Mulroney slams Trudeau as lacking moral fibre

[CBC News]

Brian Mulroney has stepped back into the public spotlight to promote his memoirs — and accuse former archrival Pierre Trudeau of having lacked the moral fibre to lead.
In an interview with CTV on Wednesday, the former Conservative prime minister reached back over 60 years to chide Trudeau for his antiwar activism as a university student, saying his refusal to serve in the Second World War rendered him unfit to provide moral leadership.
Mulroney blamed Trudeau for scuttling the Meech Lake accord, a 1990 pact aimed at securing Quebec's signature on the Constitution. He then launched into a diatribe about what he called a lack of moral fibre shown in Trudeau's opposition to the Second World War.
When he retired in 1993, Mulroney was one of the most reviled prime ministers in Canadian history. The late Trudeau, who retired as Liberal prime minister in 1984, is accorded more respect and admiration than Mulroney by Canadians in opinion polls.

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[eh1eh]

That's really the pot and kettle personified. Holy Crap!

 

[Ten Packs]

Mulroney is the sole reason I left the Conservative Party a good 20 years ago... I'd call him an a$$hole, but an a$$hole can be useful at times.

:angryfire:

 

[lone wolf]

Trudeau policies and programs merely annoyed me. Mulroney's cost me family, a business and big time bucks.

Wolf

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Ummmm .... lets see ... he's publishing his memoirs .... what can he do to drum up free publicity??????

If this fails to boost book revenue look for him to attack Sir. John A. McDonald.

 

[Locutus]

The official bilingual crap that arrogant scum laid on the backs on taxpayers (from newfie to yukon) must be the most expensive project this nation has ever paid for (wars included...anyone have numbers for this costly mess?). Rot in hell Pete. :angryfire:

On a brighter note, it's too easy for Brain, err brawn, err chin to pick on his dead foe, so the only logical way to sort this out is to have Ben and Justin going 3 rounds in the octogon. PPV and all proceeds to the greens to help them out a tad.

 

[Tonington]

I'm too young to remember Mulroney, and only know of some of the dealings for both men, but I guess for me when it comes down to legacies, no matter what you think of both, repatriating the constitution beats the GST hands down.

 

[TenPenny]

Repatriating the constitution was, I agree, a great and necessary move.

The GST was a huge improvement in logic and efficiency; in fact, I would say the GST was the best move to come from those years. NAFTA was a good move, but it was only possible because of the GST.

 

[Tonington]

I agree that both were good actually, I didn't mean that the GST was a bad thing, hell I'm kinda ticked that Harper cut it 1 cent, as that 6 Billion could do alot for us. I guess the language I used does kinda leave that impression

 

[lone wolf]

Repatriating the constitution was, I agree, a great and necessary move.

The GST was a huge improvement in logic and efficiency; in fact, I would say the GST was the best move to come from those years. NAFTA was a good move, but it was only possible because of the GST.

NAFTA was a great deal - for the US. It kept Americans working. GST was necessary because of NAFTA. Canadian industry paid a Manufacturers Retail Tax. Free Trade allowed those manufacturers to take off out of Canada. Multory had to replace that revenue somehow.

Wolf

 

[Kreskin]

They both had a high fibre diet.

 

[Walter]

Voted for Brian as often as I could, then for Preston, then for Stock and now for Steve. Never voted for PET because he was a Liberal.

 

[Tonington]

Never voted for PET because he was a Liberal.

In all frankness, that sentence right there is the problem we have here in Canada. Never mind the issues candidates support, never mind that occasionally politicians actually follow through on good ideas, and never mind that they come from all political persuasions, Liberal =bad, no exceptions...sheesh.

Did your family all vote Conservative or something?

 

[Walter]

Did your family all vote Conservative or something?

Only the hard-working ones.

 

[Tonington]

Only the hard-working ones.

I see.....

 

[DaSleeper]

Pierre Trudeau brought in wage and price control in '76 just when we had negotiated a good wage increase and had to pay it back, then little Jean with Martin as finance minister cut down capital gains exemption in the '90s just when I did real good in the market and I had to pay tons of taxes, so I'm no fan of the Liberals........but where I live, the neighbour's mutt would get nominated to the Liberal Party and he would get voted in..:x

 

[CDNBear]

Mulroney is no winner, and this is a lot like the kettle gokking the pot, but his assesment of Trudeau couldn't have been anymore spot on...

The man was a socilaist hack, a Nazi sympathizer and courted/idolized socialist dictators...

Wow...nothing endearing about that.

 

[Cobalt_Kid]

Where did Mulroney keep his moral fibre, in his paper lunch bag next to the cornbeef on rye?

No wait, that was the hundreds of thousands he took in kickbacks, Trudeau didn't lead his party into mass suicide the way Mulroney did. Or screw the country over to please an American president who couldn't even remember his name.

PM Muldoon.:lol:

 

[CDNBear]

Where did Mulroney keep his moral fibre, in his paper lunch bag next to the cornbeef on rye?

Actually...I believe it was in the bran muffin...

No wait, that was the hundreds of thousands he took in kickbacks,

I guess when someone is found innocent...they really aren't lest they are a Liberal???

Trudeau didn't lead his party into mass suicide the way Mulroney did.

No...You're right, he didn't...He led our nation in to the toilet and now we circle the bowl...

Or screw the country over to please an American president who couldn't even remember his name.

Or present the nation with a viable economic future...Oh those nasty hi paying tech jobs that came to Canada...must have been an instant Liberal intiative...

PM Muldoon.:lol:

Peirre Elliot Traitor...:lol:

 

[Locutus]

The official bilingual crap that arrogant scum laid on the backs on taxpayers (from newfie to yukon) must be the most expensive project this nation has ever paid for (wars included...anyone have numbers for this costly mess?). Rot in hell Pete. :angryfire:

On a brighter note, it's too easy for Brain, err brawn, err chin to pick on his dead foe, so the only logical way to sort this out is to have Ben and Justin going 3 rounds in the octogon. PPV and all proceeds to the greens to help them out a tad.

I know, self-quoting is rather fromage, er cheesy, but it's done to refer to my rant on trudeau's french for everybody policy.

Here's a few bits and pieces concerning the obscene cost to Canadians in order to fund a national bilingual policy. The social activists looking for money should consider this when they're told there's no cash to go around.

This is just for the city of Ottawa:
http://www.languagefairness.org/City_of_Ottawa_Bilingual_Costs.php


Some figure it's on the order of 4-10 billion a year.
http://www.carleton.ca/jmc/cnews/20102000/c2.htm

Others estimate $60 billion since 1968:
http://www.writersblock.ca/spring2002/busword.htm


But apparently, according to the government, the 'people' say it's a great idea! Spin, spin, spin...