CBC PoliticsMar 11
Liberals are elated while Poilievre accuses Carney of ‘backroom deals’ after NDP defection
Smiling broadly, Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed MP Lori Idlout to the Liberal caucus Wednesday after convincing yet another opposition member to defect to the governing party — a political coup that brings him one step closer to a majority government.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/lori-idlout-floor-crossing-liberals-elated-conservatives-fume-9.7123932?cmp=rss
Kyiv Independent Daily HeadlinesApr 15, 2025

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

The Kyiv Independent [unofficial] Russia’s war against Ukraine A building is destroyed by a Russian drone strike in Odesa, Ukraine, on April 14, 2025. (Nina Liashonok/ Ukrinform / NurPhoto via Getty Images) Kyiv invites EU leaders on May 9 to counter Putin’s victory parade. Ukraine has invited top European Union officials to visit Kyiv on May 9 in a symbolic move to counter Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual Victory Day parade in Moscow, Politico reported on April 14, citing […]

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/04/tuesday-april-15-2025/

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 – Writeworks.UK

Show threadCanadian CroneMay 27, 2024
@chrismak @gemelliz #BackroomDeals are the preferred form of government by Doug Ford
ben dafydd gillardNov 16, 2023

Why was "an overseas foreign minister" meeting with Winston Peters in Auckland earlier this week? Why did that foreign minister say "he wanted to see" Winston Peters?

He's not even in government yet. The old government is still The Government so Peters has no official capacity, as I understand it. Will there be transparency about this meeting, its participants and purpose?

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/502574/winston-peters-says-meeting-with-foreign-minister-disrupted-flight-to-wellington

#Opacity #BackroomDeals #NZPol

Winston Peters says meeting with foreign minister disrupted flight to Wellington

Winston Peters says "pretty substantial" progress has been made today, and shed some light on why he never arrived in Wellington on Tuesday.

RNZ
My Eyes Are Dim 👓Nov 8, 2023

Internal emails shed new light on a flurry of developer requests and provincial approvals in #Caledon: the #GreenbeltScandal continues...

The Trillium has new reporting on:

  • developers paying $1,000-a-plate for a Sylvia Jones fundraiser

  • "should not proceed" recommendations being overturned for party donors

  • plans for #Highway413 being used to support rezoning orders, including one for 200 hectares of "prime agricultural" land

#DougFord #OnPoli #BackroomDeals

https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/municipalities-transit-and-infrastructure/ford-government-rezoned-land-after-developer-donations-despite-ministry-pushback-7795100

Ford government rezoned land after developer donations, despite ministry pushback

Internal emails shed new light on the government's decision-making process when it opened up Greenbelt and other land for development

The Trillium
My Eyes Are Dim 👓Oct 4, 2023

"The ultimate responsibility here is with the premier." #DougFord #GreenbeltScandal #OnPoli

Ford and his staffers have... all denied knowing how the sites were selected.

But

Ted McMeekin, a former housing minister under Premier Kathleen Wynne's government, says... "It is inconceivable to me that Ford… wasn't aware of what was happening."

And

"[claims of ignorance raise] the question of who exactly is governing the province"

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/greenbelt-accountability-ford-1.6985348

#BackroomDeals
#BrokenPromises

ANALYSIS | Accountability in Greenbelt controversy leads back to Premier Doug Ford, political experts say | CBC News

One political observer says Ontario's premier is likely to survive the recent Greenbelt scandal since he's apologized and reversed course, but political scientists and a former Liberal cabinet minister say the responsibility for initiating the policy and allowing it through cabinet still lies with him.

CBC
My Eyes Are Dim 👓Sep 21, 2023

#DougFord says it was 'a mistake' to open #Greenbelt, process moved 'too fast':

I made a promise to you that I wouldn't touch the Greenbelt. I broke that promise

#BackroomDeals
#BrokenPromises

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-stag-and-doe-integrity-commissioner-1.6974058

NDP Leader Marit Stiles said:

Mr. Ford continues to dodge responsibility as the Premier of this province, especially as this whole scandal has pulled back the curtain on a government all too comfortable making backroom deals.

#HandsOffOurGreenbelt
#OnPoli

Ford apologizes for 'wrong' Greenbelt decision, vows to reverse land swap | CBC News

The Ontario government is changing course and reversing a contentious land swap for the province’s protected Greenbelt, following weeks of pressure and two minister resignations.

CBC
OccuWorldJul 27, 2023

This Is How We Finally Kill Turbotax

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvEEJdHffaQ&ab_channel=MorePerfectUnion

Filing your taxes could be free starting this year. The IRS is running a direct-file pilot program. The goal is to make companies like TurboTax obsolete through a system where your taxes are filled out for you. But tax prep companies are spending millions to block them.

#fraud #targetingvulnerable #handsinyourpockets #freeforall #intuit #hrblock #bribery #corruption #backroomdeals

This Is How We Finally Kill Turbotax

YouTube
Dean Betz #🟦Apr 25, 2023
So now we learn Justice Gorsuch failed to disclose a real estate deal with lawyers who practice before the Supreme Court. Roberts needs to get busy on ethics. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/25/neil-gorsuch-colorado-property-sale-00093579 #SCOTUS #BackRoomDeals #JudicialEthics
Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property

The Supreme Court justice did not report the identity of the purchaser, whose firm has had numerous cases before the court.

POLITICO
Show threadJay StatesApr 24, 2023
@Green_Footballs money is money afterall. Maybe he knew that Twitter was DOA and wanted to offload it to said maniac to lose money? #backroomdeals #greedkills