Thoughts on BC Politics and More

Before legendary Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens died on September 11 at the age of 91, he penned a farewell letter, to be shared after his death. In it, this advice: “Be humble.  I always believed the higher a monkey climbs in the tree the more people below can see his ass.  You don’t have to be that monkey.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, perched at the pinnacle of Canadian politics, has become that monkey, sadly. When Mr. Trudeau first arrived on the political scene in 2008, I didn’t think too much of it.  He seemed little more than an un-serious dandy with a famous name, all flash and little substance, and with a tendency to say stupefyingly stupid things.   In 2010 for instance, in a French language interview on Tele-Quebec, Mr. Trudeau opined that “ Canada isn’t doing well right now because it’s Albertans who control our collective socio-democratic agenda ”, that the only prime ministers who “ really were any good ...

While one political party has stated that Justin Trudeau is ‘not as advertised’, what does the media have to say?   One thing is undeniable, the Trudeau brand is definitely tarnished. August 15 th , 2019 ... “ Trudeau vs. Dion: How the PM and ethics commissioner differ on the SNC-Lavalin affair ” ... February 7 th the Globe and Mail broke the story that Trudeau's office had tried to pressure Wilson-Raybould to intervene in the corruption and fraud prosecution of SNC-Lavalin ... Trudeau reacted saying the allegations were "false" ... insisted neither he nor any of his staff "directed" Wilson-Raybould to intervene in the case ... (Ethics Commissioner) report, Dion found four significant attempts by Trudeau and staff to influence Wilson-Raybould, through tactics he found "troubling " ... October 13 th , 2011 ... “The intensity, the excitement of being in the middle of a political campaign — it’s heavy, it’s ...