In Canada, the pushback grows

September 13, 2022 By Max D. Dublin

Until the truckers' Freedom Convoy, I had almost given up on my fellow Canadians growing a spine.  Until then, it seemed to me that Canadians were too complacent, too trusting of authority, too go-along-to-get along, and way too cherishing of that warm and fuzzy feeling in the chest that comes from self-identifying as "liberal."  Canadians are known for being nice, and indeed as a whole they are nice, but unfortunately, sometimes they're too nice for their own good.  No one, to the best of my knowledge, has ever gotten rid of a tyranny by being nice.  And the Trudeau regime has gotten increasingly tyrannical as long as it has been in power.  It has swung a wrecking ball through Canada's culture and economy, with swings of ever-increasing amplitude, while Canadians have maintained that stiff upper lip that they inherited from the British while being buried in the rubble.................

Last Saturday, at the convention of the Conservative Party of Canada, which was held to announce the winner of a lengthy leadership race.............Let me describe Pierre Poilievre, the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, before I describe this amazing moment. ...........Finally, the announcement of Pierre as the new leader was made, and the audience rose up, roaring, just as one might expect — but they did not stand up bellowing his name, as one might also have expected and as I have seen happen at so many political conventions.  It wasn't Pierre, Pierre that they shouted in unison, but freedom, freedom!  And that went on and on, because that is what it's all about..................To Read More...... 

• Is Poilievre’s Win the Downfall of Trudeau? - Canada does not maintain a substantial population of Conservative voters. Nearly every federal election cycle, more than half the country casts a ballot for Liberals, New Democrats, and Greens. This is why the Liberal Party has ruled over Canada a lot longer than its right-leaning rival. Conditions favor the Tories as they control more provincial legislatures, although many of them govern like the Grits as soon as they arrive in power. It might be premature to conclude that Poilievre will resurrect conservatism.............When someone is running against Trudeau, it should be a cakewalk. But the electorate has shown it is convinced budgets balance themselves, blackface is not racist if a liberal does it, and scandals are not important if the prime minister has nice hair.