You can fool some of the people all of the time….
2022/03/14
Prime Minister Trudeau’s latest trip to Europe strikes some Canadians as odd. For several reasons. The news release heralding his imminent departure was fulsome, in part. It details every European influencer with whom he will meet but not exactly why. Trudeau doesn’t seem to be a factor on the minds of key European politicians day to day. Mostly they view Canada politely but hardly a major influence against a backdrop of the war in Ukraine. Yes they appreciate our humanitarian support but militarily we are not a factor. We have been shipping some secondary weapons but most of Canada’s contribution is described as non-lethal. Not surprising. Our annual defense expenditures are meagre. And we don’t know whether we can help with the oil deficit. So nobody in Europe was expecting the Prime Minister of Canada would be arriving with heavy duty weapons of war and a billion dollars in aid for the Ukrainians. So why was he coming for 5 days? The itinerary rivaled a state visit. I think we could be forgiven if we postulate at least two additional reasons for the now concluded carefully choreographed 5 days in Europe. Because the PM is never transparent about planning and execution we must by necessity speculate. It’s quite possible his main strategist, Gerald Butts, the high profile fall guy of the SNC-Lavalin scandal provided another reason for Trudeau’s trip. Butts continues to provide the best strategic advice Trudeau and the Liberals can get. He’s brilliant. And his thinking might have been…”look Prime Minister your encounter with the Ottawa protesters did not help your popularity. Your standing among the polled shows almost 60% negative. Your refusal to meet with the Convoy reps was not good, because it gave your opponents an opportunity to dig up your quotes like, ‘…..you can’t negotiate when only one party comes to the table..’ …and that’s just one. Calling the dogs out to handle a peaceful protest prolonged by your ill-advised intransigence is another. Add to that your declaration that the state of emergency was not over because there were signs the Freedom Convoy truckers were regrouping and planning to return to Ottawa …I could go on Prime Minister but I won’t because I have another brilliant idea! Let’s make this trip to Europe a combo–one designed to further strengthen Canada’s solidarity with Ukrainians as they battle the Russian horde and two a high profile visit promoting a state of community with Europe. We have a major political deficit and this trip can deliver substantial political capital. Meetings in four or five cities plus an audience with the Queen and a wind-up day mingling with and speaking to Ukrainian refugees. From start to finish heavy on photo-ops and statements of heartfelt sympathy. This is a not to be a missed opportunity to fix the eyes of the world on you.”
My other trip scenario falls squarely on stewardship.
‘No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other!’
Justin Trudeau has cast himself into the untenable role of shilling for the World Economic Forum while at the same time trying to fulfill his role as Prime Minister. Unfortunately Justin Trudeau has turned his back on Canadians because of his loyalty to Klaus Schwab and the WEF. Examination of the reasons for Trudeau’s European trip suggest it was designed to coincide with key priorities of the WEF, in addition to the top of mind subject Ukraine. In London, Trudeau met with several members of the the World Economic Forum including British PM Boris Johnson and Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte. The World Economic Forum was well represented by the Canadian delegation: there was the Prime Minister, deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly. The penetration of the Canadian cabinet by the World Economic Forum starts right at the top. Additionally, at every stop, Trudeau trotted out two WEF favorities, climate change and elimination of fossil fuels. It is difficult to ascertain Trudeau’s end game with respect to his Canadian stewardship and his own projection on the Schwab starship. Some think he sees himself as the proconsul in the WEF hierarchy, possibly more than that. The just completed tour of four countries with pictures likely had the blessing of Schwab, who has announced to the world that Justin Trudeau is a WEF recruit in whom he is well pleased. Fellow Canadians need to digest the words of the Prime Minister delivered to the United Nations in September 2020. He said…..”this pandemic has provided an opportunity for a reset. This is our chance to accelerate our pre-pandemic efforts to re-imagine economic systems that actually address global challenges like extreme poverty, inequality and climate change!” Trudeau’s reference to the “Great Reset’ harvested howls from the uninitiated charging: “conspiracy theory” and “fake news”.
I would suggest the Former Governor of the Bank of Canada and Governor of the Bank of England does not engage his time among fanciful theories and chimerical dreams and neither does Klaus Schwab!!
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holidayatlarge 
The Road Back
2011/07/03 2 Comments
/…Michael Vick, disgraced, convicted as a felon, excoriated by his former boosters, booted from the NFL and sent to jail for five years is back.
Dropped four years ago by NIKE, the world’s largest sporting goods company, Vick has been re-signed by Nike to a multi-year contract.
Terms not disclosed….but the circle has been joined and the Philadelphia quarterback can say it, “the road’s been rough but I’m back………….
/…It was a stunning reversal of fortune moving DSK(Dominque Straus-Kahn) from 5 to 20 in Sing Sing to release
on his own recognizance and back on the road to the Elysee-Palace. Before his strange encounter in a New York hotel suite he was being
given better than 2 to 1 odds of winning the French Presidency. The encounter cost him his job at the IMF but he was preparing to leave that anyway
for the move on the Palace. It will be some time before the image of the “perv” walk is erased and before that’s erased there will be some messy days in a New York courtroom.
But in France, DSK’s tangle with the New York police is looked upon as a badge of honour! Make way for the DSK motorcade!! Maybe?
/…Conrad Black was whiplashed in a Chicago court by Judge Amy St. Eve and he’s going back to jail but there’s a silver lining….a couple of days after that shock, Black got some goods news!
Prosecutors told his lawyers they will be returning the 5 and a half million dollars they confiscated from the sale of his Manhattan apartment.
They have been holding the money for almost six years so he gets it back plus interest. Lord Black is on his way back BUT not before the prison detour. Nevertheless
the light on the other side of this tunnel is freedom road.
/…In Thailand, another stunner! That country has elected its first female Prime Minister.
Yingluck Shinawatra, is the 44-year-old sister of Thaksin Shinawatra, the prime minister who was ousted in a military coup five years ago.
His sister has never held political office but she leads her Pheu Thai party to a majority in the Thai House of Representatives. The hope is with this majority
she can calm the nation that was wracked by deadly riots just last year. Her victory is impressive when you consider the numbers…
Forty parties looking to fill 500 seats. Her party wins over 300. She’s earned substantial political capital which Thais are hoping will be spent wisely.
/…Now consider how easy it is to squander, political capital! Rob Ford arrived at Toronto City Hall with immeasurable political capital and even after
making some silly statements about blowing up work already done on solving transit problems, and sticking to that nonsense about Subways to Nowhere
he still had plenty. So as he was about to embark on his seventh month into the job, his approval rating high and his political capital account flush,
(Political capital-never easy to attain and even harder to retain-look at Flinty Mc Guinty) why would he squander his largesse on such a stupid decision.
“If invited I will not come to the Pride Parade.” NO NO NO! Substitute FATHEAD Ford for MAYOR FORD!
…don’t take my word, that his Political Capital account has diminished exponentially–check out Sue Ann Levy in today’s Sun.
She has been one of Mayor Ford’s major media boosters. She writes, “in their six months in office, I have never seen the mayor and his advisers
screw up something so simple as recognizing an important community in this city and attending just one(only one) of a signature series of events.”
… Sue-Ann Levy..The Sun July 3, 2011!
The Ford Political Capital account will not be replenished anytime soon and although there are supporters of his “hell no, I won’t go” mantra
you have to be seriously without political moxy or common sense to see Ford’s decision as anything but goofy!!!
His road back is uphill!!!
/…Others who are finding the road back difficult include Federer, the Williams sisters and Sharapova in tennis and
of course Tiger Woods. His ride continues on a muddy road. Lost his wife, his children, his home, his stroke and his health with no prospect
of finding the Road Back, at least in the foreseeable future!!!
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