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The Liberal prognosis is grim. For Trudeau to stand a chance, the government will need a major policy pivot. The Liberals could harness some of the populist economic momentum by cracking down on monopolistic practices or opening the telecom sector to foreign investment. Trudeau could make a generational commitment to restoring the dream of homeownership to the middle class. He could articulate his positive vision for Canada, as the nation he described in his father’s eulogy: a place “where simple tolerance, mere tolerance, is not enough.” A nation animated by “genuine and deep respect” for Canadians of all origins, values, and beliefs. A nation we may yet become.

Whether he will do any of these things is, of course, anyone’s guess. For all I know, Trudeau will be swallowed by the anti-incumbent wave after all—or take cover long before it arrives. But we are not the United States. We are not Britain, France, or anywhere else. Our future is unwritten, its outlines discernible in polls, perhaps, but also in the relationship between a father and son, their half-realized dreams, and long, lonely walks through the snow.

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[-] AnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

As much as I dislike all politicians, JT is the least-awful of the available options.

I'd actually support him if he'd delivered on the promise of electoral reform. Sacrificing the ability of liberals to have a majority in the future for the stability of our political system SHOULD have been the altruistic choice.

That, and raising the minimum wage at the federal level would have elinimated a lot of the economic problems we're having -- homelessness, poverty, people getting fucking scurvy in the year 2024.

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