In what distorted view of “progressive” democracy is it morally justifiable to return to power a prime minister who dishonestly cowers behind the decisions of his own handpicked top bureaucrat that have denied the ethics commissioner and the RCMP access to critically relevant cabinet documents?
Fair warning: this essay is a very long read.
“Forward” is Justin Trudeau’s “progressive” call to arms in this election campaign.
Away is more like it.
Away from holding him accountable for his own sordid past, rife with scandal, illegal conduct, broken public trust, and seemingly no end of unethical behaviour and decidedly stupid decisions.
Away from all of his personal transgressions that he “trusts” Canadians to forgive and/or forget, if only out of Liberal-promulgated “Scheer fear” that he also hopes will scare progressives away from voting Green or NDP.
Away from the puerile, privileged fool he was in his early adult years, “made up” in brownface, blackface, turbans, and afro wigs, and revelling in what he incredibly claims he never realized at the time was racist behaviour.
That Trudeau is no longer him, he insists: not the man he has become and the leader today that he would have us define by his record.
Agreed. That guy—the one he is now—is so much worse.
And if voting for him is “forward”, then Canada’s concept of “progressive” is ass-backwards.
For the issue is not whether Trudeau deserves to be forgiven for his admittedly racist actions as an attention-craving, ethically brain-dead, idiotic young adult and teacher.
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Note: Martyn Brown was former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell’s long-serving chief of staff, the top strategic adviser to three provincial party leaders, and a former deputy minister of tourism, trade, and investment. He also served as the B.C. Liberals’ public campaign director in 2001, 2005, and 2009, and in addition to his other extensive campaign experience, he was the principal author of four election platforms. Contact him via email at bcpundit@gmail.com.
See Also:
(1) Behind the PPC’s ‘legitimate chance’ at winning two seats
(2) Harjit Sajjan on why he accepts Trudeau’s apology for wearing blackface
(3) Trudeau’s apology strategy appears to be working (Only in Walkom’s tiny mind)
(4) Here’s Where Canada’s Upcoming Election Stands After Trudeau’s Blackface Scandal
(5) Trudeau’s Poll Numbers Dropping — And He Refuses To Say If He’s Done Blackface Since 2001
