Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

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[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Brian Mulroney endorses Justin Trudeau

The Conservatives in Ottawa are furious. Brian Mulroney is not supposed to be going around praising Justin Trudeau. After all, Trudeau is Stephen Harper's biggest political adversary.

In an interview on CTV's Power Play political affairs show Monday night,  Mulroney went out of his way to praise Justin Trudeau. And he did it so effusively, better than any Liberal so far.

"I've known Justin since he was a child. He is young, articulate, attractive - a flawlessly bilingual young man. What's not to like with this picture?"

Mulroney added a warning to Trudeau's political rivals.

"Anybody who treats Justin Trudeau with scorn or derision or underestimates him does so at his own peril," he said.

"We'll see what happens in the future; it's a long way from here to there. But no one should underestimate Justin. He is a man of some consequence. "

The Conservatives didn't know how to react. Hey sat around waiting for a signal from Harper and "the boys in shorts" in his office.

But the Conservative party social media lashed back at Mulroney.

"It's amazing what old age can do to a person," wrote one Conservative blogger.

Another wrote that after Pierre Trudeau, Brian Mulroney was the worst prime minister in Canadian history.

There could be a connection with the Oliphant inquiry of a few years ago which revealed that Mulroney had accepted brown envelopes from businessman Karlheinz Schreiber.

Subsequently Harper ordered his MPs never to have anything more with Mulroney.

Original Article
Source: westislandchronicle.com
Author: Richard ClĂ©roux

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