It’s not as though we needed more evidence the Canadian world is a crazy place, but in Vancouver they are dealing with a measles outbreak and there are indications it can be traced to the fact more and more people are opting not to vaccinate their kids. One mother who has a daughter with a compromised immune system because of heart surgery performed when the girl was mere weeks old makes a very good point. “We are not allowed to bring peanut butter sandwiches to school to protect those who have peanut allergies, so why are unvaccinated children allowed to go to school when they are, potentially, spreading a deadly illness?” This is what political correctness does. It creates ridiculous double standards through slippery slopes that penalize the majority of the population.
I’ve been following the SNC-Lavalin scandal quite closely since it broke over a week ago and the one thing that has become, abundantly, clear to me is that Justin Trudeau could kill puppies outside the Parliament Building in Ottawa in front of a national television audience and he’d still have the same support he’s always had. I don’t even know where to begin when it comes to Trudeau breaking all of his own rules when it comes to feminism and the treatment of women, First Nations reconciliation, an open and transparent government, an improved ethical government as compared to governments of the past, and on and on an on it goes. I look at politicians like Barack Obama or Jean Chretien. Two leaders I don’t agree with on a lot of issues, yet I never doubted there was a grown-up in charge. I’d like to think the same can be said for people who didn’t like Stephen Harper. He was smart and if we were faced with a crisis (such as war or a national disaster) the ability to lead would supersede the political alliance. I saw a picture on the weekend of Trudeau, Gerald Butts, and Seamus O’Regan in some sort of frat style pose all horsing around with one another in their pre-election days. And, it struck me that what we have is a boys club of sorts. A group of people who have been pals for a long time and have managed to weasel their way into running the country together. It’s not good. They are loyal to each other and will continue to be loyal until the bitter end, whenever that may be, no matter the casualties along the way.
I, also, don’t get a sense at all that we are being governed by grown-ups. Trudeau doesn’t even know who pays taxes in this country. O’Regan has been labelled (by media outlets who like the Liberals) the most incompetent cabinet minister in government. Butts is an environmental radical who is, predominantly, responsible for sky high hydro rates in Ontario as well as for that province’s financial disaster. There’s no denying his intelligence, but he’s not a critical thinker. And, there is every reason to believe Butts is the real Prime Minister. Not Trudeau. Trudeau is a mascot who spews words and lines given to him by an advisor, many assume it’s Butts, and it’s evident Trudeau doesn’t even know the meaning of the talking points he, repeatedly, utters. To me, it’s frightening that this is what we have chosen for us as Canadians. Disagree with Andrew Scheer and the Conservatives if you want and there is lots to pick apart to be sure, but Scheer is an adult with an adult brain and adult advisors and I have confidence he’d make adult decisions, even if I don’t agree with all of them.
On the subject of SNC-Lavalin, I don’t believe Trudeau even understands the double standard of skirting the ‘rule of law’ to protect thousands of jobs in Quebec while hiding behind this same ‘rule of law’ to kill exponentially more jobs than that in western Canada through failed pipelines and climate change regulations that won’t help the environment one bit. I do think Butts gets it and I do think Trudeau is more loyal to Butts than Butts is to Trudeau and that’s why Butts has been silent on SNC-Lavalin (he’s usually smug, rude, and condescending on Twitter) while parading his stooge (Trudeau) out to peddle a new story on the matter each day until they find one that is accepted.
In south eastern Manitoba, a school teacher is being investigated for posing with MP Candice Bergen and the two of them are holding up a homemade sign that says Trudeau is the worst. Apparently, this type of stance has been deemed harmful to our youth and teachers shouldn’t be promoting a political agenda. Yet, anti-Donald Trump signs and comments are, not only, permitted but are encouraged in a lot of circles and kids are taught he’s some sort of evil, racist monster. But, Butts is allowed to call people he disagrees with ‘Nazis’. When you look at what goes on in our universities as far as left wing ideology being taught to young people, I would say a teacher and Bergen promoting the truth (because Trudeau is the worst Prime Minister of my lifetime) should be a long, long way down on the list of things to investigate for the greater good. But, this is the new Canada where basic dictatorships are admired and that’s the path we are going if these corrupt juveniles win again in October.
Nice people mentions this week: David Renkas, Dane Jackson, Carson Albrecht, and Jennifer Fullerton.
