Canada Has It's Own Share Of Leadership Problems

[Canadian Visitor]

The 'SNC-Lavalin' scandal is indeed damaging the Liberal brand in polling, though Trudeau is taking the larger personal hit.

Here's the thing, I think many Canadians care less about the original issue than are offended by how vapid and reactive Trudeau has seemed in addressing it.

He was always a bit of a pretty face.......articulate, but not an intellectual heavyweight like his dad.

But in his attempts to diffuse/deflect this scandal he's come off as dismissive, defensive and clearly following his talking points to the letter.

It just hasn't looked good at all.

The only thing is, when we go to the polls this fall, Canada's federal electoral choices are not currently appearing all that good.

We have Trudeau and the Liberals who are certainly very corporate friendly, can't seem to balance a budget and outside of legalizing pot, assisted suicide and improving child benefits don't have a great list of accomplishments to show for 4 years in power.

We have Andrew Scheer and the Conservatives.....he's about as milque toast as you get.

He was also heavily lobbied by the same company that lobbied Trudeau and said nothing about it till it became public.

He bumbled the response to the NewZealand shooting; and has managed to offend the Libertarian wing of his party enough that they've left to form their own party, The People's Party, and are threatening to split the vote on the right.

Jagmeet Singh is leader of the NDP, Canada's lefty party which has sometimes held power in the western provinces and once in each of Nova Scotia and Ontario, but never federally.

He has not had a tour de force start as party leader, and the party is near historic lows in the polls.

The aforementioned People's Party is now on the hard right.....

While the Greens and their leader Elizabeth May are on the upswing, but far from being contenders for power.

Eesh.

[Honky Tonk]

The 'SNC-Lavalin' scandal is indeed damaging the Liberal brand in polling, though Trudeau is taking the larger personal hit.

Here's the thing, I think many Canadians care less about the original issue than are offended by how vapid and reactive Trudeau has seemed in addressing it.

He was always a bit of a pretty face.......articulate, but not an intellectual heavyweight like his dad.

But in his attempts to diffuse/deflect this scandal he's come off as dismissive, defensive and clearly following his talking points to the letter.

It just hasn't looked good at all.

The only thing is, when we go to the polls this fall, Canada's federal electoral choices are not currently appearing all that good.

We have Trudeau and the Liberals who are certainly very corporate friendly, can't seem to balance a budget and outside of legalizing pot, assisted suicide and improving child benefits don't have a great list of accomplishments to show for 4 years in power.

We have Andrew Scheer and the Conservatives.....he's about as milque toast as you get.

He was also heavily lobbied by the same company that lobbied Trudeau and said nothing about it till it became public.

He bumbled the response to the NewZealand shooting; and has managed to offend the Libertarian wing of his party enough that they've left to form their own party, The People's Party, and are threatening to split the vote on the right.

Jagmeet Singh is leader of the NDP, Canada's lefty party which has sometimes held power in the western provinces and once in each of Nova Scotia and Ontario, but never federally.

He has not had a tour de force start as party leader, and the party is near historic lows in the polls.

The aforementioned People's Party is now on the hard right.....

While the Greens and their leader Elizabeth May are on the upswing, but far from being contenders for power.

Eesh.

Hmmmmmm.... SSDC, same shit, different country.