Reflections, Observations, and Analyses Pertaining to the Canadian Political Scene
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Ain't It The Truth?
Having resisted the fear-mongering that passes as 'strategic voting,' and having already cast my ballot, I offer the following for those still to exercise their franchise next week:
I too used the advanced poll - just to get the misery over with. If Scheer somehow prevails, and I do hope he won't, the blame will lie squarely at the feet of Justin Trudeau. Nemesis follows Hubris to punish arrogance. Everyone understands that he balked on electoral reform because he was convinced a second false majority was his to be had if FPTP remained in effect. Everything was politics including SNC-L. He even placed himself above the law as he whittled down Canadians' Charter rights to a humane death, again jockeying for political advantage. Now the 'summer help counter-clerk' has him - and the country - on the ropes. Only a weak and incompetent Liberal leader could fail to trounce Scheer and that is what we have.
I think Paul Martin was the last Liberal leader with the stature to serve as prime minister. Dion, Ignatieff, and now Trudeau have all been sub-par and have steadily eroded that once magnificent party. It's now a shell of what it once was and the country is the worse for it.
I totally agree with your assessment of Trudeau, Mound. Like many others, I voted in 2015 with hope, only to see Trudeau's lofty promises dissolve over time. Abandoning electoral reform and the corporate gift of buying an aging pipeline are two of the things I can neither forgive nor forget. The best we can hope for is a minority government with the Greens and the NDP forcing some progressive measures.
I have lived through a lot of governments, which shocks me when I consider them!
Peter Lougheed the last Progressive Conservative. The other iterations have all had major flaws.
When the Liberals get it right ... well, Pierre Trudeau is a special case but they are what they are. In my view better than Conservatives.
Rachel Notley ... well I saw the ghost of Peter Lougheed there for a second or two. Earnest and honest I think all of them are.
Proportional representation was and is project number one in getting my vote.
I also spent a few years in Margaret Thatcher's London ... and that was an eye opener.
When this election is over, as the old saying goes, no one will get the government they want, we will all get the government we deserve. That's a derivative of the simple math; %50 of the population is under average intelligence.
Just a guess but if you ran the math on people closely connected to political parties I bet they do not attract the best and the brightest. laugh - Good luck to us all.
"...if you ran the math on people closely connected to political parties I bet they do not attract the best and the brightest." That observation, James, sums up nicely the dysfunction of our politics today.
A business plan is considered as the backbone of the business unit. And as such business planning implies vision and attempt to follow it to reach the goal. "Pháp Luân Công"
I too used the advanced poll - just to get the misery over with. If Scheer somehow prevails, and I do hope he won't, the blame will lie squarely at the feet of Justin Trudeau. Nemesis follows Hubris to punish arrogance. Everyone understands that he balked on electoral reform because he was convinced a second false majority was his to be had if FPTP remained in effect. Everything was politics including SNC-L. He even placed himself above the law as he whittled down Canadians' Charter rights to a humane death, again jockeying for political advantage. Now the 'summer help counter-clerk' has him - and the country - on the ropes. Only a weak and incompetent Liberal leader could fail to trounce Scheer and that is what we have.
ReplyDeleteI think Paul Martin was the last Liberal leader with the stature to serve as prime minister. Dion, Ignatieff, and now Trudeau have all been sub-par and have steadily eroded that once magnificent party. It's now a shell of what it once was and the country is the worse for it.
I totally agree with your assessment of Trudeau, Mound. Like many others, I voted in 2015 with hope, only to see Trudeau's lofty promises dissolve over time. Abandoning electoral reform and the corporate gift of buying an aging pipeline are two of the things I can neither forgive nor forget. The best we can hope for is a minority government with the Greens and the NDP forcing some progressive measures.
DeleteI have lived through a lot of governments, which shocks me when I consider them!
ReplyDeletePeter Lougheed the last Progressive Conservative. The other iterations have all had major flaws.
When the Liberals get it right ... well, Pierre Trudeau is a special case but they are what they are. In my view better than Conservatives.
Rachel Notley ... well I saw the ghost of Peter Lougheed there for a second or two. Earnest and honest I think all of them are.
Proportional representation was and is project number one in getting my vote.
I also spent a few years in Margaret Thatcher's London ... and that was an eye opener.
When this election is over, as the old saying goes, no one will get the government they want, we will all get the government we deserve. That's a derivative of the simple math; %50 of the population is under average intelligence.
Just a guess but if you ran the math on people closely connected to political parties I bet they do not attract the best and the brightest. laugh - Good luck to us all.
j a m e s
"...if you ran the math on people closely connected to political parties I bet they do not attract the best and the brightest." That observation, James, sums up nicely the dysfunction of our politics today.
DeleteA business plan is considered as the backbone of the business unit. And as such business planning implies vision and attempt to follow it to reach the goal. "Pháp Luân Công"
ReplyDelete