Canada’s Corrupt Liberal Government

The federal Liberal brand will be put to the test again in a byelection in the Montreal riding of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun on Sept. 16 — a contest Liberal Party brass hope won’t deliver a repeat of the party’s failure in a Toronto riding earlier this summer.

The Liberals’ byelection loss in Toronto-St. Paul’s — a riding the party had held for more than 30 years — prompted a lot of soul-searching and griping among Liberal MPs who interpreted the result as a rebuke of their leader, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

If the LPC loses will Justin finally take the hint? Too vain I suspect.

The real mystery isn’t whether or not the prime minister will stay, it’s whether or not his base will leave.

When it comes to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, many journalists and pundits are asking the wrong question.

They’re asking, “will Trudeau quit the Liberals?” when the more pertinent question is: “will the Liberals quit Trudeau?”

Why is that the more pertinent question? Well, first off, all the signs suggest Trudeau isn’t about to pack it in anytime soon.

‘This is a significant change’: How Liberals are reacting to the resignation of their party’s campaign director

OTTAWA—Trailing in the polls and suddenly facing the prospect of an early federal election, many Liberals say there is a welcome chance for renewal now that the governing party’s national campaign director is leaving his post.

Jeremy Broadhurst, a veteran strategist who was set to quarterback the Liberals’ election campaign after serving as a top adviser in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, announced Thursday that he is stepping down from his party role on Sept. 30.

By appointing a raving gender ideologue to the Senate, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did nothing wrong. But boy, is the upper house of Parliament going to be a pain for years to come.

This new Alberta representative in the upper house is Kristopher Wells, MacEwan University professor, Pride Tape inventor, Canada Research Chair and on-call academic activist. He can reliably explain to the uneducated public that all conservative parties in Canada have “been hijacked (by) far-right extremists”; that the federal Conservative party “is now a party of hate, extremism and division”; and that any talk of restricting cosmetic cross-sex hormones is evidence of a “conservative agenda” to “restrict access to life-saving health care for anyone they don’t agree with.”

The federal Liberal party’s national campaign director is quitting, the Star has learned. Jeremy Broadhurst privately told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month he is leaving, according to several Liberal sources.

The news blindsided Trudeau’s chief of staff, Katie Telford. According to one individual who spoke on condition of anonymity, Broadhurst told the prime minister he didn’t think Trudeau could win the next election and that Broadhurst should be replaced with someone who felt Trudeau could win a fourth term.

h/t Mauser

The loss of provincial Liberal parties is a striking indication of how toxic Justin Trudeau’s brand has become

If I were into conjuring, my next act would be something along the line of “The Amazing Disappearing Liberal Parties of Canada.” I’d have a cape. And an attractive assistant with leggy legs. And sound effects to distract the yokels. “Ladeees and gentlemen … watch carefully as one of Canada’s oldest parties disappears before your very eyes!”

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.