How the PM squares this clear and apparently widely shared appreciation of the need to tread carefully with his admitted failure to recuse himself from the vote is unclear. Indeed, the more the PM said of his prior understanding of the obvious conflict, the more bonkers his failure to recuse becomes. It’s like a bomb squad technician meticulously defusing the warhead, and in the moment of triumph, lighting up a celebratory cigar and tossing the lit match onto the explosives.
Still, it’s not clear that the testimony accomplished much. Those who wish to see in the PM a man who only wanted what was best but screwed it up in an innocent mistake will have seen that. Those who wish to see in the PM a walking, talking ethics failure who got caught helping out celebrities who were paying off his mom will have seen that. It’s hard to imagine any undecided voter sitting through the full hour-plus of testimony, and even harder to imagine that any made-up minds were changed.
Which isn’t to say he hasn’t been hurt. He has. After holding a massive 20-point lead over the Conservatives for months, polls show the Liberals way down. Over the past few weeks, while WE has been in the news, those leads first shrank, and then basically disappeared. The latest poll, for Abacus, shows the Liberals with a four — yes, that’s right, four — point lead over the leaderless Tories.
So yes, clearly, the scandal is hurting Trudeau, perhaps by forcing Canadians to remember the kind of prime minister he always has been.
Don't kid yourself, there's a great deal of willful blindness going on. Sheep being led to the slaughter.
Mah nahm Thuththin Thooodow, Ah lahk thuckin dickths.
Fix those eyebrows Justin. You must be dealing with a lot of self-inflicted issues... ● The only crime in Trudeau's domain ...IS GETTING CAUGHT...!
Get a haircut. Jesus
Joe86538718 People have so many worries on their mind right now. Not sure this is priority for most.
Especially the minds that had to ask the same questions repeatedly.
Most are in a brain frozen coma going into warm long weekend . Trudeau is like eating an ice cold popsicle followed by a slushy...aaargh
The Trudeau cult is effectively the Trump cult they keep saying exists. Trudeau could shoot someone outside Parliament and his supporters wouldn't bat an eye. Better yet, they'd argue it was justified.
Stolen from Tracey Wilson
Yup nothing sticks to young Trudeau. His followers will follow. Kind of like trump jr
Agreed. People's minds were already made up before this ever started. This was all about political theatre. This was sad sack AndrewScheer's last hurrah as leader as CPC leader. Nothing more. Until the Ethics Commissioner released their report, just a waste of time.
True because the majority of Canadians don't see a violation of ethics. Mistakes have been noted. Move on!
Would there a dictionary in his library that would give Trudeau the definition of conflict of interest? Guess not.
Dont let the facts get in the way,eh.
Oh your not on the Liberal bandwagon anymore? What changed? Surprised Rex and Conrad are still writing for you...another Star in the making!
Really, was anyone expecting that Trudeau tell us the truth for once? That's so innocent.
You mean conservative minds.
The liberal darling of corruption!
Those who wouldn’t vote Liberal won’t be swayed anyway. This Conservative echo chamber is getting stale.
Honesty4Libs All the Justin supporters should know he is laughing at you all right now..you buy into his lies and corruption...he knows he's a lier and plays you all with ease...stupid sheep!
Apparently there’s a half a million reasons why it was ok
It’s pretty obvious none of you read the story. The damage to the Liberals is undeniable. Skip to the last two paragraphs.
Emilyfo04914299 Rosie Barton and Nanos said he did very well......
FAREASTPATRIOT He lied about his push back because the program was already started before cabinet approved it
He's toast!
It is astonishing to know the amount of damage a minority useless government can do in Canada.
JLCWood2017 I hope a couple were, the sponsors who haven’t pulled out of WE and the school boards that have not pulled out... those are the minds I want changed
DawsonMdhoust What is with les eyebrows.
With a loser on his forehead. My god Canadian politic’s rule! Not so much the people who vote for this guy.TrudeauCorruption
'The latest poll, for Abacus, shows the Liberals with a four-point lead over the leaderless Tories. In Ontario, where the Liberals massacred the Conservatives last fall by a full eight points, the Liberal lead is now one point. That’s a swing of dozens of seats.| mattgurney
He couldn’t even answer the simply question. How much money did your family receive. He pulls the conflict card... go home Trudeau, you’re drunk. WEscandal TrudeauResignNOW TrudeauMustGo
HE IS CURSED HE LOST HIS FAMILY LAST ELECTION WHAT IS HE GOING TO LOSE NEXT ELECTION?. KARMA IS A BITCH.
Nope only became more obvious how incompetent he is as a leader,dont know if it was because hes so entitled he doesnt understand conflict of interest even after 2 guilty findings or the lack of leadership he shows within his own office by not keep good communication with staff
I don’t care what he did or didn’t do. We have much bigger problems right now.
You're right: the people who like him still do, and the people who don't still don't So he'll win again
Made me realize how incompetent the opposition parties are.
Buffoonery
Off topic but, in this picture the resemblance with Fidel castro is uncanny....
I actually believe that he is this naive! Silver spooned everything
I’ll have a Kielburger Nothingburger please.
you can't change a Con's mind , they would need to have anything but deceit and lies in there to change
Yes you're right, I stood with him before and IStandWithTrudeau still
That’s right... I still think it’s a big fat nothing made up by PierrePoilievre
wake up Canada...
So bad
Complete wast of time!!! Move on! Nothing more to see here!
His supporters are a little lean on the “mind” end of things as it is.
Liberals almost like getting caught now it seems. They want to see how far they can push it.
The Blackface/brownface “non-scandal” has taught the Trudeau government that they can, and will, get away with anything. Sigh.
Damn goof!
Oh my Matt, you have a mind to change...how lucky for you.
If Trudeau were smart he could have recused himself and orchestrated the deal behind the scenes. Thank the lord he is such a moron.
Correct. Because the whole thing was nothing more than a wet dream by Pierre poutine. In other words it was a fucking sham!
He could murder a kitten on live TV and his useful idiots will still find some rationale for excusing him but I think the average Canadian gave up on Trudeau long ago.
Yep
If anything the entire PMO seems to have shown they were more incompetent than we even imagined. Why are they keeping him as leader?
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