@Mikael Hellstrom the story is expanding: Anti-corruption police launch investigation into allegations of Quebec Liberals' wrongdoings | CBC News https://share.google/SHhweEnJFkTIcTZ6Y There is also the topic of how federal parties influence their provincial counterparts (another interesting topic). Are they really independent with their own identity or simply a franchise of the big brother? A bunch of feds pushing Rodriguez shows that the independence of the PLQ can be highly compromised.

@Mikael Hellstrom It's a very interesting topic that deserves to be explored. Each party and its franchises have different dynamics and it can lead to different effects. If you look at the Liberals or Convervatives, you can question how they will deal with each other in topics like the separation of power. Are the provincial Libs will fight its big brother if Carney decides to steps in politics that are provincial competences? I highly doubt it in this case. The Bloc/PQ is another beast because the Bloc spawned from the PQ. Here, the federal version is clearly defending the interests of its provincial brethren. Considering the dramas they have with each other sometimes, I would consider them independent from each other in terms of governance.

I have two ideas that are somehow tied: 1) What should we expect from the big gathering with Xi-Putin-Un? Is it only for the public image or it will involve new actions on the short term? 2) Considering the lack of good faith from the USA with its negotiations with Canada, is it still relevant to align with them on sensible trade deals? Should we remove the 100% tariffs on Chinese electric cars to get a better trade deal with China despite its political alignment?

Your question reminds me one of the first Pol. Sci. class I had given by Lawrence Olivier. He taught us that the subject can be split in 3 different concepts that I can't really translate because of the absence of genders in English writting: - Le politique: the whole philosophical study about power and how societies organize themselves for ruling. - La politique: the process of how a state administrates itself (elections, type of government, etc.). - Les politiques: the governing actions taken by the power to regulate the state.

@Mikael Hellstrom Mr Olivier was a great teacher, I read some of his philosophy books by pure interest. He was also teaching Methodology at first trimester, so I got a very strong base to start.

@Mikael Hellstrom that's mostly why this administration tries to only accept the medias and "medias" that are complacent with them. With this era of permanent campaign, politicians are always under the cameras it's unavoidable.

@Mikael Hellstrom it's fine if they can do both, as long as it's not influencing torward bad governance. Currently, the Legault government literally has a "media risk" variable in their worksheets. It has been proved that they took many bad decisions (Qc City third link, SAAQlic) because the media risk is lower. When your government is being run by a communication team instead of publuc policy experts, it's really bad!

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