I get people are upset by the picture, heck I think it's not acceptable and he deserves to be called out about it but I also have seen what he's done and that tells me he's changed. I also get not liking him but again he's better than most of the other options.
the protests are about a real issue of police violence against black people in Canada and I'm pretty sure you haven't spared a single thought about that in your several posts here so you tell me if Trudeau brownface is a distraction or not
Thanks. I wonder if it matches up more with party lines than what they really think but it's interesting anyways.
Initially Severe Impact of Blackface Fades, Suggesting Unsettled and Volatile Electorate
[Ottawa – September 23, 2019] The images of Justin Trudeau donning blackface makeup seemed to have had a significant but short-lived impact on the electorate. Just one in four Canadians (28 per cen…www.ekospolitics.com
It does.
The reason is if any "left-wing" American politician had a picture that bad come out, their career would be over.
Yep. Otherwise, it's more lip service.
They were federal matters. The government has a duty to uphold s. 35 and could have intervened to stop the invasion of unceded land from the RCMP but failed to. The idea that Trudeau's hands were tied are unsatisfactory when he was coordinating with provinces and the rail industry for the duration of the protests. This doesn't absolve the provinces - John Horgan has his own set of issues and should equally be criticized for the empty gestures he's offered this week - but it does show that Trudeau will protect the interests of the state when called to, which is why this show of solidarity is completely empty.
I'll give it a little bit to see some policy changes be presented. If nothing comes of it I will call this out. I'm just not cynical enough to see this as a bad thing when you compare it to whats happening south of the border with their leadership.
Trump cannot be used as some standard of leadership. The bar cannot be allowed to be that low.
How many other world leaders are out showing support for this? Genuine question, I have no idea. Still a stark contrast
Like I already said.
This is completely irrelevant, however coherent the next Republican leader may be, they are not Trudeau and their policies would in no way be comparable to the Canadian Liberals, Justin Trudeau is not another a version of Trump who is more coherent.
The ones "showing support" can do so forwarding policy change to combat ingrained systemic injustice. There are enough cases of police brutality and apathy towards the plights of marginalized communities in Canada (prominently Indigenous groups).
Please tell me where I have suggested "Trudeau is just Trump!"
And who is doing this? (Showing support through policy changes). It at least appears to me that he is out there to show support and is listening. That would be a good first step, no?
You replied to a statement stating that Trudeau's leadership is significantly better than south of the border with "the standard of comparison cannot be trump", and then proceeded to say that a more coherent republican politician could mislead people into thinking they are "pulling it together", which admittedly is a fair point; however, this is not a good parallel to "we should demand more from Trudeau", because Trudeau and Republicans who are more coherent are not good parallels.
If police had made progress in gender equality, legalized Marijuana and made climate change a top priority, I might take a knee from them a little more seriously. The point is that Trudeau has accomplished some good in his last term and if he is out there getting involved with this then the chances of him coming through with something of any substance deserves ateast a tiny bit of good faith. Equating this to cops taking a knee is disingenuous IMO
See it's like I don't want to keep bringing it up, but then you guys just keep posting this dumb stuff.
