Election Follies and Funnies #10

This may well be the weekend remembered for Jagmeet Singh losing the thread. 

He sent out a bizarre tweet on Saturday which lied about Trudeau profiting from billions of dollars in student loan interest. 

Now actually, during the pandemic, the Trudeau government did some great things for student loans - they paused student loan repayments for 6 months, and also waived the interest until 2023. 

But what Singh now apparently promises to do is to hop into a time machine and go back to 2015 and revise the entire student loan program to forgive some portion of student debt, and then not charge any interest at all on the rest. And if the Liberals had actually made those changes 6 years ago, then students might have saved $4 billion in interest. Or something like that, I guess, because numbers, who can ever explain them and why should the NDP even try....

But Singh made it sound like Trudeau had personally absconded with the money, and then he didn't retract or explain. Sorry, but this is just a real asshole move:

You're actually doubling down on this? https://t.co/Xtp1TltY5C

— Max Fawcett 🇵🇸 (@maxfawcett) August 28, 2021

Re: Jagmeet Singh's erroneous accusation that the federal government makes money from student loans...not a new accusation by the NDP. It was fact-checked in the last election by Alex Usher and found to be incorrect...https://t.co/HOJEaa0Edf #cdnpoli #Elxn44 @AlexUsherHESA /2

— Diane Marie (@DianeMariePosts) August 29, 2021

The anti-vax protestors were a feature at Trudeau's campaign stops this weekend, and neither the Conservatives or their supportive media could figure out a way to downplay or ignore their hysteria. 

Conservatives attempted to normalize it by equating it to the protests about NAFTA that Mulroney dealt with in 1988.

But this controversial and chilling tweet demonstrates there is no real comparison:

And then there’s this: pic.twitter.com/gUNRvnpVqC

— Glen McGregor (@glen_mcgregor) August 29, 2021

There was also a nutty media effort to imply that the anti-vax hysteria was really just Trudeau's own fault because he is too pro-vax or something

Yes, and maybe JFK was asking for it, by being in an open topped car. This kind of question is part of the problem. @jpress--do better. https://t.co/EhRPEPH6qW

— John Mark Taylor (@jmt_18325) August 28, 2021

“I’ve never seen this intensity of anger .. even with my dad when we were visiting out West,” @JustinTrudeau “It’s not who we are."

— David Akin 🇨🇦 (@davidakin) August 28, 2021

~ O'Toole says ugly protests do not reflect his campaign after years of angry memes.
~ O'Toole says anti-choice does not reflect his campaign with 60+ anti-choice MPs.
~ O'Toole says 2-tier healthcare does not reflect his campaign after saying 2-tier healthcare has a place here https://t.co/JMdjO3J2oH

— Stephen Lautens (@stephenlautens) August 29, 2021

Watching @JustinTrudeau walk through those crowds of clearly unhinged people, raging obscenities today - so much respect for him.

He is incredibly calm and respectful in the face of horrific abuse.

— Barbara Levesque (@belle_levesque) August 29, 2021

Canada leads the G7 now in fully vaccinated by population. Also our cases and deaths per 100,000 is among the lowest in the world. Why isn’t this recognized and appreciated by Canadian voters?

— Brian Darrah 🎨 (@BrianDarrah7) August 28, 2021

Other issues:

I’m voting Liberal in this election and one of the many reasons is guns. I usually refer to the legislation as “gun culture legislation” rather than “gun control legislation” because I believe its intent, which I support, is to curb the rise of gun culture in Canada. #WhyLiberal

— Scribulatora (@Scribulatora) August 29, 2021

Erin O'Toole noted that he would leave one some or all of his policies for the public service to 'work out the details,' according to a report on The National. Last time the bureaucrats were asked to 'work out the details,' O'Toole's cons created a fake WE scandal.

— Danika Dragomir (@NikaDragomira) August 30, 2021

I don't actually care what is in LPC platform or if they even have one. Their 2019 platform didn't have anything about Iran shooting down airplanes, a senile old fool with nuclear codes getting elected next door, or a global pandemic falling out of the sky. Yet here I am, safe.

— john d beggs (@dbeggs13) August 29, 2021

More importantly, what Trudeau put on offer yday - really for the first time - was a sharply defined choice, which is a way of explaining why this campaign is happening. A Liberal vote gets you one world view and set of priorities. A Conservative vote gets you another. So...pick.

— Scott Reid (@_scottreid) August 28, 2021

A couple of snippets from new rolls . We're going to be reporting both 3 day and 4 day now. In 3 day,the race may be tightening (6pts. nationally) BUT, LPC have opened up a 7 pt. lead in Ontario .This erases a recent CPC lead there and is first real sign of potential LPC recovery

— Frank Graves (@VoiceOfFranky) August 30, 2021

So keep your head down and your head up.

It’s a cliche I know - but do your work.

Knock on doors. Stay focused.

It’s going to be ok.

— Rob Silver (@RobSilver) August 29, 2021

Now for the funny:

Despite everything, twitter rocks. https://t.co/u2bsSbaMx0

— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) August 30, 2021

And I think this may well be the gamechanger we've been looking for:

I’m just gonna throw it out there that my dick got 2” longer with the Pfizer vaccine back in March. I’ve heard newer Pfizer and Moderna now give you 3” and also 1/4” thicker.
Get the shot if you haven’t.

— Resident Curmudgeon (@getoffmylawn585) August 30, 2021