As for our PM, we can only pray that the people will se that we have an empty suit occupying the big chair in Ottawa and that his campaign promises were all smoke and mirrors...
Interesting - have you actually looked or are those blue tinted glasses simply immune to any vision beyond your desire for JT's failure ?
PROMISES KEPT
— A cabinet with as many women as men.
— A 20.5 per cent income tax rate for Canadians earning between $45,282 and $90,563, down from 22 per cent.
— A new 33 per cent tax bracket for those earning more than $200,000.
— Create a new, more generous child benefit.
— Restore mandatory long form census.
— Unmuzzle scientists. (from Harper era)
— Create an arm's length advisory board to recommend merit-based, non-partisan nominees for the Senate.
— Ensure process of appointing Supreme Court justices is more transparent, inclusive and accountable to Canadians. Trudeau's only pick for the top court thus far, Malcolm Rowe, was one of five recommended by a new independent, non-partisan advisory board. The board's chair, one-time prime minister Kim Campbell, and Rowe are to appear separately to answer questions about the appointment from a Commons committee.
— Withdraw Canadian fighter jets from Syria and Iraq, beef up humanitarian aid and military support to train Iraqi ground forces. (not suggesting the merit- just the promise)
— Launch a national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women.
— Create a parliamentary oversight committee on national security operations.
— The first phase ($11.9 billion over two years) of an additional $60 billion over 10 years in infrastructure spending.
— Scrap income splitting for couples with children.
— Roll back to $5,500 the $10,000 annual limit on tax-free savings account contributions.
— Restore the age of eligibility for old age security and guaranteed income supplement to 65 from 67.
— Work with the provinces to enhance the Canada Pension Plan.
— Provide a refundable tax benefit of up to $150 to teachers who spend their own money on school supplies.
— Invest $2.6 billion over four years for First Nations education, although it is now over five years.
— Restore funding cut by the Conservatives for the CBC.
— Expand the youth summer jobs program.
— Reopen nine Veterans Affairs offices closed by the Conservatives. (Another Harper dick move against veterans)
— Increase financial benefits for veterans whose careers are impacted by injury.
— Welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada, although it took several months longer than promised and only about 15,000 were government-assisted refugees; the rest were privately sponsored.
— Increase funding for student grants by 50 per cent.
— Create the prime minister's youth council.
— Reform employment insurance to reduce the wait time before claiming EI, cut the number of hours an individual must have worked to receive benefits.
— Repeal Conservative legislation that allowed the government to revoke the citizenship of dual citizens convicted of terrorism, treason or espionage. (a promise - no a vote in agreement)
There are a lot of promises not kept particularly in deficit spending but I'm guessing those are much easier to spot.
For the record I hated his dad - an arrogant bastard (btw: I hated Mulroney for the same reason) but I would give Jr a fair shake. With notable differences in policies I am so far impressed - maybe because Harper set the bar so low. The image that he gives Canada is certainly a lot more dynamic than the 'empty' suit that proceeded him.