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2019 Canadian Federal Election

Thing is this election wont be about issues anymore...

It will be just about character assassination now lol
 
Videodrome said:
Well, no PM has won a fourth term since Laurier.
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Pierre Trudeau won four terms, just not all in a row. 1968, 1972 (minority), 1974. Defeated in 1979, Trudeau won another majority in 1980.

Pierre Trudeau gives us an example of what Harper should have done. Harper should have run as Opposition Leader through Justin's first term as PM and continued to chip away at his Sunny Ways BS and Justin's amateur handling of pipelines and the Trump/USA relations. By now Harper, with his zero interest in socon issues, would be looking like the reasonable choice to many Canadians, leading to a Pierre Trudeau like rebirth of the Harper regime.
 
It's going to be hard for candidates to distance themselves from Trudeau, given that "Team Trudeau" is on all of their signs.

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Admiral Beez said:
Pierre Trudeau won four terms, just not all in a row. 1968, 1972 (minority), 1974. Defeated in 1979, Trudeau won another majority in 1980.

Pierre Trudeau gives us an example of what Harper should have done. Harper should have run as Opposition Leader through Justin's first term as PM and continued to chip away at his Sunny Ways BS and Justin's amateur handling of pipelines and the Trump/USA relations. By now Harper, with his zero interest in socon issues, would be looking like the reasonable choice to many Canadians, leading to a Pierre Trudeau like rebirth of the Harper regime.
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Yes, that is what I meant to say. Ironically , he was defeated in his bid for a fifth term on the issue of free trade with the US.
 
Videodrome said:
Yes, that is what I meant to say. Ironically , he was defeated in his bid for a fifth term on the issue of free trade with the US.
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Trudeau stepped down in 1984 and didn't even run against Mulroney. He left that to John Turner. Trudeau didn't even try for #5.
The free trade election was in 1988 between Mulroney and Turner.
 
I was talking about Laurier. The 1911 election was mostly about free trade.

1911 Federal Election in Canada | Mapleleafweb.com

Find an educational article detailing the 1911 Federal Election in Canada.
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The 1911 election would be the first single-issue free trade election fought in Canada, and Canadian voters rejected reciprocity. This decision would stand until the next free-trade election in 1988.
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On topic, Scheer was fumbling over his words when asked about the promise to forgive people caught doing bad things.
 
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BurlOak said:
Trudeau stepped down in 1984 and didn't even run against Mulroney. He left that to John Turner. Trudeau didn't even try for #5.
The free trade election was in 1988 between Mulroney and Turner.
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16 years as PM plus over a decade as an MP would be enough for anyone. Regardless of what we think of his chances we can't begrudge Pierre Trudeau's wish to hang it up.
 
Tom H @humourme1234
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Just finished morning coffee with some work buddies. Hardline conservatives, anti-Trudeau type. General consensus can be summed up by one of the boys, “Really? Who cares? It’s a costume party! Why did he apologize?” Don’t confuse the Scheer camps perceived outrage!
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I expected the opposite.
 
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