Surf's up: PM spends Canada's first Truth and Reconciliation Day on vacation

[Dutch Oven]

View attachment 87885

Maybe we should hold an election and see if Canada wants this guy as PM??..........

Oh wait. We just did that and he won. Oh well, try again in 4 years time, folks!

Hey, I'll play this game for a second.

Let's see - the voters elected:

159 Liberals (well 158 Liberals and 1 fake, defrocked Liberal)
119 Conservatives
33 BQ
25 NDP
2 Green

You need a majority or a coalition of 170 seats to govern.

So.....does that mean Canadians elected:

a) A Liberal/BQ coalition government? What are are their common policies?
b) A Liberal/NDP coalition government? What are their common policies?
c) A Conservative/BQ/NDP government? What are their common policies?
d) Any of the above, but with the Greens added?
e) None of the above - the seats just ended up that way because of the complex way that the electoral platform issues of each party overlap within each riding?

Of course, contrary to your suggestion, none of the valid options is that voters have asked the Liberals to rule based on their platform in its entirety. At best, they are asking for government based on the intersection of platforms of at least 2 of the parties. Not even Kreskin could confidently answer what, exactly, voters want to happen, but even Kreskin's dog knows that they didn't give Trudeau a mandate to goverrn solely according to his own agenda.

 

[Dutch Oven]

I am guessing that Justin was probably just at a loss for words when Downie sprung that on him out of nowhere.

Words, he usually has in abundance. He's often at a loss for thoughts.

 

[contact]

I stand corrected on this. I just saw it posted on the CBC. Slightly off topic but I look at the CBC website for news on a regular basis and I have noticed that comments are often turned off when negative stories are out that comments should be allowed for. Anybody else notice this.

The CBC more often then not will not allow comments on negative liberal stories the same does not apply to other political parties

 

[contact]

Maybe we should hold an election and see if Canada wants this guy as PM??..........

Oh wait. We just did that and he won. Oh well, try again in 4 years time, folks!

Of course more Canadians did not vote for the liberals then did

 

[Frankfooter]

Words, he usually has in abundance. He's often at a loss for thoughts.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1443722616330719234

 

[Claudia Love]

Well you know he had a rough campaign perhaps he needed the ocean to get rid of the gravel the violent conservatives through in his face.

 

[AndrewX]

Like John Cleese, Justin could be arguing in his spare time.

Tofino was a meeting place of the Haida people, they still make up the majority there. The place is indescribably gorgeous, to keep it that way, there is no direct road link from Tofino to Nanaimo. Maybe Justin is meeting with tribal leaders while reconnecting with his family. Unless you spend your time bending the chisel, never take the Toronto Sun at face value.

So you agree then that if its true its not the right thing to do? All sources including the Star and CBC are saying he's on vacation in Tofino, no Haida meetings.

 

[contact]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1443722616330719234

Except all media is reporting he’s on vacation and wasn’t doing any government work

 

[GameBoy27]

"Trudeau had received at least two invitations to spend the day with survivors and their families. Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc, a B.C. First Nation that uncovered the remains of 215 children a residential school site earlier this year, said they had sent “two heartfelt invitations” to Trudeau.

While Trudeau did end up travelling to B.C. on Thursday, it was to spend the day with family in Tofino, rather than to take the community up on their invitation."

The fact that anyone can defend Trudeau for flying to Tofino for a vacation on the first ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the day he created, despite his official itinerary placing him in private meetings in Ottawa, is appalling. It's so disrespectful to First Nations, Inuit and Métis Survivors and their families.

But I'm not surprised, Trudeau has shown his true colours time and time again.

 

[Brill]

Hey, I'll play this game for a second.

Let's see - the voters elected:

159 Liberals (well 158 Liberals and 1 fake, defrocked Liberal)
119 Conservatives
33 BQ
25 NDP
2 Green

You need a majority or a coalition of 170 seats to govern.

So.....does that mean Canadians elected:

a) A Liberal/BQ coalition government? What are are their common policies?
b) A Liberal/NDP coalition government? What are their common policies?
c) A Conservative/BQ/NDP government? What are their common policies?
d) Any of the above, but with the Greens added?
e) None of the above - the seats just ended up that way because of the complex way that the electoral platform issues of each party overlap within each riding?

Of course, contrary to your suggestion, none of the valid options is that voters have asked the Liberals to rule based on their platform in its entirety. At best, they are asking for government based on the intersection of platforms of at least 2 of the parties. Not even Kreskin could confidently answer what, exactly, voters want to happen, but even Kreskin's dog knows that they didn't give Trudeau a mandate to goverrn solely according to his own agenda.

So you want another election?

 

[toguy5252]

The truth is that you cannot reconcile this with the purported reason for the holiday. What better way is there to observe a solemn day then to go surfing. Well at least he isn't charging the taxpayers for surfing at his private surf club.

 

[silentkisser]

I stand corrected on this. I just saw it posted on the CBC. Slightly off topic but I look at the CBC website for news on a regular basis and I have noticed that comments are often turned off when negative stories are out that comments should be allowed for. Anybody else notice this.

I think they turned off the comments a few years ago because moderating them became a massive job. There was a lot of libellous statements in them, plus racism and profanity. It was easier to just stop having them. A lot of major news websites have done this.

 

[james t kirk]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1443722616330719234

I would love for an enterprising reporter to check out that claim by Socks.

But you want to know the sad part? They could find out he was lying through his teeth and his supporters, like those on this very board, would continue to make excuses for him and support him. No different than the idiot Republicans down in the USA who continue to support the orange pathological liar.

Pretty fucking sad.

 

[james t kirk]

“When the media called me and told me that the Prime Minister had skipped the national truth and reconciliation day to go to Tofino, I asked them, “What is he doing there?”

“I was sure it had to do with reconciliation. The idea that Justin Trudeau went to the beach on such an important day seemed impossible to fathom."

Charlie Angus, NDP MP for Timminins and James Bay Ontario.

Charlie Angus Takes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Task over Skipping National Truth and Reconciliation Day - NetNewsLedger

TIMMINS - Politics - NDP MP Charlie Angus states, "When the media called me and told me that the Prime Minister had skipped the national truth and reconciliation day to go to Tofino, I asked them, "What is he doing there?" "I was sure it had to do with reconciliation. The idea that Justin Trudeau

www.netnewsledger.com

 

[james t kirk]

Maybe Don Martin is correct, Justin is indeed finished and just doesn't give a fuck about anything anymore.

Hopefully, he resigns sooner rather than later.

 

[Dutch Oven]

So you want another election?

Yes I do, in about 2 years, after the leaders of the Liberals, CPC, and possibly the NDP have all been replaced.

 

[james t kirk]

I wonder if Justin was wearing his orange swim trunks at least.

Might get him off the hook.

Better call Rosemary Barton and ask her if she packed them for him.

 

[SaturnFan]

Were any of the other major party leaders taking part in any ceremonies on Truth & Reconciliation Day? It appears they're all maintaining a low profile after the election. At least Justin took part in a ceremony in Ottawa Wednesday evening.

 

[SaturnFan]

I wonder if Justin was wearing his orange swim trunks at least.

Shouldn't Jagmeet be the one wearing orange trunks??

 

[bazokajoe]

Justin flies around nonstop while preaching carbon tax perhaps he should pay the carbon tax on each flight for all the fuel used

That's what the general public is for.