Watching the TV clips of prime minister Justin Trudeau’s recent travels, you have to wonder what good they are doing. His hobnobbing with the elites of the Commonwealth and the G7 is not solving Canada’s problems with inflation. We are not hearing better news from Ukraine. He appears to lack concern for the tensions and speeches heard in Canada’s beer halls.
There are flags flapping on pickups that say F*ck Trudeau. Are we splitting into vulgar political divisions as are our neighbours in the United States of America? Are we incapable of reining in the divisions between provinces and the federal government? Must these provincials see the federal government as the source of all that is wrong with our country?
And does a demagogue such as MP Pierre Poilievre continue to defame, deny and disrupt our parliament with his lies and illusions. Do conservatives really support bitcoin over the concerns of the Bank of Canada? Doesn’t anyone have the fortitude say enough is enough?
How can any party—so long established as Canada’s conservatives—give credence and support to demagogues and phony populists in parliament and in many of our legislatures? Is bigotry and English language suppression the only answer for Quebec? Are we to be left at the mercy of so-called trucker convoys?
Is détente Justin Trudeau’s only defence? Does he continue to need the backing of the new democrats? Can he and his faux party survive the next election?
If he had a functioning party behind him, he might. Yet he has humbled and destroyed the party that once rallied to his father’s call. The younger Trudeau uses it as one might use an automatic teller machine.
Functioning liberal riding associations once picked strong candidates to support the political left of centre in Canada. The party made decisions about policy that were visionary and important to Canadians. They picked leaders of merit—leaders who could lead and help build our country. And they got out and knocked on doors across Canada in support of their vision. They helped build this country
But, no more.
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