It’s Back to the Future for Canadian Voters

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PJ Media:

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s center right Conservative Party appears to be headed for a fall as the son of one of Canada’s most famous politicians looks to be ready to take the reins of government.

 

Harper has served for 10 years, pushing the very liberal Canadian people gently to the right. But a mild recession earlier this year, along with a divisive argument over the Muslim veil has the Conservative Party trailing the Liberal Party in most polls.

 

The Liberal Party is led by Justin Trudeau, son of the iconic symbol of Canadian liberalism, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. A flamboyant, womanizing figure with a beautiful wife (who cozied up to every unsavory character in the world), Pierre Trudeau was the most controversial prime minister in decades. He was known, after 15 years of on again, off again terms in office, as something of a divisive prime minister as his policies gave multiculturalism to Quebec (which almost cost the country the province) and angered western provinces with an Ottawa-based energy policy.

Justin is not quite as much a rake, but tries to affect a dashing figure for the Canadian voter.

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Justin Trudeau ousts Stephen Harper in stunning Canada election win

Paul Vieira
Oct. 20 2015

OTTAWA — Canada’s Conservative leader was ousted in a national vote Monday after almost a decade in power, as voter discontent and a souring economy helped the son of long-serving Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau sweep into the top office.

 

Justin Trudeau’s centrist Liberal Party was headed for a majority government, with his party leading in or elected in most districts across the country, after a hard-fought contest with incumbent Stephen Harper. Harper said last night that he would step down as party leader, after conceding to Trudeau.

 

Results from polls in the country’s most-populated regions, Quebec and Ontario, and from Canada’s Eastern Seaboard and the Pacific Coast city of Vancouver, showed a wave of Liberal red, marking an impressive victory in Trudeau’s first campaign as leader. The win represents the first Liberal majority in 15 years. The Conservatives maintained their bedrock support in the resource-rich western provinces, as well as in the bulk of rural Canada.

 

The promise of change helped Trudeau, a former high-school teacher, overcome his opponents’ charge of inexperience. The Conservatives’ campaign highlighted Harper’s role in leading Canada relatively unscathed through the financial crisis and recession, and their ads described Trudeau with the phrase: “He’s just not ready.”

The transition before Trudeau officially assumes office could take a few weeks.

 

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Return to Trudeaumania
Scott Johnson
October 20, 2015

Justin Trudeau led Canada’s Liberal Party to a smashing victory over incumbent Conservative Stephen Harper last night. Trudeau’s Liberal Party captured an outright majority of 184 (out of 338) seats in Canada’s Parliament. Trudeau will become Canada’s twenty-third prime minister.

 

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There is no Western leader I have admired more than Prime Minister Harper. He seems to me to stand head and shoulders above the rest. After nearly ten years in office, however, and with Canada’s economy suffering the effects of the fall in oil prices, Harper struggled to find a winning theme. Harper was seeking his fourth consecutive term in office since 2006. That seems like a stretch. Combined with Canada’s current economic downturn, the length of his tenure as prime minister must largely account for the outcome last night.

 

Speaking to supporters after the outcome had become apparent, Harper gave a characteristically classy speech. “The people are never wrong,” he said. While not true, it was a gracious concession. He added: “The disappointment you also feel is my responsibility and mine only.” Although he will step down as party leader, he won his own seat and pledged to help the Conservatives form an effective Opposition.

 

Trudeau is handsome, athletic, and young. He has a beautiful wife and cute family. He offers hope and change. Trudeau has promised to start running government deficits to cure what ails Canada. He holds himself out as standing up for “diversity” and “inclusion.” In his victory speech he claimed to have beat fear with hope. It all has a familiar ring, though he also gave a gracious victory speech. I would guess that the dynamics of the race must have been something like Bush versus Clinton in 1992.

 

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