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No International Backlash Over Canada's Cannabis Legalization, Says Trudeau
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this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2024
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When you think of all the bullshit that consumes the daily lives of politicians and the chattering class, it is interesting to reflect on what Prime Ministers will actually be remembered for.
Mulroney just died and he was primarily remembered for free trade, the GST, Meech Lake, and singing with Reagan. Chretien is remembered for defeating the Quebec separatists, keeping Canada out of Iraq, and the Shawinigan Handshake. Harper is remembered for ending the long gun registry, fucking with the census, and singing Beatles songs.
In Trudeau's case, I think cannabis legalization, the pandemic including the trucker protest, and perhaps his embarrassing penchant for cosplay will be remembered. Of these, cannabis legalization is the most far-reaching. Am I forgetting anything significant?
I will always remember him for the purchase of a pipeline to hell, if that counts.
Also for not making a stronger effort to replace our first past the post voting system during what looks to have been a narrow window of opportunity, but that might just be me.
I don’t think it’s only you. I remember him saying (and even tweeting) that 2015 will be the last FPTP election if the liberals were elected. I was younger at the time but I remember a lot of people reluctantly voted for him instead of the NDP just to finally end FPTP and be able to choose the NDP as their first choice in the next election (but still choose the liberals as their second choice, to keep the conservatives out). Further reading for anyone interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vote_splitting
Then they won, claimed that they couldn’t find an alternative that everyone liked, and apparently that was it.
My understanding is that many people would have been happy with “anything” besides FPTP, but weren’t able to agree on their first choice? …surely it’s not that ironic? Or maybe there’s more to it than that?
Anyway overall the liberals may have still been the best choice… but this wasn’t some minor promise that he made. I think this is what was most important to a lot of people. Err.. I think? No one seems to talk about it now.
edit1: added link to tweet
edit2: This article seems to summarize the timeline: https://globalnews.ca/news/3102270/justin-trudeau-liberals-electoral-reform-changing-promises/
edit3: this seems more helpful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Canada#2015_federal_election
Yes, getting rid of FPTP was the main reason that I voted for something other than NDP in ages. This issue is important enough to me that I might even risk voting (choke) Conservative (gag) if I honestly thought we'd get a better voting system out of it.