2015: The Year Sex Came to Canada Politics

“The nation has no interest in the bedrooms of the nation” PM Pierre Trudeau

Yet, this year, Canada elected a Prime Minister – Justin Trudeau – and many people in the world, and in canada would be very pleased to be in his bedroom.

Gen X The Coffee Slacker Generation. More than ready for the Big Office, eh!

 

It has been strange to see Canada politics shift from the politician to the politician’s family.

Normally in Canada, we do not like to imagine our politicians naked, because, for the most part, they are not an attractive group.

When there have been scandals, it’s mostly been money and sometimes drugs.

Prime Minister John Diefenbaker is seen here with U.S. President John F. Kennedy in Ottawa in 1961. (CP PHOTOS)

In Canada, the obvious comparison for our new PM is his father, one of the longer serving PMs. but we have the queen and GG office, so we’re okay with the idea of hereditary rule and family dynasties.

Many see PM Justin Trudeau as Northern Obama with a dash of JFKesqueness – but it’s the 1970s that are in nostalgia more than the 60s now. Environmentalism – give a hoot and don’t pollute. natures rules and concrete drools.

America Right meets Canada Liberal, our right is left of the american left usually

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 28: This file photo taken 28 April 1988, shows former US Vice President George Bush (R) as he shares a laugh with Canada’s former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, following a question from a reporter outside Bush’s residence in Washington, DC. Mulroney was scheduled to have a second meeting with former US President Ronald Reagan later in the day. AFP PHOTO Mike SPRAGUE (Photo credit should read MIKE SPRAGUE/AFP/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: POS1211221818313466

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The then US and Russian presidents, Bill Clinton, left, and Boris Yeltsin, right, with Canadian premier Brian Mulroney in 1993. Picture: Getty

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, left, greets President George W. Bush during their meeting in Quebec City, Canada, Friday, April 20, 2001. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

 

then in here, American Right, Canada Right, American Left, Canada Left….

Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama (R) talk before a working session of a G7 summit at the hotel castle Elmau in Kruen, Germany, June 8, 2015. Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations vowed at a summit in the Bavarian Alps on Sunday to keep sanctions against Russia in place until President Vladimir Putin and Moscow-backed separatists fully implement the terms of a peace deal for Ukraine. REUTERS/Michael Kappeler/Pool

 

 

CanCon Politics: Justin Trudeau – in American Eyes…

Most of the people that I talk to online are Americans. So explaining politics inside of Canada to someone outside of Canada makes for interesting cultural juxtapositions.   To me, Justin Trudeau is not so much Trudeau 2.0 but rather … Continue reading →