Things Trudeau Must Do

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has to do several things this year:

• legalize pot
• reform elections
• MMIW inquiry
• get renewable energy products into the hands of people you know

If he fails to complete, or make meaningful progress on this list by Christmas time of 2016, I think he’ll de-inspire many of the fresh new Liberal Party supporters, and put people back to sleep. We’ll start focusing on American politics, and it’ll be almost as if Stephen Harper never left.

The jury is still out on his Environment and Climate Change Minister McKenna too. While I’m impressed by her open communication style (Snapchat, Twitter, YouTube, etc.), and her cycle advocacy, her recent talk about national unity over reducing pollution is concerning.

Metrics I think you can use to tell if Trudeau is making real change happen:
-If you can (legally) buy someone something made from marijuana this Christmas.
-If you know someone you’d regard as Conservative, who is speaking with more compassion about the plight of Indigenous women in our violent society.
-If you hear someone you thought was disengaged politically explaining the benefits of electoral reform and proportional representation.
-If you know someone who’s used an electric car, bus, or bike, or bought a solar panel system, or cut their home water use by 30% or more.