As was expected, the son of Pierre Elliot Trudeau was crowned the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Sunday evening.

A few years ago, at the time of the Liberal Party implosion, I pointed out that the Liberals didn’t need a Bob Rae or a Justin Trudeau to revive their party. Rather, what they needed was a new platform because the Harper government had taken possession of their Liberal platform. Now, aside from getting rid of a few no-brainers like Kyoto and the long gun registry the Harper administration has so blurred and confused the lines that the word “conservative” is a misnomer to say the least.

Yes, Sunday night in a last ditch effort, the liberal party delegates bet their hope on the strength remaining in the Trudeau name to re-ignite the party. Hope that Liberals, who defected over the years to NDP, Green, and to Harper’s Conservatives, will return to the Liberals. Yes, hope that a renewed Trudeaumania will provide the catalyst needed to ignite new young voters amass and revive the older ones.

Justin in his inaugural speech focused on “hope.” He didn’t hint at any new Liberal platform that was going to defeat the Conservative majority or speed up the pending implosion of Mulcair fiasco, nope… he talked about  “positive politics, listening to Quebec, working harder, and hope!” Yes, hope!

So what about hope?

In speech after speech the Liberals talked about how Mr. Harper devalued our nation and they went on to reminisce about the great Canada we once had. They went so far as to give all the credit for that greatness to the actions of former political leaders and at times even pointing to themselves. So whom did they miss thanking?

Considering our Constitution that categorically states that our county’s foundation is founded on the supremacy of God, it is sad that this new young Liberal leader gave no thanks, recognition, or even a mention to God for the esteemed position he has risen to. After all, we know that all wisdom comes from God and Justin will need as much of that as he can garner as do all our leaders. As well, they have to recognize that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom and most importantly, Justin should know that those who do not place their trust in God are said to be without hope.

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