A former Liberal MP says that Justin Trudeau has destroyed the Liberal party brand for the foreseeable future.
Dan McTeague, who sat as a Liberal MP from 1993 to 2011, said the Liberal party may go from being one of the most successful political organizations in the world to “cease to function for a period of time.”
Under Trudeau’s leadership, he said the party detached itself from common concerns in favour of divisive policies like DEI and ESG.
“And I think created a scenario where it was ‘us versus them’ and created significant social and political division in this country, the likes of which I’ve never seen — the likes of which a country wasn’t able to survive in the past,” McTeague said in an exclusive interview on the Rachel Parker Show.
He also said Trudeau’s Liberal party was “more of a cult.”
“The narrative was, you could think only a certain way, you could challenge a certain way… of course the discipline has been extraordinarily stringent.”
His comments come as multiple media outlets have reported on a weekend Zoom call with 51 of the Liberal caucus’ 75 Ontario MPs – all of whom reached a “consensus” that Trudeau must step down.
Some MPs on the call said Trudeau’s brand has become “toxic.”
McTeague said Trudeau should have stepped down in the summer 2023 as the polls began to surge for the Conservatives.
“For whatever reason, he can’t understand the possibility that he’s been rejected,” he said. “
He said Trudeau showed some promise initially until he began following the energy prices in 2016. McTeague is also the president of Canadians for Affordable Energy which informs Canadians about energy policy.
Now, he believes there is no path forward for Trudeau.
“I think it’s clear that the end is near,” he said.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh committed for the first time to voting to bring down the Liberals in a non-confidence vote, meaning there is no viable path for Trudeau to continue governing once the House of Commons reconvenes at the end of January.
The former MP also said that much of the damage and scandal caused by the government won’t be revealed until a new government is able to sift through documents kept hidden by the Trudeau Liberals.
He said that information being made public will ensure that the Liberal party “remains in the penalty box and never seen for quite a few elections away.”
The full episode of the Rachel Parker Show will be released on Tuesday.