But I have heard criticism level against Justin for his handling of those ugly fires in the West.Don't know if it's justified or not.
Although it’s not a big deal to me that he didn’t show up when it was an inferno, though I wish he had so we could have new elections, the bigger deal was not assuring Canadians there would be funds so the area could recover. He gave the distinct impression Albertans were on their own.
Canada runs a little differently than the US. There is no FEMA. Relief efforts are generally a provincial affair. The RCMP is in place but they are the de facto provincial police force anyway. The Army has provided some fire fighters, that's about it.
It seems like relief for the fire victims is basically a private affair. Every national retail outlet I was at today (Walmart, Zehr's, Tim Horton's) has a fund set up at the checkout for Fort McMurray. In all honesty if 35 million Canadians donated $5 each at these retail stores help would land in Fort Mac a lot quicker than if we waited for the federal government. Walmart and Tim's have a vastly more efficient supply chain in place than the federal government does.
Personally I don't think it is the role of the federal government to provide disaster relief like you do in the US. I don't mean to be smug but Canadians don't really turn to the feds in situations like this. Read up on how the local communities in the maritimes handled US bound trans Atlantic passengers on 9/11 when US airspace was closed. Tiny towns like Gander were instantly turned into refugee camps with thousands of people who had to be fed, watered, clothed, and housed. The local people took care of their surprise guests for days with no outside help. Everybody was fine.
Justin’s mom was indeed the “friendly” type.
It was just a rumor that she was friendly with all the Rolling Stones, I’m pretty sure it was just Mick and Kieth.
She also liked to wear short skirts and show off her “commando” look whenever she was out and about without her husband.
That wasn’t rumor or conjecture, there was plenty of photographic evidence back in the day.
IIRC, wasn’t his dad the Canadian equivalent of Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown?
If so it makes it pretty evident why little Justin is as nutty as he is.