I think Solomon will be a pretty good politician, he is knowledgeable, approachable and well spoken, plus a decent person. He should do well as he also has the name recognition. However, I do wonder if moving back to Canada has anything to do with his decision, considering the current climate between Canada and the US.

Hansa wrote:

I wonder if the art scandal will come up?

 
It probably will, but it was ten years ago so it might not be such a big deal anymore. To be honest, I thought it was overblown by the CBC at the time and that there was something else afoot.

Shorty Wave wrote:

Hansa wrote:

I wonder if the art scandal will come up?

 
It probably will, but it was ten years ago so it might not be such a big deal anymore. To be honest, I thought it was overblown by the CBC at the time and that there was something else afoot.

Canadians have had ten years of incompetence, rising costs, waste and scandal under the Sunny Ways Singers, but now with a new poster boy, they seem prepared to vote for them again.  We get what we deserve.
 

Walter wrote:

Shorty Wave wrote:

Hansa wrote:

I wonder if the art scandal will come up?

 
It probably will, but it was ten years ago so it might not be such a big deal anymore. To be honest, I thought it was overblown by the CBC at the time and that there was something else afoot.

Canadians have had ten years of incompetence, rising costs, waste and scandal under the Sunny Ways Singers, but now with a new poster boy, they seem prepared to vote for them again.  We get what we deserve.
 

You're right??? Better to be fooled by the guy who has been in parliament for more than 20 years and accomplished nothing other than a pension.

He's running in Toronto, which generally is a Liberal stronghold. And he's still a well remembered name, who makes frequent appearances on CTV News Channel and CFRB. I'd say he's as close to a shoo-in as you can get. 

Walter wrote:

Canadian voters have proven time and again that you really can't fix stupid.

No doubt some aren't the sharpest tools in the shed, and some are downright tools. But even the best of the lot work with what they're given. Just like the rest of us in whatever we do. Look around you - at your colleagues up and down the ladder. At people you deal with, especially in positions of authority or power. There's very good, mediocre, and downright ugly. Think how brutal it was when you didn't get the resources or managerial will to do what you needed to do on-air to make your station rock. Well, the political system is highly complicated - societal issues are incredibly complex. Decisions get watered down from what was originally intended to address a situation or problem because compromise is necessary to get anything passed. Elephants in the room get ignored because even the smartest politicians need to line their ducks up in order to get support when needed. Decision-making happens in four-year cycles because an entirely new gang will quite possibly assume office with the next election, and promptly undo or derail what the previous regime has accomplished. And so planned infrastructure gets rerouted and kaiboshed. Ministers get shuffled so often that they never have time to learn their portfolios. And then there's varying degrees of unscrupulous activity and incompetence at all levels of management, from civil service through elected (a higher-echelon form of stealing office supplies). Laws passed are rarely or inadequately enforced. Toronto Counc. Diane Saxe recently pointed out, for instance, that not a single charge has been laid under the city's longstanding anti-idling bylaw. I could go on. And while a lot of things are working -- our standard of living and other indicators and markers are way better in Canada than in many other countries. But look at the U.S. right now to see how so utterly vulnerable supposed checks and balances such as the Supreme Court, agencies such as the EPA, journalism, et al, are to mayhem and near-complete destruction. And for so many reasons (job and life disatisfaction, lack of education, inability to cope with online social networks, fake and biased news, paid and foreign influencers, high-tech, etc) we've got a population that can muster up little more than Fuck Trudeau the Drama Teacher or Fuck Trump the Nazi. We're media people, former/retired media people, or very close media watchers. Can we up the ante?

Walter wrote:

Canadian voters have proven time and again that you really can't fix stupid.

So all those who don't agree with your radical viewpoint are stupid? Good to know. Count me in as stupid.

Walter wrote:

bbqguy1962 wrote:

Walter wrote:

Canadians have had ten years of incompetence, rising costs, waste and scandal under the Sunny Ways Singers, but now with a new poster boy, they seem prepared to vote for them again.  We get what we deserve.
 

You're right??? Better to be fooled by the guy who has been in parliament for more than 20 years and accomplished nothing other than a pension.

Canadian voters have proven time and again that you really can't fix stupid.
 

Help us out then.
What has Poilievre accomplished in his career that in your eyes qualifies him to lead the country?
Other than not being Trudeau, oops Carney?
 

Jody Thornton wrote:

Walter wrote:

Dial Twister wrote:

So all those who don't agree with your radical viewpoint are stupid? Good to know. Count me in as stupid.

Duly counted.
 

Right there!  That is the sort of behaviour that polarizes us all.  Pure Class right there.  Sheesh!

Imagine joining a public message forum only to get upset about it not being an echo chamber.

Cheese2RF wrote:

i am still waiting for Ryan Doyle to make his big come back as a politician! 

Not happening.

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