By resigning in a sad way on Monday, Justin Trudeau is reaping what he has sown, believes Liberal MP Joël Lightbound. According to him, Minister Dominic LeBlanc is best placed to confront Poilievre with his non-woke progressivism.
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“It pains me to see him leave in this way, except that I can’t help but think that in certain respects, he was a bit the architect of his misfortune,” said the Liberal from the Quebec region in an interview with Mario Dumont on LCN, Monday.
“We reap what we sow in life, and Mr. Trudeau unfortunately did not sow the seeds of loyalty from his caucus and his cabinet to his leadership,” said Mr. Lightbound. .
Even if he has “little in common” and had little contact with the Prime Minister, Joël Lightbound nevertheless says he is “very grateful” for certain actions of the Trudeau government, such as the purchase of the Quebec bridge by the federal government.
But the accumulation of missteps, such as the $250 checks which “arrived a little bit out of nowhere” and “which the caucus had never heard of” “precipitated” the fall of Mr. Trudeau, specifies M. .Lightbound.
LeBlanc, a “not woke” progressive
Without formally giving him his support, Joël Lightbound did not hide his bias for Dominic LeBlanc, whom he sees as the best potential successor at the head of the Liberal Party.
To Mario Dumont, the elected official from Quebec judges that the Minister of Finance – previously of Public Security – is a politician who “embodies liberal values, without the “woke” aspect that we have been criticized for, which I have blamed on the Liberal Party.
“I could very well see him debating with Mr. Poilievre without apologizing for having progressive values […]», replied the MP to Mario Dumont.
Joël Lightbound hopes that his party focuses on “policies that have an impact” and stops the “moralizing discourse” that characterized the Trudeau era.
As for Mark Carney, he is also a “quality candidate”, but Mr. Lightbound has no relationship with the former director of the Bank of Canada.
Acadian from New Brunswick, Dominic LeBlanc is one of Justin Trudeau’s close friends, whom he has known since his childhood. A bit like Justin Trudeau, Dominic LeBlanc fell into the political trap from a very young age. His father, Roméo LeBlanc, was a minister in the cabinet of Pierre Elliott Trudeau before being appointed governor general by Jean Chrétien.
