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Trudeau's own party is starting to turn on him over Covid restrictions
Politico ^ | 02/08/2022 | ANDY BLATCHFORD

Posted on 02/08/2022 9:12:28 PM PST by BenLurkin

A backbench lawmaker from Justin Trudeau’s own caucus is accusing the prime minister of dividing and stigmatizing Canadians by politicizing vaccine mandates and Covid-19 restrictions.

Joël Lightbound delivered the stunning, scathing assessment Tuesday in Ottawa...

“Both the tone and the policies of my government changed drastically on the eve and during the last election campaign,” said Lightbound, who convened a press conference to deliver his message. "A decision was made to wedge, to divide and to stigmatize. I fear that this politicization of the pandemic risks undermining the public's trust in our public health institutions.”

Publicly breaking ranks with one's own party on such a major issue is a rarity in Canadian politics, especially when the party is in power.

Lightbound insisted he is not the only member of Trudeau’s team who feels, to varying degrees, as he does.

He said he raised his concerns “extremely clearly” with fellow Liberals MPs and with Trudeau. Lightbound added he’s hopeful there’s room in the party for “dissent,” so he can push for change from within caucus.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: canada; convoy; coronavirus; covid; covid19; freedomconvoy; justintrudeau; ottawa; protest; trudeau; tyranny
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1 posted on 02/08/2022 9:12:28 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Sure hoping so.


2 posted on 02/08/2022 9:13:23 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: BenLurkin

Hmmmm.... Politico isn’t allowing comments on this article....


3 posted on 02/08/2022 9:16:32 PM PST by Fractal Trader
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To: BenLurkin

The whole world should turn on this turd.


4 posted on 02/08/2022 9:19:41 PM PST by Hostage (Article V)
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To: BenLurkin

To the dungeons for you buddy. No dissent allowed.


5 posted on 02/08/2022 9:20:07 PM PST by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Poor 'lil Travon bees slamming dat white cracka'a head into dat sidewalk causin he be scared)
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To: BenLurkin

Poor lil’ Justin.

https://twitter.com/fivetimesaugust/status/1491169513655894016?s=21


6 posted on 02/08/2022 9:22:48 PM PST by Allegra
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To: BenLurkin

Why can’t I have a cool last name like Lightbound?


7 posted on 02/08/2022 9:23:25 PM PST by Osage Orange (1961 VW Two Door Truck)
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To: BenLurkin

Oh, my, isn’t this getting interesting? BTT


8 posted on 02/08/2022 9:25:25 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: BenLurkin

It would shake Davos and WEF to the core if the truckers manage to bring down the Trudeau government.


9 posted on 02/08/2022 9:28:33 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: BenLurkin

They need to tar him with more shoe polish....


10 posted on 02/08/2022 9:30:02 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: BenLurkin

Trudeau is becoming “a figure of fun” as the British say. That doesn’t bode well for him. At all.


11 posted on 02/08/2022 9:42:43 PM PST by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: BenLurkin
Trudeau is following orders from his masters - they can't stop now. The plan was to vaccine mandate Canada and Australia 100%, then other countries would fall one by one. Canada is standing in the way of world genocide.

All vaccine mandate officials in Canada will have to be removed to stop the mandates.
12 posted on 02/08/2022 10:24:30 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: BenLurkin

His biggest mistake was to call all the protestors racists, violent thugs. He failed to realize there is alternative media that show the opposite.


13 posted on 02/08/2022 10:37:09 PM PST by freespirit2012
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To: freespirit2012

Turdeau and the rest of the Satanic psychopaths “in charge” of the Canadian and US government levers of power will all roast in Hell once it’s all over and Almighty God has dealt with them once and for all.

This goes double for those Satanic vermin in the government and hospital systems who have poisoned, maimed, and murdered innocent people with that rat poison “vaxx” garbage.

They will all be tossed into Hell like the Satanic trash they are.

Bank on it.


14 posted on 02/08/2022 11:08:55 PM PST by Prole
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To: BenLurkin

Lightbound was immediately removed from his position.

Quebec Liberal MP Speaks Out Against Stupidity of PM Justin Trudeau Position on COVID Mandates, Immediately Removed From Position
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4036663/posts


15 posted on 02/08/2022 11:25:57 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: BenLurkin

Trudeau’s personal security officer resigned a couple months ago because of Trudeau’s lack of integrity

https://rumble.com/vu8kis-daniel-bulford-a-former-rcmp-sniper-for-trudeau-speaks-out-against-vaccine-.html


16 posted on 02/09/2022 12:08:58 AM PST by HollyB
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To: BenLurkin

About damn time. Throw him in the chipper shredder IMHO


17 posted on 02/09/2022 12:50:40 AM PST by wgmalabama (We will find out if the Vac or virus risk was the correct choice - can we put truth above narrative )
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To: DesertRhino
It would shake Davos and WEF to the core if the truckers manage to bring down the Trudeau government.

All of the leftist/globalist filthbags, from Brandon to Macron, von der Leyen to Merkel to Schwab to Soros, are watching this situation very, very closely.

If I were any of them I'd be preparing my hideout in New Zealand, stocking it with expensive booze and Wagyu steaks - just in case.

18 posted on 02/09/2022 1:41:17 AM PST by Rocco DiPippo (I)
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To: BenLurkin

Castro’s little bastard was quite stupid to act like a petulant little female dog toward the protestors. Firstly, they’re obviously just patriotic working Canadians who want the mandates lifted. Secondly, they control the supply chain at the end of the day. No matter what he does, they hold the ultimate trump card. They don’t have to do anything other than go home and refuse to work in order to bring the cities to their knees - and fast. Furthermore, they have the support of over half of Canadians in wanting the mandates lifted. Additionally about half of US States are done with Covid and several European countries are now lifting mandates.

Had Trudeau been conciliatory and met with them, he could have cited all of the above and backed down without it being too much of a political embarrassment to him. So did he take this reasonable course of action and leave all the options on the table? Of course not!

Like the effete little powder puff tyrant he is, he instead refuses to meet with them and hurls insults at them and has his propaganda arm the Canadian corporate media make up all kinds of lies about them. The problem is the lies are obvious and they’ve been so over used anytime anybody disagrees with the Left, that nobody believes them anymore....ie racist, sexist, homophobic, islamophobic, transphobic, nazi, they kick puppies, etc etc.

How’s it going to look now when they FORCE him to surrender?...and they can anytime they want to. It will be an utter humiliation that will likely end his political career. Thank goodness for that.


19 posted on 02/09/2022 2:25:41 AM PST by FLT-bird
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He can’t back down, Schwab won’t let him and it’s Schwab who is literally running out of time, He is mid 80’s, this supposed pandemic was his one chance to take over....but it wasn’t bad enough to justify all the mad rules.


20 posted on 02/09/2022 2:39:27 AM PST by crazycat
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