I am no fan of Trudeau the Lesser. The right time for him to have resigned was November last year, when his wife declared her own lack of confidence in his leadership. He could have walked away with the declaration that he did it “for his family”, and saved face, despite his unpopularity. Instead — and very much by design — he had set himself up as the avatar for the Liberal Party, and perhaps naively believed that if he left, the Liberal Party would crater. As a result, he has been Poilievre’s greatest support, and (I’ll leave this open to the readers’ interpretation here) the thickest plank in what passes as a Conservative platform. He has through years of woeful inaction (interrupted by NDP plans like Pharmacare and early childhood funding) guaranteed a Conservative government; to the extent now that he has, hand-in-hand with Poilievre, made a mockery of the institution of Parliament.
I’ll continue to be clear: I believe the Conservatives are in fact OFFERING NOTHING to give parliament any more credibility than Trudeau had, while expertly manipulating the NDP to declare against their own interests that damnit, this government we can work with is irreparably damaged, so we will vote so a party (or two) we haven’t a hope of working with can form the next government.
I don’t support handing the governance of the country to a leader of dubious quality like Poilievre. I would rather parliament prorogued to allow a competent leader to be selected, anointed, whatever is needed; and given runway enough to prove value in good, cooperative government.
Expecting any other result at this point is sheer folly.
I wrote to my MP (who happens to be Liberal) about this last Tuesday . If tens or hundreds thousands of Canadians did this, I do believe that would stiffen some spines.
And all this started because the leader of the Loyal Opposition is not a good chap.
I am no fan of Trudeau the Lesser. The right time for him to have resigned was November last year, when his wife declared her own lack of confidence in his leadership. He could have walked away with the declaration that he did it “for his family”, and saved face, despite his unpopularity. Instead — and very much by design — he had set himself up as the avatar for the Liberal Party, and perhaps naively believed that if he left, the Liberal Party would crater. As a result, he has been Poilievre’s greatest support, and (I’ll leave this open to the readers’ interpretation here) the thickest plank in what passes as a Conservative platform. He has through years of woeful inaction (interrupted by NDP plans like Pharmacare and early childhood funding) guaranteed a Conservative government; to the extent now that he has, hand-in-hand with Poilievre, made a mockery of the institution of Parliament.
I’ll continue to be clear: I believe the Conservatives are in fact OFFERING NOTHING to give parliament any more credibility than Trudeau had, while expertly manipulating the NDP to declare against their own interests that damnit, this government we can work with is irreparably damaged, so we will vote so a party (or two) we haven’t a hope of working with can form the next government.
I don’t support handing the governance of the country to a leader of dubious quality like Poilievre. I would rather parliament prorogued to allow a competent leader to be selected, anointed, whatever is needed; and given runway enough to prove value in good, cooperative government.
Expecting any other result at this point is sheer folly.
I wrote to my MP (who happens to be Liberal) about this last Tuesday . If tens or hundreds thousands of Canadians did this, I do believe that would stiffen some spines.
Phillipe,
Does the phrase Honour Amongst Theives fit, in this case i believe it does.
Folly? That's being to kind!