23rd Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau

23rd Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau

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alfabadass

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1,852 posts

198 months

Tuesday 31st January 2017
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Let's bring some happiness into this forum, let's put hate and evil to one side for a minute and celebrate a true leader. Someone we can look up to as a beacon of excellence and leadership.

23rd Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau.



Beautiful inside and out.

XslaneyX

1,334 posts

141 months

Tuesday 31st January 2017
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B'stard Child

28,324 posts

245 months

Tuesday 31st January 2017
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who?

BlackPrince

1,271 posts

168 months

Tuesday 31st January 2017
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XslaneyX said:
WTF are you on about?

Tony Starks

2,089 posts

211 months

Tuesday 31st January 2017
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AC Slaters come a long way since Saved by the Bell.

Wobbegong

15,077 posts

168 months

Tuesday 31st January 2017
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Tony Starks said:
AC Slaters come a long way since Saved by the Bell.
rofl

r11co

6,244 posts

229 months

Tuesday 31st January 2017
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When I saw the surname I assumed nepotism.

Having said that, if he is a patch on his father then it's probably a good thing.

Goaty Bill 2

3,393 posts

118 months

Tuesday 31st January 2017
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For sure rolleyes
Anyone who will openly praise Castro on hearing of his death must be a great chap.

Or attending Cash for Access dinners having promised to rid government of such things during his election campaign.

Yes. Great man indeed.

Oh Canada! cry

Blaster72

10,772 posts

196 months

Tuesday 31st January 2017
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Yep brilliant, all refugees welcome. Unless you're a single male.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/24/cana...

A beacon of hope indeed.

Goaty Bill 2

3,393 posts

118 months

Tuesday 31st January 2017
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Reading that, my first impression (though clearly wrong) was that you were referring to Justin Trudeau.
Instantly I thought; "ahh someone else 'gets it'". smile


XslaneyX

1,334 posts

141 months

Tuesday 31st January 2017
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Yawn...

XslaneyX

1,334 posts

141 months

Tuesday 31st January 2017
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Oh dear hehe

Salty?

Goaty Bill 2

3,393 posts

118 months

Tuesday 31st January 2017
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r11co said:
When I saw the surname I assumed nepotism.

Having said that, if he is a patch on his father then it's probably a good thing.
I remember his father quite well.
He was indeed a very clever man.

I will tell you the one memory that stands out;

The liberals had lost the general election to the conservatives under Joe Clark.
One of the first things that Mr. Clark did, rather naively I might add, was tell people that the tax on gasoline would have to be increased, raising the cost by some 7-10 cents per gallon (it's been 30 years, I may be out by a penny or two).
This helped in forcing a vote of no confidence, which ultimately succeeded and resulted in a new election.
Mr. Trudeau happily promised the electorate that he would do nothing similar, and there were better ways to 'repair the economy'.
Trudeau won, the price of gasoline tax remained stable for a few weeks, and then rose by a penny or two.
Within six to eight months, it was at a penny or two more than Clark had suggested.
Very few people seemed to have noticed.

Yes he was 'clever' for sure.

He was also a big fan of Fidel Castro. No doubt that's where Trudeau the younger gets it from.


Edit: typo repair


Edited by Goaty Bill 2 on Wednesday 1st February 06:45

BlackPrince

1,271 posts

168 months

Saturday 4th February 2017
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Goaty Bill 2 said:
I remember his father quite well.
He was indeed a very clever man.

I will tell you the one memory that stands out;

The liberals had lost the general election to the conservatives under Joe Clark.
One of the first things that Mr. Clark did, rather naively I might add, was tell people that the tax on gasoline would have to be increased, raising the cost by some 7-10 cents per gallon (it's been 30 years, I may be out by a penny or two).
This helped in forcing a vote of no confidence, which ultimately succeeded and resulted in a new election.
Mr. Trudeau happily promised the electorate that he would do nothing similar, and there were better ways to 'repair the economy'.
Trudeau won, the price of gasoline tax remained stable for a few weeks, and then rose by a penny or two.
Within six to eight months, it was at a penny or two more than Clark had suggested.
Very few people seemed to have noticed.

Yes he was 'clever' for sure.

He was also a big fan of Fidel Castro. No doubt that's where Trudeau the younger gets it from.


Edit: typo repair


Edited by Goaty Bill 2 on Wednesday 1st February 06:45
Which part of Canada do you live in? I'm in Ontario

D-Angle

4,467 posts

241 months

Saturday 4th February 2017
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Soundbite-spouting populist, always be suspicious of a politician who says things you are glad to hear. Running a country honestly means you rarely get to do that.

Jonesy23

4,650 posts

135 months

Saturday 4th February 2017
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Looks and smells like a Blair but with added nepotism.

That's a big no from me.

RDMcG

19,096 posts

206 months

Saturday 4th February 2017
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I live in Canada and am no fan. Yet , when I look South at the catastrophe of Trump I feel a lot better about Trudeau

Goaty Bill 2

3,393 posts

118 months

Saturday 4th February 2017
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BlackPrince said:
Which part of Canada do you live in? I'm in Ontario
West coaster.


D-Angle said:
Soundbite-spouting populist, always be suspicious of a politician who says things you are glad to hear. Running a country honestly means you rarely get to do that.
I think that thinking people, now they are rid of Harper, are beginning to realise that.


Jonesy23 said:
Looks and smells like a Blair but with added nepotism.

That's a big no from me.
He, like Blair, (and given the opportunity), will destroy the country in the name of doing the 'right thing'.
A social justice warrior in social justice warrior's clothing.


RDMcG said:
I live in Canada and am no fan. Yet , when I look South at the catastrophe of Trump I feel a lot better about Trudeau
I am waiting to see if Trump will actually be a catastrophe. I don't have much hope, but it seems that Trump was the only available option to shake up American politics (and avoid a Clinton dynasty), and similarly Trudeau was the only available alternative to Harper.
Unfortunately the Conservatives in Canada seem to have learned nothing (yet).
The lessons are there if only they would look and stop aping the Liberals.

As Peter Hitchens said of the Torries versus Labour in the UK;
"You may look from pig to man and from man to pig, and it is impossible to tell them apart".


I doubt that anything will make me feel better about Trudeau.


Countdown

39,690 posts

195 months

Saturday 4th February 2017
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D-Angle said:
Soundbite-spouting populist, always be suspicious of a politician who says things you are glad to hear. Running a country honestly means you rarely get to do that.
scratchchin

fttm

3,666 posts

134 months

Saturday 4th February 2017
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Trudeau is a grade A prick who is ruining this great country . Appears to think that Canada stops West of the Ontario border and comes out with comments like"the budget will balance itself"whilst spiraling us into massive debt . Just mention his name out West and see the responses mad