Sometimes less is more when dealing with the very corrupt systems of government and their very unethical corporate spin doctors. If nothing else the greedy Yankee President-Elect they love to call "The Donald" proved that with his two thumbs and a simple Twitter account.
N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger"
http://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/trudeau-bahamas-vacation-1.3931267
Tony Adams
Not only has Justin broken
the rules but he has insulted the average Canadian who does not get to
see even one vacation a year and continues to pay their taxes that are
spent recklessly. And doing this around the Holiday Season, a time where
we are taught to act just a little less selfish nonetheless.
David Raymond Amos
@Tony Adams Which rules did Trudeau "The Younger" break?
Methinks lots of ordinary Canadians and all of his political opposition take time off to enjoy the "Holiday Season" in private with their families and friends. Why can't the Prime Minister?
Methinks lots of ordinary Canadians and all of his political opposition take time off to enjoy the "Holiday Season" in private with their families and friends. Why can't the Prime Minister?
Charlie Wood
@David Raymond Amos
Ordinary Canadians do not receive gifts of trips to private islands owned by persons receiving millions of dollars from the Government of Canada. In case you missed it there are rules regarding who MP's can receive gifts from, the types of gifts they can receive and the value of the gift so there can be no question of whether these gifts can be construed to being made and accepted to curry favour.
The Prime Minister is not above the rules of conflict of interest.
Ordinary Canadians do not receive gifts of trips to private islands owned by persons receiving millions of dollars from the Government of Canada. In case you missed it there are rules regarding who MP's can receive gifts from, the types of gifts they can receive and the value of the gift so there can be no question of whether these gifts can be construed to being made and accepted to curry favour.
The Prime Minister is not above the rules of conflict of interest.
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David Raymond Amos
@Charlie Wood I agree but what gifts are you talking about?
Can't Trudeau enjoy a secret island vacation with a friend whose foundation lobbies the feds?
Why can't we cut the prime minister the slack we would have never afforded his less popular predecessor?
By Robyn Urback, CBC News Posted: Jan 12, 2017 5:00 AM ET
Canadians don't need to know where Trudeau is, so why
should they have the right to know where he is? Right? (Adrian
Wyld/Canadian Press)
Enough, already.
For more than a week now, Canada's vociferous media has been
hounding the Prime Minister's Office for information about where Justin
Trudeau spent his New Year's holiday, and with whom. Can't they give it a
rest?
The prime minister works hard. He's a nice guy. He deserves a private life. Certainly that justifies a complete blackout on the prime minister's whereabouts, as the PMO issued earlier this month.
Canadians don't need to know where Trudeau is, so why should they have the right to know where he is?
Yes, the Liberals were elected on a platform of "openness," but — as mentioned earlier — Trudeau is a nice guy. For that reason, we probably should have cut him the slack we would have never afforded his less popular predecessor.
Yet thanks to the incessant hounding by the alt-right rag National Post, the story didn't die. Instead, we learned Trudeau spent his vacation on the private Bahamian island of billionaire philanthropist the Aga Khan.
OK, it looks bad. The Aga Khan is the head of a foundation that has received millions of dollars in federal foreign aid. The organization is also registered to lobby the federal government. But hear me out.
First of all, the Aga Khan Foundation does good, important charity work. This would all be much more nefarious if Trudeau spent his holiday sipping cocktails on the private yacht of the head of a foundation I didn't like — someone who deals in oil, or banking or small-c conservative politics. But the Aga Khan is a good egg, therefore any obvious ethical or conflict of interest breaches — including the appearance thereof — should be forgiven.
Secondly, the Trudeau family and the Aga Khan are friends; they go way back. Should we really expect Trudeau cut off contact with all of his friends just because he's now the prime minister? Of course not.
Sure, there's a distinction to be made between "remaining friends" and "secretly jettisoning off to a friend's private island and concealing details when pressed by the media," but really, what should the PMO have done? Been forthright about the information and risked igniting a controversy before he stepped on the plane? Bah! I'm pretty sure tickets on a government jet are non-refundable, anyway.
As with other events where the prime minister has met with billionaires, Canadians should rest assured the only political discussions on the Aga Khan's private island concerned the plight of the middle class. There have been reports of holiday discussions of how diversity is our strength and better is always possible, but as of yet, those reports are unconfirmed.
Above all, let's remember that this was just a Trudeau family vacation; there was nothing political about it. OK, so the president of the Liberal Party of Canada and Liberal MP Seamus O'Regan and his husband went too — a detail revealed only after further media pressure — but those guys are kind of like family also, no? They likewise care deeply about Canada's middle class and surely saw this as another opportunity to join in the conversation.
So give it a rest, Canadian media. Certainly there are more important things to cover. I can provide you with a list of topics I subjectively rank as more worthy if you'd indulge me the opportunity to change the conversation. Can't the prime minister just enjoy a secret vacation with his family and select Liberals on the private island of a man whose organization is registered to lobby the federal government?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-vacation-aga-khan-bahamas-1.3931091
The prime minister works hard. He's a nice guy. He deserves a private life. Certainly that justifies a complete blackout on the prime minister's whereabouts, as the PMO issued earlier this month.
Canadians don't need to know where Trudeau is, so why should they have the right to know where he is?
Yes, the Liberals were elected on a platform of "openness," but — as mentioned earlier — Trudeau is a nice guy. For that reason, we probably should have cut him the slack we would have never afforded his less popular predecessor.
Private island
Yet thanks to the incessant hounding by the alt-right rag National Post, the story didn't die. Instead, we learned Trudeau spent his vacation on the private Bahamian island of billionaire philanthropist the Aga Khan.
OK, it looks bad. The Aga Khan is the head of a foundation that has received millions of dollars in federal foreign aid. The organization is also registered to lobby the federal government. But hear me out.
First of all, the Aga Khan Foundation does good, important charity work. This would all be much more nefarious if Trudeau spent his holiday sipping cocktails on the private yacht of the head of a foundation I didn't like — someone who deals in oil, or banking or small-c conservative politics. But the Aga Khan is a good egg, therefore any obvious ethical or conflict of interest breaches — including the appearance thereof — should be forgiven.
The Trudeau family and the Aga Khan are longtime friends. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
Secondly, the Trudeau family and the Aga Khan are friends; they go way back. Should we really expect Trudeau cut off contact with all of his friends just because he's now the prime minister? Of course not.
Sure, there's a distinction to be made between "remaining friends" and "secretly jettisoning off to a friend's private island and concealing details when pressed by the media," but really, what should the PMO have done? Been forthright about the information and risked igniting a controversy before he stepped on the plane? Bah! I'm pretty sure tickets on a government jet are non-refundable, anyway.
- Trudeau spent vacation on Aga Khan's island
- Ethics watchdog 'considering' investigation of Trudeau's vacation
As with other events where the prime minister has met with billionaires, Canadians should rest assured the only political discussions on the Aga Khan's private island concerned the plight of the middle class. There have been reports of holiday discussions of how diversity is our strength and better is always possible, but as of yet, those reports are unconfirmed.
A family vacation
Above all, let's remember that this was just a Trudeau family vacation; there was nothing political about it. OK, so the president of the Liberal Party of Canada and Liberal MP Seamus O'Regan and his husband went too — a detail revealed only after further media pressure — but those guys are kind of like family also, no? They likewise care deeply about Canada's middle class and surely saw this as another opportunity to join in the conversation.
So give it a rest, Canadian media. Certainly there are more important things to cover. I can provide you with a list of topics I subjectively rank as more worthy if you'd indulge me the opportunity to change the conversation. Can't the prime minister just enjoy a secret vacation with his family and select Liberals on the private island of a man whose organization is registered to lobby the federal government?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-vacation-aga-khan-bahamas-1.3931091
albert franken
Didn't notice much of the oft-advertised 'openness and transparency' from the government on this issue.
Richard Sharp
@albert franken
Trudeau doesn't disclose his family's vacation destinations in advance, nor his travel companions, for reasons of security and privacy. Isn't that obvious? Once again, we have a feeding frenzy with wild, unsubstantiated accusations and nasty insults. Over a family vacation with friends. Not a scintilla of evidence of any wrongdoing.
Trudeau doesn't disclose his family's vacation destinations in advance, nor his travel companions, for reasons of security and privacy. Isn't that obvious? Once again, we have a feeding frenzy with wild, unsubstantiated accusations and nasty insults. Over a family vacation with friends. Not a scintilla of evidence of any wrongdoing.
Richard Sharp
@Jim Graham
Not the same evil inflicted on us by Harper when he secretly flew to NYC with staff at our expense, to seek Rupert Murdoch's financial backing to set up a FOX (Sun) News North. Now that was real evil.
Not the same evil inflicted on us by Harper when he secretly flew to NYC with staff at our expense, to seek Rupert Murdoch's financial backing to set up a FOX (Sun) News North. Now that was real evil.
David Raymond Amos
@Richard Sharp YUP
21 minutes ago
David Raymond Amos
@Richard Sharp I Agree Again I
say what business is it of ours where Trudeau "The Younger" spends his
private vacation with is family and friends That is of course as long as
it is not funded by us, then it definitely is our business.
David Raymond Amos
@David Raymond Amos BTW the YUP was seconding the opinion on Harper and the evil of FOX (Sun) News North
'Inappropriate': Critics question Trudeau's guest list on Bahamas getaway
Calls mount for ethics commissioner to investigate PM's holiday for potential conflict of interest
By Kathleen Harris, CBC News Posted: Jan 11, 2017 5:44 PM ET
Liberal MP Seamus O'Regan, right, spent time in the
Bahamas with Justin Trudeau during the prime minister's recent family
vacation. (CBC News)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brought along a fellow MP and the
Liberal Party president on his family vacation in the Bahamas to
the private island property of billionaire spiritual leader, the Aga
Khan.
The PMO confirmed that Liberal MP Seamus O'Regan and his husband Steve Doussis, as well as Liberal Party President Anna Gainey and her husband Tom Pitfield, were guests on the family trip. The story and new details were first reported by The National Post.
PMO spokesman Cameron Ahmad told CBC News that no other MPs or designated public office holders were on the trip, and that none travelled on Challenger government planes.
"As the prime minister said yesterday, we are of course happy to answer any questions the [ethics] Commissioner may have. Beyond that, we are not in a position to comment further," he said.
O'Regan, a former television host and long-time friend of Trudeau's, said he flew on his own and did not travel with the prime minister.
"It was personal time, private time. When I returned to Canada I went to the commissioner's office and voluntarily disclosed the trip," he told CBC.
He said he reported the trip to the commissioner's office on Jan. 8, days after he returned home and after media reports on Trudeau's trip. O'Regan declined to comment on how he or the prime minister made their way to Bell Island, and said he travelled from there on to Cuba for an extended vacation.
NDP ethics critic Alexandre Boulerice said he initially took Trudeau's explanation at his word — that it was a family vacation. But he said the latest developments suggest it was something much different and it "doesn't look good."
"It's less and less a private meeting with a friend of the family and more like a lobbyist trying to get something from the Trudeau government," he said. "And it's inappropriate."
Today, Conservative ethics critic Blaine Calkins sent a letter calling for an investigation into the transportation and hospitality extended on the trip. If Trudeau's relationship is so close with the Aga Khan that he is deemed a "friend" under the rules, then the prime minister was obliged to have an ethics screen and recuse himself from any discussions involving the Aga Khan's foundation, his letter argues.
"In light of the many unanswered questions and the serious concerns that they raise, I think it is important that you open a full investigation," Calkin says.
Earlier this week, Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson's office said it was considering an investigation into Trudeau's holiday after receiving a complaint from Conservative leadership candidate Andrew Scheer.
The Saskatchewan MP wrote a letter Monday asking Dawson to rule on whether Trudeau's stay on the Aga Khan's private island is a gift that violates the Conflict of Interest Act.
Prince Karim Aga Khan IV is the hereditary spiritual leader of the world's 15 million Shia Ismaili Muslims and a multimillionaire philanthropist.
The federal government has contributed millions to the Aga Khan Foundation to help fund its international development projects. The most recent grant was a five-year, $55-million project to improve health services in Afghanistan that was announced in December 2015 under the Trudeau government.
Scheer pointed to Section 14.1 of the act which stipulates an MP should not accept "directly or indirectly, any gift or other benefit ... that might reasonably be seen to have been given to influence the [MP] in the exercise of a duty or function of his or her office."
Asked about the trip Tuesday, Trudeau insisted it was a private trip and that the Agha Khan is a long-time family friend who served as a pallbearer at his own father's funeral.
"This was our family vacation, and I will answer any other questions that the ethics commissioner has for me," he said. "And I'm sure we will have more discussion about this in the coming weeks."
According to the Open and Accountable Government guide Trudeau brought in shortly after taking office, ministers and parliamentary secretaries must not accept sponsored travel on chartered or private aircraft except in exceptional circumstances, and "only with the prior approval of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner. "
The PMO confirmed that Liberal MP Seamus O'Regan and his husband Steve Doussis, as well as Liberal Party President Anna Gainey and her husband Tom Pitfield, were guests on the family trip. The story and new details were first reported by The National Post.
PMO spokesman Cameron Ahmad told CBC News that no other MPs or designated public office holders were on the trip, and that none travelled on Challenger government planes.
"As the prime minister said yesterday, we are of course happy to answer any questions the [ethics] Commissioner may have. Beyond that, we are not in a position to comment further," he said.
O'Regan, a former television host and long-time friend of Trudeau's, said he flew on his own and did not travel with the prime minister.
- Ethics watchdog considers investigation
- Trudeau spent vacation at Aga Khan's island home
- PM reimburses $38K in personal expenses
"It was personal time, private time. When I returned to Canada I went to the commissioner's office and voluntarily disclosed the trip," he told CBC.
He said he reported the trip to the commissioner's office on Jan. 8, days after he returned home and after media reports on Trudeau's trip. O'Regan declined to comment on how he or the prime minister made their way to Bell Island, and said he travelled from there on to Cuba for an extended vacation.
'It's inappropriate'
NDP ethics critic Alexandre Boulerice said he initially took Trudeau's explanation at his word — that it was a family vacation. But he said the latest developments suggest it was something much different and it "doesn't look good."
"It's less and less a private meeting with a friend of the family and more like a lobbyist trying to get something from the Trudeau government," he said. "And it's inappropriate."
Today, Conservative ethics critic Blaine Calkins sent a letter calling for an investigation into the transportation and hospitality extended on the trip. If Trudeau's relationship is so close with the Aga Khan that he is deemed a "friend" under the rules, then the prime minister was obliged to have an ethics screen and recuse himself from any discussions involving the Aga Khan's foundation, his letter argues.
Calls for ethics investigation
"In light of the many unanswered questions and the serious concerns that they raise, I think it is important that you open a full investigation," Calkin says.
Earlier this week, Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson's office said it was considering an investigation into Trudeau's holiday after receiving a complaint from Conservative leadership candidate Andrew Scheer.
The Saskatchewan MP wrote a letter Monday asking Dawson to rule on whether Trudeau's stay on the Aga Khan's private island is a gift that violates the Conflict of Interest Act.
Prince Karim Aga Khan IV is the hereditary spiritual leader of the world's 15 million Shia Ismaili Muslims and a multimillionaire philanthropist.
Government funds foundation
The federal government has contributed millions to the Aga Khan Foundation to help fund its international development projects. The most recent grant was a five-year, $55-million project to improve health services in Afghanistan that was announced in December 2015 under the Trudeau government.
Scheer pointed to Section 14.1 of the act which stipulates an MP should not accept "directly or indirectly, any gift or other benefit ... that might reasonably be seen to have been given to influence the [MP] in the exercise of a duty or function of his or her office."
Asked about the trip Tuesday, Trudeau insisted it was a private trip and that the Agha Khan is a long-time family friend who served as a pallbearer at his own father's funeral.
"This was our family vacation, and I will answer any other questions that the ethics commissioner has for me," he said. "And I'm sure we will have more discussion about this in the coming weeks."
According to the Open and Accountable Government guide Trudeau brought in shortly after taking office, ministers and parliamentary secretaries must not accept sponsored travel on chartered or private aircraft except in exceptional circumstances, and "only with the prior approval of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner. "
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wherry-progressive-trudeau-1.3919211
Stakes high for Trudeau as world's last major progressive leader standing: Aaron Wherry
After Brexit and Trump triumphs, prime minister knows delivering on the economy is crucial
By Aaron Wherry, CBC News Posted: Jan 04, 2017 5:00 AM ETA Motherlode of Comments for the Mother Corp out of the gate
but only 3 from Mean Old Me today
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SHAME ON CBC
ALL THE QUEEN'S LAWYERS AND EVERYBODY ELSE CANNOT DENY THAT PAGE 13 OF THIS OLD FILE EASILY PROVES THE CROWN CORP COMMONLY KNOWN AS CBC HAS HAD TRUE COPIES OF MY LAWSUITS AGAINST MANY YANKEES SINCE 2002 AND HAS ACTED IN AN UNETHICAL PARTISAN FASHION AGAINST ME EVER SINCE
https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right
HOWEVER MINISTER JOLY THE LAWYER WHO NOW OVERSEES CBC SENT ME A RATHER INTERESTING LETTER 14 YEARS LATER EH?
https://www.scribd.com/document/317811875/Melanie-Joly-vs-Hubby-Lacroix
IRREFUTABLE N'ESY PAS MR PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU "THE YOUNGER" ???
WHEREAS EVERYTHING IN THE QUEEN'S IDEA OF HEAVEN AND HELL IS DONE IN THREES I WILL MAKE THE THIRD COMMENT THE CROOKED LITTLE CBC MINIONS WILL NO DOUBT BLOCK AS WELL, THEN PUBLISH THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT WENT DOWN BETWEEN CBC AND MEAN OLD ME SINCE CANADA TURNED THE CORNER ON ITS 150TH YEAR
ENJOY YA BASTARDS
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/01/round-two-othe-liebrano-propaganda.html
SAY HOKA HEY TO GOOGLE AND THE EVIL YANKEE LAWYER JOE BIDEN FOR ME WILL YA?
https://www.scribd.com/doc/284800962/Joey-Biden-and-His-Pals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g8MUF5tXV8
U.S. VP Joe Biden gives a toast at dinner in Ottawa
CBC News
Streamed live on Dec 8, 2016
U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden gives a toast in the Sir John A. MacDonald Building, opposite Parliament Hill. His two-day visit to Canada begins with a dinner in his honour hosted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. For more on his visit: http://www.cbc.ca/1.3888140
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-teT385oIU
Joe Biden speech to Canada's premiers
CBC News
Published on Dec 9, 2016
U.S. Vice-president Joe Biden addresses the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa
ALL THE QUEEN'S LAWYERS AND EVERYBODY ELSE CANNOT DENY THAT PAGE 13 OF THIS OLD FILE EASILY PROVES THE CROWN CORP COMMONLY KNOWN AS CBC HAS HAD TRUE COPIES OF MY LAWSUITS AGAINST MANY YANKEES SINCE 2002 AND HAS ACTED IN AN UNETHICAL PARTISAN FASHION AGAINST ME EVER SINCE
https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right
HOWEVER MINISTER JOLY THE LAWYER WHO NOW OVERSEES CBC SENT ME A RATHER INTERESTING LETTER 14 YEARS LATER EH?
https://www.scribd.com/document/317811875/Melanie-Joly-vs-Hubby-Lacroix
IRREFUTABLE N'ESY PAS MR PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU "THE YOUNGER" ???
WHEREAS EVERYTHING IN THE QUEEN'S IDEA OF HEAVEN AND HELL IS DONE IN THREES I WILL MAKE THE THIRD COMMENT THE CROOKED LITTLE CBC MINIONS WILL NO DOUBT BLOCK AS WELL, THEN PUBLISH THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT WENT DOWN BETWEEN CBC AND MEAN OLD ME SINCE CANADA TURNED THE CORNER ON ITS 150TH YEAR
ENJOY YA BASTARDS
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/01/round-two-othe-liebrano-propaganda.html
SAY HOKA HEY TO GOOGLE AND THE EVIL YANKEE LAWYER JOE BIDEN FOR ME WILL YA?
https://www.scribd.com/doc/284800962/Joey-Biden-and-His-Pals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g8MUF5tXV8
U.S. VP Joe Biden gives a toast at dinner in Ottawa
CBC News
Streamed live on Dec 8, 2016
U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden gives a toast in the Sir John A. MacDonald Building, opposite Parliament Hill. His two-day visit to Canada begins with a dinner in his honour hosted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. For more on his visit: http://www.cbc.ca/1.3888140
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-teT385oIU
Joe Biden speech to Canada's premiers
CBC News
Published on Dec 9, 2016
U.S. Vice-president Joe Biden addresses the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa
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CBC opting to quote Biden at
the beginning of this article offends me in so many ways that I did not
know where to begin. So I'm not nor could I if I wished to because CBC.
blocked me out of the Gate
David Fletcher
It's quite a good article. Too bad the comment board will soon be filled with the same base, binary ignorance that permeates every story. The CBC comment board has become a caricature
David Raymond Amos
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@David Fletcher I just got done dealing CBC Moderators and the Trolls they support and now it begins again
I disagree with David Fletcher about this being a good article but do agree about the actions of Trolls and do not wish to be labeled as one. I will come back later to read what my fellow Canadians think of the obvious left wing propaganda and most likely stress test the ethics of the CBC moderators and their bosses and lawyers AGAIN. We all know why N'esy Pas Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger" Minister Joly and of course the lawyer Harper appointed to be the CBC CEO whom I call Hubby Baby Lacroix
"A month to the day after Trump's U.S. presidential victory, Democratic Vice-President Joe Biden came to Ottawa and anointed Justin Trudeau.
"The world's going to spend a lot of time looking to you, Mr. Prime Minister, as we see more and more challenges to the liberal international order than any time since the end of World War II … You and Angela Merkel," Biden said during a state dinner, invoking the German chancellor.
"Vive le Canada," he concluded, "because we need you very, very badly."
Yo Joey Biden Methinks Canada does not need the likes of you
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
David Fletcher
It's quite a good article.
Too bad the comment board will soon be filled with the same base, binary
ignorance that permeates every story. The CBC comment board has become a
caricature.
Content disabled.
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@David Fletcher I just got done dealing CBC Moderators and the Trolls they support and now it begins again
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/01/cbc-shows-its-nasty-arse-again-in.html
Sunday, 1 January 2017
CBC Shows its nasty arse again in support of their beloved Prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger"
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Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 16:55:35 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: YO Mr Trump Its interesting that my comments are still rolling while the other CBC website about Trudeau "The Younger" has been closed for hours
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
Thank you for contacting the Office of Maryam Monsef, Member of Parliament for Peterborough-Kawartha. Our office is now closed for the holidays until Tuesday, January 3rd at 9 AM. We will reply to your message as soon as possible after our return.
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Je vous remercie d'avoir communiqu? avec le bureau de Maryam Monsef, d?put?e de Peterborough-Kawartha. Notre bureau est maintenant ferm? pour les vacances jusqu'au mardi 3 janvier ? 9 h. Nous r?pondrons ? votre message aussit?t que possible apr?s notre retour.
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Subject: Réponse automatique : YO Mr Trump Its interesting that my comments are still rolling while the other CBC website about Trudeau "The Younger" has been closed for hours
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
Bonjour,
Veuillez prendre note que le bureau sera fermé jusqu'au 9 janvier 2017.
Nous en profitons pour vous souhaiter un joyeux Noël qui vous comblera de joie et de bonheur ainsi qu'une merveilleuse année 2017.
Joyeuses Fêtes à toutes et tous!
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Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 12:55:30 -0400
Subject: YO Mr Trump Its interesting that my comments are still rolling while the other CBC website about Trudeau "The Younger" has been closed for hours
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Analysis
Stakes high for Trudeau as world's last major progressive leader standing: Aaron Wherry
After Brexit and Trump triumphs, prime minister knows delivering on the economy is crucial
By Aaron Wherry, CBC News Posted: Jan 04, 2017 5:00 AM ET
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doesn't have much company
pushing for progressive economic policies on the world stage. (Adrian
Wyld/Canadian Press)
A month to the day after Trump's U.S. presidential victory, Democratic Vice-President Joe Biden came to Ottawa and anointed Justin Trudeau.
"The world's going to spend a lot of time looking to you, Mr. Prime Minister, as we see more and more challenges to the liberal international order than any time since the end of World War II … You and Angela Merkel," Biden said during a state dinner, invoking the German chancellor.
"Vive le Canada," he concluded, "because we need you very, very badly."
Ten months earlier, the Center for American Progress proclaimed that, in a world seeking change, Trudeau and Italy's Matteo Renzi would be the new "paragons of the progressive movement."
Renzi then staked his career on a referendum to implement significant political reforms. Three days before Biden toasted Trudeau, Renzi was toast — resigning in defeat.
U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden said 'Vive le Canada' during a visit to Canada last month.
That left Trudeau as perhaps the last major progressive leader on Earth (Merkel is officially a conservative).
All around him are concerns for the very notions he campaigned on: shared prosperity, inclusion, diversity and political change.
Trudeau can claim some prescience. But after 2016, there is new pressure that he succeed.
By Trudeau's own diagnosis, holding the liberal order together depends on the economy.
'When progress stalls, fear moves forward'
"When progress stalls, fear moves forward," Trudeau said in Montreal on Feb. 20, 2014, addressing the opening night of a Liberal Party convention.
After criticizing Quebec Premier Pauline Marois' Charter of Values, Trudeau moved to the economy and a critique of Conservative policies.
"We have a real problem," he said. "The middle class is in trouble. People haven't had a real raise in 30 years, while inequality has increased and household debt has exploded.
"Those who practise the politics of division see this as an opportunity to exploit … It's always much easier to distract people from a problem than it is to solve it. People are susceptible to fearful, divisive messages when they are worried. Worried about their jobs, their debts, their retirement, their kids' future."
Two years later, Trudeau, as prime minister, made the same argument in an op-ed for The Economist, now with references to Brexit and "those who promise to build walls instead of tearing them down."
The progressive who believes in both active government and liberalized economic policy has the most reason to worry about a turn toward populism.
So how to solve the problem?
Trying to boost economy
In its first 14 months, his government drew the basic outlines of an economic vision, including expanded benefits that skew towards lower and middle incomes.
Two major energy projects were approved, a price on carbon was announced and a massive infrastructure investment was promised. The prime minister has been busy wooing international investors and seems keen to do more business with China.
The next year, starting perhaps with the budget in the spring, presents an opportunity to fill out a comprehensive agenda.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau's advisory council on economic growth has been considering options since June, with a goal of raising median household income to $105,000 by 2030. An innovation agenda, a poverty reduction strategy and a review of the tax system are all on the table.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau's advisory
council on economic growth is looking for ways to raise median household
income to $105,000 by 2030. (Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press)
In a recently published paper, Miles Corak, an economist at the University of Ottawa and a former member of an advisory council the Liberals convened in 2015, suggests changes to the temporary foreign worker program, new measurements to track poverty and the introduction of wage insurance to assist people who take lower-paying employment after losing long-standing jobs.
As part of a project for progressive think-tank Canada 2020, Mike Moffatt (another member of that advisory council) and Hannah Rasmussen drafted an innovation plan that includes investment in inter-city transit, focusing economic immigration on tradable sectors, helping connect new firms with investors and a ban on unpaid internships.
'People are susceptible to fearful, divisive messages when they are worried. Worried about their jobs, their debts, their retirement, their kids' future.' - Justin Trudeau in a speech back in 2014Frances Woolley, an economist at Carleton University, adds an important consideration: if budget deficits aren't controlled, the long-term sustainability of any new program or benefit could be endangered.
The finer details here might not be as retweetable as an image of the prime minister greeting Syrian refugees, but navigating the forces of automation and globalization is equally profound.
In a speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last January, Trudeau said it wasn't hard to imagine how the great technological revolution the conference was considering "could produce mass unemployment and greater inequality."
A few days later, he sat down with a man from London, Ont., one of ten
Canadians invited to speak with the prime minister alone in his office
for 10 minutes. The 58-year-old had lost his manufacturing job and had
used up most of his savings. He wasn't sure what he was going to do. And
the prime minister didn't seem to have any answers for him.
Trudeau has expressed concern about the
potential for technology to cause mass unemployment and greater
inequality. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)
Amid the churn of the global economy, how do governments ensure as few people as possible end up in such a situation? And can governments at least ensure meaningful training or benefits are available to those who do?
Meaning of Brexit and Trump
In the wake of the U.S. election, interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose mused that Trump's victory was a message to liberal politicians whose "big policies" don't help "working people."
During debate in the House of Commons in November, Conservative MP Michelle Rempel invoked Brexit to explain how Liberal policies like increasing the Canada Pension Plan would be viewed in the struggling communities of Alberta.
Many political leaders are still trying to
understand what led to Donald Trump's surprising presidential victory in
the U.S. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)
At the same time, it's not entirely clear that economic concerns alone can explain Brexit and Trump, or whether such events are the result of cultural and ethnic resentment or public cynicism.
But Trudeau could also be on to something: shared economic satisfaction might simply make everything easier. And it stands to reason that trade and immigration — both of which the Liberals want to increase — are easier to accept when the system seems to be providing fairly for most everyone.
Trudeau himself has spoken of Canada as an example to the world. Now he gets to try to carry that example, whatever else 2017 might bring.
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