When is an apology meaningless?
When it comes from the mouth of a Trudeau.
“There is no context in which someone doesn’t have responsibility for things they’ve done in the past,” Justin Trudeau said before refusing to take responsibility for a series of personal indiscretions spanning decades.
Saying you are sorry, when not followed by an immediate change of heart and behaviour, is meaningless drivel designed for one reason only – to change the channel on the news cycle.
Blackface
When the blackface photos came to light, Justin Trudeau apologized, claiming his white privilege caused him to not see things correctly.
“This is something that I deeply, deeply regret. Darkening your face, regardless of the context of the circumstances is always unacceptable because of the racist history of blackface. I should have understood that then and I never should have done it.”
He also admitted he didn’t recall how many times he wore blackface, presumably because it wasn’t something memorable enough to bother counting.
“I didn’t see that from the layers of privilege that I have and for that I am deeply sorry and I apologize.”
The Kokanee Grope, Victim-Blaming and Trudeau’s Blatant Avoidance of the Issue
“I’ve been reflecting very carefully on what I remember from that incident almost 20 years ago and again, I am … I feel I am confident that I did not act inappropriately.”
“If I had known you were reporting for a national paper I would never have been so forward.”
“There’s a lot of uncertainties around this. In terms of my recollection there was no untoward or inappropriate action but she was in a professional context. Who knows where her mind was and I fully respect her ability to experience something differently.”
“That’s the whole conversation we have to be having around this. People experience things differently and we have to be more thoughtful and that’s a big part of the collective awakening we have to have.”
“I’ve been reflecting very carefully on this and I think we are moving forward in the right way.”
“I am not going to speak for the woman in question. I would never presume to speak for her. But I know that there is an awful lot of reflection to be had as we move forward as a society on how people perceive different interactions.”
The problem is never Justin Trudeau’s – it’s always a collective problem “we” all can learn from.
Uh huh.
Last I checked, the guy running around groping reporters isn’t the average Canadian, it’s the Perpetually Entitled Canadian.
Aga Khan’s Private Island Excursion
“It is important that as we move forward, we learn from this mistake,” Mr. Trudeau said.
There we go…. the classic Trudeau avoidance tactic.
“We” must learn…. No Mr. Prime Minister, you must learn to behave appropriately. The rest of us are managing just fine without trust funds or an inbred sense of entitlement.
“The commissioner’s report this morning makes it very clear that I should have taken precautions and cleared my family vacation and dealings with the Aga Khan in advance,” Justin Trudeau told reporters.
“I’m sorry I didn’t, and in the future I will be clearing all my family vacations with the commissioner’s office. I’ve always considered the Aga Khan a close family friend, which is why I didn’t clear this family trip in the first place. But given the commissioner’s report, I will be taking all precautions in the future.”
Except for one pesky little bit of fact, as noted in the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner’s report:
Mr. Trudeau testified that, following the trip to the Greek Isles in 1983 with his father and two brothers, he did not have any interactions with the Aga Khan or the Aga Khan’s family until the death of his father in 2000.
The Aga Khan sent a handwritten note to Mr. Trudeau and his brother Sacha expressing his grief over the passing of their father. In his letter, the Aga Khan described his deep friendship with Pierre Trudeau and the great admiration he had for him. The Aga Khan was, at the request of the Trudeau family, an honorary pallbearer at the funeral.
Under the heading of “While a Member of Parliament”
Mr. Trudeau was elected to the House of Commons in 2008. Mr. Trudeau did not have any private interactions with the Aga Khan from the time he was elected until after he became Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in April 2013. Mr. Trudeau recalled only two interactions during that period, both in an official context.
Close family friend? Only be the definition in Trudeau’s person dictionary.
Mere citizens define these types of relationships as passing acquaintances, at best. But we mere citizens must live in the real world, not the rarefied air of the Perpetually Entitled One.
SNC Lavalin
“The allegations reported in the story are false. At no time did I or my office direct the current or previous attorney-general to make any particular decision in this matter,” Justin Trudeau told reporters.
Despite his repeated protestations he did nothing wrong, the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner found otherwise.
“The evidence abundantly shows that Mr. Trudeau knowingly sought to influence Ms. Wilson-Raybould both directly and through the actions of his agents.”
Unlike Trudeau’s non-answers, the Ethics Commissioner was crystal clear.
Mr. Prime Minister, there’s a lesson for you there if you’re man enough for the challenge.
I am not hopeful….
WE Charity Fiasco
Canad’as Ethics Commissioner launched an investigation into the decision to award $900 million to WE , a charity with deep ties to the Trudeau family. It also marks the third time Canada’s Most Entitled Prime Minister will be investigated for violating conflict-of-interest rules since coming to power in 2015 on a promise of openness and transparency.
I love Rex Murphy.
Just because Marc and Craig Kielburger and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau want to walk away from a mess that seems entirely of their own construction does not mean they should be allowed to do so.
The program intends to offer between $1,000 and $5,000 to the so-called volunteers and, in WE’s implementation, would have offered $12,000 to the teachers who recruit them and $25,000 to the summer camps that host them.
Passing out big bucks to everyone who had anything at all to do with it seems to be the essence of this entire scheme. Here’s $900 million: spend half of it to give the other half away. Hell, with that mandate, even I could run it.
“I made a mistake in not recusing myself immediately from the discussions given our family’s history, and I’m sincerely sorry about not having done that,” Trudeau told reporters.
I believe the Prime Mistake’s correct statement is below:
“I made a mistake by not keeping this secret better and I’m sincerely sorry I got caught. Again.”
If only Justin Trudeau was capable of such honesty.
It’s clear he is not and that should be a problem for all Canadians, no matter where you are on the political spectrum.
In all the years of living on this planet, in Canada, I do not recall ever seeing a more arrogant & outwardly dishonest corrupt government before. There are lots of examples but this one seems to be particularly indelible.
Try pulling a lesser offense yourself and telling the judge “your honor, I just want to say how sincerely sorry I am to have committed said offense”. Okay see how far that gets you. Probably gov paid free rent a new bright colour jump suit and a 250 pound room mate nick named crusher.
But hay JT is cute as a button, right? so all is good.
Hi Christopher, With regard to the perpetual Justin Tru doh! Or, uh oh, I got caught again, article which was informative for certain details for me, but I would bet there are a lot of people out there that will benefit from that information, and hopefully it will change some minds. I am, somewhat of a political and news junkie, so am more attuned to this stuff than most. I got interested in political shenanigans because of Bill C68. Nowadays, I follow politics on a much broader scale. Admittedly, I watch Fox news on a regular basis, and follow the US politics as it is always an entertaining three ring circus with bells attached. Whereas Canadian politics are less dramatic and not as entertaining, and usually dry and stuffy. However, since this country elected the enlightened one, our politics have begun to have some zing in them. Pierre Poliveue (spelling?) is a man I have come to respect, and although difficult to understand at times, I also find Max Bernier’s ideas and policies align a lot with my own. I follow what is going on in both countries and the rest of the world at large, and yes, I have an enduring respect for Rex Murphy, an astute and very smart man somehow able to string words together that are concise, and inform, amuse, and get at the point very succinctly.
It’s amazing how blatant the hypocrisy is, when you see the difference in news presentations from different sources, how they turn reporting into a pretzel to slant the information to suit their intentions. Justin Trudeau makes me angry just as much as his father did, but for different reasons. At least Daddy had some guile and intelligence, whereas junior is a buffoon, and calling him an intellectual lightweight, would actually be a compliment. You call him a perpetually entitled Canadian, I call him a perpetually entitled Laurentian. He grew up surrounded by wealth and privilege, and had access to the best education, yet we now have proof that even the best education can be wasted, if the recipient is not intelligent enough to absorb it. Somehow over time, the Canadian electorate have allowed the Laurentian wealthy to take control of our political system, and elevate French Quebecer’s into the civil service to the point that they effectively control the country and will continue to do so. I really wish they had voted yes to Quebec separation and we could of been rid of them. Please don’t misunderstand, I’m not directing my ire toward the Canadian french people, although they can be somewhat arrogant at times. However, it is the Laurentian elite that is the recipient of my ire. I think that even the Maple leaf flag is an attempt to get the Quebec “Fluer di lis” (spelling?) elevated to the forefront of Laurentian entitlement. Our illustrious Prime Minister is so entitled, that he ran for the Liberal party leadership with only ten cents worth of political experience behind him, and not even any accomplishments in the world at large, to be anything better than a part time kindergarten drama teacher, and this was sufficient to elevate him to prime minister? Although upon reflection, his dramatic ability has shone within parliament. this adolescent fool was so brazen, I’m sure it didn’t even occur to him that he wasn’t ready, indeed will never be ready, to be a politician, a political party leader, or worse, the Prime Minister of Canada, and simply because of hair, socks, and his name, Canada’s citizenry voted for this clown. Worse, the eastern half of Canada voted for him again for a second mandate. Petulant, naive, narcissistic, and disingenuous, he has nothing but disdain for the citizens of this country, and has no shame for his misdeeds.
He is an embarrassment to all of us, and is only “sorry” for getting caught, I’m also convinced that he only apologizes because he was told to, by Gerry Butt’s and the back room masters, er sorry, advisers. This beyond stupid moron, with statements such as, “the budget will balance itself”, and, “the government of Canada took on this debt so Canadians wouldn’t have to”. “Dramatically” embarrassed himself and Canada as he danced and cavorted through India. Blew millions trying to bribe third world countries to vote Canada into the UN seat, and that failed miserably. He has managed to damage the economy beyond repair, is causing a giant devaluation of our dollar, and has indebted this country for the next century. He has outspent every prime minister before him, with money we don’t have, or didn’t ,when insulting our vets who are in dire need, Canada can’t “afford” to give more”. He insulted lawful firearms owners, insulted our military, insulted Alberta and Albertan’s, and has damaged a thriving energy industry, and also managed to destroy this once great country! This took how long? Five years, and the stupid electorate will vote him in again.
Honestly, if I could, I would leave this country, but truthfully, there is nowhere else to go. Europe, the UK, with Scandinavia as well, is in ruins because of middle east migrants. The US is heading to a civil war, Oz and NZ are also losing to China and migration as well, don’t even mention Africa and India in this context. There is literally nowhere else for any sane thinking person to go. Speaking of insanity, one definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. This is our political reality. We let the lying Liberals in to power, then as always, the graft and corruption coupled with stupidity becomes so offensive, blatant, and stinking to high heaven, we vote them out and allow the Liberal lite/conservatives back in to power for a few years, until they piss us off enough, and then the cycle repeats! Harper just about cleaned things up, but we got upset for a $16 orange juice, (then the going rate in London hotels) and upset over Duffy misusing less than a hundred grand, that was even repaid before the scandal even broke if I recall correctly. Then we let Justin off for his ethical blunders, blatant political shenanigans and blowing billions of our tax dollars, and we then “approve” of his management of the decline of Canada. Heck, nobody even blinked at the $600 million used to bribe the media, that itself, boggles the mind, and he’ll give them more when re elected. So, I’m going to stay, and fight back as best I can. For the time being, a bunch of my firearms will have funerals in a midnight garden somewhere, and I will continue to attempt to stay informed, and will apply myself to do my part to save my home and adopted country. We are indeed truly screwed!