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Crazy how the only one of these airing criticism that says the budget isn't doing enough is the publicly owned one.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Beyond his backtracking on election reform when early results indicated it’d be a long, tough battle to actually change and re-educate people?

Trudeau Liberals bailed the moment they saw they weren't going to get the ranked ballots they wanted because literally everyone else (including all the advocacy groups) were backing Mixed-Member Proportional.

He ran on transparency, and while he has been faaaar more transparent than Harper, thats a low bar, and I expect better.

This is the same government that is sending hundreds and thousands of completely censored pages to committees. This isn't better than Harper, this is right out of the same playbook.

Hes had his share of scandals, which isn’t good (SNC, ArriveCan, off the top of my head)

In all honesty, ArriveCan likely didn't have as much to do with the Liberals as it did with a long broken procurement process. SNC on the other hand was a direct perversion of justice by the Liberals and Trudeau himself and that alone warrants removal in my eyes.

I am very left and would not vote Conservative, but the Liberals have shown they are just as capable of crony capitalism, and they are willing to protect Canada' oligarchs and the economic pyramid scheme.

If only Singh wasn't an ass we might see another orange wave, but as long as he's busy protesting Quebec's culture that's never going to happen and Canada will remain divided.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

This is the same government that is sending hundreds and thousands of completely censored pages to committees. This isn’t better than Harper, this is right out of the same playbook.

Really? The exact same playbook?

Dug up a few articles from some of the bigger transparency issues I remember from the Harper days. Harper set up a Supreme Court Nominee public committee, then bypassed it entirely. The process Harper used to appoint them remains, to the best of my knowledge, hidden and about as opaque as can be.

Trudeau recognized this, and created a new advisory board which provides waaaay more information. . Scroll down this link and see the info they provide on the process. They include educational history, groups and organizations they belong to, teaching activities, pro bono efforts, etc. They also define the qualifications and assessment criteria so everyone can see how they're being graded, as can the public.

Harper was pretty against reporters and media in general. Here are two more links discussing the terrible relationship with the press and reporters that Harper had.

Or the FIPA push through at the last minute despite significant protest about the terms, with his rationale or internal discussions never being released?

One big one I remember from the time was the daily itinerary of the PM, which Trudeau pledged (and followed through on) posting. The quality is sadly lacking, but its still waay better than nothing, which was what Harper provided.

Trudeau is not open and transparent, but compared to Harper? Miles more.

BONUS: Came across this Star article discussing the various scandals Harper was involved in during his tenure, in case anyone needs a refresher.