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Methinks folks should never forget that Mackay answered my lawsuit (Federal Court File No. T-1557-15 while he was our Attorney General and Trudeau was well aware of statement 83 N'esy Pas?


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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mackay-trudeau-yoga-tweet-conservative-leadership-1.5450245

Peter MacKay 'not happy' with tweet needling Trudeau over yoga expenses

Conservative leadership candidate says he wants his campaign to have a more 'civilized' tone

Hannah Thibedeau· CBC News· Posted: Feb 03, 2020 3:01 PM ET



Conservative leadership candidate Peter MacKay greets supporters at a meet and greet event in Ottawa Jan. 26, 2020. (Justin Tang/THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Peter MacKay was "not happy" with a tweet issued by his leadership team poking fun at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's yoga habit, the Conservative leadership candidate told CBC News today.

The tweet — from MacKay's verified account — shows a photo of Trudeau performing a yoga move on a desk on Parliament Hill. The caption says that "while running for leader of the Liberal Party,

Trudeau's campaign expensed $876.95 in yoga sessions and spa bills for Justin Trudeau. Liberals can't be trusted."



10:55 AM - Feb 1, 2020


MacKay said he wants to maintain a "civilized" tone in his campaign for the Conservative leadership and thinks that tweet crossed a line. But he said he won't apologize for it or take it down.

"Well, it's factual, but I want to keep the tone civilized," he said. "I want to keep the tone about solutions. I want to move to a better place and a better discourse. And so ... I am not happy at the way that was put up on my site. And I voiced that to my team.

"I didn't have eyes on that (tweet). And you know, that happens in the early days of a campaign. We're getting our messaging and our communication down. I'm travelling about the country and we have people on the ground making certain decisions, and so we've tightened that up now to a better approval process."

MacKay himself has been attacked in the past over spending decisions. In July 2010, when he was the minister of defence, MacKay was airlifted by a search and rescue helicopter from a private fishing lodge near Gander, N.L. so he could catch a flight back for a government announcement. The Cormorant helicopter used to transport MacKay cost $32,000 an hour to operate; MacKay's trip to the airport took 25 minutes, including a 15-minute hoist exercise.

Aggressive messaging

MacKay insisted again today that was an appropriate use of government resources. "The reality is I was a government minister using a government asset to do government work, and that's an entirely different scenario than the one that was pointed out," he said.

Since the leadership race got underway, both MacKay's campaign and the one supporting Ontario MP Erin O'Toole's leadership run have been sending out some pugnacious messages online.

O'Toole, for example, has been urging his supporters to "take Canada back" and is accusing the Trudeau Liberals of seeking to "control news you read online" — an apparent reference to an expert panel's report on streaming services and media licensing.


Trudeau wants to control what you see on Netflix.

Trudeau wants to control news you read online.

This is wrong. This is dangerous.

Let’s take back Canada. Join our fight: https://erinotoole.ca



3:29 PM - Feb 2, 2020


Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault appeared before reporters today to walk back comments he made over the weekend that seemed to indicate the government plans to license media outlets. "Our government has no intention to impose licensing requirements on news organizations, nor will we try to regulate news content," Guilbeault said Monday.

Michelle Austin, head of government and policy relations at Twitter Canada, said an aggressive tone online won't serve leadership candidates in the long run.

"I think Canadians want from the Conservative Party a bigger conversation and a more inclusive conversation. I believe that is the message that they received from the 2019 election," she said. "So I think, if it was me advising them, I would use platforms like Twitter to launch themselves but also to engage in a conversation.

"Talk about new ideas, talk about new strategies, talk about how you're going to win. I wouldn't go as negative as fast."

MacKay is considered the frontrunner in the leadership race. A recent Léger poll of Conservative voters (though not necessarily of all party members) gives MacKay 42 per cent support, against just six per cent for Michelle Rempel Garner, four per cent for O'Toole and two per cent for Marilyn Gladu. (Gladu and O'Toole have confirmed they're running; Rempel Garner has not.)
MacKay said he does not expect to receive former leader Stephen Harper's endorsement, even though he and Harper were instrumental in the merger of the Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parties that created the modern Conservative Party in 2003.

"We've had a couple of brief conversations and I spoke to him in anticipation of my decision, and so he has encouraged me to do it. He's been supportive. I don't expect he will be actively involved in anyone's campaign," MacKay said.

Mackay spent time in Montreal this weekend doing media interviews in French and meeting organizers and business leaders. He said he's getting good reviews for his French skills so far, even though he is being lambasted in Quebec media for not being bilingual.

"So my ability to communicate in both official languages — they can mock, but the reality is it's there, it's improving, it will continue to improve," he said.

"I've been away from politics and public life for over four years and haven't had the necessity to use French to the degree that I did when I was a member of Parliament. So I'm confident in my ability to bring it back to an acceptable level."






3942 Comments






David Amos
Methinks folks should never forget that Mackay answered my lawsuit (Federal Court File No. T-1557-15 while he was our Attorney General and Trudeau was well aware of statement 83 N'esy Pas?















Brian Sexsmith
What an obvious game - his team issues derogatory statements, then he thinks he's absolving himself by saying he's not happy about it. Pathetic - even the blind could see through this one.


David Amos
Reply to @Brian Sexsmith:  Methinks that is why so many comments about the wicked game are being blocked N'esy Pas?







Charlie Mason
So 4 days later the tweet that he disapproves of is still there. Wow, what a great leader, he can't even control his own Twitter feed.



























John Valente
An exercise of power that an auditor general will eventually comment on. Peter Mackay has acknowledged yoga tweet. It seems that his team was too eager to measure up to Justin.




























Alex McNiven
Mackay allows a post made in his name to to stay on his site even when he disagrees with it. What kind of leader is that? If he doesn't like it, he should take it down. Otherwise, someone else is in charge, not him.


David AmosContent diabled
Reply to @Alex McNiven: Methinks if the Maritime lawyer I call Petey Baby were truly a wiseguy he would have read my Tweets about this nonsense by now N'esy Pas?





























Jeff Munroe
It seems every time the Conservatives decry some freedom of speech issue they claim to experience the wrong end of, they're more than happy to squash freedom of the press to do their jobs. Mackay's damage control seems disingenuous, given he could have ordered his own staff to stand down given it was a valid question. He is in charge, isn't he?




























Rick R Fontaine
If Peter MacKay was a real conservative and wanted them in power he would have been backing Andrew Sheer instead of attacking him.I cannot support somebody like that



























Robert Williamson
The Cons are just like Trump. They will mock anything liberal i.e. anyone who is part of the 66% who voted against them. It's part of their DNA.
























Loran Hayden
So, Peter, what was the price on those f-35's again?



Loran Hayden
Reply to @Beth Andrews: And they say Trudeau taking a helicopter ride from the Aga Khan should mean he resigns, pays the cost of the trip and goes to prison. :oD


Aaron Lane 

David Amos
Reply to @Aaron Lane: Methinks folks should check out my lawsuit etc then feel free to quote me all day long N'esy Pas?




















Tim Wolfe
Why would he be upset as the tweet clearly stated FACTS but then Libs hate the truth!


David Amos 
Beth Andrews
Reply to @Loran Hayden:
The list is long..
Google:
Harper, Serial Ab user of Power: The Evidence Compiled
The Tyee’s full, updated list of 70 Harper government assa ults on democracy and the law.
























David Amos
Methinks MacKay enjoyed my Tweets N'esy Pas?

























Ronda Schone
Happy Ending Yoga class on behalf of tax payers!!




























Loran Hayden























Dave Yash
I’m glad he has time for yoga on top of all his other weekly holidays
Doesn’t anyone think maybe should be trying to run the country
Write some more cheque’s even though we’re bankrupt

Any company if audited tried to write off 0.001% of the things he gets away with they’d probably get put away, yet Canadians continually put up with it






























John McInerney
More evidence of major fault lines (fractures) in the CPC(Canada's Phoney Coalition) !


































Wilhelm Mux
They're still running this for two days? Thibodeau total right wing patsy...
































Pat Fisher
If Erin is so keen to join the fight, he should first join the gym.

































David Amos
Methinks CBC is coming from behind the eight ball with this story N'esy Pas?































Matthew Smith
I just dont understand how any Canadian could trust McKay after what he did the last time he was elected leader.


Loran Hayden 
Troy Murschell
Reply to @Matthew Smith: No fan of faux Liberal MacKay, but compared to the current occupant of the PM’s office, he’s a scholar and a gentleman - a rare digit in the third column of IQ compared to JT and his Cabinet.






























David Schokman
Come next election the Liberals are done, NDP are not viable, the Conservatives would be an alternative until this display of arrogance of communication staff of Peter Mackay pulling the plug on a relatively simple question, someone who is not yet even the leader of his party let alone the country. Secretive and crooked now, what can you expect if they were in power? Anyone got a helicopter to pick me up from a fishing trip on the tax payers dime? Mesmerizing!




Claude Marcotte
Reply to @David Schokman: The presumed death of the Liberal party is greatly exaggerated.































Robert Lee
Google search, in images...

Pierre Poilievre flipping a 500 lbs. tire
























Loran Hayden
conservatives talking civilization or even civility should be viewed with extreme skepticism.
































Carl Gustaf Hubertus
So when you send out a nasty Tweet and there is blowback ........ blame some low level staffer.

Great leadership McKay.





David Amos
Reply to @Carl Gustaf Hubertus: Methinks that should be no surprise. Remember Robo calls and who went to jail? Everybody knows that to blame the little guy is par for the course for the Conservative Party N'esy Pas? 


David Amos
Reply to @Edward (E) Merij: Dream on



























Carl Gustaf Hubertus
A more civilized tone? Well then don't hire any Conservatives to work on your campaign and send your own Tweets.





David Amos
Reply to @Carl Gustaf Hubertus: Methinks that would spoil all the fun in watching the circus N'esy Pas? 


David Amos
Reply to @Carl Gustaf Hubertus: I repeat Dream on






















Don Cheer
I'm not happy but yet I am not taking it down

Ok Pete ok


David Amos