Where do they go from here?

So where does the Liberal party go from here? The results of the May 2011 election proved that under no uncertain terms Iggy wasn’t the best choice – perhaps if the political atmosphere were different, perhaps if the Canadian politics, specifically the Conservative fear mongering, American style political bashing; those fucking attack ads. When did we, as a democracy, fall so low as to using attack ads. Menial, inept political mongering to belittle the Canadian population. And guess what the population apparently gobbled it all up.

Where did our intelligence go? Where did we lose our way? It wasn’t all that long ago that our politicians debated on what they believed in; instead now they smear and don’t actually fight for their beliefs, those trusted individuals who represent us now win their battles by making their opponents look bad.

Who gives a fuck if Iggy taut at Harvard and worked in the UK – does that make him less Canadian than you or I? No it does not but it is what it is. Iggy is gone, he’s left with has he said, “His head held high,” and not like a whinging brat. Iggy = Fail for the Liberals; they fell and they fell hard; surely they cannot go all that much lower. Change is good, NDP pressure against the Conservatives will be a refreshing change; let’s see what they can do. I want kept promises.

So where do the Liberals go from here – a major Canadian player ((well not for the next 4 years, but historically and indeed in the future)) needs to rebuild. Three strong federal political parties would indeed make things interesting. In a couple of days’ time we’ll learn who the interim leader is; that is now. We need to look to the future.

I hear the echoes-

Trudeau.

He is young, he has charisma. His father epitomized Canadian culture, his party – he had our respect.

The name, it’s a hell of a name to bare and history is a hell of a thing to compare yourself to . If Justin Trudeau can march onto the political stage with half the charisma his father had he will go far. But is now the time? He is young, he is only entering his second term as a voted in MP. Too young to lead a party? Probably… does he have the experience needed, not likely but what did age and experience do for the last leader –not hell of a lot.