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Liberal (Minority/Majority) Government 2025 - ???

Why would she think she can stray from the governments narrative and survive?
It would be a heckuva thing if people pushing over-the-top anti-US rhetoric while wrapping themselves in a Canadian flag had to navel-gaze and perhaps admit they were helping China and/or Russia by taking a few swings at the wedges Trump is pounding on.
 
Why would she think she can stray from the governments narrative and survive?

Former senior National Defence official who publicly criticized rising anti-U.S. rhetoric sues Ottawa over her dismissal
I know her quite well, and she and I collaborated on a number of things, including below the threshold warfare, and the emerging (at that time - now imminent) threat that China represents. She has a very good case IMHO.
 
I know her quite well, and she and I collaborated on a number of things, including below the threshold warfare, and the emerging (at that time - now imminent) threat that China represents. She has a very good case IMHO.

They way they fired her is pretty shocking. Seems like they did that to send a message. They had to know she'd go the way of a wrongful dismissal suit and didn't care about the few million taxpayers would be on the hook for it.
 
They way they fired her is pretty shocking. Seems like they did that to send a message. They had to know she'd go the way of a wrongful dismissal suit and didn't care about the few million taxpayers would be on the hook for it.
At what point does toxic behaviour towards women that dare have an opinion become a hallmark of Liberal leadership? Its insane theyre so Teflon on this issue.
 
Despite the narrative that is developed over the last 3 to 4 years, if not longer in the Canadian armed forces, things may not be as they seem. Another way to say that is that the opposite of toxic masculinity is not enlightened femininity. It is in fact toxic femininity
There are many female executive versions of George Patton. None are as stylish as he was.
 
Queen Bee syndrome enters the chat ;)

Beyond ‘Mean Girls’: Women-To-Women Bullying At Work And What Leaders Can Do About It​


Workplace bullying is often discussed as a gendered power struggle that centers around the narrative of men who are in authority positions abusing their power and influence in ways that lead to the mistreatment of women below them. That dynamic absolutely exists, but it isn’t the full picture. A growing body of research suggests that some of the most persistent and damaging workplace bullying experienced by women comes not only from men, but surprisingly, from other women. This stark reality may be uncomfortable to label, but it’s essential to address. More importantly, it’s important to understand that bullying between and among women is not rooted in them being inherently and uniquely unkind but speaks to a much larger and more critical issue that highlights systems and organizational cultures and structures that exist to reward competition over collaboration among women. Workplace bullying is a leadership issue, not a personality problem. Although not always blatantly clear, for leaders committed to building equitable and high-performing workplaces, who choose to ignore this pattern can pay a devastating cost.


 
I know her quite well, and she and I collaborated on a number of things, including below the threshold warfare, and the emerging (at that time - now imminent) threat that China represents. She has a very good case IMHO.
From my limited view, beliefs such as hers articulated in that article are few in defence. The purge has been successful. Please correct me if I’m wrong. I think she had it exactly correct.
 
I'm not so sure about a purge. She definitely was on the right track and she and I agreed on so much. There are others in in the senior levels of the CAF who also share some of her views.

In my experience, Policy people in the PS (and often academia) have a tendency to be quite staid in their thinking. The knock-on effect of that is bigger than one would think. Especially in the public service. There isn't really a leadership class or a route to leadership in the public service that doesn't go through the gateway of being a policy person. In the PS, the opposite of a policy person is someone that is in ops. You can see how that may manifest itself. In fact, it's pretty obvious that it is already manifesting itself across the public service.

Just a few thoughts
 
I'm not so sure about a purge. She definitely was on the right track and she and I agreed on so much. There are others in in the senior levels of the CAF who also share some of her views.

In my experience, Policy people in the PS (and often academia) have a tendency to be quite staid in their thinking. The knock-on effect of that is bigger than one would think. Especially in the public service. There isn't really a leadership class or a route to leadership in the public service that doesn't go through the gateway of being a policy person. In the PS, the opposite of a policy person is someone that is in ops. You can see how that may manifest itself. In fact, it's pretty obvious that it is already manifesting itself across the public service.

Just a few thoughts
“Fearless advice, loyal implementation”. It’s the old public service bargain that they should offer the best advice possible and keep concerns and criticism private, then loyally carry out the policies determined by those who are politically accountable.

Now with that said, when someone is specifically and deliberately interchanged to an external organization that has a specific place in the policy debate ecosystem, meaningful participation therein should mean that person is, within reason, afforded the latitude of the hat they wear. Otherwise a fair bit of the point is probably lost.
 
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