The Dramatic Rejection of Liberal Politics in Canada
by James Porter Craig, Crisis Magazine:
The political landscape in Canada is rapidly changing. In addition to the conservative governments of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, there is a blue wave sweeping across the Dominion. Right-of-center parties are gaining more and more ground: Doug Ford in Ontario last year; Jason Kenney’s recent win in Alberta; Blaine Higgs in New Brunswick; François Legault in Quebec; and most recently, Dennis King in Prince Edward Island. In 2015, by contrast, most of the provinces from the east to the west coast were left-leaning, excluding Saskatchewan. Federally, the situation seems similar. The approval rating of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, has dropped significantly in the past few months—dropping several percentage points lower than U.S. President Donald Trump.
[…] What has been most surprising is the mainstream media’s turn on its former political darling, Prime Minister Trudeau. Unexpectedly, the leading news magazine of Canada, Maclean’s Magazine, exposed the hypocrisy and shallowness of the ever-fading brand of Trudeau’s politics. So much for his “sunny ways” and politics of transparency.
[…] Aside from this scandal, there has been a rise of discontent with the Liberal Party’s policies and actions across the political spectrum ever since Trudeau took office. Not dissimilar from our American neighbors, Canadians are increasingly divided over broad issues such as the environment (e.g., a federal imposition of a carbon tax), immigration laws, free trade, health care, drug policy (e.g., the legalization of marijuana), free speech, freedom of conscience (especially affecting the religious liberty of Christians), LGBTTIQQ2SA, abortion, euthanasia, employment equity, etc.
Some have seen it as one gaffe after another. It appears to many that he is more concerned with taking selfies than properly running the country. Moreover, he is incorrigible and runs through a predictable script like someone who suffers from ideological possession. The case has been made that he is arguably the worst PM in the history of Canada. The polls clearly indicate that Canadians no longer tolerate Trudeau’s behavior. He epitomizes in equal measure ignorance, arrogance, incompetence, and corruption. He is a bona fide relativist and self-proclaimed champion of feminism who dismisses sexual misconduct allegations and removes two of the most powerful women in the country from the Liberal caucus. He champions the environment with the imposition of a carbon tax, yet leaves a greater carbon footprint with a family vacation than the average Canadian would in a year. He is indeed postmodernism’s poster boy.
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