So much of what has happened in Canada has amazed me. From finally getting our flag back from those Konvoy dipshits to seeing such immense patriotism in Quebec. I am gobsmacked. Events have truly shaped where we are today and it is a pivotal moment for Canada and Canadians. I fervently hope we grab this opportunity to stand tall on the world stage and get out of the US' shadown at long last.
If we're scoring opinions in 2024, it seems that Trudeau was largely correct that Trump would change the game in his party's favour and that Carney would be a significant add to his party that he finally landed, while being wrong about how necessary his own resignation was to his political project.
Freeland was right that the Trudeau brand was stale, probably wrong that she should be in Finance rather than a job coordinating with the Provinces on the Trump trade threat and misjudged her own viability as a political figure in her own right rather than as Trudeau lieutenant, right that her own resignation would make Trudeau unviable but also put the country in a precarious position by creating a crisis in Parliamentary confidence on the eve of the Trump crisis.
Poilievre was correct that it was in his party's best interest to put pressure on an early election and that Singh could be pressured into acting against his own interests. Wrong that he could indefinitely coast on the momentum he built previously and not to better position himself for what could come in 2025.
Carney made a bet that his own ambitions would be best served by staying out of the Trudeau government rather than getting his feet wet as a minister first and it seems to have paid off.
And Singh was pretty much wrong across the board and made a bad position even worse by his own actions.
Dorchester Square - such a place of history. I was a Montrealer during the Quebec referendum. There were multiple trains from the West Island taking Anglos (predominantly) down to the Canada rally on the eve of the vote. It was momentous, that train ride, tears in my eyes actually.
If you know that train line, the train itself is 5 maybe 6 cars long. Someone began singing O Canada, and it gradually filtered through every car, all of us singing, over and over, like a hymn, softly, gently, longingly. It was so emotional, I still get tears just writing this.
As we got off the train and made our way to the Square, construction workers high up on the building above began spitting at us and swearing at us in French. But we continued on, a steady stream of thousands of rally-ers.
It was a close, very close vote, and that iconic image of the crowd underneath that massive Canadian flag being passed overhead in the Square, is one I will never forget.
I remain convinced that also with Trudeau still leading the Liberal party we would also have seen a significant recovery in the opinion polls for the Liberal party. Of course we will never know for sure, but the Trump effect, especially with the threats on Canada’s sovereignty, is just extremely powerful in Canada.
Nevertheless, we are where we are, with a new Liberal leader. And so far, Carney got all the big items right. Ignoring Trump, going to Europe instead, announcing a major defence deal with Australia, these were all the right decisions. I believe calling an election on Sunday is also the right call and it is going to be interesting couple of weeks.
So much of what has happened in Canada has amazed me. From finally getting our flag back from those Konvoy dipshits to seeing such immense patriotism in Quebec. I am gobsmacked. Events have truly shaped where we are today and it is a pivotal moment for Canada and Canadians. I fervently hope we grab this opportunity to stand tall on the world stage and get out of the US' shadown at long last.
Vive le Canada.
If we're scoring opinions in 2024, it seems that Trudeau was largely correct that Trump would change the game in his party's favour and that Carney would be a significant add to his party that he finally landed, while being wrong about how necessary his own resignation was to his political project.
Freeland was right that the Trudeau brand was stale, probably wrong that she should be in Finance rather than a job coordinating with the Provinces on the Trump trade threat and misjudged her own viability as a political figure in her own right rather than as Trudeau lieutenant, right that her own resignation would make Trudeau unviable but also put the country in a precarious position by creating a crisis in Parliamentary confidence on the eve of the Trump crisis.
Poilievre was correct that it was in his party's best interest to put pressure on an early election and that Singh could be pressured into acting against his own interests. Wrong that he could indefinitely coast on the momentum he built previously and not to better position himself for what could come in 2025.
Carney made a bet that his own ambitions would be best served by staying out of the Trudeau government rather than getting his feet wet as a minister first and it seems to have paid off.
And Singh was pretty much wrong across the board and made a bad position even worse by his own actions.
Dorchester Square - such a place of history. I was a Montrealer during the Quebec referendum. There were multiple trains from the West Island taking Anglos (predominantly) down to the Canada rally on the eve of the vote. It was momentous, that train ride, tears in my eyes actually.
If you know that train line, the train itself is 5 maybe 6 cars long. Someone began singing O Canada, and it gradually filtered through every car, all of us singing, over and over, like a hymn, softly, gently, longingly. It was so emotional, I still get tears just writing this.
As we got off the train and made our way to the Square, construction workers high up on the building above began spitting at us and swearing at us in French. But we continued on, a steady stream of thousands of rally-ers.
It was a close, very close vote, and that iconic image of the crowd underneath that massive Canadian flag being passed overhead in the Square, is one I will never forget.
This is another one of those moments.
My circle of associates includes NDP , Green, A few Cons.
They are all voting Liberal.
Well said.
I remain convinced that also with Trudeau still leading the Liberal party we would also have seen a significant recovery in the opinion polls for the Liberal party. Of course we will never know for sure, but the Trump effect, especially with the threats on Canada’s sovereignty, is just extremely powerful in Canada.
Nevertheless, we are where we are, with a new Liberal leader. And so far, Carney got all the big items right. Ignoring Trump, going to Europe instead, announcing a major defence deal with Australia, these were all the right decisions. I believe calling an election on Sunday is also the right call and it is going to be interesting couple of weeks.
What the F, Even? Have you been sprinkled with fairy dust over-night? What a nice, up-lifting post for a change of pace. Thanks for that.
Poilievre’s future if he loses will be the same as his last two predecessors and I am perfectly ok with that.
❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦
But I will never like Conservatives!
JT destroyed this country. Exacerbated a divide between East and west that was fully avoidable. One that is now permanent.
This would be Evan’s I Am Canadian commercial moment. Lovely. And made my heart swell with a little hope of my own. 🩷