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   FOREWORD   
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   HIS RECORD TO DATE   
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   It tells you pretty much what he's prepared to do for you:    
   it appears NOT MUCH and NOT MORE THAN IS NECESSARY TO GET    
   RE-ELECTED.    
      
   Is that THE PRINCIPLED THING TO DO?   
      
      
   MOTIVATION   
   ==========   
   HIS MOTIVATION FOR THE BOOK "COMMON GROUND" (Copyright    
   date: 2014) "I wanted to write a book explaining how    
   I came to be the person I am." (p. 34)    
      
      
   WORKING HARD   
   ============   
   "As I hope I have made clear throughout this book, ...    
   I am working hard to earn this country's trust." (p. 288)   
      
      
   REFRAIN   
   =======   
   "hope and hard work" (p. 265)   
   "Hope and Hard Work" (p. 267) (The title of Chapter Nine)   
   "hope and hard work" (p. 268)   
   "hope and hard work" (p. 269)   
   "hope and hard work" (p. 307)   
      
      
   WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN   
   ===================   
   "... I am a man who knows how to draw us together to make it    
   happen." (p. 295)   
      
   Note: *WHAT* he will make happen, he doesN'T say?   
      
      
   HILARIOUS ASSERTION   
   ===================   
   "Because of his own Brébeuf education, my father had been a    
   fluent Latin speaker from his teenage years and he used it    
   to navigate the far corners of the world ... ." (p. 60)    
      
   WHO ELSE from Brébeuf spoke Latin? His dad couldN'T have    
   been the only one. (Ha! Ha!)   
      
   However, NOT VERY LIKELY though: there have been only    
   two (2) Vatican priests to ever have claimed to be    
   able to carry on a conversation in Latin.   
      
   THIS HILARIOUS ASSERTION does set THE TONE for his book.   
   Is he to be TAKEN SERIOUSLY?   
      
      
   ASINE, CONTRADICTORY LINE   
   =========================   
   This was HIS TRICK: "My goal for my first year (as MP, member    
   of Parliament) was to figure out a simple trick: keep my head    
   down while holding my head high." (p. 144)    
      
   THIS PRICELESS LINE, in my view, BECAUSE IT nicely    
   sets up THE BLAH-BLAH TONE OF THE BOOK.   
      
   But, SERIOUSLY?   
      
   He comes off, I think, as YOUR *REGULAR* BLAH-BLAH    
   MINISTER, but with SUNNY WAYS and SMILING FACE and    
   A WAVING and TAKING SELFIES.   
      
   LIKE ALL PREVIOUS PRIME MINISTERS, he has NO PLANS    
   OF SUBSTANCE WITH TIMELINES to deal with Canada's    
   important issues: LETTING THINGS SLIDE IS NOT THE    
   WAY TO GO. In fact, it's IRRESPONSIBLE.   
      
   THIS MILLIONAIRE (perhaps MULTIMILLIONAIRE) GUY,    
   I think, should PICK UP HIS MARBLES and GO HOME.    
      
   ==============================================   
   "Justin Trudeau: Common Ground",    
   Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, 2014, 343 pages.   
   ==============================================   
      
   ============   
   INTRODUCTION   
   ============   
   According to him national unity comes from FINDING THE    
   COMMON GROUND and making the economy stronger by    
   BUILDING THE MIDDLE-CLASS.   
      
   True?   
      
      
   NOT TRUE?   
      
      
   Justin Trudeau (believes like his predecessors) (NO NEW    
   THINKING HERE): "Canada's prosperity depends on our    
   ability to develop our natural resources and get them to world    
   markets." (p. 251)   
      
   CLICHÉ THINKING.   
      
   Canada's prosperity is dEpendent on WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION   
   (SHARED PROSPERITY), THE ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY GOV'T    
   SPENDING for A STRONG ECONOMY and PRODUCTIVITY (where    
   everyone can be productive so everyone can contribute   
   to Canada's prosperity and future prosperity.   
       
   And like his predecessors, he says: " ... the people who    
   lead Canada need to be ... generous of spirit toward all    
   ... ." (p. 258)   
      
   ANOTHER OVERUSED, CLICHÉ LINE, no?   
      
   HIS *ONLY* CONCERN FOR THE MIDDLE-   
   CLASS *excludes* a lot of Canadians.   
      
   This is NOT INCLUSIVE POLITICS.   
      
      
   WHY POLITICS?   
   ============   
   HIS MOTIVATION (like that of his predecessors) he says is    
   service: "There was my desire to serve Canada." (p. 253)   
      
   SUCH A CLICHÉ LINE that lacks specificity, and hence,    
   lacks sincerity.   
      
   THANK GOD, he's NOT another Hillary or BILL CLINTON taking    
   advantage of THE PUBLIC PURSE and all that it has to offer:    
   THAT'S A RELIEF. (HA! Ha!)    
      
   "I believed Canada needed new leadership and Canadians a new    
   plan." (p. 270)   
      
   WHAT!   
      
   A PLAN?    
      
   WHAT PLAN?   
      
   Have we seen ANY PLAN as of yet?   
      
   "I am running because I believe this country wants and needs    
   new leadership." (p. 304)   
      
   What have we "substantially" (not stylistically) seen in the    
   way of NEW LEADERSHIP so far?   
      
   "When was the last time you had a leader you actually trusted?"    
   (p. 305)   
      
   He can't be trusted if it' ALL GOING TO BE SAME OLD SAME    
   OLD.   
      
   "... a leader who will 'begin, spend, and end every day'    
   thinking about how to make this country better ... ."    
   (p. 305)   
      
      
   DIRECTION   
   =========   
   "... Mr. Harper's government was taking Canada in the wrong direction    
   ... ." (p. 254)   
      
   ALRIGHT.   
      
   However, IN WHAT DIRECTION is *he* taking Canada?   
      
   Did he ever say?   
      
   Does he know?    
      
   (OR is letting THE BACKROOM BOYS – THE JEAN COUTU GANG OF    
   *multimillionaire* QUEBEC LIBERALS - *multimillionaires*    
   like himself, THE GOLDEN BOY - decide that for him on an    
   AD HOC BASIS given THE PREVAILING WINDS of the day?)   
      
   By the way, he promised to TAX THE RICH MORE, didN'T he?   
      
   Has he?   
      
   It appears he's looking after himself+*HIS* RICH LIBERAL   
   FRIENDS.   
      
   Is this about PUBLIC SERVICE or SELF SERVICE?   
      
   What do you think?   
      
   Hint: in Canada, historically, PUBLIC SERVICE    
         has ALWAYS been about SELF SERVICE,    
         LAPPING IT UP at THE PUBLIC TROUGH.    
         SLURP! SLURP!   
      
      
   RICH KID   
   ========   
   "I had ... traveled enough to hang out with the types who    
   skied in Europe." (p. 73)   
      
      
   AVERAGE   
   =======   
   " ... my erratic grades." (p. 81)    
   "... my average academic performance at Brébeuf." (p. 79)   
      
      
   THE PROMISE   
   ===========   
   Justin Trudeau promised us "a new kind of politics. One that    
   sought to bring people together to build on common ground    
   ... ." (p. 265)   
      
   He said: "My friends, we will do better." (p. 304)   
      
   BETTER?   
      
   He claims his Liberal Party is "building a better country" (p. 306)   
      
   He says: "I can bring new forces to bear on old problems." (p. 304)   
      
   NEW FORCES? Is he keeping them in the closet for now? (Ha! Ha!)   
      
   "Canada needs a better government, not just a different government."     
   (p. 262)   
      
   "the right plan, and the right people to implement it,    
   in the right way." (p. 274)   
      
   WHEN are we going to get THIS *NEW* KIND OF POLITICS    
   he promised?   
      
      
   $$$   
   ===   
   "begin to professionalize fundraising" (p. 238)   
      
   "The supporters ... would ... create a broad base for raising money ... ." (p.   
   240)   
      
   (We now know about his $1,500 Liberal Party fundraising dinners.   
   http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/trudeau-attended-ca   
   h-for-access-fundraiser-with-chinese-billionaires/article32971362/)   
      
   WHAT's the #1 preoccupation of the Liberals?   
      
   $$$?   
      
      
      
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