Canada’s Corrupt Liberal Government

Canada’s Conservative party will make its first bid to unseat prime minister Justin Trudeau this week, the latest attempt in its decade-long aim of restoring the Tories to power.

Buoyed by favourable polls, a cost of living crisis and an increasingly unpopular prime minister, the Conservative leader, Pierre Poilievre, will introduce a motion of non-confidence in the minority government: a long-shot bid to force the government to call an election.

The move, which lawmakers will debate on Wednesday, is doomed to fail, with smaller parties agreeing to temporarily support the incumbent Liberal party.

Justin Trudeau tried to put on a jovial face when he appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Monday night. But the prime minister’s pledge to “fight climate change” while “continuing to invest in people” rang hollow with voters at home.

He speaks as if this is just something that's happening to us all — some natural phenomena — and he's doing his best to respond to events that are outside of anyone's control. "We lost a little ground over the past decades on building housing, so…" https://t.co/pkVQF4zXwD

— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) September 24, 2024

… Some years (and massive upheavals in popularity) later, and Trudeau’s goodwill late night tour feels a little sweaty, and desperate. Introduced as “a former teacher and amateur boxer,” the Prime Minister spent the extended interview — split by two commercial breaks! — smiling uncomfortably, answering softball questions about his official titles (just “Prime Minister,” not “Mr. Prime Minister”), and generally bigging up the country that, for the time being, he still runs.

He embarrasses Canada.

Justin Trudeau’s interview on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” began with the expected jokes about bacon and Canadians saying sorry a lot, but the prime minister acknowledged it’s “a really tough time” in the country when the host asked about an expected confidence vote in Parliament this week.

“People are hurting. People are having trouble paying for groceries, paying for rent, filling up the tank,” Trudeau said during the CBS program Monday in New York, where he has been meeting with world leaders attending the United Nations General Assembly.

Trudeau admitted there’s frustration. He said the housing crisis “is a little sharper” in Canada than it is in the U.S. And even though he said Canada’s economy is performing better on a “macro” level than its southern neighbour’s, people don’t feel it when they’re at the checkout.

‘Lacks self awareness’ doesn’t cut it.

This entire scripted interview was campaign propaganda. Colbert calling Pierre “Canada’s Trump” any Conservatives as Far-right & making it like Trudeau is fighting this imaginary Far-Right was abhorrent. pic.twitter.com/PY4FhEgUEn

— Ryan Gerritsen (@ryangerritsen) September 24, 2024

Canada’s proposed new submarines will be required to launch and recover underwater drones and patrol covertly for a minimum of 21 days, defence industry representatives have been told.

But the first submarine won’t actually be operating with the Royal Canadian Navy until 2037, noted various Department of National Defence (DND) briefings obtained by the Ottawa Citizen.

There ain’t gonna be no subs.

Justin Trudeau is brimming with confidence. Nothing seems to get him down – not byelection losses, not dismal polling numbers, not the end of the supply and confidence agreement with the New Democrats, and not the departures of key ministers and staff.

The Prime Minister insists on leading the Liberal Party into the next election despite the growing sense that his personal brand is the Liberals’ most insurmountable ballot drag. Abacus Data reported earlier this month that 22% of people have positive views of Trudeau compared to a whopping 61% with negative views. As Liberal MP Alexandra Mendes has said when speaking of her constituents’ attitudes toward the Liberal leader: “It’s a very generalized … ‘we’re tired of his face’ kind of thing,” Mendes has also said she’s “not confident” the Liberals can win the next election.