Rex Murphy | Trudeau's Flip-Flop

[@lynnmccabe2449]

Thank you Rex! Your ethical reporting is rare. We need you for a long time...please don't go away.

[@thelastwin]

Rex you always get it right, thanks.

[@DBTWENTYSIX]

I am disgusted with Justin Trudeau and I was a supporter. He has abandoned electoral reform and I will abandon him.

[@libertyblue2696]

I LOVE u Rex! I think ur the ONLY one who "tells it like it is" in mainstream media. We need MORE REAL journalists and reporters like u. As do most Western countries. Thank you for ur honesty, openness, and truth reporting. God bless u sir.

[@Mrskateboardboy]

Love Rex's humour! He has the liberals figured out, that's for sure!!

[@caesarwept3162]

Justin: "I'm a feminist".... and later praises gender-segregated mosques.

[@caesarwept3162]

***** like how Islamists respect infidels?

[@caesarwept3162]

***** Muslims haven't done anything to deserve my respect. They're not rallying against ISIS and radicals. They haven't done anything but bring 'diversity' to the Canadian demographic.

[@Mallory-Malkovich]

Did he praise that they were gender segregated, or are you conflating the two issues to push your own agenda?

[@caesarwept3162]

I'd rather be a Nazi than embrace Marxism.

[@Mallory-Malkovich]

***** Wish granted!

[@rickybobby9387]

Rex Murphy, the only reporter at the CBC that will tell it like it is.

[@MarxistJediist]

Heh "Intellectual equivalent of a selfie." = The Trudeau government in five words.

[@SuCKeRPunCH187]

when trudeau takes a selfie it BECOMES A DICK PIC

[@mattirish1498]

"Mr. Trudeau"??? That's WAY to much respect

[@rogercapot3000]

This is one of the main reasons why a lot of Canadians voted for the Liberals is because they made this pledge. The 2015 Federal election would be the last time the First past the Post system would be used. Now his popularity seems to override his commitment to ending this outdated method of vote counting, this is very disappointing to many of us.

[@JosephGubbels]

Just like the Liberals attacked Harper's healthcare funding changes, Harper's CO2 targets, Harper's LNG pipeline, Harper's handling of public sector unions, Harper's Saudi arms deal, Harper's C-51, Harper's handling of first nations, and then mimiced him on every one of those issues. I'm disappointed that Trudeau is backing down on this issue, but not the least bit surprised. The Liberals always campaign like the NDP and govern like the Conservatives.

[@rogercapot3000]

Joseph Gubbels Unfortunately, you seem to be right. *Sigh

[@hockeysong]

every time we get a new government they always attack them with out given them some space i may not like some of their polices what Trudeau made but for god sake give Trudeau some space

[@Mrskateboardboy]

They also voted for legalized marijuana and modest deficits. We didn't get those either!! He did, however, keep his pledge to import 30k migrants from the ME, which many of us wish he had not!!! Trump and Trudeau are going to be like oil and water!!!

[@hockeysong]

BC Senior for Panama weed will be legalize in mid 2017

[@slowjamsliver7006]

"you can't imagine how loosely I'm using the term" - Rex Murphy. I just like that line XD no idea why.

[@Seventizz]

I was wondering why I don't watch the CBC anymore. Then this showed up in my 'recommended' column and I'm reminded why.

[@dominicsantoro3689]

You tell 'em Rex. Now watch your ass. Remember who you work for...

[@troytrentham3516]

It is great to see PM Trudeau and the liberals take some heat from the mainstream media. Regardless of which party is in charge, the media should hold their feet to the fire about their campaign promises

[@2planker331]

They are absolutely NOT the natural governing party. I believe that was a term coined by Sheila Copps, the same person who famously said that Canadians immigrate within the country.

[@stevemartin6144]

Top notch as always Rex!!!!

[@wquarton]

I voted liberal and I still want to get rid of FPTP

[@joeysullivan7161]

Bad news, you're getting IRV ranked ballots instead!

[@mandyhenderson7467]

WHAT. comments aren't disabled..... WHAT!!!! this is the cbc isn't it?

[@JosephGubbels]

Let's not pretend that FPTP is any less terrible when it helps Liberals. I hope Rex isn't trying to imply that everyone fits into this "good when it helps me, bad when it helps them" mindset. I (and many like me) don't care who FPTP elects, I take issue with it on principle.

[@natechomnicorp]

This is a rare opportunity for better government and democracy in Canada lost.

[@chrissmithson9489]

Just like his father make promises and then break them once elected.

[@mr.d4295]

He's just not ready....

[@mrriesen9004]

The more Trudeau talks the less people listen!

[@delrokosh1902]

When asked why he had abandoned any thought of changing the FPtP, he responded "Why change it, I won, didn't I?

[@deborahduggan764]

Thankful that the people who have been able to have their own place to work in bradonen Onta.we need more company's.

[@calebraphaelgd1462]

Trudeau promised to give money to Radio Canada and he fulfilled his promise

[@GypsMoth13]

#fuddleduddleJustinTrudeau

[@Mallory-Malkovich]

If this issue is important to you, take 5 minutes and write to your MP, and insist that electoral reform is not something you are willing to ignore anymore. If this issue is not important to you, just leave a comment on a KZbin video.

[@HavendaleBlvd80]

Imagine not allowing this outstanding Canadian on any Government funded media.

[@voterural-urbanproportiona1438]

We're working overtime here in British Columbia to deliver PR here this fall. Mark my words: Rural-Urban Proportional will be the system that delivers electoral reform for the rest of Canada.

[@doitalldan5326]

if it's up to us, where is our referendum to get rid of this clown? he can become "post national" on his own.

[@doitalldan5326]

I don't know where they're doing their polls, but it ain't around my area.

[@doitalldan5326]

Justin is deplorable the way he pretends to be a femanist, but has the women in his cabinet lower than the men. or like how he is for the middle class so he gives a tax break, but takes a tax grant for kids away and introduces a new tax where if Provences don't implement it in a couple years the liberals will force it down their throats.

[@Mallory-Malkovich]

Why didn't you vote?

[@doitalldan5326]

I did, but I live in bc and we don't have much say in the elections. I think conservative won in my area, but it didn't mean anything compared to the east. that's one of the reasons why I am for the west separating from the east. it's like the east are cats and the West are dogs, but the cats' owners protect them and hold the dogs down. one day the dog's gonna bite.

[@Nosferdamus]

This voter turnout all of Canada voted Liberal. I was watching the coverage from Ontario and the West was among the first votes to be counted, all liberal. If you want the west to separate, good luck creating a new separate economy; look how well that's been working for the Quebecois. Oh wait, they're still a part of Canada....

[@joeysullivan7161]

My inner voice kept yelling "DAAAAAAAYUM!" throughout the whole clip.

[@timothyjholloway]

"A honey doughnut". How perfectly Canadian. Thank you, Rex Murphy!

[@ChopperSakura]

Of course he backed away from it. Pierre Trudeau once tried eliminating it, but his party rebelled against such moves simply because they wanted to keep their 'majority'. I'm absolutely positive he looked into it and discovered this, making a grinding halt before the discussion can even happen.

[@Gusinabus]

i am too old to be hearing from this guy sadly his ideas were once relevant but its time to retire him

[@BombasticLove87]

Electoral reform would go against the foundation of provinces uniting almost 150 years ago. In committee NOT ONE other system was deemed better, as they all created problems.... Not saying FPTPT is perfect, but it is the Canadian system and removing it would make our democracy NOT CANADIAN anymore.

[@Citizen_J]

Let's face it: Candians will never grow a pair, and punish bad government. The more we continue to allow government to run roughshod over us, the worse our country will get.

[@jaxommm]

The cryptkeeper speaketh.

[@robmurphy9259]

I just want to know when he's going to be kicked out for the crime she's committed he's taking away the necessities of life that we need if anybody else took away accessories of life they would be put in jail my question is why isn't that happening

[@bobbydee2592]

Rex is an amazing man. Very Ethical real Canadian.

[@garymajor7020]

Our Emperor has No Clothes!

[@kuwait85]

Americans watching this .....what is he talking about 😐✋?

[@JosephGubbels]

Trudeau's Liberals were elected with changing the voting system as one of their core promises. Canada currently uses FPTP (so does America), which is short for First Past the Post. That is, whichever party gets the most votes in a given riding wins that seat, and every other vote that wasn't for the winning party essentially doesn't count. In America it's not quite so bad because there are only 2 major parties so the winner must have > 50%, but in Canada with our 3-5 major parties (depending on who you ask), it's common to see governments elected with 40% or even less of the popular vote. So the Liberals promised to change this system, but are now backing away from it, as the Liberal Party is known to do with all their election-season promises.

[@AK-oj2bf]

Joseph Gubbels Very good summary. Being a conservative. I for one wouldn't bother voting anymore. Not because I'm protesting but because there would be no point. This would ensure that the Liberals were either the governing party or official opposition after every election.

[@Mad_Wonka]

referendum or noting

[@brianyoung3]

Rex! Your bias is showing. But I'd only be concerned with that if I disagreed with you. Don't ever go away. Somebody must stand up and tell us the truth.

[@jptrainor]

When I read "flip flop" my interest was piqued by thoughts of uber cool surfing foot wear or perhaps, if lucky, a lecture on the design of memory circuits used in quantum computers. This was rather disappointing, and mundane, political backpedalling. BTW, CBC - when you revisit this video to disable the comments could you please fix the story link at the same time. It is broken. Thanks.

[@Thanatos4655]

Your basically sweeden of north america canada

[@mervinsmith7507]

I hate him so much

[@murraycampbell930]

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[@violapawlick2021]

Each Vote should count as one, otherwise my vote doesn't count like in the last election. i won't waste my time voting again because my vote doesn't count unless you revise our electoral system as you promised.

[@chipahoy3530]

Rex is ignoring reality here. Yeah he flip-flopped, but intellectually that is the best decision they could have made. First past the post is not a very strong electoral system, but changing it would be incredibly difficult. The promise was originally made to steal votes from the NDP, who were campaigning heavily on electoral reform despite not having a concrete plan to change things. Not changing the current system is estimated to have little to no effect whatsoever on his approval ratings nor is it expected to reduce the amount of political capital the liberals have built up over the past year, if there is one policy that is worth dropping in order to get the rest of the promises done with, it was this one. Now obviously this is a partisan decision, but does Mr. Murphy want to imply that the conservatives didn't enjoy partisan politics? Is he implying that there is an intellectual conflict with the PM trying to push his party's agenda, but that conflict didn't exist within the conservative government? This is the problem with modern-day right-wingers in Canada, too focused on making the next sound bite (such as "intellectual equivalent of a selfie"), which is just repeated from the last right-wing echo chamber you happened to be in, to actually realize the real issues at hand or do anything to change them. Until now, the biggest problem conservative voters seem to have with Justin Trudeau is that he is popular. Rather than present us with a policy position that they oppose, and why. We are presented with an attack at his popularity for flip-flopping, which is a play taken straight from Harper's playbook. And then to attack the intelligence of this move without actually considering the outcomes that are implied. The hypocrisy is on display, and it's unfortunate to see this sort of bias sticking out like a sore thumb on a Canadian news network. Especially considering Mr. Murphy opposed electoral reform under Harpers government, but now supports it under Trudeaus. He is making the exact same intellectual fallacy that he is accusing the PM of having made.

[@jeffsargent7198]

Chip Ahoy Rex Murphy was attacking Trudeau’s “FLIP FLOPPING” . Nothing more . The squeaky clean-cut Justin Bie...ugh...,Trudeau is like every other politician with his pandering and platitudes . THIS was Rex’s message 👍

[@Scott_396]

Cbc is disabling most of Rex vids. Here goes: Trudeau is that guy who thoroughly mixes empties with used cat gravel for his backlane bum goverment. Lmfao!

[@Russtopia]

Didn't vote Liberal because he also took the coward's way out of committing to fix C-51. Sadly Trudeau has proved yet again once in power a politician never wants to fix the broken system that got him/her there. Our only choices (faint hopes) left for fixing FPTP now are Green or NDP. We have to go through each party and throw out each one that reneges on this once given their chance.