As Canada’s prime minister-in-waiting, Justin Trudeau reiterated his promise to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada before the end of 2015.
No doubt he would love to fulfil all his campaign promises as soon as possible to highlight how different his Liberal government is going to be. Hubris is admired in a boxer but when the hubris of a politician is being underwritten by the taxpayers it’s a different matter. The logistics of screening, transporting and accommodating 25,000 refugees, all within a two-month period, is mindboggling and will inevitable be excessively expensive, i.e., over budget.
Trudeau criticized Stephen Harper when he demonstrated his military hubris by “whipping out our CF-18’s.” Apparently Trudeau sees no problem with whipping out the taxpayers’ cheque book to demonstrate his political hubris. He must have inherited his fiscal imprudence from his father. Memo to Justin: “Get real. A budget doesn’t balance itself.”
Lloyd Atkins
Vernon
