Today's News: Media declare the French leaders debate a draw; Carney leaps tall buildings with a single bound; Poilievre has figured out how he can undercut the Charter; and what is Carney's cat called?

Media declares the French leaders debate was a draw:

Wednesday was the first of the two leaders debates. 

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Poilievre and his short pants boys have had two years to figure out their policies and THIS is the best they can do?

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Big Daddy is talking about great ideas:

#CanadianElection 🇨🇦🍁 #ELXN45 🇨🇦🍁 - Amid ongoing trade tensions w/US & w/Canadians opting for local vacations, Mark Carney introduced a “Canada Strong Pass,” calling it a way to make it easier for families to explore the country this summer. #ElbowsUpCanada 💪 globalnews.ca/news/1112872...

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— The Torontonian🍁🇪🇺 🇬🇱 🇲🇽 🇺🇦🏒⚽️ (@thetorontonian.bsky.social) April 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM

Well done Manitoba & Canada, I’m sure we have PM Carney to thank for the push to develop better trade relations with the EU and to focus on Canadian northern ports. #CarneyForCanada #CanadaEUTrade

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— FF-Suze (@suze-bsky.bsky.social) April 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM

Prime Minister Mark Carney announces a $15,000 mid-career training and upskilling benefit

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— Mark Carney For PM (@markcarneyforpm.bsky.social) April 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM

Inflation rate going down during a trade war when expected to increase. Not keeping Mark Carney as Prime Minister would be a huge missed opportunity. #Canada #Canadian #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Politics #Liberal #TeamCarney

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— Kagon (@kagon07.bsky.social) April 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM

And he tells the truth:

"Mr Carney would you say our immigration system has gone off the rails?"

"Well yes. Especially after the pandemic."

It's that kind of honest answer that makes Canadians trust @MarkJCarney

It's also why other leaders can't land a punch on him. #DebatsDesChefs #Debate2025

— Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 (@LauraBabcock) April 16, 2025

NEW: Mark Carney confirms Canadian tariffs come into effect at midnight tonight. “President Trump caused this trade crisis” #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦

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— News Eye (@newseye.bsky.social) April 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM

Oh, that pesky "Notwithstanding" clause! 

"How dare the Supreme Court stop me from doing whatever I want!" 

Now we understand why Poilievre is promising to use the "notwithstanding" clause to eviscerate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

My latest: Poilievre isn’t proposing to use the notwithstanding clause to pass his crime bill — the point of the crime bill is so that he can use the notwithstanding clause https://t.co/bH3knh9gkX pic.twitter.com/FSPPRDPRzo

— Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 (@acoyne) April 15, 2025

Andrew Coyne / The Globe and Mail
In the U.S., defying the courts is a constitutional crisis. In Canada, it’s a simple matter of paperwork

....Mr. Poilievre shares the aim of his provincial confreres: to legitimize the notwithstanding clause by repeated use, and so to neutralize the Charter as a constraint on government
He’s picked the perfect starting point, of course. There can be few less sympathetic figures than multiple murderers. But even the worst among us is entitled to some rights, as most would agree, given a moment’s thought. For all the enduring popularity of “an eye for an eye” as a principle of justice, we do not actually practice it in this country: we do not rape rapists, or torture torturers, and we gave up killing killers long ago.
...But this isn’t about crime, or justice. It isn’t even about winning elections, though that is plainly part of it. What Mr. Poilievre really wants is an unassailably popular test case for the first federal use of the notwithstanding clause, with which to accelerate the project begun at the provincial level – of normalizing the clause, and eviscerating the Charter.

Cole Bennett / Cole.notcole

Debate Reflections, Long Weekend Politics, and the Dangerous Normalization of Overriding Charter Rights
...Here’s what people need to understand:
This is not about protecting criminals. It’s about protecting the Charter. Full stop.
Pierre Poilievre is using extreme and rare criminal cases, people like Paul Bernardo, to justify his plan. But we must take those examples off the table. Because the Charter doesn’t just apply to the people we like it applies especially to the people we don’t.
....The Charter exists to restrain power, not to grant it. The judicial branch exists to check Parliament, not to serve it.
The notwithstanding clause was meant as a rare, emergency tool not a political battering ram. But Poilievre has made it clear: he will use it pre-emptively and broadly, to override constitutional protections if the courts get in his way.
That’s not just dangerous. That’s a fundamental threat to Canadian democracy.
So when you’re sitting with your uncle or your coworker or your neighbour this weekend, and they say,
“Well, I don’t want criminals getting off easy,”
ask them this:
“Do you want a government that decides who gets rights and who doesn’t?”
Because if one person can lose their Charter protections, then so can all of us.

Finally, here's some breaking news:

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