There’s much talk these days about the options available to the PM to keep himself in power, with many strategists of all parties suggesting that Justin could prorogue Parliament.
Really?
Suspend Parliament so that the opposition would not be able to topple the Liberals in a vote and bring on the election that most Canadians want?
Does this sound democratic?
Justin would suggest that he needs this time without Parliament in session to decide his future, or for that “progressive, woke” shambles that he has created, aka the Liberal Party, to elect a new leader.
The winner of that contest would then automatically become PM for a day or two — remember Kim Campbell?
Does anyone but the Ottawa mainstream press really think that Canadians want this corrupt and incompetent government to continue under the leadership of Champagne or LeBlanc or Joly, or some other cabinet unknown? Do most Canadians know that all those “fine contenders” that the PMO-paid press keeps putting forward as potential PMs even exist?
I think not.
And if they do know these so-called contenders, they would rather forget about their incompetent or embarrassing acts in office.
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The Ottawa pundits, supporters for the most part of the type of woke, autocratic, “we-know-what-is-best-for-you” government that Canadians have justifiably come to hate, continue to hope that Justin is the reason for the low polling numbers. They surmise that a new leader will solve all popularity problems and Canada will continue as it has for the last nine years — which means plummeting to the bottom of the heap for all but the elites and government personnel.
But the fact is that all cabinet ministers are as guilty as Justin in creating the worst government that Canadians have been forced to endure. And all Liberal MPs are to blame, because they have refused to rein in all the silliness and excesses of the Justin Government.
In the next few weeks, we will hear much blather from the PMO about the need to keep a solid, experienced government in office whilst Trump goes about returning the common sense to American society. But no one can forget the personal insults and arrogant talk from the Trudeau government about Donald Trump — the president-elect is not an imbecile who forgets inexcusably childish behaviour.
Trump is playing with the Trudeau Government — just a game — until Canada elects a government that is consequential and can get down to business.
Working people know that this talk of proroguing Parliament is all about Trudeau, who has caused so much misery for Canadians with his silly taxes and inflationary spending and dictatorial and useless green edicts, wanting to keep the fabulous perks for himself and his friends as long as humanly possible.
As you read this, the Great Hypocrite Himself, who urges farmers and trades to drive electric vehicles and to stop using fossil fuel, has jetted clear across the continent to ski in B.C.! Justin, is there something wrong with the fabulous mountains of Quebec, only a few hours drive from Ottawa?
Prorogation is never to be used just for political gain — it is an important Parliamentary tool to keep government intact and vital when the time is right.
And the time is not right when the only goal is to keep Trudeau in power.
This government has proven to the world that it cannot deal effectively with Trump. Premiers Danielle Smith and Doug Ford are already filling in the vacuum created by Ottawa’s inability to do anything but damage Canadian society.
We do not need a prorogued Parliament, leaving a disgraced cabinet in power. If our PM invokes it, the only reason is to continue his lifestyle — nothing to do with good government.
The Federal Court has ruled that Justin’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act against the trucker protest was unconstitutional, so there is nothing to stop busloads upon busloads of Canadians from descending upon Ottawa to say loud and clear: “ENOUGH, WE DEMAND AN ELECTION!”
It is time to bring back government supported by the people.
— Stephen LeDrew is the former president of the Liberal Party of Canada and host of the Three Minute Interview on YouTube.