======== 
 FOREWORD 
 ======== 
  
 HIS RECORD TO DATE 
 ================== 
 It tells you pretty much what he's prepared to do for you: 
 it appears NOT MUCH and NOT MORE THAN IS NECESSARY TO GET 
 RE-ELECTED. 
  
 Is that THE PRINCIPLED THING TO DO? 
  
  
 MOTIVATION 
 ========== 
 HIS MOTIVATION FOR THE BOOK "COMMON GROUND" (Copyright 
 date: 2014) "I wanted to write a book explaining how 
 I came to be the person I am." (p. 34) 
  
  
 WORKING HARD 
 ============ 
 "As I hope I have made clear throughout this book, ... 
 I am working hard to earn this country's trust." (p. 288) 
  
  
 REFRAIN 
 ======= 
 "hope and hard work" (p. 265) 
 "Hope and Hard Work" (p. 267) (The title of Chapter Nine) 
 "hope and hard work" (p. 268) 
 "hope and hard work" (p. 269) 
 "hope and hard work" (p. 307) 
  
  
 WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN 
 =================== 
 "... I am a man who knows how to draw us together to make it 
 happen." (p. 295) 
  
 Note: *WHAT* he will make happen, he doesN'T say? 
  
  
 HILARIOUS ASSERTION 
 =================== 
 "Because of his own Br€€beuf education, my father had been a 
 fluent Latin speaker from his teenage years and he used it 
 to navigate the far corners of the world ... ." (p. 60) 
  
 WHO ELSE from Br€€beuf spoke Latin? His dad couldN'T have 
 been the only one. (Ha! Ha!) 
  
 However, NOT VERY LIKELY though: there have been only 
 two (2) Vatican priests to ever have claimed to be 
 able to carry on a conversation in Latin. 
  
 THIS HILARIOUS ASSERTION does set THE TONE for his book. 
 Is he to be TAKEN SERIOUSLY? 
  
  
 ASINE, CONTRADICTORY LINE 
 ========================= 
 This was HIS TRICK: "My goal for my first year (as MP, member 
 of Parliament) was to figure out a simple trick: keep my head 
 down while holding my head high." (p. 144) 
  
 THIS PRICELESS LINE, in my view, BECAUSE IT nicely 
 sets up THE BLAH-BLAH TONE OF THE BOOK. 
  
 But, SERIOUSLY? 
  
 He comes off, I think, as YOUR *REGULAR* BLAH-BLAH 
 MINISTER, but with SUNNY WAYS and SMILING FACE and 
 A WAVING and TAKING SELFIES. 
  
 LIKE ALL PREVIOUS PRIME MINISTERS, he has NO PLANS 
 OF SUBSTANCE WITH TIMELINES to deal with Canada's 
 important issues: LETTING THINGS SLIDE IS NOT THE 
 WAY TO GO. In fact, it's IRRESPONSIBLE. 
  
 THIS MILLIONAIRE (perhaps MULTIMILLIONAIRE) GUY, 
 I think, should PICK UP HIS MARBLES and GO HOME. 
  
 ============================================== 
 "Justin Trudeau: Common Ground", 
 Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, 2014, 343 pages. 
 ============================================== 
  
 ============ 
 INTRODUCTION 
 ============ 
 According to him national unity comes from FINDING THE 
 COMMON GROUND and making the economy stronger by 
 BUILDING THE MIDDLE-CLASS. 
  
 True? 
  
  
 NOT TRUE? 
  
  
 Justin Trudeau (believes like his predecessors) (NO NEW 
 THINKING HERE): "Canada's prosperity depends on our 
 ability to develop our natural resources and get them to world 
 markets." (p. 251) 
  
 CLICH€€ THINKING. 
  
 Canada's prosperity is dEpendent on WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION 
 (SHARED PROSPERITY), THE ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY GOV'T 
 SPENDING for A STRONG ECONOMY and PRODUCTIVITY (where 
 everyone can be productive so everyone can contribute 
 to Canada's prosperity and future prosperity. 
  
 And like his predecessors, he says: " ... the people who 
 lead Canada need to be ... generous of spirit toward all 
 ... ." (p. 258) 
  
 ANOTHER OVERUSED, CLICH€€ LINE, no? 
  
 HIS *ONLY* CONCERN FOR THE MIDDLE- 
 CLASS *excludes* a lot of Canadians. 
  
 This is NOT INCLUSIVE POLITICS. 
  
  
 WHY POLITICS? 
 ============ 
 HIS MOTIVATION (like that of his predecessors) he says is 
 service: "There was my desire to serve Canada." (p. 253) 
  
 SUCH A CLICH€€ LINE that lacks specificity, and hence, 
 lacks sincerity. 
  
 THANK GOD, he's NOT another Hillary or BILL CLINTON taking 
 advantage of THE PUBLIC PURSE and all that it has to offer: 
 THAT'S A RELIEF. (HA! Ha!) 
  
 "I believed Canada needed new leadership and Canadians a new 
 plan." (p. 270) 
  
 WHAT! 
  
 A PLAN? 
  
 WHAT PLAN? 
  
 Have we seen ANY PLAN as of yet? 
  
 "I am running because I believe this country wants and needs 
 new leadership." (p. 304) 
  
 What have we "substantially" (not stylistically) seen in the 
 way of NEW LEADERSHIP so far? 
  
 "When was the last time you had a leader you actually trusted?" 
 (p. 305) 
  
 He can't be trusted if it' ALL GOING TO BE SAME OLD SAME 
 OLD. 
  
 "... a leader who will 'begin, spend, and end every day' 
 thinking about how to make this country better ... ." 
 (p. 305) 
  
  
 DIRECTION 
 ========= 
 "... Mr. Harper's government was taking Canada in the wrong direction 
 ... ." (p. 254) 
  
 ALRIGHT. 
  
 However, IN WHAT DIRECTION is *he* taking Canada? 
  
 Did he ever say? 
  
 Does he know? 
  
 (OR is letting THE BACKROOM BOYS €€€ THE JEAN COUTU GANG OF 
 *multimillionaire* QUEBEC LIBERALS - *multimillionaires* 
 like himself, THE GOLDEN BOY - decide that for him on an 
 AD HOC BASIS given THE PREVAILING WINDS of the day?) 
  
 By the way, he promised to TAX THE RICH MORE, didN'T he? 
  
 Has he? 
  
 It appears he's looking after himself+*HIS* RICH LIBERAL 
 FRIENDS. 
  
 Is this about PUBLIC SERVICE or SELF SERVICE? 
  
 What do you think? 
  
 Hint: in Canada, historically, PUBLIC SERVICE 
       has ALWAYS been about SELF SERVICE, 
       LAPPING IT UP at THE PUBLIC TROUGH. 
       SLURP! SLURP! 
  
  
 RICH KID 
 ======== 
 "I had ... traveled enough to hang out with the types who 
 skied in Europe." (p. 73) 
  
  
 AVERAGE 
 ======= 
 " ... my erratic grades." (p. 81) 
 "... my average academic performance at Br€€beuf." (p. 79) 
  
  
 THE PROMISE 
 =========== 
 Justin Trudeau promised us "a new kind of politics. One that 
 sought to bring people together to build on common ground 
 ... ." (p. 265) 
  
 He said: "My friends, we will do better." (p. 304) 
  
 BETTER? 
  
 He claims his Liberal Party is "building a better country" (p. 306) 
  
 He says: "I can bring new forces to bear on old problems." (p. 304) 
  
 NEW FORCES? Is he keeping them in the closet for now? (Ha! Ha!) 
  
 "Canada needs a better government, not just a different government." 
 (p. 262) 
  
 "the right plan, and the right people to implement it, 
 in the right way." (p. 274) 
  
 WHEN are we going to get THIS *NEW* KIND OF POLITICS 
 he promised? 
  
  
 $$$ 
 === 
 "begin to professionalize fundraising" (p. 238) 
  
 "The supporters ... would ... create a broad base for raising money ... ." 
 (p. 
 240) 
  
 (We now know about his $1,500 Liberal Party fundraising dinners. 
 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/trudeau-attended-ca 
 h-for-access-fundraiser-with-chinese-billionaires/article32971362/) 
  
  
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