The folks at Winnipeg Sports Talk had a somewhat (okay, much) more cynical take, largely based on the fact that Maurice has participated in handshake lines as recently as last year, is known for being good in front of the media, and managed to talk about how this is all about the players for a solid two minutes.

Their take, not mine. I’ve got a lot of affection for PoMo, but admittedly that is precisely because he’s so good in front of a microphone.

Edit: Timestamp of the conversation.

Captain or no, I don’t think there’s any evidence that he had any knowledge of what was going on, is there?

Chevy is much more heavily implicated in that mess, even though he was found to have been “not responsible for the improper decisions made by the Chicago Blackhawks”.

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EHLERRRRRRRRS

I’ve never heard of these - wot in tarnation…?

A decent chunk of his argument is simply to push back against this…loudly.

Finally, it is time to start calling out a lot of provincial grievance for the rank bullshit it often is.

Thanks - I find the “reformed” Senate fascinating.

Full credit to their fans for starting an initiative to donate $55 to the True North Foundation, though. Very classy, and worthy of mention.

But was it PROPELLED?! This is an important distinction, which is why the rule book spends so much time on it…

Hopefully they’ll just let it go - the Jets don’t need any distractions.

I’m not normally one for fan chants, but that was good comedy.

I certainly agree that it needs government oversight and attention. A ministry, though…I’m not convinced, and inclined to think the worst when “we’ll use AI to fix the government” was a consistent taking point during the campaign.

But it was rightly pointed out that AI is only part of the name. I’d just as soon it not be there, but we’ll see what happens.

I don’t know if there’s any scenario where I think it’s worthy of its own ministry.

Former journalist Evan Solomon takes on a newly created role as minister of artificial intelligence.

Ugh.

It was a BQ riding, not CPC.

wat

July 1 is his self-established deadline.

Well you see, she doesn’t support sovereignty, and has to stop them from starting their own party, so obviously she has to give them what they want, stoke the flames, and make it easier to hold a referendum.

It’s so simple!

At this point, “one crank neurologist” seems to be the most likely explanation by far.

This was an independent study, not the government investigation.

I’m by no means suggesting that the FDA cuts are good (they are, to be very clear, dumb and bad), but in theory, food is still being tested at the state level.

I can only hope that the Government of Canada is aware of the state programs, and whether they are suitably robust.