The Liberal Party of Canada is looking for a new leader. I have been watching the candidates debate on T.V. I watched and listened, and came down to the best three: Justin Trudeau, Marc Garneau and Martha Hall Finlay.
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Sorry, but I have now removed Martha Hall Finlay from my list of top candidates.I don't like the way she attacked Justin Trudeau, implying that he is a rich boy, and that he has no idea what the middle class is all about.Her statement that ALL Canadians want a job is only a political statement, not a true statement of facts. Being a smart lady, why did she make such an absolute,if not stupid,statement? Why didn't she just say "Canadians want jobs, and we must deal with unemployment and work on job creation in Canada" or something like that ? I mean without using the word ALL.
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Is Justin a rich boy ? Certainly he is not poor, but rich ? How rich do you have to be,before you are really rich ? The point is this: everything is relative.In my opinion,having an inheritance or net worth of 1.2 million dollars or so in Canada would not make you really that rich, or rich enough for you to declare comfortably that you are wealthy, but certainly rich enough for you to declare that you are not poor. Just one example can prove my point: if you wish to buy a nice house in a big city like Vancouver or Toronto in Canada, it can easily cost you a million dollars or more.
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Rich Boy Justin gave a very good response to Finlay's attack.He said he was lucky to be born to the Trudeau family, went to very good schools and traveled around the world.With everything that he has received and experienced, as other candidates would also do, he will put it into good use, to serve his community and the country.Rich boy Justin also inherited some brilliant genes from his Dad Pierre, not just the money.Good for him!
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Martha Hall Finlay later issued an apology, admitting that she didn't mean to be personal in her verbal attack of Justin Trudeau.I don't believe Justin is out of touch with the middle class or any class.Canada is a multicultural society made of people of all kinds of different backgrounds, but they are all Canadians. Canadians, especially the young people in Canada, are very open-minded,socially mobile,culturally inclusive,and are well connected .
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As said earlier,Martha Hall Finlay's statement that ALL Canadians want a job is only a political statement,not a statement of facts.Am I kidding you that some Canadians don't want a job? No, I am not joking. So who are the Canadians who don't want a job? For example, some young people want to go to college.They want a free education, a grant, a scholarship, or a low-interest student loan.They don't want to get a job if they don't have to, just to make some money to help pay their expensive education.They want to spend time studying, not working.
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Some old folks don't want to have a job, but due to their lack of money and income, they are forced to work some more years before retirement.They wish they could afford to retire soon.They want to give up their jobs, not to keep them. What they want is not a job but a good pension.
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Then there are the entrepreneurs and business people. They want to have their own business and be their own boss.They don't need the Government's help to create a job for them.What they want from the Government are good policies, low taxes, and support of economic and business growth.These people don't want a job and become an employee.They are the people who create jobs, not looking for a job.
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Also I dare to say that most people work only because they just have to.We are still living in a money-based society.This is the reality in the whole world, and it will be so for quite a while. Until when ? Until we have either ended up in self-destruction, I mean the whole humanity on Planet Earth, or have transformed ourselves and the whole world into a moneyless, but truly civilized and spiritual society with universal love and peace. Well, that is another story.
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Currently, the reality is that if you have no money, then how are you going to get food and shelter? What about transportation,clothing and health care? What about music, sports and entertainment ? What about traveling and visiting family and friends, and all the rest? It made me laugh whenever I heard a person say that if he or she won the lottery, they would still keep their lousy job and not to find something else better to do.
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Do ALL Canadians want a job? No. Should we work on unemployment, the economy and job creation in Canada? Yes. Here is something that Rich Boy Justin could say to Madam Finlay,"Look,it's true,I am not poor.I don't need this job to be the leader of the Liberal Party.No,I don't need the job, but I want it, O.K.? So why am I running for the leadership? It's not about money, Martha. I want to serve my Liberal Party, my community,my fellow Canadians, and my country Canada." Would it be like father like son,Pierre and Justin? Let's wait and see !
