Canada’s Corrupt Liberal Government

Regardless of how one feels about Justin Trudeau and his legacy, it must be conceded that his long-delayed sort-of-resignation — for let’s remember that he’s still Prime Minister and will be for at least several weeks — is extraordinarily poorly timed. Rather than quit at a juncture that would have allowed the Liberal party to choose a successor who had any chance of running a competitive election, what we have now is … this. A period of extended Parliamentary paralysis and political pugilism just as the country is about to face down a potentially existential trade war and a geopolitical realignment.

So, good job everyone.

A new poll suggests that Liberal supporters prefer Mark Carney as their next leader over a field of potential candidates.

Polling firm Leger surveyed around 1,500 people over the weekend, asking who they think should replace Justin Trudeau as leader of the governing party.

The Economist Party is beginning to squawk a little bit about Mark Carney’s entry into electoral politics, which may be announced by the time you read this. The former boss of the central banks of Canada and the United Kingdom is said to be considering a run for the leadership of the Liberal Party, and will have lots of help from the inner circle of Justin Trudeau, assuming that this is the kind of help that ends up, y’know, helping. Carney has been talked about as a potential saviour of the Liberals for years, yet it seems we are only getting around to asking a basic question: is this at all a good idea?

The Liberal Party of Canada appears to be on the verge of another historic defeat and it remains to be seen whether a new leader can influence current voting predictions.

As it now stands, the Liberals are veering toward a repeat of their worst showing of 2011, when the party went from 77 seats down to 34. If the “wave” was orange in 2011, with the NDP forming the Official Opposition to Stephen Harper, the Conservatives look poised for a blue wave in 2025 to form a majority government.

Mark Twain said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”

The pieces on the 2025 Canadian chessboard are starting to look like 1980 when Pierre Trudeau ran against the West (and Alberta in particular) to secure enough seats in the East to cling to office.

Mark Carney sidestepped questions about his potential Liberal leadership run during an appearance on The Daily Show on Monday night, where he talked about topics ranging from President-elect Donald Trump to the carbon tax.

Despite being economic advisor to the Liberal Party, godfather to Freeland's kid and having Katie Telford making calls on his behalf as a candidate, Carney has the audacity to claim to be running as an 'outsider' on The Daily Show

Further, he admits the Liberal policies have… pic.twitter.com/JAi2VOpwEk

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Out – Frankie Champagne, Former B.C. premier Clark not running to replace Trudeau

Last I heard she was likely to lose her own seat – Karina Gould set to enter Liberal leadership race: source

Justice Marie-Josée Hogue will soon reveal her findings on foreign interference. (Disclosure: I was an invited presenter to the Commission). She has already noted the parties’ defences against penetration do not appear “robust.”

Her recommendations will be wide-ranging. If she recommends that all parties should be subject to supervision in their conduct of nominations and, more importantly, leaderships, the reaction from Liberals, Conservatives and New Democrats will be unanimous: “No!” They are wrong and the justice would be right. Here’s why.