Trudeau Popularity - or not (various polling, etc.)

[RangerRay]

I like Wab Kinew. He seems like the kind of politician that can read a room, offer more than a party line, and shift his opinion based on new information.

Its bloody refreshing.

If he’s still the premier next election and the PCs stay in character and run someone with the personality and brains of a fish, I might vote NDP provincially for the first time.

 

[RangerRay]

So with Freeland gone, the government lost their only competent minister. Mind you, when I say “competent”, don’t confuse that with “charismatic”: she’s a terrible retail politician, who manages to sound like a condescending kindergarten teacher, even when she’s talking to smart people. She’s the opposite of Trudeau in many ways. I’m surprised she lasted this long.

 

[ModlrMike]

I did not have "Freeland quits" on my WTF bingo card today.

She was condescending, self righteous, and annoying and spoke to people like they were all two years old. I'm glad she's gone. I notice she pretty much set the PM on fire on the way out.

 

[RangerRay]

I did not have "Freeland quits" on my WTF bingo card today.

She was condescending, self righteous, and annoying and spoke to people like they were all two years old. I'm glad she's gone. I notice she pretty much set the PM on fire on the way out.

I’ll give her her dues…I think she’s one of the few people in the who “gets it” on the current global situation. She told Trudeau to fire McCallum and Dion over their overtly sympathetic attitudes towards China and Russia respectively or she would quit. And she’s the one who made the government get serious on sanctions on Russia over their invasion of Ukraine.

But yeah, I’m not sad to see her go. I enjoyed her throwing the match behind her as she calmly left the gas-soaked house…

 

[Remius]

I’ll give her her dues…I think she’s one of the few people in the who “gets it” on the current global situation. She told Trudeau to fire McCallum and Dion over their overtly sympathetic attitudes towards China and Russia respectively or she would quit. And she’s the one who made the government get serious on sanctions on Russia over their invasion of Ukraine.

But yeah, I’m not sad to see her go. I enjoyed her throwing the match behind her as she calmly left the gas-soaked house…

 

[SeaKingTacco]

So with Freeland gone, the government lost their only competent minister. Mind you, when I say “competent”, don’t confuse that with “charismatic”: she’s a terrible retail politician, who manages to sound like a condescending kindergarten teacher, even when she’s talking to smart people. She’s the opposite of Trudeau in many ways. I’m surprised she lasted this long.

Anand is competent.

 

[RangerRay]

Anand is competent.

Ok I’ll give you that.

 

[Good2Golf]

Anand is more competent.

Hence, why she was tasked by Trudeau to find $15B of the next budget instead of…you know…the Finance Minister…

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Hence, why she was tasked by Trudeau to find $15B of the next budget instead of…you know…the Finance Minister…

These things are all relative, of course…

 

[rmc_wannabe]

Anand is competent.

Anand is damaged goods in the eyes of the PMO, and she's happier than anyone to be viewed as such.

I can see her in the LPC leadership race 2025 pointing out as much when the time comes.

 

[Kirkhill]

Whether its Trudeau or PP as PM, spending 2% GDP on Defence will not be an option. I think Trump can really turn up the heat on Canada WAY beyond 25% tarifs if he needs to. It could get really ugly. And Trump won't break a sweat.

Trudeau spending 2% GDP on DND means
-Tons of more money on DEI for ARmed Forces members
-Tons of money spent on studying "hate" i the CAF
-Tons of money spent on deploying the CAF in "Climate emergencies", he will make a Climate Response Unit
-Tons of money spent using soldiers to gather up scary guns from hunters, farmers and sportsmen
-Tons of money spent on advertising CAF recruiting for DEI targets

Trudeau list could go on and on

PP, I think would focus on stuff like ships, aircraft, guns, drones, etc. if he spends 2% GDP

The premiers are all now on record calling for the government to meet the NATO standard - per Wab Kinew et al.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Anand is damaged goods in the eyes of the PMO, and she's happier than anyone to be viewed as such.

Isn't Trudeau's plan B usually replacing women with rich white men.

 

[rmc_wannabe]

Isn't Trudeau's plan B usually replacing women with rich white men.

I don't know how long he will be in a position to "replace" anything, to be frank.

 

[Good2Golf]

Isn't Trudeau's plan B usually replacing women with rich white men.

That’s Plan C. Plan B was replacing a rich white man with a woman…

Sharan Kaur: I witnessed the toxicity of Trudeau's PMO firsthand

As Bill Morneau's deputy chief of staff, I saw how Liberal staffers engineer behind-the-scenes leaks to undermine inconvenient ministers

nationalpost.com

 

[OldSolduer]

Except the wild card. This is a very unstable minority Liberal government. Its the political wild west these days in Ottawa. It may not be the NDP, but I wouldn't discount the Liberals themselves from forcing an election to get Trudeau out.

This is the most unstable government and PM I have ever seen in this country.

When I say the PM is unstable - he has been for some time.

 

[brihard]

They should have ejected him months ago.

Agreed.

 

[OldSolduer]

They should have ejected him months ago.

 

[YZT580]

lol, now he comes out? What about last month, last year, 3 yrs ago?
A bit too late and a loonie too short.

really? as I recall, 3 years ago there was no indication that the libs would anti up so there was no 2% promise to support

 

[JLB50]

Trudeau’s appointment of Dominic LeBlanc as Finance Minister kind of reminds me of Hitler’s final days in his bunker when he appointed Goebbels as Chancellor of Germany. A Götterdämmerung of sorts.

 

[OldSolduer]

Hence, why she was tasked by Trudeau to find $15B of the next budget instead of…you know…the Finance Minister…

Find the $15 Billion in payments of CERB etc during the COVID times. Recover the money FFS.