup: The Adams nomination

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Day three of the Eve Adams floor crossing fallout, and once you wade through some of the sexist columns and tiresome Biblical references, a few things start to emerge. Adams had a very interesting interview on CP24 yesterday, and the host pressed her on a lot of issues and Adams seemed to have some coherent answers about changing her mind about income splitting when Flaherty came out with his objections, and that she was a loyal foot soldier for the Conservatives so their excuses about being happy to be rid of her are ringing hollow. She also said that she would be moving to riding she plans to run in, Eglington Lawrence, and that has already begun reaching out to the community there. The riding president says she’s welcome to run, but reminds everyone that it’s an open nomination. Trudeau told the media while in Winnipeg that he gave some reflection to accepting Adams into the fold, and said that it was Adams’ willingness to do the tough slog to win a difficult riding was what convinced him – and I think that’s borne out it in the fact that it’s going to be an open, contested nomination, and that Adams is going to have to do the hard work of convincing the grassroots members that she is the leopard who has changed her spots. And it’s going to be tough – here is one of the nomination candidates that she will be running against, and it’s going to be tough for her to beat someone of his credentials. I also believe that having Adams lose in a fair fight is part of Trudeau’s actual plan, where he gets the news value of her embarrassing the PM and then saying that the open nomination system worked. The fact that she was slotted into the riding’s nomination race without consultation seems to fit with that fact. But then again, what do I know?

Good reads:

  • Kate Heartfield writes about the promise and risks of Trudeau’s carbon emissions proposal.
  • Flying times in the RCAF are being trimmed to save money. But as Jason Kenney insisted yesterday, they haven’t cut military spending! It also raises questions as to where the budget for the Iraq mission is coming from.
  • Mark Jarvis writes about accountability in the civil service.
  • Oh, look – the government still hasn’t replaced the federal taxpayers’ ombudsman months after the resignation of the previous one.
  • Terry Glavin rips into the new anti-terror bill.
  • Andrew Coyne worries about the fact that provincial legislatures seem to sit fewer days every year.

Odds and ends:

The government is considering extending the Rainbow Refugee Assistance Programme.

Laura Payton profiles Pierre Poilievre now that he’s been given his big promotion.

There was a major shake-up in the senior ranks of the Canadian Forces, and saw the promotion of the first female “three-leaf” general.

The Wildrose Party has decided not to allow Rob Anders to run for their leadership. *sad trombone*