3 Questions to Pierre Trudeau

I'm writing this blog because I believe the Liberal Party of Canada was once a true Socialist Party with Pierre Trudeau as its leader. What type of questions would a 21st century Socialist like me ask the late great Pierre Elliot Trudeau? What would be his response more importantly? Well that I cannot answer for obvious reasons. The one question that can be answered is what is his well respected son doing in a Party that has lost its way when it comes to social responsibilities? This blog could possibly answer that one, so lets get started.

Question number one. What has happened to a Party that once wanted to regulate Alberta oil? Simple that same Party has become buddy buddy with big oil. Just like its establishment cousins the CONservative Party it now makes deals with big oil companies to steer clear of any confrontation like the ones that happened in the late 70's in Western Canada. Is it Mr Trudeau that your Party has lost its balls when it comes to confronting big multi nationals? Or is it because they never had them to begin with and you revolutionized the Party?

Question 2. Why has your Party from being the biggest supporter of social programs in the past a Party that always kept programs like healthcare, the environment and childcare at the top of the funding list has now become the Party of Chretien, Martin and slashgate? Simple the businesses were up to the Liberal collective chin in complaints that they chose to cut social programs to satisfy their new allies. The re re re elections were coming up and big donors were ready to open up, unless social programs were picked over their big pocket books, then the elites would have turned to their old friend the PC's, but of course the Liberal Party was not going to let that happen were they? Their excuse was the deficit and the debt! Well my friends when you make your own mess you fix it we shouldn't have to take the bill for the corporate elites.

Question 3. Finally my final question would be what would you do to fix the party? A party that once was the face of Canada with you as Prime Minister and is now the rear of Canada because it can't stand on its own two feet. The Conservatives are starting to eat away at your traditional support in urban Canada and in you home province of Quebec the NDP the party you should have run for is finally breaking through.

The current predicament the Liberal Party finds itself would make Mr Trudeau spin in his grave and the fact that his eldest son is now a member of that lost party is truly the sadest thing. A bright and educated person like Justin Trudeau would be the last person I would imagine in that party. He (Justin) just stood by as Ignatieff ripped the leadership from the hands of the Liberal Party members and coronated himself king. One thing I am sure of Pierre never would have stood by and just let that slime ball mock the history and democracy of that once great party, but he did and I lost much respect for him for doing that.

Sad to see you go Mr Tudeau, you were one of a kind. Aurevoir!