STN, it's quite obvious that you're incredibly biased against Trudeau & the Liberals. But you've always been this way and you wouldn't vote for them even if your life would depend on it. But that's okay. I appreciate your political passion & observations in this thread.
But that's the thing. I always vote for the candidate or party who will represent my interests better. Over my lifetime i've voted PC, NDP and Liberal. I've often not voted when none of the three major parties represented my interests at the time and i wasn't going to vote just for the sake of voting. But i'll admit i've voted Liberal twice as much as i've voted for any other political party. And yes, it was because the leader and party at the time of an election did represent my interests more than the others.
This is why i will definitely vote Liberal again. As i mention my financial situation has never been better and in my opinion the economy is booming. Trudeau kept his promise in legalizing cannabis. That was a biggie for me. Had any other party promised to legalize cannabis and would have done so i'd vote for them again. But for once we elected a leader who kept a major promise. I still remember when his father and later Jean Chretien promised to legalize weed and once elected they all forgot about it. But Justin Trudeau kept his word and i was impressed by this.
Doug Ford's election in Ontario came with many red flags and so far people who were worried about electing a Conservative government so far appear justified in their worries. Ford has been a mess in Ontario, to say the least. But as is usually the case the majority of eligible voters didn't go to the polls and he was elected by a minority, which is common in elections in Canada and in the United States these days. That's how populists & incompetent candidates end up getting elected. But at least Canada's system isn't as flawed as the one south of the border where a candidate can get 3 million more votes than the other candidate and still end up losing an election due to a technicality......a very flawed system. But the State legislatures make up the rules (voter repression, etc) and draw up the district maps (gerrymandering) which more often than not ends up favoring their parties. When Trump said that elections are rigged it was one of the rare things he ever said that was actually true. And Trump did end up 'winning' his election due to a very rigged system.
When it ain't broken don't try to fix it. The country is going very well, the economy is booming, there is jobs galore and people are generally pretty happy. No so-called SNC Lavalin scandal with deter me from voting for Justin Trudeau again. He is like fine wine and will only get better as he gains more experience in the job. He is also incredibly respected throughout the world and i'm proud to have him as my country's PM. I'm totally not bothered with his decision in the SNC Lavalin affair. He wanted to save hundreds of thousands of jobs. Not doing so would have been devastating to the Canadian economy and many experts have pointed out that it is more likely than not that any other leader such as Scheer or Singh would have likely done the same thing Trudeau did. Whether or not this is true is none of my concern. I vote for the candidate and party who represents my interests better and there is no reason why i shouldn't vote for Trudeau again since as i mentioned several times life in Canada has been very pleasant and rewarding since he came into power.
In Justin I Trust.
