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  1. Justin Trudeau follows in father Pierre’s footsteps to become Canada’s new Liberal Prime Minister

  2. Under Trudeau Pé¨re the Orwellian “Human Right Courts” were installed.
    In some provinces “progressive” policies imposed “straight-homosexual” clubs on Catholic (and no doubt other Christian) schools under the pretension of combating “bullying”. That it undermined, in fact made a mockery of, Catholic teaching was just a coincidence (/s).

    So I’m afraid the news is very bad, and it could hardly have been worse. Most of the Left simply doesn’t recognizes anyone’s rights anymore. The already mentioned “Human Right” Courts can serve as an example.

  3. An article on Breitbart also said the Obama operatives also brought the Obama campaign’s sophisticated Get Out The Vote technology to the Trudeau campaign. Who knows how many of their votes are real, especially if the entire country supposedly leaped to the left in less than two months?

    So Obama is going to end up inflicting “fundamental transformation” on the whole of Gaia before he’s done. What could possibly go wrong?

  4. Seems that wome vote with their pudendas more than men vote with their you know whats…

    they also vote for more and more control and statism and despotism…
    (they fear freedom and a lot of things)

  5. No previous political experience? Yet the pundits tell us Trump can’t be elected because he has not previously held elective office. Perhaps the times they are a’changin’.

  6. For anyone with even a passing interest in gender equality or women’s rights, it’s a relief to see feminism becoming more and more mainstream.

    No longer solely the domain of crotchety academics who demand we take a lighter to our lingerie, feminism’s makeover for the new millennium has made it as accessible and fun as a Beyoncé single — and it’s everywhere we look.

    There are feminist boxing classes, feminist baking groups, and, of course, feminist dating websites.

    Because when we talk about “having it all”, we also want a feminist boyfriend, right? – the Guardian

  7. If people thought the Southern border of the US was the only thing in contention… think again.

    Jihadists have had far more luck infiltrating Western countries like Canada than they ever did in Latin America countries.

  8. “these people are pretty effective political operatives.”

    Is it political savvy to worm your way through the rot you’d instilled? One might take advantage of the pretty woman one had plied with liquor but would have no call to think himself a Casanova.

  9. Because when we talk about “having it all”, we also want a feminist boyfriend, right? — the Guardian

    That reminds me of something strange I heard from Japan.

    “A man that treats everyone nicely and a man that treats only one person nicely, a girl would value the latter higher if they were that special someone he treated nicely. For the same reason why men only value women highly when the woman doesn’t spread her legs for every man around.”

    Very loose paraphrase. It just reminds me that 3rd+ wave feminism is about destroying the power of the individual female over the individual male, and vice a versa, in order to replace that power hierarchy, that chain of command, with Loyalty to the State. Men, lovers of one woman, are now commanded to be nice and treat every woman as special. That, by definition, means lovers are not special to each other, and it means males and females owe ultimate fealty and loyalty not to each other, but to the Leftist alliance that pulls the feminist strings.

  10. I do not hold out much hope for 2016. The world is changing before our eyes. I am not sure we can really fathom how far to the left our “children” are. I know that every single person I know 30 and under are practically Marxists (they don’t say so out loud, I am not completely sure they even understand that the stance they take on most issues is essentially Marxist in nature.) How old are all of us here reading this blog? I bet we are on average older than 40 or 45 all of us (average age.) The Reagan democrats are either dead or soon to die. The world is changing, changing and we may live to see the final transformations. My nieces advocate vociferously for gun repossession. They really do not think there is a right to have a gun. The interesting clash may be when these leftists butt up against the Islamists; when they finally part ways politically. I am not sure I want to live long enough to see that because the world will be a very scary place when that comes to pass. Israel is soon to be completely alone I fear, if they aren’t already after this Canadian election.

  11. On the plus side, Trudeau fils has promised to put electoral reform to Parliament, and personally advocates dumping the “first past the post” vote counting method (whoever gets the most votes in one round of voting wins) in favor of ranked choice voting (in which voters rank their choices, and the candidate with the lowest number of voters is eliminated and the ballots redistributed to their second choice and so on).

    That’s a pretty huge step, since FPTP vote counting hugely distorts representation in the House of Commons: the Liberals currently have 54.4% of the seats in the House of Commons, despite having received only 39.5% of the popular vote.

    If only we had politicians in the US advocating for the same thing. The way we count votes contributes to the high walls around political involvement that the two major political parties have built to keep third parties out.

  12. George Pal – hear hear! Quite right you are.

    Janetoo – Your despair is well-founded nonetheless there will be a return swing of the pendulum so don’t give up. And Israel will never “be completely alone”, they have friends in higher places than earthly fiefdoms.

  13. If he is a real Progressive not only will he kill KXL, he’ll stop the oil sands in Western Canada. That will crush their economy.

    Next terror attack will come via Canada.

  14. Janetoo, don’t be too afraid. I have 4 kids. All of them are conservative. Some more conservative than others; one maybe ‘in the middle’ because she is young and wants to appear reasonable. All of them are of voting age with the exception of the youngest.

    I also remember being more ‘in the middle’ when I was in college. Then I grew up and am super-duper conservative! 😉

    Considering the popularity of Trump and Carson right now, I believe your fears are unfounded. Even some on the left are interested in Trump. We haven’t seen this kind of cross-over action since Reagan. Also, the results of the recent Swiss election shows me that even in more ‘socialist’ Europe the tide is turning.

  15. What a shame we didn’t succeed in taking Canada during the Revolutionary War. Think of all the useless socialists we could have added to America.

  16. First I have heard of the Obama machinations in the Canadian election; I have been following it mostly at Mark Steyn’s blog and he hasn’t mentioned anything like that — I do not doubt that Obama & Crew would do so, however, and it may have made enough difference to swing a close election.
    I fear that it shows our Northern Neighbors have not paid close attention to what happened here after the Hope & Change Brigade gained control — or they really are stupid enough to think it might work there despite all the evidence.

  17. I’m Canadian, and I’m just happy the Liberals won an outright majority. A Liberal-NDP coalition government would have been a terrible scenario.

    We’ll have to see what type of Liberals this new government is, but the Liberal party can be suprisingly pragmatic, and often has a core of fiscal conservatism. For example, it was the Liberal Chretien government in the 1990s which gave us a run of balanced budgets, which they achieved by cutting spending in a time of prosperity.

    If that wing of the party still retains some influence, things shouldn’t be too bad. Perhaps one advantage of the current Canadian structure is that the real leftists are drained off into the NDP, leaving the Liberals fairly sane.

  18. RohanV –

    There is only one type of Federal Liberal in Canada – their raison d’etre is to be in power at all costs. Left and Right do not come into it.

    Chretien and finance minister Martin ‘balanced’ the budget by downloading costs to the provinces creating havoc with the provincial economies.

    That Harper managed to unite the right wing parties in 2004/5 and went on to win 3 elections has given us 9 years of excellent financial governance. He did this amid the most hateful non stop propaganda from the Canadian media

    The onslaught of hate from opinion makers in the Canadian media as well as the tax funded CBC has been constant since then. The triumphalism on display last night was odious.

    After reforming the FPTP system his next item on the list is to deliberately plunge us into 3 years of deficit spending.
    We are a resource based economy and Trudeau is Obama lite in this area.

    I see that our dollar fell this morning when the markets opened.

  19. Perhaps one advantage of the current Canadian structure is that the real leftists are drained off into the NDP, leaving the Liberals fairly sane.

    And if they happen to be working with Hussein O, what then?

  20. Janetoo

    A new generation raised in the absence of decadence is required, but that probably won’t play out exactly given modern settings.

    However, the new generation’s tendency to Obey Authority in all things can be shattered, although not via the majority or mainstream culture.

  21. From Canadian David Warren’s piece on the election, The triumph of drivel:

    In addition to snowboarding, [Trudeau’s] experience includes nightclub bouncer, and teaching high school in Vancouver. To many (me for instance), his father was a devil in human flesh, his mother demonstrably insane, yet the lad was not really exposed to politics until it came into his head, or into the heads of Liberal Party organizers, that thanks to his family connexion, he could probably get elected to Parliament, in Montreal. This happened in 2007; he now has approximately eight years of bewilderment under his belt. His acceptance speech last night was sort-of sweet; it showed him still quite damp behind the ears.

    I don’t think he is especially malicious. He has plenty of old-school party advisers to surround him like bodyguards along his way. Indeed, through a leak we discovered they were already dividing the spoils of government contracts, as victory in Quebec came into view. The lad himself has the media savvy of the selfie generation, and can more or less handle the bofferball questions from a sympathetic press. His sincerity shines when it comes to a small range of policy enthusiasms, such as the legalization of marijuana and brothels, and he is visibly convinced that peace is much nicer than war. His promises of “hope and change” may be content-free, for the time being, but I’m sure he “believes” in the drivel he is mouthing. I expect he will prove more used than using, as his government agenda falls into place.

    And in line with Janetoo’s comments above:

    “The people” believe in drivel, too, as they have just proved. As I’ve mentioned before, the overwhelming majority of the general, voting population have been morally and intellectually debilitated – “idiotized” is my preferred term – by post-modern media and education, and by spiritual neglect within (often broken) post-modern homes. Large vested interests can lead them by the nose, even while they imagine themselves victims of conspiracy.

  22. This election is just another step Canada is taking in becoming another European country.

    I’ve been going to Whistler, BC since the early 90s when it was just getting off the ground as a resort. Beautiful mountain area. Fishing, hiking, biking, skiing, golf, and more. The village was a quiet, laid back area this time of year until they had the Winter Olympics there in 2010. Now, the place is packed year around. And with the Olympics came regulation. Now, every where you go there are signs telling you what you should do. Don’t pick up rocks, drive carefully, slow down, speed up, etc., etc. The locals seem to have adopted a passive aggressive attitude. They mostly ignore the signs.

    I live about 65 miles south of the border. Our Costco has many more BC than Washington license plates in the parking lot most days. I’ve talked with many of the Canucks. Even though its a long trip and an all day affair with two border crossings, they save a ton of money. Especially on gasoline.(The VAT drives prices way up, but pays for their welfare and healthcare system.) Even with the Loony down against the buck, they still save money. Those who can afford it also have come to depend on our healthcare system to help them jump the line for elective surgery. If Trudeau caves to the Greens and decides that oil sands development and logging are evil, their fiscal situation could become markedly worse.

    If you want to see our future, keep an eye on Canada.

  23. “Canada’s new leader to pull planes from anti-Islamic State Coalition”

    That goes nicely together with the “Human Rights Commission”

    “In December 2008, the Commission refused to look at the case of Imam Abou Hammad Sulaiman al-Hayiti. …
    Al-Hayiti had written that Allah has taught that “If the Jews, Christians, and [Zoroastrians] refuse to answer the call of Islam, and will not pay the jizyah [tax], then it is obligatory for Muslims to fight them if they are able.” Christianity, in particular, was denounced as a “religion of lies,” which is responsible for the West’s “perversity, corruption and adultery.” Al-Hayiti’s book refers to “the incredible number of gays and lesbians (may Allah curse and destroy them in this life and the next) who sow disorder upon the Earth and who desire to increase their numbers.”

    In declining to hear the case, the Commission stated that Al-Hayiti was free to make comments against “infidels” because they are not an identifiable group. Regarding Al-Hayiti’s statements against groups established as “identifiable,” such as homosexuals and Jews, the commission simply stated that these “do not seem” to meet the criteria for promoting hatred.”

    That was 2008. ISIL seems to have found that “unidenfiable” group, and are doing their utmost best to exterminate it, the Commission could not see.

    But not to worry, the Left is all about Human Rights.

    Expect more of the same under the new leader.

  24. PatD

    What about the American Sweden? Since the left loves Islam so much perhaps Canada will welcome Muslims from the Middle East and will soon be privileged to join Sweden among the rape capitals of the World.

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