By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--October 19, 2015
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The freshly re-sloganed “Do the right thing” Google has a message for Canadians on Election Day in a cutsie graphic with an arrow telling them to “votez ici”. Most Canadian voters speak English, a statistic ignored by the politically correct Google who put “votez ici” first and the English words “vote” second.
If you’re as powerful and as omni present as Google you can do anything you want under the self acclaimed status of always “doing the right thing”.“Justin Trudeau, the son of late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, is leading in the polls ahead of Monday's election that could spell the end of a decade of Conservative rule under Stephen Harper. “Trudeau, tall and trim at 43, channels the star power - if not quite the political heft - of his father, who swept to power in 1968 on a wave of support dubbed "Trudeaumania."If this description had been applied to a female candidate for prime minister, the politically correct world would have gone viral with an explosion of howls. But by the perverse law of the PC ranks, it’s okay to refer to a guy as “tall and trim at 43”.
“Pierre Trudeau, who was prime minister until 1984 with a short interruption, remains one of the few Canadian politicians known in America, his charisma often drawing comparisons to John F. Kennedy. A bachelor when he became prime minister, he dated actresses Barbra Streisand and Kim Cattrall. (AP)Libido was also foremost on the mainstream media’s mind back then.
“At age 51 while in office, he married 22-year-old Margaret Sinclair, who earned notoriety as first lady for partying with the Rolling Stones and at New York's Studio 54. They had three sons, including Justin, the eldest. The couple divorced when Justin was six and the boys were raised by their father, who died in 2000. “If he wins, Justin Trudeau, who has three young children with former model and television host Sophie Gregoire, would become the second youngest prime minister in Canada's history, despite a thin resume. A former teacher who sported long hair until recently, Trudeau has been an opposition member of Parliament since 2008. “Antonia Maioni, a political science professor at Montreal's McGill University, said the room changes when Trudeau enters."But they don’t fall over in a dead faint like they did when Obama entered the room.
"It's like a celebrity thing. Bill Clinton had that. Not many people or politicians can do that. Mr. Trudeau can do that. That's why now you hear the Conservatives say it's not a popularity contest," Maioni said. "Mr. Trudeau can raise that kind of excitement in a room, but let's be frank: he does not have a lot of political experience." (AP) ‘The Conservatives have blitzed the country with TV ads targeting Trudeau, saying "He's just not ready." ‘But Trudeau is tapping into an appetite for change among many Canadians with promises to cut taxes for the middle class and increase them for the wealthy. He plans to spend billions on infrastructure, running deficits for three years to do so. And he has pledged to take in 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year. “Analysts say what Trudeau may lack in his father's intellectual depth, he makes up for in approachability. "There's a puppy-like quality to him and that's not Pierre," Bothwell said. "His father was just not at ease with dealing with crowds or pressing the flesh, but looking at Justin, it comes really natural to him and that's a big difference. Pierre had magnetism and was fascinating and beautiful to watch, but he didn't want them to get close." “Even if the Liberals win the most seats, they're unlikely to secure a majority. They would likely rely on New Democratic Party support in exchange for policy concessions. “Liberals governed Canada for 69 years during the 20th century. Pierre Trudeau called for a "just society" and ran the country with a panache not seen before from a Canadian leader. He is responsible for Canada's version of the bill of rights and is credited with opening the door wide to immigration. “Justin, noting that Sunday was his father's birthday, said he would "always cherish the values he instilled in me." “Harper has worked to dismantle that legacy in ways practical and symbolic. When the updated guide to Canada for new immigrants was published in 2009, it was widely noted that social programs such as universal health care were deemphasized as points of pride for Canadians. Instead, the guide emphasized traditional Canadian symbols such as the British monarchy and the armed forces. “A Trudeau victory would crush Harper's goal of displacing the Liberals as Canada's natural party. "To lose to Justin Trudeau would be devastating to Stephen Harper on a real personal level," said Gerry Nicholls, who worked under Harper at a conservative think tank. "Harper wanted to undo all of the things that Pierre Trudeau did and now he's facing his son who wants to bring back all of those Trudeau values and traditions to Canada."With the world economy going wonky and a myriad of borderless countries like the one next door allowing terrorists masquerading as ‘refugees’ in through the gates, Canada’s not in Kansas anymore. According to the mainstream media, we’re letting a man with “a puppy-like quality” take over the leadership of our country at a vulnerable time. Today’s election day precedes by only three days the first anniversary of a series of shootings on Parliament Hill on October 22, 2014:
“A series of shootings occurred on October 22, 2014, at Parliament Hill in Ottawa. At the Canadian National War Memorial, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau fatally shot Corporal Nathan Cirillo, a Canadian soldier on ceremonial sentry duty. He then entered the nearby Centre Block parliament building, where members of the Parliament of Canada were attending caucuses. After wrestling with a security guard at the entrance, Zehaf-Bibeau ran inside and had a shootout with parliament security personnel. He was shot 31 times by six officers and died on the scene Following the shootings, the downtown core of Ottawa was placed on lockdown while police searched for any potential additional threats. A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigation into the shootings is ongoing. “Classified by the RCMP as a terrorist act under the Criminal Code of Canada, it was the most serious security breach at Parliament Hill since the 1966 parliament bombing. It took place two days after a man used his car to run over two Canadian soldiers in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, killing one. The two incidents, which attracted international attention, raised concerns about the effectiveness of police actions to prevent terrorist attacks, the prevention of radicalization and the security measures in place at federal and provincial legislatures. The Canadian government had already prepared a bill to expand the powers and courtroom anonymity and surveillance powers of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Canada's spy agency, which was due to be introduced the day of the shootings, and was postponed by the event. The government plans to introduce new anti-terrorism measures. Security at Parliament Hill is to be stepped up. On June 3, 2015 it was reported that "RCMP officers have started openly carrying submachine guns on Parliament Hill as part of a visible increase to...security."The politically correct Google, the Catholic Church and celebrity cult notwithstanding, Canada cannot afford a “tall and trim at 43”, “puppy-like” lightweight with no experience as prime minister. There’s no guarantee Trudeau will make it into power this election, but God help Canada if he does.
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