A former president of the Liberal Party says Justin Trudeau is surrounded by people in cabinet way over their heads – and he has no idea why Canadians support him..Stephen LeDrew, Liberal Party president from 1998-2002, said past Liberal prime minister’s had a strong cabinet behind them, something Trudeau lacks..“You look around the cabinet today and they’re all nice people, they’re all trying their hardest. But most of them have no experience in anything…it’s Trudeau, Dominic Leblanc and other people who really know nothing about public policy or good government,” said Ledrew, who ran also ran John Turner’s campaign to succeed the elder Trudeau..“What about our current dictator?” LeDrew joked when asked for comment..“Clearly there was a dearth in the Liberal Party leadership. And you look at Stephane Dion, you look at (Michael) Ignatieff. I mean there were some solid people that I was talking to throughout that era who just saying, ‘Can we not look into the parliamentary bag and find some people who are who are good?’ Well, the party went for somebody with a name.”.LeDrew said Trudeau “has no education and no real-life experience and he has no idea of what is appropriate,” and recent scandals reflect that..“He simply has no idea with both WE and the Kielberger brothers, with handing out contracts, sole-sourcing hundreds of millions of dollars to former Liberal MPs. He doesn’t think that he is corrupt…but it’s totally corrupt.”.LeDrew, 67, said it “stuns me as to why Trudeau has so much support in Canada. I don’t get that. I can only attribute that to people have no idea what’s going on.”.For that, LeDrew blames Trudeau’s $600 million tax break for approved media..“The Toronto Star is paid by the Liberal government and they are not going to smack the hand that feeds it,” LeDrew said, a Torontonian..All of this leaves LeDrew with grudging admiration for Stephen Harper..“You didn’t like him, but you knew that there was somebody who had the good interests of the country and who also knew how to make things happen in a proper way. And you can’t say that now.”
A former president of the Liberal Party says Justin Trudeau is surrounded by people in cabinet way over their heads – and he has no idea why Canadians support him..Stephen LeDrew, Liberal Party president from 1998-2002, said past Liberal prime minister’s had a strong cabinet behind them, something Trudeau lacks..“You look around the cabinet today and they’re all nice people, they’re all trying their hardest. But most of them have no experience in anything…it’s Trudeau, Dominic Leblanc and other people who really know nothing about public policy or good government,” said Ledrew, who ran also ran John Turner’s campaign to succeed the elder Trudeau..“What about our current dictator?” LeDrew joked when asked for comment..“Clearly there was a dearth in the Liberal Party leadership. And you look at Stephane Dion, you look at (Michael) Ignatieff. I mean there were some solid people that I was talking to throughout that era who just saying, ‘Can we not look into the parliamentary bag and find some people who are who are good?’ Well, the party went for somebody with a name.”.LeDrew said Trudeau “has no education and no real-life experience and he has no idea of what is appropriate,” and recent scandals reflect that..“He simply has no idea with both WE and the Kielberger brothers, with handing out contracts, sole-sourcing hundreds of millions of dollars to former Liberal MPs. He doesn’t think that he is corrupt…but it’s totally corrupt.”.LeDrew, 67, said it “stuns me as to why Trudeau has so much support in Canada. I don’t get that. I can only attribute that to people have no idea what’s going on.”.For that, LeDrew blames Trudeau’s $600 million tax break for approved media..“The Toronto Star is paid by the Liberal government and they are not going to smack the hand that feeds it,” LeDrew said, a Torontonian..All of this leaves LeDrew with grudging admiration for Stephen Harper..“You didn’t like him, but you knew that there was somebody who had the good interests of the country and who also knew how to make things happen in a proper way. And you can’t say that now.”
