Trudeaumania: Part Two? How Canadians Voted for Change and Not Much Else
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T H E EST. 1983 C R O W N V O L U M E / / 3 3 O C T O B E R R E D E E M E R ’ S S T U D E N T V O I C E S I N C E 1 9 8 3 I S S U E / / 2 2 0 1 5 Trudeaumania: Part Two? How Canadians Voted for Change and Not Much Else “National Showcase. La Présentation Nationale. Toronto, On. Apr 6, 2013. (Photo: Adam Scotti).” Flickr. Yahoo!, n.d. Web. 20 Oct. 2015. MICHAEL EMMANUEL marriage bed by passing laws which have assured fed- lishment politicians have simply lost touch with real Ca- eral involvement in private sexual relations ever since. nadians. Canadians were tired of the same old, same old. “Positive politics is back!” said Justin Trudeau, celebrating It was time for change, real change, a fresh face in poli- his majority government on Monday night. In a night that And just look where we are now. Today nobody has to tics… in the form of “Canada’s natural governing party.” shocked and horrified self-assured Conservatives, and gave fear the chains of marriage because divorce is fault free. the middle-finger to Mulcair and his established opposi- We don’t have to worry about overpopulation, because in Right from the start Trudeau eschewed with the politics. tion status, Trudeau’s liberals wiped the board with a clear Canada, we don’t need to give birth anymore. Terrorism? “I didn’t make history tonight, you did,” Trudeau quipped. message that Canadians are tired of “politics as usual.” By Not a problem when a Trudeau’s manning ship. Just set “I am on stage tonight… because you put me here,” he now you’ve probably seen the results and are aware of the aside your federally licensed freedom while the police take added, brilliantly proving that elitist rhetoric would not decisive comeback of the Liberals in the Maritimes and control of things — big brother’s looking out for you! Yes, characterize his administration. Trudeau reminded Cana- Ontario, especially in the cities. But while many an honest Trudeaumania was truly a utopia. Canada skirted the lines dians that they are scared about everything — their jobs, conservative is tremoring at the threats to liberty and fam- between American Capitalism and Soviet Communism, of- their communities, their families — and then followed ily emanating seductively from the young Dauphin’s sleek fering a third way that looked a lot like Socialism. We pulled up by observing that hope kept Canadians from choos- hair and boyish charm, now is not the time for reaction. through alright, with maybe a few billion in debt, but with ing fear. Canadians want a government with “a vision and the assurance the welfare state was going to keep growing an agenda that is positive and ambitious and hopeful,” Now is not the time for biased reporting, partisan po- so no one would get left behind; except future generations. realized Trudeau, and he uniquely promised to bring it. litical rhetoric, and outraged cries. Now is the time for sober political analysis that gets us away from the poli- Unfortunately for Canada, the years that followed were What does this all mean? How is Trudeau going to change tics and down to the cold hard facts on the ground that cantankerous at best. Somehow, as the 20th century everything around? Who is he really? Nobody really are out there for any honest person to assess. We don’t faded into the 21st, both the Liberal Party and the disor- knows. But it sounds great. And at least he’s not Harper. want a spin. We want the reality, because now that ganized rabble of Toryist and populist conservatives got we’ve voted him in to office, we want to finally know into their heads that the debt had to be paid off and that Considering the fact that most of Justin’s campaign who this guy actually is. Just like when Americans first trade was a good way of doing it. Didn’t they realize that was simply about promising change and not much voted in Obama, now that we’ve stuck it to the establish- “budgets will balance themselves?” Were they not aware else, all we know about him is that he has an agenda ment, it’s time to ask ourselves: who is Justin Trudeau? that opening trade threatened Canadian businesses? Not for change. Exactly what he thinks is unclear, although to mention the environment. Somehow, Canadians were when we take a look at his father, we can imagine what The hard facts of the matter are that Justin Trudeau is even bamboozled into voting in a Conservative govern- it might look like. Trudeau’s leadership has proven the son of Pierre Eliot Trudeau, the heroic ‘my way or ment into power for nearly a decade. Fortunately, a tough that he’ll be authoritarian at least — what with his deci- the highway’ political legend of the 1970-80s. The origi- take on crime, tax cuts for families, Harper’s uninspiring sion on the abortion vote, and Trudeau’s manhandling nal Trudeau saved Canada from the tyranny of capital- voice, and conservative opposition to the Niqab were a of local ridings despite his promises of “free elections.” ism, the illiberal British North America Act, and freed wakeup call. What’s more, the harsh tone of their attack Canada from the yoke of British oppression by strong- ads and the divisiveness of their campaign confirmed Other than what probably amounts to a highly socialistic arming the provinces into submission to the sovereignty to Canadians that the Conservatives are just uncaring. progressivist vision for Canada, and huge ambitions to of Ottawa. Pierre was Canada’s golden boy, a regular Sun “change things,” no one really knows what the Dauphin King, who liberated us from federal involvement in the Canadians were tired of the cutthroat politics issuing plans on doing. How far will Justin take this change? from both the Conservatives and the NDP. Those estab- One can already hear him responding: “Just watch me!” T H E EST. 1983 C R O W N . C A O C T O B E R 2 0 1 5 / / t h e c r o w n . c a EDITOR-IN-CHIEF LAYOUT EDITOR REPORTER REPORTER Joel Voth Rachel DeBruyn Elise Arsenault Rebekka Gondosch * [email protected] MANAGING EDITOR GRAPHICS EDITOR COPY EDITOR Ishmael Dalm Jonathan Fischer Kristal Hooyer YOUR CAMPUS. Letter from the Editor YOUR NEWS. YOUR VOICE. w w f a c e b o o k . c o m / C r o w n . R U C w w w w L w w w . i f n E . a t s w c t i e a T t t b g ’ e o r r a S . o c m k o . m c c C o o / C m m O r / o / C C JOEL VOTH w N r r The Crown o n o w _ N w Redeemer’s Student Publication EDITOR-IN-CHIEF R n n U . _ E R R C U U C C The month of October has been flying past. As I We also had one of our reporters go into Hamilton C www.thecrown.ca T t w i t t e r. c o m / C r o w n ._ R U C watch the fall season wind down and the rumours and report on the Art Gallery of Hamilton and their of a brutal winter around the corner, I begin to current exhibit Are you Experienced? Take a look at wonder what happened to my favorite season: the our album review for this month as we get a glimpse time spent on the land harvesting crops, the beauti- into Stevens Sufjan’s album Carrie & Lowell. For all ful leaves, and the cool weather. In a whirlwind of you gadget fans, take a look at our tech article for busyness, paper writing and studying, I find myself this month and find out if Apple has in fact made forgetting to pause to watch the change which hap- a big mistake. Read an important article which pens all too quickly. The leaves are so very colorful, outlines the important facts and clears the rumors i n s t a g r a m . c o m / C r o w n _ R U C the air is crisp and cold, warm meals are cooked to about what happened on October third to a group of provide energy and comfort. Shorts are replaced by Redeemer males. pants and now a coat hangs near my door — Fall is coming to a close. Finally, we always are open and excited to see stu- dents getting involved with the Crown. If you enjoy In this month’s publication, we tried to have some- writing and have an article, whether it is Redeemer- what of a theme — thankfulness and gratitude for related or just something you’d like to share, feel what we have. One article in this issue is a great free to send it in to us. commentary written on the origins of Thanksgiv- t h e c r o w n . c a ing in Canada and why we celebrate this holiday May God bless you all as we enter into the second — and another is a fun perspective of what a turkey half of our fall semester. experiences in a day on a Canadian turkey farm.