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On this day of days, Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, my Prime Minister, proved he is amazing.
May 5, 2017 2:11 AM
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On this day of days, Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, my Prime Minister, proved he is amazing.
IWasToldThereWasCake
What do most Canadians think of that M-103 law that recently passed?
julesofthenorth
He is many things and amazing is NOT one of them
Professorwheeto
Two asshats, great socks though
MetaSomma
PizzaGovorun
These aren't socks you are looking for.
MehUpVotes
Enda you snake.
peaceloveandgraffiti
I just fucking LOVE my neighbors to the north!
ToastersDontToastToastToastersToastBagels
Omg I'm wearing the same socks right now
Gashhound
Pics or it didn't happen
GeneralPigly
His socks are amazing. Doesn't change the fact that he sucks as a politician.
supersomatic
"Someone is amazing if they like the things I like", Just take a moment to think about that mentality
ShorteningOfTheWay
Yep, that is the mentality that literally built our entire civilization. Sometimes is disliking the same thing.
Chosebinne
He is amazing! Because he's cutting off the budget from education and raise his own salary by 25% the same year. He's an asshole. Huge one.
Proople
Meh
StratificationGuaranteed
I'm so embarrassed to be a Canadian. How did we ever vote him in??
StratificationGuaranteed
He's an ex-drama teacher!! Fuck fuck fuck fuck
asbab
Guess following a trend makes you amazing.....
FirebirdNC
As an American I am jealous that you can look at one of your primary leaders and laugh for the right reasons.
Nookler
Useless waste of breathable air..
minkeymagik
He is amazing for wearing socks? that is all it takes for you?
CommanderWilliamTRiker
y'all slob his knob like nothing I've ever seen before. Except Bernie.
Potentiate
As is of course, tradition. My what a great day for Canada, and therefore, the world.
TinyLiehon
Canada, a country far, far away.
Potentiate
left out the best part where he dips both arms in the butterscotch pudding though definitely breaking with tradition there OP.
roblet70
http://imgur.com/TxzrH8t
retgarr
No, he proved he knows PR.
typointhetitle
Proportional Representation?
retgarr
Public relations
typointhetitle
Yeah... I was trying to be funny cuz other PR is an issue here. No one gets my jokes. Thanks tho +1
retgarr
Ah, yeah. Not Canadian, just very near.
Iuseimgurwhenimstudyingacutediseases
Doesn't matter what photo he is in Enda Kenny will always look like a gimp
sowillo
god hes such a prick
helloclarebear
And act like one.
IrrelevantSimpsonQuote
I like the term 'insufferable wanker'.
ThisIsMyDamnUsername
He came into my work after an "important political meeting" absolutely smashed and kept trying to chat up the waitresses
NobodyExpectsTheSpanishInquistion
NotCreativeEnoughToThinkOfSomethingOriginal
Man why does he get so much shit? Ireland is doing really well as a country...
imsmallfry
Because people never like anyone in charge. Sldo haf to intoduce austerity after FF fucked up and the recession hit
Serephucus
That's rather polite. I prefer "fucking gobshite".
DigbyChickenCaesarOBE
Scrolled down to see the first mention of Enda... Was not disappointed!
thedarkcanuck
I like Trudeau for some things, don't like him much for other things, but damn I wish I could have supported Jack Layton :(
kmikl
Unpop Puffin: Layton made a habit of throwing people under the bus; he was a better king maker than a king, the NDP can't do any better.
ladyzeiraphera
This is the only comment I really agree with. Poor Jack Layton.
Flacko604
RIP Jack Layton
thecolonels
I like that he didnt back out on his promise for legal pot. Also has a pretty competent cabinet. Better than i thought he'd be.
makeollimadame
This. I always think of this.
TheFriendliestGiant
I will never forgive Layton for pulling the plug on Martin's minority. He's the reason we had PM Harper in the first place.
beleted
No worries, I did. Spoiler alert! Nothing happened.
german6th
Justin Trudeau is the like the cool kid who got elected to class president.He's not good at his job, but he acts cool so everyone likes him
kaeotic
funny to me that you see americans shouting canada is better and canadians saying their gov is just as useless. nobody is winning anywhere.
BattyWhack
We'll complain but I also think a majority of Canadians would agree we have it much better than Americans
Rabh
i don't think things could get as a bad as international laughing stock donald trump
SemperFiZero
Ah yes. Mr Alternative Facts Canada. I wish I didn't vote for him.
Slippysamsonite4
I wish you didn't either
GettinSprucy
Nobody does guy, just because harper war there a long time doesn't mean he was doing a bad job, thats why he was in office for so long
OutOfBort
Harper was a disaster. He muzzled our scientists and his "tough on crime" were destructive and nothing more than political grandstanding.
OutOfBort
I'll admit I'm somewhat disappointed in Trudeau, but he's infinitely better than Harper.
SemperFiZero
And Trudeau wants to give terrorist a nice comfy home.
sailorparkboy
and what of trudeau's platform isn't political grandstanding? he made gun control into an issue when it wasn't a blip on the radar.
sailorparkboy
sunny ways? it's 2015? what the actual fuck? how about appointing caucus based on merit, not gender quota?
ladyzeiraphera
I'm pretty sure there's plenty of merit in the cabinet. Gender parity doesn't mean he ignored more qualified men.
ladyzeiraphera
What men got passed over that you think are more qualified than women on the cabinet?
YouHadMeAtHell
Too bad he's terrible
WhatACleverUsername
Agreed!
kittenjeep
He's not terrible. There will always be haters. Can't please them all.
ayymamacita
I am American. How is he terrible?
YeahICanHearYouClemFandango
1. Well, American friend, just like in the states, people seem to think that politics on a federal level are truly important, when really..
YeahICanHearYouClemFandango
2. what's truly important is the representative you vote in locally. My low income district is liberal (Trudeau's party) have improved...
YeahICanHearYouClemFandango
3. significantly since the election. A single man can not carry the burdens of an entire country. He fairs very well in international...
YeahICanHearYouClemFandango
4. policy, and has done some good in nationwide initiatives. But he's barely been in office for 2 years, which is hardly enough to incite...
realistichorsegonadbehavior
From a right-wing point of view? All the regular arguments against the Left. From a left-wing point of view? He's ineffective. He's gone-->
realistichorsegonadbehavior
-->back on numerous campaign promises (stopping the pipeline, reorganizing the voting system, adding a "Gender X" option on passports) -->
realistichorsegonadbehavior
-->all the while acting like it doesn't matter because he's charismatic. I agree with his values, but I'm incredibly disappointed in his-->
realistichorsegonadbehavior
--> inaction. Let's hope the next two years get more bills passed.
TheyreGoodDogsBront
http://www.nationalobserver.com/2017/04/21/news/trudeau-government-delays-climate-action-after-oil-patch-lobbying
kmikl
Read the article a touch closer. Pipelines aren't good, but they're better than rail-mounted transportation (Ask Lac Megantic)
TheyreGoodDogsBront
This article is about methane emissions. Not sure how you got pipelines vs. rail from that.
TheyreGoodDogsBront
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/the-trudeau-liberals-trade-cash-for-access-to-power-heres-how-to-stop-them/article32568194
kmikl
Probably you should read this because the CPC did this as well for 10 years while also handing out $114B in bank bailouts in 2012.
TheyreGoodDogsBront
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wherry-trudeau-electoral-reform-promise-betrayal-1.3962386
kmikl
You should read this article. It'll explain how this wasn't just in the PM's hands and how things actually happened.
TheyreGoodDogsBront
http://www.businessinsider.com/trudeau-gets-a-standing-ovation-at-energy-industry-conference-oil-gas-2017-3
Izzymandias
He's not that great of a PM. Way better than Harper, practically jeebus compared to Trump
GettinSprucy
Are you fricken kidding me? In what ways is he better than harper? Hes sure better at bankrupting Canada, when harper left the national 1/2
GettinSprucy
Budget was balanced, for the first time since the last trudea was on office Canada was climbing out of debt now were right back 2/3
TheFriendliestGiant
Chretien and Martin turned in surpluses. Get the fuck outta here with that talk.
GettinSprucy
In the hole losing money except this time were 50 billion more in debt than we were so just HOW IS HE BETTER?
ladyzeiraphera
Balancing the budget just because wasn't making things better. I don't understand the hatred of government deficits.
sailorparkboy
maybe it's because the people end up getting shafted for the shortfall? i know i don't like paying extra taxes for political experiments
tacticalbox
1/Reminder that Harper took us -$55 Billion at one point. Sure some of that came back, at the expense of selling off the country's tar sands
tacticalbox
And before Harper, we had a surplus of ~$9 billion. I'm not for Justin, but Harper threw us under the bus and it's going to take time to fix
changedusernamecosmykiddiscoveredmyrudeone
Hey that other guy is our leader..............he's a plank!
helloclarebear
He IS a plank
DickWarlock89
Enda is the Jar Jar Binks of the political world
helloclarebear
I concur with this accurate and amazing description.
CaibleMan
Nah he's more of a shit Palpatine, overstays his welcome and it'll probably end with Leo Varadkar throwing him down a big hole
Constagram
I'd vote for that
theworks78
As an American, can someone explain why this guy went from super popular to super unpopular? Not expressing an opinion, just curious
sailorparkboy
he's looking to implement stricter gun control for absolutely no reason. canada has more problems with drug, smoking and alcohol deaths
WeylandAve
You got a few days? Cause this will take a few days.
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BiggestofBears
....Canada is a largely socialist country....
Stev757
Because Canadians don't realize how much worse it could be. So...so much worse...
Equalcharlie
It'll be the same for the next prez. He'll be popular for not being a fuckwit like trump or Harper. Then you find they're still politicians.
AwkwardBun
Idk y, I heard we're in the least amount of debt that we've been in for 10 years.
HaramBe4any1else
He promised Weed to the Canadians. Weed was not given. Jk he's a really nice guy, I think he's just a little too inexperienced to be a PM.
thematman
I wouldn't say he's super unpopular. I am biased because I like his politics, but as far as I know his approval rating is still very high.
Loudscreamingorganism
Politics..
DrKriegersClone
Well, they've just introduced affirmative action quotas to be imposed on universities for promoting women to chairs. Don't meet quota? 1/
DrKriegersClone
2/ No more grants to your school.
BobLoblawsLawBlogss
I would say it's a 60-40 split. He still has support from the majority of Canadians & has done a good bit already, but broke 1 big promise.
TallGuyWithAHoodie
Not so much "super unpopular" as "didn't set the world on fire like some expected". He's still doing a great job overall.
grabthembythepussy
All politicians face the same fate till they replaced by a horrible choice.
comeatmebro
Only cares about what the world thinks of him. Spends millions on foreign aid and funding but makes massive cuts to military and veterans
JAL263
Tbh, better useless than racist
BayazTheBenevolent
The hype is over and people have started looking at the kind of policy he makes. You can only dazzle the public with your looks for so long.
Ilikestyx
He ain't pretty, he just looks that way
supraman2turbo
Eh he's a dirty commie that loved Fidel
TyroneLannister
It's people wanting to be extreme with their views, he's not the greatest or the worst, just another PM.
BuskerJeff
Basic politics: Everyone in charge is an incompetent asshole, no matter who they are or what they do.
LittlePoseidon
Praised Castro. Elbowed a woman on parliament floor. Didn't keep a lot of promises. Shafted the natives. Typical politician.
5d1x654fsdf29
Here is one reason why: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/09/justin-trudeau-unions-environment-arms-saudi-arabia/
hodoria
In one simple word: Duckface
batmobile2
As a Canadian I find him to be a spoiled, self absorbed child that has no concept as to what is really going on around him and the world
Ilikestyx
He's a knob who's going to spend a lot of money and achieve very little. Also broke many major campaign promises that got him elected.
ShorteningOfTheWay
We still like him, he's not too bad for a politician, But empty cans rattle the most.
DonjuanV
Also turns out hes riding the oil guy's dicks pretty good . My biggest disappointment is how little he cares about environment
LeviSmith
I'm a canadian and happy with him, and so are many people I know
FunkyPenguin
I was a big suppporter of trudeau. But he has no backbone and while putting a lot of effort into PR, is doing nothing in the background.
Nitz257
A growing alt right movement that hates that he likes people that arent white.
feeltheice
Well when you tell your nation that they'll just have to get used to terrorism ya lose some cool points.
PacomeDeCardognac
you got a sourc for this? Iknow of like 2 or 3 politicians accused of this, never find any sources for it.
DuggFunnie
Because DUDE WEED LMAO, and being totally ok with the concept of thought crimes
stagg572
Hey look a politician that doesn't perform but gets away with it by being likable and doing shit like this. He's the Canadian Obama.
RobertLosey
Sounds like he is more trumper, all wind. a whole lot of fanfare over doing nothing
thatssirtoyou
He gives no shits about the environment/climate change
RyBak3r
You can actually track all the promises he made on this website. https://trudeaumetre.polimeter.org/
gobbleme
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jojo558
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Whitepinapple
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smoothlymelted
Good site. I think every leader should have a site like this
RyBak3r
Yea i like it, I feel like politicians make too many promises to get votes so it's a good idea to hold them accountable for what they say.
ZombiePuggle
Ok, that is awesome is. Is there one for trump?
typointhetitle
Thanks for sharing
PlZZATHEHUTT
He's a slimy SJW, nonsense spouting weasel
SirBrendan
You very clearly are not a Canadian
PlZZATHEHUTT
Indeed I am not. I am still interested in the politics of other nations though
SirBrendan
I appreciate that. But that I can glean your nationality from a short sentence kinda shows the intrinsic problem: he doesn't represent you
PlZZATHEHUTT
Does it matter? He is the leader of a prominent and wealthy first-world nation. To say he has no influence on my life would be nonsensical.
Bystandr
Hes made a few unpopular decisions against campaign promises, but by en large he still has a high approval rating. Compared to others before
Bystandr
him, he is still doing fairly well , IMO, and Im not a big liberal person saying it. Super unpopular would be an exaggeration for pretty
Bystandr
much everyone but the old cronies that want pot to be illegal, and the people pushing electoral reform.
rizion
because he failed to deliver promises, and by and large has been clearly shown to be pandering
chillFlamingo
A politician that failed to deliver on promises. Now that's shocking to even imagine.
rizion
True, but imagine if Clinton had campaigned on promises first made by Sander's platform taking those votes then delivering, idk, Romney
RampagingBanana
So basically Obama?
Astropharmacist
https://youtu.be/geUaExNq9-Y he apologized too often and interrupted important stuff.
SirBrendan
As a Canadian, he didn't. He's less popular because he turned his back on some core promises, but Imgur tends to give very skewed views
notbanana
(1/x) People will shit on whoever is in power. I'm not a die-hard Trudeau fan, but he's doing pretty well. We're well braced for NAFTA
notbanana
(3/x) ..electoral reform out of the blue, and people lose their minds when his position changes when there's no consensus as to how
notbanana
(2/x) ..discussions, the unemployment rate is going down, we're still participating and leading in global crises. He made a promise about
GettinSprucy
Cus hes a piece of shit that spends all OUR money that tax payers make on shit like 300k dollar personal vacations, 8 million in moving 1/2
GettinSprucy
Costs for 10 ppl and they literally moved down the street, said he wouldnt spend over 30B but spent 50B in his first year on nothing(1 more)
GettinSprucy
And now he wants to shut down our pipelines, oil sands and just about anything that makes money, hes a globalist trying to bankrupt Canada
FragileReality
Lol, that's an adorable complaint about a public official. Excuse me while my dogs flip out bc we live over Trumps flight path to FL..
NewtNewts
So you're upset.....that you live in a flight path?
hessians4hire
Oh no. Not the globalist boogeyman.
NewtNewts
The EU is trying to start an Army, enforce it's own law and is trying to "punish" the UK for leaving. It's not a bogeyman when it's real
AbeoLogos
Eh? Trudeau's government has been relatively pro-pipeline. Not every pipeline, but like two out of three.
FragileReality
And good on him, btw. I'm not a big fan of oil sands, or them taking the multiple pipelines through my country.
Unreliablefacts
Honestly, from a lower class perspective, I like him. Though I don't follow every promise someone makes in their life, so there's that.
VIAI
Extreme nepotism. Increases in taxes despite services being cut or remaining the same. Hydro bills increasing and does nothing.
DrKriegersClone
That's ... mostly not even federal
crakaman
Preach, people are drowning in bills and he smiles and waves..
dart143
b..b..but he doesnt control Hydro Bills
VIAI
He doesn't directly but he has the authority to step in. Think Flint Michigan's water crisis and the inaction on that.
dart143
Then ppl would bitch about him overstepping his boundaries. The powers were distributed in the past to indicate who has to worry about what.
Alkyone
Hydro bill is provincial, the only case of nepotism coming off my head is that vacation drama - nowhere 'extreme', overblown if anything...
mikev2
I'm not sure if hydro is going up everywhere but I blame Catherine Wynn for that
kmikl
Provincial liberals vs. federal, and Wynne is dealing with the situation created by Mike Harris/Ernie Eves in 2000.
Ilikestyx
lol "dealing with"... Harris didn't achieve full privatization of hydro... Kathleen has been moving forward with that. she's a cunt.
betterlivingthru
How is there nepotism?!?! If you're referring to his dead father, JT was elected fairly like any politician, so that's not nepotism.
kmikl
Nepotism? How?
generationsai
I'm also curios...
FlamingMuffinsCups
His Father was PM Pierre Trudeau, is what they're referencing as nepotism.
trumpwantstobanghisdaughter
Well if that's the case they need to learn what nepotism means
Keanman
One of his biggest campaign promises was election reform. Not even a year in, he says it isn't going to happen. That upset a LOT of people.
Talligan
But now he says it is, and people are complaining about him implementing reform
CorgiCircus
America here: that must be terrible, we'd take him off your hands if you guys wanna trade. Obviously a burden on our end, but here to help!
Keanman
Trudeau isn't nearly as bad as some say. I follow US politics and feel so bad for you guys. We'd love to have you up North.
Keanman
He could break every single campaign promise he made and he would still be a better leader than sweater vest Steve. Fuck that guy.
moonXbeam
Also casually takes surfing vacations here in tofino while being a huge fuckass in office on the side. Douchefuck imho.
canigetaBAMson
He only didn't pursue it because people didn't want the reform he wanted. Most want proportional representation, he wanted ranked ballot.
canigetaBAMson
Ranked ballot naturally skews LPC, too. Most NDP second choice would be LPC, and almost all conservative second choice would be LPC.
betterlivingthru
It's not true that most people want proportional representation, there wasn't any option that had majority support which is why it collapsed
canigetaBAMson
Fair point, I'm mistaken. I'm a little skeptical of the way lpc framed the mydemocracy results tho. 'somewhat satisfied' is hardly...
canigetaBAMson
... a ringing endorsement of first past the post. I'd like to see a simple 'which would you prefer' poll
Jonnoatpeace
Actually he info'd the public that the 2 or 3 possible ways it can change, their isn't enough support in gov't to get it done
JaneNDiesel
Except the part where there was support, just not for his preferred system, and he axed the whole thing. Remember the formula paper!
canigetaBAMson
Except for the majority government he got by campaigning on electoral reform
notbanana
I think @Cthulhustylze meant there isn't enough support across the country for one new system. There's support for change, but little else.
Amylol
Actually he reported he prefers Starbucks over Tim Hortons.
nifac71
What bugs me is that he didn't do a nationwide survey on marijuana legalization support.. so why was it necessary for electoral reform.
SwiftWings
Electoral reform would require constitutional amendments, so popular support is far more important.
fembot42
There have been other surveys over the years about electoral reform. I remember one back in 2008 or 9. Tho that could have been provincial
BattyWhack
Yes, we've been talking about electoral reform in Canada for 20 years and study after study and report after report support MMP.
fembot42
Maybe one day it will happen...
BattyWhack
We can't lose hope. A lot of lay people are talking about it now. That's something at least.
nifac71
Also, the survey questions were ridiculously vague and open ended, the results could be skewed in any way. And despite a huge online 1/2
nifac71
Petition sponsored by an MP (130,000 signatures) the government still thinks that's not enough support. 2/3
nifac71
https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-616
nifac71
Response: http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/HOC/ePetitions/Responses/421/e-616/421-01221_PCO_E.pdf
Alozar
From what my canadian friend tells me, he's just a pretty boy who is useless at his job.
HippoDidIt
He basically donald trumped canada during the elections
TheBestRussian
Very accurate. Pretty and charming but useless.
disgruntledtruckdriver
uh, i'd have to, uh, disagree with you, uh, anout that. have you, uh, ever heard him uh, talk?
TheBestRussian
I, uh, try to, uh, avoid that.
JanetVanDyne
So the Mexican president.
rizion
YUP!
SemperFiZero
I got downvoted because I voted for the guy and regret it. He has not made Canada better even by a little since he took office.
UnlikelyMotivation
While he has been relatively useless, useless is a step up from Harper.
CitizenPrime
"But he's so cool".
SunshineRose
It's better than the USA, we got a useless ugly one.
SunshineRose
*an
Groggster2000
No
DannycakesOW
I know the rule of an and a but for some reason this sounds incredibly wrong. "An useless" seems off...
DannycakesOW
Ahhh it's because useless is pronounced with a "y" sound. So technically, it is "a" and not "an".
smallskillerofhambino
This is what happens when you vote according to your dick/vagina. Trump is when you vote with your head up your ass.
Keanman
This is actually what happens when you have 12 years of conservative BS. Trudeau was voted in for no other reason than the hatred of Harper.
srhnclptt
True that.
ialwaysupvotedragonball
Did someone said Enrique Peña Nieto?
acrifo
Entendà esa referencia
Ransbear
That's when you got drugs up your ass.
GettinSprucy
From what we can tell he is actively trying to bankrupt and ruin our country
thecolonels
You political whiners are bitches on both sides. Quit being such a pussy and leave that bullshit south of the boarder.
Wobbixx
I would gripe and moan about that south of the border comment, since I'm american, but ya know what?We elected an idiot too. I have no right
hessians4hire
Based on what?
justanotherdescendingangel
His current track record. He needs to step back and stop putting his foot in his mouth and the LiBs need to rethink the shit they're doing
typointhetitle
As a Canadian, can confirm. Also broke a major platform promise, which many of us changed our vote from other parties for.
KNDBS
What was that promise?
typointhetitle
Last federal election with the first past the post system. There have been efforts by Canadians to change it since the 30s. 1/2
typointhetitle
Representation. The pm suggested ranked ballot (which favours libs) but was shot down. They then announced "no consensus" and shut it down
typointhetitle
2/3 hey did a token and confusing survey, held town halls, had a bi-partisan committee that all recommended some form of proportional repre
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SoylentD
yes, in a heartbeat.
Boopbeepbeep
What was it?
tilledflame645
weed and electoral reform... but mostly weed
typointhetitle
Electoral reform + get harper out of office. Currently, Canada has a first past the post system of voting. The last couple of governments
fistermatic5000
Ha Ha y'all are just as fucked up as we are! Misery loves company.
Ekajra
Parliamentary government + first past the post? And folks complain about the Electoral College not representing the people.
typointhetitle
Have had 30 something percent of the vote, translated to 51% seats, meaning 100% of the power. Many Canadians "strategically voted"
TheArkhamAsylumAccountsPayableClerk
If only he was as good of a prime minister as he is a celebrity.
axelsegen
Or even half. Or like a quarter.
TheRealFrankTurpentine
SteveThePirateInSpace
We in the USA would be happy to trade leaders
Ihadntrealisedeveryonewroteajokeinsteadoftheiractualnames
Hard pass
RippyTheAligatorJr
didntknowyou
easier to gain fan boys/girls than to run a country
Assicles
Damn give the man some credit for legalizing weed at least!
kmikl
If for no other reason than to shut Marc Emery the fuck up. Just so we don't forget, that fuckwad is STILL talking about pot rights and /1
kmikl
/2 government agents taking your rights away... when the fucking stuff is about to be legalized for growing and sale. (sorry, end rant)
SemperFiZero
No kidding right?
justanotherdescendingangel
This is so fucking true.
ThanatosElNyx
The irony is that Riker is clapping here just to join in with everyone else, even though he wasn't paying attention to what was going on.
smallskillerofhambino
Huge TNG fan and even I'm like....
ThanatosElNyx
CommanderWilliamTRiker
I knew what was going on, thank you,
ThanatosElNyx
Multitasking were you ;)
BaconOnARock
Well our leader is a shit president AND a shit celebrity. Be happy with what you got hat.
Lablux
Disagree.
chriswihu
Did someone mention Hat? FREE HAT, EVERYBODY!!!
bl1ndseer
Be glad that he isn't, or else he would stand a good chance of getting reelected.
jjm152
What politician ever keeps his promises if he can just be a pandering fuckwad instead?
kmikl
Promises are easy to make, but difficult to follow through on when you need consensus on an outcome.
crakaman
Ya, he seems pretty popular in media but I don't know anyone who voted/wanted him... oh and Fuck Kathleen Wynne...
DoYouWannaKnowMySecretIdentity
As an American....do you want to trade?
kmikl
I'd rather someone that's had some experience in the Legislative part of politics other than throwing tantrums at zoning board commissions.
BlueMonkey7200
No Trump sucks
ShorteningOfTheWay
No
IComeWithWifi
Our UK PM is a clueless arse who can only repeat the same six vague soundbites in speeches and interviews. She is out-Trumping Trump.
suuperhans
If i hear "strong and stable" one more time I'm going to vom
petgoats
I can list limitless reasons why Mulcair should have on. Those socks are not one of them fortunately
laggythetree
They had ZERO platform, their platform was literally "changes" no actual changes listed.
NaughtButOne
The NDP died with Layton. Mulcair is a zealot and a panderer.
roblet70
http://imgur.com/Twa1ckv
luckyflavor23
As an American, is take him as president if you guys don't want him. Or like if you have a stray dog that's fine too
BGonz
lol Trudeau as president would be amazing, it just wouldn't work i'm sorry
rizion
Honestly I'd almost rather have Harper back, and I fucking hated that guy
rizion
Sorry you can only have American born stray dogs as your president, where as we can have any born stray dogs as our prime minister :)
troublecliff
In the states he could do pretty well actually, granted he didn't piss of the right... never mind.
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KangInDaNarth
Really? I thought all Canadians see him as a God. I guess that's what happens when socialists run the country.
TanithRosenbaum
Screwing over Canadians? Why, does he like to have sex in an airplane while in flight?
urkie
no, on private islands while on vacation partially paid for by the tax payer, oh going to the island was in violation of the ethics rules
hokeyreligions
Notme68
I thought he made exceptional minister choices. What has he done? (I'm not Canadian)
SossidgeRole
enforced gender parity is not 'excellent minister choice' - when you're picked because you're making up numbers and not because you're best
Notme68
When it happened, it seemed like everyone was happy with him making appropriate choices for a change. I'm look at our Secretaries.
GrayWhiteWolf
No worse than the people before him
presce
As an American, please, send help
nicklefarts
I'd take a dead moose drenched in maple syrup at this point.
Masterlp3
Who wouldn't though?
bbnestea
Still better than Harper.
rizion
"would you rather a kick to your right nut, or 2 swift smacks to your left??
Thedirtyhood
Christ, fuck harper.
Birdman19
How?
notbanana
there are a lot of ways he's better than Harper
notbanana
fundraising when people call foul, making it more transparent and open; investing in green technology, not focusing your economy on just oil
notbanana
unemployment going down, taking care of 30000+ refugees, actually communicating with the provinces (Harper publicly refused to do so)
notbanana
starting an investigation into the missing aboriginal women, providing more funding for low income families, changing his party's rules on
Sephitian
People forget that's all he is. The Face of Canada. He doesn't choose what's happening in this country, and the ignorant blame him.
rizion
No, he works to set the budget and policy's etc "the face" is our governor general or the queen.
somepromethean
A prime minister has much more power than a president.
TheBestThingOnCHIVEwheneverIFeelLikeIt
I don't see him signing any executive orders do You?
TheMintyFresh
If you want to look at bad government choices look here at Alberta and the first non conservative provincial government in 40+ years.
laggythetree
Because people making their buddies richer worked out so well for you guys eh?
TheMintyFresh
Thankfully we decided that conservatives had had enough time in office.
rizion
well governments do need a shake from time to time, NDP has NOT been good for Alberta
ladyzeiraphera
I'm confused. Are you pro NDP or not? Because as a fellow Albertan things are definitely not somehow going to hell because of Notley etc.
troublecliff
Sarcasm?
kmikl
No, Rachel Notley is the Premiere of Alberta
BlackPengu
If you don't have any problems you make them up. IMO Trudeau is doing a really good job. Couldn't ask for more. Your complains are invalid.
TheReboundGuy
hahaha. already practicing for chinese PRC takeover i see.
Steelmemes
What has he done to warrant such a positive comment? I'm interested to know
BlackPengu
The question really is what has he done that opposes what he promised. Also, measured at the madness in the world, "how bad could it be?"
Steelmemes
No, that actually was not my question
kmikl
JMO, backing out on Election Reform will bite him hard, but I understand why he did it. There's no way to approach that right now: maybe /1
kmikl
/2 in a second term, but we'll see.
justanotherdescendingangel
Just to clarify why he isn't a good PM. He bragged about that his bro was in a horrible car wreck and his dad made the charges go away
Notme68
I'd do that if I could. Repeatedly.
xdvgx
If you had actually listened to the interview, you would know that was actually an example he gave illustrating our broken system.
Fraggs
That's it? That's a slow Sunday for our President Carrot Moppyhead.
nesste
Finally a realistic American. It a dire need of more of you.
kmikl
Did you even bother to listen to the interview? No. No you did not.
justanotherdescendingangel
despite there being evidence of impairment. This was on public tv and was only a few weeks ago.
justanotherdescendingangel
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-vice-pot-possession-1.4083892
justanotherdescendingangel
Oh and disrespecting and stereotyping natives. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/chiefs-trudeau-comments-1.3953803
justanotherdescendingangel
And giving bombardier a billion dollars as a bailout only to have them layoff people and give their executives 50% raises.
namiasdf
And Harper is a sellout.
TheGiantIdiotTeddyBear
He isn't a saint, but I don't understand why people are calling him terrible... he's not the best but he's not the worst
justanotherdescendingangel
Because he keeps doing stupid shit. Its not even to hate on the Liberals, he just sucks as a PM.
MeganMeow
Wanna swap with Australia?
SilverNicktail
Because it's illegal to ever actually like a leader, especially not one of them EEEEEEEEVILLLL lefties.
rizion
its not left or right, its about what is best for the people and about what they want. libs have failed to deliver on promises time & again
mrmartini
I wonder where we got social security, Medicare, Medicaid, and (as for Canada) universal healthcare then, if the libs never deliver.
typointhetitle
Electoral reform... refugees... changing house rules so libs can bully thru agenda...
GettinSprucy
Spending 300'000 dollars on a personal helicopter ride to a tropical island that's completely illegal and he should be in jail....
mrmartini
Learn Gerrymandering. Then try building a wall and passing a Muslim ban. Then get to work on repealing your own healthcare. Lol.
IUpvoteBoxes
hopefully this "place fast and loose" with the rules bullshit is just a phase and goes by quick but i doubt it. (2)
IUpvoteBoxes
America and Canada are different, but Obama did the same type of shit and now we get Trump with all the doors Obama opened. (1)
rizion
yes, yes, yes, yes
SilverNicktail
Oh noes, Canada is giving a fuck about people who need help. That's so un-Canadian of us!
rizion
so all that travel wasted on being deported back to where they started.
rizion
Oh yeah btw, all those refugees have been having thier claims denied cause you know they are coming from the USA not a war torn area.
rizion
and you know proposing that cops take saliva test to test drivers for pot use (saliva test can show positive if pot used within 30 days)
rizion
or carbon tax
rizion
or encouraging people to illegal hop the border from the USA seeking refuge status only to later get deported cause they came from the USA
rizion
but for real most of the cases processed have been denied.
TemporaryUzername
I don't like him, but get your facts straight. He didn't brag, it was a talking point for mediuana laws. You're making it sound like a leak.
justanotherdescendingangel
Also they've already stated that all past charges will remain and you can still be charged until the minute stuff gets legalized.
TemporaryUzername
did you even watch the video you linked? lol. he clearly said they are taking it step by step, and eventually will address past charges.
justanotherdescendingangel
It wasnt a leak he said it on TV that his dad used his connections to get his late bro out of some serious shit.
TemporaryUzername
and there was no proof that his son was impaired and driving at the same time. the pot charge and the accident were unrelated.
TemporaryUzername
i saw the videos. I'm saying you're making it sound bad. He said his father had "connections", but they still went through the legal system.
GavinScreaming
Well yea rich people usually have connections to really good layers
TemporaryUzername
and that's a problem how?