What is the significance of the Trudeau corruption scandal?

Actual Canadian here ([i]eh[/i] :P ), so here goes...

There's long enough before the next election that I don't think it is actually TOO serious for Trudeau's chances (I don't think they are great anyway but probably won't make things much worse). But still, it could get worse because of something we don't know or hasn't happened yet.

I think his problem partly is that in reality he's not really done anything any other Prime Minister wouldn't have done - tried behind the scenes to stop something happening that might hurt Canadian interests (in this case, lots of Canadian jobs primarily, I suppose). If Stephen Harper had done it, no one would really care so much. Because you'd expect him to do that kind of thing. But Trudeau did it too....and, it turns out, not very subtly, and, to make a melange of metaphors, if you're going to pull strings to try and keep your ship sailing, you have to be sure the string is willing to move the rudder...otherwise, as he's finding out, you open up a can of worms.

Trudeau's problem is that he came to power rightly or wrongly portrayed as being whiter than white (morally speaking), and so this has come back to haunt him. (A bit like I think happened with Obama somewhat).

I mean his bigger problem is that he's great at signalling stuff but actually pretty useless as a politician, not corrupt himself. (Again, Obama parallels - says the right things but can't always do them...but he has much less excuse than Obama given he has a majority in his legislature to work with...for the moment).

All that said, to lose one minister is unfortunate...two, as they say, is careless. I don't think initially he took it as seriously as he should have, and THAT is what is really hurting him now.

I think he will survive it. I will give him credit for not denying any of the facts, and for having picked principled people, who would rather resign, than entertain a shady deal.

Trudeau thinks he did not give ultimatums, but rather offered options and reminded them of the potential loss of jobs. Not to mention that Quebec is politically important to his chances.

The irony here, is that those who oppose him, would not have hesitated for a nano-second, about throwing their weight behind SNC-Lavalin, or picking people who would along with it. So, this is about Trudeau's chances, based on whether or not the left is going to bail out on him.

Also interesting, is that SNC-Lavalin thought it can move its headquarters to the UK, and that they would not suffer any consequences in the UK.

Very significant. Minister Philpott is a straight arrow, very principled. It sends a terrible message.

Poor Justin.

He must have been infected when he shook hands with Trump.

Canada, politically, is more to the left of the U.S.

But Canadian politics seems to shift with the U.S.

Mulroney was PM when Reagan and Bush was president. Chrétien was PM when Clinton was president. Harper was elected when Bush 43 was president. Trudeau was elected when Obama was president.

This scandal might precipitate another shift.

Like that train wreck was ever going to end well..
currupt cuck globalist.
Him, Macron the Sachs banker, and some bird dragging a baby around in NZ nobody ever heard of, win their elections with ease against solid opposition.. ?
Smelled funny from the start..

Idk. But he’s always up to something in that office, isn’t he? expensive unapproved vacations, wearing the wrong dress code in some foreign country, and now this which is the biggest problem yet.

I think the Tennesseeans should throw all them suckers into the Ammonia Scrubber. Don’t forget Trump.

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