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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I remember how devastating the NEP program was to alberta, I was just a kid, but I remember my parents business going under, getting our house taken by the bank, and the tow truck backing up to my parents car. The crappy christmas' for years after because my folks had basically sank thier money into building a successfuly business before Trudeau and Lalonde and his band of thugs tried to destroy this province because we didn't think the same way as Central Canada. I also remember my dad having to move out of the province to find work to support the family while my mom decided not to uproot us kids so that we wouldn't lose everything including our friends.
I remember friends of mine who's parents walked away from thier houses when they lost thier jobs enmass.
I have little sympathy for the Liberal Party because in my mind they're still the same party and they've never addressed the fact that they have little respect for this province and thier people.
People were telling me how great of a Canadian Trudeau was when he died, but I really didn't care about him or his legacy of destruction. I always thought he should have been tossed into a ditch instead of given a state funeral. I know that sounds cold, but again I saw the destruction that he wrought, and what it did to my family.
He was a pin head and a pirate and a petty man who craved power above everything.
He was hardly a great Canadian, or a great leader. He was full of charisma, and thats what he got by on.
His son to me seems like the same kind of empty vacuum tube with charisma.
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I couldn't have put it better myself. Many people I know also lost their businesses and homes during that time. He also was arrogant to western Canadian farmers saying he didn't have to sell our wheat if he didn't want to. I remember after he died a radio talk show had a segment on him and his legacy. Many people were phoning in (most likely Liberals from out east) praising him as a great Canadian and a wonderful man. Then some old farmer from Alberta called in and and basically said today was a great day in Canadian history and I hope he rots in hell. When ever I think of that it makes me laugh.