By virtue of the Right of Centre musings provided by Nathan Giede, he should obviously not be writing political columns for the Citizen because, as he himself quotes, "the kid is not ready". After all, Nathan is younger then Justin Trudeau and Nathan has had little successful political experience.
Of course that mindset simply perpetuates a right of centre's version of "the big lie."
What's the strategy here? Tell people that someone is "not ready yet" and keep repeating it in the hope that the uninformed will accept it as truth.
It is shameful politics, perpetuated by opinion pieces masked and mistaken as journalism.
(By the way, Mr. Harper had very little experience when he took over, sat as an MP in opposition for a limited amount of time and was relatively young in comparison to other PM's. So any attacks on Mr. Trudeau's experience by the Conservatives is blatant hypocrisy.)
We need a better discourse in this country than the American style mud-slinging electioneering.
Nathan goes on to categorize Mr. Trudeau's call for a full implementation of the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a "bozo eruption."
This panel was set up to address the past wrongs and current situation faced by aboriginal people.
This is our opportunity as Canadians to start to make things right. Criticizing this because it will be difficult financially is short sighted and reflective of the attitude that created this situation in the first place.
I believe writing a column that promotes Canadians not addressing the suffering caused by our past is the real "bozo eruption" that Nathan himself must take responsibility for. What are you telling our aboriginal peoples. Nathan? Sorry but it's too expensive to do the right thing as outlined in the federally-sponsored inquiry.
As for many of the other salacious comments and inaccurate assertions provided in this column, (e.g. Canada Health Act, look it up) I can only implore people to research the facts.
As we head into an election, policy and performance needs to evaluated fairly.
I strongly encourage people to not take the wildly biased musings of Nathan's opinion column seriously because "the kid is not ready".
John Mangan,
Prince George
