This is appalling. Here we have an incumbent Liberal MP telling people they should kidnap his Conservative opponent and hand him to a hostile foreign government that's hunting for his head. It's not a "lapse in judgment"; it's an assault on democracy itself. - ThreadSky

yuanyiz.bsky.social • 3 days ago

This is appalling. Here we have an incumbent Liberal MP telling people they should kidnap his Conservative opponent and hand him to a hostile foreign government that's hunting for his head. It's not a "lapse in judgment"; it's an assault on democracy itself.

Reposted from David Cochrane

The Liberals are stand by Paul Chiang saying he “recognized that he made a significant lapse in judgement. He apologized and has been clear that he will stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Hong Kong as they fight to safeguard their human rights and freedoms”

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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mariorustan.bsky.social•3 days ago

As far as you know, has his comment affected voters who would have voted for Liberals otherwise, esp from HK backgrounds?

And with Joe Tay moves to Don Valley North, do you think Liberals will still win DVN & Markham-Unionville, or could Conservatives get one?

rmtoronto.bsky.social•3 days ago

If a Tory MP/candidate said something like this about a Liberal candidate, Liberals would rightly be appalled.

mathieucarpentier.bsky.social•3 days ago

I will respectfully suggest that, as disgracefully as this gentleman has behaved, there have been much more serious assauts on democracy recently, on which you have been all but silent...

yuanyiz.bsky.social•3 days ago

Mathieu, I am not American and I'm far preoccupied with their president wanting to annex my country to take a great interest in what he might be doing domestically.

yuanyiz.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm not a news service and I'm not required to care about all countries equally.

mathieucarpentier.bsky.social•3 days ago

Well I'd thought that a foreign billionaire funneling money and openly supporting a far right party in your country of residence (as well as in numerous European countries) would be somehow worthy of your attention.

mathieucarpentier.bsky.social•3 days ago

It doesn't take a PhD in poli sci to realize that what's happening in the US isn't a mere matter of domestic politics and has damaging effects abroad, including in the UK.

yuanyiz.bsky.social•3 days ago

There are three things I care about now: the maintenance of Canadian sovereignty, stopping euthanasia, and stopping the Chagos deal. If you are looking for a formulaic condemnation of Musk I suggest you follow literally any one of the millions of accounts on here.

mathieucarpentier.bsky.social•3 days ago

Well, it seems that one of the things you really care about is getting Poilievre elected.

I have no pb with that, by the way (not a Canadian, not particularly a fan of Carney).

But sometimes the partisanship shows, is all.

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