October Federal Election Discussion / Poll

[Patty Smyth]

Just because you had such hate for Harper, don't assume that emotion of other people. Hate is just so harsh and ugly.

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Not surprized about those comments, gryphon.

Over the weekend, I heard Trudeau speak twice - about Paris and about climate.

While the content was okay - albeit so passive - about what happened in Paris, when he speaks extemporaneously, every few words it's uh, uh... uh, uh... and it's so very hard to listen to - and because of that, one loses the message. This didn't show as much through the run-up to the election, when everything was so carefully scripted for him.

At least he didn't use his over-dramatic affectation... yet.

He needs to beef things up, his tone and content is just wrong - some of his comments sound like he's still electioneering.

Both of these are good reads, especially the CBC one, considering their bias.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/g20-...eech-1.3319700

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/mi...ddly-tone-deaf

No I do believe it's hate. Just check out this thread for all his comments. It's not a stretch to assume that.

[GoJays]

I hope the rest of the world doesn't think we're as stupid as our "leader". It's going to be a looooong four years.

Well Trudeau is changing the way we are perceived on the world scene.....and not for the better

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[Natalka]

Jays, there have just been so many articles and editorials written yesterday and today mentioning him - so many defended him through the election process that yes, he was a grown man, had an education, etc. so that 'just not ready' thing didn't apply - BUT it does - and he's shown that these past few days.

He does not have the gravitas necessary, the composure - honestly, he's doing frat boy stuff - off the plane from Turkey and everyone is concerned about Paris and ISIS and Trudeau's laughing it up, taking the time for selfies and posing with whomever and his dog for informal photographs - now come on, a head of government just doesn't do that at such a serious time - waving and smiling while the world is mourning.

[gryphon]

[lecale]

Rare for a rookie: At first world summit, Trudeau meets his fourth US president


WASHINGTON - It takes only an instant chatting with Justin Trudeau about other world leaders to establish that he carries an unusual inventory of memories for a rookie prime minister attending his first international summit.


He's already met three U.S. presidents — Barack Obama will be the fourth. And at the G20 summit that begins Sunday, should he offer condolences to Germany's Angela Merkel on the passing of her predecessor Helmut Schmidt, he could include a childhood anecdote about meeting him too.


It turns out that being the son of a four-term prime minister produces so many anecdotes about world leaders it's impossible to keep track of them all.


When asked, for instance, about the time a former U.S. president predicted he'd be prime minister some day, not only had Trudeau never heard the story — he couldn't guess which president it was.
''Was that Jimmy Carter saying nice things?'' Trudeau said, in a June interview with The Canadian Press.


Given that Richard Nixon's light-hearted prediction turned out to be accurate, the anecdote has recently been published in international news reports. But when informed earlier this year of Nixon's now-prophetic toast at a state dinner in 1972, Trudeau replied: ''Oh, my goodness.''

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/rare-rooki...123010049.html

[anisa]

Doomed Harper government made 49 “future” patronage appointments

"Former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cabinet quietly stacked government agencies and Crown corporations with dozens of “future appointments,” and early appointment renewals in the dying days of its regime, many of which were only scheduled to go into effect long after the Conservatives were defeated, iPolitics has learned.


While some had been due to come up for renewal in November and December, others were renewed up to a year in advance of when they had been scheduled to expire and made effective the date the appointees’ current term was due to end."

"Of the 49 future appointments and early renewals, 29 were adopted in a single day – June 18, 2015. The earliest dates to November 2014 when National Farm Products Council member Michael Pickard’s mandate was renewed for three years, effective April 2016.


The move by Harper’s government constrains Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ability to put his government’s stamp on some key agencies like the National Energy Board, which regulates things like the construction of pipelines and the import of crude oil and natural gas.


For example, National Energy Board member Lyne Mercier was due to be renewed in December. Instead, Harper’s government renewed the appointment for seven years last June, effective in December. In July, Keith Chaulk was appointed to the National Energy Board for seven years, effective Nov. 23. Both are scheduled to remain on the board until 2022.

Jacques Gauthier, a temporary member of the National Energy Board, was renewed in April, well before his mandated to expire in December. He is now to sit until 2018. Another temporary member, Michael Richmond, was renewed for three years last April, effective Nov. 1, the day his term was set to expire.


The moves mean that barring the future appointments or early renewals being rescinded, the Trudeau government will not be able to replace any temporary members of the National Energy Board until at least May 2018 and any permanent members of the NEB until January 2020 – which is after the next election."

[FallenPixels]

This thread has run its course and is off topic, expiring
Threads can be started for discussion on the PM etc