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FrenchAffair t1_jdd13dh wrote

This week:

>A spokesperson for the Prime Minister's Office said the office "only became aware that a conversation took place after Mr. Dong told us, following recent media questions."

Three weeks ago:

>“I want to make everyone understand fully that Han Dong is an outstanding member of our team and suggestions that he is somehow not loyal to Canada should not be entertained,” Trudeau said.

Either Trudeau gaslighting Canadians, or legitimately has no idea what is occurring in his own caucus.

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ThatOtherGuy_CA t1_jdd36n4 wrote

His entire political career has been on gaslighting Canadians, literally from Day 1.

Like he spent his entire campaign rallying against Harpers TPP agreement, and then immediately signed it after the election.

Or when he closed the finances for Treaty reserves, because it turned out that the narrative of Canadians being behind the poor conditions in reserves falls apart when you look at the funding and see 95% of the money they get goes directly to the band leadership and stays there.

Basically every thing he does it to dodge accountability, and he will straight up say one thing while doing the opposite.

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alexefi t1_jdd9ssy wrote

Dont forget election reform that was a big part of his campaign

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Prophet_Tehenhauin t1_jddalif wrote

And fuck it throw the blackface on the pile

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JaggedyEaredJackXI t1_jdhktu1 wrote

Don't forget calling himself such a feminist while being found out to be groping jurnos.

Course the supporters totally ignored that one.

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strawberries6 t1_jdejoe3 wrote

>Like he spent his entire campaign rallying against Harpers TPP agreement, and then immediately signed it after the election.

None of that is true though...

  1. He didn't campaign against TPP (here's a link to his position on TPP in the 2015 election)
  2. He signed it 2.5 years after the election in 2018 (after significant changes were made)

>Or when he closed the finances for Treaty reserves

Like it or not, that's an example of him following through on an election campaign promise:

Justin Trudeau Vows To Scrap First Nations Financial Transparency Act - Aug 2014

>Justin Trudeau has promised to scrap a controversial law forcing First Nations leaders to disclose salaries and band financial statements online and replace it with something more "respectful" if he becomes prime minister in 2015.
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>"I wouldn't keep the legislation in place," Trudeau told the newspaper. "I would work with First Nations to make sure that a proper accountability act that would have disclosed any excesses we see, but is done in a way that is respectful of the First Nation communities."

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ThatOtherGuy_CA t1_jdenknx wrote

Ah that’s right, he openly criticized Harper about the TPP process not being open and transparent, and then kept his process entirely behind closed doors.

Well, so one of the few campaign promises he followed through with was about reducing accountability. You’ve gotta see the irony in that.

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