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I like that trudeaumeter.ca website. It's a useful tool for seeing how he's doing and to hold the PM accountable to his campaign promises. I was also disillusi
by tobyjsullivan 9y ago
I like that trudeaumeter.ca website. It's a useful tool for seeing how he's doing and to hold the PM accountable to his campaign promises.
I was also disillusioned by his back-down on electoral reform. That reform is a fundamentally important change for Canadian democracy. It's an incredibly hard change to make, and I don't fault him for not succeeding yet, but he needs to keep on it. If he is, that's not being communicated well.
All that said, he's still a phenomenal leader. He acts on values he identifies as being truly Canadian more often than just "playing politics". His decisions aren't always popular, but he can always defend them with clarity. We just don't see that enough in global politics.
He's well liked by some, and hated by others, at home in Canada. But popularity does not make a great leader. It would appear Erdogan is loved by many in Turkey, does that make him someone you'd want to lead your country?
There will also always be those who don't share Trudeau's fundamental values - as would be true of any leader. They will never like Trudeau or agree with his choices or the reasoning for them as they simply have different goals. I think that's where democracy plays in. We vote for the party, and the leader, that represent not just our interests, but our values. The majority win and establish the values of the country.
The problem with most nations is the elected leaders no longer represent any coherent values or stick to them in a reliable way which results in elections and leaders being entirely interest-driven.