[kEiThZ]

I hope these fools are as tough on PM Poilievre next year. Trudeau's likely to be on the speaking circuit and leading some UN agency or NGO soon thereafter, so the F Trudeau signs will be obsolete.

This is like expecting MAGA supporters to criticize Trump. Anybody that is flag waving is a partisan culture warrior. They'll be waving those flags at the pro-Poilievre rally in 2029. In 2050, they'll still be talking about how evil Justin Trudeau secretly controls the Liberals and wants to lock them in their 15 minute communities.

 

[kEiThZ]

This could end up being Trudeau's legacy.

Geoff Russ: Why would Quebec want to stay in Trudeau's beleaguered Canada?

Having ruined the economy, vilified our history and extinguished patriotism, the PM has undermined the argument for a united Canada

nationalpost.com

 

[jje1000]

This could end up being Trudeau's legacy.

Geoff Russ: Why would Quebec want to stay in Trudeau's beleaguered Canada?

Having ruined the economy, vilified our history and extinguished patriotism, the PM has undermined the argument for a united Canada

nationalpost.com

Exactly, during a decade of global uncertainty and centrifugal forces spinning nations apart, what was needed was a leader who could lead Canada, patch up its institutions (hardly decayed through back then), and reaffirm its federal identity.

Instead, Canada and Canadians got blamed and shamed, blood libeled, and our founding history unfairly attacked (see Dundas as our local instance) endlessly through his sunny first years, and now Trudeau and the Liberals somehow flap helplessly in the wind as the crises they both fostered and created come home to roost, with the collective national morale nearly emptied at this crucial juncture in time.

If there ever is another referendum, what can the Federal government point to as being any positives of Canada beyond the image of Canada 10-20 years ago? The defeat of such a referendum may very much rely on those cohorts of aspirational immigrants and Quebeckers who still see this faded old image of Canada as a place worth staying in.

 

[afransen]

Support for independence is no where near where it would need to be to warrant a referendum, recently at 35%. I don't see a flashpoint that would trigger a substantial change in that dynamic.

Parti Quebecois remain in front, but many don't support sovereignty: Poll

A new poll shows that if a Quebec election were held today, the Parti Quebecois would come out on top with 32 per cent support, but many say they are uninterested in a sovereignty referendum.

montreal.ctvnews.ca

 

[kEiThZ]

Support for independence is no where near where it would need to be to warrant a referendum, recently at 35%.

That is what is was in 1994. And then the referendum happened a year later and we nearly lost the country.

I don't see a flashpoint that would trigger a substantial change in that dynamic.

I do. Cultural issues especially with integration of immigrants and the recent leftist deference to religious minorities is not playing well in Quebec. The Rest of Canada gave them a ton of crap for banning religious symbols including the hijab in public institutions and jobs. This is a fundamental difference with English Canada and can easily be spun to make Francophones believe they need to leave to be able to control their destiny. Trudeau's immigration policy is not helping either.

 

[kEiThZ]

Tom Mulcair: Park littered with trash after 'pilot project' is perfect symbol of Trudeau governance

Former NDP leader Tom Mulcair says that what's happening now in a trash-littered federal park in Quebec is a perfect metaphor for how the Trudeau government runs things.

www.ctvnews.ca

There's a few paras that capture this government perfectly.

1) The hypocrisy and faux concern;

There is a formula.

You emote about climate change but spend $35 billion on a pipeline to increase oil production. Show up for armed forces parades but cut their budgets year after year (until an election year when voters are becoming embarrassed by our failure to meet our NATO obligations). You say housing isn’t federal jurisdiction until younger voters are about to throw you out for failing to build houses for their generation, then you scramble and pose for the cameras.

2) The incompetence defined by faux sophistication and moral obligation (on others) without substance:

Last week the federal employees responsible for the park decided to remove the garbage cans. All of the garbage cans. Not surprisingly, people who live in the area are upset.
There’s now garbage everywhere and bags full of dog poop are being left on their lawns.The federal announcement is a masterwork of high-sounding bureaucratese. It is one for the ages. Here’s my favourite part:

"We know that actions in the field have been taken quickly and could have surprised some people. An awareness campaign is being prepared," reads a statement by Parks Canada(opens in a new tab). "This pilot project to reduce waste at the Lachine Canal NHS includes the withdrawal or relocation of garbage bins as well as potentially new types of facilities in strategic areas of the canal. It is important to remember that waste management remains everyone’s responsibility and duty."

Everyone’s, apparently, except the people who are paid to remove it. It’s just such a magnificent parable for the federal government of Justin Trudeau.
All that’s missing is a multi-million dollar contract to McKinsey to study it.

I am really curious to eventually read some kind of book on how they let things get so bad and how they lost touch with reality.

 

[kamira51]

This could end up being Trudeau's legacy.

Geoff Russ: Why would Quebec want to stay in Trudeau's beleaguered Canada?

Having ruined the economy, vilified our history and extinguished patriotism, the PM has undermined the argument for a united Canada

nationalpost.com

The article hit the nail on the head perfectly.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Senate passes Ukraine aid, Israel funding and TikTok crackdown, sending bill to Biden's desk

The package of foreign aid and a TikTok divest-or-ban provision is expected to be signed into law by President Joe Biden in the coming days.

www.nbcnews.com

Nice!

1) The US has done exponentially more for Ukraine than Canada has.

And meanwhile Ottawa dithers on further lethal aid to Ukraine. Trudeau; please send all of our Leopard 2s and ARVs, half of our M113 APCs and LAV IIIs, every single 155mm shell in our stocks, most of our body armour, night vision and communication kits. And then there's ATGMs, SAMs, small arms, etc. Strip the cupboards bare, even if it takes us a decade to replenish.