I've written three long blog posts about the recent elections in Canada, and rather than bore you with my blustering blathering and other blistering babbles I'll just summarize in point form my thoughts and impressions.
Before I begin, Justin went where no PM had ever dared. He and his cronies arrogantly obstructed the rule of law. The just and honourable thing would have been to resign. Instead, he engaged in cynical politics. Where people who care about such things were dismayed if not appalled, enough Canadians shrugged their shoulders and cast their votes in favour of Trudeau.
Such people forfeit the right to ever speak of 'muh democracy' again.
Onto my observations:
1) The conservatives dropped the ball badly. To me, these results show Justin was there for the taking. The equivalent of an own goal.
2) Part of the problem was the conservatives, rather than stick to conservative principles, opted for a 'middle of the road, wishy-washy' strategy that tried to appeal to everyone and pleased nobody. Scheer showed himself to be too weak to stand up for conservative values. You're pro-life? Don't shy away. Make your case.
3) Bernier was the bravest of all the politicians. He took a stance and while he faced unjust criticisms and outright hostility (The Globe & Mail recently ran an article that claimed Canadians rejected his 'politics of fear'. H
4) had the conservatives made him leader as proper, it's hard to imagine him not improving on the gains made by the conservatives both with the seats and popular vote (Justin got the lowest popular vote in Canadian history. But you don't anyone on the left mentioning this. Who can forget the chants of '66% of Canadians didn't vote for Harper!). Wrong leader, wronger strategy.
5) The Liberals, NDP and Greens should just form one party and call themselves the Progressive Party already. There's noting 'liberal' about Trudeau.
6) I hope the People's Party sticks around. They did speak for many Canadians despite the disappointing result. But first they have to rebrand. Perhaps the 'Not Justin Party'? Wrinkles and disappointments were bound to happen.
7) Strange how Beauce didn't vote for Bernier. At least they didn't flip and stayed conservative.
8) Woke Toronto handed the Liberals their minority.
9) Atlantic Canada dd the same. Dudes.
10) The Bloc went from listless and pointless with 10 seats straight to 32 seats. How's that for unity under Justin?
11) Alberta and the Prairies went solid blue.
12) Quite a rebuke without losing power. And quite an inducement of how polarizing Justin is. His claims of representing all Canadians is tenuous at best. He'd be wise to govern accordingly.
13) Justin and wisdom are mutually exclusive. It takes skill and some humility to run a minority government. Justin is all about hubris and vacuous social virtue signalling.
14) #Wexit scares me more than Quebec independence for one reason. Alberta is the wealthiest province. As such, it pays most into the equalization transfer scheme of which....Quebec is the net beneficiary and chronic under performing province. Quebec has found itself a niche extorting Canada. That's why.
15) Quebec is anti-pipeline and doesn't buy it's oil from Alberta. Ostensibly, this is about principles. Yet, the province buys its oil principally from Saudi Fricken Arabia and the United States. Some independence! Some principles!
16) (Rant alert) But this is a very Canadian thing to do. We run perhaps one of the most inefficient economies in the West. For all our access to the greatest economy in the world in the USA, one could assert we succeed in spite of ourselves not taking full advantage of this.
Australia would probably exploit it better.
17) Don't under estimate the 'I won't vote for Scheer because he can be like Trump' vote.
18) Canadians talk a mean 'free speech' game but this is a country that has 'hate speech' laws and unelected Human Rights Tribunals doling out fines against free Canadian citizens. Trudeau has done his ideological bit to further limit speech through Bill C-16, Motion 103 and his preposterously stupid attack on law abiding gun owners though Bill 70. Not to mention Bill 69.
19) Canadians who voted Liberal have also forfeited the right to call others as insensitive or racist as a result of his Blackface scandal.
20) More forfeiting to claim to stand by our military after the treatment of Admiral Norman and our Veterans. Not enough money for them but there was enough to give $10 million of our tac dollars to Omar Khadr. A convicted terrorist who killed American soldiers. It's worth noting Trudeau defended his policy of repatriating ISIS fighters by preposterously claiming with a false equivalence they face discrimination not unlike Italians when they arrived to Canada.
21) This is beginning to sound like a record in the making. Canadians also forfeit to speak of a free press and a commitment to protecting a free one after the appalling treatment of Rebel Media (a news organization Justin decided as one of his first actions after the election to sue them. You were saying he would govern wisely and for all Canadians?) and True North. The conservatives also shamelessly played this game. This was part of my contention Scheer trying to please everyone. The Leaders' Debates Commission - the commission charged with accrediting news outlets - was formed in 2018 and has acted like a creature of the Liberal party.
22) The Liberals gave a $500 bribe to media outlets. They returned the favour in kind (as did social media) by shilling for the Liberals. It's claimed the conservatives played dirty but in fact, it was the mainstream press and the Liberals who did tying to censor opinions and engaging in cheap shot hit pieces. The CBC - binding all Canadians from coast to coast - decided to sue the conservatives (recall Justin threatened to sue Scheer over the SNC-Lavalin scandal even though it was true) on copyright grounds claiming they used their images for campaign purposes. You know, like all political parties do. The main lackey named in the cynical suit is Rosemary Barton.
23) Canadian Liberal voters have forfeited the right to scold others about ethics and civic virtue because Trudeau was found guilty of FOUR ethics violations.
24) They've also forfeited the right to lecture us about women's rights and feminism after groping allegations. And no Justin, it wasn't a 'teachable moment for all of us'. You're the one the acts inappropriately. To try and drag men who never did anything like this to your level says a lot about you. It's worth noting Finance Minister Bill Morneau called conservative MP Lisa Raitt a 'neanderthal' during a hearing promoting.....women in positions of leadership.
Other hits:
-They badly misplayed their negotiations with the USA and chose instead to unproductively antagonize Trump.
-His India antics and relationship to the Aga Khan.
-His refusal to answer questions and governing over one of the least transparent governments in history.
-His impetuous and inappropriate reaction in Parliament racing on the floor of the House of Commons culminating with him elbowing a female conservative MP.
-Constant attempts to erode our ability to create wealth be it in the form of attempting to tax capital gains, increase taxes and remove useful tools like income splitting. All strategies and benefits that help the middle-class.
-The unwelcome interference of Obama endorsing Trudeau. Somehow when they interfere in an election it's okay.
Some laundry list, eh?
But above all, to come back to it, his biggest transgression was his obstruction of the rule of law.
In the West, the rule of law is what differentiates us from all nations. It's a cherished concept no leader dared to attempt to violate.
Trudeau did.
This is how you foster cynicism in a populace. There's enough people out there who are troubled by it to bring into question the very integrity of the people who rule this country.
On this alone he should have been booted and fired.
Before I begin, Justin went where no PM had ever dared. He and his cronies arrogantly obstructed the rule of law. The just and honourable thing would have been to resign. Instead, he engaged in cynical politics. Where people who care about such things were dismayed if not appalled, enough Canadians shrugged their shoulders and cast their votes in favour of Trudeau.
Such people forfeit the right to ever speak of 'muh democracy' again.
Onto my observations:
1) The conservatives dropped the ball badly. To me, these results show Justin was there for the taking. The equivalent of an own goal.
2) Part of the problem was the conservatives, rather than stick to conservative principles, opted for a 'middle of the road, wishy-washy' strategy that tried to appeal to everyone and pleased nobody. Scheer showed himself to be too weak to stand up for conservative values. You're pro-life? Don't shy away. Make your case.
3) Bernier was the bravest of all the politicians. He took a stance and while he faced unjust criticisms and outright hostility (The Globe & Mail recently ran an article that claimed Canadians rejected his 'politics of fear'. H
4) had the conservatives made him leader as proper, it's hard to imagine him not improving on the gains made by the conservatives both with the seats and popular vote (Justin got the lowest popular vote in Canadian history. But you don't anyone on the left mentioning this. Who can forget the chants of '66% of Canadians didn't vote for Harper!). Wrong leader, wronger strategy.
5) The Liberals, NDP and Greens should just form one party and call themselves the Progressive Party already. There's noting 'liberal' about Trudeau.
6) I hope the People's Party sticks around. They did speak for many Canadians despite the disappointing result. But first they have to rebrand. Perhaps the 'Not Justin Party'? Wrinkles and disappointments were bound to happen.
7) Strange how Beauce didn't vote for Bernier. At least they didn't flip and stayed conservative.
8) Woke Toronto handed the Liberals their minority.
9) Atlantic Canada dd the same. Dudes.
10) The Bloc went from listless and pointless with 10 seats straight to 32 seats. How's that for unity under Justin?
11) Alberta and the Prairies went solid blue.
12) Quite a rebuke without losing power. And quite an inducement of how polarizing Justin is. His claims of representing all Canadians is tenuous at best. He'd be wise to govern accordingly.
13) Justin and wisdom are mutually exclusive. It takes skill and some humility to run a minority government. Justin is all about hubris and vacuous social virtue signalling.
14) #Wexit scares me more than Quebec independence for one reason. Alberta is the wealthiest province. As such, it pays most into the equalization transfer scheme of which....Quebec is the net beneficiary and chronic under performing province. Quebec has found itself a niche extorting Canada. That's why.
15) Quebec is anti-pipeline and doesn't buy it's oil from Alberta. Ostensibly, this is about principles. Yet, the province buys its oil principally from Saudi Fricken Arabia and the United States. Some independence! Some principles!
16) (Rant alert) But this is a very Canadian thing to do. We run perhaps one of the most inefficient economies in the West. For all our access to the greatest economy in the world in the USA, one could assert we succeed in spite of ourselves not taking full advantage of this.
Australia would probably exploit it better.
17) Don't under estimate the 'I won't vote for Scheer because he can be like Trump' vote.
18) Canadians talk a mean 'free speech' game but this is a country that has 'hate speech' laws and unelected Human Rights Tribunals doling out fines against free Canadian citizens. Trudeau has done his ideological bit to further limit speech through Bill C-16, Motion 103 and his preposterously stupid attack on law abiding gun owners though Bill 70. Not to mention Bill 69.
19) Canadians who voted Liberal have also forfeited the right to call others as insensitive or racist as a result of his Blackface scandal.
20) More forfeiting to claim to stand by our military after the treatment of Admiral Norman and our Veterans. Not enough money for them but there was enough to give $10 million of our tac dollars to Omar Khadr. A convicted terrorist who killed American soldiers. It's worth noting Trudeau defended his policy of repatriating ISIS fighters by preposterously claiming with a false equivalence they face discrimination not unlike Italians when they arrived to Canada.
21) This is beginning to sound like a record in the making. Canadians also forfeit to speak of a free press and a commitment to protecting a free one after the appalling treatment of Rebel Media (a news organization Justin decided as one of his first actions after the election to sue them. You were saying he would govern wisely and for all Canadians?) and True North. The conservatives also shamelessly played this game. This was part of my contention Scheer trying to please everyone. The Leaders' Debates Commission - the commission charged with accrediting news outlets - was formed in 2018 and has acted like a creature of the Liberal party.
22) The Liberals gave a $500 bribe to media outlets. They returned the favour in kind (as did social media) by shilling for the Liberals. It's claimed the conservatives played dirty but in fact, it was the mainstream press and the Liberals who did tying to censor opinions and engaging in cheap shot hit pieces. The CBC - binding all Canadians from coast to coast - decided to sue the conservatives (recall Justin threatened to sue Scheer over the SNC-Lavalin scandal even though it was true) on copyright grounds claiming they used their images for campaign purposes. You know, like all political parties do. The main lackey named in the cynical suit is Rosemary Barton.
23) Canadian Liberal voters have forfeited the right to scold others about ethics and civic virtue because Trudeau was found guilty of FOUR ethics violations.
24) They've also forfeited the right to lecture us about women's rights and feminism after groping allegations. And no Justin, it wasn't a 'teachable moment for all of us'. You're the one the acts inappropriately. To try and drag men who never did anything like this to your level says a lot about you. It's worth noting Finance Minister Bill Morneau called conservative MP Lisa Raitt a 'neanderthal' during a hearing promoting.....women in positions of leadership.
Other hits:
-They badly misplayed their negotiations with the USA and chose instead to unproductively antagonize Trump.
-His India antics and relationship to the Aga Khan.
-His refusal to answer questions and governing over one of the least transparent governments in history.
-His impetuous and inappropriate reaction in Parliament racing on the floor of the House of Commons culminating with him elbowing a female conservative MP.
-Constant attempts to erode our ability to create wealth be it in the form of attempting to tax capital gains, increase taxes and remove useful tools like income splitting. All strategies and benefits that help the middle-class.
-The unwelcome interference of Obama endorsing Trudeau. Somehow when they interfere in an election it's okay.
Some laundry list, eh?
But above all, to come back to it, his biggest transgression was his obstruction of the rule of law.
In the West, the rule of law is what differentiates us from all nations. It's a cherished concept no leader dared to attempt to violate.
Trudeau did.
This is how you foster cynicism in a populace. There's enough people out there who are troubled by it to bring into question the very integrity of the people who rule this country.
On this alone he should have been booted and fired.
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