Canadian Politics Today

Or maybe it was just a case of, she's a woman, she's French, she's an astronaut. Look no further.

I can certainly see the logic in that. Unfortunately, it didn't work out.

Glad Payette is gone, she's absolutely insane and totally incompetent, trying to hide from her RCMP detail etc.  A total loon.  She also used 150k of taxpayer money for legal fees in hiring a former Supreme Court Justice to defend her, which is absolutely outrageous, and knowing darn well she was guilty of all these accusations yet didn't resign then but burned taxpayer money.  If I was sued at work my work certainly wouldn't pay for it.

Today I learned she killed a pedestrian with her SUV in 2011 (allegedly was the pedestrian's fault), and then a few months later was charged with assault.  Trudeau wouldn't comment if he knew about these charges before he hired her.

Her appointment seems to me a relic of "image based politics" which should be swept out now.  I heard there's an option to have a multi-party selection committee for this position.  Let's do that.

Less politics, more policy discussion.

It shouldn't be political at all. Harper used an expert committee to name Johnston. The committee (the royal appointments committee) still exists. It should be used this time. It works very well for senators and Order recipients. Those similar selection committees were formed by Trudeau, ironically.

As bad an appointment as this was, and it was bad, we are still suffering with the legacy of Harper appointments.

Mike Duffy is STILL a fuckin’ Senator.

Lynn Beyak, who the Senate can’t seem to get their **** together to remove from office....   maybe because they don’t like to actually work?....    One of the most awful and stupid human beings in all of Canada is an appointee of Harper’s.

At least we were rid of the GG in relatively quick fashion.

Yeah. 

I feel that identity politics is exploited by the Liberal party and:

1) It is not deserved, as they have not showed themselves to be leading edge with regards to rights issues
2) It could actually do a disservice to the people they're trying to help, ie. making a big splash over changes versus quietly granting the rights.  Trudeau Sr. did not, as I recall, make decriminalization a banner issue
3) Symbolism is a superficial badge of progress.  Great, we have a woman astronaut but what happened to your national childcare promise ?

It's TALK-ACTION=0, not ACTION=0

Justin Trudeau is style over substance, that's just how he rolls.  He's a peacock always with his feathers out.  Looking good doesn't create jobs or feed people.

The Senate can be its own worse enemy sometimes. It has the mechanism to deal with people like Beyak.

No, it clearly does not have mechanisms as she is still there.  Mike Duffy is still a Senator.   What are these mechanisms you speak of?

Let's not kid ourselves that Trudeau, Barack Obama, or Trump were prepared to run nations.  What they were prepared to do is understand the wisdom of experts, to listen, to ask questions, and to weigh options... WITH ADVISORS.

Two of these three did just fine... the third was undone by his inability to listen and his arrogance but it didn't really impact the economy either.

I'm not sure what my point is anymore... maybe just let's not give credit beyond understanding the basics, and having a requisite level of wisdom... and Trudeau and Obama did.

Oh, I agree....   completely.  It’s not one dude.

I was simply refuting Graham’s contention that Trudeau is a peacock who hasn’t created any jobs.

Looking at the actual data, the peacock’s government (maybe thanks to whomever he is getting economic advice from) has a lower unemployment rate than Harper did....  and this is WITH the ongoing turmoil in the Alberta resource sector putting pressure on the unemployment rate the wrong way.