"You know, there’s a level of admiration I actually have for China because their basic dictatorship is allowing them to actually turn their economy around on a dime and say ‘we need to go green fastest…we need to start investing in solar.’ I mean there is a flexibility that I know Stephen Harper must dream about of having a dictatorship that he can do everything he wanted that I find quite interesting."
"But if I were to reach out and say which … which kind of administration I most admire, I think there’s something to be said right here in Canada for the way our territories are run. Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and the Yukon are done without political parties around consensus. And are much more like a municipal government. And I think there’s a lot to be said for people pulling together to try and solve issues rather than to score points off of each other. And I think we need a little more of that.”
I am by no means a fan of our current PM. And by now, he should understand that what is said to the public, while in public office, will absolutely follow them - and to choose their words wisely.
That being said, he does make a valid point in what is quoted above. He isn't wrong in the fact that China does have the ability to make decisions faster, and execute those decisions faster, than most countries in the west. In terms of how quickly our governments in the west can make a decision, negotiate a warped version of it with the other parties, and then execute on the action points - China does have a very clear advantage at the strategic level.
Admiring a country that is currently committing a genocide in all but name, and doesn't even try to hide the fact that they have a very dark agenda planned for the rest of the world? Probably not the best thing to say there Justin...
But, in terms of their ability to focus their efforts more long term, decide a course of action, and execute on it (which is what the above quote seems to be about - I don't have the context of what the overall conversation was) he isn't wrong.
P.S. We should get back on topic lads?