What Do Canadians Think of Trudeau?

oldman

oldman

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I have often been curious about his popularity. I hear a lot of negative news about him and especially his persona.
 

hollydolly said:
He's negatively viewed in the UK as well unfortunately, because Britain and Canada have always been best cousins
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I hope some Canadians answer this question because it has been bugging me. Is he really as bad a leader as some of our news outlets state?
 

It seems like the primary qualification for the job is that your name must be Trudeau. I don't follow Canada that closely, but haven't there been a bunch of Prime Ministers named Trudeau? ... or just one guy that was there forever?
 
JustDave said:
It seems like the primary qualification for the job is that your name must be Trudeau. I don't follow Canada that closely, but haven't there been a bunch of Prime Ministers named Trudeau? ... or just one guy that was there forever?
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Only Justin Trudeau's father, Pierre Trudeau.
 
Yeah, the only other name I could think of was Pierre. Maybe it's just the distinctive name that settled in my head.
 
I think it might be helpful to our American members to understand what a Canadian Prime Minister is and what they do. In order to be made Prime Minister, a person must first stand for election in a national election, in a district somewhere in Canada. That person must be the leader of a political party, chosen by the members of that party, as leader. If that person is elected in their voting district, AND their party wins the majority of the 341 seats in Parliament, the party leader will be invited to form a national Government. The Prime Minister selects his Cabinet from the elected Members of his party, to fill Ministerial positions. So in our Parliamentary system, both the Prime Minister, and the Cabinet Ministers are elected to represent specific districts in the country. Members of Parliament in our current House are from five political parties. The current Government is made up of members of the Liberal party, but because the Liberals did not win a clear majority in the last election, they have to forge alliances with at least one of the 4 opposition parties, to be able to have enough votes to get proposed legislation passed through the House. In this case the Liberals have made an agreement with the New Democratic Party to work together. The NDP is the leading opposition party in the House.

Unlike the US President, the Canadian Prime Minister must be in the House each day to take part in Question period, where the PM has to answer direct questions from Opposition party members. Question Period is the first 90 minutes of each day's session of the House. The PM also must face direct questions out side of the House, from the media. Canadian Prime Ministers are expected to be fully bi-lingual, able to speak and read BOTH of our official languages fluently, with no teleprompter, or cue cards. In most cases the PM will switch from one language to the other in media interviews, depending on which language the question was asked in. National elections in Canada have no set date, but the usual time period between elections is about 5 years. Unlike the US system, a Canadian Governing party MAY be thrown out of office if the majority of the opposition members vote "No Confidence " in the Government , usually on a financial bill. If the governing party is voted out, a national election would be held with in 60 days. Canada has a permanent Voter's List that is updated every year. When a Canadian submits their annual income tax return to Revenue Canada, their name and address is automatically sent to Elections Canada to be included in the Voters List. By doing that we can easily send out the Voters Information Cards to all voters 3 weeks before the day of the election.

Our ballots are one single page, with the names of those who are running in your district. No voting machines, no additional "propositions ". Mark your choice with an X, drop it in the ballot box and off you go. In most cases, because we have a 5 day advance poll system, lineups are short and you are in and out in ten minutes, or less. By midnight on election day, the results are in. In Canada corporations cannot contribute to any political party, and individual donations cannot be greater than $1500. A voter does not have to be a member of a political party , in order to vote. Most Canadians are not a member of a political party, and many of us have voted for different parties over the years.

You will notice that I have not mentioned the current P.M. by name. I did that to avoid the "no politics " edict. If any one has questions about our electoral system, I will be glad to try to answer them here. JimB.
 
Lee said:
I am Canadian and would absolutely LOVE to tell you what I think of him but hands are tied as we are not supposed to talk politics.

Or has that policy been changed?
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I didn't even get a chance to read the thread about the Jan 9th investigations by the US House, before it was yanked out of existence. I know that is a political issue, but it's probably the most important thing happening in the US since the Cuban Missile Crisis, and we can't talk about it.
 
JustDave said:
It seems like the primary qualification for the job is that your name must be Trudeau. I don't follow Canada that closely, but haven't there been a bunch of Prime Ministers named Trudeau? ... or just one guy that was there forever?
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What about Garry Trudeau ? ;)
 
When I asked the question, I wasn’t referring to his policies, but more to what type of person do you see him as? I don’t expect anyone here to have a one on one relationship with him, but you can generally tell if a person has his constituents best interests at heart, or is he more about himself?
 
oldman said:
When I asked the question, I wasn’t referring to his policies, but more to what type of person do you see him as? I don’t expect anyone here to have a one on one relationship with him, but you can generally tell if a person has his constituents best interests at heart, or is he more about himself?
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What are they saying on Fox News? That he is all about himself?
 
oldman said:
When I asked the question, I wasn’t referring to his policies, but more to what type of person do you see him as? I don’t expect anyone here to have a one on one relationship with him, but you can generally tell if a person has his constituents best interests at heart, or is he more about himself?
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I think his heart is in the right place.
 

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