Fuck the Liberals and fuck Justin. I had high hopes for this man, because he seems spirited and youthful and (I thought) principled along my own lines. Apparently I was fooled by Liberal-related feelings of nostalgia for my childhood with Chretien. I guess the joke's on me! HA HA HA.
Bullet points are from CBC.ca
Italics by yours truly.
• On a carbon tax versus a cap-and-trade scheme, Trudeau said, "I don't know."
Carbon tax hurts those with less spending power; and it is less effective than a healthy economy directed towards clean energy. Carbon tax is predicated on the terror hoax of manmade global warming - intended as a universal tax that would seem suicidal to refuse. It is the source of the budget for running a one world government. We would do better to keep our sovereignty!
• On raising the GST: "No."
Look, I hate the GST too, but Stephen Harper should never have dropped it to 5%. I don't know what he was thinking. Maybe that he would introduce a lot of evil, draconian policies that would drain revenue and get him kicked out of the PMO. Thus leaving a massive, smelly dump of shit for whoever steps in to try and fix it. Talk about Canada's greatest monster.
• On decriminalizing and legalizing marijuana, Trudeau said, "yes," and added that "it's an automatic next step to look at taxing and regulation."
Fine, decriminalize marijuana! The tourist and ancillary tax revenue will generate itself, and police will be free to do more important things than sniffing out grow ops. I'm not sure how much I like the thought of more people feeling comfortable selling drugs on the street to random people and kids. For God's sake don't tax and regulate it. You'll fuck it up for everyone that way. That amount of money is too tempting for politicians to fritter away, steal or become dependent on. Then we'll have another tax rate we can argue over, weed farmer bailouts? et cetera. Barf on state-sponsored weed.
• On the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project, Trudeau said he's not opposed to pipelines in general, just this particular one, citing environmental concerns. "It's the wrong one."
Way to hedge your bets, Justin. I like energy too! But Northern Gateway is by all accounts a suicidal project. How did this proposal get this far, by its lack of merit and with massive opposition from Canadians? There should be an audit of the process, and people should be charged and arrested for negligence and conspiracy to commit fraud, and jailed. Do you think this many people would protest a good idea?
• On China's growing investment in Canada's natural resources: Trudeau said that he's in favour of more trade with China and that's it's important to "engage" with the Chinese and not be "dictating at them." He called Prime Minister Stephen Harper's early stance with China "immature."
I am in favour of friendly trade with China - of finished products. We should not be exporting raw materials. That's what COLONIES do. And to suggest that we can modify the government of China's stance on human rights in the context of a business relationship is childish. That's like asking the carwash manager if everyone's WHMIS training is up to date. He'll probably smile and say, "I'll get right on that. Next!"