What Trudeau will — and won't — do to reverse Harper's legacy
No matter what the pundits, pols or PR types tell you, de-Harperizing Canada will be the biggest political story of 2016.
The writing, or rather the graffiti, is already on the wall; it’s all about Liberal credibility now. The Conservative Opposition has made it crystal clear — if the Trudeau government doesn’t change Harper’s decisions, it’s endorsing them. As an argument it’s morally craven, but effective in its own way.
While people voted for Justin Trudeau in large numbers because of the ‘positive’ things he promised to do, they also have a long list of things they expect him to undo. In the Westerns, it’s called ‘cleaning up Tombstone’. Trudeau is Wyatt Earp.
One of the true measures of success or failure for the new prime minister in his first year (not his first two months) will be how faithful he remains to the commitment to systematically reverse the worst of the Harper legacy. Steve was a bird who soiled the nest knee-deep. Justin must put on his rubber gloves and get scrubbing.
It will not be pleasant or easy work. Thanks to Harper’s schoolyard foreign policy, the Trudeau government is not in a good position to make the return to “constructive multilateralism” as promised during the campaign. The fact is, Harper left our international knickers in a knot.
http://ipolitics.ca/2016/01/07/what-trudeau-will-and-wont-do-to-reverse-harpers-legacy/
Stephen Harper's feud with Justin Trudeau goes back decades
On Oct. 3, 2000, Justin Trudeau rose from his front-row pew in Montreal’s Notre Dame Basilica and slowly climbed the stairs to the altar, delivering an emotional eulogy for his deceased father, former Liberal prime minister Pierre Trudeau.
After the 28-year-old son bade farewell — “Je t’aime, papa” — and wiped his eyes with a handkerchief, he walked to the flag-draped coffin, leaned into it and closed his eyes.
Millions of Canadians shared the moment. The nationally televised coverage of the funeral capped a remarkable week of public sorrow at Pierre Trudeau’s death. In life, he had been a polarizing figure; in death, he was transformed into a political legend.
Thousands of kilometres to the west, in Calgary, another man was determined not to let the “myths” surrounding Trudeau’s legacy take root.
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/the-trudeau-complex-how-harpers-attacks-on-liberal-dynasty-could-be-a-double-edged-sword
No Transparency with Indians
According to Justin Trudeau, the old government led by mean Stephen Harper, was all about keeping Canadians in the dark while he and his Liberals were going to be all about letting the sunshine in with their “Sunny Ways” and all.
I've told you about the ridiculous lack of transparency in this new Liberal era of Glasnost with the immigration department refusing to answer access to information requests on the Syrian refugee file because they’re too busy getting refugees into Canada, and how CBC refused to release basic financial information about how your money was spent during the election.
So when Trudeau promised openness and transparency, he apparently didn't mean that kind of openness and it seems he didn’t mean union leaders, native chiefs or band councils either.
http://www.therebel.media/trudeau_won_t_let_the_sun_shine_in_on_union_bosses
‘Gender pricing’ leaves women paying more at the checkout
Sat, Feb 27: If you are shopping for a personal care product, the price you pay at the checkout could vary depending on whether you’re a man or a woman. So-called “gender pricing” sees women pay more than men for similar products and services. There are no laws against gender pricing in Canada, but New York City prohibits it and California outlawed the practice in 1996 after it was discovered it cost women an extra $1,351 annually. Anne Drewa reports.
http://globalnews.ca/video/2545220/gender-pricing-leaves-women-paying-more-at-the-checkout
