I am of the belief that all of our leaders have done what they thought is the best thing for Canada. And that applies to both Chrétien and Justin Trudeau. However, I think they have been over-awed by the strength of China and the dazzling mass spectacles that the Chinese are so good at presenting to the world.
Increasingly, since we have become more independent from Great Britain, our national character seems to have become more passive and, despite what the press often describes as a can-do spirit, we suffer from somewhat of an inferiority complex. I suspect that leaders like Trudeau have absorbed a lot of those characteristics and are afraid to rock the boat with regards to China. IMHO it’s not a matter of saying the Liberals are bad and the Conservatives are good.
My favourite prime minister, as I’m fond of saying, was Louis St. Laurent. He had the vision to do what was necessary to turn Canada into a significant middle power. Years ago I used to work with one of John Diefenbaker’s former cabinet ministers. Frankly, he didn’t have very good things to say about him, but at least he acknowledged that Dief had an independence of spirit that is sadly missing from most of today’s politicians.
Perhaps I’m being alarmist but I genuinely feel that we are already in the early stages of a major conflict involving China, North Korea, Russia and Iran and various smaller countries who have aligned themselves with either China and or Russia. I’m not yet sure in my own mind if countries like Germany or Turkey have the true will to counter the threats to our freedom. And if push comes to shove, I doubt that Trudeau has what it takes to be a wartime leader. Even Chrystia Freeland would probably do a better job of putting this country on a wartime footing.
I only wish we had the national defence spirit that’s currently being shown by Australia. The Aussies have my full admiration for what they’ve done so far. They’ve awakened. And that’s not the same as Woke.
Increasingly, since we have become more independent from Great Britain, our national character seems to have become more passive and, despite what the press often describes as a can-do spirit, we suffer from somewhat of an inferiority complex. I suspect that leaders like Trudeau have absorbed a lot of those characteristics and are afraid to rock the boat with regards to China. IMHO it’s not a matter of saying the Liberals are bad and the Conservatives are good.
My favourite prime minister, as I’m fond of saying, was Louis St. Laurent. He had the vision to do what was necessary to turn Canada into a significant middle power. Years ago I used to work with one of John Diefenbaker’s former cabinet ministers. Frankly, he didn’t have very good things to say about him, but at least he acknowledged that Dief had an independence of spirit that is sadly missing from most of today’s politicians.
Perhaps I’m being alarmist but I genuinely feel that we are already in the early stages of a major conflict involving China, North Korea, Russia and Iran and various smaller countries who have aligned themselves with either China and or Russia. I’m not yet sure in my own mind if countries like Germany or Turkey have the true will to counter the threats to our freedom. And if push comes to shove, I doubt that Trudeau has what it takes to be a wartime leader. Even Chrystia Freeland would probably do a better job of putting this country on a wartime footing.
I only wish we had the national defence spirit that’s currently being shown by Australia. The Aussies have my full admiration for what they’ve done so far. They’ve awakened. And that’s not the same as Woke.
