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Even in Atlantic Canada, the tide is turning on the Trudeau Liberals
Back in 2002, when he was leader of the Official Opposition, Stephen Harper decided to make himself persona non grata in Atlantic Canada. “There is a dependence in the region that breeds a culture of defeatism,” he infamously declared.
Atlantic Canada has long been known as a reliable bastion of support for the Liberal Party, which could be one reason why Mr. Harper – a conservative from the West – felt at liberty to trash-talk the place. But these days, Atlantic Canada is as fed up with the Liberals as Alberta is. A recent Angus Reid survey shows that only 21 per cent of Atlantic Canadians support the Liberals; in comparison, 43 per cent support the Conservatives. It’s just the latest poll showing deepening dissatisfaction with Justin Trudeau’s government and a steady lead for Pierre Poilievre’s Tories; in August, a Leger poll found 19-per-cent support for the Liberals, a mere 8 per cent for the NDP, and a remarkable 55 per cent for Conservatives. If the pattern holds, the region seems poised for a blue wave in the next election.
But Atlantic Canada’s political reputation has always been somewhat overstated. It’s true that many voters in the area tend to throw their arms around new Liberal leaders and help them form their first governments. This was true for Jean Chrétien, whose Liberals won 30 of 31 seats when they won their first majority in 1993, and it was true for Justin Trudeau in 2015, when the party swept all 32 seats. But despite being less than vote-rich, Atlantic Canadians refuse to be taken for granted; their allegiance to the Liberals is not blind. After winning all of the seats in Nova Scotia in 1993, for example, the Liberals subsequently lost every single one of them in 1997 when cuts to programs and transfer payments were in full swing. The party risks a similar fate now.
No one is advocating for the spending of money just for the sake of spending money. However, given that the CAF is practically useless. Undermanned. Under equipped. Infrastructure falling apart. WOKE destroying recruiting. Go onto practically any of our military bases. Dilapidated. Peeling paint. Pot holes. Weeds. A damned embarrassment. They’d fit well into a 3rd world country. Shattered morale as a result of all. It won’t take a rocket scientist to identify the senior defence procurement bureaucrats who have massively failed both the CAF and Canada by their incompetence.
Once PP has his majority he needs to go through the bloated, lazy, self entitled civil service and senior military like a tornado. Too many alumni of Peter Principle University. Promoted to the level of the their incompetency. Clean house and start at the very top! Too late for probationary periods to get it right. Clean out your desks and get out. If they can’t be fired, then just transfer them to a cubical in a basement somewhere where they can surf the internet and shop on Amazon but do no more harm to this great nation while they await their generous pensions. Know that there are plenty of highly competent people in both ready, eager and willing to replace them and who will get the job done.
The Trudeau government is trying to assure NATO allies it’s moving in the direction of spending two per cent of Canada’s GDP on defence. Meanwhile, billions of dollars committed to new military equipment is being handed back, lapsed, re-profiled or simply not requested by the Department of National Defence.
“Government policy without money is basically rhetoric,” chides David Perry, the PhD in defence procurement heading up the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, a non-partisan think tank in Ottawa.
Perry has studied Canada’s bureaucratic defence procurement process — clogged with bureaucrats from Public Services and Procurement Canada, National Defence, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and Treasury Board — and can follow the money.
Trudeau Liberals will never hit NATO target if DND can’t even spend the money it has (msn.com)
Canadian Defense Spending is a Joke. Here’s How to Fix It.
Perhaps the most informative 23 minutes of the day…
WATCH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ImGmy78mzY
Canadian Armed Forces – Gutted by Politics
With a Federal election potentially imminent, those who follow the fortunes of Canada’s military are debating which party would better serve the interests of national defence in Canada. The truth is there is no Good Samaritan for the CAF…and there never was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK06cepZGio
… and a born liar.