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The Niagara Independent, March 5, 2021 \u2013\u00a0<\/em>To Canadians, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he does not want an election, yet to his Liberal campaign team he confides \u201cit looks like\u201d there will be a Spring vote.<\/p>\n Government House Leader Pablo Rodriguez suggests the Liberals need a renewed mandate because Conservatives are \u201cplaying politics all the time in the House.\u201d Rodriguez bemoans, \u201cIt\u2019s delay, delay, delay and eventually that delay becomes obstruction.\u201d And Canadian mainstream media repeats the Liberals\u2019 battle cry suggesting an election is necessary so that the Government can efficiently deliver its much needed pandemic relief.<\/p>\n The political posturing by PM Trudeau and his senior cabinet ministers \u2013 from Rodriguez to Melanie Joly to John Wilkinson \u2013 prompted the MPs on the Procedure and House Affairs Committee to unanimously pass a motion against a snap election call. The Committee urged the PM \u201cto promise\u201d he would not call a federal election during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n This week\u00a0CBC<\/em>,\u00a0Global<\/em>, the\u00a0Toronto Star<\/em>\u00a0and others have all highlighted the PM\u2019s election musings. In answer to this media echo chamber, Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre tweeted out, \u201cState media, who in my opinion are PMO mouthpieces, are out beating the drum for an early election today. With the worst joblessness, deficit & vaccine rates in the G7, we should be talking about Trudeau\u2019s resignation, not a promotion.\u201d<\/p>\n Though most of the national press corps serve to promote the Liberal agenda, there are a few vocal critics of this Trudeau Government, and perhaps the most poignant in his observations is Rex Murphy. In a recent\u00a0National Post<\/em>\u00a0column, Murphy asserted: \u201cThis is the worst Canadian government ever.\u201d He observed, \u201cThe country is in an economic coma. The House of Commons is a movie set. We are shamed in the international community. And the list goes on\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Murphy states, \u201cIt\u2019s a mess. It\u2019s a shambles. It\u2019s an embarrassment. It is the worst ever by any reasonable measurement.\u201d Indeed, this is a harsh assessment and it raises an interesting question. Is this current Government\u2019s record\u00a0that\u00a0<\/em>bad \u2014 that it could be described as \u201cthe worse Canadian government ever?\u201d<\/p>\n Rex Murphy highlights in his column the daily revelations about the government\u2019s mishandling of the country\u2019s vaccination procurement. Argumentatively, Canada\u2019s vaccine shortage is perhaps the Trudeau Government\u2019s greatest scandal\u00a0(next week\u2019s column will review the details of this debacle)<\/em>. In looking beyond these current headlines, to address Murphy\u2019s assertion, herein is an attempt to catalogue the more egregious missteps of the Trudeau Government.<\/p>\n First there are the ethical breaches of Justin Trudeau, who has the notorious distinction for being found\u00a0three times<\/em>\u00a0in violation of Canada\u2019s ethics laws while Prime Minister. 1) The PM\u2019s family and friends vacation on Aga Khan\u2019s private island\u00a0\u2013 a clear conflict with Khan\u2019s organization being the recipient of hundreds of millions of dollars in Canadian federal grants. 2) The PM and PMO staff members obstructed justice for the benefit of SNC Lavalin in pressuring Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould. 3) The WE Charity scandal that had $912 million sole-sourced to the Kielburger brothers, who had personal connections with PM Trudeau and handsomely paid his wife, mother, and brother for guest appearances at their youth events.<\/p>\n Canadians are well aware of Justin Trudeau\u2019s celebrated history of questionable ethical behaviour:\u00a0 the \u201cMr. Dress Up\u201d family excursion to pose in front of India\u2019s landmarks, the \u201cKokanee Grope\u201d incident when the female news reporter and Justin experienced their encounter differently, and the infamous blackface episodes that were captured in yearbook photos and in a school club video.<\/p>\n The Trudeau Government has had an on-going series of dubious dealings with SNC Lavalin, a Quebec engineering firm with strong Liberal ties. This company:<\/p>\n The Trudeau Government has awarded many highly questionable contracts through the pandemic crises. Just a few by way of example:<\/p>\n On issues of justice, this Trudeau Government appears to have no regard for the law of the land as the PM and\/or PMO have consistently been caught in the middle of scandalous behaviour. Consider:<\/p>\n Through the years, Trudeau\u2019s PMO has done a remarkable job of hiding wayward Liberal MPs\u2019 misconduct \u2013 in some cases keeping it from the public for months. In no particular order, the rogues\u2019 gallery includes MPs Raj Grewal, Marwan Tabbara, Scott Brison, Kent Hehr, Darshan Kang, and Hunter Tootoo. The latest PMO maneuvering involved a quick cabinet shuffle and Minister Navdeep Bains resigning \u201cto spend more time with his family\u201d \u2013 all the while worrying that a potential RCMP investigation into a shady multimillion dollar Brampton land purchase would become public. All of these embarrassing MP wrongdoings were masterfully dealt with, so much so that today they are forgotten.<\/p>\n The reality is that most of these wrongdoings will not be mentioned in the heat of the election campaign. However short Canadians\u2019 collective memory is, this catalogue serves as a reflection of the character of Justin Trudeau and his Government. It is a reflection of the \u201cmess,\u201d \u201cshambles\u201d and \u201cembarrassments\u201d Rex Murphy writes about; and, in his learned opinion, of \u201cthe worst Canadian government ever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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