It’s the kind of thing that almost nobody could get away with, and something the government would certainly punish any of us for doing. Yet, for Trudeau, he seems to think it’s totally okay.
When people talk about the "elites," a key aspect of criticism is that we are ruled by people who think they should be able to apply the rules on us, but that the rules shouldn’t apply to them.
And Justin Trudeau sums up that attitude more than any Canadian politician in recent memory.
From lecturing Canadians on feminism and racism while having his own serious problems, to accusing his opponents of dividing the country while demonizing everyone who disagrees with him, Trudeau has made a career out of telling people to follow rules that he feels exempted from.
The latest example is the growing WE charity scandal, where the Liberals outsourced a huge government project to a charity with super-close ties to the prime minister and his wife.
It’s the kind of thing that almost nobody could get away with, and something the government would certainly punish any of us for doing. Yet, for Trudeau, he seems to think it’s totally okay.
Why would he think that? Most likely, it’s because he’s emboldened after many of his recent scandals.
After all, neither his mistreatment of Jody Wilson-Raybould, nor his blackface debacle ended his career, despite things far less serious having ended the careers of countless politicians before him.
With the establishment media doing his bidding and acting as an extended propaganda arm for the Liberal Party, Trudeau clearly feels that there is no accountability for him anymore, and that he can get away with basically anything.
Add to that to a lifetime of being the "son of the PM," and Trudeau has likely rarely been told "no," and rarely been held accountable.
Given all of that, we can expect to see a further escalation of scandals and arrogance from Trudeau, because he has yet to be given any reason to stop.
His own party clearly won’t hold him accountable, Jagmeet Singh won’t hold him accountable, and the Conservatives are in the midst of a leadership race.
All of this will further reinforce Justin Trudeau’s belief that he is beyond accountability, and that’s without even mentioning the fact that he has largely gotten away with shutting down Parliament over the summer.
Any of these things would have resulted in the Conservatives being absolutely decimated by the media, but with the $600 million media buy-out by the Liberals continuing to influence, corrupt, and subvert coverage, independent media and the common sense of the Canadian people are the last remaining bastions of truth in these disturbing times.
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