Well, it finally happened.
A few hours ago, Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament Michael Barrett released this video:
Trudeau is trying to hide his $9 million man in NYC pic.twitter.com/MSQyVgfJ69
— Michael Barrett (@MikeBarrettON) August 27, 2024
“What happens if he’s in New York City? Can the summons be served to him there? Well, no. But, he’ll come back, and when he does come back to Canada if he hasn’t appeared per the summons, he’d be arrested on his return to Canada.” – Conservative Member of Parliament Michael Barrett
Apparently, Michael didn’t get the memo:
Conservatives pledge to force Tom Clark testimony on $9M NYC condo purchase
Conservative ethics critic Michael Barrett says his party will move a motion to force testimony from Canada’s representative in New York if he does not appear at a Tuesday committee study into the purchase of a $9-million condo in Manhattan.
Now, here’s the critical part that Michael is leaving out:
But a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada said in a statement to CTV News: “Consul General Clark is unavailable on the date initially proposed. However, he has indicated he is happy to attend, and work is underway with the committee to find an alternate date.”
Plus, there’s the fact that the old unit was just listed for $13 million, and it would have cost a couple of million to renovate the old unit, so, according to Global Affairs Spokeswoman Charlotte MacLeod, the purchase saved Canadians millions of dollars.
So, we’re coming out ahead on the deal. Great! Right?
Well, not according to rage-farming Cons. Of course, Garnett and Michael tried to explain the good news (Coming out ahead by $4-6M) away by saying the old unit was only listed and hadn’t been sold for that much, so *something something* it magically doesn’t matter.
When, in fact, it blows this whole bullshit scandal out of the water.
But we all know this isn’t about the $9 million spent on Trudeau’s “man in New York” or whatever the hell Barrett was going about.
Remembering when the Conservatives first summoned Tom Clark… pic.twitter.com/XgD19uSGQO
— Greg MacEachern (@gmacofglebe) August 27, 2024
It’s all about having another rage-farming scandal, and this:
He had nothing to do with it and you damn well know it.
Plus the old one is listed for $13M, PLUS saving a couple million on renos.
This is really about you #CPC Cons harassing and hounding people so they won't want to be appointed/get into politics. #RageClown pic.twitter.com/USXQArfAdk
— Jason Pugh 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 (@TheJasonPugh) August 25, 2024
That’s what it’s really all about. Cons know this isn’t a scandal. At all.
This whole BS “scandal” is no different than how they harassed former Governor General David Johnston out of being the Special Rapporteur. Saying he and Justin were “Ski buddies” because 50 years ago, Johnston owned a house 50 kilometres away from Pierre Trudeau…or some such stupidity.
This fake “scandal” is about two things.
Number one, they must keep the faux-rage machine chugging along at all times. That’s what they use to fill in the gaps between Pierre Poilievre blurting out three-word slogans.
The second point is, as I said in the tweet above, to harass and hound anyone either appointed by the Liberals or who may be considering run for them.
To the point where Barrett is saying they’ll have Canada’s consul general in New York, Tom Clark, ARRESTED over their completely fabricated “scandal.”
“There was no influence from Mr. Clark. He was not involved in the consultation or decision process,” said senior assistant deputy minister at Global Affairs Canada Stéphane Cousineau.
I’ve said before and I’ll say it again: Conservatives are out to destroy all social and political norms in Canada.
WTAF?#PierrePoilievreIsWeird – and has always been weird.
With all due respect to Senators Adler & Muggli, this clip from 2014 is F'n hilarious!
Why is @PierrePoilievre watching from above, and why is he so sad?#cdnpoli https://t.co/2i9FXhULoV pic.twitter.com/k2q5rAKnFK
— Jason Pugh 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 (@TheJasonPugh) August 17, 2024
I mean, just look at their leader. There’s certainly nothing normal about Pierre Poilievre.
JP