Alberta takes the federal government that Ontario and Quebec give it and as campaigning begins for the October election, the odds favour Justin Trudeau.
Even the recent finding of the ethics commissioner that Trudeau broke conflict of interest law when he intervened for SNC Lavalin to get a deferred prosecution of the company’s foreign corruption and bribery charges, the Liberals may be re-elected as the governing party.
A slim majority of central Canadian voters are poised to forgive Trudeau and forget his unethical behaviour come election day.
Better Trudeau in Ontario than Andrew Scheer, a friend of Conservative Premier Doug Ford.
Better Trudeau than re-electing the swath of NPD seats in Quebec and where the Bloc Québécois is coming back from the dead, leading in a dozen seats – seats that the Conservatives could win as a toehold in la belle province.
Trudeau’s only first-term legislative achievement of note was the legalization of marijuana, a dubious distinction.
Nero fiddled while Rome burned and Justin Trudeau let Canada get high.
Important domestic problems have been neglected for the past four years. Foreign policy has been untouched except when bungled.
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, the prime minister in waiting, has not broken through.
The NDP’s Jagmeet Singh has not emerged as a politically viable leader.
The clock has run out on the Green Party and Elizabeth May.
Compared to his rivals, Trudeau is just another political midget.
When Canadians look across the political landscape, they should ask, “where are the giants?”
