The Brainless

The House of Commons is full of them.

Cases in point:

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly yesterday called Canada a world leader in artificial intelligence. A Commons committee says Canada actually ranks 21st: “Canada ranked 21st out of 38 OECD countries.”

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Every village has an idiot.

Canada (the eponym from the Iroquois, "village") had its idiot:

It’s been a decade since Justin Trudeau was elected as prime minister of Canada, and he wanted to pay tribute to that time.

The man who stepped down from office earlier this year after years of discontent from Canadians perhaps still doesn’t know how to read a room — and posted on social media about that fateful 2015 day.

“Ten years ago today, Canadians chose a more hopeful path,” he began on posts across his social media accounts including X, Instagram and Facebook.

“I’ll never forget that night in 2015,” he continued. “The energy, the optimism, and the belief that together, we could build a better future.”

Trudeau noted: “A decade later, we’ve lifted hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty, strengthened and grown the middle class, built a $10-a-day child care system, led the fight against climate change, advanced reconciliation, and made Canada more inclusive and fair for everyone.”

He then added how “deeply grateful” he is to “everyone who was part of this journey and believed that better is always possible.”

Naturally, the Internet had a field day with Trudeau’s post, to which he bravely left the comments sections open. ...

In fact, the majority of comments under Trudeau’s X post were filled with rage and disbelief.

Political commentator Kat Kanada suggesting he “should be in PRISON” for his numerous scandals while PM.

Conservative Jinglai He seethed: “My generation will be forever worse off than our parents’ generation because of your destructive policies. Worst PM in history.”

He noted that his government “added more debt than all PMs in history,” “ruined our healthcare with uncontrolled immigration,” “violent crimes have skyrocketed,” “taxes are at all-time highs” and “investments and capital are fleeing the country.”

Zelaya added: “You divided our country and our people unlike anyone else in history. No one will ever forgive or forget what you and Jagmeet did. You decimated the livelihoods of Canadians. Shame on you.”

Political commenter Ryan Gerritsen described Trudeau’s post as “next level gaslighting” and “absolutely infuriating to read,” noting the rampant homelessness, out-of-control crime, high unemployment rates and how more children are suffering from food insecurity now more than ever.

“This man caused more division than any other PM. He campaigned on hating a group of Canadians.”

 Others noted it was “the beginning of the end” and “the worst decision Canada ever made.”

 

Utterly self-important and tone-deaf.

Who does he think he is fooling? 

Having the RCMP investigate him (properly this time) would be ... amusing:

Poilievre said many of the scandals of the Trudeau-era should have involved jail time, adding that the former prime minister “probably” violated the Criminal Code during the 2018 SNC-Lavalin affair.

Poilievre also said Trudeau broke the law when he took a “free vacation from someone with whom he had government business,” alluding to the 2016 Aga Khan scandal.

Poilievre faced calls in the House of Commons on Oct. 20 to issue an apology for his remarks about the RCMP. Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon challenged him on two occasions during question period to apologize “to the people of this chamber and this House” for accusing the RCMP of covering up for Trudeau.

(Sidebar: now, about that ...)

Poilievre responded by saying the Liberals were “trying to distract from their rising cost of living by talking about their corruption.”

 

Oh, they can hide both things at the same time.