This is absolutely terrible news.

With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.

h/t @merz.bsky.social

The government under the Prime Minister is a ministry (so the ministry in place at the time Parliament dissolved simply continues - no terms). For iterations of time, we simply refer to 'Parliaments'. This will be the 45th.

We don't use 'terms' because terms imply a fixed unit of time.

Newfoundland expression "The arse is out of 'er" generally means things have gone very, very badly.

Cochrane on the NDP: "The arse is out of their vote." #CBCNN

There is something especially galling about Trudeau bemoaning FPTP electoral system when his government had both a majority and an explicit mandate for changing it after the 2015 election.

#NEW: Jagmeet Singh says NDP will vote to bring down the Trudeau government

#NEW: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should resign as Liberal leader after Chrystia Freeland left her post as finance minister this morning.

1:04: 'Sources tell CTV News that the prime minister has conveyed to cabinet that he is considering prorogation or resignation, and he’s potentially planning to address Parliament this afternoon.'

I understand some partisans don't like when people in a party speak up. But a political party isn't a cult. If people who care greatly about the party don't speak up when things are really are off the rails, then we're doing a disservice to the country & to ourselves.

This is big news - may spark an immediate election call, absolute flurry of activity in Ottawa right now

Holy shit.

To my non-Canadian followers: We’re having a bit of a Monday up here. The TL will be rather maple-flavoured for a while. Hope to sort it out soon.

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