I did though promise at that time that I looked forward to providing a 2016 year end review ...report card if you will...on the Young Lad's first year in power.
Here goes:
- YT at the outset made it clear that he would not tolerate anyone in his caucus speaking out in favour of term limits for abortion even up to just before the point of birth. He kept his pledge and is therefore entitled to an F-
- He promised to make Euthanasia legal (aka legal Murder) and he did. Again another F-
- He promised to take Canada out of NATO led military action in the Middle East and he did - bringing home Canada's meagre jet offering. Fortunately they were so few in number (6) that few noticed especially ISIS. F
- Young Trudeau has made it clear that he has no stomach for a hot war, in fact his Minister of Defence recently stated Canada has no responsibility to come to the aid of those innocent poor souls being slaughtered daily in the Middle East. The two would rather focus on UN Peacekeeping even though the UN couldn't keep the peace between such friendlies as Australia and New Zealand. (Note to YT - there has to be peace in order to be able to keep it). F
- He promised to work with the Provinces to bring in wasteful Cap and Trade and he did. Another F
- He promised to end very modest income splitting ($2k max) between spouses and he did. F
- He promised to reduce income taxes for the middle class by 1.5% and he did but his cap and trade levies will quickly absorb that puny gain. C+
- He promised to reduce / rollback contribution room in Tax Free Savings Accounts from $10,000 to $5,000 per year and he did. F
- He promised to bring in a budget deficit of $10 Billion dollars ...and he did score an.. F and then upon attaining office tripled it. F-
- He is in the process of legalizing Marijuana as per his election promise. (ie. the war against marijuana was lost over 50 years ago). B+
- He approved 2 out of 3 pipeline applications though the question remains whether he will allow any of them to be built...so for now a: B
- He has excelled at being a photogenic high-flyer (great hair and teeth). A+
- In the aftermath of last year's report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission wrt to Canada's Aboriginals and its nearly 100 Recommendations - YT is busy with the MMsN demanded by the report as in: 1. More Money; 2. More Autonomy; with, 3. No Accountability. D-
- At the end of last year and the beginning of 2016 Trudeau brought 25,000 Muslim Syrian Refugees into Canada and pledged to bring in another similar number before the end of 2016. These was done and is being done without proper screening even though ISIS brags about their numbers infiltrating these mass movements. Helping these poor souls is good - but facilitating the corrosive plans and objectives of ISIS is not. E
- YT said during last year's election that that election would be the last one run employing 'first past the post' ....F, thankfully, it now appears that he is backtracking on his promise...B
- On Health Care he was going to reverse the Harper Conservatives' plan to reduce indexing on future Health Care transfers to the Provinces from 6 % to 3% ... thankfully he backtracked on that pledge too ...B
- His other major backtrack was with respect to Harper's Security Legislation which Trudeau promised to repeal ... he did not, rather he embraced it...B
All and all, not an auspicious first year for the Young-un.
As I see it...
'K. D. Galagher'
