Today's News: Declare victory and leave

If former Sask premier Brad Wall had ever bothered to learn French, he could have been a Conservative prime minister. He had the persona of a golden boy and the Toronto suburbs might have voted for him. 

But as it turned out, just as well he stayed in Swift Current. 

The news came out today that he had been advising the Convoy back in February. He basically told them they weren't going to get the Liberals to resign, so they should just declare victory and leave, with their bank accounts and reputations (relatively) intact. 

It was good advice from an experienced politician who knew when a battle wasn't going to be won. So of course the Convoy didn't follow it. 

Ultimately their leaders went to jail, their so-called "movement" was discredited with the thousands of credulous people who had supported it, they lost all their money, and they were chased out of the border crossings and away from Ottawa after Trudeau commandeered the tow trucks.

Phone dump shows Wall suggested convoy "declare a victory of sorts" over mandate rollbacks and give money to charities. He also proposed a headline for a press release. https://t.co/DWvsOitOCc pic.twitter.com/x1MMNZrn1L

— Glen McGregor (@glen_mcgregor) July 4, 2022

Sounds like coordination to me https://t.co/NP9wuNvcnR

— Devin's Red Hat (@DevinShat) July 5, 2022

This is the fellow Brad Wall gave advice to on how to successfully cause mayhem on the streets of Ottawa during the convoy. Real stand-up guy. https://t.co/31UK7T7d58

— Eric Bell (@eric_bellMB) July 4, 2022

Saskatchewan is furious: