What a typically Canadian scandal this is.
I guess only non-entities like me are ever supposed to raise money for charities - over the years I have given a few bucks to the Saskatoon Food Bank and the Canadian Wildlife Federation, and I went door-to-door for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and for Diabetes Canada.
So as far as the Globe and Mail is concerned, that's OK as long as I never achieve any public prominence or get active in politics years after.
Because hey, how dare people like Katie Telford and Seamus O'Regan, back in 2010, years before they were involved in politics, volunteer to work on creating artworks in developing countries, to support a charity then called Free The Children which later morphed into WE Charity and then later still got money from the feds to run a gigantic volunteer effort to give Canadian university students some support during COVID summer.
Can't have that. This corruption must be STOPPED I tell you! And The Globe and Mail is ON IT!
I guess if I ever do become a cabinet minister or something, I'll have to make very very sure that I never never have anything to do with any decisions around funding for, say, the Heart and Stroke Foundation. After all, I could be charged with having an awful and corrupt conflict of interest, I guess.
I would think that sometime next week, or maybe the week after, we will start seeing news stories with Conservatives and NDP expressing deep deep concern for the horrible situation of Canadian post-secondary students, with lots of hand wringing about what in the world they are going to do for money to pay tuition this fall. Somehow, its all going to be Trudeau's fault again of course.What I learned about Canadian politics this week: charities that administer services to young people bear a level of scrutiny that a pipeline company given billions from the Alberta taxpayer for Keystone (which will never be built) doesn't have to face#cdnpoli
— DJ Chocolate Milk (@DJChocolateMLK) July 11, 2020
Oh gag me with a spoon.
Trudeau's Canada Student Service Grant idea was a good one, innovative and useful, another Trudeau success.
Oh, can't have that. Not during a Conservative leadership campaign, when they were all just desperate to knock the Liberals off their perch at a time when Trudeau is so popular across Canada and around the world. It had to be trashed, and trashed it has been.
Of course they had to trash an outstanding Canadian children's charity while they were at it, but can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
So what can be done now? Well, nothing. I might be wrong but I think its too late to fix it this summer.
Trudeau should just expand CERB eligibility to anyone who intends to go to school in the fall. Move the Student Service Grant funds into the CERB budget, and let students claim the benefit for July and August, and just be done with it. I think they would each get about $4,000, which would be something.
And he can urge them to volunteer somewhere, too. Maybe the service grant program can continue in the fall and winter, when government staff will have the time to run it.
Ending this post on a more cheerful note, here's some funny:
REASONS TO NOT WEAR A FACE MASK pic.twitter.com/Ah75mzSF24
— Brittlestar (@brittlestar) July 10, 2020
This is how the evolution of the desk works pic.twitter.com/1NcmZ17epV
— I Didn't Know That (@lDidNotKnowThat) July 12, 2020
— NotHereForYourBS🇨🇦🇬🇧🏴🦄🌈📚🎧☕️ (@1peculiarchik) July 13, 2020
You need this. We all need this. #LoveWins#FreshTweets @thegoodgodabove TY
— Southern Sister Resister (@ResisterSis20) July 10, 2020
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