Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Trust in government dropping at remarkable rates since Trudeau got elected.

The centre cannot hold: Canada faces a populist eruption

http://ipolitics.ca/2017/02/14/the-centre-cannot-hold-canada-faces-a-pop...

This phenomenon is not al Trudeau's fault of course -- some distrust is leaking across the border as part of the culture.

But Trudeau with his high expectations has done a lot of damage himself. High profile breaches of promises threaten every part of his electoral coalition of youth, environmentalists, Indigenous, among others.

It is getting very difficult already, just a year and a half in to imagine Trudeau winning the next election. He is holding a small lead with both opposition parties yet to pick a leader. Both should improve at least slightly which would put Trudeau in second place. The scramble for NDP votes may die on the pyre of his electoral reform promises.

I think Trudeau is now heading toward more likely being defeated than re-elected. And we are not far from that now.

Add to this a rise in reactionary right wing populists, Trudeau's deceptions and breaches of faith will serve as the ultimate in voter suppression.

Even in the US, the rise in right-wing populism wasn't enough to give Trump a majority of the popular vote in what was basically a two-way race. Granted, you can't wholly extrapolate that into Canada, since the PM isn't elected directly. But still, I agree it might be premature to talk about right-wing populism as a surefire thing in Canada. To some degree, I think the media(established or otherwise) are just looking for easy-to-grasp patterns to keep the public in a state of excitement. (WILL TRUMPISM CROSS THE BORDER?? STAY TUNED!!) 

It is blown way out of proportion. Economists are saying Canada remains in good shape. The infrastructure and education deficits Harper and previous governments left us are/were far more serious and harmful to Canada's longterm well-being. Individual people go into debt for 30 to 50 years to buy a house. Doctors graduate 100K in debt. As long as you are getting value for money debt is not a bad thing. 

Harper ran deficits for a decade. 

As to people realizing who he is, check the polls, remember the election will be decided by people who will only pay attention the last week or so before an election. My certainty that he will win again isn't based on policy. It's based on the political astuteness of the Trudeau team and the knowledge that they already have a plan in place for 2019. Goodies will pour out in the year or months leading to the election. 

Pot is easier to grow than tomatoes. Neither police nor the RCMP will go after people growing for their own use or even for that of friends as long as it is just a few plants. I will definitely be growing. If they try to lock out experienced small growers the black market will flourish. The provinces will do a lot of the regulating. Some will be stricter than others. 

In the next election NDpers will be voting Liberal ro keep out the Cons.

They probably would have if the Liberals had not promised electoral reform precisely so they would not be blackmailed like this again. Having broken that promise, I think a good many New Democrats who might in the past have voted strategically will remember this when the Liberals do their slimey appeal. They might enjoy Trudeau having a litle karma for that proken promise.

I admit that I have never voted strategically for another party but I have considered it. I would never consider it again after this move of the Liberals. I am not alone.

Also, given the broken promise to Indigenous Canadians I can imagine that many who might have considered the Liberals now won't.

Environmentalists will remember broken promises.

Youth, who were promised electoral reform might not only not vote Liberals they may decide not to vote at all since Trudeau made such a mockery of his promises.

My prediction is that Trudeau will manage to reverse the improvement in sufferage and see a lower turnout at the polls than 2011.

I can't say who will win yet and nobody really can as it depends on too many unknowns including new leaders but the Liberals have sown their defeat -- it is now only a question of whether they, and the opposition will water it and let it come to fruition.

It is a common thing that when a government crosses the line with the voters they may not know until much later as they are still drunk on the optimism they encouraged before proving they were not going to deliver.

Canadians have to prepare for a Conservative government and will need to get ready to spank Liberal arrogance again. Hope it does not take too long and that the Conservatives do not rule long.

Canada's Corporate Elite Breathes a Sigh of Relief Following PM Trudeau's Official Visit to Washington  -  Intro by Roger Annis

https://newcoldwar.org/canadas-corporate-elite-breathes-sigh-relief-foll...

Canada is dispatching 200 soldiers to Ukraine in the latest rotation of troops who are training the Ukrainian military and paramilitary extremists to wage civil war in the east of that country. The training is conducted jointly with the US and British militaries.

Canada has simultaneously taken on the role of leading one of the four permanent 'combat' brigades that NATO is establishing at or near Russia's borders with eastern Europe. It is stepping up its military intervention in northern Iraq, conducted jointly with the US. Canada's government and military are also consulting with the US as to where, exactly, they could station a desired expeditionary brigade of 600 soldiers to Africa.

Against that backdrop, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made his first official visit to Washington on February 13. The self-proclaimed 'feminist' prime minister left behind in Canada whatever opinion he might have about Donald Trump's views and policies on global warming, the rights of immigrants and refugees, women's rights and other matters.

Trudeau's sole concern was to maintain and possibly enhance the lucrative trade between the US and Canada in all manner of manufactured products and natural resource commodities. The Canada-US trading relationship is the second largest in the world, topped only by US-China trade.

By that measure, Trudeau's visit was an unqualified success. His message on behalf of corporate Canada of unceasing fealty to the US empire, whoever may be leading it, was understood and well received. A Globe and Mail columnist called Trudeau's performance 'appeasement.'..."

Sorry, keyboard is funky, the economic record of the libs.