Another Columnist Calls For Electing Liberals in Calgary

I don't know, maybe she reads the blog but Chantal Hebert is essentially saying the same thing as I did yesterday.Recommend this Post

Calgary Herald Columnist Implicitly Endorses Liberal Majority

Here in Calgary, Don Braid is the most faithful of Conservative water carriers.  And he strongly supports the TMX pipeline.  So while he might not realize it yet (logic not being a strong underpinning of his opinions) his recent column The final, lethal pipeline threat — a Liberal minority is a call for Calgarians to elect Liberals.

He is right in many ways:

1. Current polls indicate a minority government is likely
2. A minority government led by either the Liberals or Conservatives could not get the support of the NDP or Greens for pipelines
3. There does not appear to be a path for a Conservative majority
4. A Liberal minority will retreat from support for TMX.  This flip-flop would in some ways represent the will of the people.

It follows that the immense support for the Conservatives in Alberta will not get the pipeline built.  The inescapable conclusion is that the best way for Alberta to get oil to tidewater is to elect a substantial number of Liberals led by a Trudeau.

Quebec is very adroit at electing MPs who will care for their interests.  Will Albertans?

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On Trudeau's past embarassments

When the Black Face Fiasco( broke I decided it would be best to process my thoughts on the matter and let the facts trickle out.  But not so long enough for The Underminer to stop using this as another means to carry out his vendetta against the Trudeaus.  Because that will never happen.).

So my thoughts on the main actors (for what they are worth):

• Trudeau: It was a stupid thing to do for someone who is in the public eye, even back then.  The Arabian Nights party was just after his father passed away.  I can't help but wonder how PET might have counselled him regarding the wisdom of blackface.  That being said, I believe a person can evolve in their sensitivities and grow in maturity.  Some allowance should be made for personal development or we are all doomed by our past.
• Singh: The only party leader with a real experience with racism.  SIngh brought the problems with racism in Canada into a sharp focus.  He has gained stature with his principled agreement to meet Trudeau and accept his apology in private in a setting as non-political as possible.
• May:  Pretty much a bystander but she gets credit for saying that the Justin Trudeau she nows now is hard to classify as a racist.
• Scheer: He remains a hypocritcal, anti-abortion homphobe and wannabe cryptofascist false populist.  A bit abbreviated but this does the job.
• Bernier:  Same as Scheer but at least he is open about it.
• Media:  Pretty much gleeful at this opportunity to display their pro-Conservative bias and their envy that he is Justin and they are not.

Will this change my vote?  No.  I believe Trudeau has matured and sincerely regrets his actions.  But he will always have a bit of the doofus about him.  And that is the hingepoint.  I am not supporting the Liberals because of Trudeaumania v 2.0.  If anything I was drawn to the party by the principled intelligent leadership of Stephane Dion.  I am supporting the Liberals because it is the best option.  There are only 2 contenders in this race.  One is flawed but has genuine progressive intent.  The other would send Canada into the far right firestorm the most of rest of the world is subject to.

No political party or political leader is perfect and we are governed by very flawed people.

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When it comes to taking the piss out of the Underminer

This makes me jealous.Recommend this Post

Andrew Scheer is the most courageous politician in the History of Canada

Maybe even the world.

When faced with evidence that a large cohort of his candidates are some reprehensible combination of homophobes, racists and other unacceptable traits, Scheer does not cave into pressure to have these horrible people removed as candidates.  No!  Never!  He says that as long as they apologize, then they can remain as candidates.  That they are all right with him.

But to be a true hero, one must be consistent in bravely holding the same principled stand in support of the bigoted homophobes in the Conservative Party.  And this is why, Andrew Scheer is a truly courageous man.  Tjis is not the first time he has summoned up true courage in the face of the outrage these bigots who "snuck" through the Conservative Party have created.  He has shown such courage in the past.  For that his recent bravery must be applauded all the more so.

Scheer heroically set the stage for yesterday's defense of his party's racism for not yielding the the calls for Michael Cooper to be kicked out of caucys for being an unrepentant racist and nut job.  To be truly heroic, one must show a repetitive and consistent willingness to stand for what one believes in.

Mr Scheer and his party stand for racism and homophobia.  Mr Scheer has shown himself to be unwilling to bend to outrage over these views.  He deserves our respect for his courage.

Does he deserve our vote?  Of course not.  Several soldiers in the Wehrmacht acted bravely during World War II.  But they were doing so for the wrong side of history.Recommend this Post