In
a longish op-ed published in
iPolitics
Michael
Harris says
the next election is Trudeau's
to loose, I cannot help but agree for
the other choices are bleak.
“By
insisting on making war on the carbon tax his call to political arms,
Scheer couldn’t say more clearly that he is yesterday’s man.
That
doesn’t mean Trudeau is politically bullet-proof in 2019. Just
that, should he lose, it will not be because Canadians suddenly want
a Ford prototype in 24 Sussex Drive.
Whatever
his shortcomings, the PM’s greatest strength is aspiring to
something his father once aimed for: a just society.
Despite
the broken promises, the awful lapses of judgment, and a few policy
face-plants, Trudeau is arm-in-arm with Canadians on values. Scheer
continues to hold hands with Harper on everything from climate change
to immigration. And both of them continue to cast loving eyes
southward to marvel at the power of lies.
Bottom
line? Canadians won’t be flocking to populists in 2019 because they
suddenly become climate-change-deniers, anti-immigrant, or bow down
to a fact-free universe.
Short
of a five-alarm scandal for the Liberals, or a serious abdication of
the social values Trudeau stands for, they will choose the Liberals
over Republican wannabes.
Which
is just to say that, populist waves notwithstanding, the next
election is Trudeau’s to win — or lose — all by himself.”
Whilst
NO politician is going to be gods gift to the population and some,
possible all, may have SOME proposals worth consideration at this
point in time I see little choice but the liberals unless the slash
and burn policies of the likes of Ford, Scheer, Kenny, Trump etc are
your preference. The only thing that we can be certain of for the
upcoming federal election is that the rhetoric is going to come thick
and fast and be over the top and in all probability very ugly.
At
this point in our collective history both nationally and world wide
we need leaders who seek to unite us not divide. I very much fear
that such voices will be drowned out by those for whom political
expediency comes long before such things as social and environmental
concerns or cooperation and consensus building.
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