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After another day past without the comment section closing I posted 3 more comments Methinks 2 out 3 standing the test of time ain't bad considering how corrupt CBC is N'esy Pas?

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‏ @DavidRayAmos
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Jill Bennet: "Was it too mean and insulting"

David Raymond Amos: No I provided a link to some old documents of mine from 2004 to prove what I am saying as true as I run for a seat in Parliament again

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Champion of diversity or high-profile hypocrite? Who is Justin Trudeau, anyway?

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Patrick Hill
Now we are learning that the Arabian Nights Gala was a Formal Gala and Justin was the only Male not wearing a Tuxedo. Why would he so meticulously paint his body black, not to mention the over the top Genie outfit and be the only one??

David Raymond Amos
Welcome too the Circus and Bon Soir

Gemma Schofield
Any more black face articles is lazy journalism.. We want to hear the candidates' platforms and some discussion about the tough complex issues facing Canada..

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Gemma Schofield: Trust that I have tough complex issues

https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right

Gemma Schofield
Candidates ridiculing and smearing each other are not encouraging anyone to vote. No one will vote a complainer / critic in.

David Raymond Amos

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Reply to @Gemma Schofield: Methinks its incredibly comical that conservative clowns think I am a liberal perhaps they should Google Fundy Royal Debate sometime N'esy Pas?

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Hmmmm

After another day had past without the comment section closing I posted 3 more comments Methinks 2 out 3 standing the test of time ain't bad considering how corrupt CBC is N'esy Pas?

David Raymond Amos
Welcome too the Circus and Bon Soir

David Raymond Amos

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Methinks its incredibly comical that conservative clowns think I am a liberal perhaps they should Google Fundy Royal Debate sometime N'esy Pas?

David Raymond Amos
Methinks whereas its way past closing time we are all scrambling for last word N'esy Pas?

David Raymond Amos
Welcome back to the Circus folks Trust that I will enjoy playing my part again in Fundy Royal
So why did JT hide his past while calling the conservatives down ?

David Raymond Amos
Methinks I am the only person with his name on the ballot in the election of the 43rd Parliament who posts his opinions in his true name and nobody believes me Too Too Funny N'esy Pas?

David Raymond Amos
I am curious how things will play out in the media now that i am on a ballot for the 3rd time in Fundy Royal

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276

Harv Hodder
When the Election is around the corner you've painted yourself into.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Harv Hodder: Look who is waiting around the corner to argue the liberal and the conservative in my neck of the woods. The Rhinos and the NDP claim they will be turning up too

https://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=13004&EV=51&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=NB&PROVID=13&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1

Valentina Vivianao
"Trudeau’s already deeply troubled goal of winning a seat on the UN Security Council is dead. After all, 54 of the 193 UN votes for that coveted Security Council position are held by African nations with another 13 votes coming from the Caribbean."
Matthew Fisher, GN

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @valentina vivianao: Harper did us in in that regard years ago. Remember when they laughed at him in 2009 whenhe spoke at the UN claiming that Canada had no history of colonialism. 7 years later Trudeau fanned the fire and raised a lot of ire.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/trudeau-colonialism-comments-1.3549405

Glenn Dunn
Just in case you didn't know....there are at least 600,000,000 reasons NOT to believe everything you see or read.

David Raymond Amos

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Reply to @Glenn Dunn: I have one more for you

https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right

David Raymond Amos
Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Surprise Surprise Surprise

Tony Klinhoffer
Phoney pony

David Raymond Amos

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Reply to @tony klinhoffer: I recall the defrocked lawyer Ezzy Baby of Rebel Media calling him a Shiny Pony for some reason I never understood Obviously your description seems to be more appropriate because it was OKed by CBC

Gerald Fremont
Let me say this : Everything is fake in this story , and we are the poor suckers who believed what we saw and read in the media.
We have been taken for a ride by the media with fake outrage and fake analysis .
What was the intention behind the actions of our Prime Minister at the time ?
The extravagance of accusations against Trudeau compared to a Saskatchewan Premier who killed a person in a drunk driving accident is highly disproportionate.
Have we been played by the media ?
Of course we have !

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Gerald Fremont: No news there Methinks it happens everyday all day long Orwell called it Newspeak N'esy Pas?

Harv Hodder
If Canadians are stupid enough to re-elect Trudeau and his Liberals(or whoever they're pretending to be today) for another 4 yrs,Canada is done! Stick a fork in it.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Harv Hodder: Methinks south of the 49th their Goose is already way over done and Trudeau played along with that nonsense N'esy Pas?

Tony Klinhoffer
Hipocrite!!

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @tony klinhoffer: YUP

Harv Hodder
Mr Dressup like all narcissistic Liberals,expects the press and the electorate to give him a pass.It's the old Lib "Do as I say! Not as I do! mantra

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Harv Hodder: Methinks the

James Watson
what is mind boggling is that this was a gala for a school of which Mr. trudeau was a teacher and an employee. Not one member of the management of that school or its principal felt a duty to speak to him about the inappropriateness of his costume. But then again Justin's vaunted career as a teacher wasn't exactly from "To Sir With Love" was it . This wasn't some inner city school serving underprivileged youth . this was a tony and pricey private school where Justin only interacted with entitled rich kids children just like himself .

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @James Watson: CBC says "Beyond the takes of columnists and pundits (the press pack has been known to misjudge the severity of controversies from time to time), voters will weigh and judge. Trudeau might be forgiven. What those images show is already turning out to be a matter of personal perspective. But the narrative will be up for debate."

James Watson

Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Sadly cultural insensitivity always be up for debate with people behaving in this manner.

Rick Bailey

Reply to @David Raymond Amos:
Political partisanship often trumps personal perspectives as we have seen from both sides.

Rick Bailey

Reply to @James Watson:
Those sensitivities are based on political leanings more than anything else in this case.
It's all about an election, not a cultural attack.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @James Watson: Methinks it is a proper thing to do within a "Just Democracy" and let the political cards fall where they may N'esy Pas?

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Rick Bailey: Methinks it par for the course in hard ball politicking it should be small wonde why I am looking forward to my next debates with a the Conservative lawyer who thinks he owns Fundy Royal Everybody knows that he and I have been going at it tooth and nail since 2004 N'esy Pas?

Rick Bailey
Don't kid yourself, the "paint" still exists on most Con's faces but you just can't see it.
We all know that.

Steve Vaughan
Reply to @Rick Bailey: you should paint your avatar black.

Rick Bailey

Reply to @Steve Vaughan:
I notice yours is.

Steve Vaughan

Reply to @Rick Bailey: and?

Steve Vaughan

Reply to @Rick Bailey: what we all know is that since this went down, you’ve been in every article telling people to get over it and that they don’t have a right to be offended and hurt. What we all know is that if this were Scheer, you’d crucify him and demand his resignation. What we all know is a white liberal guy telling people this wasn’t R* is truly disgusting behaviour that is exactly what the world is angry about with your messiah right now.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Steve Vaughan: You dudes sound like a old Rolling Stones tune that Maggie was fond of

Cole Trickle
Trudeau isn't mentally stable, normal people never think of painting their face to look like another racial group.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Cole Trickle: What law says one has to be mentally stable or even normal by your standards?

James Watson

Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Black's Law Dictionary defines common sense as:

Sound practical judgment; that degree of intelligence and reason, as exercised upon the relations of persons and things and the ordinary affairs of life, which is possessed by the generality of mankind, and which would suffice to direct the conduct and actions of the individual in a manner to agree with the behavior of ordinary persons.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @James Watson: That is merely a definition that can be easily debated by Me Myself and I. Where is the law?

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @James Watson: FYI Trudeau and all other parliamentarians swore an oath to uphold the law before they took a seat in the 42nd Parliament. Then proceeded to continue Peter MacKay's argument with me in Federal Court while ignoring much evidence of many crimes.

Donald Craig
Jussie has no respect for the law.. he has admitted to breaking many varied ones over and over.

David Raymond Amos

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Reply to @Donald Craig: True but methinks you forgot that Trudeau The Younger and his buddy Mr Butts took the liberals from 3rd party to a majority nearly overnight That fact created him a huge fan base for the Red Team N'esy Pas?

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Oh My My It seems that I can't defend Trudeau all of a sudden

Donald Craig
Vanity Fair has its November cover photo.

Valentina Vivianao

Reply to @Donald Craig:
LOL. Is it black history month?

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Donald Craig: Now thats funny

Brian Allen

Reply to @valentina vivianao:
Justin is history month.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Brian Allen: Just in time

Valentina Vivianao
"La Fumee du Gala"
Well, we know who got smoked from this "Gala" lol.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @valentina vivianao: The Fat Lady ain't sung yet

Donald Craig

Reply to @David Raymond Amos: fat ladies vs fat heads. ok.

Richard Dekka
Hashtag of the election: #CheckYourLiberalPrivilege

Epic!

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Richard Dekkar: Yawn

Terry R Avante
The liberal agenda has not yet reached sunlight in terms of detail, but we know there is much they intend to do to reach the socialist state of kumbaya. I heard today via a CBC show that this government is more out of touch with farmers than any government before it. It is food shaming Canadians, not supporting farmers but laying the carbon tax at their feet. The libs have lost a lot of ground with trade partners, who knew they were so disliked globally? That was humour btw. We also know that the Libs intend to continue to pitch the ‘you are one of us or against us’ division of the Canadian public regarding their foreign tax and also many areas that they are intolerant of. Best put this genie back into its lantern and ship it offshore.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Terry R Avante: Methinks the dumbest thing Trudeau did on behalf of the farmers is upset China for Trump's benefit by claiming we are a country that upholds the rule of law. Well what law did the Chinese lady break or has she been found guilty of anything anywhere? Perhaps the liberals should study their own laws Rule 55 in Federal Court in particular would be a good place to start N'esy Pas?

Terry R Avante

Reply to @David Raymond Amos:
Blaming Trump for this is like Trudeau blaming privilege for his face paint.

Vladimir Smejkal
Please, CBC, no more 'breaking news and the right-wing opinion pieces (like this one) on Trudeau's black face 'scandal'. We aren't stupid, we get it. He badly goofed when hi was young, he apologized and we are aware of his mostly positive conduct as the PM in the last four years. Stop pouring fuel on these exaggerated, largely hypocritical, divisive, political hysterics. Enough is enough..

David Raymond Amos .

Reply to @Vladimir Smejkal: Methinks you should read more that just the headline N'esy Pas?

Joe Cittadino

Reply to @Vladimir Smejkal: 99.99% of CBC's material is BLATANTLY left wing. This one is refreshing.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Joe Cittadino: Methinks you should read closer N'esy Pas?

Jennie Adkins
If teh Conservatives were truly concerned about racism, human rights and such, we'd hear them addressing those issues, right?

Their silence ALWAYS on those issues speaks volumes. Speaks their truth. They're playing the nastiest kind of politics. Nasty hypocrisy.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Jennie Adkins: Methinks the 40% of Canadians who don't bother to vote or read CBC news no doubt would agree that all the politicians are hypocites not just the liberals N'esy Pas?

Al Anderson
This was basically the entire Liberal re-election campaign...Old "incriminating" pictures and videos ...Well they got what they deserved...Justin Trudeau most of all,,,

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Al Anderson: Methinks we get the governments we deserve because most folks don't care about the right and wrongs within politicking they just want their team to win N'esy Pas?

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Al Anderson: Tell us another one

Mike Parniak

Reply to @David Raymond Amos: You forgot to end that post with "N'esy Pas" like the last 300...

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Mike Parniak: Methinks you forgot to ask me if I cared what you think N'esy Pas?

Adam Potter
When tis will end. NDP Jagmeet Singh poses with white child and no one take it as racism. Do we all use to much marijuana?

David Raymond Amos

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Reply to @adam potter: Methinks you should back away from the pipe for awhile and try to make some sense in your next comment N'esy Pas?

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @David Raymond Amos: WOW what was wrong with that one?

Dennis Choptiany
I'm very disappointed in the CBC and other media for making a mountain out of a molehill and milking this story to death.
The use of the term racist is clearly over the top. A dictionary definition of racism is, "prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized". It does not mean dressing up at a costume party and attracting attention to oneself.
If someone dresses up as a clown at a costume event, should all clowns be outraged because that person is not a real clown?
If Trudeau had written racist rants or been a member of white supremacist groups then I would have no problem declaring him to be a racist. Actions speak louder than words (or costumes) and I cannot remember seeing anything written (policies or otherwise) by Trudeau or any of his 'non-costume acts that even comes close to being racist. In fact the contrary is more evident.
“Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth”, is a law of propaganda often attributed to the Nazi Joseph Goebbels. I wish the CBC and other media outlets stopped trying to convince people that Trudeau is a racist or that his costume antics (no matter how many there were) clearly define a flawed character.
Enough is enough and it is time to move on.
If this issue sparks an in-depth conversation on racism then fine. Lets have one, led by the CBC and other news media. But until that happens it is time for those who were aghast at those picture try to set aside their politically correct oversensitivity and come to grips with their frailty instead of condemning anything that they take offense with.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Dennis Choptiany: Methinks it is just another one of those things the the Crown Corp does that many taxpayers fail to appreciate N'esy Pas?

Roger Murphy
The Marxists at our national broadcaster need to imagine Scheer as a cannonball, as soon as he is elected he is going to smash their little Pravda to smithereens!

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @roger murphy: Methinks they are truly nervous about the clever lawyer who is loose cannon on deck commonly known as Maxime N'esy Pas?

Moira Wilkinson
Watching CBC interview young students from various universities. They seem to be taking more of an opportunity to push what they want to see, from Trudeau, like voter reform? One also mentions black and white minstrel shows. . At the time of the Arabian Nights fund raiser. . There were many minstrel shows onto. .and the public enjoyed them. I guess today, that same public will deny ever enjoying a minstrel show on tv.. who were the white musicians that donned black face to play their music. I’ll bet we’d know many of those without the makeup. And as we hear more stories from the people in attendance at that gala, especially the ones who had their pictures taken with Trudeau. They thought his costume was great, and had no problem having a photo taken with him.

David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Moira Wilkinson : Well put

Valentina Vivianao
So does anyone think there will be a demand for speaking engagements for Justin when he is no longer PM?
If so, what will he speak about?

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @valentina vivianao: Methinks he is a most comical song and dance man N'esy Pas?

Gerald Fremont
Have you all noticed how fast all the other candidates have distanced themselves from the blackface event brought up by the Main Stream Media ?
Yes , and for good reasons . They knew that they would get burnt and consumed by riding on an event that had no roots , no foundation , just words in the wind.

David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Gerald Fremont: Methinks they were all caught by surprise and don't know what to say so they defer to their leaders N'esy Pas?

David Harrington
"It is very easy to fool the people but difficult to convince them that they have been fooled!"
Mark Twain

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @David Harrington: Confucius said "To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.'"

Moira Wilkinson

Reply to @David Harrington:
Those who do not read newspapers are uninformed.
Those who do read newspapers are misinformed.
Mark Twain

David Raymond Amos

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Reply to @Moira Wilkinson : Methinks Colin Kaepernick claimed that Winston Churchill said, "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." but that may have been a lie as well N'esy Pas?

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Moira Wilkinson : Trust that you would have liked my reply

Gerald Fremont
We humble readers are confronted to hard hitting news by the media that tries desperately to grab our attention.
They were highly successful with the blackface event . At least in Canada ; they artfully maneuvered to make us believe for a long one minute and a half that they had unmasked an impostor of the worst kind.
Our job as readers is to decipher from all the hype and the fake demonstrations that the media present to us .
In this particular case, never ever did the " intention" behind the mask was revealed.
Only the mask , nothing , nothing regarding the intention.
We realized after a couple of minutes that the intention was infantile , immature, innocent.
That there was no evil or noxious ideas or feelings behind these masks as the media included the CBC desperately tried to make us believe.
Have we been played , have we been manipulated, by the media for all the wrong reasons ?
I like to think yes !
And once more I give a very bad mark to all those involved.

David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Gerald Fremont: It was the New York Times that spilled the on their lefty buddy not CBC

Gordon Richards
Who is the real Trudeau asks the headline. The Trudeau we see in blackface is the real Trudeau - the arrogant, naive, self-centred prodigy of PET.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Gordon Richards: YUP

Rick Bailey
What happened 20 years ago won't affect his ability to lead today nor negate the fact he fights for the welfare of minorities.
He has proven that. The Cons care for people of colour who are in need of help as long as they don't come here. They only offer help to those who don't need it, only to look righteous. A great many voters know this.

David Raymond Amos

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Reply to @Rick Bailey: Methinks the fact that he is a hypocrite today is what is truly important He has criticized opponents for less of an offense and would not have allowed anyone to run under his banner if they had done the same thing N'esy Pas?

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Methinks that action tells the true tale about CBC N'esy Pas?

John Abrahms
Liberals lost my vote after this latest shenanigan

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @John Abrahms: They have never had mine nor has anyone else. i only vote for myself because at least I know what I am thinking

Drew Currah
Which is the more the likely event? : Maple Leafs win the Cup in 2020 or Trudeau gets reelected?
Leaf win Cup: Uptick
Trudeau win: Downstick

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @drew Currah: Who are the Maple Leafs?

David Harrington
can anyone tell me how "diversity is our strength"? I'm not being sarcastic, I really want to learn. My friend said this is Trudeau's boldest lie and i want to counter the argument

Will Mackinnon

The argument is utterly false. Diversity does not strengthen - it divides. Tolerance and shared common goals and ideals is what makes countries strong.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Will Mackinnon: True

Luke Alexander
I hope Trudeau finds himself some day. Sounds confused. Day-o, day-ay-ay o, Daylight come and he wan' go home.....Wonder who won that talent show?

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Luke Alexander: Good luck recovering from the blue kool aid hangover

Nick Salva
The Liberals saying the Conservatives are pandering to the gun lobby, and yet the Liberals are pandering to the antigun lobby and being in government they pay from some of the antigun lobbies expenses.

Nick Salva

Reply to @Nick Salva: And gave them special treatment in their fact-finding commissions and gave more credence to there fake facts.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Nick Salva: True

Jessie Jackson
Has it occurred to anyone that Trudeau is an extreme narcissist, just like Trump? It's just in their style that they differ. The core sense of 'look at me, look how amazing I am' is the same, exactly.

Dirk Kohler

Reply to @Jessie Jackson:

Spot on Truth....

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Dirk Kohler: I concur

Rod Davis
Just a sampling of Blackface boys Fail list.. 7 ethics violations, Veterans, Carbon, Creston, SNC, JWR, Philpott, Norman, student grant abortion, Fed Pay roll, used Jets, no Navy ships, 7.1 billion in tax loan write offs, failed trade with India, China, US, UK, AUS, tweeting the TO hoax, peoplekind, elbowgate, sandbagging, paper water bottle box things, dress up, Blackface x3, weeping on tv x5, calling Japan, Chin x2, 5.1 billion on pipelines to nowhere, nannies, vacations, M103, 68900 illegals, 68 returned Syrian fighters, selfies, socks, 600 million in media payoffs, Atwal, Khadr, Boyle, Jack, McClintick, Khan, tanker bans, plastic bans, gun bans, 11000 fentanyl deaths, home remodels, 100 million to Asian bank, 50 million in tweets, 20 million to Hillary, 15 million to Khan and 1 million in his meals this year

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Rod davis: And your point is?

Frank Strzalkowski
Trudeau is nothing but a spoiled rich trust fund baby.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Frank Strzalkowski: True but he is also your Prime Minister

Rick Bailey
It's ironic that those who deride political correctness are disgusted while the champions of political correctness are the more forgiving. It's a tie folks, time to move on to more important issues.

David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Rick Bailey: I Wholeheartedly Agree Sir How about the lawsuit I filed when Harper was the boss?

Steven Scott
The Liberals let this slip out into the Media knowing full well the conservatives would be salvulating in a feeding frenzy going after the PM and forgetting all about the real issues that Canadians care about, conservatives fall for the same ploy time after time, boy are they thick and very predictable

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Steven Scott: Good point They knew it would get out sooner or later so they came up with a damage control plan and caught the opposition off guard. Methinks that explains why the very left leaning New York Times spilled the beans first N'esy Pas?

Larry Porter
Don't bother JT with issues!! He's too busy rehearsing for Gerry the real PM of the lib party!!

David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Larry Porter: Methinks many a true word is said in jest N'esy Pas?

Wade Davis
Lets ensure the Liberals do not have official party status in October.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Wade Davis: Dream on

Steven Scott
LOL the liberals were down by 5 points last week, now there are down 3 points. Simple andy and his attack on the PM isn't having the effect he wanted in fact it's having the opposite, keep up the good work andy and you'll be back in Saskatchewan selling insurance in no time at all ......

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Steven Scott: Methinks the Fat Lady ain't sung yet In fat there is still lots of time for an October Surprise N'esy Pas?

Kirk Miller
Reply to @David Raymond Amos: you both are dreaming lol...he is done

Should have removed him back in Feb so a new leader had a chance

The ship is going down lol

John Young
Let’s face it, folks. The reason why Trudeau entered politics because he CRAVES attention.

Rick Bailey

Reply to @John Young:
That's why EVERYBODY enters politics, it's a thankless job.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Rick Bailey: Yea Right

Aaron Jensen
It's simple really: Trudeau has been a bad leader.

David Raymond Amos

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Reply to @Aaron Jensen: Methinks you forgot that Trudeau The Younger and his buddy Mr Butts took the liberals from 3rd party to a majority nearly overnight N'esy Pas?

David Raymond Amos
Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Now there is an interesting twist CBC blocking my defense of Trudeau WOW Methinks amazing thing never cease N'esy Pas?

Jill Bennet
Trump and Trudeau have these circus acts, yet it is clear that both seem to suffer from some impairment. Cat's away, the mice will play, because there isn't anyone very responsible in these positions, yet you think about how many smart, capable, dutiful individuals exist in both countries-- why the clowns? So if illegal is going on, they have the stupidity defence from having impaired leaders?

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Jill Bennet: Methinks I should be pleased by the fact that many folks now agree that this truly is a circus N'esy Pas?

Robert Campbell
The cornerstone for any good leader is integrity, ethics and morals. I rest my case.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Robert Campbell: Methinks those are rare things to find in a politician N'esy Pas?

Jill Bennet

Reply to @David Raymond Amos:
True, but it seems extreme these days?

David Raymond Amos

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Reply to @Jill Bennet: Nope check these old documents of mine

https://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/integrity-yea-right

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Jill Bennet: Too bad that you could not read my first reply to you

Jill Bennet

Reply to @David Raymond Amos:
Was it too mean and insulting-- that's not always necessary to get the point. I'm waking up to having been very naive, believing the law, rules, civics, ethics I was taught-- it's bs, I guess.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Jill Bennet: No I provided a link to some old documents of mine from 2004 to prove what I am saying as true as I run for a seat in Parliament again

Claire Hope
So why did JT hide his past while calling the conservatives down ?

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Claire Hope: Methinks it was a huge faux pas N'esy Pas?

Phil K'Mee
Have our standards fallen so low that we would even consider voting for this reprehensible individual? The rest of the leaders may not be perfect, but to re-elect a man of JT's calibre would be our country's nadir of decency, morality and intelligence.

Brian Paradis

Reply to @Phil K'Mee: I actually had some grudging respect for some of the Liberal cabinet members but when I watched the SNC Lavalin scandal unfold and their blind loyalty to Trudeau all the while knowing the truth that was the turning point for me.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Phil K'Mee: Methinks you wish to forget that Harper was found in contempt of parliament then came back with a majority Perhaps the majority of Canadians like a scalawag N''esy Pas?

Phil K'Mee

Reply to @David Raymond Amos:
No, I haven't forgotten. But in my humble, but admittedly biased, opinion, that incident is is no way comparable to the on-going incompetence and perfidy of our current PM.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Phil K'Mee: Methinks the fact that Harper committed our troops to combat the instant he took the reigns in 2006 without the consent of a parliament and then refused to lower the flag over the Peace Tower when our people began to be killed in his war should never be forgotten. That malice was a huge tell as to how bad Harper truly is. Now today Harper 2 0 is making all kinds of false promises to the Vets that his fomer government put in harms way N'esy Pas?

Rod davis

Reply to @David Raymond Amos: pull your head out.. the liberals put us in Afghanistan Dingus

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Rod davis: True but Check history

Mario Jones
This is just one of many scandals that the LPC and Trudeau specifically, are embroiled in. No wonder he's already skipped one debate. He will be fielding questions from multiple candidates.. Not just Scheer.

Does he have the verbal acumen, the debating skills, and the ability to think on his feet to fend them off? It won't be like last time, where all he had to do is trumpet the progressive mantra, and slam Harper. Can he answer the bell, or will he simply repeat the same nonsense like Bardish did for him during Question Period?

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Mario Jones: Although i have no respect them whatsoever I must give the little devils their due. Methinks Trudeau the Younger will hold his own in the debates but Mr Bernier will gain the most from the national audience in 2 official languages Folks won't even remember what the other clowns said at the circus N'esy Pas?

Henry Reardon

Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Why do you feel the need to reply to each and every post that everyone else makes? Are you so egotistical that you think the entire country is waiting with bated breath for your opinion, as if you are an acknowledged moral arbiter? Or are you some kind of paid Liberal shill, trying to deflect from your leader's obvious shortcomings with some "whataboutism" directed at Harper or Scheer?

David Raymond Amos

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Reply to @Henry Reardon: No I am running in this election and I have every right to argue anyone I wish especially people like YOU

Kirk Miller

Reply to @Henry Reardon: bingo

David Raymond Amos

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Reply to @Kirk Miller: Methinks its incredibly comical that conservative clowns think I am a liberal perhaps you should Google Fundy Royal Debate N'esy Pas?

David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Kirk Miller: Too Too Funny

Steve Bannatyne
I simply feel that Trudeau cannot be trusted.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Steve Bannatyne: Methinks many would agree that no incumbent can be trusted That is the reason so many folks don't bother to vote N'esy Pas?

Richard Dekkar
“Just not ready” was the gross understatement of the past four years.

Never ready. Ever.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Richard Dekkar: Methinks many would agree that Mr Scheer is no better prepared to run a government than Trudeau. At least after 4 years Mr Butts should have learned enough to tell his buddy what not to do N'esy Pas?

Sukhbir Powar
It is pretty clear Trudeau is a shallow lightweight. He just mouths politically correct platitudes, but stands for no principles or ethics.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Sukhbir Powar: Methinks Mr Butts and the RCMP know that I can easily prove that all the other party leaders have no ethics either anyone can Google their names and mine N'esy Pas?

Jason Adam
Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Yeah, but no one wants to.

Clark Unrau
Justin the self righteous savior who was front and center to destroy anyone who didn't live up to his standards showed no mercy. Now with his tail between his legs he wants forgiveness. Not going to happen from me and many others. We saw what you did to others like Admiral Norman and Jody wilson Raybould and Jane Philpott. Plus many others on your crusade of moral superiority. Now it's hits the fan and you should get the same punishment you gave and tried to give to others.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Clark Unrau: Methinks Mr Butts and the RCMP know how easily I can prove that Admiral Norman and the Tag Team of Jody and Jane are every bit as unethical as Trudeau is Its truly amazing that they won't admit it now N'esy Pas?

Hermann Wendt
What I question is, how can he or the members of his government who defend him through all this be able to meet with foreign heada of state and beyond taken serious. It was bad enough with all his other bad decisions like dressing up ad dancing around. But now with this on his resumè, I can't see anyone taking him serious or willing to negotiate with him fairly.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Hermann Wendt: Methinks its rather easy for them to do because they have all the dirt on the other foreign leaders byway of our spys within the Five Eyes N'esy Pas?

James Murray
The media is as much to blame for this as is Trudeau. Building Trudeau up like some moral authority on a pedestal and backing off when he stumbles. The media was relentless in supporting the liberals and a cabinet resignation over a $15 glass of orange juice but will sweep this one under the carpet in a matter of days.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @James Murray: I concur

James Bilodeau
'Champion of diversity'. i can believe that. Never have I seen Canada so divided and angry. Way to go Blackface, you democracy pirate.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @James Bilodeau: Well put

Neil Gregory
Trudeau II and his Liberals have been a major disappointment since they were sworn in as Canada's government, but then, what else would one expect. When he was chosen to lead the Liberal party Trudeau II had a grand total of five years experience as a Member of Parliament, and no leadership experience or proven leadership skills. He was chosen simply because he had a famous name from a by-gone era that could be exploited and marketed by the Liberal Party of Canada as thereat messiah who would save the country from Harper's Conservatives, and unfortunately for Canada, that is exactly what happened.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Neil Gregory: I Wholeheartedly Agree Sir However Harper and Mulcair did themselves in byway of their own words and deeds Trudeau was elected merely because he promised to legalize dope, courted the feminist and the gays. 4 Years ago the liberals were a far better alternative to 4 more years of Harper and a mindless NDP opposition running the circus. Methinks Trudeau the Younger's sunny days are over but he get to oversee the circus again merely because his opponents are worse clowns than he N'esy Pas?

James Bilodeau
Canada would be stupid to vote this man back in.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @James Bilodeau: Methinks we have been called worse names by Quebeckers constantly wanting to break up Canada N'esy Pas?

Joe Chabot
Trudeau's implosion is caused by one thing. It's not the media; it's the narcissist Justin Trudeau.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Joe Chabot: YUP That and poor advice from his buddy Mr Butts

Kasper Kane
Even during his insincere apologies he managed to preach and blame everyone but himself.

He said "We need to do better" No "we" don't . You Mr. Trudeau need to do better or better still, resign

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Kasper Kane: I found that incredible too but I was not surprised.

Methinks he thinks he is wonderful N'esy Pas?

Lenny Griever
I'm expecting the next CBC poll to show no impact on Trudeau's ratings.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Lenny Griever: I am willing to bet on it

Dave Johnson
Unbelievable that our country will support such gross negligence and hypocrisy displayed by Justin Trudeau.

Arrogance unmatched.

Canadians can do way better than this dishonest man...

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Dave Johnson: Methinks you wish to forget an lot of questionable would came before him N'esy Pas?

Michelle Dubois
Justin does not have the capacity for personal growth because he can't be truly introspective.
He unconsciously deals with his flaws by projecting them onto everyone else and then lecturing them.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Michelle Dubois: Methinks you talk just like his shrink N'esy Pas?

Tony Trowel
1) Justin Trudeau's action shocked and hurt people across the country
2) Justin Trudeau's actions were an embarrassment for Canada to the rest of the world
3) Justin Trudeau's actions are the very actions that he holds all others morally accountable
Sorry Aaron, you can't justify or water that down.

David Raymond Amos

Reply to @Tony Trowel: Cry me a river

Champion of diversity or high-profile hypocrite? Who is Justin Trudeau, anyway?

All human beings contain contradictions - but when politicians undermine their own images, they pay a price

Aaron Wherry · CBC News · Posted: Sep 21, 2019 4:00 AM ET

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau reacts as he makes a statement in regards to photo coming to light of himself from 2001 wearing "brownface" during a scrum on his campaign plane in Halifax, N.S., on Wednesday, September 18, 2019. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

There's probably nothing in the Canadian political strategy textbooks about how to pivot away from blackface.

Justin Trudeau and his campaign are trying, though, as they must. He addressed the photos and video that emerged this week at length Thursday afternoon. What was supposed to be a Liberal rally on Thursday night was turned into a town hall that permitted Trudeau to talk about his failings, but also some other issues. On Friday morning, Trudeau made a new campaign commitment to implement further restrictions on firearms.

The first questions from reporters after that announcement were about guns. But eventually the queries turned back to the offending images — 11 questions in total about blackface and its ramifications.

Those questions are likely to keep popping up for a while yet. But even if reporters and voters stop asking Trudeau about blackface — a natural consequence of reporters pursuing the story of the day — this episode will never really die.

Trudeau, more than any other politician, understands the power of an image. And this week's images might persist as reason to question who Trudeau is, or to frame a narrative about what kind of leader he really is.

A lifetime of contradictions

Perhaps more than any other recent Canadian politician, Trudeau has been surrounded by questions about who he is for his entire career — a consequence of his famous last name, his public stature and his lack of a track record in some serious-seeming pursuit like business or law.

Was he a callow young man or was he an inspiring leader? Was he just a pretty face or did he possess unique gifts? Was he not ready for high office or was he just the right sort of person for the job?

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There are testimonies to who he was in his teens and 20s (when he apparently still thought that blackface was okay). But those accounts include contradictions.

In Magnetic North — a short biography authored by Alan Hustak in 2017 — one person describes Trudeau the high schooler as "a bit of an attention seeker" who "knew the reaction he could provoke," but also someone who knew himself and was "extremely sensitive to what was going on around him." But Trudeau has said he could be shy and he has been described as a natural introvert.

Mary Margaret Jones, who ran the sexual assault centre at McGill University where Trudeau volunteered, has described the Trudeau she knew as "really emotionally available" and more able to discuss difficult issues like consent and rape culture than most young men his age.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is shown in this 2001 photo published in the yearbook of West Point Grey Academy, a private school where Trudeau was teaching at the time. (Time.com)

Students at West Point Grey Academy in Vancouver told Hustak that they remembered Trudeau as "energetic," "slightly nerdy," "eccentric" and "goofy." Hustak relays a story of Trudeau accepting a student's dare to ride a skateboard down a steep slope. The future prime minister fell hard and ended up covered in mud.

"We were all in stitches," the student told Hustak. "What kind of a teacher would do that kind of thing?"

Perhaps the same kind of teacher who would show up to sell raffle tickets at a charity gala dressed as Aladdin with his face and arms and hands painted brown.

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Justin Trudeau was "emotionally available" — and goofy. Pierre Trudeau was a showman and so was his son.

As a backbench MP and Liberal leader, Justin Trudeau was a mix of high-mindedness and stumbles. He swore at the environment minister. He made a silly comment about China. He made a very unfortunate joke about hockey and Vladimir Putin.

Principles and pratfalls

He also talked about changing the way politics is done and embracing diversity and tackling income inequality and combating climate change and pursuing reconciliation.

Either way, almost nothing that Trudeau does is done quietly.

His time in government has been a similar mix of ideals and pratfalls. Because of his office, the falls have landed harder.

His trip to the Aga Khan's island was used to undercut his stated commitment to the middle class. His trip to India revived the charge that he was insufficiently serious. The SNC-Lavalin affair undermined the claim that he was going to do things differently.

Those ideals, meanwhile, proved hard to live up to. Compared to the track Canada was on in 2015, emissions are now projected to decline by 200 megatonnes, pending further policies. But Trudeau also bought a pipeline (even if he was clear from the outset that he supported building a pipeline).

Whatever the government has done to improve its relationship with Indigenous peoples, it also has surely disappointed them.

Trudeau has spoken of few issues with more passion than diversity and tolerance — perhaps overly so in some estimations. His government has enacted policies in line with that rhetoric (though one can debate whether it has moved fast enough or far enough). He has condemned white supremacy and directly challenged those who try to stoke fears about immigration — even confronting a heckler at an event in Quebec. Trudeau is likely the first prime minister to ever talk about privilege or intersectionality or unconscious bias.

Trudeau's full exchange with Quebec heckler

Here is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's heavily scrutinized exchange with a heckler at an event in Sabrevois, Que., on Aug. 16. 6:08

"It's time we recognize that anti-black racism and unconscious bias does exist," Trudeau said at a reception for Black History Month in 2018. "It's time we hear — and believe — the stories of men and women who have been judged by the colour of their skin."

That might've been a good moment to confess his own failings. Almost any moment would've been better for him than the current one.

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Having invoked a high standard, Trudeau is now charged with being a hypocrite. If you found Trudeau to be arrogant or haughty before now, you are no doubt appalled by the contradiction. Having been built up as the internet's "boyfriend" and an international darling, he is being taken down a peg (and because he is such a global figure, the story is getting wide notice).

He has walked himself out on a very long pier while forgetting to ensure that the planks behind him are sound.

Do those photos invalidate what he has stood for and said over the last four years? Do those images mean he shouldn't have been so strident? Or do they mean he just should have been upfront about his own failures, and sooner?

Will he be forgiven?

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Trudeau will be pressed to explain how he became who he was in 2001, how he got from 2001 to 2019, and whether he ever thought about what he'd done. There are, as many have noted this week, broader issues to address coming out of this scandal. And Trudeau could put himself into that story.

Beyond the takes of columnists and pundits (the press pack has been known to misjudge the severity of controversies from time to time), voters will weigh and judge. Trudeau might be forgiven. What those images show is already turning out to be a matter of personal perspective. But the narrative will be up for debate.

Justin Trudeau pictured at Le collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in the school talent show singing Day-O in blackface makeup. (CBC)

Greg Lyle, an experienced pollster, wrote this week that much will depend on whether voters view the photos as an "episodic" failure or a "thematic" one — whether the photos are interpreted as a one-off lapse or part of a larger trend that speaks to who Trudeau is and how he has governed.

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Even if dismissed now as lapses from Trudeau's past, the images will linger into the future as nagging memories, either to be brought up again at inconvenient moments or to be reinforced by future missteps or other excavated sins.

Trudeau can say that who he was in 2001 is not who he is now. But who he is was already a matter of debate — poked at by Conservatives who say he's "not as advertised" and an NDP leader who says Trudeau is more "pretty words" than real change.

Trudeau didn't win the last election on his own; his party's policy promises played a role as well. Those promises can now be measured against what the Liberal government has done. And the Liberals are putting forward new proposals now.

But the idea of Trudeau is more complicated now. As might've been clear before 2015, he has shown himself to be an imperfect carrier of heavy banners. But this week has directly challenged him to account for who he was supposed to be.

Trudeau was a public figure before he was a politician and he has always been a matter of some conjecture.

"One of the first things I said when I won my nomination [in 2008] is, look, there's people out there who have incredibly high expectations, there are people out there who have incredibly low expectations," Trudeau told me in an interview earlier this year. "I'm fairly certain I'm going to disappoint everybody by being somewhere in the middle between the stratosphere and the depths."

By that measure, at least, he has lived up to expectations.