Team Canada
The Globe and Mail
I’m not a big supporter of Justin Trudeau, nor are most Canadians. But when he’s representing Canada on the world stage, I hope he succeeds. I think most Canadians agree that his success is Canada’s success.
Historically Canada’s politicians have come together when Canada is threatened by an outside power. I can see why Pierre Poilievre would have a difficult time joining a Team Canada with Trudeau at the helm. A recent Leger poll found that only 31 per cent of Canadians and 19 per cent of Conservatives have confidence in the Trudeau government when it came to a second Trump administration. But if not a Team Canada approach, what other tools does Canada have? One thing that is certain to fail is openly projecting disunity.
If we don't have unity now we will fail as a nation, especially against the USA. Pierre Poilievre under the helm of the IDU Chair Stephen Harper is splitting us apart as a democracy. The IDU has been successful in destroying other democracies globally.
Pierre Poilievre is Stephen Harper acolyte. If anyone wants to return to that era, good luck creating a unified Canada.
Just because Trump verbally bullies Canada doesn't mean Trudeau is going to cave like a simpering wimp!
Trudeau was a neophyte when first elected, despite his political lineage. I was disappointed he broke campaign promises. He's not going to allow Trump to strong strongarm him, where our economy is concerned. Where India is concerned (and I know he's been harshly judged for it), Trudeau is philosophically opposed to Modi and I happen to agree with him. Modi isn't a good leader. Their elections might as well be Russian. He treats segments of Indian society like dirt. He's harmed the farmers, and hasn't done enough to curb violence against women.
Trump is a blowhard. He's going to find it difficult to implement many of the threats & "promises" he's made. Democrats aren't going to cede anything without a fight, and there are Constitutional guardrails to protect against most of his more foolhardy plans.
Justin Trudeau just survived a 3rd non-confidence vote brought by Poilievre. I thank heaven NDP leader Jagmeet Singh chose not to support Poilievre's motion. Poilievre would pander to Trump as their conservative Christian ideologies coalesce. Neither Trump nor Poilievre are unifying forces.