Trumpy Tories

By Miss Kubelik

We cats realize that we haven't written about American politics in some time now. Mostly because what's going on up in Canada is beyond wild. But make no mistake: It's also about as American as apple pie. That is, if you equate Americanism with Trumpism.

It's not just that the so-called "Freedom Convoy" in Ottawa (and maybe in Toronto and Quebec City this weekend) is Trumpy to its core. It is, says Omer Aziz of The Globe & Mail, "an attempt to alter government policy by force — while masquerading as a rally for freedom. More dangerously, it [is] a movement insidiously co-opted by white nationalists and their far-right allies." As if that weren't bad enough, check out what's going on in the Conservative Party.

Yesterday, they dumped their hapless leader, Erin O'Toole, after only 17 months (and a defeat by Justin Trudeau's Liberals last fall). This is on the heels of ousting Andrew Scheer in 2020. Now, the party is fractured over the Trumpy truckers and trying to figure out what's next. In the meantime, their interim leader is a Crazy Town MP from Manitoba named Candice Bergen. Yep — but the only thing she has in common with America's Candice Bergen is the name. This Candice Bergen has posed in a "Make America Great Again" hat. Need we say more?

Back in 2015, the Tories ran a wildly stupid attack ad against Justin Trudeau. "He's just not ready," they claimed. Hm! It's 2022, and PMJT — the dude who wasn't ready — has now seen the back of three Conservative Party leaders. Seems like it's the Tories who haven't been ready — or in sync with Canadians — for a long time. We cats PURR.

(IMAGE: Michael de Adder, cartoonist extraordinaire)