What a wonderful thing proportional representation would have been for this country.
BSDnumba123 on
What a POS this guy is.
On the one hand, I wish he had. On the other, I’m glad he didn’t because almost anything he tries to do is a disaster.
KageyK on
Hindsight is always 20/20. You made a promise, you broke a promise, and it looks like the roosters have come home.
FerretAres on
“Now that it would benefit me I really wish that I’d done it”
PragmaticAlbertan on
He should have done a lot of things. Now he should leave.
KingOfLaval on
Let me guess… He’s going to promise electoral reform during the next election?
theshaneler on
Translation; now that it would help me, I’m sorry I didn’t do it.
They were fine to break the promise when the analysis showed it would hurt their re-election chances, now that they are at an all time low and it could help (however slightly) they wish they did it.
blownhighlights on
Ah yes, now he’ll blame the conservatives for not letting him fulfill it.
RedEyedWiartonBoy on
True to form Trudeau 2 has now realized that it would have been to his advantage to do something, so now he has regrets it.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country who watched him get elected will promising electoral reform appears to be forgotten in the equation. The level of narcissism involved in this man’s every move is beyond comprehension.
doodlebopwarrior on
“According to him, some have therefore misinterpreted the commitment formulated in the 2015 electoral platform.
But “I was never going to do that, and I was not clear enough about it,” insisted the Prime Minister, arguing that he had expressed his opposition to this model….”
Even on his way out the door he’s still trying to defend himself. What a waste of 10 years we had with this guy.
CyrilSneerLoggingDiv on
If only he had kept his election promises…
It’s been almost 10 years, he had plenty of time to enact this if they were serious about it, rather than just using it as an election carrot to dangle.
OneForAllOfHumanity on
He didn’t go through with it because he didn’t get the type of election reform he wanted. Unlike our current system, which is horrible, he wanted alternative vote, which removes the possibility of a minority government because it just transfers the votes that go to the least favorite candidate to the second choice of everyone who voted for that candidate. Since Canada leans left, all the votes for green and NDP would trickle down to liberals, guaranteeing liberal dominance forever.
mangosteenroyalty on
Why would you ever say this out loud? Reading it just pissed me off, now we’re all just reminded of your empty promises
Hicalibre on
Yea no one is falling for it. You said it the first time, and didn’t do anything. Then proceeded to use the broken system in your favour.
CinnabonAllUpInHere on
He’s so dumb.
cartman101 on
Hey, but at least we have legal marijuana, no more AR-15s, high inflation, and a housing crisis, right?
GutturalMoose on
Ahahahahahaha
Fuck off Trudy. Such a little kidder, eh?
sleipnir45 on
“In hindsight, the Prime Minister believes that he should have closed the door more categorically on the proportional voting system, which some elected members of his caucus cherished.”
He wanted to change the voting system but only to what he wanted.
>*Erskine-Smith asked Trudeau if he had any regrets lingering from his nine years in office. Without hesitation, the prime minister cited his handling of the electoral reform file.*
>*During the 2015 election, Trudeau promised to scrap the first-past-the-post system and replace it with an “electoral system that does a better job of reflecting the concerns, the voices of Canadians from coast to coast to coast.”*
>*Trudeau later abandoned the promise when he saw rising support for proportional representation (the option favoured by Erskine-Smith) rather than Trudeau’s preferred option of a* *ranked ballot.*
>*Reflecting on that decision this week, Trudeau said he made two key mistakes in managing that file. The first, he said, was allowing proportional representation to become part of the conversation at all.*
>*”The second one was me not using my majority to bring in, to bring in the model that I wanted,” he said.*
What a horrible POS. I hate this country and ALL of our politicians so much.
moxievernors on
The electoral reform JT preferred would have benefited the Liberals over everyone else. PR was never going to be a consideration.
People are pissed off that he didn’t carry through with it, but an almost permanent Liberal minority really isn’t any better than FPTP that overly rewards one party while overly penalizing the third place.
AbnormMacdonald on
What an ass.
Hydraulis on
Idiots tend to regret being idiots.
Itchy_Training_88 on
Shoulda coulda woulda….
Let’s be real neither Liberals nor Conservatives would vote for reform. They are perfectly happy with the status quo thar gives them roughly 8 to 12 years cycle of being in power.
Reform would kill their cycle.
HanSolo5643 on
God, he’s a slime ball. He only regrets it now because he’s getting destroyed in the polls. He had every opportunity to do electoral reform when he had a majority government, and he decided not to because he was benefitting from the current system. Now that he’s losing, he’s saying he regrets not changing the voting system.
Honeybadger747 on
Regardless of who you vote for, we need electoral reform, first passed the post is silly.
MegaBlunt57 on
Justin’s a joke
Kasinder on
Literally the only reason I voted for him was so he would enact electoral reform. First thing he did was say nah just kidding.
jonproject on
What an absolute piece of shit.
That ridiculous questionnaire they sent out to read the room on electoral reform ensured I will never ever vote for this party again. It was so obvious how hard they were angling for a specific type of response. Shameless.
BitingArtist on
Broke your promise, now you must face the music. No time for regrets anymore.
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What a wonderful thing proportional representation would have been for this country.
What a POS this guy is.
On the one hand, I wish he had. On the other, I’m glad he didn’t because almost anything he tries to do is a disaster.
Hindsight is always 20/20. You made a promise, you broke a promise, and it looks like the roosters have come home.
“Now that it would benefit me I really wish that I’d done it”
He should have done a lot of things. Now he should leave.
Let me guess… He’s going to promise electoral reform during the next election?
Translation; now that it would help me, I’m sorry I didn’t do it.
They were fine to break the promise when the analysis showed it would hurt their re-election chances, now that they are at an all time low and it could help (however slightly) they wish they did it.
Ah yes, now he’ll blame the conservatives for not letting him fulfill it.
True to form Trudeau 2 has now realized that it would have been to his advantage to do something, so now he has regrets it.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country who watched him get elected will promising electoral reform appears to be forgotten in the equation. The level of narcissism involved in this man’s every move is beyond comprehension.
“According to him, some have therefore misinterpreted the commitment formulated in the 2015 electoral platform.
But “I was never going to do that, and I was not clear enough about it,” insisted the Prime Minister, arguing that he had expressed his opposition to this model….”
Even on his way out the door he’s still trying to defend himself. What a waste of 10 years we had with this guy.
If only he had kept his election promises…
It’s been almost 10 years, he had plenty of time to enact this if they were serious about it, rather than just using it as an election carrot to dangle.
He didn’t go through with it because he didn’t get the type of election reform he wanted. Unlike our current system, which is horrible, he wanted alternative vote, which removes the possibility of a minority government because it just transfers the votes that go to the least favorite candidate to the second choice of everyone who voted for that candidate. Since Canada leans left, all the votes for green and NDP would trickle down to liberals, guaranteeing liberal dominance forever.
Why would you ever say this out loud? Reading it just pissed me off, now we’re all just reminded of your empty promises
Yea no one is falling for it. You said it the first time, and didn’t do anything. Then proceeded to use the broken system in your favour.
He’s so dumb.
Hey, but at least we have legal marijuana, no more AR-15s, high inflation, and a housing crisis, right?
Ahahahahahaha
Fuck off Trudy. Such a little kidder, eh?
“In hindsight, the Prime Minister believes that he should have closed the door more categorically on the proportional voting system, which some elected members of his caucus cherished.”
He wanted to change the voting system but only to what he wanted.
What a joke.
[https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/singh-trudeau-erskine-smith-podcast-1.7340507](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/singh-trudeau-erskine-smith-podcast-1.7340507)
>*Erskine-Smith asked Trudeau if he had any regrets lingering from his nine years in office. Without hesitation, the prime minister cited his handling of the electoral reform file.*
>*During the 2015 election, Trudeau promised to scrap the first-past-the-post system and replace it with an “electoral system that does a better job of reflecting the concerns, the voices of Canadians from coast to coast to coast.”*
>*Trudeau later abandoned the promise when he saw rising support for proportional representation (the option favoured by Erskine-Smith) rather than Trudeau’s preferred option of a* *ranked ballot.*
>*Reflecting on that decision this week, Trudeau said he made two key mistakes in managing that file. The first, he said, was allowing proportional representation to become part of the conversation at all.*
>*”The second one was me not using my majority to bring in, to bring in the model that I wanted,” he said.*
His regret is not forcing through his personally preferred system of ranked ballots, despite the [recommendation of the government’s Electoral Reform Committee being decidedly in favour of proportional representation.](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wherry-electoral-reform-committee-1.3866879)
What a horrible POS. I hate this country and ALL of our politicians so much.
The electoral reform JT preferred would have benefited the Liberals over everyone else. PR was never going to be a consideration.
People are pissed off that he didn’t carry through with it, but an almost permanent Liberal minority really isn’t any better than FPTP that overly rewards one party while overly penalizing the third place.
What an ass.
Idiots tend to regret being idiots.
Shoulda coulda woulda….
Let’s be real neither Liberals nor Conservatives would vote for reform. They are perfectly happy with the status quo thar gives them roughly 8 to 12 years cycle of being in power.
Reform would kill their cycle.
God, he’s a slime ball. He only regrets it now because he’s getting destroyed in the polls. He had every opportunity to do electoral reform when he had a majority government, and he decided not to because he was benefitting from the current system. Now that he’s losing, he’s saying he regrets not changing the voting system.
Regardless of who you vote for, we need electoral reform, first passed the post is silly.
Justin’s a joke
Literally the only reason I voted for him was so he would enact electoral reform. First thing he did was say nah just kidding.
What an absolute piece of shit.
That ridiculous questionnaire they sent out to read the room on electoral reform ensured I will never ever vote for this party again. It was so obvious how hard they were angling for a specific type of response. Shameless.
Broke your promise, now you must face the music. No time for regrets anymore.