Del Mastro Get's 2 Minutes For Tripping...

Justin Trudeau fumes at Tory MP’s ‘bad Catholic’ taunt

Dean Del Mastro, the parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister, said on Facebook last month that it was “outrageous” the Catholic school board in Peterborough, Ont. had invited Trudeau to speak for a second time in three years.

Mr. Dean Del Mastro, it's on me:


Even if I gave you the complete benefit of the doubt, your comments still sound ridiculous, elitist and condescending.

I will presume you were sincere, kind and really care that because he does not live out his faith (to your satisfaction), he is therefore disqualified from speaking at this Catholic event.

It was the Catholic School Board who invited Mr. Trudeau.  Secondly, the purpose was to inspire children.  He is not speaking in front of the Pope at a mass on the subject of the Trinity.  I hope you see the difference in scope.

If imperfection was a disqualifier for speaking Mr. Del Mastro, then neither you or anyone would ever be able to speak at any event.  On the subject of inspiring children for international service and leadership I would look for the following qualities:

-passion
-sincerity
-demonstrating like character in his own life (on the subject at hand)
-posture/attitude of growing in personal faith (again, not perfection)

Despite disagreeing with Mr. Trudeau's political views, he clearly demonstrates the above qualities.  Therefore, he is a great choice (and perhaps Mr. Kenny too!).

Mr. Trudeau, accusations are a dime a dozen. I encourage you to dust off his comments and surround yourself with people who are encouraging you to go to that event and are proud of your journey in your faith.
For what it's worth, on behalf of right leaning, clear thinkers: I am sorry for the condescending comments from our camp.  Go have a great time at your event and let us know how it went!

Mr. Del Mastro, what is more important to you...being right and breaking relationship while losing credibility (Mr. Trudeau was quoted as saying he does not value your words), or building relationship and using that influence to speak into another's life?  I submit Mr. Del Mastro, the latter should be.  If you are about 'making call's' on the Catholic faith...I think loving your neighbour ranks miles higher then 'being right' on such a matter (I'm not Catholic, so I'm only guessing).  If so, Mr. Del Mastro, would you kindly reconsider your point of focus?

With that being said, I think we can all learn a lesson from this drama-fest.  Focus on building relationships, not on being right...unless the person is in imminent danger.  I have found when you build relationships where the other person perceives you care and value them...then you have a place to discuss such matters...until then, I have found it's best to:

Progressive Schools Banning Our Vets!

Wimpy, oh so progressive schools, don't want kids to understand what our vets went through fighting for freedom. "No tanks or guns" is their battle cry.

The 20th anniversary of an educational Remembrance Day event is being cancelled at a west Ottawa Catholic high school after the teacher organizing it was told "no tanks or guns" are allowed in the school.
Notre Dame High School history teacher Gene Michaud sent an e-mail to friends last Friday, sadly announcing the end of the Remembrance Day Symposium -- shocking many in the military community.
"There's a huge difference between some kid with a grudge bringing a weapon that's loaded into a school, and veterans putting on a Remembrance display with non-functioning historical replicas," said Wayne Mac Culloch, a retired major who spent more than 40 years in the Canadian Forces, including five missions overseas.
"What we've got going on here is a warped perspective of no weapons in schools.

 What a bunch of ridiculous hogwash. Kids love tanks and guns, and they need to understand that they are only to be used in the most extreme situations. If the schools think that hiding them from sight is going to make them disappear, they are sadly mistaken, it will only make kids more curious about them. How disrespectful to our vets can they get?

I remember Trudeau mania. I wasn't old enough to vote but we saw the posters and as young teenage girls thought he was pretty cool. Then I visited the army base, and got a ride in the perfectly functional, but soon to be retired (as decreed by Trudeau) tank.   To this day, it was one of the best rides I have ever had in my life. Most schools are ruled by liberal feminists who do not understand or even try to understand boys, so banning "tanks and guns" is a no brainer from their perspective. Those yucky things can kill people, YIKES!

I took my boys to Klondike Days every year, and they would go on all the rides, but they kept on going back to the military display. They had REAL guns that the kids could pick up and aim. They had REAL tanks and ambulances. They had REAL soldiers that had been to Afghanistan, and best of all they had a maze of camouflage that the kids could go through and get sprayed with water from a ......wait for it..... water GUN! They loved it! 

The progressive crowd is anything but progressive. They are narrow minded ninnies. Let the kids see a REAL gun and talk to a REAL vet. The experience will stay with them for a lifetime, like my ride in a tank has stuck with me. It didn't make me want to go out and kill people, I don't think talking to a vet about their experiences will make young kids want to instantly join the military, but I think that is what the left fear, that kids might think the military is a good career choice. Better the military than a useless arts degree.

Shame on those schools that are banning our vets. I hope the parents are giving them an earful.