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Amonester

(11,541 posts)
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 07:24 PM Apr 2013

CANADA: Justin Trudeau wins Liberal leadership

Source: CBC

Trudeau says country needs to balance economic growth with environmental protection

Justin Trudeau has been elected leader of the federal Liberal party after a week of voting with an overwhelming majority. The results, which were widely expected, were announced at a Liberal event in Ottawa.



Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/live/2013/04/liberal-leadership-results.html

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CANADA: Justin Trudeau wins Liberal leadership (Original Post) Amonester Apr 2013 OP
So...'Lil Justin gets the job. Ken Burch Apr 2013 #1
Granted, for now, but I am more than willing to give him a chance to begin. Amonester Apr 2013 #8
As I understand it, he's considerably to the right of his dad on a lot of issues Ken Burch Apr 2013 #9
And a good right hook! polly7 Apr 2013 #14
Is he "son of..." ? Berlum Apr 2013 #2
Yep. People have been shoving him towards a political role since Pierre Trudeau's death. (nt) Posteritatis Apr 2013 #4
Who knows? Seedersandleechers Apr 2013 #5
Wrong...Justin was born in '71 or '72. Ken Burch Apr 2013 #10
Yes OnlinePoker Apr 2013 #7
No. He is not the son of Garry Trudeau who writes Doonesbury. Liberal Veteran Apr 2013 #12
Congratulations to Justin. His father Pierre was my favorite Non-US leader graham4anything Apr 2013 #3
I am well aware who is father is. iandhr Apr 2013 #6
Everbody I know trust him and hope he is good news. Amonester Apr 2013 #11
That remains to be seen, more or less Posteritatis Apr 2013 #13
 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
1. So...'Lil Justin gets the job.
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 07:40 PM
Apr 2013

Now, he has to actually show what he's got...which isn't that much, other than stylin' hair and clothes.

Amonester

(11,541 posts)
8. Granted, for now, but I am more than willing to give him a chance to begin.
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 07:52 PM
Apr 2013

He is younger than his father was in this new 'job' and he is more 'open-minded' to new ideas too.

He said he learned to learn since the last time he was a teacher (before 2008).

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
9. As I understand it, he's considerably to the right of his dad on a lot of issues
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 07:55 PM
Apr 2013

particularly economic and social justice questions(he's a "pro-business" Liberal, progressive on minor issues, right-wing on the ones that really affect most of us).

I see no reason for anyone who voted NDP last time to switch to the Liberals...and he's not ever going to take votes from Harper's base of crazyheads.

I predict he'll implement the War Measures Act the first time protests get too intense for his upper-class comfort...it's a family tradition, y'know.

polly7

(20,582 posts)
14. And a good right hook!
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 08:16 PM
Apr 2013
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/03/31/justin-trudeau-boxing/
I like him. He's a people-person with some charm and personality, left of centre, and the exact opposite of Harper - though of course, I hate that *'er. He's got the Cons scared and attacking so he's obviously already seen by them as a threat.
 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
10. Wrong...Justin was born in '71 or '72.
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 07:56 PM
Apr 2013

Margaret didn't meet the Stones until after the '74 election.

Kind of a cheap shot, too.

OnlinePoker

(5,702 posts)
7. Yes
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 07:52 PM
Apr 2013

And this is the only reason he got elected Liberal leader in my opinion. The Liberals (who long ago gave up being that and became a populist, centrist party) were decimated in the last election because the electorate saw they had no substance. Their loss was the NDP's gain and I may finally see the NDP become the ruling party in the next election if Harper keeps alienating people like he's been doing.

 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
3. Congratulations to Justin. His father Pierre was my favorite Non-US leader
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 07:45 PM
Apr 2013

and Pierre was torn down, then came back.
A true innovator, like President Obama here, had a vocal minority of people who did not like him.

Wish his son well. It's a long time coming for Justin.
He would be I guess, considered like JFK would have had JFK Jr. lived.

the same old I bet don't like him. They will be predictible, hopefully there are not many haters.

iandhr

(6,852 posts)
6. I am well aware who is father is.
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 07:50 PM
Apr 2013

I don't anything about the son. What is he like. Is this good news for Canadian Libs.

Amonester

(11,541 posts)
11. Everbody I know trust him and hope he is good news.
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 07:58 PM
Apr 2013

Trudeaumania 2 and a little better at it for now.

But nat'l elections only up in 2.5 years (mid-2015).

We'll see.

Posteritatis

(18,807 posts)
13. That remains to be seen, more or less
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 08:08 PM
Apr 2013

At the moment the federal Liberals are toast; the last federal election basically left a gently smoking crater where one of the primary political parties used to stand, not too far off from what happened to the Progressive-Conservatives in 1993. A string of unexceptional leaders beforehand contributed a lot to that, so there's some feeling that a party leader with at least the charisma of a cardboard box will be the kind of thing that revitalizes the party.

Whether it does, and what that does to their chances electorally, would be where we'd get the answer to whether it's good news for Canadian small-L liberals. The general shape of the electoral scene right now is very different from what it was during Chretien's time in office (or the full span of Canadian history beforehand), so it's much harder to predict the effects of just about anything federally than it would have been in the past. Canadian politics used to be about controlling the political centre for the most part, but the general tone nowadays leads to uncertainty whether we're still doing that, or if we're shifting to a more polarized left-versus-right system. I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about that.

Beforehand I liked a mostly-dominant Liberal party with a strong enough NDP to have significant influence over the agenda, but with an ascendant Conservative Party I'm still trying to figure out if I'd rather see a Liberal bounceback to retake the Canadian centre, or an NDP which tries to maintain their momentum and hang onto their new role as the dominant party on the left.

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