Juno News - A rough start for the Liberal campaign

00:00:00.000 It looks like Justin Trudeau is already losing his momentum in his bid for re-election.

00:00:09.600 You know, it was only a couple weeks ago that we were talking about him being a shoo-in to be re-elected, 1.00

00:00:13.280 and I guess the main question was, would he get a minority, or would he get a majority?

00:00:17.700 Well, it really does show that campaigns matter, and also, well, that classic line attributed to a British Prime Minister from, well, almost a century ago,

00:00:24.600 events, dear boy, events, they get in the way, and they change the best-laid plans of people.

00:00:30.160 Now, I don't think that a number of the things we're talking about right now in the Canadian National Conversation

00:00:34.400 were things that liberal strategists wanted us to be talking about.

00:00:38.300 Number one example, what's going on in Afghanistan?

00:00:42.160 So, reporters have heard that there was basically plans put in place to airlift out, to do a rescue mission and evacuation of those allies of Canada,

00:00:50.700 the people who had worked as interpreters for us, the Afghan people who had worked as security at the embassy,

00:00:55.760 people who just can't stay in Afghanistan, they will be killed by the Taliban for all of the things that they did.

00:01:01.480 And the question is, why did we not get them out sooner?

00:01:04.560 A lot of people have been saying, look, we've got to have a plan in place.

00:01:07.480 They've been saying it for months.

00:01:08.720 My colleague Joe Warmington at The Sun was saying it.

00:01:10.880 I saw a video clip of Hillary Clinton saying it on the news a few months ago.

00:01:13.880 I mean, many people have been suddenly alarmed that this issue, it's going to blow up big time if you don't have a plan.

00:01:19.800 So, we actually did, Canadian Armed Forces commanders have said they did have a plan.

00:01:24.760 Justin Trudeau, though, too busy worrying about the election to go and give the thumbs up to that plan.

00:01:29.380 And apparently, there's a whole bunch of behind-the-scenes conflict disagreement going on between military leaders and bureaucrats and politicians.

00:01:36.920 This whole thing really blowing up on Justin Trudeau, making it look like he's leaving those guys there.

00:01:41.840 He's leaving them out there for, you know, the worst-case scenario.

00:01:44.500 Hopefully, it'll be cleaned up soon, but it does not look good for Justin Trudeau.

00:01:48.240 Really bad headlines for him.

00:01:50.340 Here's another example of something that's not turning out well for him.

00:01:53.620 It seems like Trudeau wanted to bring in the mandatory vaccines as this great wedge issue,

00:01:58.260 because the majority of Canadians are vaccinated, two doses and so on.

00:02:02.160 So, sure, why not make it mandatory, and then if O'Toole says he's against it, you call him an anti-vaxxer.

00:02:06.900 I think it's a bizarre notion, this idea that, you know, people who are vaccinated, in O'Toole's case,

00:02:11.660 you're an anti-vaxxer if you get vaccinated, and most of the people you know get vaccinated,

00:02:16.320 but you just don't support the mandatory measures.

00:02:19.160 It's really frustrating to see that dynamic get into the conversation,

00:02:22.380 but, well, anyway, that's what Trudeau's trying to do.

00:02:24.580 But we also find out that when he talks about mandatory vaccinations for the federal workforce,

00:02:29.140 well, there's a bunch of exemptions, and it looks like it's not going to be mandatory at all.

00:02:34.680 There's some opt-out clauses, and I think that's reasonable,

00:02:37.280 but it's interesting that the very wedge issue Trudeau was trying to provoke,

00:02:41.320 well, he's not actually someone who's going to be implementing mandatory vaccinations for the federal workforce.

00:02:47.440 So that one backfired on him.

00:02:48.920 And then an interesting little clip in terms of a bit of a gaffe,

00:02:52.320 Justin Trudeau talking about the need for a she-covery to deal with a she-session.

00:02:56.780 It is exactly the example of the kinds of things you need to do to counter the she-session and turn it into a she-covery. 0.99

00:03:07.380 I've heard the phrase she-session before.

00:03:11.220 Clearly, I haven't mastered it.

00:03:12.880 I don't think Justin Trudeau came up with it, but he always has to take these things one step too far.

00:03:17.220 I've heard people talk about a she-session and so on,

00:03:19.960 but he had to put both of them in the same sentence.

00:03:21.980 She-session, she-covery, basic idea.

00:03:24.580 Women have been hit harder by the pandemic than men have in terms of economic, financial reasons,

00:03:29.820 so we've got to do extra things to help women out. 1.00

00:03:31.780 And a lot of women seeing that clip and going, 1.00

00:03:33.980 man, this is just icky.

00:03:36.200 You know, this is not 2015 when Trudeau can just say,

00:03:38.760 well, he can just say, because it's 2015, as this sort of feminist rally cry.

00:03:42.840 I think they're kind of tired of him talking like that in these really, I don't know, icky phrases.

00:03:48.420 It didn't sit well with people, showing that this stuff he tried, you know, six years ago,

00:03:52.960 not going to pan out well this time around.

00:03:55.000 So there you go, just three examples of things that I don't think are turning up the way Justin Trudeau

00:03:59.000 and his liberal campaign team thought they would.

00:04:01.160 And is this a sign that already it's going to be a much more difficult road to re-election,

00:04:05.580 or, well, a road to a loss for Trudeau than people first thought?

00:04:09.480 Thank you.

Juno News - August 18, 2021

A rough start for the Liberal campaign

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