[:en]Justin Trudeau wants an election so bad he just can\u2019t keep it to himself.<\/p>\n
As recently as last week, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh told CBC\u2019s Power and Politics that Trudeau reportedly told him in a phone call that he was planning for a spring election<\/p>\n
This is not the first time the Prime Minister has let the cat out of the bag.<\/p>\n
Back in December, he reportedly told the Liberal Party\u2019s National Board of Directors that \u201cit looks like\u201d the election will happen in the spring.<\/p>\n
In January, he more publicly teased the possibility of an election on a Montreal radio station.<\/p>\n
The Liberals\u2019 shameless attacks on firearms owners and billions pledged to public transport and electric cars are transparent love letters to Trudeau\u2019s largely eastern, urban base, and the looming spring budget\u2014an easy election starting gun if ever there was one\u2014all point to a spring election.<\/p>\n
As former NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, recently, wrote in the Montreal Gazette:<\/p>\n
\u201cAnyone who entertained doubts that Justin Trudeau is doing everything he can to clear the runway for a spring election only had to look at events of last week to understand that he\u2019s going to go to the polls as soon as he decently can. From gun control to language rights, Team Trudeau has been checking the boxes on unfulfilled promises and making new ones on the pandemic front.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then there was a recent cryptic Tweet by Trudeau confidant Gerald Butts\u2014who resigned over the SNC Lavalin scandal but has remained in the PM\u2019s inner circle\u2014stating that concerns over the Liberals (botched) vaccine rollout \u201cis going to seem like a distant and transparently partisan artifact by the May 24 weekend, if not Easter\u201d.<\/p>\n
Given that the consequences of Justin Trudeau\u2019s short-sighted decisions (and his government\u2019s incompetent execution thereof) will soon come to bear, I can\u2019t blame Justin Trudeau for wanting to go to the polls.<\/p>\n
What I do blame him for is playing political games while (on his watch) Canadians have been rocked by a year of unprecedented hardships. While Justin Trudeau plays partisan games, Canada\u2019s Conservatives are focused on the needs of Canadians.<\/p>\n
Justin Trudeau may think he holds all the cards but he should not be under any illusion of an easy victory. He has a long track record of self-inflicted wounds, the worst economic record of any G7 country, and he can be assured that if he calls a snap election, Canada\u2019s Conservatives will be ready\u2014and we plan to win.
\n[:fr]Justin Trudeau veut tellement des \u00e9lections qu\u2019il est incapable de penser \u00e0 autre chose.<\/p>\n
Pas plus tard que la semaine derni\u00e8re, le chef du NPD, Jagmeet Singh, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 sur les ondes de l\u2019\u00e9mission Power and Politics sur les ondes de la CBC, que Justin Trudeau lui aurait dit qu\u2019il pr\u00e9voyait des \u00e9lections au printemps, lors d\u2019une conversation t\u00e9l\u00e9phonique.<\/p>\n
Ce n\u2019est pas la premi\u00e8re fois que le premier ministre vend la m\u00e8che.<\/p>\n
En d\u00e9cembre, il aurait dit au Conseil national d\u2019administration du Parti lib\u00e9ral qu\u2019il \u00ab semblerait \u00bb que des \u00e9lections auront lieu au printemps.<\/p>\n
En janvier, il a publiquement laiss\u00e9 entendre, sur les ondes d\u2019une station de radio montr\u00e9alaise, la possibilit\u00e9 d\u2019une \u00e9lection.<\/p>\n
Les attaques \u00e9hont\u00e9es des lib\u00e9raux contre les propri\u00e9taires d\u2019armes \u00e0 feu ainsi que les milliards promis aux transports publics et aux voitures \u00e9lectriques sont des promesses creuses adress\u00e9es \u00e0 la base urbaine de Justin Trudeau, majoritairement situ\u00e9e dans l\u2019est du pays. L\u2019imminence du budget du printemps \u2014 coup de d\u00e9part facile pour les \u00e9lections, s\u2019il en est un \u2014 indique aussi que des \u00e9lections auront lieu au printemps.<\/p>\n
Comme l\u2019ancien chef du NPD, Tom Mulcair, l\u2019a r\u00e9cemment \u00e9crit dans la Montreal Gazette :<\/p>\n
\u00ab Quiconque avait des doutes sur le fait que Justin Trudeau fait tout ce qu\u2019il peut pour d\u00e9clencher une \u00e9lection printani\u00e8re n\u2019avait qu\u2019\u00e0 regarder les \u00e9v\u00e9nements de la semaine derni\u00e8re pour comprendre qu\u2019il se rendra aux urnes d\u00e8s qu\u2019il pourra le faire de mani\u00e8re d\u00e9cente. Du contr\u00f4le des armes \u00e0 feu aux droits linguistiques, l\u2019\u00e9quipe de Justin Trudeau a coch\u00e9 les cases des promesses non tenues et en a fait des nouvelles en lien avec la pand\u00e9mie \u00bb.<\/p>\n
Ensuite, il y a eu un r\u00e9cent tweet \u00e9nigmatique de la part de Gerald Butts, confident de Justin Trudeau, qui a d\u00e9missionn\u00e9 en raison du scandale de SNC-Lavalin, mais qui n\u2019a pas quitt\u00e9 le cercle intime du premier ministre. Son tweet indique que les pr\u00e9occupations concernant le d\u00e9ploiement (b\u00e2cl\u00e9) des vaccins par les lib\u00e9raux \u00ab vont sembler \u00eatre un artefact lointain et ouvertement partisan d\u2019ici la fin de semaine du 24 mai, voire de P\u00e2ques \u00bb.<\/p>\n
\u00c9tant donn\u00e9 que les cons\u00e9quences des d\u00e9cisions irr\u00e9fl\u00e9chies de Justin Trudeau (et l\u2019ex\u00e9cution incomp\u00e9tente de ces derni\u00e8res d\u00e9cisions par son gouvernement) se feront bient\u00f4t sentir, je ne peux pas bl\u00e2mer Justin Trudeau de vouloir aller aux urnes.<\/p>\n
Ce que je lui reproche, c\u2019est de se livrer \u00e0 des jeux politiques alors que (sous sa direction) les Canadiens ont \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9branl\u00e9s par une ann\u00e9e remplie de difficult\u00e9s sans pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent. Pendant que Justin Trudeau se livre \u00e0 ses jeux partisans, les conservateurs du Canada se concentrent sur les besoins des Canadiens.<\/p>\n
Justin Trudeau pense peut-\u00eatre qu\u2019il a toutes les cartes en main, mais il ne doit pas se faire d\u2019illusion sur une victoire assur\u00e9e. Il a un long pass\u00e9 de souffrance auto-inflig\u00e9e et le pire bilan \u00e9conomique de tous les pays du G7. Il peut \u00eatre assur\u00e9 que s\u2019il d\u00e9clenche des \u00e9lections surprises, les conservateurs du Canada seront pr\u00eats \u2013 et nous avons l\u2019intention de les gagner.[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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