Scott Robertson
@sarobertson.bsky.social
🇨🇦 national affairs journalist
🎬 compulsive video clipper
📰 daily news brief (m-f): canadanownews.substack.com
🎬 compulsive video clipper
📰 daily news brief (m-f): canadanownews.substack.com
CBC's David Cochrane details the wildly different accounts of Chris d'Entremont's meeting with Andrew Scheer and Chris Warkentin.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
CBC's David Cochrane details the wildly different accounts of Chris d'Entremont's meeting with Andrew Scheer and Chris Warkentin.
Prime Minister Carney says the next round of major projects will be announced on Thursday.
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Prime Minister Carney says the next round of major projects will be announced on Thursday.
Prime Minister Carney trolls Dominic LeBlanc: "It is a great pleasure to be here with three great colleagues. Well two great colleagues. And Dominic."
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Prime Minister Carney trolls Dominic LeBlanc: "It is a great pleasure to be here with three great colleagues. Well two great colleagues. And Dominic."
wow. even blocked, this clown is still stealing all my posts. that's dedication.
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
wow. even blocked, this clown is still stealing all my posts. that's dedication.
Easily the cringiest This Hour Has 22 Minutes sketch ever.
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Easily the cringiest This Hour Has 22 Minutes sketch ever.
Andrew Scheer says that if the budget passes, “everything in Canada will be exactly like Mark Carney wants.” But also, Carney wants a snap election…to distract from getting everything he wants.
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Andrew Scheer says that if the budget passes, “everything in Canada will be exactly like Mark Carney wants.” But also, Carney wants a snap election…to distract from getting everything he wants.
Scheer dances around a question about whether the Conservative Party’s policy going forward will oppose the very notion of floor crossing.
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Scheer dances around a question about whether the Conservative Party’s policy going forward will oppose the very notion of floor crossing.
Andrew Scheer repeats the claim that Liberals are using undemocratic actions to get a majority, saying "Canadians clearly voted for a minority government."
(where on the ballot did it say 'minority parliament'?)
(where on the ballot did it say 'minority parliament'?)
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Andrew Scheer repeats the claim that Liberals are using undemocratic actions to get a majority, saying "Canadians clearly voted for a minority government."
(where on the ballot did it say 'minority parliament'?)
(where on the ballot did it say 'minority parliament'?)
Scott Reid mocks Conservative attempts to downplay chaotic caucus landscape: “We see members releasing hostage videos—‘I’m just fine, blink blink, all is well, love it here.’”
November 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Scott Reid mocks Conservative attempts to downplay chaotic caucus landscape: “We see members releasing hostage videos—‘I’m just fine, blink blink, all is well, love it here.’”
Scott Reid on the Conservatives’ very bad week: “Mark Carney has got to be the luckiest man that’s ever entered politics... All we’re talking about here, days after the budget in a minority parliament, is Pierre Poilievre, his leadership, and whether or not it’s sturdy enough to survive.”
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Scott Reid on the Conservatives’ very bad week: “Mark Carney has got to be the luckiest man that’s ever entered politics... All we’re talking about here, days after the budget in a minority parliament, is Pierre Poilievre, his leadership, and whether or not it’s sturdy enough to survive.”
Poilievre’s office on allegations of pushing and yelling by Scheer and Warkentin: “Chris d’Entremont, who established himself a liar after willfully deceiving his voters, friends, and colleagues...is now spinning more lies after crossing the floor. He will fit in perfectly in the Liberal caucus.”
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Poilievre’s office on allegations of pushing and yelling by Scheer and Warkentin: “Chris d’Entremont, who established himself a liar after willfully deceiving his voters, friends, and colleagues...is now spinning more lies after crossing the floor. He will fit in perfectly in the Liberal caucus.”
Chris d'Entremont on campaigning during the last election: “We tried to stay away from pictures of the leader and all those things, because every single door or many of those doors that we went to, it was, ‘Chris, I can’t vote for you this time because I don’t like Pierre Poilievre.’”
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Chris d'Entremont on campaigning during the last election: “We tried to stay away from pictures of the leader and all those things, because every single door or many of those doors that we went to, it was, ‘Chris, I can’t vote for you this time because I don’t like Pierre Poilievre.’”
Chris d'Entremont on raising concerns about Poilievre's leadership style: "Even if in some of those conversations it did seem that he felt that he was going to be changing, or he understood that he might have to change his leadership style, I saw none of that in the fall session."
November 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Chris d'Entremont on raising concerns about Poilievre's leadership style: "Even if in some of those conversations it did seem that he felt that he was going to be changing, or he understood that he might have to change his leadership style, I saw none of that in the fall session."
CULLEN: Did you mean for the story to come out this way, through Politico, on budget day?
d'ENTREMONT: No, it wasn't. I think in passing it was a comment. I probably should have phrased it a little bit better. And quite honestly I didn't expect it to be stuck up on Facebook or Twitter that quickly.
d'ENTREMONT: No, it wasn't. I think in passing it was a comment. I probably should have phrased it a little bit better. And quite honestly I didn't expect it to be stuck up on Facebook or Twitter that quickly.
November 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
CULLEN: Did you mean for the story to come out this way, through Politico, on budget day?
d'ENTREMONT: No, it wasn't. I think in passing it was a comment. I probably should have phrased it a little bit better. And quite honestly I didn't expect it to be stuck up on Facebook or Twitter that quickly.
d'ENTREMONT: No, it wasn't. I think in passing it was a comment. I probably should have phrased it a little bit better. And quite honestly I didn't expect it to be stuck up on Facebook or Twitter that quickly.
d'ENTREMONT: "Over the summer, when Andrew was the acting leader of the party, the tone never changed. The tone that we should have learned something from losing a third election...It's time that I find other opportunities to support my constituents...And I can't do it sitting in that frat house."
November 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
d'ENTREMONT: "Over the summer, when Andrew was the acting leader of the party, the tone never changed. The tone that we should have learned something from losing a third election...It's time that I find other opportunities to support my constituents...And I can't do it sitting in that frat house."
Chris d'Entremont on being confronted by Andrew Scheer and Chris Warkentin: "I had the house leader and the whip barge into my office, push my assistant aside, rush in, take the door and just push it wide open, to sit there and tell me how much of a snake I really was."
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Chris d'Entremont on being confronted by Andrew Scheer and Chris Warkentin: "I had the house leader and the whip barge into my office, push my assistant aside, rush in, take the door and just push it wide open, to sit there and tell me how much of a snake I really was."
CULLEN: Was Matt Jeneroux one of the people you believe may cross the floor?
d'ENTREMONT: I mean, we know that Matt did resign, our resign in the future, but I'll let him tell his story.
d'ENTREMONT: I mean, we know that Matt did resign, our resign in the future, but I'll let him tell his story.
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
CULLEN: Was Matt Jeneroux one of the people you believe may cross the floor?
d'ENTREMONT: I mean, we know that Matt did resign, our resign in the future, but I'll let him tell his story.
d'ENTREMONT: I mean, we know that Matt did resign, our resign in the future, but I'll let him tell his story.
Chris d'Entremont on other possible floor crossers: "I really think there was probably three or four... People aren't happy with the leadership style, not just of the leader, but of the leadership team. A lot of times I felt it was a part of a frat house, rather than a serious political party."
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Chris d'Entremont on other possible floor crossers: "I really think there was probably three or four... People aren't happy with the leadership style, not just of the leader, but of the leadership team. A lot of times I felt it was a part of a frat house, rather than a serious political party."
CULLEN: Did the Liberals suggest that there's more opportunity on their side of the floor?
d'ENTREMONT: No, absolutely not... over the summer I didn't see a move to work together, all I saw was more division and more anger and I wasn't going to be a part of that anymore.
d'ENTREMONT: No, absolutely not... over the summer I didn't see a move to work together, all I saw was more division and more anger and I wasn't going to be a part of that anymore.
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
CULLEN: Did the Liberals suggest that there's more opportunity on their side of the floor?
d'ENTREMONT: No, absolutely not... over the summer I didn't see a move to work together, all I saw was more division and more anger and I wasn't going to be a part of that anymore.
d'ENTREMONT: No, absolutely not... over the summer I didn't see a move to work together, all I saw was more division and more anger and I wasn't going to be a part of that anymore.
d'ENTREMONT: "I think people saw that I wasn't being utilized within my party and they were reaching out... But I tell you what really made it, what sealed the deal is when I got yelled at when this became part of the news on Tuesday."
November 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
d'ENTREMONT: "I think people saw that I wasn't being utilized within my party and they were reaching out... But I tell you what really made it, what sealed the deal is when I got yelled at when this became part of the news on Tuesday."
Chris d'Entremont on joining the Liberal Party: “We get elected to represent the best issues of our ridings... I felt that, in this particular case, it was better to be a part of the government caucus than it was to be sitting in the opposition.”
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Chris d'Entremont on joining the Liberal Party: “We get elected to represent the best issues of our ridings... I felt that, in this particular case, it was better to be a part of the government caucus than it was to be sitting in the opposition.”
JOHNS: “I don't think it was a far stretch for Chris d'Entremont to cross over and join the Liberal Party of today, ’cause Carney's running on...a Progressive Conservative agenda. And the Conservative Party has certainly pivoted back to more the Reform Party of the past and a MAGA-type party.”
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
JOHNS: “I don't think it was a far stretch for Chris d'Entremont to cross over and join the Liberal Party of today, ’cause Carney's running on...a Progressive Conservative agenda. And the Conservative Party has certainly pivoted back to more the Reform Party of the past and a MAGA-type party.”
CULLEN: Have the Liberals tried to woo you, Gord Johns? Are they trying to get you to cross the floor?
JOHNS: Oh, that's an everyday conversation they have with me, and it's a flat no, and they know. I mean, that's been going on for years.
JOHNS: Oh, that's an everyday conversation they have with me, and it's a flat no, and they know. I mean, that's been going on for years.
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
CULLEN: Have the Liberals tried to woo you, Gord Johns? Are they trying to get you to cross the floor?
JOHNS: Oh, that's an everyday conversation they have with me, and it's a flat no, and they know. I mean, that's been going on for years.
JOHNS: Oh, that's an everyday conversation they have with me, and it's a flat no, and they know. I mean, that's been going on for years.
Zain Velji on the Conservative Party's handling of Matt Jeneroux's resignation: "Andrew Scheer ultimately saying that the Liberals have the political skill to stare into your soul and pick you off the Conservative caucus lineup is like one of the weirdest messages I've ever heard."
November 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Zain Velji on the Conservative Party's handling of Matt Jeneroux's resignation: "Andrew Scheer ultimately saying that the Liberals have the political skill to stare into your soul and pick you off the Conservative caucus lineup is like one of the weirdest messages I've ever heard."
David Cochrane fact-checks Conservative strategist Rachael Segal’s spin about Matt Jeneroux: “He met with the PM in his office during QP on Monday... Why does an opposition MP get to meet—I mean, there are cabinet ministers who can’t get into the PM’s office during QP on a Monday.”
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
David Cochrane fact-checks Conservative strategist Rachael Segal’s spin about Matt Jeneroux: “He met with the PM in his office during QP on Monday... Why does an opposition MP get to meet—I mean, there are cabinet ministers who can’t get into the PM’s office during QP on a Monday.”