Top 10 Worst Canadian Prime Ministers
Sure, Canada might be famous for its pristine wilderness, exceptional healthcare, and an uncanny politeness of its citizens, but that doesn't mean it's immune to political blunders. And, boy, do we have a compilation that highlights exactly that.You’ve been invited to weigh in on a slightly different kind of question: Who are the worst Canadian Prime Ministers? Now, this isn't a rundown of folks who didn't leave their respective offices with sky-high approval ratings or those who just ruffled some feathers. We're going beyond the veneer of politics, peering into the annals of Canadian history, to highlight Prime Ministers whose leadership, decisions, and actions - or lack thereof - left many of their compatriots shaking their heads in despair or frustration. Those leaders who, despite their best intentions, or perhaps because of their worst ones, found themselves in the unfortunate situation of steering the ship of state off course, or into the occasional iceberg.
But hey, before you start rolling your eyes or muttering about the unfairness of it all, let us clarify - this is not about character assassination or scoring cheap political points. This is about genuine historical perspective and public sentiment, about lessons learned, and about shedding light on those moments when Canada's highest office was occupied by someone who, let's just say, didn't quite rise to the occasion.
Far too many scandals and ethics laws broken. He has neglected the country's needs, instead funneling our tax dollars to other countries. He continues to push failed policies that taxpayers are forced to pay for. He frequently disappears on vacation instead of running the country, wasting taxpayers' dollars on his vacation spots. Printing money has destroyed our economy, which in turn has destroyed the middle class. He has driven housing costs up by both printing money and bringing immigrants into the country that we cannot house. Many homeowners are losing their homes because of his neglect and are now living in tent cities.
There is so much more a person can say about his terrible, weak leadership. It is very hard to find anything positive about his leadership or the cabinet behind him.
History already tells a concerning legacy of this pompous Quebec global elite. He was a Marxist who greatly favored authoritarian rule and tested the possibilities in Canada more than once. He was a member of the Club of Rome. He contributed to skyrocketing inflation in the 80s by massive government spending of taxpayer dollars, creating staggering federal debt.
The western provinces were inconsequential and simply viewed as a revenue resource for the Quebec empire to exploit. He was an arrogant man who was poor at achieving consensus on so many issues, including our constitution. He openly admired communist regimes and loved visiting China.
Jean Corruptien is a perfect way to address this self-serving Quebec prime minister. He is certainly known for serving himself first, his riding second, and then Quebec. Other than Ontario votes, the rest of Canada was irrelevant, as is typical of Quebec-based prime ministers. Except for the exploitation of other provinces' resources, of course.
He was deeply in bed with the Chinese government and would have sold out Canada for personal profit. Huawei theft of Nortel networks, Sidewinder report, promoting Canada as the uranium waste dumping ground for the world. Canada needs some kind of ethics test candidates for prime minister must pass.
Cut support for veterans, impoverished a large number of industries to support corporate takeovers, and sold Canada to the Chinese. Got us in bed with the WEF and gutted the agriculture sector. If you're anti-conservative, you'll hate him for moving his party further on the axis towards racism, extortion, hypocrisy, and outdated economics that only benefit a select few donors.
If you're pro-conservative, you'll hate him for being everything you dislike about Justin Trudeau, but somehow statistically worse in every regard except "total debt generated." Even in that, he still places second and out-costed us more than 36 other prime ministers combined.
The controversial purchase of an 18-foot tall painting with two outer stripes in blue and a center stripe in red for what was then 1 million taxpayer dollars was not a well-thought-out move on his part. Any fool could have painted that. I would be willing to paint him a dozen of those for the same amount of money. Just saying.
Not nearly the most corrupt on this list but likely the most corrupt Conservative.
The great Free Trade! How's that going?
Easily. Not really her fault though, she only ran for a few months.
Did not do anything for this country. Lost her seat in a landslide in 1993, so shame on Campbell. We do not think she would be the first woman PM. She disgraced me.
Served less than one year between 1979-1980.
An anti-Semite whose government did not allow Jews fleeing Hitler into the country. In his Canada, the Magna Carta was trampled on, communists were outlawed, Quebec's Padlock Laws were enforced, he trusted Hitler, did not do anything about Danny Draper, led the nation with "visions" and crystal balls, ignored the Depression, and more.
He should be first but surprisingly he is not in the top ten list. I mean, at least put him in third.
The worst. Was not a bad guy or ruthless or tyrannical, just not a good politician and made everything worse during the Great Depression.
Government efforts during the depression just made matters worse.
Aside from the Trudeaus, Laurier likely was one of the biggest enemies of Western Canada. When the west was being settled he did everything in his power to ensure that they would never be anywhere near equal. He effectively made Western Canada a colony within a colony.