Justin Trudeau's Christmas message emphasizes 'love and kindness' as he faces calls to resign

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We are going to look back on the last ten years and long for the days of an empathetic and diplomatic leader.

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u/CBowdidge 4d ago edited 4d ago

During Trump's first term, it definitely felt reassuring to have a PM who could stand up to TFG at wouldn't sell us out.

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u/IsopodOk4756 4d ago

Are you having a stroke? I have no idea what you're trying to say.

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u/SeaToTheBass 4d ago

Preliminary google results say TFG means That Former Guy (AKA Trump), Transitional Federal Government, or Tactical Fighter Group. You can choose what it means to you

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u/Royally-Forked-Up Ottawa 4d ago

Probably meant: That Fucking Guy

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u/SeaToTheBass 4d ago

Makes sense

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u/theservman 3d ago

Yeah, in an acronym, F is always that one. (unless it's "file")

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u/CDN-Social-Democrat 4d ago

This is a good point.

I am an NDP supporter and personally I was extremely disappointed with Trudeau and the LPC in regards to electoral reform, not following through on immigration reform to stop the programs used to exploit foreign workers and then further weaponized against domestic citizen workers, not bringing in the promised transparency and accountability measures to try and hamper corruption and scandals we have seen historically in federal politics (happens far far too much in provincial and municipal as well).

That being said he isn't grossly cosplaying as a working person and grossly fake connecting with people and families over this horrendous cost of living crisis in order to cheat them into bringing himself and his cohorts to more power and wealth like PP and the CPC.

The person that calls things like dentalcare and pharmacare "Radical". Mature and emphatic adults call allowing more and more people to share in health, happiness, and prosperity the definition of progress.

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u/CBowdidge 4d ago edited 3d ago

I think that's going to be the same with all the incumbents that were ousted in favour of these right wing populists.

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u/varitok 4d ago

This entire board has become as negative and reductive as R/canada and they don't even see the parallels, it's sad.

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u/claytonianprime 4d ago

Can we just have the message from the Prime Minister? Until such time as he is voted out he is still our Prime Minister, this constant nit picking and vitriol is not good for the soul. It’s fucking Christmas, can we not have one fucking day without being a prick?

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u/jooes 4d ago

Yeah what's the alternative here? What exactly did people expect to happen?

It's Christmas. He was nice on Christmas. That's what you do on Christmas.

This is garbage news reporting, and anybody who gets pissy about the Prime Minister wishing people a Merry Christmas on Christmas is fucking delusional.

I'm sure if he said nothing, they'd go back to whining about how you "can't say Christmas anymore." They got a Merry Christmas out of the head of the country, you'd think they'd be thrilled for once. Nope. Always gotta bitch and complain about something!

Sure, by all means, call for his resignation, I don't care. They've been doing it for the last 10 years, don't see why they'd stop now... But damn, dial it back a smidge on the outrage. Take the day off, bake some cookies, for fucks sake.

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u/tamba21 4d ago

I second this

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u/techm00 3d ago

thank you for saying it better than I could

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u/Beekeeper_Dan 4d ago

We would have loved if he was kind enough to keep his promise about electoral reform.

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u/Fresh-Hedgehog1895 4d ago

Pretty slim chance of us ever getting electoral reform so long as we keep flip-flopping between Liberal and Conservative governments. Neither party wants it because if we move to representative voting both parties will likely lose votes.

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u/Safe_Base312 British Columbia 4d ago

If only people in this country weren't so narrow minded. This election should be the end of both the Liberals and conservatives as we know them today. Canadians could send them the biggest message of all by voting in a third party for the first time in history. "But a third party will never win!" No, not with that defeatist attitude. Between the disenfranchised Liberal voters, the fence sitting voters, and the regular NDP voters, they would easily reduce the Libs and Cons to lower status. But, people are fine with either voting for the same shit every time, or just sitting on their lazy asses and letting the worst people rule the country. 🤷‍♂️

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u/Fresh-Hedgehog1895 4d ago

Totally agree. At any given time, no matter which party is at the helm, between 60% and 70% of Canadians likely voted for a left-of-centre party (if we count the Liberals as left of centre), so statistically, we're always going to be more unhappy with a Conservative government. And that's what's coming.

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u/North_Church Manitoba 4d ago

100% this

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u/Tall_Guava_8025 4d ago

Let's not pretend the NDP is much better. They've been in power for decades at the provincial level but there has been no progress on proportional representation.

Unfortunately, it will take the right mix of multiple parties wanting PR without a referendum and those parties needing to form a coalition government to get PR in place. BC had the coalition part but both parties agreed on needing a referendum. Quebec had the no referendum part but one of the parties won a majority and abandoned the policy.

Ideally, a referendum should be required but the public seems to just not be interested in the idea either.

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u/Personal-Alfalfa-935 4d ago

I wish there were serious third parties that I actually liked more then the main parties. I'm currently flirting with the idea of voting for the CFP, but the high odds is that they will end up going nowhere like most startup parties. I'll probably do it anyways just as a protest vote though.

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u/trichomeking94 3d ago

people are STUPID!! learn this and use it to your advantage instead of just griping lol

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u/GenXer845 4d ago

The Bloc could also be the official opposition.

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u/bodaciouscream 4d ago

Electrical reform is seen as disadvantaging Quebec so a Quebec MP PM can never be trusted to do it

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u/ThunderPunch2019 4d ago

Fucking Quebec

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u/Dexter942 Ottawa 4d ago

Luckily when Pierre gets in they'll probably leave

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u/ThunderPunch2019 4d ago

It will be their own fault if/when he does for not supporting electoral reform

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u/varitok 4d ago

Can you guys just not for one damn day? It's Christmas.

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u/MarkG_108 4d ago

Good message.

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u/CBowdidge 4d ago edited 4d ago

Merry Christmas, PM Trudeau. I'm going to miss having a PM who tried his best to put Canada first.

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u/magictoasters 3d ago

He had a nice message in his address on Christmas?

The shock and horror

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u/bangingbew 4d ago

Merry Christmas, I can't imagine what it's been like for you, thank you for everything.

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u/JohnBPrettyGood 4d ago

Inclusiveness is Key

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u/platypusthief0000 4d ago

Doesn't look like it the way Canadians are acting on the internet.

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u/jameskchou 4d ago

He speech is so inspiring and a reason he should stay until the end

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u/Franks2000inchTV 4d ago

So like six weeks?

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u/theservman 3d ago

Let the man be posit on his birthday. Harsh reality can wait another day.

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u/BannerBrat 3d ago

You actually think it he wrote it? It was written for him, it didn’t come from the heart

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