Trudeau assumes he speaks for all of us, but some of his subjects think he’s naive

Editor: In a town hall meeting in Peterborough, Ont., Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said “we can’t shut down the oilsands tomorrow, we need to phase them out, we need to manage the transition off our dependence on fossil fuels.” Trudeau said the word “we.” Who are we? As the prime minister spoke, I remember a short while ago, after Fidel Castro died, he said: “On behalf of all Canadians, Sophie and I offer our deepest condolences to the family, friends and many, many supporters of Mr. Castro. We join the people of Cuba today in mourning the loss of this remarkable leader.”

That kind of spew talk could very well cost him a second term as our prime minister. Did he really think all Canadians were sad a man who almost caused the third world war, was a narcissist, a brutal dictator and guilty of numerous human rights violations had died?

Just check Amnesty International’s website for all the gory details.

Now, Trudeau is saying, we need to phase out the biggest part of our economy (albeit, with the price of oil lately, that’s not the case)?

His father angered Albertans with the introduction of the National Energy Program and creating Petro-Canada, which stands for Pierre Elliot Trudeau Rips Off Canada.

This act made damn sure the fledgling eastern economy of the day received more than its fair share of Alberta’s oil money.

Justin Trudeau has this warm and fuzzy idea that we can and should be a leader in climate change by phasing out the largest economic driver in Canada. What are we to do next Justin? Start making clay pots and wicker baskets in your “renewable economy?”

Either Trudeau is worldly naive or has soft hands that have never worked an honest day in his life. I will guess both.

His concept of a renewable economy is just more Liberal jibber jabber. What does that even mean?

His father, at least, went to the London School of Economics. Every economic cycle has a beginning and an ending in its life. The wax and wane theory has been around for a million years and as charming as Justin Trudeau is, he is a pipsqueak on the world stage and is really getting on my nerves.

Trudeau needs to re-think life beyond 2019 as a resident of 24 Sussex Drive.

Doug Rosen, Kelowna