The CBC must do something to stop Conservative Members of Parliament appearing on Evan Solomon's program to spin away from obvious major mistakes, deliberate breaches, and even lies by members of their Caucus and Cabinet. Every time Power and Politics attempts to investigate these stories - the Conservative member assigned to Evan successfully trips the interviewer and is permitted to go on and on with a message of spin to redirect bad behavior back to Liberals and NDP.
The government is the government and should be held to the highest level of account. Further the Conservatives continually being allowed to say "the Liberals did the same thing" without simply cutting them off - is beyond me. The Conservatives did not campaign by saying we are going to do exactly what the Liberals did so elect us instead. They campaigned on openness, accountability, no patronage, elected Senate, and MP's being permitted to represent their people.
Evan today was presenting an actual government document dealing with electioneering. The Conservative assigned today - then read from unsubstantiated documents that he held up partially to the camera - that Evan did not see prior nor was able to investigate. Evan then says to the Liberal representative - is there anything to this? Excuse me what?
Document from Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney's office - targeting ethnic vote - to the point of being offensive to me or to anybody for that matter. I would have to say the contents the media displayed are essentially racial electoral profiling, identification, and then targeting for votes.
This is extremely serious and the media must be able to control spin doctors of the Conservative Party. The acceptability of inconsistencies and irregularities in politics today - has made our democracy less than what it should be - and is causing continued growth of voter apathy. A few decades ago - a Prime Minister would have dismissed these people - full period - stop.
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Spot on Sue!
Evan Solomon needs to grow a backbone and step in quickly when a slimy MP like Pierre Poilivre tries to highjack a panel and spin his way out of the topic of the interview.
In question period today this same MP was CON go-to guy for ignoring serious questions from the other parties and spewing out the same talking point to over a dozen questions about the 'in and out' scandal. The Harper cabinet and caucus are nothing but a bunch of muted stooges. In their arrogance they think Canadians don't care about how they abuse our system of government.
The arrogance and disrespect for parliament of the CONserative government knows no bounds. If Loyola Sullivan or worst still Mr. Merv 'Harper is good' Wiseman get elected here I will have lost all faith in the good sense of Newfoundlanders.
My God, Sue, you are right.
I'm beginning to think that Solomon is partisan.
I don't have particularly strong feelings for the Liberals or the Conservatives, but his style of journalism is pathetic.
Yes - I likewise am not pro Conservative or Liberal - but this show called "power and politics" needs a new host.
Canadians deserve better from our public broadcaster.
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