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Clearly he is not fit to lead the Liberal Party or to become Prime Minister of Canada.
This was bad enough....
but this:
Justin Trudeau's Marijuana Admission Slammed As 'Poor Example' While Liberals Defend Leader
This was bad enough....
but this:
Justin Trudeau's Marijuana Admission Slammed As 'Poor Example' While Liberals Defend Leader
As Conservatives pounced onJustin Trudeau's admission he smoked marijuana as an MP, saying it is proof he is unfit to govern, Liberal MPs say they believe the public wants an open and honest leader.Justice Minister Peter MacKay denounced what he called a "profound lack of judgment" from the Liberal leader.
"By flouting the laws of Canada while holding elected office, he shows he is a poor example for all Canadians, particularly young ones," MacKay said in a statement. "Justin Trudeau is simply not the kind of leader our country needs."
The NDP leader's office told HuffPost Canada late Thursday afternoon that Thomas Mulcair has not smoked marijuana since he was elected to office. He was elected to National Assembly of Quebec in 1994.
NDP justice critic Françoise Boivin said Trudeau’s policy on marijuana has been difficult to follow and accused him of coming out with a popular stance to lure younger voters.
Liberal Senator James Cowan defended Trudeau, calling MacKay’s comments "ridiculous."
"I don’t think that many Canadians will criticize Justin Trudeau for that, and will hold it against that he did what he did, or that he was honest enough to (say it)," the Liberal Senate leader said. "I think Mr. [Stephen] Harper could take a lesson in openness and candour. There are a lot of questions that he should answer and he doesn’t seem to want to," Cowan added, referencing the prime minister’s knowledge of a $90,000 payment to Mike Duffy to pay of inadmissible Senate expenses.
Cowan said he thinks people who are turned off by politics will find Trudeau’s comments refreshing.
In an exclusive interview with The Huffington Post Canada, Trudeau said he last smoked marijuana about three years ago at his home in Montreal.
"We had a few good friends over for a dinner party, our kids were at their grandmother's for the night, and one of our friends lit a joint and passed it around. I had a puff," he said.
Trudeau told HuffPost he’s smoked pot five or six times in his life. "It has never really done anything for me," he said. "When the joint went around the room, I usually passed it around to the next person," he said.
"(But) sometimes throughout my life, I’ve had a pull on it."
When asked about Trudeau’s revelation, Harper, who is in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, on his annual summer tour of northern Canada, said: "For Mr. Trudeau, I think those actions speak for themselves and I don’t have anything to add."
"By flouting the laws of Canada while holding elected office, he shows he is a poor example for all Canadians, particularly young ones," MacKay said in a statement. "Justin Trudeau is simply not the kind of leader our country needs."
The NDP leader's office told HuffPost Canada late Thursday afternoon that Thomas Mulcair has not smoked marijuana since he was elected to office. He was elected to National Assembly of Quebec in 1994.
NDP justice critic Françoise Boivin said Trudeau’s policy on marijuana has been difficult to follow and accused him of coming out with a popular stance to lure younger voters.
Liberal Senator James Cowan defended Trudeau, calling MacKay’s comments "ridiculous."
"I don’t think that many Canadians will criticize Justin Trudeau for that, and will hold it against that he did what he did, or that he was honest enough to (say it)," the Liberal Senate leader said. "I think Mr. [Stephen] Harper could take a lesson in openness and candour. There are a lot of questions that he should answer and he doesn’t seem to want to," Cowan added, referencing the prime minister’s knowledge of a $90,000 payment to Mike Duffy to pay of inadmissible Senate expenses.
Cowan said he thinks people who are turned off by politics will find Trudeau’s comments refreshing.
In an exclusive interview with The Huffington Post Canada, Trudeau said he last smoked marijuana about three years ago at his home in Montreal.
"We had a few good friends over for a dinner party, our kids were at their grandmother's for the night, and one of our friends lit a joint and passed it around. I had a puff," he said.
Trudeau told HuffPost he’s smoked pot five or six times in his life. "It has never really done anything for me," he said. "When the joint went around the room, I usually passed it around to the next person," he said.
"(But) sometimes throughout my life, I’ve had a pull on it."
When asked about Trudeau’s revelation, Harper, who is in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, on his annual summer tour of northern Canada, said: "For Mr. Trudeau, I think those actions speak for themselves and I don’t have anything to add."
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